Creator Bio
Malīḥa and Abū l-Faḍl
12th Century
Nothing is known about Malīḥa or her son’s tutor, Abū ’l-Faḍl, other than that they lived in Fustāt (Old Cairo).
Content by Malīḥa and Abū l-Faḍl
Primary Source
Hiring Contract for a Tutor (Fustāt, Egypt)
Testimony about what happened in our presence, we the [undersigned witnesses. There appeared before us] the elder Abu ’l-Faḍl, (his) h(onor), g(reatness), (and) h(oliness), (our) m(aster) and t(eache…