الرسالة الجدية لأبي الوليد أحمد بن زيدون (463 هـ 1070م)‎

Abstract EN

This is a letter that had been written by the Arabic writer Ahmad Bin Zaidoun (1004-1070) and was sent to Abu Hazm Bin Jahwer, the Ruler of Cordoba, after the collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate in Andalusia.

In the letter, Bin Zaidoun begged the Cordoba ruler to free him from jail he was sent to because of conspiracy against him, when the former was a minister.

Both classical and contemporary writers unanimously agreed that the letter stands in the forefront of letters of its kind in the history of Arabic literature.

Bin Zaidoun's letter remained in circulation among readers in an incomplete and distorted form till the original copy which was handwritten written by the famous scribe Salah Eddin Assafadi seven centuries ago was recovered by the authors of this paper.

Salah Eddin Assafadi explained the letter in a separate book and wrote another letter imitating Bin Zaidoun's style.

The two authors have conducted a thorough and scientific verification to present the complete letter text to readers and other researchers free from distortion and falsification.