(1) Ibn Rashiqq, p. 310, records these epistles. (2) MSS B and Q add the phrase “and an epistle,” while MS B further inserts “he wrote it.” (3) Ibn Rashiqq, p. 303, says it runs to “about forty folios,” and he cites it again on p. 310. It is printed in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 3:363–430 and is also called al-Wasiyya al-Kubra (The Major Testament). (4) So in the remaining manuscripts. (5) MS Q reads “Jakrih.” Ibn Rashiqq, p. 310, mentions the piece. Shaykh Jakir is Muhammad b. Dashm (other identifications exist), a Kurdish Hanbali; “Jakir” is a sobriquet. He was one of the Iraqi shaykhs, noted for his spiritual states and devotion (d. 590 AH). See al-Siyar 21:261 and Tabaqat al-Awliya, p. 425, which instead dates his death to 679 AH. (6) MSS F and K add the adjective “beneficial.” Ibn Rashiqq, p. 311, also lists it. The text appears in Majmuʿ al-Fatawa 28:601–630. On p. 303 Ibn Rashiqq refers to another work entitled “Epistle to the People of Cyprus setting out foundational religious principles, about thirty folios.”