Autograph letter signed and sealed 'Lütfullah Vehbi' as 'Müftî-yi esbâk', to an unnamed friend.
LÜTFULLAH VEHBI, (Ottoman scholar, deputy of Erzurum), (1850-1919?).
ALS., [Dated AH Fî 4 Temmuz [1]326] = 1910, [Erzurum].
Original autograph letter signed by Lütfullah Vehbi as 'Müftî-yi esbâk', to an unnamed friend. Repaired paper. Chipped on extremities. 20x13 cm. In Ottoman script. 1p. 12 lines with its additional notes. Dated July 4, 1910 [AH 1326]. Signed as 'Müfti-yi esbâk' [i.e. Ex-cleric]. Lütfullah Vehbi Efendi was born in 1850 [AH 1266] in Erzurum. He was an Arabic teacher at the Military School of Erzurum in 1878, and he was the müftü [i.e. cleric] of Erzurum in 1897. After his retirement, he was a deputy of Erzurum city in the Osmanli Meclis-i Mebûsân [i.e. Ottoman parliamentary]. He is famous for his annotation to 'Cilâu'r-Ruh' by Molla Abdurrahman Camî, titled 'Feyzü's-sünûh'.