Letter from the People of Cyprus

[1] The author is generally thought to have been a Melkite Christian, although it has been argued that he in fact belonged to the Church of the East.

Like Paul, the author claims to have travelled and learned the opinions of Christian experts about the Qurʾān.

[3] In 1316 or 1317, a copy was sent to Ibn Taymiyya, whose al-Jawāb al-Ṣaḥīḥ was written in response.

[4][5] In 1321, another was sent to Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī, who wrote the Jawāb risālat ahl jazīrat Qubruṣ in response.

In addition, the letter is quoted in full by Ibn Taymiyya and al-Dimashqī.

Incipit of the Letter in a manuscript from 1538