Title: Kitāb Dīwān Miṣr
Description: A forgery by Giuseppe Vella of what purport to be documents exchanged between several Norman rulers of Sicily and Fatimid caliphs of Egypt. The text is written in a mixture of Arabic and what is probably Maltese. Vella translated this work into Italian and published it in 1793 under the title Libro del consiglio di Egitto.

The manuscript purports to be a copy made 467 H of the correspondence exchanged between several Norman rulers of Sicily and a Fatimid caliph of Egypt.
Subjects: Early works to 1800, History, Arabic Manuscripts, Forgery of manuscripts, Specimens
Places: Sicily (Italy), Italy, Sicily
Time periods: 1016-1194