In His Most Exalted Name
Sha`ban 19,1396 AH
The Honorable Haj Ra`is, may God assist him:
I wish to thank you for your condolence telegram. I pray for your health and success. As I do not know the addresses of some gentlemen who had sent me telegrams, I am hereby giving you the trouble of thanking them on my behalf. Please telephone the following gentlemen and remind them that since I do not have their addresses I am conveying my gratitude to them through you: Messrs Haj `Abbas Ra`is, Muhammad Ra`is, `Abd ar-Rida Ra`is, Aqa Shaykh `Ali Pakistani, `Abd ar-Rahman Taqi, Ahmad Safar, `Ali Safar, `Abdullah Safar, `Abdullah Mukhtar, and also Mr. Asifi. Please do not forget me in your benevolent prayers. May peace be upon you.
Rouhullah al-Mousawi al-Khomeini