Paraliterary text: T-S NS 192.11A

Paraliterary text T-S NS 192.11A

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T-S NS 192.11A
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Arabic

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Colophon on the verso of a Qur'anic writing exercise, Cairo. Dating: 1872-1897 CE. The colophon identifies its young author as affiliated with Madrasa al-Qarabiyya, the one of the first government-funded primary schools in Egypt. (Information from Posegay)

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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
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T-S NS 192.11A 1r

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Nick Posegay and Haitham Mahmoud, "Following the Links in T-S NS 192.11: A Qur’anic Exercise from a Cairene Public School," Fragment of the Month (Genizah Research Unit, 2020).
Nick Posegay and Haitham Mahmoud, "Following the Links in T-S NS 192.11: A Qur’anic Exercise from a Cairene Public School," Fragment of the Month (Genizah Research Unit, 2020).

T-S NS 192.11A 1v

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1v

T-S NS 192.11A verso

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verso

verso

  1. هذا مسند عبد الحليم فهمى
  2. بمدرسة القربية فتح
  3. الله عليه وعلى
  4. والديه آمين
  5. يارب
  6. العالمين
  1. This is the tradition of ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm Fahmī
  2. at the school of Qarabiyya. May
  3. God grant success to him
  4. and his parents, amen.
  5. O Lord
  6. of the worlds.
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 192.11A. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/40125/ (accessed July 15, 2026).