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(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 39).
No Scholarship Records
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 64).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 75).
(information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, p. 29).
A variant of this surname's spelling is also repeated on the verso as "קיקושאה". MCD.
Mentions "the 8th of Shawwāl, which is Shevat"; the writer's preoccupation on behalf of the recipient's illness; al-Shaykh ʿAllān; a rubāʿī (quarter-dinar?).
Probably addressed to Abū Ṭāhir Shemuel al-Ṣayrafī, in Fustat (sent to "al-murabbaʿa").
List of garments and textiles, probably unrelated to recto, also in the hand of Shelomo b. Eliyyahu who signs his name at the bottom.
Below is a colophon written by Elʿazar b. Joseph b. ʿAmram, also mentioning Yefet b. Ṭoviyya. (Information from CUDL)
Letter to Simha from Eliyyahu in which he notes that he left from Fustat and arrived in Alexandria on Friday, and further states that “our hearts are anxious about the girl (sabiya) and her daughter.” 13th century.
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Letter from a man who travelled from Alexandria and stayed in Fustat only for the Sabbath.
Letter from the Karaite congregation of Alexandria to the leader of their community, complaining about the helplessness and dissolution of the community.
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Menashshe, and probably dealing with charity or assistance for him. Also mentions the cantor Barakāt.
Deed of release, in Hebrew, given by Avraham b. Moshe al-Talmid to Banat b. Khalaf al-Baidayani and her daughter Durra bat Yeshua.
Mentions a public letter from the addressee (kitāb al-jamāʿa) and the reading of it aloud in the synagogue.
On verso is the address to the community of Alexandria (No Amon). ASE.
One section devoted to sales in al-Mahdiyya. Notes "lil-ṣulṭān, ḥaqq al-ṣulṭān."
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Aharon and four others (in Alexandria). Attested by Evyatar ha-Kohen and two others.
Letter addressed to Yeshua b. Shabbetay in Alexandria from Elazar b. Ḥalfon in which the writer expresses his condolences, and those of his father, for the death of Yeshua’s father.
There are several signatures including Yiṣḥaq al-Jibālī and Seʿadya al-Jibālī.
Accounts of a shop in Judaeo-Arabic. There are also a few lines copied from a legal testimony in Hebrew.
Recto and verso: Judaeo-Arabic poetry in the hand of Nāṣir al-Adīb al-ʿIbrī. This is one of the fragments that he signs (אנא אלאדיב אלדמי אלכאמי ונאצר אסמי רצעת אלדרר פי נצמי ועקדי אנתצבת...).
Letter addressed to a woman (al-sitt al-jalīla). In Arabic script. Fragment (right side only).
Opens with greetings to various people including Umm Muḥammad and 'al-ḥājja al-dādā'(?). In the margin mentions "a little bit of bread."
Portions of two lines are preserved: ...ʿalā yadih mutatā[...]...bi-ʿuluww himmatih wa-yankashif ʿan al-m[...]....
Dated: 525 AH = 1130/31 CE. The muqirr is Sayyid al-Ahl b. ʿAlī. The contract was drafted at a Qāḍī court for a lease on property.
Elaborate Arabic calligraphy and designs in red and black ink (block print?), along with additional text (all poetry?) in Arabic script, Judaeo-Arabic, and Hebrew (on verso).
f. 1r: unidentified Hebrew. ff. 1v and 2r: apparently accounts or document. f. 2v: entitled ‘[...] sacrifice’. Mentions Khalaf Allūnī, Khalaf the collector b. Hārūn al-Ṣūrī and dirhams.
Zekharya, probably in Alexandria. In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions a woman's mother-in-law and a woman's qumāsh (possessions/furnishings or dowry).
Yiṣḥaq; sums in dinars and wariq dirhams; quantities of khazz sillk; meat; and the term dhahab maghzūl which also appears in T-S Ar.30.34 (PGPID 20435). (Information in part from CUDL.)
Moshe Maimonides, but Avraham II Maimonides also possible). Mentions a certain Shela. A woman sells a third of a property to somebody.
There are writing exercises in the margin (Arabic alphabet) and on verso (numerical values of Hebrew characters). Join: Alan Elbaum.
In the opening lines Shaykh Muḥ[ammad] al-Ḥamawī is referenced. The note is signed by David Abu al-___r[?].
Letter mentioning the al-Shaykh al-Rashīd. Dating: late 12th or 13th century.
The sender describes his sorry state and probably asks for financial assistance. Also mentions condolences to Hibatallāh on the death of his daughter.
Small fragment probably from the end of a memorial list for ʿAmram he-Ḥasid the Pious and his son Moshe ha-Talmid he-Ḥasid. Also mentions someone ha-Bavli in the top line. AA/ASE
Addressed to [...] b. Sulaymān(?) b. Khalaf al-Barqī. Mentioning Palermo or Sicily (סקיליה) and Khallūf al-Barqī.
Informal note addressed to al-Shaykh al-Rashīd Abū l-Ḥasan asking him for the favor of speaking to Abū Saʿd, "because he תגייר (converted?)
Mentions someone's arrival from Alexandria to Bilbays. (Information in part from CUDL)
Fragment from the fourth chapter of Revelations in Arabic. See now also Peter Tarras, "A fragment of the Book of Revelation in the TaylorSchechter Genizah Collection (T-S AS 177.202)," Collectanea Christiana Orientalia 20 (2023): 273–84.
Fragment of a letter in Arabic script. To Abū l-Barakāt al-Muʿammar b. Yūsuf al-Baghdādī. Only the upper margin on the front (verso) and the address on the back (recto) are preserved.
There are headers referring to properties or landmarks: al-ṭāḥūn (the mill)... Darb al-Kharrāṭīn... ḥānūt (a shop).... ḥānūt....
Informal note addressed to a certain Wuḥaysh (al-muʿallim Wuḥaysh ḥarasahū Allāh). In Arabic script.
Mentions olives; Zayn; Ismāʿīl; al-[...] and his wife; Zayn al-Tujjār. Verso is in a different hand.
Mentions taro (qulqās) and honey and possibly swords, unless this is also a food term. Another entry mentions "for the return to Istanbul."
Containing blessings for Yakhin ha-Sar (the same as in T-S 12.57 + T-S AS 150.23 (PGPID 3182)?) and also mentioning the title Yesod ha-Yeshiva and somebody's sons and two brothers.
Torn fragment of a list of items, quantities, and prices, also some names such as ʿAbdallāh. Probably a list of debtors for commercial purposes.
Contains some unique entries such as כתאב פי אלחמש קראן פי רק מדהב = pentateuch (here קראן is מקרא) on a golden leaf. Also גזוין תורה בכט ערבי = Torah in an Arabic script.
Court decision in the hand of Avraham Maimonides. Sulayman ha-Kohen al-Naqqad suspected the trustworthiness of al-Rasuy in matters of money, and the latter gave oath to the former.
Contains a rich account of communal controversy and highly unflattering descriptions of Eliyyahu the Judge. See also AIU VII.E.169.
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