Geniza Lab

Document in Arabic script. Possibly a medical prescription: the word sharāb (syrup) appears in the first line, and words for weights (dirham and ūqiya) appear several times. There are two fragments under this shelfmark. The lower one is Arabic poetry

Letter in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. State document? Wide space between lines, upslanting.

Deed of acknowledgment (iqrār). In Arabic script.

Letter fragment in Arabic script. Possibly a letter of appeal narrating the writer's circumstances (fa-lammā kāna fī hādha l-shahr...)

Letter fragment in Arabic script.

Legal testimony in Arabic script. Ashhada ʿalā nafsihi ʿAbd al-Sayyid b. [...]. Needs examination.

Legal document in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Letter in Arabic script. Mentions "al-Ḥājj Rashīd was present." Needs further examination.

Letter in Arabic script. Dating: May be late.

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Letter from ʿAbd al-Ḥayy b. Hiba to his 'father' Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. In Arabic script. (But not his real father, because Hiba is dead—raḥmat Allāh ʿalayhi) The writer is asking to be sent some money urgently.

Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to a certain Shihāb al-Dīn. Possibly from Abū l-Munā b. Khiḍr, but this is tricky to read. Only the first few lins are preserved.

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Formulary for letter writing. In Arabic script, calligraphic. Rhymed. Bifolium from a larger book.

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