Geniza Lab

Calligraphic letter from (the cantor) Thabit b. al-Munajjim to Maṣliaḥ Gaon begging for charity from Maṣliaḥ Gaon, complaining about poverty and his dependents. Information from Goitein's note card.

Letter from David b. 'Ammar and Musa b. al-Hayy from Alexandria to Yeshua b. Ismail al-Makhmuri in Fustat. The letter describes a situation of insecurity in al-Mahdiyya and mentions matters related to currency and to silk and pepper. Dated ca. 1065. (Information from Gil, Kingdom, Vol. 3, p. 541)

Letter from Shelomo b. Yehuda (the famous one?). In Judaeo-Arabic. Mentions Shavuʿot and previous letters sent from Alexandria. Mentions several people: Efrayim al-Ḥaver; a Rayyis; Yosef; Avraham al-Ḥaver; ʿEli ha-Kohen. Little else of the substance remains.

Letter from Fustat to al-Mahalla with an urgent order to buy a turban in Damira and various other business related matters. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Legal testimony. Location: Alexandria. Dated: Sunday, 11 Tammuz 4912 AM, which is 1152 CE. Under the reshut of the Nagid Shemuel b. Ḥananya. Witnesses (=judges): Mevorakh ha-Kohen b. Natan; Shelomo ha-Kohen b. Ṭahor ha-Kohen; Yiṣḥaq b. Yosef. Shemuel b. Yehuda Ibn Asad and ʿUlla b. Yeshuʿa Ibn al-ʿIrāqī are the two litigants (mutashājirīn). They appear before the court together with a messenger of the Muslim qāḍī, and all agree that they will annul a previous agreement made before a Jewish court and make a similar agreement in Muslim court. Information in part from Goitein's note card.

Letter from Yehuda Pinto and Moshe Ḥaddād to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Av 5568 AM, which is 1808 CE. Needs examination for content.

Letter from [Shelomo] Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 22 Av 5568 AM, which is 15 August 1808 CE. Needs examination for content.

Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 4 Tishrei 5569 AM, which is 25 September 1808 CE. There is also a postscript in Ladino signed by Avram al-[...], clearly relating to the main content because Karo y Frances are mentioned in this part as well. Needs examination for content.

Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 9 Tishrei 5569 AM, which is 30 September 1808 CE. Needs examination for content.

Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 1 Kislev 5569 AM, which is 20 November 1808 CE. Needs examination for content.

Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 3 Kislev 5569 AM, which is 22 November 1808 CE. Needs examination for content.

Address of a letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. This fragment is only an address, probably belonging to one of the letters in a nearby shelfmark.

Letter from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dated: 5 Kislev 5569 AM, which is 24 November 1808 CE. On verso there are some sums. Needs examination for content.

Drafts of the opening of a letter, quoting Esther 6:11. Maybe to the writer's father. Dating: Late, probably 18th or 19th century.

Letter fragment from Shelomo Cesana & Company probably addressed to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. In Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: Ca. 1800 CE. This portion lists out accounts. Probably belonging together with one of the nearby shelfmarks.

Address of a letter probably from Shelomo Cesana & Company to Karo y Frances & Company, in Fustat/Cairo. Dating: ca. 1800. This fragment is only an address, probably belonging to one of the letters in a nearby shelfmark.

Literary text. In Hebrew. Ashkenazi hand. Late.

Panegyric for a certain Elʿazar. In Hebrew.

Detailed astrological table in Judaeo-Arabic. Gives the auspicious days for such activities as "demanding rights," "imḍā' al-dīwān" (?), and going to the bathhouse. ASE

Erotic poetry in Judaeo-Arabic. "O if only my eye were inflamed (ramidat). . . O if only it were blinded," etc. ASE