Geniza Lab

List of the houses owned by the Qodesh ca. 1160. (SH [1-29-87]) The beadle Maḥfūẓ presents a list of houses belonging to the qodesh which he is responsible for collecting the rent of. The list is written in Arabic characters and contains 26 items. Four of the compounds have the added notation that the sums owed by their tenants have been paid. The houses are said to be aḥbās, i.e. waqf dedications, of the Jews for their masākīn (poor). The list may have been compiled for the purpose of showing the sum due for ground rent (ḥikr). (Information from Gil, Documents, pp. 295 #65)

List of names and commodities - needs examination. (info from FGP)

On recto damaged letter asking for approval from sayyidna. On verso list and some Arabic text - needs examination.

Crossed out account - needs examination.

Deed of sale. In Arabic script. Needs examination.

Document in Arabic script. Narrow vertical strip.

Letter in Arabic script. Addressed to a 'brother.' Quite faded. On verso there is the header "al-ḥamdu lil-lāh ḥamd al-shākirīn" followed by a prayer: allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā l-umma al-ṭāḥira al-maʿṣūma... Needs further examination.

Legal document, probably. In Arabic script. Dated: Rabīʿ I 536 AH, which is 1141 CE. Begins "yaqūlu Abū ʿAbdallāh...." There is also someone named [...] al-Dayyān(?) al-Ṣayrafī. No witness signatures. (Information in part from Niessen/Shivtiel.)

Letter in Arabic script. On verso there are separate jottings (accounts?) in Arabic script. Needs examination.

Letter in Arabic script. Well preserved and neatly written. Much of recto consists of formulaic expressions of longing. Needs examination.

Legal document concerning a property transaction. In Arabic script. A woman named اخيوه(?), the Rabbanite Jewish woman, who is dark of color and short of stature, grants (mallakat) something to somebody. Mentions Cairo, the 27th of Shaʿbān, and "the 3/4 remaining of that." Needs further examination.

Tax receipt? Needs examination.

Administrative document of some kind. There are Greek/Coptic numerals at upper right specifying a sum in the hundreds. The phrase al-qāḍī al-ajall appears. Dated: 15 Shaʿbān 637(?) AH, but this needs to be checked.

Very damaged legal dosument - needs examination.

Small fragment from an Arabic document - needs examination.

Fragment of an Arabic document - needs examination.

Arabic contract - needs examination.

Bottom part of a legal document in the shape of circle, signed by 'Ali Muhammad and others- needs examination.

Possibly a contract between a couple - needs examination. (Info from FGP)

Fragment of a letter - needs examination.