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Letter in Judaeo-Arabic. Wide space between the lines. Extremely faded.

Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Dating: 18th or 19th century. Several surnames of merchants from that period appear here (Bibas, Karo).

Epistle concerning the messianic activities of Barukh Gad. In Ladino. Attributed to the imaginary King Aḥiṭuv b. ʿAzarya, ha-Nasi Yehoṣadaq b. ʿAzza, and ha-Zaqen Uriel b. Elyasaf. Versions of the same letter (in Hebrew) are dated to 1645/46 CE (e.g., K Visotski, Haschiloah: Litterarisch-wissenschaftliche Monatsschrift, Volume 1 (1896), p. 140). On this copy, one of the pages was reused for accounts/sums.

Multifragment. 25 tiny fragments.

Sīrat ʿAntar. In Judaeo-Arabic. There are at least 300 pages from the same volume scattered through the Geniza:

Marriage document, bottom 4 lines only. No signatures are preserved.

Text in Spanish and Hebrew. There are numerous tiny pieces from the same text or even the same page in the span of shelfmarks JRL SERIES G 79–99. Also JRL SERIES B 5344. Will probably need to be assembled in person rather than on FGP

Late list of names and numbers on lined paper.

Several pages of small fragments and accounts torn from different documents.

Lists of dates and numbers of unclear significance.

Accounts in Arabic script and Hebrew script. Judaeo-Persian?

20 pages of lists of names with some accounts, organized by days of weeks.

Letter in Ladino dated Kislev 1719 CE (5480). The address is in both Hebrew and Latin characters: "Al Se[nyor] Alpalas y Sahalon, Cairro." See "Alpalas y Sahalon" tag for more documents from the same group.

Fragment of a calendar listing dates in the 18th century.

End of a legal document from Egypt dated Adar 1742 CE (5502).

Awaiting description

Possibly a letter; late, in Hebrew.

Fragment of a calendar in a red grid. Closely resembles (but not direct join with) BL OR 10578C.44.

Letter in Judaeo-Arabic to Yaʿaqov Yuʿbaṣ, dated 3 June 1825 (17 Sivan 5585), with additional writing on verso.

The second block of text appears to be a prophecy attributed to Ibn Ezra regarding a Messiah in the land of Egypt, mentioning the year 1647/8 (5408), so slightly earlier than the Sabbatean movement. Needs further examination.