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Script for a number of theatrical characters – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 278) – in Yiddish. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 31). MCD.

Personal letter to Menāḥem Mizraḥī – 19 Tishrei 1933CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 279) – Judeo-Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 57). MCD.

Prayers and blessings that God protect the people of Israel – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 28) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 35). MCD.

Hymns for "Hannukah" – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – (number 280) – in Hebrew and French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 39). MCD.

Appeal to the Karaite Jewish community for the establishment of a special prayer for keeping away the spirit of the war from Egypt as requested by King Faruk I, and the Muslims will perform the prayer on the 15 of Shaʿbān, and the Jews will establish the prayer on the first day of Tishrei Rosh Hashanah and the day of atonement "Yom Kippur" – September 29 1940CE / 27 Shaʿbān 1358AH / 27 Elul 5700AM – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 281) – in Arabic and Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 42). MCD.

Questions and answers on religious matters – undated – Bassatine Cemetery – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 282) – in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 41). MCD.

Personal letter for someone named Yosef Ḥirāz – (number 283) – in Judeo-Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 62). MCD.

Illustration for the first page of a book, there is Hebrew written on the bottom of the first page of the manuscript a revised edition of the ethics of the Syrian philosopher Yaḥyā ibn ʿAdī, which is found preserved in a Syrian monastery library and was copied in the year 1283CE / 672AH – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 284) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 30). MCD.

Advertisement of prices for types of groceries and wine – 1931CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 285) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 67). MCD.

Birth certificate – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 286) – in Turkish. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 64). MCD.

Monologue (poem presented by one of the actors before the theatrical performance) of the first page and the opening of the second in six paragraphs (4 + 4 +3 + 2 + 5 + 5) it is followed in the second page up until the end of page 7 by a theatrical script of a discussion between God and Satan ending in laughter then the curtain call after Satan's chorus finishes singing – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 287) – in Yiddish. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 31). MCD.

Contract of agreement between Yeshiva Ahava VeAhva and Maʿallam Ḥasan Ṣadīq – 2 January 1946CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 288) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 66). MCD.

Account statements – 1943-1944CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 288) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 75). MCD.

Account statement – 1946CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 289) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 75). MCD.

Announcement prohibiting the purchase of mezuzot other than from trusted individuals – June 26 1954CE – Museum of Islamic Art – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 35). MCD.

Minutes of meetings for the school committee organizing the academic schedule and paths of study and various decisions of the council authorizing the educational operation of the school – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 290) – in Arabic. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 29). MCD.

Request from the World Zionist Organization to the Zionist Histadrut of Egypt for the revitalization of Herzl's thought – 1921CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 292) – in Hebrew and French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 54). MCD.

Invitation from a charitable institution and the Jewish union in Egypt for attending a course of the educational committee and the institute at al-Ẓāhir Square in Cairo – undated, yet it is noticeable that it was written after 1923CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 293) – in French and the title is in Hebrew. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 30). MCD.

Poetry – undated – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 294) – in Italian. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa. ed. Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, p. 29). MCD.

Invitation from the administration of the Paḥad Isḥak Synagogue (Kraïem) for attending the celebration which will be held in the synagogue on Passover between Saturday 29 March and 9 April 1955CE – Museum of Islamic Art – (number 294) – in Arabic and French. (information from Ḥassanein Muḥammad Rabīʿa, ed., Dalīl Wathā'iq al-Janīza al-Jadīda / Catalogue of the Documents of the New Geniza, 44). The synagogue had the alternate title of Kraïem after its builder Zahi Kraïem. MCD.