Geniza Lab

Accounts in Arabic script and Greek/Coptic numerals. The ghulām of the Rayyis is mentioned at least twice.

List of entries in Arabic script that include names, locations, and possibly goods such as "ʿaṭr/عطر" or "perfume" which appears throughout the recto and verso. Many of the figures are expressed in Coptic numerals but on occasion an Arabic "5" appears in certain entries. For an example of the appearance of a name and location, on the recto's left section "Skenderiye/Alexandria" is mentioned, as is the name "Yūsuf" in the same entry (l. 18r). MCD.

List of entries that designates names in Arabic script and expresses figures in Coptic numerals. For example, on the lower recto there is mention of al-Hajj Ahmed Ibrahim amidst a complex array of numerical figures. Throughout the document there are elongated ligatures typical of headings in accounting documents. The verso features the same documentary format. MCD.

Report or legal document in Arabic script. Dated: Jumādā II 1010 AH, which is 1601 CE. In the upper part mentions various people al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Ibn Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Manārī and gives their tribal affiliations. Mentions the village of al-Muʿayṣira (المعيصرة) in the vicinity of Homs and قطيا (maybe the town of that name in Sinai). The contents have to do with mercantile goods, including silk and tamarind. Needs further examination.

Document in Arabic, unclear content, left half only, with sewing holes at left, top, and diagonally across the upper left corner. Likely an official document. Mentions "bi-Miṣr al-Maḥrūsa."

Legal deed: iqrār (deed of acknowledgment) in Arabic script for Sulaymān b. ?, right half only, sewing holes in the right margin.

Medical text in Arabic script. "The Regimen for Healthy People" (Kitāb Tadbīr al-Aṣiḥḥā').

List of entries in Arabic script that possibly designate accounts. A number of shorthand terms are in use, for example the single ligature that begins each entry may itself be a common financial term that was quickly written and thus lacks any dotting. Another term, possibly an abbreviation, that appears in some entries is "صو" which could also be read as "حو". On the recto there is evidence that this fragment was glued to the remnant of an unknown printed work from which the number "5" is clear as having been left by a mechanical type-script. This recycled printed fragment may have been glued into the fragment's original binding and helps date the shelfmark as fifteenth-century or later. MCD.

List of entries in Arabic script that possibly designate accounts. Based on the remnants of thread used in binding, this fragment is from a larger notebook or ledger. A number of shorthand terms are in use, for example the single ligature that begins each entry may itself be a common financial term that was quickly written and thus lacks any dotting. Another term, possibly an abbreviation, that appears in some entries is "صو" which could also be read as "حو". MCD.

Petition or report or letter, Mamluk era? A large magnitude from the top of the fragment is missing and a short strip from the right side of the document. Entire fragment is full of patronage language but it could also be just business-related. In the commencement, the sender thanks the receiver for his patience and apologizes for the delay in replying, and asks to come in person if asked to do so.

Letter in Arabic script. From Khalaf b. Muḥammad(?) the Tripolitan to [...] b. Ibrāhīm, in Fustat. Needs examination.

Letter from al-Mufarriḥ(?) b. al-Ḥusayn to 'the father' Ismāʿīl(?). Concerning a deposit (wadāʿa, line 8). Mentions travel to Damascus (ll. 10–11) and the danger of the roads (l. 13). Regards to many people at the end. Needs further examination.

Literary text or texts in Arabic script. Many of the fragments in this folder belong together. There are also interesting tables in Arabic script, written in red and black ink. Needs examination.

See ENA 3912.1

See ENA 3912.1

See ENA 3912.1

See ENA 3912.1

See ENA 3912.1

Letter in Arabic script. Dating: Likely medieval. Probably to a family member. There are many self-pitying phrases. Some lines are crossed out. Needs examination.

Recipe or medical prescription. In Arabic script. There are two similar recipes, oriented at 180 degrees to each other. On recto there is an Islamic literary text (qāla l-nabiyyu ṣallā llāhu ʿalahi....).