Geniza Lab

Possibly, one lengthy letter. With one scrap of a leaf measuring The existing portions of this text may have been torn off (or torn up) from originally longer and wider (possibly two in number) sheets of paper since their text is interrupted in a manner which suggests such tearing (FGP)

Recto: Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abu al-Hasan ibn Wahb including five signatures and some dates. Recto: Receipt relating to the tax farm of Abu al-Hasan ibn Wahb Verso: Administrative account including five signatures and some dates - needs examination. (FGP)

Corner of a document containing an official signature followed by the clearly written words ARABIC, and an oval-shaped seal imprint containing featuring names such as `Uthman and Sulayman, possibly Ottoman. FGP

Letter per FGP, but the format is more suitable for literature - needs examination. AA

Recto: Document, possibly and acknowledgement (`iqrar) Verso: Hebrew jotting from the Song of Songs 2:9 and Arabic jottings - needs examination. (FGP)

Recto: End of Judaeo-Arabic note, mentions various item such as soap, kīzān (long-spouted ewer, see India Traders, p. 442-443, n. 32-33) and their prices. After the JA note a beginning of Arabic note. Verso: Continuation of Arabic note, mentions a number of different homes (dār). AA

Account including list of names and numerical figures, some of which are crossed out (FGP)

Account including list of names and numerals arranged in four columns

Recto: Hebrew, Judaeo-Arabic and Arabic jottings Verso: Arabic document of sale, consisting of an acknowledgement (`iqrar), dated 633 A.H. Khan, Documents, pp.19, 46 (FGP)

Account including names, numerals and various jottings

Letter in Ottoman Turkish addressed to Salmūn who the sender Hafız Server Ağa addresses in the incipit as: "benim rūhum, mu’allam Salmūn" (my spirit, [the] learned Salmūn). The sender hopes that that the letter carrier, Murād, will be received favorably by Salmūn and confirms that he is a trustworthy in his services. Hafız Server Ağa also sends best wishes to Salmūn for the new year: "ve yeni sene mübarek olsun" (and may the new year be a blessing to you). The sender's title Server Ağa is a military title and "server" denotes a higher rank of "Chief Ağa" though it is unclear in which unit he served of the seven regiments of Ottoman Egypt. Given the terse tone of the letter it's possible it was bundled with other correspondence in an effort to introduce Salmūn to a new letter carrier than Hafız Server Ağa had used previously. MCD with information provided kindly by Dr. Özgen Felek.

Lists of People. Includes professionals, such as ṭabīb (doctor) mentioned on verso. FGP

Series of accounts, consisting mostly of numerical sums including two notes stating the accounts are for al-mu`alim ya`qub shalom al-yahudi. (FGP)

Document including signatures. Verso contains only six lines, consisting of signatures - needs examination.

Account. Arranged in 5 columns separated by vertical lines. Each column contains several private names each followed by numbers (possibly indicating sums of money) (FGP)

Letter on trading matters. Verso contains a few heart-shaped designs with words in minute script written inside them. These are also found on top and in margin of recto. (FGP)

Bill of Declaration. `Iqrar, dated 793 A.H. Mentions `Abās ibn Ḥusayn ibn `Abās (min ahl binā al-kubrā) and also mentions Mūsā ibn Yūsuf ibn Mūsā al-Yahūdī - needs examination.

Fragments of a notebook containing drafts. Drafts are of letters and short notes; poems; anecdote about Hajjāj and opening formulary of a petition. (FGP) See Khan, The Arabic fragments in the Cambridge Genizah collections, Manuscripts of the Middle East, p. 58 and n. 17. (FGP and AA)

Fragments of a notebook containing accounts

Recto: Opening formulary of petition and a draft Verso: Arabic jottings of poetry and Judaeo-Arabic jottings describing amounts of commodities probably medical. Abu 'Ala is mentioned. (AA)