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List of names (memorial list?)

Memorial list for the family of Yosef b. Perahya Yiju, Egypt, early thirteenth century.

ENA 2592.7: List, continuation of ENA 2952.6 mentioning some of the prominent members of the Babylonian community in Fustat in the 11th century, concluding with Nahray b. Nissim.

Memorial list for various families: Qasasa, Dajaji and others. 13th century.

Memorial lists. "Contains five lists. 1. ll. 1-16: The Gaonim of the Yeshivah in Jerusalem (and later in exile), from 1046 to about 1138, that is the dynasty from Solomon ha-Kohen to Matsliaḥ ha-Kohen; 2. l. 17 - l. 9: The Gaonim of the Yeshivah in Fustat; 3. l. 10 - l. 10: The Dynasty of Nagidim of Egypt. The first legible name in this line is that of Mevorakh ben Sa'adia (1094-1111). The list ends with Nethaniel, who served immediately before Maimonides. See Mann: The The Jews in Egypt and in Palestine under the Fāṭimid caliphs / Jacob Mann. London : Oxford Univ. Press, 1920, v. 2, p. 249-250; M. Cohen: Jewish self-government in medieval Egypt : the origins of the office of head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126 / Marc R. Cohen. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1980, p.132-156; 4. ll. 11-20: The list of a family of ha-Khamim. Mostly illegible; 5. l. 21- 11: Leaders of the Fustat community; concluded with a prayer for the Community, of which one line is extant." Information from Penn catalog.

Memorial list. "The first 31 lines list dead notables, l. 32 recto - l. 7 verso add blessings for their living decendants, the last nine lines are a blessing for the community, and its leader the Nagid Moses (Maimonides?). Outstanding is the mention of R. Peraḥya (l. 17) who was martyred." Information from Penn catalog.

List of deceased persons.

List of deceased persons.

List of deceased persons. Names include Shemuel ha-Dayyan, Elazar ha-Dayyan, Shela ha-Zaqen, ʿAmram ha-Zaqen.

Memorial list. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Memorial list for the Nesi'im of the Karaites. (Beginning and end are missing)

Recto: Memorial list (ancestry tree) of Maimonides’ wife’s ancestors. Written in 13th century handwriting (Goitein). Verso: List mentioning Netan'el, his son Berakhot and grandson Menakhem, and Netan'el’s brother Ya'aqov, and (probably Ya'aqov's son) Yosef. (Information from CUDL)

Memorial list, or a dirge, not mentioning the dead by name, but by title or profession, e.g. ‘the Damascene doctor' or ‘the Babylonian baker'. Included is a notable, ‘the honoured haver in the Great Sanhedrin', and the Nasi, who was forced to announce a ban for the sake of ‘the proselyte' (in Judaeo-Arabic, אלגר) and his own position (ונשיאותו).

Memorial list

Karaite Nesiim. A memorial list.

Genealogical list of Fustat families, beginning with the Nānū family. Also mentions Abū l-Maʿālī ʿOvadya b. ʿUlla "the Nagid of the land of Israel and Judah," for whom the Geniza also preserves an investiture of appointment as Jewish communal leader in Damascus, Syria, and al-Salṭ from the son of Saladin, al-Malik al-Afḍal: T-S Ar.38.93 (Khan, Arabic Legal and Adminstrative Documents, doc. 121; see there p. 465 for reference to this document together with ENA 2592.??). In the Arabic document he is called Abū l-Maʿālī ʿAbdallāh b. Abū l-Riḍā b. Faraḥ.

Memorial list for Nethanel ha-dayyan listing five generations. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Memorial list of the family of Sheerith b. Yefet, written on a piece of paper, but not as a part of a letter. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Memorial list of a well-known family of merchants. (Information from Goitein's index cards)

Mostly torn and effaced memorial list of well-known families. (Information from Goitein's index cards)