Cairo Genizah : Letter; accounts

Letter; accounts (T-S 8J9.1)

Letter recounting a dispute. The writer is scared that someone will kill him should he fall into his hands. Mentions Elʿazar the judge, Abū l-Ḥasan, Abū l-Ṭāhir, Fusṭāṭ and Cairo. On verso are accounts in Arabic and the rest of the letter, obviously written around the Arabic accounts.

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 8J9.1
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Elʿazar the judge; Abū l-Ḥasan; Abū l-Ṭāhir
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 18.3 cm, width: 13.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes
Layout: 26 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL

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Information about this document

Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 8J9.1
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Elʿazar the judge; Abū l-Ḥasan; Abū l-Ṭāhir
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 18.3 cm, width: 13.7 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: holes
Layout: 26 lines (recto); various lines (verso)
Provenance: Donated by Dr Solomon Schechter and his patron Dr Charles Taylor in 1898 as part of the Taylor-Schechter Genizah Collection
Funding: The digitisation of the Taylor-Schechter Cairo Genizah Collection has been sponsored by the Jewish Manuscript Preservation Society, the Friedberg Genizah Project Inc., and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK.
Author(s) of the Record: CUL