Cairo Genizah : Letter

Letter (T-S 28.18)

Letter from Josiah Gaʾon (c. 1024 CE) describing the imposition by the Muslim authorities of a special, heavy tax on the Jews of Jerusalem. Mentions Abū Naṣr b. ʿAbdūn (who spoke on his behalf to the governor); Ibn Garmān (possibly a Christian); Joseph the Av; Joseph’s son-in-law Ibn al-ʿAkkī; Abū Naṣr Furqān; and the Karaite elders, the brother of Abū Isḥaq and Abū Faḍl Sahl b. […].

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Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
Classmark: T-S 28.18
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Author(s): Josiah Gaʾon
Date of Creation: 1024 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū Naṣr b. ʿAbdūn; Ibn Garmān; Joseph (Av Bet Din); Ibn al-ʿAkkī (son-in-law of Joseph Av Bet Din); Abū Naṣr Furqān; Abū Isḥaq, brother of; Abū Faḍl Sahl b. […]
Note(s): Belongs with T-S 13J25.7, which is another part of the same letter.; Associated manuscripts: T-S 13J25.7
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 58 cm, width: 20 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: badly torn, holes, faded
Layout: 53 lines (recto; verso is blank)
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 28.18
Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
Author(s): Josiah Gaʾon
Date of Creation: 1024 CE
Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Hebrew
Donor(s): Schechter, S. (Solomon), 1847-1915; Taylor, Charles, 1840-1908
Associated Name(s): Abū Naṣr b. ʿAbdūn; Ibn Garmān; Joseph (Av Bet Din); Ibn al-ʿAkkī (son-in-law of Joseph Av Bet Din); Abū Naṣr Furqān; Abū Isḥaq, brother of; Abū Faḍl Sahl b. […]
Note(s): Belongs with T-S 13J25.7, which is another part of the same letter.; Associated manuscripts: T-S 13J25.7
Extent: 1 leaf. Leaf height: 58 cm, width: 20 cm.
Material: Paper
Condition: badly torn, holes, faded
Layout: 53 lines (recto; verso is blank)
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