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Cairo Genizah

<p style='text-align: justify;'>Recto: opening of a letter, expressing the writer’s desire for a meeting and reproach for a previous letter that went unanswered. Verso: part of a report to the Fatimid chancery from the beginning of the 12th century, describing a battle against the Crusaders. This fragment reports on the strategies used by the army.</p>

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Letter; legal document (T-S AS 11.383)

Recto: opening of a letter, expressing the writer’s desire for a meeting and reproach for a previous letter that went unanswered. Verso: part of a report to the Fatimid chancery from the beginning of the 12th century, describing a battle against the Crusaders. This fragment reports on the strategies used by the army.

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  • Physical Location: Cambridge University Library
  • Classmark: T-S AS 11.383
  • Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
  • Date of Creation: 12th century
  • Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
  • Note(s): Belongs with T-S 16.114, T-S 24.57, T-S AS 146.195 to form a long scroll. Recto and verso were inverted during conservation.; Associated manuscripts: T-S 16.114 T-S 24.57 T-S AS 146.195
  • Extent: 1 leaf.
  • Material: Paper
  • Condition: Torn, stained
  • Layout: 8 lines (recto); 3 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 AS 11.383
    • Subject(s): Cairo Genizah
    • Date of Creation: 12th century
    • Language(s): Judaeo-Arabic; Arabic
    • Note(s): Belongs with T-S 16.114, T-S 24.57, T-S AS 146.195 to form a long scroll. Recto and verso were inverted during conservation.; Associated manuscripts: T-S 16.114 T-S 24.57 T-S AS 146.195
    • Extent: 1 leaf.
    • Material: Paper
    • Condition: Torn, stained
    • Layout: 8 lines (recto); 3 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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