COLLECTION NAME:
Genizah Collection
Record
Reference number:
B 4205 - 2
Obverse:
B 4205 - 1
Image Number:
JRL0704598dc
Image Title:
Judeo-Arabic letter
Subject:
Letters
Description:
Conclusion of the letter mentioning the murder of Fakhr al-Umara and also mentioning Amir al-Juyush, which was the title of Badr al-Jamali, the Armenian general and actual ruler of Egypt, 1074-1094, and a delegation from a Suleiman.
Date created:
11th century
People covered:
Suleiman
People covered:
Fakhr al-Umara
Language:
Arabic
Script:
Hebrew
Support material:
Paper
Item height:
71 mm
Item width:
121 mm
Folio:
1 / 1 leaf, verso
Technique used:
Handwriting
Notes:
8 lines. See M. Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, pp. 61-5 on the Amir al-Juyush. Page meant to be turned vertically.
Discovery site:
Egypt: Cairo: Ben Ezra synagogue
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Former repository:
Moses Gaster
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Access rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Image sequence number:
B04205-2
Image technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured:
2007-03-08
Date: added:
2007-07
Metadata language:
eng-GB
