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- Abu - Lughod (1989).
- See Udovitch (1970a), (1970b), (1967a), (1967b).
- Goitein (1964) refers to Geniza archives as “a treasure of manuscripts writ-
ten mainly during the Fatimid and Ayyubid periods and originally preserved
in a synagogue in Old Cairo.” Further, he indicates that “Geniza, as may be
remarked in passing, is derived from the same Persian word as Arabic ‘janazah,’
burial, and has almost the same meaning. It is a place where discarded writings
were buried so that the name of God, which might have been written on them,
might not be discarded. Thus, Geniza is the opposite of an orderly archive.” He
further informs us that “the documents discussed in this paper, albeit mostly
written in Hebrew characters, are in Arabic language.” - Udovitch (1970b).
- For further details, see Goitein (1964), Gerber (1981) and Firestone (1975).
- Ibid.