Collection of manuscript fragments removed from a "bindings' geniza". [Aleppo, Mosul and Baghdad, late 18th - early 19th centuries].
Includes four letters and a segment from an additional letter sent to "Yitzchak Daniel Jana [?]" of Baghdad. All the letters are written in Judeo-Arabic, with Hebrew introductions. One of the letters contains the name of the addressee with the inscription: "from Aleppo… to the great city of Bavel…"; this letter contains a fragmented signature "the young Ch—Atia—Se"t (Sephardi tahor)". It is possible that the author was R. Chaim Attia, one of Aleppo's great Torah scholars in the 18th century (passed away 1795). He corresponded with Maharam Galante and the Chida, who referred to him as "the lion of Torah scholarship", and wrote to him, "My entire body is trembling with the force of your Torah thoughts". The back of one letter states that it was sent from Al-Mosul (Mosul, Iraq) to Baghdad. Another letter is signed by "Ezra David [?] Binyamin". Two letters contain the date: 1808 and 1809. Two further documents are written in Arabic, and several fragments contain financial accounts.
Over 20 leaves and leaf fragments. Size and condition vary. Various defects due to the binding process.