Cairo Geniza

corpus of manuscript fragments from the Jewish community in Egypt
Place manuscript_collection Q742963
Cairo Geniza
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Cairo Geniza

Summary

Cairo Geniza is a manuscript collection[1]. It draws 582 Wikipedia views per month (manuscript_collection category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Cairo Geniza's instance of is recorded as manuscript collection[3].
  • Cairo Geniza's location of discovery is recorded as Ben Ezra Synagogue[4].
  • The location of Cairo Geniza was Cambridge University Library[5].
  • The location of Cairo Geniza was Jewish Theological Seminary of America[6].
  • Cairo Geniza took place at National Library of Russia[7].
  • Cairo Geniza took place at Bodleian Library[8].
  • The location of Cairo Geniza was John Rylands Library[9].
  • Cairo Geniza took place at British Library[10].
  • Cairo Geniza's Commons category is recorded as Cairo Geniza[11].
  • Cairo Geniza's country of origin is recorded as Egypt[12].
  • Cairo Geniza's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30.0057944, 'lon': 31.2310222}[13].
  • Cairo Geniza's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cairo Geniza[14].

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Designation and Status

Cairo Geniza's instance of is recorded as manuscript collection[3].

Why It Matters

Cairo Geniza draws 582 Wikipedia views per month (manuscript_collection category, ranking #2 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin
    Coordinate location {'lat': 30.0057944, 'lon': 31.2310222}
    Instance of manuscript collection
    Aliases
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007293774905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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