Schechter Letter

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The Schechter Letter
Cropped version of f. 2r of the Schechter letter, showing Khazar general Pesakh and his titles.
Location	Cairo Geniza
Author(s)	Anonymous Khazar author
Media type	Manuscript
Subject	Khazar history and conversion to Judaism

The Schechter Letter,^{[citation needed]} also called the Genizah Letter^[1] or Cambridge Document,^{[citation needed]} was discovered in the Cairo Geniza by Solomon Schechter in 1912.^[1] It is an anonymous Khazar letter discussing several matters including the wars of the early 940s, involving the Byzantine Empire, the Khazar Khaganate, and Kievan Rus'.^[1] Scholars have debated its authenticity.^[1]