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ʿAlam

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Nubian enslaved woman mentioned in a legal document ca. 1100-1138 CE (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 11)

Matthew Dudley, "ʿAlam," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/alam-5/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/alam-5/