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Ghazāl

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
5 سبتمبر 1149–22 سبتمبر 1150 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person
Other name
Bidʿa

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a bill of sale from 1149/1150 CE in which she was sold by [...] b. Natan ha-Kohen to the judge Zakkay b. Moshe. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 33)

Matthew Dudley, "Ghazāl," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/ghazal-3/, accessed March 17, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/ghazal-3/