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Jinān

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
26 يونيو 1142–24 يوليو 1142 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman who was sold in 1142 CE by Netanʾel b. Yiṣḥaq to the buyer Mufaḍḍal b. Abū Saʿd b. Ṣibyān. Jinān had a two-year-old daughter, Wafāʾ, from whom she was separated as a result of this transaction. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 46)

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