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Rahaj

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
2 أكتوبر 1133–11 أكتوبر 1133 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Nubian enslaved woman, purchased by Abū l-Hasan Shelomo b. Menashshe ha-Kohen and given to his wife Sitt al-Nasab bt. Abū l-Munā Yiṣḥaq in 1133 CE. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 71)

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