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Sulaymān

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Jewish community member
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Son of a Hindī enslaved woman and member of the Jewish community, Sulaymān is mentioned in a medieval-era state petition consisting of compaints about his behavior on Shabbat and in the Perfumer's Market of Fustat. Sulaymān's legal status is not explicitly mentioned in the petition but it is possible he was born into slavery and later manumitted. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 161)

Matthew Dudley, "Sulaymān," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sulayman/, accessed March 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sulayman/