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Tawfīq

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
13 مايو 1127–22 مايو 1127 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted woman and property owner mentioned in a deed of sale from May 1127 CE for a house in Qaṣr al-Shamʿ (Fusṭāt). Tawfīq's husband, Levi b. Namer, is also mentioned in the document. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 39)

Matthew Dudley, "Tawfīq," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/tawfiq-6/, accessed June 2, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/tawfiq-6/