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Unnamed Enslaved Person 41 (Hindiyya)

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Female
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Hindiyya enslaved woman mentioned in a medieval-era state petition connected to complaints surrounding her son's behavior on Shabbat and in the Perfumer's Market of Fusṭāṭ. It is unclear if she was still enslaved or manumitted at the time of this petition. The legal status of her son, a Jewish man named Sulaymān, is also not explicitly mentioned in the petition. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 161)

Matthew Dudley, "Unnamed Enslaved Person 41 (Hindiyya)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-41/, accessed March 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-41/