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Yosef

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
22 إبريل 1124–1146 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Jewish community member
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted man mentioned as part of his daughter's nomenclature in two marital documents from 1124 and 1145 CE, Dalāl bt. "master and lord (mar ve-rav) Yosef, the elder (ha-zaqen), the freedman (meshuḥrar)." (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 44)

Matthew Dudley, "Yosef," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yosef/, accessed June 5, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yosef/