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Dhahab

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
4 September 1242 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted woman mentioned in a bifolium of a court notebook, one of the other entries is dated in 1242 CE. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 5)

Matthew Dudley, "Dhahab," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/dhahab-2/, accessed June 8, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/dhahab-2/