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Fayrūz

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Gender
Male
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved man mentioned in a letter from Yeshuaʿ ha-Kohen b. Yaʿaqov in Dhu Jibla, Yemen, to Avraham Ibn Yiju, then in Aden. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 26)

Matthew Dudley, "Fayrūz," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/fayruz-2/, accessed March 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/fayruz-2/