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Karīma bt. ʿAmram (Wuḥsha al-Dallāla)

Metadata

Gender
Female
Active dates
19 April, 1098 – 1140 CE
Social role
Jewish community member
Other names
כרימה בת עמאר
וחשה אלדלאלה
כרימה בת עמרם
Wuḥsha al-Dallāla
Karīma bt. ʿAmmār
Karīma bt. ʿAmram

Description / Bio

Karima bt. ʿAmram/ʿAmmār is more commonly known by her nickname Wuḥsha al-Dallāla. She was a business woman of the late 11th/early 12th century in Fuṣtāṭ. She is one of the most well known women of this time period due to the survival of multiple documents capturing various aspects of her life. She was married to Arye b. Yehudah and had a daughter with him, Sitt al-Ḥasan. Her son, Abū Saʿd, was born out of wedlock after a relationship with Ḥassūn al-‘Asqalānī. For more on her life and business partnerships, see Goitein, "A Jewish Business Woman." RR

Life events

  1. Court battle between haLebdi and Wuḥsha ()

    Battle over the goods that Wuḥsha's brother had in partnership with haLebdi, after the brother passed away.

    T-S 8J5.5 (PGPID 5361)

Select bibliography

  1. S. D. Goitein, "A Jewish Business Woman of the Eleventh Century," The Jewish Quarterly Review 57 (n.p.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1967), 225-242.
Alan Elbaum, Rachel Richman, and Marina Rustow, "Karīma bt. ʿAmram (Wuḥsha al-Dallāla)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/karima-bt-amram-wuhsha-al-dallala/, accessed December 21, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/karima-bt-amram-wuhsha-al-dallala/