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Nāshiya

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
8 October 1176 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman who was manumitted by Avraham b. Aharon on 8 October 1176 CE in Fusṭāt. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 27)

Matthew Dudley, "Nāshiya," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/nashiya/, accessed March 14, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/nashiya/