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Rahaj

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
13 September 1151–31 August 1152 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a bill of sale from 1151/1152 CE in which she was sold by Abū ʿAlī Yefet b. Shemarya to the buyer Abū Isḥāq Avraham b. ʿAmram. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 72)

Matthew Dudley, "Rahaj," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/rahaj-2/, accessed June 5, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/rahaj-2/