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Riḍā

Metadata

Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a bill of sale in which she was sold by Michal (מיכל) bt. Yeshuʿa to Yaʿaqov b. Abraham b. ʿAllān, an elderly man who received permission from the beit dīn for the purchase. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 77)

Matthew Dudley, "Riḍā," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/rida/, accessed June 7, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/rida/