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Ṣalaf

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
1100–1138 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Hindiyya enslaved woman who is mentioned in a dowry list ca. 1100-1138 CE, possibly identical to the enslaved woman who appears in a deed of manumission from 1157 CE (T-S 10J28.16). (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 88)

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