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Ṣalaf

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
19 November 1157 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman who was manumitted on 19 November 1157 CE by Sitt al-Hasab bt. Shela ha-Levi ha-Sar. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 31)

Matthew Dudley, "Ṣalaf," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/salaf-2/, accessed March 17, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/salaf-2/