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Shaʿaf

Metadata

Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a list, possibly related to inheritance. Fāṭima bt. ʿArabiyya(?) is named as Shaʿaf's enslaver. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 94)

Matthew Dudley, "Shaʿaf," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/shaaf/, accessed June 6, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/shaaf/