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Shaʿal

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
26 November 1108–5 December 1108 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a deed of sale from 1108 CE in which she was sold by Abū l-Ḥasan Menashshe b. Seʿadya ha-Kohen to the buyer Ṣedaqa b . Yehuda. Given the lack of any voweling, it is possible that Shaʿal's name was instead Shuʿl or Shuʿal. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 95)

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