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Tawfīq

Metadata

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

Description / Bio

Nubian enslaved woman mentioned in a bill of sale from 1100 CE in which she was sold by Sayyida bt. Ṣadaqa Ibn Ṭayyib to Moshe b. Yefet. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 101)

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