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ʿŪd al-Zān

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Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a trousseau list from 1156 CE for the bride Sitt al-Riyāsa bt. Shela ha-Levi and the groom Bū l-Makārim al-Ṣā'igh Yosef b. Shemuel. Although Goitein's transcription of the document has the name ʿŪd al-Zān, an alternate reading might be ʿŪd al-Bān according to the PGP shelfmark description. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 110)

Matthew Dudley, "ʿŪd al-Zān," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/ud-al-zan/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/ud-al-zan/