Back to People

Umm Baqā

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
5 December 1176–2 January 1177 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted woman (maʿtūqa) mentioned in two late-twelfth century communal lists for the distribution of clothing (al-kiswa). (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 40)

Matthew Dudley, "Umm Baqā," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/umm-baqa/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/umm-baqa/