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Unnamed Enslaved Person 3 (Nūbiyya)

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Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Nubian enslaved woman mentioned in a bill of sale together with her daughter Shamīma and son Rayḥān. They were sold by al-Rayyis Abū Saʿd Seʿadya to Eliyya b. Ṣadaqa known as Ibn Ḥiyya(?). (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 123)

Matthew Dudley, "Unnamed Enslaved Person 3 (Nūbiyya)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-3/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-enslaved-person-3/