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Waṣl

Metadata

Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a dowry list. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 117)

Matthew Dudley, "Waṣl," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/wasl/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/wasl/