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Ẓarf

Metadata

Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned together with her son Muwaffaq in a deed of sale. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 120)

Matthew Dudley, "Ẓarf," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/zarf/, accessed February 12, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/zarf/