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ʿAlam

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Female
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman (waṣīfa muwallada) who had been born into slavery. (Information from Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 8)

Matthew Dudley, "ʿAlam," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/alam-2/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/alam-2/