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Ḥidhq (or Ḥadaq)

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Female
מסמכים
Active dates
פברואר 1105 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person
Other name
חדק

Description / Bio

Maghribiyya enslaved woman who was sold by Shelomo b. Ṣemaḥ, the physician, to Yūsuf b. ʿAlī in February 1105 CE. Ḥadaq (or Ḥidhq) is listed in the document as a "westerner (Maghribiyya), possibly indicating Libyan (or the Fezzān more specifically)." (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 40)

Matthew Dudley, "Ḥidhq (or Ḥadaq)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/hidhq-3/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/hidhq-3/