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Khalaf

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Male
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Jewish community member
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted man mentioned in a letter from the late-twelfth century CE who was married to a Jewish woman, the unnamed daughter of Abu 'l-Ḥasan. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 11)

Matthew Dudley, "Khalaf," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/khalaf/, accessed February 25, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/khalaf/