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Muhja

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
11 March 1217–9 April 1217 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Beja enslaved woman (Bāziyya) who was sold by Yefet b. Meʾir to Yeshuʿa b. Yehuda in March/April 1217 CE. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 56)

Matthew Dudley, "Muhja," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/muhja/, accessed June 5, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/muhja/