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Saʿāda

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
5 April 1198 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved woman mentioned in a legal document from 1198 CE regarding the arrangements through which she will be sold by Abū l-Barakāt Berakhot (or Yefet?) b. Moshe to the buyer Sitt Qaḍīb Sāda bt. Abū l-Bayān. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 81)

Matthew Dudley, "Saʿāda," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/saada-6/, accessed June 5, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/saada-6/