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Ṣāfī

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
19 December 1144 CE
Social role
  • Enslaved person

Description / Bio

Enslaved man and agent of the Jewish court in Fustat. In 1144 CE Ṣāfī brought a lawsuit against Ibn Jamāhir accusing the latter of having a child with an enslaved woman and then disposing of the woman in Berbera. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 1, no. 86)

Matthew Dudley and Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Ṣāfī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/safi/, accessed February 25, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/safi/