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Umm al-ʿIzz bt. Zurʿa

Metadata

Gender
Female
Dates
Active dates
1136–1156 CE
Social role
  • Jewish community member
Other name
אם אל עז בנת זרעה

Description / Bio

The lessor of an apartment which Yosef Ben Yijū rented for a period of forty years in Sicily (likely Mazara).

Sasha Batz Stern, "Umm al-ʿIzz bt. Zurʿa," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/umm-al-izz-bt-zura/, accessed November 15, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/umm-al-izz-bt-zura/