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Unnamed Manumitted Person 57

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Gender
Female
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person

Description / Bio

Manumitted man mentioned in a letter, c. 1089 CE from Libya (Tripolitania) to Egypt. He was formerly enslaved by a certain Ibn Faḍl. (Information from PGP and Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt, Appendix 2, no. 57)

Matthew Dudley, "Unnamed Manumitted Person 57," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-manumitted-person-57/, accessed June 30, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/unnamed-manumitted-person-57/