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Abū ʿAlī b. Ṭayyib al-Miṣrī

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Social role
  • Merchant

Description / Bio

Merchant who traveled between Aden and India. On one occasion, he carried copper vessels from Mangalore back to Aden for Yosef b. Avraham. Yosef b. Avraham also introduced Abū ʿAlī to Ibn Yijū when Abū ʿAlī was a novice in the India trade.

Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Abū ʿAlī b. Ṭayyib al-Miṣrī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/abu-ali-b-tayyid-al-misri/, accessed March 17, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/abu-ali-b-tayyid-al-misri/