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Al-Ḥusayn b. Ẓāhir

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1061 CE
Social role
  • Other
Other name
الحسين بن طاهر

Description / Bio

Mail carrier working the Jersualem - Fustat route in the mid-eleventh century. Carried letters to Nahray b. Nissim (fl. 1040-96).

Ksenia Ryzhova, "Al-Ḥusayn b. Ẓāhir," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/al-husayn-b-zahir/, accessed June 30, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/al-husayn-b-zahir/