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Moshe b. Peraḥyā Ben Yiju Male 29 June 1155–26 February 1235 CE Jewish communal official +1 "Moses b. Peraḥyā served as judge [muqaddam] in the Egyptian provincial towns of Minyat Ziftā … Related Documents 7 Related People 22 Related Places 3
Moshe b. Yosef Ben Yijū Male 1145–November 1156 CE Jewish community member A nephew of Avraham Ben Yijū, part of the Sicilian branch of the family. Died … Related Documents 8 Related People 25 Related Places 3
Moshe (II) b. Peraḥyā (II) Ben Yiju Male Jewish community member A son of the scholar Peraḥyā (II) b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū. He sent regards … Related Documents 1 Related People 9 Related Places 0
Muḥammad (nākhudā) Male 1138–1150 CE Other Nākhudā of the ship of Fidyār Related Documents 1 Related People 2 Related Places 0
Muwaffaq al-ʿAshāʾirī Male 1136–1140 CE Muslim judicial official Merchant who traveled on at least one occasion from Aden to the Malabar coast Related Documents 2 Related People 0 Related Places 2
Natan Male 1141 CE Jewish community member Grandfather of Avraham b. Peraḥyā Ibn Yijū. Known only from a patronymic in one of … Related Documents 1 Related People 6 Related Places 1
Nāyar Male Other Brother of the enslaved Tuḷuva woman Aśu, the wife of Avraham Ibn Yijū. Ibn Yijū … Related Documents 1 Related People 3 Related Places 0
Nbyrwy Male 1136–1139 CE Other Shipowner whose ship plied the route between Aden and the Malabar coast Related Documents 1 Related People 0 Related Places 2
Nissīm b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū Male 1 September 1239–30 September 1239 CE Jewish community member A son of Sitt al-Dār bt. Avraham Ben Yijū and the judge Peraḥyā b. Yosef … Related Documents 2 Related People 22 Related Places 1
(Abu ʾl-Surūr) Peraḥya b. Avraham Ben Yijū Male 1130–11 September 1149 CE Jewish community member Beloved, eldest son of the freedwoman Ashū and the Indian Ocean trader Avraham Ben Yijū. … Related Documents 5 Related People 12 Related Places 4
Peraḥya Ben Yijū Male Jewish community member Scribe from Al-Mahdiyya and father of, among others, Abraham Ben Yijū. Related Documents 2 Related People 18 Related Places 1
Peraḥyā b. Nissīm Ben Yijū Male 1232–30 September 1239 CE Jewish community member Son of Nissīm b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū and of a daughter of Shemuʾel Ibn al-Amshāṭī. … Related Documents 4 Related People 18 Related Places 1
Peraḥyā b. Yosef Ben Yijū Male 1145–1200 CE Jewish communal official +1 A judge. Also, the Torah-learned but not business-minded nephew (and later, son-in-law) of Avraham Ben … Related Documents 24 Related People 33 Related Places 4
Peraḥyā (II) b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū Male Jewish community member A Torah scholar. His grandfather, a judge and Torah scholar, was also named Peraḥyā b. … Related Documents 3 Related People 17 Related Places 0
Rāmisht Male 23 November 1131–1140 CE Other Nākhudā. Shipowner or ship's captain. Name suggests Persian origin. Sometimes his name is spelled Rāshmit. Related Documents 8 Related People 1 Related Places 0
(Abū l-Fakhr) Saʿadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī Male 1145–1172 CE Jewish community member Related Documents 12 Related People 2 Related Places 1
Shemuʾel b. Ḥananya (Nagid) Male 1140–1160 CE Jewish communal official Served as Nagid from late 1140 – early 1160 CE. The earliest document attesting to … Related Documents 60 Related People 0 Related Places 0
Shemuʾel b. Peraḥyā (II) Ben Yijū Male Jewish community member A son of the scholar Peraḥyā (II) b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū. He sent regards … Related Documents 1 Related People 4 Related Places 0
Shemuʾel b. Yosef Ben Yijū Male 1145–5 April 1234 CE Jewish community member Later known as Shemuʾel 'the Teacher'. One of the sons of Yosef Ben Yijū. He … Related Documents 9 Related People 25 Related Places 3
(Abu ʾl-Makārim) Shemuʾel b. Ḥananʾel Ibn al-Amshāṭī Male 1152–1215 CE Jewish community member Potentially connected to the India trade, as it is mentioned that he is acquainted with … Related Documents 3 Related People 6 Related Places 0
(Umm Yūsuf) Sitt al-Dār bt. Avraham Ben Yijū Female 11 September 1149–1200 CE Jewish community member Daughter of the freedwoman Ashū and the India trader Avraham Ben Yijū; born in India. … Related Documents 8 Related People 25 Related Places 5
Son of Khalaf b. Bundār Male 1152–1156 CE Jewish community member Related Documents 2 Related People 3 Related Places 0
Son of Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār Male 1152 CE Jewish community member Related Documents 3 Related People 3 Related Places 0
Younger Son of Avraham b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū Male 1146 CE Jewish community member A younger son of the freedwoman Ashū and the India trader Avraham Ben Yijū. Born … Related Documents 2 Related People 12 Related Places 3
Wife of Shemuʾel b. Yosef Ben Yijū Female 1170–1190 CE Jewish community member The wife of Shemuʾel b. Yosef Ben Yijū. Her sister-in-law, Sitt al-Dār bt. Avraham Ben … Related Documents 1 Related People 9 Related Places 1
Wife of Yosef Ben Yijū Female 1145–1190 CE Jewish community member The wife, name as yet unknown, of the teacher and cantor Yosef Ben Yijū, with … Related Documents 5 Related People 16 Related Places 3
(Abū Zikrī) Yaḥyā b. Sar Shalom Ibn al-Shāmī Male 16 May 1141–27 August 1147 CE Jewish community member India trader and son of an India trader. Traveled with the Kārim one season. Nākhudā … Related Documents 5 Related People 2 Related Places 0
Yefet b. Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan Male 1141 CE Jewish community member Son of Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan. Likely born around 1140 CE and died young, before approximately … Related Documents 2 Related People 16 Related Places 0
Yehuda b. Mūsā Male Merchant Traveled with his brother to Bharuch but the ship was "struck in the Khawr" (i.e., … Related Documents 1 Related People 1 Related Places 1
(Abu ʾl-Faraj) Yeshuʿa b. Yaʿaqov ha-Kohen Male 1135 CE Jewish community member One of three brothers who brought a suit before the rabbinic court of Aden against … Related Documents 3 Related People 3 Related Places 1
Yiṣḥaq al-Tilimsānī Male 1140 CE Merchant North African merchant on the Malabar coast Related Documents 1 Related People 0 Related Places 1
Yiṣḥaq b. Bundār Male 1110–1136 CE Jewish community member +1 Related Documents 6 Related People 15 Related Places 0
Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār Male 1110–1152 CE Jewish community member +1 Indian Ocean trader active in Aden c. 1140–55. Cousin of Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan b. Bundār; … Related Documents 28 Related People 13 Related Places 0
Yosef b. Moshe Ben Yijū Male Jewish communal official +1 "Joseph b. Moses was praised in his youth as a diligent and discerning student while … Related Documents 3 Related People 17 Related Places 3
Yosef b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū Male 1136–1156 CE Jewish community member A teacher and cantor; the brother of Avraham Ben Yijū. Apparently, the earnings of a … Related Documents 11 Related People 31 Related Places 2
Yosef (II) b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū Male 1152–30 September 1239 CE Jewish community member The eldest son of Sitt al-Dār bt. Avraham Ben Yijū and the judge Peraḥyā b. … Related Documents 3 Related People 20 Related Places 1
Yumn Female 11 September 1149 CE Jewish community member A relation--and probably a sister (identified as such in Goitein & Friedman's published Ben Yijū … Related Documents 1 Related People 18 Related Places 1
Yumn (II) bt. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū Female 1170–1190 CE Jewish community member The daughter of Sitt al-Dār bt. Avraham Ben Yijū and the judge Peraḥyā b. Yosef … Related Documents 1 Related People 22 Related Places 1
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