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Abū Zikrī Kohen

Metadata

Gender
Male
Active dates
1145 – 1148 CE
Social role
Jewish community member
Other name
Abū Zikrī Yehuda b. Yosef ha-Kohen al-Sijilmāsī

Description / Bio

Representative of the merchants (wakīl al-tujjār) in Fustat in the 1120s and 1130s and an Indian Ocean trader. Originally from Sijilmāsa.

Marina Rustow, "Abū Zikrī Kohen," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/abu-zikri-kohen/, accessed November 21, 2024.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/abu-zikri-kohen/