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Avraham b. Yaʿaqov Darʿī

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Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1094–3 November 1103 CE
Social role
  • Jewish communal official

Description / Bio

Moroccan scholar (from Derʿa) who was for some time Jewish chief judge in Alexandria.

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  1. S. D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman, India traders of the middle ages : documents from the Cairo Geniza : India book (Brill, 2008), vol. 1.
Alan Elbaum and Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Avraham b. Yaʿaqov Darʿī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/avraham-b-yaaqov-dari/, accessed March 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/avraham-b-yaaqov-dari/