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Bama

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
30 July 1147–17 August 1148 CE
Social role
Enslaved person
Other name
Bomma

Description / Bio

An Indian slave and factotum of Avraham ben Yiju. The subject of Amitav Ghosh's book In an Antique Land.

Alan Elbaum, "Bama," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/bama/, accessed April 28, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/bama/