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Fatan Swamī

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1138–1150 CE
Social role
  • State official
Other name
פתן סומי

Description / Bio

Not a proper name but a title. Paṭṭanasvāmi ('lord of the mart') referring to the chief of the merchant guild in a port town

Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Fatan Swamī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/fatan-swami/, accessed June 30, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/fatan-swami/