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Menaḥēm b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū

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Gender
Male
Social role
  • Jewish community member
Other name
Menaḥēm b. Yosef b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū

Description / Bio

Apparently, a great-grandson of Avraham Ben Yijū. Goitein and Friedman source his existence to T-S 10J18.5 v, ln 5 via Goitein & Friedman; however, we have not been able to replicate this identification. More investigation needed. --SBS

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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.
Sasha Batz Stern, "Menaḥēm b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/menahem-b-yosef-ii-ben-yiju/, accessed June 30, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/menahem-b-yosef-ii-ben-yiju/