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Natan

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1141 CE
Social role
  • Jewish community member
Other names
Yijū
נתן
יגו

Description / Bio

Grandfather of Avraham b. Peraḥyā Ibn Yijū. Known only from a patronymic in one of Avraham's poems but was probably a native of al-Mahdiyya.

Select bibliography

  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 and Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Natan," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/natan-grandfather-of-ibn-yiju/, accessed June 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/natan-grandfather-of-ibn-yiju/