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(Abū l-Fakhr) Saʿadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī
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Gender
Male
Dates
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1160–20 September 1172 CE
Social role
Jewish community member
Other names
Abū l-Fakhr
אבו אלפכר בר אברהם
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S. D. Goitein and Mordechai Akiva Friedman,
India Traders of the Middle Ages: Documents from the Cairo Geniza
(Brill, 2008), vol. 3.
How to cite this record:
Alan Elbaum and Ksenia Ryzhova, "(Abū l-Fakhr) Saʿadya b. Avraham Ibn al-Amshāṭī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sa-adya-b-avraham-ibn-al-amshati/, accessed February 25, 2026.
Link to this person:
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sa-adya-b-avraham-ibn-al-amshati/