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(Abū Zikrī) Yaḥyā b. Sar Shalom Ibn al-Shāmī

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Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
16 May 1141 CE
Posthumous mentions
30 July 1147–27 August 1147 CE
Social role
  • Jewish community member

Description / Bio

India trader and son of an India trader. Traveled with the Kārim one season. Nākhudā on the route between Aden and India. He might have died on a voyage between Aden and India; see PGPID 4738, which mentions a disaster that befell the ship on which he traveled. It may follow from this that Abū Zikrī himself also perished.

Alan Elbaum and Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "(Abū Zikrī) Yaḥyā b. Sar Shalom Ibn al-Shāmī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yahya-b-sar-shalom-ibn-al-shami/, accessed December 11, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yahya-b-sar-shalom-ibn-al-shami/