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Yefet b. Avraham al-Tustarī

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Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1040–1047 CE
Other name
Abū ʿAlī Ḥasan b. Abū Saʿd Ibrāhīm al-Tustarī

Description / Bio

Yefet rose at the Fatimid court and by 1064 converted to Islam and was appointed superintendent of the fisc (ṣāḥib bayt al-māl).

Alan Elbaum, "Yefet b. Avraham al-Tustarī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yefet-b-avraham-al-tustari/, accessed June 3, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yefet-b-avraham-al-tustari/