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Yeshuʿa b. Yosef Ibn Alqāsh

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Gender
Male
Social role
  • Jewish community member

Description / Bio

A notable figure in the Alexandria Jewish community in the mid- to late 11th century. A Ḥaver. Dealt in the book trade. The Ibn Alqāsh family remained one of the leading Jewish families of Alexandria throughout the 11th and 12th centuries.

Alan Elbaum, "Yeshuʿa b. Yosef Ibn Alqāsh," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yeshua-b-yosef-ibn-alqash/, accessed June 3, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yeshua-b-yosef-ibn-alqash/