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Yūsuf ibn al-Fītūrī

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1066–1108 CE
Social role
  • Merchant
Other name
Yūsuf b. ʿAmram

Description / Bio

Possibly based in Alexandria; traveled on at least one occasion to Aden.

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.
Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Yūsuf ibn al-Fītūrī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yusuf-b-al-fituri/, accessed June 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yusuf-b-al-fituri/