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Abū ʿAbdallāh Ibn Abī l-Katāʾib
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Male |
1131–1146 CE |
Merchant
+1
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Son of the Muslim ship-owner and nākhudā Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn Abī l-Katāʾib. He primarily traveled … |
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8
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1
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0
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Abū ʿAlī b. Abū ʿUmar
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Male |
1167 CE |
Jewish community member
+1
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An India trader assisted at least once by Ḥalfon b. Maḍmūn. Abū ʿAlī referred to … |
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4
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3
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0
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Abū ʿAlī b. Ṭayyib al-Miṣrī
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Male |
1136–1140 CE |
Merchant
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Merchant who traveled between Aden and India. On one occasion, he carried copper vessels from … |
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4
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0
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2
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(Abū ʿImrān) Moshe b. Shemuʾel Ben Yijū
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Male |
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Jewish community member
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The eldest son of Shemuʾel b. Yosef Ben Yijū. |
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1
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11
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3
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Abū l-Faraj al-Jubaylī
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Male |
1100–1140 CE |
Merchant
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A merchant known to Yosef b. Avraham, who (while commissioning a copper vessel from Ibn … |
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2
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0
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0
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Abū l-Faraj b. Moshe al-Baghdādī
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Male |
1136–1139 CE |
Merchant
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A young merchant who had perhaps absconded to Ceylon after arriving in the Malabar region … |
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1
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1
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0
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Abū l-Ḥasan al-Maḥallī
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Male |
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Merchant
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1
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0
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0
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(Abū l-Ḥasan) ʿAlī b. Jaʿfar
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Male |
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Merchant
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Merchant who traveled on at least one occasion to the Malabar coast (Fandarayna) and conveyed … |
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1
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1
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1
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Abū l-Ḥasan Ibn Abī l-Katāʾib
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Male |
1133–1140 CE |
Merchant
+1
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Muslim ship-owner and nākhudā in the Indian Ocean trade in the 12th century. |
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5
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1
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0
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Abu ʾl-Khayr b. al-Minqār
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Male |
1135 CE |
Jewish community member
+1
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Avraham Ibn Yijū's cousin, the son of his maternal aunt. From Goitein and Friedman: "This … |
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2
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3
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0
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Abū l-Surūr b. Khallūf al-Ṭalḥī
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Male |
1136–1140 CE |
Merchant
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Indian Ocean trader known to Yosef b. Avraham who went on at least one occasion … |
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2
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0
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1
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Aḥmad b. Abū l-Faraj
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Male |
1137–1140 CE |
Other
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Shipowner or ship's captain (rubbān). |
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1
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0
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0
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al-Muhadhdhab
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Male |
5 April 1234 CE |
Jewish community member
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A son of Shemuʾel b. Yosef Ben Yijū, though it is unclear whether this is … |
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1
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12
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5
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Aśu
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Female |
17 October 1132–1147 CE |
Enslaved person
+2
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Tuḷuva woman (i.e., native of Tulunad, the region around Mangaluru). Avraham Ben Yijū bought her … |
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3
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14
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3
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Avraham b. Yosef b. Avraham b. Bundār
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Male |
1127–31 October 1152 CE |
Jewish community member
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Eldest son of Yūsuf b. Avraham, the Indian Ocean trader. Mentioned in a letter where … |
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4
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4
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0
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Avraham Ben Yijū
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Male |
1131–1156 CE |
Jewish community member
+1
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Avraham Ben Yijū or Ibn Yijū (fl. 1132–49) was an Indian Ocean trader who left … |
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66
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25
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6
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Bakhtiyār
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Male |
1100–1138 CE |
Enslaved person
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Enslaved man (ghulām) who is mentioned in a letter that was sent by Khalaf b. … |
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2
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2
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0
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Bama
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Male |
1130–17 June 1153 CE |
Enslaved person
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Hindī slave and factotum of Avraham ben Yiju. The subject of Amitav Ghosh's book In … |
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12
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0
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0
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Berakha bt. Peraḥyā Ben Yiju
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Female |
1152–1169 CE |
Jewish community member
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Member of the well-known Ben Yijū family and sister of, among others, Avraham Ben Yijū. … |
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3
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17
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2
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Bilāl b. Jarīr al-Awḥadī
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Male |
1130–1149 CE |
Merchant
+2
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The most prominent Muslim merchant in Aden, and later a general and ruler of Aden. … |
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3
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2
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1
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Bundār b. Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan
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Male |
1140–1150 CE |
Jewish community member
+1
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Related Documents
4
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16
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0
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Ḍāfir
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Male |
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Merchant
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Rare name. This Ḍāfir had an enslaved agent named Jawhar |
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1
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3
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0
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Ḍāfir b. Faraj
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Male |
1136–1139 CE |
Merchant
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Ḍāfir is a rare name. This trader traveled on at least one occasion from Aden … |
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1
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1
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0
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Daughter 2 of Yosef ha-Kohen al-Sijilmāsī
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Female |
11 September 1149 CE |
Jewish community member
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Related Documents
1
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17
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Related Places
0
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Daughter of Nissīm b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū
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Female |
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Jewish community member
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The daughter (name unknown) of Nissīm b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū. She married her paternal cousin, … |
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1
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4
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0
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Daughter of Ḥananel b. Shemuʾel Ibn al-Amshāṭī
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Female |
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Jewish community member
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Related Documents
0
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1
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0
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Daughter of Shemuʾel Ibn al-Amshāṭī
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Female |
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Related Documents
1
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4
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0
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Elʿazar b. Shemuʾel Ben Yijū
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Male |
1152–1176 CE |
Jewish community member
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A younger son of Shemuʾel b. Yosef Ben Yijū. |
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Related Documents
1
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6
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3
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Fatan Swamī
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Male |
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State official
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Not a proper name but a title. Paṭṭanasvāmi ('lord of the mart') referring to the … |
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1
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0
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0
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Fidyār
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Male |
1136–1139 CE |
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Shipowner (nākhudā) active in the Indian Ocean in the first half of the 12th century. |
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3
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1
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0
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Ibn ʿAdlān
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Male |
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Merchant
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Merchant who traveled on at least one occasion on the Malabar coast. Maḍmūn sent him … |
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1
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0
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1
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Ibn al-Muqaddam
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Male |
1133–1152 CE |
Other
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Shipowner on the Indian Ocean route not identified as nākhudā. His ships sailed the Aden/Zabīd-Malabar … |
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6
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Related People
1
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0
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Kārdār (title)
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Male |
1137–1140 CE |
Other
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Title (translated "manager") is of Persian origin but holder's proper name is unknown. Ibn Yijū … |
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2
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0
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0
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Khalaf b. Bundār
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Male |
1120–1156 CE |
Jewish community member
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Merchant based in Aden. Nephew of Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan b. Bundār. Ibn Yijū betrothed his … |
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Related Documents
2
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Related People
7
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1
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Khalaf b. Yiṣḥaq b. Bundār
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Male |
1120–1152 CE |
Jewish community member
+1
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Indian Ocean trader based in Aden. Cousin of Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan b. Bundār and of … |
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30
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12
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1
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Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan b. Bundār
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Male |
1130–1150 CE |
Jewish communal official
+2
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Representative of the merchants in Aden. Appointed Nagid ca. 1140 (IB II,40). Died 1151 |
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43
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24
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1
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Maʿmar
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Male |
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Jewish community member
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Husband of Avraham's sister Yumn. Died ca. 1149. |
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1
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2
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1
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Marwān b. Zikrī b. Biḥār
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Male |
1149–1152 CE |
Jewish community member
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Related Documents
1
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Related People
1
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0
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Masʿūd (Captain) al-Ḥabshī
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Male |
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Other
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Captain (rubbān) of Abyssinian origin (al-Ḥabshī) who traveled between Aden and the Malabar coast |
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Related Documents
1
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0
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0
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Menaḥēm b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū
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Male |
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Jewish community member
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Apparently, a great-grandson of Avraham Ben Yijū. Goitein and Friedman source his existence to T-S … |
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Related Documents
1
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11
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0
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(Abū l-Bishr) Mevassēr Ben Yijū
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Male |
1145–1153 CE |
Jewish community member
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A brother of the India trader Avraham Ben Yijū. Like their brother Yosef, Mevassēr received … |
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7
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Related People
17
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Related Places
3
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Moshe b. Peraḥyā Ben Yiju
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Male |
4 September 1225–26 February 1235 CE |
Jewish communal official
+1
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"Moses b. Peraḥyā served as judge [muqaddam] in the Egyptian provincial towns of Minyat Ziftā … |
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6
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Related People
22
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Related Places
3
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Moshe b. Yosef ben Yijū
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Male |
29 June 1155 CE |
Jewish community member
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A nephew of Avraham Ben Yijū, part of the Sicilian branch of the family. Died … |
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Related Documents
6
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Related People
22
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2
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Moshe (II) b. Peraḥyā (II) Ben Yiju
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Male |
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Jewish community member
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A son of the scholar Peraḥyā (II) b. Yosef (II) Ben Yijū. He sent regards … |
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1
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9
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0
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Muḥammad (nākhudā)
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Male |
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Other
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Nākhudā of the ship of Fidyār |
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1
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2
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0
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Muwaffaq al-ʿAshāʾirī
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Male |
1136–1139 CE |
Muslim judicial official
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Merchant who traveled on at least one occasion from Aden to the Malabar coast |
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Related Documents
1
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Related People
0
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2
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Natan
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Male |
1141 CE |
Jewish community member
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Grandfather of Avraham b. Peraḥyā Ibn Yijū. Known only from a patronymic in one of … |
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1
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Related People
6
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1
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Nāyar
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Male |
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Other
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Brother of the enslaved Tuḷuva woman Aśu, the wife of Avraham Ibn Yijū. Ibn Yijū … |
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1
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3
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0
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Nbyrwy
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Male |
1136–1139 CE |
Other
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Shipowner whose ship plied the route between Aden and the Malabar coast |
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Related Documents
1
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Related People
0
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Related Places
2
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Nissīm b. Peraḥyā Ben Yijū
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Male |
1239 CE |
Jewish community member
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A son of Sitt al-Dār bt. Avraham Ben Yijū and the judge Peraḥyā b. Yosef … |
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2
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Related People
19
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0
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(Abu ʾl-Surūr) Peraḥya b. Avraham Ben Yijū
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Male |
1130–11 September 1149 CE |
Jewish community member
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Beloved, eldest son of the freedwoman Ashū and the Indian Ocean trader Avraham Ben Yijū. … |
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5
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12
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4
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