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(Abu ʾl-Surūr) Peraḥya b. Avraham Ben Yijū

מטא-דאטא

Gender
Male
מסמכים
Active dates
1130–11 ספטמבר 1149 CE
Social role
  • Jewish community member
Other names
Surūr b. Avraham Ben Yijū
אבו אל סרור בן אברהם בן יגו
פרחיה בן אברהם בן יגו

Description / Bio

Beloved, eldest son of the freedwoman Ashū and the Indian Ocean trader Avraham Ben Yijū. Born in Malibārāt between 1132 and 1134. Died in Aden around 1149.

Sasha Batz Stern, Pratima Gopalakrishnan, and Marina Rustow, "(Abu ʾl-Surūr) Peraḥya b. Avraham Ben Yijū," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/perahya-b-avraham-ben-yiju/, accessed June 30, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/perahya-b-avraham-ben-yiju/