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Abū l-Ghanāʾim

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Gender
Male
Social role
  • Merchant

Description / Bio

Trader who lived in Damascus. A shipment of Chinese rhubarb belonging to him was the subject of a lawsuit in Fusṭāṭ. The shipment was probably brought by or for him from Aden. Information from Goitein and Friedman, India Traders, 293 n. 7

Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Abū l-Ghanāʾim," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/abu-l-ghanaim/, accessed June 30, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/abu-l-ghanaim/