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Jawhar al-Muqaddamī

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1145 CE
Social roles
  • Enslaved person
  • Manumitted person
  • Merchant
Other name
גוהר אלמקדם

Description / Bio

"He was evidently a slave or freedman of Ibn al-Muqaddam, and perhaps the captain on the latter's ship." (Goitein & Friedman, India Book p151) "Jawhar ('Jewel') was a common name for a slave (or freedman)." ("; n156)

Sasha Batz Stern, "Jawhar al-Muqaddamī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/jawhar-al-muqaddami/, accessed June 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/jawhar-al-muqaddami/