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Sar Shalom Ibn al-Shāmī

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1100 CE
Social role
  • Jewish community member

Description / Bio

He and his son were India traders

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.
Alan Elbaum and Pratima Gopalakrishnan, "Sar Shalom Ibn al-Shāmī," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sar-shalom-b-al-shami/, accessed June 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/sar-shalom-b-al-shami/