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Saydān b. Abu ʾl-Fatḥ

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1134–1135 CE
Posthumous mentions
1135 CE
Social role
  • Merchant
Other name
Sīdān b. Abu ʾl-Fatḥ

Description / Bio

A passenger of a merchant boat sent by Maḍmūn b. Ḥasan to Mangalore. He perished together with everything he was carrying for Ibn Yijū.

Sasha Batz Stern, "Saydān b. Abu ʾl-Fatḥ," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/saydan-b-abu-l-fath/, accessed June 10, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/saydan-b-abu-l-fath/