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אבו אל גיר (Male): A contemporary of Benjamin of Tudela (second half of the 12th c.); resided in Amalfi. Described as the "prince" (Heb. nadiv), i.e. belonging to the Jewish elite.
אברמז (Male): A giant king whose remains were found at the Palace of Ben Hadad/Great Mosque of Damascus. The name is derived from Abraham.
אויל מרודך (Male): i.e. Amel-Marduk, son and successor of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon (biblical).
אל שיך אבו אל נצר (Male): The overseer and clerk of the Synagogue at Dammuh, Egypt, and Maimonides' brother-in-law (second half of the 12th c.). His Hebrew name: Isaiah ha-Levi b. Misha'el.
אל שיך אבו גאלב (Male): A contemporary of Benjamin of Tudela (second half of the 12th c.); resided in Hamah.
אנטיוכוס (Male): Antiochus (father of Seleucus I Nicator), believed by Benjamin to be the founder of Antioch, instead of his son.
ארונים (Group): Samaritan priests who claim to be descendants of biblical Aaron; they marry only among themselves.
דוד אל רואי (Male): i.e. Menahem b. Solomon ibn al-Ruji, a head of a Messianic Jewish movement in Iraq (first half of the 12th c.). See: https://oi.uchicago.edu/sites/oi.uchicago.edu/files/uploads/shared/docs/false_messiah-1.pdf
הצמרי (Group): One of the Phoenician tribes who inhabited the town of Sumra, at the western base of the Lebanon range. Benjamin identified Emesa/Homs to be their city.
הרב אבטליון (Male): A contemporary of Benjamin of Tudela (second half of the 12th c.); resided in Constantinople.
חאפט (Male): The Abbasid Caliph, perhaps Muhammad al-Muqtafi (r. 1136-1160) or al-Mustanjid (r. 1160-70), both were contemporaries of Benjamin of Tudela while the exact date of his visit in Baghdad is unknown.