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Genoese

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A group

Names

  • Arabic: الكفار = al-kuffār 1
  • Arabic: نصارى جنوه = Naṣārā Januwah 2
  • Arabic: الجنويون = al-Januwiyyūn 3
  • Greek: Ἰανύϊοι, Ἰανυΐων, Ἰανυΐοις, Ἰανυΐους = Ianyïoi, Ianyïōn, Ianyïois, Ianyïous 4-5
  • Hebrew: יינובין = YYNWBYN 6

Attributes

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Event DescriptionDate
Event mentioned by Ibn Baṭṭūṭa.1-3 before 1354 CE1354-1356early 1180 A.H. / 17661997
Event mentioned by Laonikos Chalkokondyles.4 before 14641464-1468mid-late 15th C2014
Event mentioned by Georgios Amiroutzes.5 before 14701464-1470mid-late 15th C2014
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela6 before c.1170c.117313th C1907

Sources

  • 1Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 1:179 [Arabic].
    • infidels: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), I, 19 [English].
  • 2Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:191 [Arabic].
    • Christians of Genoa: H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 446 [English].
  • 3Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, Riḥlat Ibn Baṭṭūṭa: al-musammāt Tuḥfat al-niẓār fī gharāʾib al-amṣār wa-ʿajāʾib al-asfār, edited by ʿAbd al-Hādī al-Tāzī (al-Ribāṭ: Akādīmiyyat al-Mamlaka al-Maghribiyya, 1417 H [1996-97]), 2:216, 221, 251 [Arabic].
    • Genoese : H. A. R. Gibb, C. F. Beckingham, and A. D. H. Bivar, trans., The Travels of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa, A.D. 1325-1354 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1958-2000), II, 470, 476, 508 [English].
  • 4Genoese: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 2.4, 28; 3.25, 32; 4.4, 25-27, 41, 49; 5.9, 57-58, 61-63, 69, 75; 6.3-6, 18, 30; 8.12, 17-18, 20; 9.25; 10.4-6 [Greek with English translation].
  • 5Genoese: Laonikos Chalkokondyles, The Histories, ed. Anthony Kaldellis (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2014), para. 9.28 [Greek with English translation].
  • 6Genoese: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 3, 18, 28, 7 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, Josh Kuch, and Liran Yadgar, “Genoese” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/13747.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; matching, Arabic collection and transliteration from Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's travel account; gender assignment, matching, Greek collection and transliteration from Chalkokondyles' history; and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Josh Kuch: categorization from Chalkokondyles' history
  • Liran Yadgar: matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
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