Abu-al-gir

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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.

Names

Hebrew: אבו אל גיר = ʾBW ʾL GYR 1

Attributes

Male
Floruit: late 12th c.

Temporal Data

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Event Description	Date	Comp./Composition	MS./Manuscript	Ed./Edition
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela1	before c.1170	c.1173	13th C	1907

Sources

1Abu-al-gir: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 13 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Abu-al-gir” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14116.

Additional credit information:

Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Liran Yadgar: abstract; birth/death/floruit dates entry; and gender assignment, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue

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