Sons of Cush

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descendants of the biblical figure Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah

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Hebrew: בני כוש = BNY KWSh 1

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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

1Sons of Cush: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 90, 96 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Sons of Cush” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14119.

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

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