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Abu-Sa‘id

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A Jewish jeweler in Egypt, reportedly close to the Fatimid caliph al-Mustanṣir billāh

Names

  • Persian: ابو سعید = Abū Saʿīd 1

Attributes

  • Male
  • Floruit: 1036-1062

Temporal Data

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Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw1 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001

Sources

  • 1Abu-Sa‘id: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 74-75 [Persian with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Mary Papadopoulos, “Abu-Sa‘id” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/15129.

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  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; abstract; birth/death/floruit dates entry; and matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Mary Papadopoulos: gender assignment, matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
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