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The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela
Travel account (c. 1165–73) describing from hearsay el-Katifa and the pearl fishery, Khulam (Quilon) with its sun-worshipping, honest black inhabitants, pepper, calamus and ginger and some hundred black Jews; Ibrig (Ceylon?) with its fire-worshipping Duchbin and 3,000 Jews; Al-Gingaleh (Cranganore?) with 1,000 Jews; and "India which is on the mainland" (Aden).
- Language
- Hebrew
- Date
- 1165–1173 CE
- Author
- Binyāmīn mi-Ṭudela
- Text
- not yet digitised (catalogue entry)
Translations (2)
- The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Critical Text, Translation and Commentary — English, not yet digitised
- The Itinerary of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela — English, not yet digitised