[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Hebrew & Jewish](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he) › [Medieval Hebrew and Judaeo-Arabic literature](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval) › מסעות בנימין # מסעות בנימין 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/benjamin-of-tudela) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (2) - [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Critical Text, Translation and Commentary](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.benjamin-of-tudela~en-adler) — English, not yet digitised - [The Itinerary of Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.benjamin-of-tudela~en-asher) — English, not yet digitised --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.benjamin-of-tudela](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.he.medieval.benjamin-of-tudela) · Pramāṇa