The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela - active 12th century of Tudela Benjamin

INDEX

The references in this Index are made to the pages of Asher's Edition, which are marked in the margin of the foregoing English translation.

Aaronim, [33].
Ab, Fast of, [10], [52].
Abaji, sepulchre of, [68].
Abba Mari, R., bailiff of Count Raymond, [5].
Abraham, gate of, [36].
--house of, at Harran, [51]; near Hebron, [42].
--sepulchre of, [41].
--well of, [44].
Abraham, R., the astronomer, [45].
--head of the Academy at Narbonne, [2].
--head of the Academy at Posquières, [4].
Abraham el Constantini, R., [39], [40].
Abramaz, king of the Giants, [47].
Absalom, statue of, at Rome, [11].
Absalom's Hand, pillar called, [37].
Abu al-Nazr, sheik, [102].
Abu Talib, [99].
Abydos, [19].
Abyssinia, merchants from, [106].
--people of, [96], [97].
--source of Nile in, [96], [101].
Academies: in Alexandria, [103];
Bagdad, [60];
Ibelin, [43];
Mizraim, [98];
Narbonne, [2];
Nehardea, [69];
Posquières, [4].
--Heads of the, installed by Exilarch, [63];
visit Synagogue of Ezekiel, [67];
dwelt originally at Sura, [69];
sepulchres of the, [69].
Academy Gaon Jacob, [60], [80].
--of the land of Israel, [48].
Acco, see Acre.
Achelous (Aphilon), [15].
Acre (Acco), [31].
Aden, [95], [96].
Africa, merchants from, [2], [106].
Agur bricks, [65].
Ahab, son of Omri, palace of, [32].
Ahasuerus, king, [73].
Ailam (Elim), [107].
Ain Siptha, [68].
Ain-al-Shams (Ramses), [103].
Ajalon, valley of, [34].
Al Abbasi, caliph, [54], [99];
see also Caliph of Bagdad.
Al-Bubizig, [103].
Al Buheira, [108].
Al-Gingaleh, [95].
Al-Habash (Abyssinia), [97], [101], [106].
--sultan, [96].
Al Harbina, [108].
Al-Karkh, [64].
Al-Sham (Esh-Sham), see Syria.
Alamannia, see Germany.
Alani, the, [62].
Alawiyyim, [99].
Aleph, letter, used by Samaritans in
place of
,
and
, [33].
Aleppo (Haleb, Aram Zoba), [50].
Alexander the Great, [15], [18];
built Alexandria, [103], [104];
iron gates made by, [62].
Alexander III, pope, [8].
Alexandria, [102-6];
merchants from, [2].
Algarve, merchants from, [3], [106].
Ali ben Abu Talib, [69].
Almah, [45].
Alphabet, Samaritan, lacks
,
and
, [33].
Alroy, David, see David Alroy.
Altar, of the children of Ammon at Jebeil, [28];
of the children of Dan at Banias, [46];
of Jeroboam at Banias, [46];
on Mount Carmel, [31];
on Mount Gerizim, [33].
Amadia, [76-9].
Amalfi, [13];
merchants from, [106].
Amana, river, [46].
Ammon, children of, [28].
Ammon of No, [103].
Anatolica, [15].
Andalusia, merchants from, [106].
Andernach, [110].
Angleterre, see England.
Anjou, merchants from, [106].
Antioch, [26].
Antiochus, king of Syria, [26].
Antipater, king of the Greeks, [15].
Aphilon, see Achelous.
Apulia, [13];
merchants from, [106].
Aqueducts in Damascus, [46].
Arabia, merchants from, [67], [106].
Arabs: Kalat Jabar left by the Turks to the, [50];
pray at the Synagogue of Ezekiel, [68];
join the Jews of Teima in pillaging, [70].
Aragon, merchants from, [106].
Aram Naharaim, [62].
Aram Zoba, see Aleppo.
Ararat, mountains of, [52], [62].
Archers, display of skill by, [88].
Aristotle, academy of, at Alexandria, [103].
Ark, in Synagogue of Exilarch, [64];
in Synagogue of Ezekiel, [66].
Arles, [5].
Armenia, [26].
Armylo, [18].
Arnon, river, [46].
Arta (Larta), [15].
Artaxerxes, king of Persia, [73].
Artificers in silk at Constantinople, [23];
at Salonica, [19];
in silk and purple at Thebes, [16].
Ascoli, [14].
Ashdod, [43].
Ashdoth Hapisgah, [44].
Asher, [31].
--tribe of, in mountains of Naisabur, [83].
Asher, R., the recluse, [3].
Ashkelonah, see Askelon.
Ashkenaz, see Germany.
Ashmedai, [49].
Ashmun, [102].
Asia, merchants from, [3].
Askelon, [43].
Assassins (Hashishim), [27], [76].
Assuan, [96], [97].
Assur the Great, see Mosul.
Astronomers: R. Abraham, [45];
R. Joseph, Burhan-al-mulk, [52], [80].
Asveh, mountains of, [62].
Auxerre, [112].
Azariah, furnace into which he was thrown, [65];
sepulchre of, [68].
Azariah, R., head of the Academy of the land of Israel, [48].

Baalbec (Baaloth), [48], [49].
Baal-Gad, see Gebal (Gebele).
Babel, see Babylon.
Babel, Tower of, [65].
Babylon, [44], [51], [63], [65], [76], [98];
merchants from, [20].
Bagdad, [20], [54-64], [67], [71], [77-9], [99].
Balaam, Turret of, [50].
Balis (Pethor), [50].
Bamberg, [111].
Banias (Dan), [46].
Bar Melicha, see Dar Melicha.
Barak ben Abinoam, sepulchre of, [46].
Barbarians, hired by Greeks to fight with Sultan Masud, [23].
Barcelona, [1].
Bari, Colo di, [14].
Basra, [73].
Basra gate, Bagdad, [57].
Bassorah, see Basra.
Bath, gigantic head used as a, [47].
Batlanim, at Bagdad, [61].
Battles, in the Colosseum, [9].
Bdellium, found at Katifa, [89].
Beirut (Beeroth), [28].
Beit Jibrin, [42].
Beit Nuba (Nob), [42].
Bekr, see Diar Kalach.
Ben Hadad, palace of, [47].
Bene Berak, [43].
Benevento, [13].
Benha, [103].
Benjamin ben Japheth, R., sepulchre of, [45].
Beth Din, Sar Shalom, head of the, [48].
Bethlehem (Beth-Leon), [40].
Beziers, [2].
Bilbais, [102], [103].
Bingen, [110].
Bir Abraham, [44].
Blachernae, palace of king Emanuel, [21].
Boemond
Poitevin,
prince
(le Baube), [26].
Bohemia, [111].
Bones of the Israelites, at Hebron, [41].
Bonn, [110].
Bostanai the Nasi, exilarch, [53].
Bourg de St. Gilles, [5].
Bozez, [43].
Brindisi, [14].
Bronze columns from the Temple, [10].
Bulgaria, merchants from, [106].
Burgundy, merchants from, [106].

Caesar, Julius, palace of, at Rome, [8].
Caesarea, [32].
Calabria, [14], [108];
merchants from, [106].
Caleb ben Jephunneh, synagogue of, [45].
Caliph of Bagdad: al Abbasi--Emir al Muminin--Hafiz, [54];
his attendants, [57];
his benevolence, [59];
his dress, [56];
his excursions, [56-8];
his industry, [55];
his learning, [55], [58];
his palace, [54];
his position, [54];
his recreation, [54];
his riches, [56];
is revered by pilgrims, [55];
places guards over the members of his family, [56];
invests Exilarch with authority, [63];
is warned against David Alroy, [79];
revolt of the Alawiyyim against the, [99].
Callipolis, see Gallipoli.
Camel slain as Passover-sacrifice by Caliph of Bagdad, [58].
Canaan, merchants from, [20].
Capernaum, [32].
Caphtor, [101], [107].
Captivity, Head of the, see Exilarch, Bostanai the Nasi, and Daniel the son of Hisdai.
Capua, [11].
Capys, king, [11].
Caravans, in the Sahara, [97].
Carchemish, see Karkisiya.
Carmel, Mount, [31].
Castile, Introduction.
Catacombs, at Rome, [10].
Catania, [109].
Cemeteries, Jewish, at Almah, [45];
near Ramleh, [43];
of the Israelites, near Jerusalem, [37].
Ceuta, [6].
Chafton, mountains of, [77].
Charlemagne, [9].
Chebar, river, [66].
China (Zin), [94].
Chinnereth, lake of, [44].
Chios, [25].
Chisdai, Rab, sepulchre of, [68].
Chiya, R., grave of, [44].
Christianity, followed by Girgashites, [62].
Christians, large number of, at Palermo, [108];
Medical School of, at Salerno, [12].
Christopoli, [19].
Chulan, [95].
Chuni Hamaagal, sepulchre of, [45].
Churches, in Constantinople, [20].
Cloth, purple, artificers in, at Thebes, [16].
Coblenz, [110].
Colo di Bari, [14].
Cologne, [109], [110].
Colosseum, in Rome, [9].
Columns, of silver and gold in palace of Caliph, [56];
in mosque at Damascus, [47];
of bronze, from the Temple, [10];
of marble, in Synagogue of Exilarch, [64].
Constantinople, [11], [17], [19-24].
Constantinus the Great, equestrian statue of, [11].
Coral (Al Murgan), found at Trapani, [109].
Corfu, [15].
Corinth, [16].
Coverlets, made by the Caliph of Bagdad, [55].
Crete, [105].
Crissa, [16].
Croatia, merchants from, [106].
Curicus (Kurch), [25].
Cush, land of, [83], [96], [97];
sons of, [90], [96].
Cuthim, in Caesarea, [32];
Damascus, [48];
Nablous, [32], [33];
New Askelon, [44].
Cyclopean buildings at Tarragona, [1].
Cyprus, [25], [105].

Damascus, [46-8], [52].
Damietta, [101], [107].
Damira, [103].
Dan, see Banias.
--tribe of, [83].
Danemark, merchants from, [106].
Daniel, sepulchre of, [74], [75];
Synagogue of the Pavilion of, [65].
Daniel, the son of Hisdai, exilarch, his authority, [61],
and its extent, [62];
his dress, [62];
his possessions, [63];
his visits to the Caliph of Bagdad, [62].
Dar-al-Maristan, [59].
Dar Melicha (the Dwelling of Beauty), [68].
David, king, [12], [61];
sepulchre of, [39].
--gate of, in Jerusalem, [36].
--house of, [64], [69];
sepulchres of the, [38], [39], [69].
--seed of, Daniel the Exilarch, [61], [62];
Salmon the Nasi of Teima, [71];
R. Todros, [2];
R. Zakkai, [52].
--Tower of, [35].
David Alroy, his learning, [77];
his rebellion, [78];
his pretended miracles, [78];
his imprisonment and escape, [78];
his departure
from Amadia, [79];
his murder, [81].
Dayanim, at the river Virae, [73].
Daylam (Gilān), princes of, [57].
Demented people, provided for by Caliph of Bagdad, [59].
Demetrizi, [19].
Dimin (Latmin), [50].
Disciples, twenty sepulchres of, [45].
"Dominus," one of the twelve ministers of Greece, [19].
Diyār Kalach (Bekr), [62].
Drama, [19].
Druses, the, [29].
Duchbin, [92].
Dyers, at Beit Nubi, [43];
Bethlehem, [40];
Brindisi, [15];
among the Druses, [29];
at Jaffa, [43];
Jerusalem, [34], [35];
Jezreel, [44];
KarjatĪn, [49];
Ludd, [32].

Earthquake, at Hama (Hamath), [49];
at Tripoli, [27], [28].
Ebal, Mount, [32], [34].
Ebro, river, [1].
Eden (Aden), [95].
Edom, merchants from, [3], [106].
Edom, sons of, see Franks.
Egripo, [17].
Egypt, [96-198];
merchants from, [3], [20];
frontier of, [44].
El-Anbar, [53], [69].
El-Khabur (Habor), river, [51], [83].
El-Mosul (Assur), [52], [53], [80].
Elahutha, fire named, [92].
Elam, see Khuzistan.
Elazar, R., son of Zemach, [60].
Eleazar ben Arak, R., sepulchre of, [45].
Eleazar ben Azariah, R., sepulchre of, [45].
El-id-bed Ramazan, feast, [57].
Elijah, altar on Mount Carmel repaired by, [31].
--cave of, [31].
Elim, see Ailam.
Emanuel, sovereign of the Greeks, [15];
resides at Constantinople, [19];
built Blachernae, [21].
Embalming, by natives of Malabar, [92].
Embriacus, Guillelmus, governor of Gubail, [28].
Emesa, [49].
Emir al Muminin, the Fatimite Caliph, resides in Mizraim, [98].
--al Abbasi, [54-63], [79], [99];
see also Caliph of Bagdad.
England, merchants from, [3], [106].
Epacto, see Lepanto.
Ephraim, Mount, [32].
--tribe of, [33].
Epikursin, in Cyprus, [25].
Ermine, found in Russia, [111].
Esther, grave of, [81].
Euphrates, river, [50], [53], [59], [66], [69].
Evil-merodach, [66].
Exilarch, the, his authority, [61]
and its extent, [62], [76];
his functions, [63];
his honour, [61];
his installation, [63];
his revenues, [63];
his Synagogue, [64];
visits Synagogue of Ezekiel, [67];
dwelt originally at Sura, [69];
consulted by independent Jews of Arabia, [71];
warned against David Alroy, [80].
Ezekiel, sepulchre of, [66-8];
Synagogue of, [66], [67].
Ezra the priest, [43];
sepulchre of, [73];
Synagogue of, [52];
Synagogue of, at Harrān, [51];
at Rakka, [51].

Farming, by Jews at Crissa, [16];
on banks of the Nile, [101];
by Jews in Arabia, [70];
by Jews of the mountains of Naisabur, [83].
Fars, or Shiraz, [82].
Fayum, [97].
Fer, river, see Orontes.
Fera, a fair at Synagogue of Ezekiel, [67].
Fighting-men, Jews of Aden, [96];
Jews of Kheibar, [72];
among Jews of the mountains of Naisabur, [83];
in Pisa, [7];
Jews of Tadmor, [49];
Jews of Teima, [70].
Fire-worshippers, of Ibrig, [92-4].
Fish, caught when Nile recedes, [100].
Fishing, forbidden near Synagogue of Daniel, [76].
Flanders, merchants from, [106].
Flax, grown at Sunbat, [107].
Fortifications, near Naples, [12];
at Salerno, [13].
France (Zarfath), [112];
merchants from, [3], [106].
Franks, the, [27];
in Jerusalem, [34].
Freising, [111].
Frisia, merchants from, [106].
Fur, river, see Orontes.