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

Rab and Samuel, Synagogue of, [69].
Rabbah, Synagogue of, [64].
Rabbanite Jews, in Constantinople, [23];
Cyprus, [25];
New Askelon, [44].
Rabbis, among Jews at river Virae, [73];
appointed by Nethanel, Head of the Academy, [98];
power to appoint, given by Exilarch, [63].
Rabonica, [17].
Rachel's grave, [40].
Raga, river, [68].
Ragusa, merchants from, [106].
Rahbah, [53].
Rakka (Salchah), [51].
Ramah (Ramlah), [42].
Rams (Ramleh), [43].
Ramses, see Ain-al-Shams.
Ras-el-Ain, [51].
Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, [5].
Rayy, [84].
Rebekah, sepulchre of, [41].
Red Sea, [107].
Regensburg, [109], [111].
Rephidim, [107].
Resen, see Gazigan.
Reshid (Rosetta), [101].
Reuben, tribe of, [72].
Rhaedestus, [24].
Rhine, river, [109].
Rhodes, [25].
Rhone, river, [5].
Rib of a giant, at Damascus, [47].
Riding on horseback forbidden to Jews of Constantinople, [23].
Romagna, merchants from, [106].
Roman road between Pozzuoli and Naples, [12].
Rome, [8-11], [109]; merchants from, [3].
Romulus, king, [12].
Rosetta, see Reshid.
Rudbar, [76].
Ruins: at Ain-al-Shams, [103];
Babylon, [65];
Fayum, [97];
Gardiki, [18];
Nineveh, [52];
Old Mizraim, [102];
Palmid (Ashdod), [43];
Pozzuoli, [11];
Rams, [43];
Shushan, [73].
Russia, extent of, [111];
merchants from, [20], [106].

Saadiah Al-Fiumi, R., sepulchre of, [69].
Saba, see Yemen, el.
Sabbath, observance of, [25].
Sable, found in Russia, [111].
Sacrifices, on Mount Gerizim, on Passover and other festivals, [33].
Saffuriya, see Sepphoris.
Sahara, [97].
Saida, see Sidon. '
Saidna ben Daoud,' [61], [62].
St. Abram, church of, [40].
St. Abram de Bron, [40].
St. Elias, structure erected on Mount Carmel, [31].
St. George of Ludd, [32], [44].
St. Gilles, Bourg de, [5].
St. John in the Lateran, Church of, [10].
St. Peter's Church, Rome, [8].
St. Samuel of Shiloh, [42].
Salchah, see Rakka. --see Salkat.
Salerno, [12].
Salkat (Salchah), [48].
Salmon, the Nasi, [70].
Salonica, [18].
Salt Sea (Sea of Sodom), [37], [44].
Samara, river, [73].
Samaritan alphabet,
,
and
,lacking in, [33].
Samaritans in Caesarea, [32];
Nablous (Shechem) See Cuthim., [32].
Samarkand, [57], [62], [82].
Samnu, [103].
Samos, [25].
Samson, statue of, at Rome, [11].
Samuel, the prophet, grave of, [42];
descendant of, [60].
--Synagogue with graves of Rab and, [53], [69].
--ben Hofni, Rab, sepulchre of, [69].
--R., head of the Jews in Salonica, [19].
Samuel, the son of Eli, chief rabbi, [60], [61].
Sand-storms, in the Sahara, [97].
Santa Sophia, Church of, at Constantinople, [20].
Sar Shalom, head of the Beth Din, [48].
Sar Shalom, chief rabbi of Ispahan, [82], [88].
Sarafend, see Sarepta.
Saragossa, [1].
Sarah, sepulchre of, [41].
Sarepta, [30].
Saxony, merchants from, [106].
Scorpions, at Babylon, [65].
Scotia, merchants from, [106].
Seba, [96].
Sebastiya, [32].
Seine, river, [112].
Selah, see Kalat Jabar.
Seleucus, king, [18].
Seljuks, see Togarmim.
Senators of Rome, [9].
Seneh, [43].
Sepharad, see Spain.
Sephardi, the, see Judah, R., ben Tibbon.
Sepphoris (Saffuriya), [44].
Sepulchre, Church at Jerusalem.
Sepulchres: of Abaji and other sages, near Kefar al-Keram, [68];
Barak ben Abinoam, at Kadesh Naphtali, [46];
Bostanai the Nasi, at El Anbar, [53];
Rab Chisdai at Kefar al-Keram, [68];
Daniel at Shushan, [74-6];
R. Eleazar ben Arak, &c., at Almah, [45];
Ezekiel near Kaphri, [66];
Ezra the priest, [73];
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah near Synagogue of Ezekiel, [68];
House of David on Mount Zion, [38];
Israelites near Jerusalem, [37];
Hillel, &c., near Meron, [45];
King Jeconiah at Kufa, [69];
Rab (Jehuda) and Samuel at El-Anbar, [53], [69];
R. Jehudah Halevi, &c., near Tiberias, [45];
Joseph at Shechem, [33];
the ten Martyrs near river Tiber, [10];
Mordecai and Esther at Hamadan, [81];
Nahum at Ain Siptha, [68];
the Patriarchs at St. Abram de Bron, [41];
Rab Papa, &c., at Kotsonath, [68];
Rahbah at Gazigan, [64];
Rabbenu Hakkadosh, &c., at Sepphoris, [44];
Samuel the Ramathite at Ramah, [42];
R. Sherira, &c., at Sura, [69];
Uzziah in valley of Jehoshaphat, [37];
King Zedekiah, near river Raga, [69];
at foot of Mount Carmel, [31];
marble sepulchre at Alexandria, [106].
Serpents at Babylon, [65].
Shafjathib, [69].
Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, [72], [77], [83].
Shammai, sepulchre of, [45].
Shechem, [32].
Sheik Al Hashishim, [27].
Sheizar, [50].
Sherira, R., sepulchre of, [69].
Shiloh, [42].
Shinar, land of, [51], [62], [64], [70], [72];
merchants from, [20], [89], [106].
Shipping at Acre, [31];
Genoa, [7];
New Tyre, [30];
Pisa, [7].
Shiraz, [82].
Shittim, valley of, [37].
Shomron, see Samaria.
--Jews of, see Samaritans.
Shushan (Susa), [73].
Siberia, [62].
Sicily, [7], [108];
merchants from, [2], [106].
Sidon (Saida), [28].
Sihon, land of, [27].
Silk, artificers in, [16], [23];
silk-weaving at Salonica, [19].
Siloam, Waters of, [37].
Simasim, [107].
Simeon ben Gamaliel, Raban, sepulchre of, [45].
Simon the Just, sepulchre of, [45].
Sinai, Mount, [107].
Sin-ed-din, King of the Togarmim, [52], [81].
Singers of the Temple, their melodies known
by R. Elazar the son of Zemach, [60].
Sinjar, Shah of Persia, [74];
extent of his dominions, [75];
his defeat by Ghuzes, [84-8].
Sinon Potamo, [17].
Siponto, [13].
Slaves, taken by men of Assuan, [96].
Slavonia (Canaan), [111];
merchants from, [1-6].
Sodom, Sea of, see Salt Sea.
Solomon, King, [48], [49];
palace of, [36];
sepulchre of, [39];
Temple of, [10], [35].
Solomon Hamitsri, R., the physician, [24].
Sorrento, [11].
Spain (Sepharad), [1], [9];
merchants from, [20].
Spices, from India, [89], [91], [106].
Stables, built by Solomon, [36].
Statues, at Rome, [10], [11].
Strassburg, [111].
Sugar, grown near Tyre, [30].
Sunbat, [107].
Sun-dial, in mosque at Damascus, [47].
Sun-worshippers, [90-2].
Sūr, see Tyre.
Sura (Mata Mehasya), [69].
Susa, see Shushan.
Synagogues: of Caleb ben Jephunneh at Tiberias, [45];
Exilarch at Bagdad, [64];
Ezekiel, [66], [67];
Ezra, [52];
Ezra, at Haran, [51];
Ezra at Rakka, [51];
R. Isaac Napcha at Kaphri, [66];
Rab (Jehuda) and Samuel at El-Anbar, [53], [69];
R. Meir, &c., at Hillah, [65];
Moses, outside Mizraim, [102];
Nahum the Elkoshite at Mosul, [53];
Obadiah at Mosul, [53];
the Pavilion of Daniel near Babylon, [65];
Rabbah at Gazigan, [64];
Samuel at Ramah, [42].
--in Bagdad, [64];
Kotsonath, [68];
Kufa, [69];
Mizraim, [98];
near Sepulchre of Ezra, [73];
in Shafjathib, [69];
Shushan, [73].
Syracuse, [109].
Syria (Al-Sham), merchants from, [106].
Syrians, in Jerusalem, [34];
convent of, on Mount Sinai, [107].

Tabaristan, [78], [81].
Tadmor (Tarmod), [49].
Talmud, the, [3], [4], [63].
Tanai, [71].
Tanis (Hanes), [107].
Tanners, in Constantinople, [24].
Tarabulus el Sham, see Tripolis.
Taranto, [14].
Tarmal Galsin, King, catacombs of, [10].
Tarmod, see Tadmor.
Tarquinius, palace of, at Rome, [9].
Tarragona, [1].
Tarshish, [26].
Teima, [70], [71].
Temple, of children of Ammon at Gubail, [28];
of Solomon at Jerusalem, [10], [35], [36].
Terah, house of, at Harrān, [51].
Thebes, [16].
Thelasar, [95].
Theodoros, a Greek captain, [104].
Thoros, King of Armenia, [26].
Tiber, river, [8].
Tiberias, [44].
Tiberius, emperor, palace of, at Rome, [9].
Tibet, [62], [82];
princes of, [57].
Tigris, river, see Hiddekel.
Tilmas, [71], [72].
Timnathah, see Tymin.
Titus, reputed palace of, outside Rome, [9];
stored Temple vessels in cave, [10].
Todros, R., of the seed of David, [2].
Togarma, princes of, [57].
Togarmim (Seljuks), [23], [46], [50];
land of the, [51], [62].
Tombs, see Sepulchres.
Torah, the, [2].
Tortosa, [1].
Trani, [14].
Transmigration of souls, belief of Druses in, [29].
Trapani, [109].
Trastevere, [8].
Treves, [110].
Tripolis, [27].
Trunia, [26].
Tur Sinai, [107].
Tuscany, merchants from, [106].
Tymin (Timnathah), [45].
Tyre (ancient) (Sūr), [30].
--New (Sūr), [30], [31].
Tyrian glass-ware, [30].

Uzziah, king, sepulchre of, [37].

Vair, found in Russia, [111].
Val-de-Luna, [34].
Vegetables and fruit grown in Egypt, [101].
Venetia, merchants from, [106].
Venetians in Armylo, [18].
Verdun, [109].
Vespasianus, emperor, palace of, at Rome, [9].
Vessels from the Temple, [10].
Vessels, sea-going, of Jews of Tyre, [30].
Virae, river, [72].
Vissena, [18].
Wales, merchants from, [106].
Wallachia, [17].
Wallachians, adopt Jewish names, [17];
warlike nature of the, [17].
Water, how supplied to Antioch, [26];
bad, at Capua, [11];
rain-water drunk at, Aleppo, [50];
Jerusalem, [37];
Kish, [89].
William, King of Sicily, [14];
palace of, [108].
Witchcraft, of Duchbin priests, [92-4].
Worms, [110].
Würzburg, [111].

Yāfa (Jaffa), [43].
Yemen, el, [62], [70], [72];
merchants from, [89], [106].
Yeshiba Gaon (Jacob), [61].

Zakkai, R., the Nasi, [52], [80].
Zarfath, see France.
Zawilah (Havilah), [97];
merchants from, [106].
Zebid, [95].
Zebulun, tribe of, [83].
Zedekiah, king, sepulchre of, [69].
Zedekiah, R., the physician, [48].
Zeiri, Rab, Synagogue of, at Hillah, [65].
Zelzah, [37].
Zemarites, [49].
Zephaniah, the prophet, sepulchre of, [69].
Zerin, see Jezreel.
Zin, see China.
Zion, gate of, [36].
--Mount, [37].
--mourners of, [70], [111].
Zoan, [99].
Zoan el-Medina, [98].
Zur, son of Hadadezer, [11].

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