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ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN SPAIN
IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

Thomas F. Glick


Table 3

Artisan Nisbas of Andalusi Sufis (Thirteenth Century)


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Nisba             Meaning                 Residence                 reference*             Comments
 

fakhkhâr             potter                     Málaga                         129                      Cf. Goitein, Mediterranean
                                                                                                                    Society, I: 73.
haddâd             blacksmith                Seville                           134                 Goitein, 1: 421.
hinnawi             henna siever             Fez                                114
                                                        Ronda                           152
jarrâr                potter                       Seville                             91
kahhâl             maker of kohl            Tunis                             153                 More likely a kohl worker
                        sticks                                                                                     than an occulist; see
                                                                                                                        Goitein, I: 99-100.
kharrâz             cobbler                     Seville                           124                 See Goitein, p. 422.
                                                         Niebla                           139
khayyât             tailor                         Seville                             91
naqarat         woodcarver                                                        135                 Variant form of niqârat; see
                                                                                                                        Dozy, Supplement, II:
                                                                                                                        710b; H. Wehr, Dictionary
                                                                                                                        of Modern Written Arabic,
                                                                                                                        p. 990.
qaddâb         copper worker                 -                                 160                 Goitein, Letters, p. 86 n. 7.
qalafât           ship caulker                 Málaga                            129                     Same individual as the
                                                                                                                        fakhkhâr.
qânûni             musician                     Ronda                             134                More likely a player of the
                                                                                                                        qanun than a lawyer.
qattân             cotton worker            Córdoba                          112                     See Wehr, Dictionary, p. 779;
                                                                                                                        Dozy, Supplement, II: 378a.
qarrâq             sandal-maker             Seville                             126                     See Oliver Asín, "Quercus,"
                                                                                                                        p. 142 and below, Chapter
                                                                                                                        7, section 5(g).
qazzâz             silk weaver                 Córdoba                        137                 Goitein, I: 104.
sâ'igh               goldsmith                     Ceuta                            136                 Goitein, I: 108.
shakkâz             tanner                       Seville                               96
                                                        Priego, Granada               110,159
warrâq             paper-maker             Jerusalem                         158                 See Vernet, "Ciencia en
                                                                                                                            Islam," p. 550.



*Source: Ibn 'Arabi, Sufis of Andalusia, R. J. Austin, trans. (London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971).