ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN
SPAIN
IN THE EARLY
MIDDLE AGES
Thomas F. Glick
Table 3
Artisan Nisbas of Andalusi Sufis (Thirteenth Century)
Page
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.