(fl. second half of 12th cent)
Spanish traveller. A resident of Tudela, he set out on his travels in about 1167 and returned in 1172 or 1173. He visited France, Italy, Greece, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, the Persian Gulf, Egypt and Sicily. His Book of Travels is an important source for Jewish history of the period.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.