Radhanite

plural Radhanites · alternative Radanite

1. historicalOne of a group of early medieval Jewish merchants forming a vast trade network across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and eastwards to China.

   Inside the Radhanite's tent, Niccolò sat with the Captain Commander and the Viscount.

   2012, Joaquin Rafael Roces, The Se7en Passions of Gabrielle Émilie, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 46

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   Here he fell in with the servant of a Radhanite, one of the Jewish merchants who travelled, carrying others' goods and letters and money and a certain amount of political intrigue when it suited them.

   1981, Claire Rayner, The running years, →ISBN, page 46

   At the end of the summer, Simon the Radhanite paid another surprise visit to Fernshanz.

   2013, George Steger, Sebastian’s Way: The Pathfinder, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 249

alternative Radanite

1. not comparablePertaining to the Radhanites.

   In consequence, the Jewish merchant of the late eleventh or twelfth century possessed more restricted horizons than his Radhanite predecessor

   1966, Michael Moïssey Postan, H. J. Habakkuk, The Cambridge Economic History of Europe: Trade and industry in the Middle Ages, page 418

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   Even after the near monopoly of Radhanite trade had come to an end, Jewish merchants continued to indulge and prosper in local and international commerce.

   2009, Madeleine Pelner Cosman, Linda Gale Jones, Handbook to Life in the Medieval World, 3-Volume Set, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 252

   The slave traders of various Radhanite origins of the High Middle Ages were Jewish merchants who were covering long itineraries in North Africa, Central Asia, China, Europe, India, and the Middle East.

   2018, R. M. Dipanda, Black Race, Who Are You?: Great Black Race Chronoholocaust Cataclysm, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN