Fuwaad ibn Abbas

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Protagonist and Narrator

A prosperous fabric merchant from Baghdad who recounts his time-travel journey to the Caliph. He used the Gate of Years to travel to his past in hopes of saving his deceased wife, Najya.

In The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate (Ted Chiang, 2019)

Possibly the same character

Same author, same name, in other works — cross-work identity is not asserted here, only suggested. Nartopo tracks character identity per work; these are separate pages that may or may not depict the same character.