- The
exilarch was the
leader of the
Jewish community in
Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq)
during the era of the Parthians,
Sasanians and
Abbasid Caliphate up...
-
exilarch to
family members that
traced its
patrilineal descent from David, King of Israel. The
highest official of
Babylonian Jewry was the
exilarch (Reish...
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Solomon the
Exilarch ruled the
diasporic Jewish community as
exilarch from 730 to 761. He was the son of the
exilarch Hasdai I. In
consequence of a dearth...
- also
known by his
personal name
Haninai (Hani' in Arabic), was the
first Exilarch (leader of the
Jewish community of Mesopotamia)
under Arab rule. He lived...
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Johanan was a
Jewish exilarch of the 2nd
century AD who
succeeded his
brother Nahum,
according to the
Seder Olam Zutta. He is
either the son or a descendant...
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Ahijah was a
Jewish exilarch of the 2nd
century CE.
There are no
known holders of the
office prior to his tenure, and his name does not
appear in the Seder...
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Shaphat was a
Jewish exilarch of the 2nd
century AD,
succeeding his father, Johanan.
Little is
known about him or the
office of the
exilarch at this time. His...
- Nahum, or Nehunyon, was a
Jewish exilarch of the 2nd
century AD,
according to the
Seder Olam Zutta,
residing within the
Parthian Empire. He is believed...
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first ruler was
Makhir of Narbonne, a
likely descendant of the
Babylonian exilarch Bostanai, of the 7th
century CE.
Zuckerman argues that the
Princedom pla****...
- or Hisday, a
derivative of 'Hasadiah' (Hebrew: חֲסַדְיָה), was a
Jewish Exilarch of the late 7th
century AD,
succeeding his
father Bostanai to the office...
