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Moshe b. Mevorakh (Nagid)

بيانات التعريف

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
1112–1126 CE
Social role
  • Jewish communal official
Other name
Abū l-Bayān

Description / Bio

Succeeded his father Mevorakh as Nagid.

Select bibliography

  1. Mark Cohen, Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126 (Princeton University Press, 2014).
Alan Elbaum, "Moshe b. Mevorakh (Nagid)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/moshe-b-mevorakh-nagid/, accessed February 9, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/moshe-b-mevorakh-nagid/