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Eliyya b. David Ḥabariyya

Metadata

Gender
Male
Dates
Active dates
3 October 1559–25 March 1578 CE
Social roles
  • Jewish communal official
  • Jewish community member
Other name
אליה בכה׳׳ר דוד חברייה

Description / Bio

Court scribe within the Rabbanite community of Cairo during the 1550s–1560s who was also possibly active in Alexandria by the 1570s. The transliteration of the surname חברייה as "Ḥabariyya" is tentative and requires further research on possible alternatives.

Matthew Dudley, "Eliyya b. David Ḥabariyya," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/eliyya-b-david-habariyya/, accessed June 2, 2026.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/eliyya-b-david-habariyya/