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Yehuda b. Saʿadya (Nagid)

Metadata

Gender
Male
Active dates
14 May, 1086 CE
Social role
Jewish communal official
Other name
Abū Zikrī

Description / Bio

The first Egyptian Nagid. Served between 1062 and 1064 until his death between 1077 and 1079. See Cohen, Jewish Self-Government, pp. 158–71.

Alan Elbaum, "Yehuda b. Saʿadya (Nagid)," available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yehuda-b-sa-adya-nagid/, accessed January 6, 2025.
https://geniza.princeton.edu/people/yehuda-b-sa-adya-nagid/