Nagid
Template:Short description Nagid (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a Hebrew term meaning a prince or leader. This title was often applied to the religious leader in Sephardic communities of the Middle Ages. In Egypt, the Jewish Nagid was appointed over all the Jews living under the dominion of the king of Egypt; he was invested with all the power of a king and could punish and imprison those who acted in opposition to his decrees; his duty was also to appoint the Dayyanim (judges) in every city.[1]
According to Muslim scholars, the role of the Nagid (or Ra’īs) was to represent the Rabbanite majority, but also to represent the minority groups of the Karaites and Samaritans as well. Accordingly, his function was to "join the Jews together and to prevent their separation," mainly by serving them as legal authority in accordance with their laws and customs.[2]
Among the individuals bearing this title are the following (Dates refer to lifespan, not when this title was held.):
- Samuel ibn Naghrillah (Shmuel Ha-Naggid), Script error: No such module "If empty". CE
- Sa'adya ben Mevorakh, 999-?
- David ben Daniel,
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- Joseph ibn Naghrela (Yosef Ha-Naggid), 1035-1066
- Yehudah "Judah" ben Sa'adya, 1020-1080
- Abū 'l-Faḍl Mevorakh ben Saʿadya, 1040-1111
- Nethan'el ben Mevorakh, 1098-c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- Sar Shalom ben Moses, ?-1204
- Maimonides, 1138-1204
- Abraham ben Moses ben Maimon, 1186-1237
- Template:Ill, 1222-1300
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- Yehoshua Hanagid, 1310-1355
- Template:Ill, 1335?-1415?
See also
References
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- ↑ Jewish Travellers (ed. Elkan Nathan Adler), chapter: Obadiah da Bertinoro, London 1930, p. 229
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