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His descendants were regarded by the Karaites as the true exilarchs. The following list of Karaite exilarchs, father being succeeded always by son, is given in the genealogy of one of these "Karaite princes": Anan, Saul, Josiah, Boaz, Jehoshaphat, David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Hasdai, Solomon II. [58] Anan's brother Hananiah is not mentioned in ...
The descendants of the Karaite Exilarchs have been referred to above. A number of Jewish families in the Iberian peninsula and within Mesopotamia continued to preserve the tradition of descent from Exilarchs in the Late Middle Ages, including the families of Abravanel, ibn Yahya and Ben-David.
Hasdai, 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. [1] [2] Some sources allege he left no male heirs, [3] and the succession went with the descendants of his brother, Baradoi.
The relation of Bostanai to the Persian princess called "Dara" [17] or "Azdad-war" [18] had an unpleasant familial outcome. The exilarch lived with her without having married her, and according to the rabbinical law she should previously have received her "letter of freedom," for, being a prisoner of war, she had become an Arabian slave, and as such had been presented to Bostanai.
Born in the mid-ninth century in Baghdad, Iraq, his father Judah ben David was Exilarch from 840-857, and a fifth-generation descendant of Bostanai. [1] Following his uncle, Zakkai ben Ahunai's death in 890, he succeeded Zakkai as Exilarch, rather than Zakkai's son David, who was deemed too controversial for the position.
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ʻAnan's allowing his followers to proclaim him as Exilarch was considered treason by the Muslim government. [ citation needed ] He was sentenced to death, but his life was saved by his fellow prisoner, Abu Hanifa , the founder of the madhhab or school of fiqh (Muslim jurisprudence) known as the Hanafi .
Shaphat was a Jewish Exilarch of the 2nd century AD [1] succeeding his father Johanan. [2] [3] Little is known about him or the office of the exilarch at this time.His name is found in most surviving genealogical lines of Davidic descent. [4]