Jewish self-government in medieval Egypt : the origins of the office of head of the Jews, ca. 1065-1126 /

Under three successive Islamic dynasties--the Fatimids, the Ayyubids, and the Mamluks--the Egyptian Office of the Head of the Jews (also known as the Nagid) became the most powerful representative of medieval Jewish autonomy in the Islamic world. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Co...

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Main Author: Cohen, Mark R., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1980]
Series:Princeton studies on the Near East.
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