Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, Ca. 1065-1126 by Mark R. Cohen

Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, Ca. 1065-1126

Mark R. Cohen

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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. ...

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