Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt

Mark R. Cohen

Princeton University Press, 2016

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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. To determine the origins of this institution, Mark Cohen concentrates on the complex web of internal an

ISBN-13
9780691642888
ISBN-10
0691642885
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2016
Publication date
2016-04-19
Pages
410
Dimensions
186x262x30
Weight
956