Nāśīʾ

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A prominent leader in the Jewish community (occasionally, this term might refer to a Davidic pedigree)

Names

Hebrew: נשיא = NŚYʾ 1

Temporal Data

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Event Description	Date	Comp./Composition	MS./Manuscript	Ed./Edition
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela1	before c.1170	c.1173	13th C	1907

Sources

1Nasi: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 1, 2, 5, 60, 70, 71, 80, 82, 83 [Hebrew with English translation].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson and Liran Yadgar, “Nāśīʾ” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/884.

Additional credit information:

Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML and matching, Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
Liran Yadgar: abstract and Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue

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