Table 1. Babylonian Exilarchs
Table 1. Babylonian Exilarchs
Ahijah
1st EXILARCH, r135-145
founds new dynasty of exilarchs
:
┌─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┬─────────────┬──────────┐
Huna IV Mar Zutra I Rava Kahana Ashi
24th EXILARCH 25th EXILARCH (Khanai) │
r415-442 r442-456 : etc.
: ┌──────┴───────┬──────────────┐ :
: Kahana II Huna V Nosson II :
: 26th EXILARCH 27th EXILARCH 28th EXILARCH :
: r456-465 r465-x470 x470 :
: │ executed executed :
: Huna VI │ :
: (a) 29th EXILARCH │ (a)
: │ r484-508 │
: Haninai │ daughter == Rabiah ibn Mudhar
: executed 520 == Havah king of Himyar
: │ [heiress] d493 │
┌───┴─────┐ ┌─┴───────────────────────────────┐ │
Pachida daughter == Mar Zutra II Hizkiah Joseph Asher
Regent │ 30th EXILARCH == daughter │ Dhu Nuwas
r508-512 │ b493, 508-520 │ │ king of Himyar
│ Jewish kingdom in │ │ Arabia r518-525
│ Persia r513-520 │ │
│ │ David
Ahunai [Huna-Mar II] Zutra I [Mar-Zutra] "Rav" │
restored after an interim carried to Tiberias in 520 │
31st EXILARCH r550-560 became Patriach │
│ │ Mar Zutra III
Hofnai (Kafnai,Qafnai) etc. 34th EXILARCH
32nd EXILARCH r560-581 r589
│
┌────────────┴────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ Hushiel daughter == Asad ibn Hashim
Haninai 35th EXILARCH │ d582
33rd EXILARCH r589-608 │
r581-x589 ┌────────┴──────┐ Fatima == 'Abd Manaf
executed Nehemiah II Hanamel (Shallum) │
│ 36th EXILARCH [proposed Salmaan Farsi] │
│ Persian Govenor 37th EXILARCH 'Ali 4th Khalif r655-661
│ of Jerusalem r614-640 married daughter
│ Yazdagird III r608-614 │ of Muhammed
│ king of Persia │ │
│ │ ┌────────────┴──────────────┐ Shi'ites
Adoa == Bustenai == Dara Heman I │
│ (Bustenai) [Azdadwar] [proposed Abdallah ibn Saba] Yakub of Syria
│ 1st EXILARCH │ 38th EXILARCH [proposed Ka'b al-Ahbar]
│ r642-665 etc. r640-2 x660 claimant (x643)
├───────────────────┐ co-founder of a Kharajite sect │
Hisdai I (Chasdayi) Haninai Baradai Ishak
2nd EXILARCH [Bar-Adoi] d689 3rd EXILARCH r685-700
r665-685 │ deposed, d705
┌──────────────┴──────────┐ │
Hisdai II │ ┌──────────┴───────────┐
4th EXILARCH etc. Saura of Syria Yakub Obadiah
r700-730 (Sherini,Sheria,Serene) │
│ [claimant 720-3] │
┌───────┴───┬────────────┬─────────────┬──────────┐ Ishaq [Abu 'Isa]
Jacob, Gaon Zakkai I Judah, Gaon Solomon I David al-Ra'i al-Isfahani, d755
of Sura 5th EXILARCH of Pumbedita 6th EXILARCH │ founded a minor dynasty
r715-730 r730-733 r739 r733-759 │ (700s-800s)
│ │ │
┌───────────┬──┘ ┌──┴───────────┬────────┐ Judah of Hamadan
Isaac Iskoi I etc. Anan I Hananiah, │ (Yudghan al-Ra'i)
7th EXILARCH anti-EXILARCH 8th EXILARCH etc. │
r760 r757-761 r762 Mushka
founder of a Karaite sect │ │
│ │ etc.
etc. etc.