Table 1. Babylonian Exilarchs
A reconstruction of the exilarchs in the pre- and post- Islamic era.[1] [2] [3][4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 == Shamir al-Janah : executed 520 == Havah Prince 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 == Abu Talib 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. |
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