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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 EXILARCH38th 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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