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Samuel ibn Naghrillah
Shmuel ibn Naghrillah | |
|---|---|
| Born | 993 |
| Died | c. 1056 |
| Occupation(s) | Poet, military leader |
| Known for | Jewish leader |
| Children | Joseph ibn Naghrela |
Shmuel ibn Naghrillah[1] (Hebrew: שְׁמוּאֵל הַלֵּוִי בֶּן יוֹסֵף, Šəmuʿēl HalLēvi ben Yosēf; Arabic: أبو إسحاق إسماعيل بن النغريلة ʾAbū ʾIsḥāq ʾIsmāʿīl bin an-Naġrīlah), mainly known as Shmuel Hanagid which means Samuel the Prince (Hebrew: שמואל הנגיד, romanized: Šəmūʿel HanNāgid) and Isma’il ibn Naghrilla[2] (born 993; died 1056), was a medieval Sephardic Jewish Talmudic scholar, grammarian, philologist, soldier, merchant, politician, and an influential poet who lived in Iberia at the time of the Moorish rule.[3] He held the position of Prime Minister of the Taifa of Granada and served as the battlefield commander of the Granadan army,[4] making him arguably the most politically influential Jew in Islamic Spain.[5]
- ^ Roth, Norman (1994). Jews, Visigoths, and Muslims in Medieval Spain: Cooperation and Conflict. BRILL. p. 89. ISBN 978-90-04-09971-5. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ^ Catlos, Brian (2018). Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain. Basic Books. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-465-05587-6. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Marcus, Jacob Rader. "59: Samuel Ha-Nagid, Vizier of Granada." The Jew in the Medieval World: A Source Book, 315-1791. Cincinnati: Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1938. 335-38.
- ^ Samuel; Hanagid, Shmuel (24 March 1996). Selected Poems of Shmuel HaNagid. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691011202.
- ^ Stillman, Norman A. The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book, The Jewish Publication Society of America,1979. 56
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