Bebai ben Abaye

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Bebai ben Abaye was a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the fourth and fifth amoraic generations (fourth century CE),...

Kahana B. Tahlifa

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Kahana b. Taḥlifa, is a Jewish Talmudist who lived in Babylonia, known as an amora of the third century. He is mentioned only twice in the Ba...
Mithridates I of Parthia I of Parthia

Mithridates I of Parthia I of Parthia

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Mithridates I of Parthia (or Mithradates) (ca. 195 BC - 138 BC) was the "Great King" of Parthia from about 171 BC to 138 BC, succeeding his brother...

Abdallah Somekh

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Hakham Abdallah Somekh (1813-1889) was an important rosh yeshiva and posek of Babylonian Jewry. He was born in Baghdad to Abraham Somekh, himself a...

Hasun ben Mashiach

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Hasun ben Mashiach was a Karaite scholar who flourished in Egypt (or Babylonia) in the first half of the tenth century. According to...
Abba Bar Zabdai

Abba Bar Zabdai

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Abba (Ba) bar Zabdai was a Palestinian amora who flourished in the 3rd century. He studied in Babylonia, attending the lectures of Rab and Rav...

Xerxes II of Persia II of Persia

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Xerxes II was a Persian king and the son and successor of Artaxerxes I. After a reign of forty-five days, he was assassinated in 424 BC by his...
Darius I of Persia I of Persia

Darius I of Persia I of Persia

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Darius the Great (c. 549 BC– 486/485 BC; "Darayavahu" : "Possessing goodness", was the son of Hystaspes, and king of Persia from 522 BC to 48...
Vologases VI of Parthia VI of Parthia

Vologases VI of Parthia VI of Parthia

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Vologases VI of Parthia (in Persian: بلاش ششم Balash) succeeded his father Vologases V of Parthia (191-208) to the throne of the Parthian Empire...
Gotarzes I of Parthia I of Parthia

Gotarzes I of Parthia I of Parthia

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Gotarzes I of Parthia ruled parts of the Parthian Empire c. 95-90 BC. He was the grandson of Phriapatius and came to power during the troubled...