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king to Córdoba, Hasdai entrusted to them a letter, written in good Hebrew addressed to the Jewish king, in which he gave an account of his position in the
Western state, described the geographical situation of Andalusia and its relation to foreign countries, and asked for detailed information in
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Central Asia there was a Jewish state with a Jewish ruler, he desired to enter into correspondence with this monarch; and when the report of the existence of the
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has questioned the authenticity of the letter said to have been received from the Khazar king, citing numerous linguistic and geographic oddities amid a flourishing of pseudo-historiographic texts and forgeries in medieval Spain.
925:(912-961), he, by his engaging manners, knowledge, character, and extraordinary ability, gained his master's confidence to such a degree that he became the caliph's confidant and faithful counselor. Without bearing the title of
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748:Eschatology
641:David Nieto
606:Jacob Emden
540:Neo-Hasidic
419:Ibn Kammuna
409:al-Mukkamas
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338:Joseph Albo
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