Exilarch

The exilarch was the leader of the  in Persian Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) for most of the time from the Parthians era, Sassanid Empire, and the Abbasid Caliphate, until the Mongol invasion of Baghdad in 1258.

 Footnotes 

 Other websites 
 Iranian Encyclopedia on Exilarchs under Arab rule
 Jewish Virtual Library- Exilarch
 Early Babylonian Exilarchate- GOTHOD 
 Revolutionary article by professor M. Gintzler of Yeshivat Chevron: "שלשלת ראשי גולת בבל מחורבן בית ראשון ועד המאה ה־14" in Mekhilta IV Sep 2022 https://www.academia.edu/89141205  Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Category:Jewish politicians
Category:Iraqi Jews