Yehoshua Hanagid
Yehoshua Hanagid | |
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יהושע הנגיד | |
| Nagid of the Jewish community in Egypt | |
| In office c. 1334 – 1355 | |
| Preceded by | Moses ben Abraham Maimuni (probable) |
| Succeeded by | David ben Joshua Maimuni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1310 Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt) |
| Died | 1355 Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate (now Egypt) |
| Citizenship | None (subject of the Mamluk Sultanate) |
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| Occupation | Rabbi; judge; physician; community leader (Nagid) |
| Known for | Leadership of Egyptian Jewry; extensive responsa, especially correspondence with Yemenite scholars |
Yehoshua Hanagid (Hebrew: יהושע הנגיד), alternative spelling: Jehoshua Hannagid (1310–1355), was a rabbinic scholar and judge, who began to serve as the Nagid in Cairo, Egypt, at the age of twenty-four. He was the fifth-generation descendant of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, the great Spanish Rabbi and philosopher. His full lineage is reckoned as Yehoshua, the son of Avraham, the son of David, the son of Avraham, the son Moshe ben Maimon.