=Bagdad=, a scientific center, =3=, 146. the Mutazilist theology taught at, =3=, 147. in the Pumbeditha district, =3=, 156. Saadiah at, =3=, 196. Sabbataï Donnolo at, =3=, 213. birthplace of Dunash ben Labrat, =3=, 226. Abraham Ibn-Ezra in, =3=, 369.
=Bagdad, the Jews of=, prosperous under Al-Mutadhid, =3=, 183. in the twelfth century, =3=, 428. Talmudical college of, =3=, 429, 438. invited to join David Alrui, =3=, 431. enthusiastic for David Alrui, =3=, 432. Maimunists, =3=, 633. attacked by the Mongols, =3=, 649-50.
=Bagdad Caliphate=, the. _See_ Abbasside Caliphate, the.
=Bagoas= (Bagoses), Syrian commander, murders Artaxerxes III, =1=, 409. levies a tax on the daily sacrifice, =1=, 409-10.
=Bahir=, a Kabbalistic manuscript, =3=, 556, 557.
=Bahram Tshubin=, Persian general, ascends the throne, =3=, 8. friendly to the Jews, =3=, 8-9. dispossessed by Chosru II, =3=, 9.
=Bahurim=, David passes through, =1=, 142.
=Bailly=, mayor of Paris, favors the emancipation of the Jews, =5=, 445.
=Bajazet (Bajasid) II=, sultan, censures the expulsion of the Spanish Jews, =4=, 356. receives Spanish exiles kindly, =4=, 364, 400. Jews under, =4=, 402.
=Baki, Simon=, rabbi, superstition of, =5=, 201-2.
=Balaam=, magician, employed against the Israelites, =1=, 28.
=Balak=, king of Moab, hostile to the Israelites, =1=, 28.
“=Balance, The=,” grammatical work by Abraham Ibn-Ezra, =3=, 371.
=Balanyiar=, Jews settle in, =3=, 124, 139.
=Balch=, birthplace of Chivi Albalchi, =3=, 198.
=Baldwin IV=, of Jerusalem, banishes the Jews, =3=, 427.
=Baldwin=, archbishop of Canterbury, induces Richard I to dismiss the Jews from his palace, =3=, 410. and Benedict of York’s baptism, =3=, 411.
=Balkin= (Bologgin), of Granada, abdicates in favor of Badis, =3=, 258. death of, =3=, 258, 275. partisans of, leave Granada, =3=, 258. Joseph Ibn-Nagrela secretary to, =3=, 274.
=Bamberg=, the council of, enforces Jew badges, =4=, 255. the Jews of, persecuted, =5=, 529.
=Band of Virtue=, the, founded by Berlin Jewesses, =5=, 423, 425.
=Bandito=, suspected of well poisoning, =4=, 104.
=Baptism=, the moral meaning of, taught by John the Baptist, =2=, 146. value of, examined by Chasdaï Crescas, =4=, 188.
=Baptista, John= (Solomon Romano), grandson of Elias Levita, apostate, denounces the Talmud, =4=, 564.