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Samuel ibn Naghrela
Samuel ibn Naghrela (993–1056), known in Hebrew as Samuel ha-Nagid, was a Jewish scholar, poet and statesman of the Zirid kingdom of Granada. Born in Córdoba, he became vizier to King Badis and led Granada's armies in the field. He was one of the great poets of medieval Hebrew literature, a Talmudic authority and the leader of the Jewish community of al-Andalus.
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