Azriel, Kabbalist, [548].

Baalbek, captured by the Mongols, [606].

Babylonia, supplanted by Spain as center of Judaism, [210], [228].

Babylonia, Jews of:
independent tribe of, [433] f.
organization and officials of, [96][100].
prosperous condition of, [428].
side with Ali, [90].
support the Arab conquerors, [89].

Bacharach (Germany), massacre of the Jews of, [636].

Bachiel Ibn-Alkonstantini, physician to King Jayme of Portugal and Maimunist, [536] f.

Bachya Ibn-Pakuda, moral philosopher, [271][3].

Baden (Germany), Jews of, blood-accusation against, and massacre of, [564].

Badis, king of the Berbers, bloody design of, [276] f.

Bagdad, Jews of, [156], [428].
center of science, [146].
congregation of, on the side of Maimonides, [633].
Talmudic school of, [429], [438] f.