Chaninaï, principal of Pumbeditha, [10].
Chaninaï Kahana ben Huna, Gaon of Sora, [137].
Chanoch, head of the Jews of Andalusia, [229] f., [236].
contest of, with Ibn-Abitur, [229], [238].
death of, [241].
Chariot-races occasions of bloodshed, [11], [17].
Charlemagne, elevates the position of the Jews in Europe, [141] f.
embassy of, to Haroun Alrashid, [143].
imposes an oath on the Jews, [144].
regenerator of Europe, [141] f.
Charles of Anjou, king of Sicily, [628].
Charles the Bald protects the Jews against the clergy, [172].
Charles the Simple grants Jewish property to the church, [175].
Chasdaï, exilarch, [92].
Chasdaï, Ibn-Shaprut, [215]–[30].
ambassador, [218] f.
character of, [215].
correspondence of, with the Jewish king of the Chazars, [219] ff.
death of, [230].
deliverer of his people, [217].
descent of, [215].
gives Jewish history a European character, [216].
in the service of Abdul-Rahman III, [216].
patron of learning, [223], [234].
promotes the study of the Talmud, [227].
representative of a Judæo-European culture, [188].
statesman, [187].