Mahomet Alemin, [145].
Mahomet Almuktafi, caliph, re-instates the exilarch, [428].
Mahomet Alnasir, attacks Spain, [506] f.
Mahometans, divisions among, [147] f.
philosophy and theology of, [146] f.
revival of science among, [145] ff.
scepticism among, [199].
treatment of the Jews by, [88], [176].
Maimonides, Moses ben Maimun (see also [Maimunist controversy]), [446]–[93], [522]–[45].
aim of, [450], [522].
articles of faith of, [459] f.
attitude of, to the Aristotelian philosophy, [478].
attitude of, to the Karaites, [465], [475].
averse to poetry, [449].
birth of, [447].
brothers of, [457].
character of, [449] f.
commentary of, on the Mishna, [458]–[61].
conception of Judaism of, [456], [459], [522].
condemned in Accho, [631].
controversy about the system of, [522] ff.
correspondence of, with Samuel Ibn-Tibbon, [490] f.
court physician of Saladin, [472] f., [489].
death of, [492] f.
descendants of, [493].
descent of, [447].
doctrine of, on immortality and resurrection, [476], [478] f., [523] f.
education of, [447] f.
effects of death of, on Judaism, [494] f.
effects of teachings of, on Judaism in southern France, [526].
epitaphs on the grave of, [493], [631].
ethical philosophy of, [533].
explanation of the ceremonial laws by, [484] f., [523].
fame of, [471], [489] ff.
feigns Islam, [451] f.
first to develop a Jewish system of belief, [459].
funeral of, [493].
"Guide of the Perplexed of," [477].
"Iggeret Teman" of, [462]–[4].
in Palestine, [457].
Mahometan opinion of, [488].
medical learning of, [473], [489].
mental organization of, [448], [458], [467].
"Mishne-Torah" of, [466]–[70].
non-Jewish elements in the system of, [487], [522] f., [526].
opponents of, [471] f., [475], [490], [522] ff.
physician, [458], [491].
religio-philosophical system of, [478] ff., [522].
settles in Cairo, [457].
supreme head of the Jews of Egypt, [474].
view of, on feigned apostasy and martyrdom, [453]–[6].
view of, on miracles, [483], [523].
view of, on persecution and suffering of Israel, [463].
view of, on prophecy, [482], [523].
view of, on tradition, [459], [469] f.
wanderings of, [447] f., [451], [456] f.
works of, burnt, [543].
writings of, [451] f., [458], [462], [466], [477], [488].
Maimun, father of Maimonides, [317].
Maimun Asha, Arabian poet, [70].
Maimuni. See [Maimonides].
Maimunist controversy, [522]–[45], [623]–[34].
abated, [580].
Dominicans appealed to in, [542] f.
evil consequences of, [546] f.
excommunication employed in, [529], [632].
in the East, [525] f.
in Germany, [623]–[7].
in Italy, [628].
in southern Europe, [526] ff.
part taken in, by the Kabbala, [631] f.
Makariyites, Karaite sect, [151].