Saladin, conquers Egypt, [461].
favorable to the Jews, [461].
resists the Christians, [405].
tolerance of, [474].

Salvatierra, Jewish community of, destroyed, [507].

Samaritans, [12] f.
communities of, [427].
help the Arabs to conquer Palestine, [87].
insurrections of, [13], [16].
massacre Christians, [16] f.

Samarkand, Jews of, [435].

Samson ben Abraham of Sens, [408].
emigrates to Palestine, [505].
narrowness of, [524].
opponent of Maimonides, [505].

Samuel of Chateau-Thierry, [576].

Samuel ben Abraham Saporta, defender of Maimonides, [539], [543].

Samuel ben Ali Halevi, rabbi of Bagdad, [438] f.
head of the opposition to Maimonides, [472], [475] ff., [525].

Samuel ben Chofni, last Gaon of Sora, [253].

Samuel ben Meïr, Tossafist and exegete, [345] f.