1040 ⟶ Exilarch Hezekiah Gaon Tortured and Killed

Exilarch Hezekiah Gaon is imprisoned and tortured to death b...
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1040

⛓️ Exilarch Hezekiah Gaon Tortured and Killed

Exilarch Hezekiah Gaon is imprisoned and tortured to death by the Buyyids. The death of Hezekiah ended the line of the Geonim, which had begun four centuries earlier.⟶
Exilarch Hezekiah Gaon Tortured and Killed (1040)
ExilarchBuyyidsGeonimImprisonmentIraqEarly Middle Ages
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