Sidi ibn Ibrahim al-Taras

Sidi ibn Ibrahim ibn Hasdai al-Tarās (Hebrew: סידי בן אברהם בן חסדאי אלתראס) (Arabic: سيدي بن ابراهيم بن حدادي التاراس) also called Sidi ibn al-Tarās was an 11th century Sephardic Karaite scholar.

Born to the al-Taras family in Castile, Spain around 1065. Several sources written by Joseph ben Tzaddik and Abraham ibn Daud state that in his early years, al-Taras became a disciple of the Karaite scholar Jeshua ben Judah. He eventually returned to Spain settling around Andalusia, where he attempted to gain Karaite followers amongst the Rabbanites. This made al-Taras a highly controversial figure leading to the expulsion of the Karaites in Castile by Alfonso VI, who was pressured by local Jewish communities to do so.[1][2]

References
  1. "Al-Tarās, Sīdī Ibn | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  2. "ALTARAS - JewishEncyclopedia.com". www.jewishencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
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