11. ;451 : Sabbath and orders executions of Jewish leaders, including the Exilarch Mar Nuna. 12. This is the period in which are found the first allusions in traditional literature to the exilarch . 13. A schism may have occurred, with Anan Ben David being proclaimed exilarch by his followers. 14. Anan's allowing his followers to proclaim him as Exilarch was considered treason by the Muslim government. 15. The calif Al-Muktafi appointed a wealthy man, Samuel ben $ isdai, exilarch in Baghdad. 16. Hezekiah Gaon was appointed dean of Pumbedita Academy, the only man to be simultaneously a Gaon and Exilarch . 17. The only later exilarch whose name is recorded is Pumbedita, but was imprisoned and tortured to death in 1040. 18. The wife of Yazdgerd I and the mother of Bahram V was Shushandukht who was the daughter of Exilarch Huna b. 19. His marriage with the daughter of the wealthy exilarch enabled him to live in luxury and to entertain scholars and strangers lavishly. 20. With the submission of an Exilarch , Mohammed found resistance to submission, by some Judaized Arab tribes, begin to wane.
