Masliah Ben Solomon Ha-Cohen
Maṣliaḥ ben Solomon ha-Cohen (, , ''Abū Manṣūr Ṣāliḥ bin Sulaymān al-Hārūnī''; See thnoteconcerning the fragment JRL Gaster heb. ms 1760/3 died 1139), alternatively Matzliach, was a Gaon and the leader of the Palestinian Gaonate in Fustat, the principal Talmudic academy and central legalistic body of the Jewish community in Palestine. He also held the title of ''Ra'is al-Yahud'' (Head of the Jews), from at least 1127 until his possible murder in 1139. After his death, the Gaonate split between Damascus in Syria and Fustat in Egypt. Biography Early life Masliah was a son of the previous Gaon, Solomon ben Elijah ha-Cohen, part of the Priestly family that had ruled the Palestinian Gaonate since the middle of the 11th century. A colophon from 1184 recorded that Masliah had a brother named Sadoq and a sister or sister-in-law, al-Kul Mubaraka. Two sons of Masliah are mentioned in a letter from the Geniza. Nothing more is known of them. A daughter, Alma'ah, appears in ...
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