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of the Khan of Crimea in the sixteenth century, Ashkenazi was killed by pirates on a voyage from Gava (near

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(July), 1567. From the testimony of the witness Elias ben Nehemiah, given before the board of rabbis in Safed in the case of the widow and heirs of the slain Meïr Ashkenazi, it was made evident that he was an inhabitant of Kefe; that his parents were still living there; that he had a brother who was a student in the ''

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; and that on the way from Gava to Dakhel he was slain by pirates with all the passengers on the ship.

References

* Moses of Trani, '' Responsa'', part 2, § 78. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ashkenazi, Meir Year of birth missing 1567 deaths Jewish explorers Crimean Jews Ukrainian Jews History of Crimea People killed by pirates