Samuel Ha-Nagid

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[Wikipedia] Shemuel ibn Naghrillah, mainly known as Shemuel HaNagid and Isma'il ibn Naghrilla (993–1056), was a Jewish statesman, military commander, scholar, linguist and poet in medieval al-Andalus. He served as grand vizier of the Taifa of Granada, commander of its army in battle, and leader of the local Jew