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Malka ben Aḥa
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
Gaon of Pumbedita from 771 to 773. The only fact known concerning him is that, with Ḥaninai Kahana ben Huna (765-775), he opposed Naṭronai ben Ḥabibai, who, for unknown reasons, endeavored to supplant the exilarch Zakkai ben Aḥunai; the two geonim succeeded in compelling Naṭronai to leave Babylonia. Naṭronai probably settled in Kairwan.
Bibliography:- Letter of Sherira Gaon, in M. J. C. 1:36,188;
- Halevy, Dorot ha-Rishonim, 3:115a et seq.;
- Grätz, Gesch. 5:174,2d ed., 5:420;
- Weiss, Dor, 4:27,29.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Malka ben Aḥa'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/m/malka-ben-aa.html. 1901.