Place
Zaragoza סרגוסה
Where the scholars of Cordova went when the Berbers took it: here Ibn Janah wrote his grammar and dictionary, and here Ibn Gabirol lived.
A city on the Ebro, capital of a Muslim taifa after the break-up of the Caliphate of Cordova. When the Berbers besieged Cordova in 1012 the scholars dispersed—and a good many settled here.
Out of this came the second centre of Jewish Spain. Here Jonah ibn Janah, a physician by trade, wrote the Kitab al-Tanqih—a complete grammar and dictionary of roots, the book on which everything afterwards stood. Here Solomon ibn Gabirol lived. From here too came Bahya ibn Paquda.
In 1118 the city was taken by the Christians.
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Scholarship
- Encyclopaedia Judaica, "Saragossa" — the arrival of scholars after the fall of Cordova and the city's capture in 1118
Basis: documents and evidence.