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The Kohen Ibn al-Taqana Family
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Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Kohen Ibn al-Taqana lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Maghrebi priestly lineage of the 10th–11th centuries. Originating in Kairouan, it emigrated to Fez after the Hilalian invasion (1057) and spread Gaonic halakha throughout the Muslim West.
Geographic origin: Kairouan, Fès
Memory register · custodian, not owner
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The Great Book of the Kohen Ibn al-Taqana lineage has not yet been written.
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Kohen Ibn al-Taqana — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/kohen-ibn-al-taqanaVariants of the name (2)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin1
Al-Taqana
עברית · Hebrew1
כהן אבן אלתקנה
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Notable figures
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Nissim ha-Cohen al-Taqana
Dayan à Kairouan
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#sacerdotale#kairouan#fes#gaonique#lieu-geo-auto