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The title of exilarch is found occasionally even after the Babylonian exilarchate had ceased.
Abraham ibn Ezra to Zech.
xii.
7 speaks of the " Davidic house " at Baghdad ( before 1140 ), calling its members the " heads of the Exile.
" Benjamin of Tudela in 1170 mentions the exilarch Hasdai, among whose pupils was the subsequent pseudo-Messiah David Alroy, and Hasdai's son, the exilarch Daniel.
Pethahiah of Regensburg also refers to the latter, but under the name of " Daniel ben Solomon "; hence it must be assumed that Hasdai was also called " Solomon.
" Yehuda Alharizi ( after 1216 ) met at Mosul a descendant of the house of David, whom he calls " David, the head of the Exile.
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