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ZAKHORIUM

Jewish vizier in Morocco

Aaron ben Batash

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1465

His rise at court occurred in the same setting as the creation of Fez's mellah.

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Sultan Abd al-Haqq appointed the Jew Aaron ben Batash as vizier. Rebels killed many inhabitants of Fez's mellah in 1465.