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  • All that is known of the life of Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda is that he lived in Spain and had the office of "Dayyan," or judge of the Jewish community.

    A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907

  • Barbara Dayyan: Barbara worked as a cel painter from 1960 until retirement in 1977.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Hulett 2007

  • Barbara Dayyan: Barbara worked as a cel painter from 1960 until retirement in 1977.

    Remembering (I) Steve Hulett 2007

  • Cordova; he was appointed _Dayyan_, or Judge of the Jewish community of that city in 1138; and he died in 1149.

    A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Isaac Husik 1907

  • Dayyan, however, made up as well as he could for his inconsistency.

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • Asadu'llah [Footnote: Gobineau, however, thinks that Mirza Asadu'llah was not present at the (assumed) Council.] (Dayyan), Sayyid Yaḥya

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • We have already been introduced to a prominent Bābī, variously called Asadu'llah and Dayyan; he was also a member of the hierarchy called 'the Letters of the Living.'

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • It would have been wiser, however, to have consulted Baha-'ullah, and to have remembered the prophecy of the Bāb, in which it was expressly foretold that Dayyan would believe on 'Him whom God would make manifest.'

    The Reconciliation of Races and Religions Thomas Kelly Cheyne 1878

  • He recounted the story of traveling to Singapore to meet with Dayyan Jaffar, an 18-year-old archer who dreams of representing his country during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Dayyan Neve (AUS) 8.33 Heat 11: CJ Hobgood (USA) 10.20 def.

    WN.com - Articles related to Lucas to make all-CGI musical 2010

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