Yaish Ibn Yahya


Yaish Ibn Yahya. Son of Hiyya al-Daudi and the father of Yahia Ben Rabbi.
Resident of Lisbon, Portugal; scholar, politician, vast land holdings; advisor to king Afonso I of Portugal.
Yaish ibn Yachya, was a military leader for an Andalusian Muslim leader in Morocco, then for king Afonso I of Portugal, who made him Lord of Unhos Freitas Aldeia dos Negros: Yachya ibn Yachya.
Before 1147, there were several settlements between Leiria and Lisbon. Where Yaish lived, in Lisbon, was a large nucleus of Jews, with synagogues and infrastructure to support Jewish life. Dom Afonso I appointed Yaisch, who was Jewish, as steward and knight-mor, was rewarded for services rendered in the fight against the Moors, and granted the Village of Blacks. ; this donation refers to the taking of Óbidos.
The Synagogue of Óbidos is located in the old Jewish Quarter and dates to the 7th century C.E where a Jewish community was re-established after the Visigoths seized the village in the 5th century. Óbidos was taken in 1148, by the Jewish vizier, Yaish ibn Yahya; in return for its liberation King Afonso Henriques I rewarded Yaish ibn Yahya with a nearby town and anointed him "Lord of Unhos, Frielas and Aldeia dos Negros".