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Nehemiah ben Hushiel
the son of the Jewish exilarch
Years: 585 - 617
Nehemiah ben Hushiel is the son of the Jewish exilarch, placed as the symbolic leader of Jewish troops within the Sassanid army in 608 CE, according to Jewish sources.
This army participates in Khasrau II's campaign in the Levant.
The joint military effort of Sassanid troops and local Jewish militias results in a short-lived Jewish autonomy.
Nehemiah is related as a Messianic leader in some Jewish writings of the Middle Ages.
