Talk:David ben Joseph Coen Bakri

A mess
He is referenced here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antisemitism_in_the_19th_century Head of the Jewish community of Algiers David ben Joseph Coen Bakri is decapitated by the Dey Hadj Ali. as an example of antisemitism.

Was he decapitated because he was a Jew or a thief or smth else, e.g. intra-Jewish strugglesnfor power?

This article suggests the latter. Zezen (talk) 04:35, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Update. Here: David Bacri succeeded his partner and relative Naphtali Busnach as head of the community. He was beheaded in 1811 by the dey and replaced by David Duran who represented the opposing families. The latter was in his turn put to death by the dey during the same year, and Joseph Bacri assumed the title of *muqaddam (head of the community). Involved against his will in disputes between the Jewish families, the rabbi of Algiers, R. Isaac Abulker, was dragged to the stake with seven other notables of the town (1815). https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/algiers

So it seems they were scheming against one another, and the society at large.

Zezen (talk) 04:39, 11 September 2020 (UTC)