Sabbatai Zevi
Deceased Person
1626 – 1676
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Who was Sabbatai Zevi?
Sabbatai Zevi was a Sephardic Rabbi and kabbalist who claimed to be the long-awaited Jewish Messiah. He was the founder of the Jewish Sabbatean movement.
At the age of forty, he was forced by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV to convert to Islam. Some of his followers also converted to Islam, about 300 families who were known as the Dönmeh.
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- Born
- Aug 1, 1626
İzmir - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Dönmeh
- Nationality
- Ottoman Empire
- Lived in
- İzmir
- Died
- Sep 17, 1676
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on July 23, 2013
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