instead of Amadia. The mistake
doubtless arose from the fact that the copyists mistook the
[Hebrew letter 'resh'] for a [Hebrew letter 'daleth']. The
scribe of the British Museum MS. had made other errors of
this kind, writing [Hebrew:] for [Hebrew:], [Hebrew:] for
[Hebrew:], &c. See Guy Le Strange, p. 92.]

[Footnote 157: The author of _Emek Habacha_ gives the date
of the Alroy tragedy as 1163. It should, however, be
antedated by a few years. Benjamin must have passed through
Egypt on his return journey some time before Sept., 1171.
See note 2, p. 1. He here tells us that the Alroy
catastrophe took place just ten years before his visit to
Bagdad and the neighbourhood. It is clear therefore that
1160 is the latest date when this event could have taken
place.]

[Footnote 158: This Turkoman may have been the Prince of
Arbela who in 1167 joined Saladin in his successful invasion
of Egypt. He was remarkable for his great strength and
courage (see Bohadin's _Life of Saladin_, Palestine
Pilgrims' Text Society, p. 51).]

[Footnote 159: The accounts given by Ben Virga in _Sheret
Jehudah_, and by Joseph Hacohen in _Emek Habacha_, are
evidently based upon Benjamin's record, and throw no fresh
light on this Messianic movement. Asher, vol. II, note 300,
promises but fails to give the contents of an Arabic
document written by a contemporary, the renegade Samuel Ibn
Abbas, which the savant S. Munk had discovered in the Paris
library; a German translation of this document appears in
Dr. Wiener's _Emek Habacha_, 1858, p. 169. The name of the
pseudo-Messiah is given as Menahem, surnamed Al-Ruhi, but
Munk satisfactorily proves that he is identical with our
David Alroy. Being a young man of engaging appearance and
great accomplishments, he gained considerable influence with
the governor of Amadia, and had a considerable following
among the Jews of Persia. With the intention of occupying
the castle, he introduced a number of his armed adherents
into the town, who were careful, however, to conceal their
weapons. The governor detected the conspiracy, and put Alroy
to death. The excitement among the Jews lasted for a
considerable time. Two impostors, with letters purporting to
emanate from Alroy, came to Bagdad, and worked upon the
c