Menaḥem ben Ḥayyim Algazi

Menahem was entangled in the Shabtai Tzvi controversy; he became an apostate.

Yaron Ben Naeh

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Yaron Ben Naeh. "Algazi family." Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Executive Editor Norman A. Stillman. Brill Online, 2013.<http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopedia-of-jews-...>