Rabbi Simho Jon Mullo Niyoz

http://www.jewishgen.org/Rabbinic/journal/bukhara.htm

Hacham Yosef (Rabbi Yosef Maman) had two daughters, Miriam and Sarah, and two sons, Isaac-Menachem and Abraham, who were born in Bukhara. His sons and daughters married the leaders, the most affluent and highly respected scholars of the community. His oldest daughter, Miriam, married the son of the wealthiest leader of the community, R. Pinhas the son of R. Simha and grandson of Yosef Hasid, who was the community's leader when R. Yosef Maman arrived in Bukhara. R. Pinhas (5565/1805 - 5635/1875) was known as R. Pinhas Ha-Katan.

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  • *************************** From "Rethinking the Tale of Yosef Maman...." by Alanna E. Cooper

[T] he faction of Hakham Yosef (Maman) . . won because Yosef Maman's daughter, Sara, married the brilliant scholar from Meshed, Mulla Avraham Cohen, and his second daughter, Miriam, married Mulla Niyaz . . . the grandson of the Nasi Mulla Yosef Hasid, the richest man in Bukhara. . . . Mulla Niyaz was very influential, and after he became Hakham Yosefs son-in-law, he built up his father-in-law's camp so that it became very powerful.'

GEDCOM Note

<p>richest person in Bukhara</p>