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ARDUT (Abenardut ), family of physicians in Aragon. eleazar (alazar) ibn ardut (d. c. 1350), born in Huesca, was adviser to Alfonso iv, who also used his services as a negotiator. At the beginning of the reign of Pedro iv, Eleazar was appointed chief justice for the Jewish communities of the kingdom. He evidently succeeded to the position formerly held by the *Alconstantini family. He was succeeded in this office by his brother, the court physician joseph ibn ardut. In 1357 Joseph was directed to liquidate the debts owed by the communities of Aragon to Solomon Cresques.

bibliography:

Baer, Spain, 2 (1966), 24, 28; Baer, Urkunden, index; Planas and Gallostra, in: Sefarad, 7 (1947), 303–48; del Arco and Balaguer, ibid., 9 (1949), 355–8, 381.

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