Yahia Ben Rabbi, also known as Yahya Ha-Nasi, Yahya Ibn Yaish, Dom Yahia "o Negro" or Don Yahia "El Negro" (died 1222), known as Lord of Aldeia dos Negros, Portugal - English: Village of the Blacks), and said to be a direct descendent of the Exilarchs of Babylon, was the eponymous ancestor of the "Ibn Yahya" Family. He resided in Lisbon and was held in high esteem among the Jews as well as by King Afonso I of Portugal who honored him for his courage and presented him with an estate that had belonged to the Moors, wherefore he assumed the nickname "Negro". He was the son of Yaish Ibn Yahya (died 1196) and grandson of Hiyya al-Daudi (died 1154), who was a prominent Rabbi, composer and poet, and served as Advisor to Portugal's first King Afonso I.
By his wife had five sons:
- Yaish Ben (Ibn) Yahya, the father of three sons, namely, Yosef (Jucef), Shlomo (fl. 1255), and Moshe (died 1279), had issue
- Yakov Ben Yahya, the father of Hiyya, the father of Eli
- Yosef Ben (Ibn) Yahya (died 1264), the father of Shlomo Ha-Zaken (died 1299)
- Yehuda (Judah) "Sar" Ben Yahya, father of Yahya and Yosef
- Yahya Ben Yahya, father of Shlomo and Bakr Ben Yahya
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| Name | Yahia Ben Rabbi |
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| Date of death | 1222 |
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