Kaula al-Yahudi

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|birth_date = {{circa|685}}

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|death_date = 718

|death_place = Lerida, Catalonia

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Kaula al-Yahudi ({{circa|685}}–711) was a Jewish general of the 8th century, appointed by Ṭāriq ibn Ziyad.{{cite book | last1=Cosman | first1=Madeleine Pelner | last2=Jones | first2=Linda G. | title=Handbook to Life in the Medieval World| publisher=Facts On File| year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4381-0907-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Jf5t1vFw1QC&pg=PA318| page=318}} He played a significant role in the Battle of Jerez against the Visigoths in 711, leading a combined force of Jews and Berbers that secured control over a portion of Catalonia.

Al-Yahudi later led a rebellion against the oppressive rule of Al-Ḥurr ibn 'Abd al-Raḥman, the Umayyad governor of Spain.{{r|cosman_jones}} Al-Ḥurr attacked him with a superior army, resulting in al-Yahudi's retreat toward Lerida. There he was defeated, taken, and executed in 718. The Jews in his army, pursued by Al-Ḥurr, found refuge among their coreligionists in the cities of Catalonia.