Abraham Aboab

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Rav Abraham Aboab (Hebrew: אברהם אבוהב; fl. 1263) was a 13th century Spanish Jewish aristocrat and founder of the Aboab family. Possibly born in , Aragon, not much is known of his early life. It seems that Aboab developed a very close relationship with James I of Aragon, who in 1263 gifted Aboab a tower called Altea, with the surrounding dairy farms and all rights and privileges of ownership along with a heraldic achievement "Or, Five mullets placed in saltire gules". This was quite unprecedented for a 13th century Jew, and demonstrates the tolerant attitude of James I of Aragon. Aboab had one son Isaac Aboab I, who was a notable Talmudic scholar. ^[1]

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