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A Report on the Community of Isfahan
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In response to questions put by the correspondent of the journal Der Israelit of Mayence to the (Chief) Rabbi of the Jewish community of Isfahan concerning the situation of that community, the (Chief…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Isfahan

Places:

Isfahan, Iran

Date:

1888

Subjects:

Mizrahi, Cities, Muslim-Jewish relations, Christian-Jewish relations, Antisemitism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage
Kitāb-i-anusī (The Book of the Forced Convert)
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In the age of every ruler, old and new, time and again some affliction befell us. But this one was…

Contributor:

Bābāī ibn Lutf

Places:

Kashan, Safavid Iran (Kashan, Iran)

Date:

First Half of the 17th Century

Subjects:

Conversos, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Exile, Community

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
The Jews of Hamadan in 1892
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A Jewish girl, having been sent by her parents on an errand to a Jewish neighbour, was one day suddenly seized in the street by a Moslem and forcibly carried off to a Moslem house and compelled to…

Contributor:

Morris Cohen

Places:

Hamadan, Iran

Date:

1893

Subjects:

Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Jewish identity, Human rights, Cities

Categories:

Literature, Reportage
The Condition of the Jews of Western Azerbaijan in the Years 1888–1893
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Written today, the 13th of the month of Adar 5653 (March 1, 1893), and addressed by us, the poor and downtrodden members of the community of Urumia, may God protect it, with a thousand greetings and…

Contributor:

The Jewish Community of Urmiya

Places:

Urumia, Iran (Urmia, Iran)

Date:

1894

Subjects:

Mizrahi, Jewish identity, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Violence

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Reportage