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Extremos y grandezas de Constantinopla (Glories and Grandeur of Constantinople)
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In the days when…

Contributor:

Jacob Cansino

Places:

Madrid, Spanish Empire (Madrid, Spain)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Death, Military, War, Monarchy, Muslim-Jewish relations

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Tit ha-yaven (The Miry Clay)
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Now we shall begin to describe the confrontation of the King of Sweden with the King of Poland. First, the aforementioned King of Sweden came to the holy community of Posen [Poznań], a major Jewish…

Contributor:

Samuel Feibush

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

1655

Subjects:

War, Monarchy, Death, Jewish quarters, Military

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
Devar sefatayim (Mere Words): On the History of Crimea
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It was in the year 5457, which is the year 1109 in their calendar [1697 CE], in the month of Tevet, when the chill and the cold began and the water of the great river Ozo Sway [the Dnieper…

Contributor:

David Leḥno

Places:

Karasubazar, Crimean Khanate (Bilohirsk, Ukraine)

Date:

First Quarter of the 18th Century

Subjects:

Pogroms, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, War, Military

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
The History of the Bene-Israel
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In placing before the public this account of the Bene-Israel of the Bombay Presidency, we think we need make no apology for having selected a subject in which the civilized world has already…

Contributor:

Haeem Samuel Kehimkar

Places:

Bombay, British India (Mumbai, India)

Date:

1897

Subjects:

Bene Israel, Ritual & observance, Military, Jewish identity, Colonialism

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
History of the Colony of Suriname
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We will briefly mention several of his more important military expeditions. In the year 1731, Mr. Boeyé, Officer of the Christian Citizens Militia, received an order from the Council to carry out a…

Contributor:

David de Isaac Cohen Nassy

Places:

Paramaribo, Dutch Colonial Empire (Paramaribo, Suriname)

Date:

1788

Subjects:

Colonialism, Slavery, Race, Sephardic, Military

Categories:

History, Historical Writing, Political Culture
Divre Yosef (The Words of Joseph)
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Sultan Mehmed began his reign in the year 856, according to their count [1452 CE]. The king ordered the building of sailing ships on the top of the…

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Joseph Sambari

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1673

Subjects:

War, Monarchy, Plague, Military, Rabbis

Categories:

History, Historical Writing