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Letter to the Community of ‘Akron (Kurdistan)
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Blessed are you to God . . . You the holy congregation of ‘Akron, may your Rock and Creator preserve you; inform us about your concerns and tell us about your happenings, for I and the Minister, the…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Akron, Ottoman Empire (Akre, Iraq)

Date:

17th Century

Subjects:

Rebellion, Justice system, Excommunication, Gentiles, Community

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Letter
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And so let it be known to your Excellency what happened to the letter that your Excellency sent me with the etrogs [citrons]. The letter was not handed to me until the [week of the] Sabbath of Vayetze…

Contributor:

Asenath Barazani

Places:

Mosul, Ottoman Empire (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Early 17th Century

Subjects:

Holidays, Sukkot, Women, Polemics, Economic life

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Assyrian Soldier Slaying a Captive
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Soldier slaying captive, Khorsabad, late eighth century BCE. The captive is probably a Samarian seized during Sargon’s conquest of the city. From a relief in the palace of Sargon at Dur-Sharrukin…

Places:

Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria (Khorsabad, Iraq)

Date:

Late 9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Violence, Death, Military

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Sculpture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Drawing of soldier holding shield and wearing helmet killing naked man with two archers standing to the side.
Sermon: On the Secularization and Degradation of Iraqi Jewry
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[ . . . ] But before we come to analyze the dreadful calamity [i.e., the drought] that has befallen us, and before we come to see what is the putrid humor harbored in our midst…

Contributor:

Shimon Aghasi

Places:

Baghdad, Ottoman Empire (Baghdad, Iraq)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

Orthodox Judaism, Torah study, Sin, Punishment, Jewish identity

Categories:

Political Culture, Religion & Theology, Speeches

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