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Tsemaḥ David (The Sprout of David): Introduction to the Second Part
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Nevertheless, I saw from the first that many people would open their mouths wide against me [see Psalms 22:14] and speak arrogantly against me and think it a sin on my part for my having written based…

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David Ganz

Places:

Prague, Holy Roman Empire (Prague, Czech Republic)

Date:

1592

Subjects:

Gentiles, Monarchy, War, Astrology

Categories:

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…

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Samuel Feibush

Places:

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Poland)

Date:

1655

Subjects:

War, Monarchy, Jewish quarters, Military, Death

Categories:

Historical writing
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:

Historical writing
Kitāb-i Sar-guzasht-i Kāshān (The Book of Events in Kashan)
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Come, O heart, and proclaim a flood upon the world; no…

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Bābāī ibn Farhād

Places:

Kashan, Afsharid Iran (Kashan, Iran)

Date:

Mid– to Late 18th Century

Subjects:

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

Categories:

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

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Jacob Cansino

Places:

Madrid, Spanish Empire (Madrid, Spain)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

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

Categories:

Historical writing