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Mūsā nāma (The Book of Moses)
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Mūsā nāmā (The Book of Moses) is a retelling of the biblical story of Moses, composed in Judeo-Persian verse by the poet Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī. In this scene, Phinehas (bottom right) surprises the…

Contributor:

Mowlānā Shāhīn-i Shīrāzī, Artist Unknown

Places:

Tabriz, Ottoman Empire (Tabriz, Iran)

Date:

1686

Subjects:

Midrash, Bible, Muslim-Jewish relations, Sex, Miracles

Categories:

Print & book culture, Midrash
Manuscript page with illustration of two figures embracing in center, surrounded by two figures watching, another watching with face covered, another prodding them from underneath, and an image of a room, with Judeo-Persian text on top and bottom of page.
The War for Our Nation
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[By “war”] I mean concrete war—rather than a war of words or an incomplete war of demonstrations. I am not in denial regarding the existence of these words or those demonstrations, and neither do I…

Contributor:

Murād Faraj

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1912

Subjects:

War, Language & linguistics, Muslim-Jewish relations, Arab-Jewish relations, Ethics, Law, Politics

Categories:

Political Culture, Law
Letter from an Egyptian Jewish Deist on Why He Will Not Convert to Islam
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You said, in the beginning of the second page, “The young man then adopted the Muslim religion.” Please omit this because I did not change the faith of my parents, although I respect the three…

Contributor:

Ya‘qub Sannu‘

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1911

Subjects:

Muslim-Jewish relations, Islam, Family, Philosophy, Monotheism, Journalism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Journalism, Letters