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🌳 MaghrebiAttesté au XVIe siècle (liste Tolédano)

The Anfaoui Family

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Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Anfaoui lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Nom patronymique arabo-berbère indicatif d'une origine : l'ancienne ville d'Anfa — « colline » en berbère — sur la côte atlantique du Maroc, fondée par les Phéniciens puis occupée par les Romains, détruite au XVIIIe siècle et reconstruite par le sultan Sidi Mohammed au début de la seconde moitié de ce siècle, devenue depuis Casablanca. Le patronyme figure sur la liste Tolédano des noms attestés au Maroc au XVIe…

Geographic origin: Maroc — Anfa (l'actuelle Casablanca)

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Anfaoui lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

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Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

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Web research

Claude explores external sources (encyclopaedias, academic databases, digital archives).

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Writing

Outline, chapters, bibliography — every page is sourced. Live streaming.

Get a single link: it signs you in if you already have an account, or creates one — no password. This finalises your proposal and lets you follow its review.

Lineage Map

Place of Origin — FèsFès
Place of Origin Diaspora Memory (transmitted)Regions reconstructed from documented origins and diaspora.

This book tells the story of the Anfaoui. Your own family may also have its Great Book — search your name to discover it, or to bring it to life.

History

Nom patronymique arabo-berbère indicatif d'une origine : l'ancienne ville d'Anfa — « colline » en berbère — sur la côte atlantique du Maroc, fondée par les Phéniciens puis occupée par les Romains, détruite au XVIIIe siècle et reconstruite par le sultan Sidi Mohammed au début de la seconde moitié de ce siècle, devenue depuis Casablanca. Le patronyme figure sur la liste Tolédano des noms attestés au Maroc au XVIe siècle. Dinar et Moché Anfaoui, notables de Fès, comptent parmi les signataires de la Takana des Tochabim de 1550. Au XXe siècle, le nom, qui n'était porté qu'au Maroc, semble avoir disparu, ce qui fait de sa trace documentaire un témoignage du peuplement juif lié à l'ancienne Anfa.

To explore more deeply the memory, family archives, and testimonies of the lineage Anfaoui, remember and share its dedicated address:

zakhor.ai/anfaoui

The address zakhor.ai/anfaoui leads directly to this page. The archives, genealogy, and accounts that the community deposits there will complement the historical portrait presented here.

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Link

https://zakhor.ai/anfaoui

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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/anfaoui">Anfaoui — Zakhor</a>

Citation

Anfaoui — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/anfaoui

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Notable figures

  • 1.

    Dinar Anfaoui

    Notable de Fès, signataire de la Takana des Tochabim de 1550

  • 2.

    Moché Anfaoui

    Notable de Fès, signataire de la Takana des Tochabim de 1550

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Anfaoui.

Search “Anfaoui” on Yad Vashem

The search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more

Notable figures of the lineage

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Anfaoui give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Bibliography

Other lineages — Maghrebi