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IntersectionLieuXIXe–XXe siècle

Region: Irak (Mésopotamie méridionale)

Intersection register · custodian, not owner

Amara (Al-Amara), a city in Lower Iraq on the Tigris, had a Jewish community documented in late Ottoman sources and in records from the First World War. The Jews of Amara were integrated into the commercial networks of southern Mesopotamia.

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The days of this book

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

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill

Communities of this place

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