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Diwaniya (Ad-Diwaniyya)

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Region: Irak (Mésopotamie méridionale)

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A city in southern Mesopotamia on the Euphrates, Ad-Diwaniyya had a Jewish community documented in the late Ottoman period and under the British Mandate, active in trade. Most of the city's Jews emigrated to Israel during the mass departures of 1950–1951.

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Sources & resources

  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
  • Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic WorldBrill

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