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Kashan

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Region: Iran

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City in central Iran with an ancient Jewish community, which gave rise to many Judeo-Persian poets.

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Sources & resources

« Kashan », Encyclopaedia Judaica (2ᵉ éd.) (2007) ↗
baiu = Bulletin de l'Alliance Israélite Universelle
Benjamin ii, Eight Years in Asia and Africa from 1846 to 1855 (1863)
?lam-e Yahud
Y.F. Castleman, Massa'ot Shali'a? ?efat be-Ar?ot ha-Mizra? (1942)
E. Neumark, Massa be-Ere? ha-Kedem (1947)
V.B. Moreen, Iranian Jewry during the Afghan Invasion (1990)
A. Netzer, ", Redifot u-Shemadot be-Toledot Yehudei Iran ba-Me'ah ha-17 (1980)