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IntersectionLieuXIXe–XXe siècle

Region: Irak (Mésopotamie centrale)

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Al-Kut (Kout), a city on the Tigris in central Mesopotamia, had a Jewish community documented during the Ottoman period and under the British Mandate (1920–1932). Jews there were primarily merchants, active in trade between Baghdad and Basra.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Kout (Al-Kut) 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
  • Encyclopaedia Judaica2e éd., Keter/Macmillan

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