Region: Iran (Gilan/Qazvin)
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A former Safavid capital, Qazvin harbored a Jewish community documented by medieval geographers and early modern European travelers. Jews were active there in the silk and spice trade.
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The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Qazvin give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
- Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
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