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IntersectionLieuMoyen Âge–XVIIIe siècle

Region: Syrie (Euphrate)

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Ar-Raqqah, on the Euphrates, is mentioned by medieval Arab geographers as the seat of a Jewish community. Cairo Genizah sources document commercial relations with the Jews of Mesopotamia in the tenth–eleventh centuries.

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The days of this book

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

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Sources & resources

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

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