Region: Iran (Gilan)
Intersection register · custodian, not owner
Rasht, Iran's main port on the Caspian Sea, had a small Jewish presence during the Qajar era (19th century). These families, involved in transit trade between Russia and Persia, are mentioned in consular and travel sources.
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The days of this book
This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Rasht give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.
You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day
Sources & resources
- Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
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