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IntersectionLieuXIXe–XXe siècle

Region: Irak (Mésopotamie méridionale)

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As-Samawa (Samawah), a town on the southern Euphrates in Mesopotamia, had a small Jewish community documented during the Ottoman period and the British Mandate. Jews in this region participated in the commercial network linking Baghdad and Basra along the river.

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The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Samawah (As-Samawa) 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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