Region: Libye (Fezzan, district de Jufra)
Intersection register · custodian, not owner
Waddan, a town in the Jufra region of the Libyan Fezzan, is mentioned in Ottoman sources relating to trans-Saharan trade as a place of transit and residence for Jewish families. These merchants served as intermediaries in exchanges between Tripoli and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
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