Region: Maroc (vallée du Drâa, province de Zagora)
Intersection register · custodian, not owner
Zagora, a town in the Drâa valley (province of Zagora), was a major caravan staging post on the route toward the Sahara and western Sudan. Its mellah sheltered Jewish merchants participating in the trans-Saharan trade in gold, salt, and textiles. The community emigrated to Ouarzazate, Marrakech, and Israel.
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Sources & resources
- Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World — Brill
- Encyclopaedia Judaica — 2e éd., Keter/Macmillan
Notable figures of this place
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