15th–17th centuries
Expulsion of the Jews of Oran and Mers el-Kébir by Spain
1669·Oran
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the community is embarked for Livorno
Oran and Mers el-Kébir had been, since the early sixteenth century, Spanish presidios on the Algerian coast. By a unique exception within the Catholic monarchy, a Jewish community had been maintained there, useful as an intermediary with the hinterland and as a supplier to the garrison; two families, the Cansino and the Sasportas, served as interpreters to the governors.
The exception came to an end by decision of the Madrid court: the families were embarked and disembarked at Livorno, where the Grand Duke of Tuscany received exiles from the peninsula. A Jewish community reformed in Oran after the city was retaken by the Ottomans, and later under French administration.
- Period :
- 15th–17th centuries
- Type :
- Expulsion
- Region :
- Egypt and Maghreb
- Country :
- Algérie
Jean-Frédéric Schaub, *Les Juifs du roi d'Espagne* ; Beatriz Alonso Acero, *Orán-Mazalquivir* ; Haïm Zafrani, *Deux mille ans de vie juive au Maroc*.