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19th century

Persecutions by the caid

1884·Demnat

Toll
inconnu

The toll is reproduced exactly as the source states it — never rounded, never added to another. Tolls overlap from one event to the next.

the mellah community ransomed, notables imprisoned, case brought before the sultan by the Alliance Israélite Universelle

In Demnat, in the High Atlas, the caïd extorted the community of the mellah and imprisoned its notables. The matter was brought before the sultan by the Alliance israélite universelle.

This was the first major Moroccan case of the Alliance, and it inaugurated a method: documenting the extortion, bringing it before the central authority, calling upon the consulates to intervene. The method had its limits — the sultan could do little against a mountain caïd — but it transformed the condition of communities by giving them an external recourse, where before they had none.

Period :
19th century
Type :
Persecution
Region :
Egypt and Maghreb
Country :
Maroc
Sources

Archives de l'Alliance israélite universelle ; correspondances consulaires françaises.

At the same place

The catalogue holds no other event at Demnat.

In the same country38

  1. 1032Massacre of the Jewish quarter during the capture of the city by Tamim ibn Ziri; the survivors reduced to captivityinconnu
  2. 1033Massacre by the Zenata of Tamim ibn Ziri~6 000
  3. 1147Capture of the city by the Almohadesinconnu
  4. 1165Execution of Juda ibn Shushan, persecutionstoll not established
  5. 1438Creation of the mellah and expulsion from the medinatoll not established
  6. 1465Massacre of the mellah during the overthrow of the Marinidsquasi-totalité de la communauté
  7. 1586Persecution of the Jews of Morocco under the Saadiansinconnu
  8. 1664Attack on the mellah during succession troubles in Moroccoinconnu

And 30 more in the catalogue.

Event 1007 of 2483, in chronological order · 19th century: 111 events in the catalogue

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