Description
| Summary: | Based on new oral sources, carefully analyzed, this book explores the relationships between Jewish subjects and their tribal chieftains in Kurdistan, focusing on the patronage and justice provided by the chieftains and the financial support provided by the Jews to endure troubles and caprices of chieftains. New reports and vivid tales unveil the status of Jews in the tribal setting; the slavery of rural Jews; the conversion to Islam and the defense mechanisms adopted by Jewish leaders to annul conversion of abducted women. Other topics are the trade and occupations of the Jews and their financ.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 375 pages) : illustrations, map |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| ISBN: | 9789047422129
9047422120
9004161902
9789004161900 |
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| ISSN: | 1570-7997 ; |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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