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The sultan's Jew : Morocco and the Sephardi world / Daniel J. Schroeter.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks DS135.M8 S37 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schroeter, Daniel J.
- Series:
- Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Morocco--Essaouira--History--18th century.
- Jews.
- Jews--Morocco--Essaouira--History--19th century.
- Macnin, Meir.
- Sephardim--Morocco--History--18th century.
- Sephardim.
- Sephardim--Morocco--History--19th century.
- Court Jews--Morocco--History--18th century.
- Court Jews.
- Court Jews--Morocco--History--19th century.
- Jewish merchants--Morocco--History--18th century.
- Jewish merchants.
- Jewish merchants--Morocco--History--19th century.
- History.
- Essaouira (Morocco)--Ethnic relations.
- Essaouira (Morocco).
- Morocco.
- Morocco--Essaouira.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 240 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- This book examines the Jewish community of Morocco in the late 18th and early 19th centuries through the life of a merchant who was the chief intermediary between the Moroccan sultans and Europe .
- Contents:
- Introduction: court Jews and Muslim-Jewish relations in Morocco
- The rise of the Macnins
- The plague and the world of Mediterranean Jewry
- The Berberiscos of London
- The Macnins in Morocco
- The sultan's Jew
- The unwanted emissary
- Macnin's Legacy: Sephardi and oriental.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-230) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0804737770
- OCLC:
- 49740814
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