Jewish subjects and their tribal chieftains in Kurdistan : a study in survival / by Mordechai Zaken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zaken, Mordechai.

Series:

Jewish identities in a changing world ; v. 9.

Jewish identities in a changing world, 1570-7997 ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Kurdistan--History.

Jews.

Jews--Identity--Kurdistan--History.

Jews--Kurdistan--Social conditions.

Chiefdoms--Kurdistan--History.

Chiefdoms.

Kurdistan--History.

Kurdistan.

Kurdistan--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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 financial exploitation by chieftains. The last part explores the experience of Jewish communities in Iraqi Kurdistan between World War I and the mass-migration to Israel (1951-52).

Contents:

pt. 1. Urban Jews and their tribal aghas

pt. 2. Rural Jews and their tribal aghas

pt. 3. Some aspects of daily and personal life

pt. 4. The last generation in Kurdistan : between WWI and the immigration to Israel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-93659-6

9786611936594

90-474-2212-0

OCLC:

646789877

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004161900.i-376 DOI