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... Messina Sfax Syracuse Gabes Wargla IFRIQIYA Djerba ( TUNISIA ) Tripoli Barqa Bernik ( Benghazi ) Aley The Arab World in the Middle Ages LIBYA YOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYO YOYOYOYOYOYO Damascus Damietta ΖΟΥΟΥΟΖΟΥΟΥΟ + * * * THE JEWS OF.
... Messina Sfax Syracuse Gabes Wargla IFRIQIYA Djerba ( TUNISIA ) Tripoli Barqa Bernik ( Benghazi ) Aley The Arab World in the Middle Ages LIBYA YOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYOYO YOYOYOYOYOYO Damascus Damietta ΖΟΥΟΥΟΖΟΥΟΥΟ + * * * THE JEWS OF.
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... Ifriqiya ( Tunisia ) 42 Egypt 46 Spain 53 The Best Years in Retrospect 61 THE LONG TWILIGHT : THE JEWS OF ARAB LANDS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 64 The Mamluk Empire 67 North Africa ( The Maghreb ) 76 The Arab Provinces of the Ottoman ...
... Ifriqiya ( Tunisia ) 42 Egypt 46 Spain 53 The Best Years in Retrospect 61 THE LONG TWILIGHT : THE JEWS OF ARAB LANDS IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES 64 The Mamluk Empire 67 North Africa ( The Maghreb ) 76 The Arab Provinces of the Ottoman ...
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... Ifriqiya Assassination of Joseph ha - Nagid ; massacre of the Jews of Granada Christians recapture Toledo Almoravids conquer Muslim Spain ; Jewish quarter of Granada destroyed a second time First Crusade Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Judah ...
... Ifriqiya Assassination of Joseph ha - Nagid ; massacre of the Jews of Granada Christians recapture Toledo Almoravids conquer Muslim Spain ; Jewish quarter of Granada destroyed a second time First Crusade Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Judah ...
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... Ifriqiya ( modern Tunisia ) , and Spain . Each of these regions had contained a consider- able Jewish population even before this period . It was only at this time , however , that they became clearly visible and historically articulate ...
... Ifriqiya ( modern Tunisia ) , and Spain . Each of these regions had contained a consider- able Jewish population even before this period . It was only at this time , however , that they became clearly visible and historically articulate ...
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... IFRIQIYA ( TUNISIA ) In 909 , the first Shi'ite counter - caliphate was declared in Ifriqiya by the Fatimid branch of the Ismaili sect . The first ruler , Ubayd Allah , was proclaimed Mahdi , the Islamic messianic figure , in addition ...
... IFRIQIYA ( TUNISIA ) In 909 , the first Shi'ite counter - caliphate was declared in Ifriqiya by the Fatimid branch of the Ismaili sect . The first ruler , Ubayd Allah , was proclaimed Mahdi , the Islamic messianic figure , in addition ...
Contents
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THE JEWS OF ARAB LANDS | 64 |
THE JEWS | 95 |
From the Autobiography of a Jewish Apostate | 229 |
THE JEWS OF ARAB LANDS | 255 |
The Fall of the Ilkhanids Jewish Vizier | 262 |
A Flemish Scholars Observations on the Jews | 287 |
the Jews of Safed for Tax Purposes | 299 |
A Jewish Emissary from Morocco Asks to Present | 307 |
The Jews of Mogadore Pay Their Poll Tax | 368 |
Baghdadi Jews in the Service of British Merchants | 375 |
A Rabbi Is Accused of Disrespect to Muhammad | 385 |
The British Consul in Egypt Tries to Intercede | 399 |
Instructions from H B M s Ambassador to Constantinople | 405 |
INDEX | 453 |
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