Jadīd al-Islām: the Jewish "New Muslims" of Meshhed
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Main Author: Patai, Raphael 1910-1996 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Detroit Wayne State University Press 1997
Series:Jewish folklore and anthropology series
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Item Description:Contents: Early times -- Before the Allahdād -- The Sūfī lure -- Allahdād! -- After the Allahdād -- Conversions to the Bahai faith -- A decade of blood libels and other incidents, 1892-1902 -- Zionism and early ʻAliya -- Disturbances in the 1940s -- A picture of Jewish life -- Emigration, ʻAliya, dispersion -- A Meshhed Jewish family: Āqā Farajullah's memoirs -- A popular "life of nadir" -- Three tales about Mullah Siman-Tov -- Two stories about the Jews of Kalat -- How the Herāt Jews were saved -- The story of the woman Gohar -- The death of Ḥājj Ḥasan Eṣḥaq. Birth customs -- Jewish names and origins -- The secret school (Hebrew education) -- Girls' games -- Ritual observances -- Marriage -- Burial customs
Physical Description:325, [16] Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm
ISBN:0814326528

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