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Lot #		20744
Auction End Date		5/6/2008 11:55:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)

Title Information

Title (English)

Ani Kurdi

Title (Hebrew)

אני כורדי

Author

[First Ed.]

City

Tel Aviv

Publication Date

1975

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Physical
Description

First edition. 144 pp., 283:268 mm., crisp copy bound in the original boards with dj, creased on upper corner.

Detailed
Description

Black and white photo montage and brief history of the Jews of Kurdistan, region in the Middle East, divided among three countries: Turkey , Iraq , and Iran . The majority of the Muslim population of Kurdistan lives in Turkey, another part in Iran, and the smallest part in Iraq. In contrast, the Jews of Kurdistan – until their great exodus in 1950–51 – lived mainly in the Iraqi region (146 communities), some in the Iranian region (19 communities), and only a few in Turkey (11 communities). There were also a few Jews in the Syrian region and other places (11 communities). There are no accurate statistics on the Jews of Kurdistan. It has been estimated that before the establishment of the State of Israel there were between 20,000 and 30,000 Jews living there. Kurdish Jews also lived in the Diyala province of Iraq, especially in the town of Khanaqin , the number of Jews varying between 1,689 in 1920; 2,252, 1932; and 2,851, 1947. The Jews of Mosul speak Arabic and some also understand Turkish and Kurdish. For this reason, some scholars do not reckon them among the Kurdish Jews, even though they resemble them somewhat in their way of life. They form a separate unit known by the name Miṣlawim.

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