The Expulsion and Forced Conversion of the Jews of Isfahan: A Comparison between Arak‘el Dawrižec‘i’s Girk‘ patmuteanc‘ and Bābā’ī ben Loṭf’s Ketāb-e anūsī

The article deals with the persecution and expulsion of the Jews of Isfahan that took place under Shah ‘Abbās II in the years 1656–1662. The events, which occurred at Grand Vizier Moḥammad Beg’s instigation, are told of in a number of contemporary sources, the most important of them being Bābā’ī b...

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Main Author: Paolo Lucca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERES / KHK Bochum 2022-08-01
Series:Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
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Online Access:https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/9793