Zakho pogrom
| Zakho pogrom | |
|---|---|
| Part of Persecution of Jews | |
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| Target | Jewish people of Zakho |
Attack type | Pogrom, Murder, Arson, Torture |
| Deaths | 7 |
| Perpetrators |  Kurdish locals |
| Motive | Anti-Jewish sentiment |
In early 1892, Kurdish locals started an anti-Jewish pogrom against the Jewish residents of Zakho, a city in Mosul vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (present-day Iraqi Kurdistan). During the pogrom, seven Jews were killed, homes and synagogues were burned, and many members of the Jewish community were imprisoned, tortured, and subjected to heavy taxation.[1][2][3]
The Jewish community in Zakho numbered around 700 out of a total population of 1,600 at the time.[4]
Shortly after the pogrom, on April 10, 1892, the Tigris River overflowed, causing a major flood that destroyed 150 Jewish homes. Both of these events were recorded in a letter sent by Zakho’s Jewish leaders to the chief rabbis of Baghdad and Aleppo seeking assistance and acknowledgment.
Other sources confirm the extent of the violence, the destruction of synagogues, the imposition of taxes, the arrests and murders that followed the attacks.[5]
See also
Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of Zakho
References
- ↑ Zaken, Mordechai (2007). Jewish Subjects and Their Tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan: A Study in Survival. Wayne State University Press. p. 132. Search this book on
- ↑ Gavish, Haya (2000). Unwitting Zionists: The Jewish Community of Zakho in Iraqi Kurdistan. Bar-Ilan University. Search this book on
- ↑ Pešat wayehî bešallaḥ: a Neo-Aramaic Midrash on Beshallaḥ (Exodus). 1976. Search this book on
- ↑ "La Revue scientifique (Revue rose)". 1. 1892.
- ↑ "Zakho". Encyclopedia Judaica. Encyclopedia.com.
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