LEADER 04639cam a22003734a 4500001 134751 005 20240621203619.0 008 071207s1999 caua b 001 0 eng 010 99020731 020 1568590865 |qcloth |qalkaline paper 020 9781568590868 |qcloth |qalkaline paper 035 (OCoLC)ocm40940051 035 134751 042 pcc 043 a-ir--- 049 LHMA 041 1 eng |hper 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dC#P |dVVC |dWAU |dBAKER |dNLGGC |dBTCTA |dYDXCP |dLHM 050 00 DS135.I65 |bL35513 1999 100 1 Lavī, Ḥabīb, |d1896-1984. 240 10 Tārīkh-i Yahūd-i Īrān. |lEnglish 245 10 Comprehensive history of the Jews of Iran : |bthe outset of the diaspora / |cby Habib Levy ; edited and abridged by Hooshang Ebrami ; translated from the Persian by George W. Maschke. 246 30 Jews of Iran 264 1 Costa Mesa, CA : |bMazda Publishers in association with the Cultural Foundation of Habib Levy, |c1999. 300 xix, 597 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-564) and index. 505 20 |tWho are the Jews? -- |tPromised land, Jerusalem, Judea, and Israel -- |tFirst Jewish settlers in Iran -- |tKhorasan of yore : present-day Afghanistan -- |tIran : pioneer of freedom among nations -- |tCyrus, God's anointed -- |tHaman's conspiracy against the Jews -- |tProphet Daniel's service in the court of Darius the Great -- |tTies of two Jewish leaders, Ezra and Nehemiah, to Iran -- |tIran's encounter with Greece and Rome -- |tFive-and-a-half centuries of obscurity -- |tIranian-Roman alliance during the fall of the second temple -- |tReligious fever in Iran -- |tBeginnings of religious minority suffering -- |tComposition of the Talmud during the Sasanian period -- |tUps and downs in the Jewish community -- |tPeak of Sasanian persecution of the Jews -- |tIran in the new world of Islam -- |tFactious Jew -- |tAbu ʻIsa al-Isfahani and Yudghan Hamadani -- |tWorldwide Karaite movement -- |tConversion of the Khazars to Judaism -- |tKey role of Jews in the advancement of the sciences in Islamic Iran -- |tIran, battlefield of nationalists -- |tSilence in the storm of rebellion -- |tTransfer of the center of Judaism from Babylon to Spain -- |tIran, abattoir of monotheists -- |tNew ups and downs -- |tBenjamin of Tudela on the Jews of Iran -- |tAdvent of David Alroy, "the Iranian Messiah," during the Crusades -- |tProfound influence of Jewish and Jewish-born statesmen on the Iranian state apparatus -- |tShahin, Amina, and other prominent Jews in science, literature, and philosophy -- |tJews during the Timurid period -- |tIran, circus of European spies -- |tClimax of anti-semitism -- |tForeign and domestic factors in the flood of anti-Semitism -- |tClimax of anti-semitism during the reign of Shah Abbas II -- |tJewish poetry, literature, scholarship, and art during the Safavid period -- |tHistory of Babaʾi ibn Lutf -- |tVengefulness of Mullah Mordecai Lari, who became known as "Abu al-Hasan" -- |tAbu al-Hasan Lari in Kashan -- |tAbu al-Hasan's trip to Shiraz -- |tJews of Farahabad and Abu al-Hasan Lari -- |tShahʾAbbas and the runaway gazelle -- |tSimantub follows in Abu al-Hasan's footsteps -- |tIntensification of anti-semitism during the reign of Shah ʻAbbas II -- |tLoss of the king's dagger and the riot against the Jews -- |tExile of the Jews of Isfahan -- |tForced conversion of the Jews of Kashan and Natanz to Islam -- |tPersecution of the Jews of Hamadan -- |tKhalil Khan Lor in Khansar and Golpayegan -- |tPlight of the Jews of Lar and Shiraz -- |tAdvent of Obadiah -- |tContinuation of the story of the Jews of Isfahan -- |tJews of Farahabad during the reign of Shah ʻAbbas II -- |tPlight of the Jews of Qom -- |tContinuation of the story of the Jews of Golpayegan and Khansar -- |tUnpleasant situation of the Jews of Yazd and Kerman -- |tShah ʻAbbas II's travels to Kashan and his love for a Jewish youth -- |tMiserable plight of the Jews of Kashan -- |tEnd of Muhammad Beg's anti-semitic deeds -- |tShort-lived dynasties -- |tUnending storms -- |tJewish life in Hamadan -- |tFall of the cradle of freedom -- |tFears and hopes -- |tTravel of Jewish envoys to Iran -- |tRevival of anti-Semitism during the Qajar period -- |tMullah Agha Baba or Muhammad Reza, the new-Muslim -- |tUpright clerics' quest for justice -- |tHuntsmen of faith. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Jews |zIran |xHistory. 700 1 Ibrāmī, Hūshang. 852 0 |bstacks |hDS135.I65 |iL35513 1999