Fenton, Paul,

Exile in the Maghreb : Jews under Islam, sources and documents, 997-1912 / Paul B. Fenton and David G. Littman. - Madison ; Teaneck : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource (xxxv, 627 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE. HISTORICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES (A); The Maghreb; FROM THE ZEN TA TO THE WATT SIDS (990-1492); Algeria; AL-MAGHĪLĪ FIXES THE DHIMMA SYSTEM (1492-1493); UNDER THE OTTOMAN REGENCIES (1529-1830); FROM THE FRENCH CONQUEST TO THE CRÉMIEUX DECREE (1830-1870); Morocco; UNDER THE SA'DIDS (1509-1659); UNDER THE 'ALAWIDS (1666-1800); PERSECUTIONS UNDER MAWLAY YAZĪD (1790-1791); SUFFERING IN ISOLATION (1800-1860). Beginnings of humanitarian intervention by european jewry (1860)the rise of the french protectorate (1907-1912); part two. archival documents (b); general introduction to the archives of the aiu pertaining to the maghreb (1860-1912); arbitrary persecution and the humanitarian intervention of european jewry (1863-1864); the prisoners of tetuan (1864-1865); tyranny in the empire (1867-1877); the madrid conference and the question of foreign protection (1879-1888); the autodafé of abraham elalouf (fez, 1880); the system of protections and the backdrop of terror (1880-1881). Twenty years after montefiore's mission renewed persecution in demnat (1884-1885)a decade of dhimmitude (1885-1895); the sultan's death and tribal sedition in mzab (1895-1896); new century, old vicissitudes (1899-1906); tragic events of casablanca and their consequences (august 1907-february 1908); the massacre of settat, prelude and pogrom (november 1907-january 1908); morocco beset by anarchy (1908); peaceful penetration and the fate of the jews (1909-1912); the pogrom of fez (april 1912); glossary; bibliography; index; about the authors.

This book reviews a thousand years of Jewish history in North Africa under Islam, culled from literary sources such as Islamic legal and theological texts, European travel accounts, and diplomatic dispatches, as well as unpublished archival material.



9781611477887

2020739707


Jews--History.--Africa, North
Judaism--Relations--Islam.
Islam--Relations--Judaism.


Electronic Books.

DS135 / .E955 2016