Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Iranian Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
19,3-4 (1986) 215-228
Keywords:
Jews History 1500-1800
;
Muslim converts from Judaism
Abstract:
Examines conversion in Shi'ite Iran, where Jews were persecuted for political and religious reasons. Analysis of two Judeo-Persian chronicles of the period suggests that Jews converted to Islam for various reasons: out of conviction, for material benefit, and to avoid deportation, taxation, or further persecutions. Many became Crypto-Jews, hoping to return to Judaism when the regime changed. Describes the mass conversions of 1656-62, by order of Grand-Vizier Muhammad Beg, when the Jews faced martyrdom or deportation to desert areas if they refused to convert, and a case in Kushan, 1729-30, when Jews again resorted to conversion to avoid punitive taxation.
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