History of the Jews in Bahrain
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history-of-the-jews-in-bahrain-164-15746592
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History of the Jews in Bahrain
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Bahraini Jews constitute one of the world's smallest Jewish communities, although its origins go back to late antiquity. Talmudic sources refer to ports and islands on the Persian Gulf, indicating that Jews may have already settled in this region. Arabic sources record Jews in the old capital of Bahrain, Hajar, at the time of the Islamic conquest in 630 C.E. In the 12th century, the Jewish traveler-adventurer Benjamin of Tudela mentions 500 Jews living in Qays, and 5,000 in Al-Qatîf, involved in
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Bahrain
date created:
2006-12-09T10:17:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T03:20:41Z
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