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A political and economic history of the Jews of Afghanistan
This book describes the situation of Jews in Afghanistan during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, particularly 1839-1952. It examines the political, economic and social conditions they faced as religious minorities. The work focuses upon harsh governmental economic policies of the 1930s and 19...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Brill's series in Jewish studies ;
54. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Abbreviations for Archival Sources
- Various Va'adot: An Explanatory Note
- Glossary of Terms
- Rulers of Afghanistan (1747-1973)
- Note on Hebrew Transliteration
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Entrepreneurial Minorities and Anti-Semitism in Afghanistan
- Encountering Nationalist Sentiments in Afghanistan
- Historiographical Trends
- Archival Sources
- Chapter 2 Modern Jewish Settlement in Afghanistan: Origins and Customs
- Theories on the Origins of Afghanistani Jewry
- Jewish Settlement in Mashhad
- Jewish Settlement in Afghanistan
- The Forcible Conversion of the Mashhadi Community
- The Persian Siege of Herat
- Daily Life among the Jews of Afghanistan
- Betrothal and Marriage Customs
- Women's Experiences
- Men's Lives
- Communal Structures and Social Control
- Peddlers and Merchants
- Inter-Communal Ties: The Turkmen-Jewish Relationship
- International Connections through Trade
- Chapter 3 A Survey of the Modern Political and Economic History of Afghanistan (1747-1933)
- Afghanistan's Foundation
- The First Anglo-Afghan War: Encountering the British Empire
- Dost Muhammad Khan: Consolidating Afghanistan's Borders
- Second Anglo-Afghan War: Limiting Afghanistan's Independence
- Shattering Afghanistan's Ethnic Mosaic: The Rule of the 'Iron Amir'
- Negotiating ʻAbd al-Rahman's Rule: The Challenges to the Jewish Community
- Habibullah Khan: Edging Towards Full Sovereignty
- The Jewish Community under Habibullah: A Resumption of Commerce
- World War I and Its Political Legacy
- Amanullah: Imagination without Grounding
- Minorities under Amanullah: A Time of Tolerance
- Hindus
- The Hazara
- Jews
- Amanullah's Encouragement of Education
- Patterns of Jewish Education
- A Less Tolerated Minority: The Ahmadiyas
- Reform and Revolt
- Habibullah Kalakani: Reign of Terror.
- Minorities under Kalakani
- Muhammad Nadir's Rise
- The Rule of Muhammad Nadir Shah: Pacification and Consolidation
- Chapter 4 Northern Afghanistan's Soviet Refugee Crisis (1932-1936)
- Causes of the Refugee Crisis
- Consequences for Central Asian Jewry
- Afghan Response to Refugees
- Muslim Refugees
- Christian Refugees
- Jewish Refugees: Petitioning for Assistance
- Viewing Refugees as Spies: Afghan and British Perceptions
- Comparing Refugee Policy in Afghanistan and Persia
- The Expulsion of the Local Jewish Population
- Riot in Herat during the Summer of 1935
- Implications of the Expulsion of the Afghanistani Jews from the North
- British Jewry's Reactions to the Afghanistani Community
- Official British Response
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5 Afghan Economic Policies in the 1930s
- Economic Policies: The Bank-i Milli and the Rise of the MonopolySystem
- The Shirkat System's Impact on the Karakul Trade
- Political Aims of the Monopoly System: Limiting Soviet Influence
- Case Study: Jacob Pinhas, a Jewish Karakul Trader
- Consequences of the Monopoly System: An Economic Downturn
- Successful Opposition to the Shirkat System: The Fruit Trade
- Da Afghanistan Bank: A Failed Check on the Power of the Bank-i Milli
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6 World War II's Impact on Afghanistan
- Pre-War Anxiety
- German Influence
- The Nazi Party in Afghanistan
- Nazi Influenced Anti-Semitism
- 'Abd al-Majid Khan: Primary Negotiator with the Third Reich
- Link between anti-Communism and anti-Semitism in Afghan Policy
- Replacing German Specialists with Jews: First Contact between Afghanistan and the Yishuv
- The Precarious Situation of Jews in Afghanistan during World War II
- Refugee Crisis in India: A Precarious Medical and Legal Situation
- Causes of Refugee Crisis
- Deportation from Peshawar
- Negotiating with British Authorities.
- Conflict between the Jewish Agency and Afghanistani Va'adot in Eretz Yisrael
- Legal Emigration from Afghanistan: The Role of JewishOrganizations
- Persecution in the Muslim World
- Afghan Rationale for Legal Emigration: Gaining Supportfor Pashtunistan
- Prejudice against the Jewish Community Lessened through Afghan Myth of Ethnogenesis
- Emigration Commences
- Afghanistani Jews Entering and Languishing in Iran
- Situation Improves After 1952
- Forcible Conversion in the 1950s: Tova Shamualoff's Kidnapping
- The Last Jew of Kabul
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: Patterns of Jewish Correspondencein the 1930s
- Bibliography
- Plate Section: Daily Life in 1940s Kabul
- Index.