Jewish Subjects and Their Tribal Chieftains in Kurdistan

Mordechai Zaken, Ph.D. (2004) in Near Eastern Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specializes in the history of the Kurds, the oriental Jewry, and the non-Muslim minorities in the region. He served as the Adviser on Arab Affairs to the Prime Minister of Israel (1997-99).

• CONTENTSHistorical Setting The Land and the Peoples The Position of the Jews in the Previous Centuries PART I URBAN JEWS AND THEIR TRIBAL AGHASPreliminary Remarks on the Tribal Kurdish Society Chapter One ZakhoChapter Two AqraChapter Three DohukChapter Four Amadiya Chapter Five Sulaimaniya PART II RURAL JEWS AND THEIR TRIBAL AGHASChapter One The Experience of Rural Jews Chapter Two Guardianship and Justice by the Aghas PART III SOME ASPECTS OF DAILY AND PERSONAL LIFEChapter One The Safety of Jews in KurdistanChapter Two The Economic Position of the Jews Chapter Three Conversion of Jews to Islam in the Kurdish Society PART IV THE LAST GENERATION IN KURDISTAN: BETWEEN WWI AND THE IMMIGRATION TO ISRAELChapter One Jewish Experience during World War I: Conscription and Evasion Chapter Two The End of the War and the Years Following Concluding Remarks Glossary BibliographyNotes on the Informants Index