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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Translator's Foreward List of Abbreviations PART ONE INTRODUCTION 1300 550 B.C.E. 1 Who Are the Jews The Promised Land, Jerusalem, Judea, and Israel 2 The First Jewish Settlers in Iran Khorasan of Yore Present Day Afghanistan PART TWO THE ACHAEMENIDS 550 330 B.C.E. 3 Iran Pioneer of Freedom among Nations 4 Cyrus, God's Anointed Haman's Conspiracy Against the Jews The Prophet Daniel's Service in the Court of Darius the Great Ties of Two Jewish Leaders, Ezra and Nehemiah, to Iran PART THREE SELEUCIDS AND PARTHIANS 330 B.C.E. 226 C.E. 5 Iran's Encounter with Greece and Rome 6 Five and a Half Centuries of Obscurity Iranian Roman Alliance during the Fall of the Second Temple Final Analysis PART FOUR THE SASANIANS 226 642 C.E. 7 Religious Fever in Iran 8 Beginnings of Religious Minority Suffering Composition of the Talmud during the Sasanian Period Ups and Downs in the Jewish Community The Peak of Sasanian Persecution of the Jews PART FIVE ADVENT OF ISLAM AND RULE OF THE CALIPHS 642 847 C.E. 9 Iran in the New World of Islam 10 The Factious Jew Abu Isa al Isfahani and Yudghan Hamadani The Worldwide Karaite Movement Conversion of the Khazars to Judaism The Key Role of Jews in the Advancement of the Sciences in Islamic Iran PART SIX TAHIRIDS, SAFFARIDS, SAMANIDS, DAYLAMITES, AND GHAZNAVIDS 847 1038 C.E. 11 Iran, Battlefield of Nationalists 12 Silence in the Storm of Rebellion Transfer of the Center of Judaism from Babylon to Spain PART SEVEN SELJUQS, MONGOLS, AND TIMURIDS 1038 1502 C.E. 13 Iran, Abattoir of Monotheists 14 New Ups and Downs Benjamin of Tudela on the Jews of Iran The Advent of David Alroy, the Iranian Messiah, during the Crusades The Profound Influence of Jewish and Jewish Born Statesmen on the Iranian State Apparatus Shahin, Amina, and Other Prominent Jews in Science, Literature, and Philosophy Jews during the Timurid Period PART EIGHT THE SAFAVIDS 1502 1722 C.E. 15 Iran, Circus of European Spies 16 The Climax of Anti Semitism Foreign and Domestic Factors in the Flood of Anti Semitism Climax of Anti Semitism during the Reign of Shah Abbas Jewish Poetry, Literature, Scholarship, and Art during the Safavid Period 17 The History of Baba'i ibn Lutf The Vengefulness of Mullah Mordecai Lari, Who Became Known as Abu al Hasan Abu al Hasan Lari in Kashan Abu al Hasan's Trip to Shiraz The Jews of Farahabad and Abu al Hasan Lari Shah Abbas and the Runaway Gazelle Simantub Follows in Abu al Hasan's Footsteps Intensification of Anti Semitism during the Reign of Shah Abbas The Loss of the King's Dagger and the Riot Against the Jews Exile of the Jews of Isfahan Forced Conversion of the Jews of Kashan and Natanz to Islam Persecution of the Jews of Hamadan Khalil Khan Lor in Khansar and Golpayegan Plight of the Jews of Lar and Shiraz The Advent of Obadiah Continuation of the Story of the Jews of Isfahan The Jews of Farahabad during the Reign of Shah Abbas Plight of the Jews of Qom Continuation of the Story of the Jews of Golpayegan and Khansar Unpleasant Situation of the Jews of Yazd and Kerman Shah Abbas II's Travels to Kashan and His Love for a Jewish Youth The Miserable Plight of the Jews of Kashan The End of Muhammad Beg's Anti Semitic Deeds PART NINE AFSHARIDS AND ZANDS 1722 1794 C.E. 18 The Short Lived Dynasties 19 Unending Storms Jewish Life in Hamadan PART TEN THE QAJARS FROM MUHAMMAD KHAN TO MUZAFFAR AL DIN SHAH 1794 1907 C.E. 20 Fall of the Cradle of Freedom 21 Fears and Hopes Travel of Jewish Envoys to Iran Revival of Anti Semitism during the Qajar Period Mullah Agha Baba or Muhammad Reza, the new Muslim The Upright Clerics' Quest for Justice Huntsmen of Faith Decline of Judaism in a Decadent Society 22 Travelers' Viewpoints Extract f
ISBN: 1568590865
Author: Habib Lavi, Hooshang Ebrami (Editor), George W. Maschke (Translator), Habib Levy
Category: Religion
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