Baghdadi Jews

Ethnic group Baghdad and Iraq in general. used to have one of the largest, if not The largest Jewish community in the middle east and central Asia , Baghdadi Jews are not just jews originating from Baghdad, but from all over Iraq . ALthough records of travelling Jewish tradesmen from Baghdad can be found as early as the early 1600's. Around the mid 1800's a large portion of the community started immigrating to south and south-east asia as well as the west, creating new communities while preserving their unique traditions.

Ethnic group Further information: History of the Jews in Iraq Baghdadi Jews , also known as Iraqi Jews , are Jewish emigrants from Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq , which not only includes Jews from the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, but from other areas of Iraq, as well as Jews from Syrian, Yemenite, Persian, and Turkish origin. Many of them were merchant traders settled on trade routes, who fled religious persecution and formed immigrant communities in their new homelands. Baghdad and Iraq in general used to have one of the largest, if not the largest Jewish community in the Middle East and Central Asia , and these new immigrant communities also included Jews as part of the Persian and Mughal courtiers. Records of Jewish tradesmen traveling from Baghdad can be found from the early 17th century, and around the mid-19th century a large portion of the community started immigrating to South and Southeast Asia as well as to the west, creating new communities while preserving their unique traditions.

Jewish ethnic group from the Middle East Not to be confused with History of the Jews in Baghdad . Ethnic group The former communities of Jewish migrants and their descendants from Baghdad and elsewhere in the Middle East are traditionally called Baghdadi Jews or Iraqi Jews. They settled primarily in the ports and along the trade routes around the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea . Beginning under the Mughal Empire in the 18th century, merchant traders from Baghdad and Aleppo established originally Judeo-Arabic speaking Jewish communities in India , then in a trading network across Asia , following Mizrahi Jewish customs. These flourished under the British Empire in the 19th century, growing to be English -speaking and British oriented. These grew into a tight trading and kinship network across Asia with smaller Baghdadi communities being established beyond India in the mid-nineteenth century in Burma , Singapore , Hong Kong and Shanghai . Baghdadi trading outposts were established across Southeast Asia and Oceania with families settling in Malaysia , Japan , Indonesia and Australia . Until the Second World War , these communities attracted a modest flow of Jewish emigrants from Iraq , with smaller numbers hailing from Syria , Egypt , Yemen , Iran , and Turkey . The Second World War brought strife to India , the Japanese occupation of Burma , Hong Kong and Shanghai , then swiftly the end of the British Empire in Asia. Dislocated by war, the violence of the Indian Partition , rising nationalism and the uncertainty of independence in both India and Burma , an exodus began to the newly founded state of Israel , Britain and Australia . Their old trade routes severed by first Communist victory in China , the ocean trade stifled in India and Burma by postcolonial nationalizations and trade restrictions, the Baghdadi Jews had emigrated almost in their entirety by the 1970s. Families of Baghdadi Jewish descent continue to play a major role in Jewish life, especially in Great Britain where families such as the Sassoons and Reubens have enjoyed great prominence in business and politics. The Jews of India: A Story of Three Communities . "Calcutta" , Jewish Virtual Library Muzeon, Yisrael (1995). The Jews of India: A Story of Three Communities . The Rise and Fall of Calcutta Jews" , The Forward Collins, Damian (2016-06-02).

Jewish ethnic group from the Middle East Not to be confused with History of the Jews in Baghdad . Ethnic group Baghdadi Jews ( Hebrew : יהודים בגדדים , romanized : Yehudim Bagdadim ; Arabic : اليهود البغداد , romanized : al-Yahūd al-Baghdadi ) or Iraqi Jews are historic terms for the former communities of Jewish migrants and their descendants from Baghdad and elsewhere in the Middle East . They settled primarily in the ports and along the trade routes around the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea . Beginning under the Mughal Empire in the 18th century, merchant traders from Baghdad and Aleppo established Judeo-Arabic speaking Jewish communities in India , then in a trading network across Asia , following Jewish customs. These flourished under the British Empire in the 19th century, growing to be English -speaking and British oriented. These grew into a tight trading and kinship network across Asia with smaller Baghdadi communities being established beyond India in the mid-nineteenth century in Burma , Singapore , Hong Kong and Shanghai . Baghdadi trading outposts were established further across Asia, and into Southeast Asia and Oceania, with families settling in Japan , Malaysia , Indonesia , and Australia . Until the Second World War , these communities attracted a modest flow of Jewish emigrants from Iraq , with smaller numbers hailing from Syria , Egypt , Yemen , Iran , and Turkey . The Second World War brought strife to India , the Japanese occupation of Burma , Hong Kong and Shanghai , then swiftly the end of the British Empire in Asia. Dislocated by war, the violence of the Indian Partition , rising nationalism and the uncertainty of independence in both India and Burma , an exodus began to the newly founded state of Israel , United Kingdom and Australia . Their old trade routes severed by first Communist victory in China , the ocean trade stifled in India and Burma by postcolonial nationalizations and trade restrictions, the Baghdadi Jews had emigrated almost in their entirety by the 1970s. Families of Baghdadi Jewish descent continue to play a major role in Jewish life, especially in Great Britain where families such as the Sassoons and Reubens have enjoyed great prominence in business and politics. "Calcutta" , Jewish Virtual Library Muzeon, Yisrael (1995). The Jews of India: A Story of Three Communities . The Rise and Fall of Calcutta Jews" , The Forward Collins, Damian (2016-06-02).