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The Destruction of Jerusalem
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And it came to pass in the days of Sultan Murad [IV], King of Turkey, may his majesty be exalted, in the third year of his reign, which is the year 5385 from creation [1625], the upright prince…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Empire (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1627

Subjects:

Jerusalem, Antisemitism, Muslim-Jewish relations, Monarchy, Punishment

Categories:

Historical writing
Seder Eliyahu zuta (The Minor Order of Elijah)
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the Sultan…

Contributor:

Elijah Capsali

Places:

Candia, Venice (Heraklion, Greece)

Date:

ca. 1523

Subjects:

Monarchy, Conversion, Jewish identity, Muslim-Jewish relations
Kitāb-i Sar-guzasht-i Kāshān (The Book of Events in Kashan)
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Come, O heart, and proclaim a flood upon the world; no…

Contributor:

Bābāī ibn Farhād

Places:

Kashan, Afsharid Iran (Kashan, Iran)

Date:

Mid– to Late 18th Century

Subjects:

Monarchy, War, Hunger, Muslim-Jewish relations, Death

Categories:

Historical writing
Extremos y grandezas de Constantinopla (Glories and Grandeur of Constantinople)
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In the days when…

Contributor:

Jacob Cansino

Places:

Madrid, Spanish Empire (Madrid, Spain)

Date:

1638

Subjects:

Military, War, Monarchy, Muslim-Jewish relations, Death

Categories:

Historical writing
Chronicle of Fez
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In the year 5464 from the creation of the world. If I were to try to tell the travails and bitter tidings and troubles that we the community of Fez (may God guard it!) endured, time would run out and…

Contributor:

Samuel Ibn Danan

Places:

Fez, Morocco (Fes, Morocco)

Date:

1724

Subjects:

Muslim-Jewish relations, Monarchy, Antisemitism, Economic life, Maghreb

Categories:

Historical writing