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The history of the Jews in Iran dates back to late biblical times (mid-1st millennium BCE). The biblical books of Chronicles, Isaiah, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, contain references to the life and experiences of Jews in Persia.
Jews began settling in Iran about 2,700 years ago. Throughout their history, the Iranian Jews have coped with significant challenges, especially during the Safavid era (1501-1736) and under the Qajar rulers (1796-1925).
The Jewish community of Persia, modern-day Iran, is one of the oldest in the Diaspora, and its historical roots reach back to the 6th century B.C.E., the time of the First Temple. Their history in the pre-Islamic period is intertwined with that of the Jews of neighboring Babylon. Cyrus, the first of the Archemid dynasty, conquered Babylon in ...
Mar 12, 2011 · The Jews of Iran have an incredibly long history that begins over 2,400 years ago and continues through today. They first arrived in the region during the Achaemenid period, after King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem and Judea , exiling tens of thousands of their Jewish inhabitants, who were expelled to lands all across the east, including ...
- Reyna Simnegar
Summary. JEWISH SETTLEMENT IN THE WESTERN SATRAPIES OF IRAN. Jews settled in the Tigris-Euphrates river system long before the region fell under the rule of Iranian governments, and they remained long afterward. The first community consisted of the upper classes of northern Israel, exiled in 722 b.c. to Hālah, and on the Habor, the river of ...
Dating back 2,700 years, we will explore the origins of one of the oldest minorities in Persian history, and gain an understanding of why the numbers dwindled so dramatically after the Iranian Revolution.
Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews tells the rich and complex history of one of the world’s oldest Jewish communities, which dates back nearly 2,700 years since the first Jews exiled from Jerusalem to Babylonia settled in the Persian sphere.
