Cover image: Visit of King Faisal to the AIU Laura Kadoorie Girls School in 1924. Provided courtesy of the Hong Kong Heritage Project.
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Names: Goldstein-Sabbah, S. R., author.
Title: Baghdadi Jewish networks in the age of nationalism / S. R. Goldstein-Sabbah.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Brill’s series in Jewish studies, 0926–2261 ; volume 69 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021006682 (print) | LCCN 2021006683 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004460553 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004460560 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Jews—Iraq—Baghdad—History—19th century. | Jews—Iraq—Baghdad—History—20th century. | Jews, Iraqi—Social conditions—19th century. | Jews, Iraqi—Social conditions—20th century. | Baghdad (Iraq)—Ethnic relations.
Classification: LCC DS135.I7 G66 2021 (print) | LCC DS135.I7 (ebook) | DDC 956.7/47004924009034—dc23
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ISSN 0926-2261
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