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Zorfashazi originate from the Jewish refugees from [[Audonia]] who were taken in by the [[Corumm|Qian dynasty]] and settled in the Pachin valley, in central Corumm . There they became a distinct diaspora community with a unique way of life that adapted traditions from their homeland to their new environment. The Zorfashazi religious community enjoyed imperial protection and developed in several Corummese towns within Pachin. The city of [[Dom Dode]] is the principal center of the community and houses the largest synagogue in the country. | Zorfashazi originate from the Jewish refugees from [[Audonia]] who were taken in by the [[Corumm|Qian dynasty]] and settled in the Pachin valley, in central Corumm . There they became a distinct diaspora community with a unique way of life that adapted traditions from their homeland to their new environment. The Zorfashazi religious community enjoyed imperial protection and developed in several Corummese towns within Pachin. The city of [[Dom Dode]] is the principal center of the community and houses the largest synagogue in the country. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Originating in [[Audonia]] thousands of years ago, Judaism and its followers would fall under the shadow of [[Oduniyyad Caliphate|Oduniyyad]] rule. Curtailed in their rights and freedoms as dhimmi, the jews persisted for many years until the ascent of Caliph Ruwaid. Ruwaid ordered the start of terrible persecutions of non muslims. Killings, ransacking of synagogues and forced conversions were inflicted on jews all across the caliphate. The Chief Rabbi Shimon of Bardabeh appealed to the greatest enemy of the caliph for help, the emperor of the [[Corumm|Qian dynasty]]. At the end of the Third Oduniyyad-Qian war, the victorious Emperor Fanqie included among his conditions for peace, a demand to be given the jews over as subjects. The exact phrasing has survived in historical texts and is as follows: ''that the cruel Arab who is blind in one eye by zealotry, pass unto me the Jews from his care so that my realm will benefit from the work of their minds and their hands''. What remained of the Jews in the eastern parts of the caliphate then journeyed to Corumm under the leadership of Shimon of Bardabeh, being settled in then uninhabited lands. | Originating in [[Audonia]] thousands of years ago, Judaism and its followers would fall under the shadow of [[Oduniyyad Caliphate|Oduniyyad]] rule. Curtailed in their rights and freedoms as dhimmi, the jews persisted for many years until the ascent of Caliph Ruwaid. Ruwaid ordered the start of terrible persecutions of non muslims. Killings, ransacking of synagogues and forced conversions were inflicted on jews all across the caliphate. The Chief Rabbi Shimon of Bardabeh appealed to the greatest enemy of the caliph for help, the emperor of the [[Corumm|Qian dynasty]]. | ||
At the end of the Third Oduniyyad-Qian war, the victorious Emperor Fanqie included among his conditions for peace, a demand to be given the jews over as subjects. The exact phrasing has survived in historical texts and is as follows: ''that the cruel Arab who is blind in one eye by zealotry, pass unto me the Jews from his care so that my realm will benefit from the work of their minds and their hands''. What remained of the Jews in the eastern parts of the caliphate then journeyed to Corumm under the leadership of Shimon of Bardabeh, being settled in then uninhabited lands. | |||
==Rites== | ==Rites== | ||
==Notable Zorfashazi Jews== | ==Notable Zorfashazi Jews== | ||