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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. Approximately three thousand jews in total were settled in that period. Intermarriage with ethnic Corummese was forbidden by imperial decree, which suited the community just fine as the jews wanted to preserve their bloodline and the Emperor wanted them isolated and dependent on his personal patronage. | 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. Approximately three thousand jews in total were settled in that period. Intermarriage with ethnic Corummese was forbidden by imperial decree, which suited the community just fine as the jews wanted to preserve their bloodline and the Emperor wanted them isolated and dependent on his personal patronage. | ||
The community remained insular for centuries | |||
==Rites== | ==Rites== | ||