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Place in Syria

What happened to the Jews in Damascus

27 events, 66 AD to 1974 AD

1st century

  1. 66 AD Massacre of the Jews of Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  2. 70 AD Pogrom in Damascus · Damascus, Syria

8th century

  1. c. 750 AD Abbasid decrees and higher taxes on Jews of Damascus · Damascus, Syria

13th century

  1. c. 1260 AD Mamluk decrees against non-Muslims in Damascus · Damascus, Syria

14th century

  1. 1321 AD Synagogue attacked in Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  2. 1354 AD General persecution of non-Muslims in Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  3. 1365 AD Searches for wine among Jews of Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  4. 1392 AD Accusation against Jews in Damascus · Damascus, Syria

15th century

  1. 1401 AD Tamerlane's occupation and ransom of Damascus · Damascus, Syria

16th century

  1. 1570 AD Destruction of the Iraqi Jews' synagogue in Damascus · Damascus, Syria

19th century

  1. 1840 AD American Jews protest the Damascus blood libel · Damascus, Syria
  2. 1840 AD Damascus affair · Damascus, Syria
  3. 1840 AD Damascus blood libel: Jews falsely accused of murdering a friar · Damascus, Syria
  4. 1860 AD Accusation of Jewish involvement in massacre of Maronites; fine and death threat · Damascus, Syria
  5. 1870–1871 AD Incitement against Damascus Jews by Christians and British consul · Damascus, Syria
  6. 1875 AD Property taxes imposed on Jewish scholars in Damascus · Damascus, Syria

20th century

  1. 1925 AD Sacking of the Jewish quarter of Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  2. 1936 AD Jews of Damascus accused of Zionism · Damascus, Syria
  3. 1942 AD Murder of Alliance Israélite Universelle headmaster in Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  4. 1947–1948 AD Anti-Jewish riots and attacks in Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  5. 1949 AD 1949 Menarsha synagogue bombing · Damascus, Syria
  6. 1949 AD Bomb planted in Damascus synagogue · Damascus, Syria
  7. 1952 AD Closure of the Zilkha Bank in Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  8. 1954 AD Exit restrictions on Jews of Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  9. 1965–1967 AD Persecution and arrests of Jews in Damascus · Damascus, Syria
  10. 1974 AD Jewish men charged with murder and smuggling to cover up atrocity · Damascus, Syria
  11. 1974 AD Murder of four Jewish women attempting to flee Syria · Damascus, Syria

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