Jews of the Persian Gulf region

E320610

Jewish ethnic group Middle Eastern Jews diaspora community religious minority

Jews of the Persian Gulf region are Jewish communities historically settled in Gulf countries such as Iraq, Iran, Bahrain, and Kuwait, shaped by centuries of trade, migration, and interaction with surrounding Middle Eastern cultures.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bahraini Jews	1
Jewish community of Bushehr	1
Jews of the Persian Gulf region canonical	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Jewish ethnic group ⓘ Middle Eastern Jews ⓘ diaspora community ⓘ religious minority ⓘ
causeOfEmigration	anti-Jewish discrimination ⓘ creation of the State of Israel ⓘ political instability ⓘ rise of Arab nationalism ⓘ
country	Bahrain ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Kuwait ⓘ Oman ⓘ Qatar ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ United Arab Emirates ⓘ
culture	Arab culture ⓘ Middle Eastern Jewish culture ⓘ Persian culture ⓘ
demographicTrend	sharp decline in 20th century ⓘ
economicActivity	crafts and small-scale commerce ⓘ finance and moneylending ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ pearling trade ⓘ textile trade ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
heritagePreservation	documentation of synagogues and cemeteries ⓘ oral history projects in diaspora communities ⓘ
heritageSiteType	Jewish cemeteries ⓘ Jewish quarters in Gulf cities ⓘ synagogues ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Aramaic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Judeo-Arabic ⓘ Judeo-Persian ⓘ Persian ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ antiquity ⓘ early modern period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ
interactionWith	Christian trading communities ⓘ Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ surface form: Indian Ocean trade networks Muslim majority populations ⓘ
legalStatus	dhimmi under Islamic rule ⓘ
migrationDestination	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Israel ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
modernStatus	largely diaspora-based populations ⓘ very small remaining communities in most Gulf states ⓘ
notableCommunity	Iraqi Jews ⓘ surface form: Baghdadi Jews Jews of the Persian Gulf region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bahraini Jews Iraqi Jews ⓘ surface form: Basra Jews Jews of the Persian Gulf region self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jewish community of Bushehr Jewish community of Isfahan ⓘ Jewish community of Shiraz ⓘ Kuwaiti Jews ⓘ
partOf	Mizrahi Jews ⓘ Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews ⓘ surface form: Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewish diaspora
region	Persian Gulf ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousPractice	observance of Jewish holidays ⓘ rabbinic Judaism ⓘ use of local minhagim (customs) ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Jews → closelyRelatedTo → Jews of the Persian Gulf region ⓘ

Jews of the Persian Gulf region → notableCommunity → Jews of the Persian Gulf region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bahraini Jews

Jews of the Persian Gulf region → notableCommunity → Jews of the Persian Gulf region self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jewish community of Bushehr