The Expulsion and Forced Conversion of the Jews of Isfahan: A Comparison between Arakʿel Dawrižecʿi's Girk' patmuteanc' and Bābāʾī ben Loṭf's Ketāb-e anūsī
The article deals with the persecution and expulsion of the Jews of Isfahan that took place under Shah ‘Abbās II in the years 1656-1662. The events, which occurred at Grand Vizier Moḥammad Beg’s instigation, are told of in a number of contemporary sources, the most important of them being Bābā’ī ben...