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The Golden Age Of Bukharian Jews – The Richest Merchants Of Samarkand

The ancient city of Samarkand is known as a crossroad of the Great Silk Road. Throughout its centuries-old history, Samarkand was a place where cultures and traditions of different peoples coexisted in peace and harmony. Bukharian Jews are an integral part of the history, economy and culture of Samarkand. This release is the continuation of the series about Bukharian Jews. Here we tell you more about Jewish diaspora of Samarkand and its famous representatives. If you haven’t subscribed to our channel, we advise you to do it immediately, we will always have lots of interesting things for you. So, let’s start everything in order. There isn’t much historical information about Jews appearing in Samarkand. For instance, in the first half of the 12th century, a historic An-Nasafiy in his book “Small Kandiya”, mentions about Jews in Samarkand, where he tells about a Jew who built leaden aqueduct, with name “Juyi Arziz”. In European sources, in the second half of the 12th century, Benjamin Tudelsky, in his "Book of Travels", narrates: “From Isbagan (Isfahan) four days' journey to the Persian land of Shipaz (Shiraz), where about ten thousand Jews live. From there, at a distance of seven days' journey, the large city of Gina (Khiva) stands on the banks of the Gozan (Amu Darya) river. There are up to eight thousand Jews in it, a trading city, where merchants of all nations in the world come with goods, is located on a vast plain. In a distance of five days' journey lies on the border of the Persian kingdom the large city of Samarkat (Samarkand), there are up to fifty thousand Jews in it, among whom there are scientists and the rich." The history of Samarkand, like any other ancient city, is multifaceted. The city has experienced numerous ups and downs. So, for example, according to Meyendorff's information, in 1820 there were only ten Bukharian-Jewish houses in the city. Since the second half of the 19th century, recognizing the great potential of Samarkand in trade with Russia, Bukhara-Jewish merchants and artisans have moved here. This contributed to economic growth in Samarkand. According to the historian Alexander Lehman, who traveled to Samarkand, the number of Jews in 1841 reached 500 people. The Jews of Samarkand, until the first half of the 19th century, lived separately, in different quarters of the old city. Only in March 1843, the Jewish community in Samarkand acquired a land plot with an area of 11 Tanob (historians estimate this territory around 3 hectares). This territory was located not far from the famous Registan Square and was bought for 10 thousand tangas. Thus, the Jewish quarter “mahalla-i yahudion” was created, which was symbolically divided into 12 sections. This number corresponded to the number of the 12 tribes of Israel. But, as you know, there are usually specific people behind progress and prosperity. Moshe Kalontar played an important role in the formation of the Bukhara-Jewish quarter in Samarkand. The name of this headman of Bukharian Jews of the 19th century will forever remain in the history of not only Samarkand, but also many cities of Central Asia. This man was a faithful keeper of Bukhara-Jewish traditions and a real diplomat, who in a difficult period in the history of Samarkand managed to be the protector and leader of his people, to resolve the issues of his diaspora peacefully. It was Moshe Kalontar who contributed to the acquisition of a land plot in Samarkand for the development of an entire Jewish quarter in 1843. The biography of Moshe Kalontar is very interesting. He was born in 1815 in the family of Ilyev Abulkhair and Khano in the city of Shakhrisabz. At first, Moshe and his brother made their living working as water carriers. They also mastered the profession of fabric and yarn dyers. ---------------------------------------------- Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely support.👍 Please press the bell icon after subscribing to our channel. And don't forget to like, comment and share my videos to your friends. See you in our next videos 💗 ---------------------------------------------- Our videos: Forgotten Island – Ghost town Aralsk 7   • Forgotten Island of Death – Ghost tow...   ==================================== 🟥 Become a Member - @DOCATOURS 📢 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲! 📢    / @docatours   ☕ Buy me a coffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/docatours2f ===================================== #Jews #BukharaJews #Jewish #SamarkandJews #BukharianJews #HistoryofJews #CentralAsia #Bukhara #Travel #Samarkand #Silkroad #Sephardic #Uzbekistan #Synagogue #Goldenage #religious, #uzbek, #jews, #old, #asia, #medieval, #synagogue, #heritage, #history, #tombstone, #religion, #stone, #prayer, #travel, #fence, #bukhara, #grave, #bukharan, #memory, #judaism, #city, #jewish, #monument, #selective focus, #selective focus on, #graveyard