IRAN · 29.6°N 52.6°E · CITY
Shiraz
City of the 1910 blood-libel pogrom (12 killed) and a rich Judeo-Persian manuscript culture; most emigrated after 1979 to Israel and New York/Los Angeles.
Modern locality anchor
Shiraz
Iran · City · 29.6°N 52.6°E
This anchor orients the sourced locality record. It is not a reconstructed historical position or border; the single map below provides geographic context.
View locationTHE COMMUNITY TIMELINE · EVERY NODE DATED
What happened to the Jewish community of Shiraz?
Historic community (Judeo-Persian manuscripts)
1910 blood-libel pogrom (12 killed)
Modern community
Post-1979 exodus
Today
Small community; strong diaspora (New York/Los Angeles/Israel).
LANGUAGES & COMMUNITY
What did Shiraz sound like?
Judeo-Persian is a language with its own grammar, literature, and history — not “broken” anything, and not a dialect of Hebrew.
AFTER · IN FULL COLOR
What survives today?
In Shiraz
Small community; strong diaspora (New York/Los Angeles/Israel).
Synagogues of the old Jewish quarter
synagogues · public landmark
In Israel & the diaspora
The community's story continued elsewhere — these places carry it now.
KEEP GOING
Related places & stories
SOURCES & REVIEW
Encyclopaedia Judaica, 2nd ed. (place entry)
Macmillan Reference USA · 2007
Iran - Virtual Jewish History Tour
Jewish Virtual Library · open source
Reading about Judeo-Persian and Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)? Baba can help you understand the languages in context →