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History
The Bukharan community in Central
Asia had periods of prospering,
as well as periods of repression.
With the establishment of the Silk
Road between China and the West
in the 2nd century BCE that lasted
well into the 16th century, many
Jews flocked to Central Asia and
played a great role in its development.
After their exile from Israel in
135, they came under the Persian
Empire, as they prospered and spread
through the area. However, around
the 5th century, they were persecuted.
Famous Jewish academies in Babylon
were closed, while many Jews were
killed and expelled (See Mishnah).
After Arab Muslim conquest in the
early 8th century, Jews (as well
as christians) were considered Dhimmis
and were forced, among other things,
to pay the jizya head tax. The Mongol
invasion in the 13th century also
hit hard on Jews of Central Asia.
In the beginning of the 16th century,
the area was invaded and conquered
by nomadic Uzbek tribes who established
strict observance of Islam and religious
fundamentalism. Confined to city
quarters, the Jews were denied basic
rights and many were forced to convert
to Islam. By the middle of the 18th
century practically all of Bukharan
Jews lived in Bukharan Emirate.
In 1843 Bukharan Jews collected
10,000 silver tan'ga and purchased
land in Samarkand, known as Makhallai
Yakhudion.
At the beginning of 17th century
the first synagogue had been constructed
at Bukhara city. It was done in
contravention of the law of Caliph
Omar who had forbidden the construction
of new synagogues as well as the
destruction of those that existed
in the pre-Islamic period. The story
of construction of the first Bukhara
synagogue relates to two persons:
Nodir Divan-Begi - important grandee,
and nameless widow, who outwitted
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