  farhud () refers to the pogrom or "violent dispossession" carried out against the jewish population of baghdad, iraq, on june 1â2, 1941, immediately following the british victory in the anglo-iraqi war. the riots occurred in a power vacuum following the collapse of the pro-nazi government of rashid ali while the city was in a state of instability. over 180 jews were killed and 1,000 injured, and up to 300-400 non-jewish rioters were killed in the attempt to quell the violence.kaplan, robert. d. "in defense of empire." the atlantic apr. 2014: 13-15. print. looting of jewish property took place and 900 jewish homes were destroyed.martin gilbert. the atlas of jewish history, william morrow and company, 1993. pg. 114. isbn 0-688-12264-7. the violence came immediately after the rapid defeat by the british of rashid ali, whose earlier coup had generated a short period of national euphoria, and was charged by allegations that iraqi jews had aided the british. the farhud took place during the jewish holiday of shavuot. it has been referred to as a pogrom which was part of the holocaust, although such comparison has been disputed.{{sfn|wien|2014|ps=:"the presence of german troops on the war scene, however, gave way to interpretations of the pogrom as a racial anti-semitic endeavor âin the fringes of the shoah, the jewish holocaust.&qu
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