The sun., 1885-06-28
THE JEWS IN PERSIA.
Asw They are Tortured and Robbed-Tsnbs
OF Esther aud Msrteeai.


From the st. Jdmess Ga,ette.
The position OF the Jews in Persia is very
painful one They are under no protection
,lIss;,, d!ns.S ofiSer q ths local Governor. The
province are assessed at a. tax OF a certain
amount. Some one pays this amount to the
wrstchsd jews arc a mmeais1ey placed aa undes dor
MS authority for the financial year. 1t is a
simple simple y speculation: S II times are good, the
extract from them as much as he has as" p.id i'd out u
k tSs jews
straits before the receipt OF the subsidies sent
from Europe by their co-reliRlonists; The
city f SaS
ing seized their goods and clothes. proceeded.
Doors sDa a n 6sr to the
wantonly burn them. The farmer was losing
m9sey and sought thus o enforce What he
nnfortunates; they were Jews. and SO beyond
the pale Of pity.
wreched Hebrew he is beaten and ss bni{eted I'm IN
person he can appeal to is the farmer Of the
amount OF projection II he be actually robbed OF Il
money or goods. not from tho farmers sense
81 astGs Hn. because the sompansn were
even at the royal salaan,. before the Kings
them arc ,nung into the haHs or tank. that King ~
s5:s sSs% s ss%w sa, dsSsRsd and f's!%s
holds high festival: there % are iirsworts a'tn and
Governor the Jews are compeIIeG % @ to oI1f sacrice
distance from the town The head ma man Of iViie the
ing head Of the animal. imploring the Cover
por.s countenance and protection. until he Is
hours but Jews are s aoanssd miss
soSbso slSRs sheX are shameiully beaten snd
SiSes and dassSsls Rsss TEsH ars ls eomr eSa,r
psss Psis.1 to %bIys ys Il ,5o srsTSsd
Si animals rather than tho habitat a Of men. men,
When aJsw mar!ies. a rabble Of the Mohanl-
medan ruffians OF the town invite themselves
intoTication. not unfreauently beat their host
and his relations and insult the women OF the
shey Se the sTsh
swallowed at their unwilling hosts expense.
Huddled together aa they are. and living on
the Jews Of Persia nre pals and sickly raceS
'hS wonder r, rather Is that they @ exist at ALL
ala Tssre s to Ss Jsws in Per
!arse I community. As a rule this man alone. OF
Az the Jews. is not persscu;ed by the Persans
9azaars. Education is absolutely denied to the
Jews VI course, from their religion. the nu-
merous !. colleges OF Persia nre closed to them.
of the Church Missionary Society in Julia is to
hem unavailable. for they would not dare TO
sm from the Persian Jews are very few. Cen
orally they are women or girls who have been
,ulmans under threats Of violence. Such con-
version is OF little worth. but the fear OF death
,hiidrsn Of .hese marriagss ri are termed % Jejeeds
lhey arc not looked down on by the Persians.
'qt III rather ne favored than otherwise.
me trades open to the Jews are brokerage
Working IN the precious metals in which they
IRE IRE, ,Xery etfpert; dealing in precious stones
large she making v and nd sae on thse
premises Of wins and nrrack: music. singing,
.El dancing three Professions only. practised
he manufacture Of spurious ancient coins. the
practice Of midwifery by the women. and tho
san ANY hneea nr do or to be done
, with all the disadvantages d that they labor un-
lew will never take false oath. few OF them
y. nm read and write; and some possess a knowl- |
dSe o. Hsbrew Like the rest o. their nation al
Ii Persia stupid jew does not exist: they
nay be Ignorant. but that is their misfortune.
his veritabie house Of bondage? Beceuse
hey are not permitted. save as special favor.
Yen :" Leave ths district they are settled In
The Iews Of Persia arc in the habit of max
y Iordecai. who lie in a poor little shrine near |
iamadan., These toIhbs are covered each BY a |
wooden ark. on which are stuck small pieces OF |
aper like labels. covered with Hebrew charac. |
ers. They are placed there BY tho Hebrew pill
tbs is nothing R the eupdy
nd the wooden arks. under small dome
ONE fifty feet high. The. building is OF
ed bricks. the walls much patched with
nuI: the blue dome is OF tiles. The Jewish
urlal ground at Shiraz Is large and ancient
raveyard there are no mounds no tombs. or
aonuments. A few very small fiat stones
ovored with Hebrew characters mark the rest
AZ places OF generations Of oppressed Jews,
he graveyard remains undenled for il is hid.
on by grass and weeds. The Christians OF
hiraz lately placed q high wall round their
urial ground, which is adjacent. Tho natural
raves were desecrated and the tombstonss