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Farhud

Farhud proper noun: a pogrom against the Jews in Baghdad, Iraq in 1941.

Proper noun

Farhud

  1. (historical) A pogrom against the Jews in Baghdad, Iraq in 1941.
    • Farhūd denotes a breakdown of law and order in which life and property are in peril.[1966, Hayyim J. Cohen, “The Anti‐Jewish Farhūd in Baghdad, 1941”, in Middle Eastern Studies, volume 3, number 1, →DOI, →JSTOR, pages 2–17
    • Those include the Farhud - a 1941 pogrom that claimed the lives of 180 members of the community and ended in mass looting of their property - and the killing of 40 Iraqi Jews in 1968 when the Baath party came to power.2018 January 22, Dalia Hatuqa, “Iraqi-Jewish archive triggers 'traumatic memories'”, in Al Jazeera

Origin of Farhud

From Arabic الفَرْهُود (al-farhūd).

Questions about Farhud

What does Farhud mean?
Farhud means a pogrom against the Jews in Baghdad, Iraq in 1941.
What part of speech is Farhud?
Farhud is a proper noun.

Words near Farhud in the dictionary

  1. Farhan
  2. Farhans
  3. Farhas
  4. Farhat
  5. Farhats
  6. Farhud
  7. Faria
  8. Farial
  9. Farias
  10. Fariases
  11. Faribault

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