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diversity of the M'zab Jewish population, the French administration incorporated some “culturally
Saharan” but ethnically non-indigenous Jews to the north and gave them citizenship under the Crémieux Decree of 1870. That perceived distinction by the French between Berber and non-Berber Jews of the Mzab was not a reflection of “technical precision” but rather “a manufactured form of legal difference”. While the French sought to assimilate the Northern Jewry as French citizens, they recognised religious rule of the Mozabite Jewish population and kept them separate under indigenous law, which meant severely limiting its political and social power.
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of anti-Semitism across the Sahara, Europe, and the Middle East. In 1881, one year before the French annexed the M'zab, there were estimated 3,000 Mozabite Jews out of the 30,000 Algerian Jews. By 1921, the latter number would grow to 74,000, a result of a spike in anti-Semitism in the later 1800s and early 1900s, but the
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In 1882, when the French military annexed the M'zab, it began an administrative rule that was separate from the northern departments. Unlike their northern Jewish counterparts, many of the
Mozabite Berber Jews in Southern Algeria were classified by the French under the “indigenous code”. Given the
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With anti-Semitism on the rise in the late 1800s, the French colonial powers sought to decrease Jewish commerce in the south and prevent further Jewish collaboration with Muslim communities. They continued to distance the
Mozabite Jews from other Algerian Jewish affairs by keeping Mozabite, or
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in 1852, the
Mozabites concluded a convention in 1853 and accepted to pay an annual contribution of 1,800 francs in return for their independence. In November 1882, the M'zab country was definitely annexed to
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1683:Netherlands
1558:Berber Jews
998:Arab-Berber
963:Catholicism
702:"Algeria".
245:Ibadi Islam
222:Beni Isguen
218:El Guerrara
198:Beni Isguen
179:Afroasiatic
106:Ibadi Islam
1722:Categories
1500:Banu Ifran
1396:Barghawata
1306:Mauretania
1286:Marmaridae
1249:Garamantes
1023:Ouled Naïl
968:Protestant
870:A. Coyne,
765:2023-06-02
760:Ethnologue
724:1315489099
584:References
414:E(xE1b1b)
382:(86%) and
296:irrigation
192:; namely,
1695:Berberism
1573:Mozabites
1406:Fendelawa
1333:Masaesyli
1323:Nasamones
1318:Musulamii
1301:Makanitae
1296:Bakouatae
1239:Banioubae
1116:Languages
1104:Beni Ades
928:Religions
756:"Tumzabt"
732:cite book
365:, Algeria
320:Oued Righ
202:El Atteuf
136:Banu Mzab
84:Languages
34:Mozabites
18:Mozabites
1641:Religion
1583:Riffians
1568:Matmatas
1543:Ghomaras
1538:Chenouas
1510:Maghrawa
1431:Guanches
1364:Medieval
1338:Massylii
1313:Meshwesh
1281:Machlyes
1259:Leuathae
1166:Mozabite
1092:Italians
1082:European
1055:Mozabite
1045:Chenouas
1028:Reguibat
1013:Ghenanma
958:Orthodox
860:21826485
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572:See also
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363:Ghardaia
302:Language
253:Fatimids
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210:Bounoura
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100:Religion
90:Mozabite
76:valley,
40:بني مزاب
1668:Belgium
1613:Zayanes
1608:Tuaregs
1578:Nafusis
1563:Kabyles
1548:Hawwara
1533:Chaouis
1528:Brabers
1488:Lamtuna
1483:Sanhaja
1478:Nafzawa
1473:Matmata
1466:Hintata
1461:Masmuda
1456:Madyuna
1441:Hawwara
1436:Haskura
1421:Ghiatta
1416:Gazoula
1411:Ghumara
1391:Bahlula
1381:Awregha
1371:Adjissa
1343:Numidia
1328:Numidae
1244:Gaetuli
1234:Bavares
1227:Ancient
1220:Berbers
1171:Tamahaq
1156:Shawiya
1075:Zouaoua
1060:Sahrawi
1035:Berbers
1008:Chaamba
1003:Bedouin
872:Le Mzab
386:(28%).
316:Ouargla
278:by the
272:Ottoman
259:in the
257:Ouargla
251:by the
234:Persian
228:History
173:in the
163:Algeria
123:Berbers
110:Judaism
78:Algeria
1678:France
1673:Canada
1629:Script
1603:Teknas
1593:Shilha
1553:Jerbis
1521:Modern
1505:Jarawa
1495:Zanata
1451:Luwata
1446:Kutama
1426:Godala
1386:Azdeja
1376:Awerba
1355:Psylli
1161:Shenwa
1151:Kabyle
1124:Arabic
1087:French
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1065:Tuareg
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159:Sahara
148:Berber
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121:Other
94:Arabic
1646:Islam
1598:Siwis
1401:Fazaz
1291:Mauri
1276:Macae
1269:Libya
993:Arabs
941:Sunni
936:Islam
856:S2CID
562:33.0%
559:12.9%
556:54.1%
521:mtDNA
481:86.6%
398:Y-DNA
312:M'zab
265:M'zab
237:Ibadi
190:oases
155:M'zab
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1264:Libu
975:Jews
946:Shia
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742:link
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