Abstract:

Until 1914, around 2,000 Jews lived in the area between Lakes Van and Urmia, an Ottoman-Iranian borderland. These Neo-Aramaic-speaking Jews of the Van-Urmia border region enjoyed relative autonomy from both the Ottoman Empire and Iran. But Jewish life in the Ottoman province of Van came to an end during World War I when violence, unrest, genocide, and expulsion combined to displace the community, known as Nash Didan, from the region. Using oral histories from Van-descended Jews, this study reconstructs memories of borderland life to reveal a lingering self-perception that conceives of Nash Didan identity outside of Ottoman, Turkish, or Iranian Jewish narratives. It also reinscribes this forgotten community into the growing literature on the Ottoman east.

摘要：

直到 1914 年，约有 2,000 名犹太人居住在凡湖和乌尔米耶之间的地区，这是奥斯曼帝国与伊朗的边境地区。Van-Urmia 边境地区的这些讲新阿拉姆语的犹太人享有相对于奥斯曼帝国和伊朗的自治权。但在第一次世界大战期间，奥斯曼帝国凡省的犹太人生活结束了，当时暴力、动荡、种族灭绝和驱逐相结合，使这个被称为纳什迪丹的社区从该地区流离失所。本研究使用范裔犹太人的口述历史，重建边疆生活的记忆，以揭示一种挥之不去的自我认知，这种自我认知在奥斯曼、土耳其或伊朗犹太人的叙述之外构想出纳什·迪丹的身份。它还将这个被遗忘的社区重新写入了关于奥斯曼东部的不断增长的文献中。