Damascus Affair (1840)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:accusedOf gptkb:blood_libel
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ottoman_Empire
gptkbp:date 1840
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Damascus Affair (1840)
gptkbp:impact increased Jewish solidarity
rise in antisemitism
gptkbp:involvedGroup gptkb:Franciscan_Capuchin_monks
gptkb:Jewish_community_of_Damascus
gptkbp:location gptkb:Damascus
gptkbp:mediaCoverage gptkb:European_press
gptkbp:notableFor international Jewish advocacy
intervention by Adolphe Crémieux
intervention by Moses Montefiore
gptkbp:perpetrator Jewish community members
gptkbp:relatedTo Jewish history in the Ottoman Empire
blood libel cases
gptkbp:result international diplomatic intervention
arrest and torture of Jews
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Father_Thomas
gptkb:Ibrahim_Amara
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Damascene_Sephardim
gptkb:Damascus_Jews
gptkb:Jewish_Quarter_of_Old_Damascus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7