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Debdou is a town in Morocco. It is known for its multi-ethnic population, including Jews and Berbers. The Banu Urtajjen, a Berber family related to the Moroccan dynasty of the Wattasids, had their own semi-independent state here from 1430 until 1563. ==Jewish centre== Debdou was a major Jewish centre in Morocco. The town was settled by many Sephardic Jews from Seville, fleeing the wave of anti-Jewish riots in Spain in 1391. The earliest to settle were the clan of Cohen-Scali who reached Debdou in 1465, a family of Jewish priests said to trace their lineage to Zadok, the High Priest.〔Shlomo bar Yosef ha-Cohen Atzvan, ''Ma'alot le'Shlomo'', Jerusalem 1985, (p. 56 ) in PDF (Hebrew)〕 At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century the town was briefly renowned as a centre of Jewish learning, exporting rabbis to many cities in Morocco. At the end of the 19th century the town's population was estimated at 2000 inhabitants, most of them Jews. At the beginning of the 20th century the number of Jews was estimated at 1600, who formed roughly a third of the population. Following the establishment of the French protectorate, with the concomitant rise in security, the majority of the Jewish population gradually emigrated to nearby towns in the plains. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Debdou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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