Farhud

F4A1R1H4U1D2

proper noun

A pogrom against the Jews in Baghdad, Iraq in 1941.

OriginArabic الفَرْهُود →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA 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
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    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

  1. Arabicالفَرْهُود
  2. EnglishFarhud

From Arabic الفَرْهُود (al-farhūd).

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APA

Farhud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Farhud

MLA

“Farhud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Farhud. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Farhud,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Farhud.

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