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] ], ]: A ] ] friar, Father Thomas, and his servant are found dead before Jewish ], and the Turkish governor and the French consul believe the ] and ] accusations. A fake investigation is staged and Solomon Negrin, a Jewish barber, confesses under torture accusing other Jews. Two die under torture, one converts to Islam to escape it. More arrests and atrocities follow, culminating in the seizure of sixty-three Jewish children held as hostages and mob attacks on Jewish communities throughout the ]. | ||
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Sir ], backed by Western influentials (British ], French lawyer Adolphe Cremieux, Austrian consul Merlatto, missonary John Nicolayson, Solomon Munk, among others), leads a delegation to the ruler of ] ] in ] (Aug. 4 - 28). He secures the unconditional release and recognition of the innocence of nine prisoners who still remained alive (out of thirteen). In ] he pursuades ] to issue a ''firman'' (edict) stopping the spread of blood libels in the ]. | ||
| The '''Damascus affair''' prompted French Jews to establish ]. | |||
| The same charges reappear as late as ] in a book authored by ]n Defense Minister Field Marshal Mustafa Tlass | |||
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1840 February 5, Damascus: A Franciscan Capuchin friar, Father Thomas, and his servant are found dead before Jewish Passover, and the Turkish governor and the French consul believe the blood libel and ritual murder accusations. A fake investigation is staged and Solomon Negrin, a Jewish barber, confesses under torture accusing other Jews. Two die under torture, one converts to Islam to escape it. More arrests and atrocities follow, culminating in the seizure of sixty-three Jewish children held as hostages and mob attacks on Jewish communities throughout the Middle East.
Sir Moses Montefiore, backed by Western influentials (British Lord Palmerston, French lawyer Adolphe Cremieux, Austrian consul Merlatto, missonary John Nicolayson, Solomon Munk, among others), leads a delegation to the ruler of Syria Mehemet_Ali_(Egypt) in Alexandria (Aug. 4 - 28). He secures the unconditional release and recognition of the innocence of nine prisoners who still remained alive (out of thirteen). In Constantinople he pursuades Sultan Abdul Mejid to issue a firman (edict) stopping the spread of blood libels in the Ottoman Empire.
The Damascus affair prompted French Jews to establish Alliance Israelite Universelle.
The same charges reappear as late as 1986 in a book authored by Syrian Defense Minister Field Marshal Mustafa Tlass The Damascus Blood Libel (1840) as Told by Syria's Minister of Defense, Mustafa Tlass