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Alan Verskin, Lev Weitz, Ben White, Luke Yarbrough, Orit Yekutieli, Oded Zinger, and Daniel
Zisenwine.
I could never have completed the research for this dissertation without the generosity of
the private collectors, archivists, and scholars who helped me locate the sources on which I drew.
Paul Dahan opened his collection and his home, supplying precious documents and fascinating
conversation. Yosef Tobi generously shared both his collection and his living room, where I
spent many weeks taking notes on the Assarraf family archive in the delightful company of
Tzivia Tobi. Emily Gottreich kindly shared her notes from her own research in Moroccan
archives. At the Direction des Archives Royales in Rabat, the director Bahija Simou welcomed
me warmly and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Tilānī helped guide my research; Hassaniya, Asma, and Iman
were all patient and kind présidentes de salle. At the Bibliothèque Hassaniya in Rabat, I was
welcomed by the director, Ahmed Chaouqui Binebine, and benefited from the advice of Khalid
Zahri and the ministrations of the many excellent staff members, including Hisham and ‘Abd al-
Qādir. Nanette Stahl and Julie Cohen made it possible for me to use Yale’s collection of North
African manuscripts before it had been fully catalogued. Anne-Sophie Cras at the Archives de la
Ministère des Affaires Etrangères in Nantes went above and beyond the call of duty. Arnoud
Vrolijk oriented me to the collection of Moroccan Jewish documents at the University of Leiden.
I also thank all the staff at the archives listed at the end of this dissertation.
My friends and family have been unending sources of love and support. I am grateful to
Sare Aricanli and Anna Berman, old friends whose companionship I was fortunate enough to
enjoy in Princeton; to Kelly Sullivan, my adopted sister and bosom buddy; and to Minda Arrow,
Lexi Atiya, Ethan and Nadya Bair, Barbara Gingold, Judy Greenberg, Sara Houghteling, Shira
Kieval, Shoshana Lew, Daniel Mason, Frédéric Masson, Kyle McCarthy, Amy Pasternack, Jason
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