made up the majority of the city, with approximately 500 Chaldeans. There were 960 Assyrians at Cizre in total in 1918. Jewish population The Jewish community of Cizre is attested by Benjamin of Tudela in the mid-12th century, and he noted the city was inhabited by 4000 Jews led by rabbis named Muvhar, Joseph, and Hiyya. J. J. Benjamin remarked on the presence of 20 Jewish families in Cizre during his visit in 1848. Jews of Cizre spoke Judaeo-Aramaic and Kurdish. There were 10 Jewish households in Cizre when visited by Rabbi Yehiel Fischel in 1859, and were described as very poor. 126 Jews inhabited Cizre in 1891, as recorded by the Ottoman census. The community had grown to 150 people by 1906, and the synagogue was renovated in 1913. In 1914, 234 Jews inhabited Cizre. The Jewish community of Cizre emigrated to Israel in 1950–1951. The Israeli politician Mickey Levy is a notable descendant of the Jews of Cizre. Kurdish population and tribes The town is presently populated by Kurds of the Aluwa, Amara, Elîkan, Kiçan and Meman tribes. Culture As the capital of the Bohtan emirate, Cizre served as an important Kurdish cultural centre, and music, poetry, and science flourished under the protection of the emirs. Education Cizre formerly played a significant role in the dissemination of Islamic education in Upper Mesopotamia. In the 11th century, a madrasa was constructed by the Seljuk vizier Nizam al-Mulk. In the following century, there were four Shafi‘i madrasas, and two Sufi khanqahs outside the city walls. The two Sufi khanqahs were noted by Izz al-Din ibn Shaddad in the 13th century, and he also recorded the names of the four Shafi‘i madrasas as Ibn el-Bezri Madrasa, Zahiruddin Kaymaz al-Atabegi Madrasa, Radaviyye Madrasa and Kadi Cemaleddin Abdürrahim Madrasa. Until 1915, French Dominican priests operated a Chaldean Catholic school and Syriac Catholic school in the city, as well as other schools of those denominations in the vicinity. Monuments Religious In the 12th century, there was a (hospital), 19 mosques, 14 (baths), and 30 (fountains). This increased to two , two grand mosques, 80 mosques, and 14 when recorded by Ibn Shaddad in the next century. Cizre became a place of pilgrimage in the 15th century due to its association with Nuh (Noah), and it attracted notable figures, such as the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror and potentially also his sons. The Mosque of