Before the Farhud or anti-Jewish pogroms of 1941 , Shorja was the primary and historic Jewish quarter of Iraq . The area east of Hennouni street was totally Jewish complete with historic synagogues and Jewish workshops and business . In 1950 and then 1968 , the entire Jewish population was deported from Baghdad and Iraq . The neighborhood was renamed " Shuriyyah . " The name Shorja comes from Persian شورچاه '' Shurchah '' and means " salty well " . This market place is a landmark established long ago by Iranian merchants . The adjacent neighborhood of Ab-Khana ( cistern/water tank ) is likewise Persian , although now Arabicized into " Aba Khana . " Both of these neighborhoods are part of the Rusafa district of eastern Baghdad in the downtown area
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