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- ↑ "Jews of Sri Lanka: An Untold Story".
- ↑ "The Project Gutenberg eBook of the Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela".
- ↑ Harris, Andrew (9 June 2011). "Secrets of Ceylon: What Happened to the Jews of Sri Lanka?". eJewish Philanthropy. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
- ↑ Wettimuny 2023, 7
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- 1 2 3 William D. Rubinstein (ed.), The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
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Cited Works
- Wettimuny, Shamara. “‘The Jews of Ceylon’: Antisemitism, Prejudice, and the Moors of Ceylon.” Modern Asian Studies, 2023, 1–25. doi : 10.1017/S0026749X2300029X.
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