Jadid al-Islam: Jewish New Muslims of Meshhed - Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology Illustrated edition

In 1839, Muslims attacked the Jews of Meshhed, murdering 36 of them, and forcing conversion of the rest. The majority adopted Islam only outwardly, and this is the story of how this community managed to survive, at the risk of their lives as crypto-Jews in an inimical Shi'i Muslim environment.