Iraq: Information on the Sabeans of Iraq
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1992 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IRQ12040 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iraq: Information on the Sabeans of Iraq, 1 October 1992, IRQ12040, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0448.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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Please find attached some documents that contain references to the Sabeans or Sabaeans. The documents indicate that the Sabeans are one of the religious minorities of Iraq, which, together with other non-Muslim religions, comprise approximately five percent of the population of that country (Middle East Watch 1990, xiii). The Sabaeans are described by the Encyclopaedia Britannica as "a people of South Arabia in pre-Islamic times, founders of the kingdom of Saba', biblical Sheba" (Vol. 7, 278).
Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
References
Middle East Watch. 1990. Human Rights in Iraq. New Haven: Yale University Press.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. Micropaedia. 15th ed. Vol. 10. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
Attachments
Middle East Watch. 1990. Human Rights in Iraq. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. xiii, 34-36.
The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1989. Micropaedia. 15th ed. Vol. 10. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., p. 278.
