The '''Karimi''' (Crimeans) were once famous as merchants who controlled the trade routes through [[Crimea]] (Persian: Karima) where they were attracted to the religion of [[Zera Yisrael]] descendants of certain Persian Jews isolated by the Qara'im and Babylonian exile who rejected the Babylonian Talmud but accepted Jesus. They became the first [[Karaitizers]] with whom their name became synonymous.
