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Reuben David Sassoon was born in 1835 in Baghdad. [1] His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a Jewish trader of opium and cotton in China who served as the Treasurer of Baghdad from 1817 to 1829. [1] One of his brothers was Arthur Sassoon (1840–1912). [1]
The brothers were born in Bombay, British India, the sons of David Sassoon Reuben and Nancy Reuben, [2] a Baghdadi Jewish family. [3] Their father went to Bombay from Iraq to secure work in the textile industry. [4]
James Sassoon, Baron Sassoon, born as James Meyer, is a British banker and former Treasury's commercial secretary. James was mentioned in the Paradise Papers as one of the beneficiaries of a tax-exempt Cayman Island trust fund worth $236 million in 2007 and defended it as being of non-UK origin. [7] David Solomon Sassoon. David Solomon (1880 ...
David Sassoon (October 1792 – 7 November 1864) [1] was the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829. He became the leader of the Jewish community in Mumbai after Baghdadi Jews emigrated there. Life and career
Sassoon was born in August 1832 in Bombay, India. [1] [2] He was a member of the Sassoon family.His father was David Sassoon (1792–1864), a leading trader of cotton and opium who served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829, and his mother was Farha Hayim of Baghdad. [1]
David Sasson, Israeli diplomat; David of Sassoun, a fictional character in the Armenian war poem Daredevils of Sassoun; Frederick David Sassoon (1853–1917), English merchant; Reuben David Sassoon (1835–1905), English merchant; Solomon David Sassoon (1915–1985), English educator; Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894), (1841–1894), English ...
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David Sassoon, 1792–1864. With the rise of British power in India , Surat declined in importance as British-controlled Calcutta and Bombay became more important in trade. [ 20 ] Baghdadi settlement shifted first to Bombay and then principally to Calcutta , then the capital of British India and the centre of the jute , muslin , and opium ...