Sassoon family
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The Sassoon family, known as "Rothschilds of the East" due to the immense wealth they accumulated in finance and opium trade, are a Baghdadi Jewish family.
Sassoon House, Shanghai, China
David Sassoon (seated) and his sons Elias David, Albert (Abdallah) & Sassoon David
The Sassoon Docks, Mumbai, India
Sir Philip Sassoon, John Singer Sargent, 1923
Baghdadi Jews
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The former communities of Jewish migrants and their descendants from Baghdad and elsewhere in the Middle East are traditionally called Baghdadi Jews or Iraqi Jews. They settled primarily in the ports and along the trade routes around the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea.
Prominent Bagdadi Jewish patriarch David Sassoon (seated) and his sons Elias David, Albert (Abdullah), and Sassoon David Sassoon
A Baghdadi Jewish grave in Surat, Gujarat
David Sassoon, 1792–1864.
Ohel Leah Synagogue, an originally Baghdadi synagogue in Hong Kong