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David Sassoon

1792 - 1864

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David Sassoon (October 1792 – 7 November 1864) was a Baghdadi Jewish merchant and philanthropist. David Sassoon served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829. Fleeing persecution, Sassoon and his family emigrated to Bombay, British India. He became the leader of the Jewish community in Mumbai after the Baghdadi Jews emigrated to the city. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Sassoon is the 205th most popular social activist (up from 483rd in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Iraq (up from 318th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, David Sassoon ranks 205 out of 840. Before him are Tawakkol Karman, Sojourner Truth, Tiradentes, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Aliya Moldagulova, and Hrant Dink. After him are Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Mangal Pandey, Emily Davison, Guru Ram Das, Viktors Arājs, and Jacques Roux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, David Sassoon ranks 24. Before him are Victor Cousin, Joseph Mohr, Lady Byron, Carlos Antonio López, James Mayer de Rothschild, and Matteo Carcassi. After him are Francisco de Paula Santander, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Francisco Morazán, Sarah Moore Grimké, John Bowring, and Frederick Marryat. Among people deceased in 1864, David Sassoon ranks 20. Before him are Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Leo von Klenze, Nana Asmaʼu, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, and Konstanty Kalinowski. After him are Juan José Flores, Hong Tianguifu, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, John Hanning Speke, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, and Christian Ludwig Brehm.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, David Sassoon ranks 173 out of 384. Before him are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Dinkha IV (1935), Adil Abdul-Mahdi (1942), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Eannatum (-2500), and Mahmud Barzanji (1878). After him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Ibn Muqla (886), Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951), Ninus (null), Zubaidah bint Ja`far (766), and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iraq

Among social activists born in Iraq, David Sassoon ranks 4. Before him are Mustafa Barzani (1903), Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1130), and Al-Mu'tazz (847). After him are Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948), Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), and Zainab Salbi (1969).

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