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The saga of the Sassoon family begins in 1830s Baghdad, where patriarch David Sassoon fled persecution as an Iraqi Jewish immigrant. He arrived in British-controlled Bombay with little more than ambition and a keen understanding of trade dynamics. Over the ensuing decades, David Sassoon built an empire that stretched across continents—from Mumbai to Shanghai and from London to Hong Kong—leveraging his cultural roots and navigating the complexities of colonial structures.