Tephilah Beth Almin [burial and funeral prayers]

Estimate: $800–$1,000
Hammer price: $750

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(INDIAN JUDAICA)

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Ezekiel Shem-tob Dawid

Place

Bombay

Publication

1888

Description

FIRST EDITION. According to the custom of the Community of Bushire

references

A. Yaari, Bombay Supplement in: Kiryat Sepher, Vol.XXIV, p.70 no.41

summary

Bushire, or Abu Shehr, is a port on the Persian Gulf. It was here, in 1828, that Sheik Sassoon ibn Salih, patriarch of the celebrated Sassoon Family found refuge when forced to flee the tyranny of Pasha Daud in Baghdad. In 1832, his son, David Sassoon, embarked from Bushire to establish, what was to become, the glorious Sassoon presence in India. See EJ, IV col.1535; D.S. Sassoon, History of the Jews in Bagdad (1949) p.125

f.(1),pp.21. Lower quarter of outer margins damaged without affecting text. Modern boards. 8vo

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