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The Gubbay Family
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Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Gubbay lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.
Baghdadi family allied with the Sassoons, established in Bombay and Calcutta and later in London. Ezekiel Gubbay (1824-1896) was a pillar of the Bombay community, a partner of the Sassoons in the opium and cotton trade. Aaron Gubbay (19th century), commercial patriarch in Bombay. Hannah Ezra Gubbay (1885-1968), heiress and patron, opened Saunton Court to the London community; her furniture collection is now in the…
Geographic origin: Bagdad, Bombay, Calcutta, Londres
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History
Baghdadi family allied with the Sassoons, established in Bombay and Calcutta and later in London. Ezekiel Gubbay (1824-1896) was a pillar of the Bombay community, a partner of the Sassoons in the opium and cotton trade. Aaron Gubbay (19th century), commercial patriarch in Bombay. Hannah Ezra Gubbay (1885-1968), heiress and patron, opened Saunton Court to the London community; her furniture collection is now in the Royal Collection.
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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/gubbay">Gubbay — Zakhor</a>Citation
Gubbay — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/gubbayVariants of the name (2)
One name, a hundred faces.
The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.
Latin1
Gabbai
עברית · Hebrew1
גובאי
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Notable figures
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Hannah Ezra Gubbay
Mécène
- 2.
Ezekiel Gubbay
Marchand Baghdadi à Bombay
In memory
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Gubbay.
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Works & texts (2)
Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.
1999 (Sephardi Centre, Londres ; 2000, Other Press, New York)
Sunlight and Shadow: The Jewish Experience of Islam
Lucien Gubbay
Livre (histoire) de Lucien Gubbay. (1999 (Sephardi Centre, Londres ; 2000, Other Press, New York))
The Sephardim: Their Glorious Tradition
Lucien Gubbay
Livre (histoire) de Lucien Gubbay.
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#Bagdad#baghdadis-d-orient#bombay#Bombay#mécénat#mizrahi#Sassoon#lieu-geo-auto