9 ICYMI: The rise and fall of the opium-fueled Sassoon dynasty, the ‘Rothschilds of the East’ In 'Sassoon,' Prof. Joseph Sassoon tells how his distant family of Baghdadi Jews fled to India and built an empire on the legal narcotics trade, hobnobbing with the British royals (www.timesofisrael.com) posted 2 years ago by Lippy68 2 years ago by Lippy68 +9 / -0 The rise and fall of the opium-fueled Sassoon dynasty, the ‘Rothschilds of the East’ In 'Sassoon,' Prof. Joseph Sassoon tells how his distant family of Baghdadi Jews fled to India and built an empire on the legal narcotics trade, hobnobbing with the British royals 6 comments share 6 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Masters of the opium trade: the fabulous wealth of the Sassoons Delving deep into family history, Joseph Sassoon describes the shrewdness and panache of a great entrepreneurial dynasty https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/masters-of-the-opium-trade-the-fabulous-wealth-of-the-sassoons/