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According to the [[Jewish copper plates of Cochin]] (c. 1000 CE), a charter issued by the [[Chera dynasty|Chera king at Kodungallur]], Rabban was granted the rights of merchant guild [[Anjuvannam|anjuman/hanjamana]] along with several other trade rights and aristocratic privileges. He was exempted from all payments made by other settlers in the city of Muyirikkottu to the king (at the same time extending to him all the rights of the other settlers). These rights and privileges were given perpetuity to all his descendants.<ref>Burnell, ''[[The Indian Antiquary]]'', iii. 333-334</ref> Anjuman was a south Indian merchant guild organised by Jewish, Christian, and Islamic merchants from West Asian countries.<ref name=":0">Noburu Karashmia (ed.), ''A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations.'' New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 136, 144.</ref> | According to the [[Jewish copper plates of Cochin]] (c. 1000 CE), a charter issued by the [[Chera dynasty|Chera king at Kodungallur]], Rabban was granted the rights of merchant guild [[Anjuvannam|anjuman/hanjamana]] along with several other trade rights and aristocratic privileges. He was exempted from all payments made by other settlers in the city of Muyirikkottu to the king (at the same time extending to him all the rights of the other settlers). These rights and privileges were given perpetuity to all his descendants.<ref>Burnell, ''[[The Indian Antiquary]]'', iii. 333-334</ref> Anjuman was a south Indian merchant guild organised by Jewish, Christian, and Islamic merchants from West Asian countries.<ref name=":0">Noburu Karashmia (ed.), ''A Concise History of South India: Issues and Interpretations.'' New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2014. 136, 144.</ref> | ||
Rabban's descendants continued to have prominence over other Jews of the Malabar coast for centuries. A conflict broke out between descendants, Joseph Azar, and his brother in the 1340s.<ref>Nathan Katz (2000), ''Who Are the Jews of India?,'' p. 15, "Joseph Azar was the last in the line of Joseph Rabban"</ref><ref>Sidney Mendelssohn (1920), ''The Jews of Asia,'' p. 109</ref> | Rabban's descendants continued to have prominence over other Jews of the Malabar coast for centuries. A conflict broke out between descendants, Joseph Azar, and his brother Aaron Azar in the 1340s.<ref>Nathan Katz (2000), ''Who Are the Jews of India?,'' p. 15, "Joseph Azar was the last in the line of Joseph Rabban"</ref><ref>Sidney Mendelssohn (1920), ''The Jews of Asia,'' p. 109</ref> | ||
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