ABSTRACT
GABBAI Family 18-19th century. Widespread family in Iraq and India. Isaac ben-David ben-Jeshuah (d. 1773), called Isaac Pasha, held the office of nasi (head) of the Baghdad community from 1743 till his death during the plague of 1773. Isaac was a stern disciplinarian, and even meted out corporal punishment. He presented the local academy with its first complete printed edition of the Talmud.
