Solomon Ma'tuk, or Sulayman ben David Ma'tuk or Matuq (18th century) was a communal leader, astronomer and Jewish devotional poet of Baghdad, whose piyyutim...

mode of observance. Jewish culture revived, with communal leaders as Solomon Ma’tuk being renown for his work as an astronomer, library and piyyutim. This...

Judah, who founded two synagogues in Calcutta, was a descendant of Solomon Ma'tuk. These great Baghdadi Jewish fortunes are deceptive, however, when it...

city being in the hands of the astronomer, poet and communal leader Solomon Ma'tuk. The trade of Baghdad with India was then largely in the hands of the...

the governor. The historian of Baghdad Jewry, Rabbi David Solomon Sassoon, notes that the Ma’tuk family had been established in Anah for centuries. The family's...

of Judah at the time of the Babylonian Exile. His ancestors include Solomon Ma’tuk. The Judah family was later established in Calcutta as part of the Baghdadi...

leading indigo merchant who traded in silks and muslins. A descendant of Solomon Ma’tuk his family name was seen as highly aristocratic amongst Iraqi Jews....