Joseph Rabban

1000 AD) was a prominent Jewish merchant and aristocrat in the entrepôt of Kodungallur (Muyirikode) on the Malabar Coast, India in early 11th century AD.

[2] According to the Jewish copper plates of Cochin (c. 1000 AD), a charter issued by the Chera king in c. 1000 AD, Rabban was granted with several exclusive commercial rights and aristocratic privileges.

[2] Anjuman was a major merchant guild operating in south India at the time (organized by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim merchants from Middle Eastern countries).

[3] He was also exempted from all payments made by other settlers in the city of Muyirikode (Kodungallur) to the Chera king (at the same time extending to him all the rights of the other settlers).

[2] Rabban's descendants continued to have prominence over other Jews of the Malabar coast for centuries.