Isaac ben David ben Yeshu’ah

Isaac ben David ben Yeshu’ah was nasi of the Jewish community and ṣarrāf bāshī (“chief banker”) for the governor of Baghdad during the years 1745 – 1773. He was also known as Sheikh Isḥāq Pasha because he ruled with the firmness of a pasha. Though firm, his contemporaries praised his good deeds, especially his efforts to encourage R. Ẓedakah Ḥusin who was very active in propagating the study of the Torah among Iraqi Jewry. Isaac and his three sons died in the plague of 1773.