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dealers, sellers of textiles from Bombay, and also its chief finance administrator of Baghdad. These are all members of the
Sassoon Clan.
However, the Shanghaiese people of today are no longer interested in all these. If you ask young men and women
where the Sassoon Mansion is, most likely they have no idea. If you ask where the Peace Hotel is, they will point you an
accurate direction. They will probably tell you that there is a very good Jazz group consisted of some elderly musicians at
this hotel, and there is good coffee too. The atmosphere there is excellent. Nevertheless, history has in this way receded
from our horizon.