Joseph Rabban

Joseph Rabban (old Malayalam: Issuppu Irappan, also Yusuf/Oueseph Rabban; fl. 1000 AD) was a prominent Jewish merchant in the port of Kodungallur (Muyirikode; Mahodayapuram) on the Malabar Coast of southern India in early 11th century AD.

Around 1000 AD, Rabban was bestowed with aristocratic privileges by Bhaskara Ravi Manukuladitya, the Chera ruler of Kerala. He was also exempted from all payments that other settlers in the port city of Muyirikode (Kodungallur) were required to make to the Chera ruler, while simultaneously being granted all the rights enjoyed by the other settlers.