Moses Israel Fürst

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Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Moses Israel Fürst (died circa 1692) was a tobacco merchant and financier of Hamburg, Germany.[1] He was also active as a court Jew, a term describing the role of historical Jewish bankers or businessmen who lent money and managed finances of some of the European noble houses.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". From 1688 onwards, Fürst held the tobacco monopoly in the state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin together with fellow merchant Michael Hinrichsen.

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