Menahem Saleh Daniel
Menahem Saleh Daniel (1846-1940)
Menahem Saleh Daniel (1846-1940) was an Iraqi Jewish landowner and philanthropist.
Career[]
Daniel was Deputy for Baghdad to the first Ottoman Parliament in Istanbul in 1876, and Senator in the Kingdom of Iraq (1925-1932).[1][2] His son (1874-1952) succeeded him on the Senate.[3]
Philanthropy[]
Daniel made substantial donations to both Jewish and Muslim charities, and built a Muslim orphanage in 1928, and a Jewish primary school in 1910.
Personal life[]
His nephew was Sir Sassoon Eskell.
References[]
- ^ Basri, Meer. "Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times". dangoor. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ Greene, Annie. "What Do You Know? Iraq's Jewish History". Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ^ T. Morad; D. Shasha (2008). Iraq's Last Jews: Stories of Daily Life, Upheaval, and Escape from Modern Babylon. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-230-61623-3.
Categories:
- 1846 births
- 1940 deaths
- Iraqi Jews
- People from Baghdad
- Iraqi philanthropists