Menahem Saleh Daniel
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] His son Ezra Saleh Daniel (1874-1952) succeeded him on the Senate.[2]
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.
- ^ 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.