Menahem Saleh Daniel

Menahem Saleh Daniel (1846-1940) was an Iraqi Jewish landowner and philanthropist.

Menahem Saleh Daniel (1846-1940)

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 Ezra Saleh Daniel (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.

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[dangoor-1] Basri, Meer. "Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times". dangoor. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[DaniyalGreene-2] Greene, Annie. "What Do You Know? Iraq's Jewish History". Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Retrieved 28 April 2019.

[MoradShasha2008-3] 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.