Once upon a time in Iraq... Sassoon Ezekiel (17 March 1860-31 - TopicsExpress



          

Once upon a time in Iraq... Sassoon Ezekiel (17 March 1860-31 August 1932) was the first Iraqi Jew got appointed as the minister of finance during the era of king Faisal I from 1921 till 1925. Besides that he was permanent Member of Parliament until his death... Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence (a.k.a. Lawrence of Arabia), he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post Ottoman rule and it was he himself, who founded the nascent Iraqi government’s laws and financial structure... He was knighted by King George V in 1923. King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, The Shah of Iran awarded him the Shirokhorshid Medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal....
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:13:31 +0000

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