Daniel Toledano

Daniel Toledano was a member of distinguished Jewish family of Morocco. His father Hayyim, served the Moroccan king as diplomat, and had a part in a peace treaty and a commercial agreement between Morocco and Holland of 1683. Daniel and his father traded together in the Netherlands and other European countries. Danel’s principal commodity of trade was wax. He was quite successful, as he was known as “one of the country’s magnates.” Apparently he had some debt to the Moroccan King, as he was arrested in 1720, and his family’s belongings were confiscated in payment for his debt.