AI en Translation, Pages 451-475
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings, -
I found it my duty, for the reasons I will state below, to address this letter to your Excellency
hoping you would kindly deliver it to the persons responsible for managing the community's affairs for review, and you will find enclosed
two additional copies for this purpose.
1- There is a plot of land opposite the main gate of Meir Elias Hospital, through which cars pass, owned
by the hospital. It is a remnant separated from the hospital land during the adjustment of the public street adjacent to the railway
line, and its map, drawn based on the plans of the Secretariat of the Capital, is located in the hospital administration.
Since this land has its importance at the present time, it must be fenced at the very least, keeping in mind
that the hospital can purchase the road remnants located next to it so that houses can be built on them
to be an endowment for the hospital.
2- There is also an endowment plot for Meir Elias Hospital located in Tell Umm al-Izam (in the Al-Kasrat neighborhood)
under number 32i / 242, and its area according to the Tabu deed is (2000) square meters. I have
constructed two khans on a part of it measuring approximately (1000) square meters in the year 1934, and these
two khans contain (40) rooms. They were built at that time from the hospital's rubble during the time
I was carrying out renovations there, and they are inhabited by poor families, and their annual rent amounts to
(-/300) Dinars. As for the remaining part of this land, which measures approximately (1000) square
meters, there was a dispute regarding the validity of its ownership by the hospital, as there was a second deed in the name of the heirs
of the late Rabbi Moshe Sadqa. I have conducted the necessary investigations to prove its ownership, and its ownership by the
hospital was confirmed to us by the Tabu before the Lay Council dissolved the Hospitals Committee last September,
noting that Mr. Salim Khabbaza, the community secretary, knows the details of that. Since this land -
has great value now, it must be attended to as soon as possible.
3- Some time ago, there were three houses endowed by Sir Elie ⟦...⟧zer Kadoorie to the Rimah Kadoorie Eye Hospital
located in the Al-Maharshal neighborhood. The Secretariat of the Capital expropriated them when it opened the street that passes
through that neighborhood, and their value was estimated, as I recall, at approximately (-/650) Dinars, and this
amount was deposited, I believe, in the Rafidain Bank. There is correspondence with the community administration in this regard indicating that -
this amount was deposited with the Rafidain Bank, naturally until the community administration decides to purchase real
estate, as I believe, to be endowments for the mentioned hospital instead of the endowments expropriated by the Secretariat. Please
take the necessary steps to follow up on that.
4- There is an endowment from Mrs. Simha, wife of the late Meir Elias, in the amount of (5000) five thousand Ottoman Liras
deposited at the time with the Alliance Society, then converted into French Francs at the time, according to the
relevant records in the Alliance schools. The hospital's share of this endowment is 75% and the remaining 25% is
to Midrash Talmud Torah. Indeed, the yield of this endowment used to come to the hospital from before the war until the year 1940.
Since 1940, those revenues have ceased, and therefore they must be attended to at the present time since the
war conditions that led to the cessation of these revenues have passed.
⟦...⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
Incoming Register ⟦...⟧
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5 - There is in the community administration box a copy of an endowment from the late Simha Eliyahu Shlomo Daoud, in which she endows all
her movable property; the funds are shares in London. Among the conditions of this endowment is that they be used to purchase immovable
property, 75% of which is allocated to the Meir Elias Hospital and the remaining 25% to the Torah of the late
Meir Elias. I had discussed with Mr. Shaul Saleh Eliyahu Shlomo Daoud the follow-up of this transaction,
and he has indeed begun doing so, and therefore this must be monitored.
On this occasion, I would like to state that for a period of approximately two or three months, some men of the community
who manage its affairs at the present time, whether from the Hospitals Committee or the Lay Council,
have been collecting financial donations to assist the hospital fund (and this is not hidden from your Excellency, of course). Those
referred to were claiming during their collection of donations that the previous Hospitals Committee had left the hospital and it was
burdened with a deficit amounting to (6000/-) Dinars. When I heard that, I was very surprised by the issuance of these
statements, but I interpreted it as those referred to not having correct information until now about
the financial situation of the hospitals when the Council dissolved the Hospitals Committee in the month of September 1946. For
this reason, I found it appropriate and suitable to clarify here the reality of the financial situation at that date for the
members of the community to see, as the truth contradicts that.
The month of September in which the Hospitals Committee was dissolved coincides with the middle of the fiscal year, and I would like to
list below a summary of the financial situation at the end of that month according to the relevant hospital budget.
Ledger Page No. | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils
6 Nursing Mothers Relief Society | | | | 915
7 Ottoman Bank | | | 30 | 556
119 Bills of Exchange Receivable | | | 445 | ⟦line⟧
137 Value of assets in warehouses | | | 4908 | 842
of medicines, cotton, and food on | | | |
1 / 4 / 1946 | | | |
171 Claims against the hospital (Debts) | 1099 | 333 | |
176 Salaries | 2297 | 948 | |
177 Cash in the box | | | 118 | 714
201 National School Reconstruction Expense | 1063 | 015 | |
| 4460 | 296 | 5504 | 027
Subtracting the assets from the claims as shown above | | | 4460 | 296
The surplus dinars in the hospital accounts at the end of September 1946, i.e., in the month | | | 1043 | 731
in which the committee was dissolved. | | | |
In addition to that, unusual expenses were incurred by the hospital spent on renovations -
and constructions during the period from the first of October 1945 until the end of September 1946. The committee
was forced to spend them based on the request and warnings of the Baghdad Municipality, and they can be stated briefly below:
- To be continued -
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| Fils | Dinar
Costs of fencing the road surplus acquired by the hospital, following several requests followed by warnings from the Secretariat of the Capital demanding it be fenced with cement, brick, and gypsum. The length of the constructed wall is 225 meters, excluding two large iron gates and a high wall separating the hospital from the neighbors. | 136 | 1351
Based on the warning from the Secretariat of the Capital regarding the necessity of demolishing the facade of the National School on the public road, which is an endowment for the hospital, the committee was forced to rebuild that facade after its demolition and carry out other renovations in the school, the costs of which amounted to 1182/608 dinars. | 608 | 1182
Renovation of a section of the courtyard where cars pass at the main hospital gate with bricks and bitumen, approximately. | | 200
The middle of the house numbered 12/28 in Sett Hedya collapsed, so we carried out major renovations there, the costs of which reached 100/- dinars. | | 100
Total | 744 | 2833
It is worth mentioning in this section that the Lay Council used to allocate lump-sum grants
to the hospitals and mostly approved the budget with an estimated deficit of 2300 - 2400 dinars.
Here I would like to ask, where is the deficit amounting to 6000/- dinars that existed at the end of
last September, i.e., the month in which the previous committee was dissolved? Even if we disregard the value
of the storehouse assets on 1/4/946, amounting to 842/4908 dinars, and subtract them from the claims
as stated above, there remains only an amount of 911/3865 dinars as a verified debt on the hospital at the end of
last September, offset by the amount of 744/2833 dinars representing the extraordinary expenses
detailed above, for which there are and have never been any revenues to cover their costs, and which the
committee was forced to spend during the past year based on several warnings issued by the Secretariat of the Capital.
In conclusion, it must be said that since the community tasked me with managing the affairs of the hospitals
from 1932 until 1946, i.e., for a period of 14 years, tens of
thousands of dinars had entered the hospital, and I often, if not always, faced great financial hardship and an accumulated deficit in
its budget, and I used to find the necessary resources to cover it. However, I believe that the affairs of these institutions
proceeded as they should, and several reforms, expansions, and constructions were introduced to them as stated in the report of the
Hospital Committee issued in 1944, despite that financial hardship that always possessed it.
All of this was in complete calm, and it never prompted me to show or claim the existence of a deficit greater than
the real one, nor even the existence of any deficit. I also believe that the debt on the hospital at the end of September 946,
amounting to 911/3865 dinars, is a normal debt that always existed; in fact, it happened that there was
a debt on the hospital several times this amount during the fourteen-year period during which I was
managing the hospital. Please accept my highest respect.
Munir ⟦...⟧
21 / 2 / 47
A copy of it to:-
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2/2/947
Hospital
Special Power of Attorney
I, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, in addition to my position,
have appointed the lawyers Nassim Rabie and Anwar Youssef Samih to litigate on my behalf, jointly and severally, in the lawsuit
numbered [blank] filed in the Baghdad Court of First Instance against the Secretariat of the Capital, and I have authorized
each of them with the following powers, namely:-
Following up on the aforementioned lawsuit in all legal ways, including first instance, appeal, cassation, in person and in absentia,
original and incidental third-party opposition, entering as a third party, notification and being notified, and conducting inspections,
selecting experts and appraisers, dismissing them, replacing them, establishing evidence, obtaining it, discussing it,
challenging it, and requesting judgment for damages. In summary, the aforementioned lawyers are authorized,
severally and jointly, to exercise all rights and powers regarding this lawsuit, whether
mentioned or not mentioned.
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
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3/5/947
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, Respected
After greetings,
It has come to our attention that Mr. Salman Ezra, owner of the house numbered 138/52, sequence 527,
located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood and adjacent to the house numbered 138/5/4, Al-Tawrat neighborhood, sequence 529, which belongs
to the endowments of the Jewish community, the proceeds of which are spent on the sick and the poor, has submitted a request to your
respected municipality to subdivide his aforementioned house into several houses and to make the passage leading to his house a private road.
Since the aforementioned passage has a limited height and above it there is a room belonging to the house numbered
138/5/4 (from the endowments of the Jewish community), as shown in the deed and the Tabu map for the house numbered
138/52 belonging to Mr. Salman Ezra, we therefore do not agree to the creation of a second door for the aforementioned house
and consequently making the aforementioned passage a private road, due to the injustice and damage that ⟦will befall⟧ ⟦this⟧ ⟦house⟧.
We therefore request your respected municipality to audit the deed and the Tabu map of the house belonging to Mr. Salman
Ezra, the aforementioned person, and to issue your decision not to approve this subdivision and making the aforementioned passage a private road.
With our respect to your Excellency and many thanks.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 106
Date 5 / 3 / 947
His Excellency the Honorable Mayor of the Capital
After greetings, it has come to our attention that Mr. Salman Ezra, owner of the house numbered 52 / 138
sequence 527 located in the Torah neighborhood adjacent to the house numbered 54 / 138 Torah neighborhood sequence
<del>529</del> belonging to the endowments of the Jewish community, the proceeds of which are spent on the sick and the poor,
has submitted a request to your esteemed municipality to subdivide his aforementioned house into several houses and make
the passage leading to his house a private road.
Since the aforementioned passage has a limited height and above it are rooms belonging to the house
numbered 54 / 138 (from the endowments of the Jewish community) as shown in the deed and the land registry map
for the house numbered 52 / 138 belonging to Mr. Salman Ezra, therefore we do not agree to the creation of
a second door for the aforementioned house and consequently making the aforementioned passage a private road due to the injustice and damages
that will fall upon the endowment.
We hope your esteemed municipality will audit the deed and land registry map of the house belonging to Mr. Salman
Ezra, the aforementioned person, and issue your decision not to approve this subdivision and making the aforementioned passage a private
road.
Rooms
Audit
With our respect to your Excellency and many thanks
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Community
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Copy of the letter from the Israelite Community No. 144 dated 3/27/1947
His Excellency the Minister of Interior
Greetings,
We wish to submit to Your Excellency that the Meir Elias Hospital is in dire need of a capable specialist surgeon,
given the community's dedication to implementing a comprehensive reform of the aforementioned hospital to enable it to perform
its humanitarian mission in the required manner.
Our choice has fallen on a doctor named - S. M. Simon
Medical Director
Bucyrus Clinic Ohio U.S.A.
He is forty years old and holds United States citizenship, as we have found that
he holds high degrees (which can be presented if needed) that prove superior competence.
In view of Your Excellency's known sympathy for charitable projects, we have submitted this letter
hoping for your kind approval to employ the aforementioned doctor and grant him an entry visa to Iraq as quickly
as possible. Please accept, Your Excellency, our deepest thanks and great respect.
S. M. Simon
Director of Bucyrus Hospital
Bucyrus - Ohio
America
Signature / Head of the Community
For filing
Hospitals
⟦illegible⟧
A/K/J
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Residency Police Directorate
Baghdad
Number / 5418
Date 16 / 4 / 1947
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject - Recruitment of a foreign doctor.
Reference to your letter No. 144 dated 27 / 3 / 1947.
Please inform us of the full name of the doctor to be recruited for Meir Elias Hospital and his current
place of residence in order to consider granting him an entry visa to Iraq.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Residency Police
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 79
Date 15 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧
F / Al-Qaisi
A
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Recruitment of a foreign doctor
122
4/21/1947
Residency Police Directorate
Reference to your letter numbered 5418 and dated 4/16/1947.
The full name of the doctor intended to be recruited for Mir Elias Hospital
and his current place of residence is as follows:
S. V. SIMON,
MEDICAL DIRECTOR,
BUCYRUS CLINIC,
BUCYRUS, OHIO,
U. S. A.
Please accept our respects
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
4/18
For filing
Instructions
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5/20/947
His Excellency Mr. Khalil Ismail, the Respected
Director of General Supplies
My dear Khalil Bey
I present to your Excellency the bearer of this letter, Mr. Selim Khabbaza, Secretary of the Jewish Community
as he carries my heartfelt wishes for your noble person. I hope your Excellency will be kind enough to provide
your valuable assistance regarding the request of the Jewish Hospitals Committee to supply them with what is needed by
the charitable institutions they manage, in terms of brown and white calico.
Hoping that I have not troubled your Excellency with my request, please accept my highest respect with much
thanks in advance.
Sincerely,
Sassoon
Head of the Community
Correct
5/18
To be filed
⟦illegible⟧
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284
2/7/1947
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, Respected
After greetings and respect
We attach herewith a copy of the petition submitted by us on 5/3/1947 regarding
the request of Mr. Salman Ezra to subdivide his house numbered 52/138 sequence 527 located
in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood and adjacent to the house numbered 138/54 sequence 529 belonging
to the endowments of the Jewish community, supporting what was stated therein regarding our non-approval of the aforementioned subdivision
due to its impact on the interest of the endowment.
With much gratitude and respect to Your Excellency
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
Copy to His Excellency the Director of the Baghdad Province Land Registry with a copy of the petition for your kind review
Mr. President
This letter is linked to a statement
on the request of <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the committee
of Buildings and ⟦Health⟧ Improvements
⟦signature⟧
1/7
⟦signature⟧
2/2
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S. M. SIMON. M. D.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
Phone 4053
B U C Y R U S C L I N I C .
322 East Mansfield St.
BUCYRUS OHIO.
Feb. 20, 1947.
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad, Iraq.
Attn: Honorable President
My dear Sir:
Your letter No. C/140 of January 10, 1947 has just
been received by me, and am very sorry to advise that I never
received your letter No. 20 which you refer to. After reading
the copy which you sent I want to express to you my apprecia-
tion for your kindness in writing this letter and will look
forward to pleasant associations with your Institution.
I agree to all the conditions outlined in this letter,
and feel assured there will be no misunderstandings in the
future.
As soon as you have all the necessary papers and
documents prepared for my entry into Iraq I am sure you will
then have no diffuculty in arranging for all tickets covering
transporation by air with any United States Air Line Service --
which tickets I trust will be wired to me. I shall be ready to
leave here at once upon receipt of the above, unless something
unforseen developes, which of course we do not expect at this
time.
Anticipating I shall hear from you promptly, and with
kindest regards to you, and give my sincere best wishes to
Mr. Ishac and hoping I may see you very soon, I remain
Yours very truly,
SIGNED
Dr. S. M. Simon,
602 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, Ohio.
SMS:L
cc Gourdji Ishac
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S. M. SIMON, M.D.
MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
Phone 4022
BUCYRUS CLINIC
222 East Mansfield St.
BUCYRUS, OHIO.
Feb. 20, 1937.
Jewish Hospital Committee
Baghdad, Iraq.
Attn: Honorable President
My dear Sir:
Your letter No. C/140 of January 10, 1937 has just
been received by me, and am very sorry to advise that I never
received your letter No.20 which you refer to. After reading
the copy which you sent I want to express to you my apprecia-
tion for your kindness in writing this letter and will look
forward to pleasant associations with your institution.
I agree to all the conditions outlined in this letter,
and feel assured there will be no misunderstandings in the
future.
As soon as you have all the necessary papers and
documents prepared for my entry into Iraq I am sure you will
then have no difficulty in arranging for all tickets covering
transportation by air with any United States Air Service --
which tickets I trust will be wired to me. I shall be ready to
leave here at once upon receipt of the above, unless something
unforeseen develops, which of course we do not expect at this
time.
Anticipating I shall hear from you promptly, and with
kindest regards to you, and give my sincere best wishes to
Mr. Isaac and hoping I may see you very soon, I remain
Yours very truly,
SIGNED
Dr. S. M. Simon,
202 S. Walnut St.
Bucyrus, Ohio.
SMS:I
cc Council Isaac
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Import license for a medical device for heart examination
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH MACHINERY .
228
18 / 7 / 947
The Honorable Ministry of Supply
After greetings and respect,
The Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad has previously submitted its request to
your honorable ministry regarding obtaining a license to import a medical device for heart examination
from the United States, an ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH, for the purpose of using it
at Meir Elias Hospital, with a price of 2435/52 dollars. However, I have learned
with regret that your honorable ministry has rejected this request. In view of the
urgent need of the doctors of this institution for such a device, which will increase
the technical efficiency of the hospital, especially since a benefactor will donate the price of this
device to the hospital, I beg your honorable ministry to kindly reconsider
the aforementioned request.
Hoping that your honorable ministry will give this humanitarian issue the necessary
attention, and awaiting your reply, please accept my utmost thanks and respect.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Sassoon
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
7/18
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For filing
T. ⟦...⟧
11/ /1947
Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
After greetings
It has been decided to elect Mr. Daoud Munshi Khedhoory as acting secretary
of the Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad, so please rely on his signature
for drawing checks and financial transactions ongoing between your bank and the
Hospitals Committee instead of the signatures of the honorary secretary Mr. Naeem Sofer, and that
until further notice.
You will find below a sample of the signatures of Mr. Daoud Munshi Khedhoory
for your endorsement.
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
Sample of the signature of
Mr. Daoud Munshi Khedhoory
D. Khedhoory
Mr. President
This letter was written according to ⟦...⟧
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555
12 / 1 / 1948
Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
After greetings,
Further to our letter numbered 499 and dated 10 / 11 / 1947.
It has been decided to re-elect Mr. Eliyahu Daoud Shuahet as Chairman of the Committee
of Israelite Hospitals in Baghdad and Mr. Albert Heskel Shamael as Vice-Chairman
As it was decided to elect Mr. Ashir Hayy as Honorary Treasurer.
We request you to rely on any two signatures out of the three signatures of the gentlemen mentioned
above for withdrawing checks and ongoing financial transactions between your bank and the committee
of Hospitals.
You will find below a sample signature of the Honorary Treasurer Mr.
Ashir Hayy, and you have sample signatures for both Mr. Eliyahu Daoud Shuahet
and Albert Heskel Shamael ⟦line⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
Urgent
Sample signature of
Mr. Ashir Hayy
⟦illegible⟧
E.
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private No. ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
No. / الرقم: L / 346
Date / التاريخ: 15 / 2 / 1948
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
His Excellency the Respected President of the Schools Committee
Greetings,
We list below for you a copy of this Committee's Resolution No. 7, taken on 19 / 1 / 1948, regarding granting
community employees and persons they are personally responsible for supporting an allowance of 75% instead of 50% (the
previously decided allowance) for accommodation fees at Meir Elias Hospital, surgeries, and analyses.
Please accept our respects.
The President
Copy to His Excellency the President of the Lay Council
Copy of the Resolution
7- The Committee reconsidered the Hospitals Committee Resolution No. (1) taken on 13 / 2 / 1945
regarding granting employees of the community's institutions and persons they are personally responsible for supporting an allowance of 50% for
accommodation fees at Meir Elias Hospital, surgeries, and analyses, and decided to increase this allowance to 75% instead
of 50%, in accordance with the conditions listed in the aforementioned resolution.
⟦line⟧
Committee
⟦illegible⟧
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His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the Most Honorable President of the Israelite Community
Presented to your Eminence, my Lord
That the piece of land located in the Akoulat district, No. 250, belonging to the Hospital Endowment, had
been leased by the Hospital Endowment Board for an amount of forty dinars annually for a period of thirty
years, which equals 1200 one thousand two hundred dinars, and the lessee shall build houses on it
numbering seven houses. When I heard of this matter, I consulted the Secretary of the Board
with the President and members Naeem Sofer, Salman Sofer, Daoud Khedhouri ⟦and the others⟧
The President of the mentioned committee mediated, and I offered him an annual rent for the mentioned plot
of one hundred and fifty dinars on behalf of Raphael Nassim and his partner Khedhouri Benjamin, but the Board did not agree
to that. The Secretary of the Board and the members told me to strive to perhaps obtain
an amount more than that. After that, today I found someone interested in the plot for an amount of two hundred dinars -
to Gurji Moshi Ayed, but the Board members did not agree; rather, they told me to strive to perhaps obtain
an amount more than that. A third interested party was found, and we secured it for an amount of two hundred and twenty-five
dinars, which equals over a period of thirty years six thousand seven hundred and fifty
dinars ⟦6750⟧. Let it be known to your Eminence what has occurred of the great difference in the increase of the annual rent,
which equals six times the previous amount that they had previously contracted for,
all members of the Hospital Board with the President. So, my Lord, is it fair
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and conscience that the committee thanks us for our efforts, knowing that we have worked in it for a period of no less than three
months, and we are three people with families, and it is known to your Excellency in these
circumstances what the mediator sees of hardship and what he incurs in expenses for fees with cafes and
the like, and since we believe in your honest conscience, we hope for your high attention
to this case, and please accept our highest respect, and may you remain, Sir 21 / 2 / 948
The third mediator | The second mediator | The first mediator
Abdul Jabbar Ahmed Al-Taie | Yehuda Hakham Eliyahu Shasha | with his partners
| | Mahdi Al-Sayyid Muhammad Al-Badri
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of Public Health
Section - Registration
File Retention
⟦illegible⟧
Number /: 5804
Date: 20 / 3 / 1948
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Practice of the Medical Profession
⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. 557 dated 26 / 1 / 1948.
You will find below a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Social Affairs regarding the employment
of Dr. Yusuf Qattan in the position of a doctor at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad for your information
and to act accordingly.
Therefore, please instruct the aforementioned doctor to attend the office of this General Directorate
to carry out his registration process based on Article 4 of the Law of Medical Practice
in Iraq of the year 1925 and its amendments.
Director of Public Health
Copy to the Ministry of Social Affairs - reference to its letter No. 3576 dated
13 / 3 / 1948 for information.
Copy to the Registration Section - for follow-up.
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Reference to your letter No. 2513 dated 4 / 2 / 1948.
We have no objection to the employment of Dr. Yusuf Qattan in the position of a doctor at
Meir Elias Hospital, provided that he is not permitted to open a clinic in Baghdad to practice his profession
on his own account.
On behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs
Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Incoming No. 788
Date 21 / 3 / 1948
Jassim