AI English Translation, Pages 476-500
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.
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Director of Residency Police
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 79
Date 15 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧
F / Al-Qaisi
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Recruitment of a foreign doctor
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21 / 4 / 947
Residency Police Directorate
Reference to your letter numbered 5418 and dated 16 / 4 / 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.M.SIMON,
MEDICAL DIRECTOR,
BUCYRUS CLINIC,
BUCYRUS, OHIO,
U. S. A.
Please accept our respects
On behalf of
Head of the Community
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18 / 4
For filing
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 7480
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 Baghdad 7480
⟦line⟧
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
No. Number:
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 3630 and dated 11/19/946, in which you gave preliminary approval
for the employment of Dr. Suleiman.
We enclose herewith a copy of the letter received from the aforementioned doctor, in which he agreed to
employment according to the conditions sent to him. We request your mediation with the competent authorities
through His Eminence the Head of the Community to obtain an entry visa to Iraq for the aforementioned doctor
at the earliest opportunity and to inform us of the result, please.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
President
Hospitals Committee ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
For filing
Import license for a medical machine for heart examination
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH MACHINERY .
228
18 / 7 / 1947
The Honorable Ministry of Supply
After greetings and respect
The Israeli Hospitals Committee in Baghdad has previously submitted its request to
your honorable ministry regarding obtaining a license to import a medical machine for heart examination
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH from the United States for the purpose of using it
in Meir Elias Hospital, costing 2439.52 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 case the necessary
attention, and awaiting your reply, please accept my utmost thanks and respect.
⟦signature⟧
25 / 7
Yours sincerely,
Head of the Community
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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 ⟦...⟧
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
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E.
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
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His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the Most Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Presented to your Eminence, my Lord
That the plot of land located in the Al-Kawalat district, No. 220, belonging to the Hospital Endowment, had
been leased by the Hospital Endowment Council for an amount of forty dinars annually for a period of thirty
years, which equals 1200 one thousand two hundred dinars, and the tenant is to build houses on it
numbering seven houses. Since my efforts in this case have been prolonged, I consulted the Secretary of the Council
with the President and members Naeem Soneed, Salman Soghair, Daoud Khedhouri, and Al-Baker.
The President of the aforementioned committee mediated, and I offered him an annual rent for the mentioned plot
of one hundred and fifty dinars to Raphael Nissim and his partner Khedhouri Benyari, but the Council did not agree
to that. The Secretary of the Council and the members told me to strive so that I might obtain
an amount more than that. After a few days, I found someone interested in the plot for an amount of two hundred dinars -
namely Gorji Moshi, and the Council members did not agree, but rather told me to strive so that I might obtain
an amount more than that. I found a third interested party and we reached an amount of two hundred and fifty-eight
dinars, which equals over a period of thirty years 6750 six thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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 the members of the Hospital Council with the President. So, my Lord, is it fair?
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
Submitted on ⟦20 / 2 / 48⟧
557
26 / 1 / 1948
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad
Greetings,
The Israeli Hospitals Committee has decided to employ Dr.
Yousef Qattan, an Iraqi national recently arrived from Switzerland, at the
Mir Elias Hospital in Baghdad.
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Yousef Qattan, an Iraqi national recently arrived from Switzerland, at the
Mir Elias Hospital in ⟦line⟧ house.
We kindly request you to issue your orders approving his employment in
our hospital and to kindly inform us of your approval to complete his registration
formalities according to the regulations. Sincerely ⟦line⟧ !
Head of the Community
On behalf of.
Mr. President
⟦illegible⟧ Dr. Yousef Qattan
⟦illegible⟧ Iraqi Ministry of Health
⟦illegible⟧ knowledge of certificate amendment
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of Public Health
Section - Registration
File Retention
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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
3/⟦illegible⟧/1948
Department Copy
His Excellency the Respected Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Greetings,
We transmit to you below a copy of the Directorate of Public Health letter No. 5804 dated
25/3/1948 regarding Dr. Yusuf Qattan. Sincerely, ⟦line⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
Hospitals
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject: Practice of the Medical Profession
Reference to your letter No. 557 dated 16/1/1948.
You will find below a copy of the Ministry of Social Affairs letter regarding the employment of Dr. Yusuf Qattan
in the position of a doctor at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad for your information and action accordingly.
Therefore, please instruct the aforementioned doctor to attend the office of this Directorate General
to complete his registration procedures based on Article 4 of the Law on the Practice of Medicine in Iraq of
1925 and its amendments. ⟦line⟧
Director of Public Health
Copy to the Ministry of Social Affairs - Reference to its letter No. 3576 dated 13/3/48 for kind information.
Copy to the Registration Department - For follow-up. ⟦line⟧
(( 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.
Minister of Social Affairs
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Department Copy
629
21 / 5 / 1948
Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
Greetings,
In view of the resignation of the previous Israeli Hospitals Committee and the formation of
the new committee headed by Mr. Sassoon Sion Abed, we kindly request you to rely
for the withdrawal of checks for the account of the mentioned committee and other financial transactions on
any two signatures of the gentlemen whose names are listed below:-
Chairman of the Committee - Mr. Sassoon Sion Abed ⟦line⟧
Vice Chairman - Dr. Albert Hakim ⟦line⟧
Honorary Treasurer - Mr. Naim Isaac Shamash
You will find below a sample of the signatures of the aforementioned gentlemen for your records.
Sincerely,
For filing
Munsaf
Mamoun
Head of the Community
Naim Shamash
Signature of the Chairman | Signature of the Vice Chairman | Signature of the Honorary Treasurer
Mr. Sassoon Sion Abed | Dr. Albert Hakim | Mr. Naim Isaac Shamash
688
10 / 6 / 1948
Department Copy
His Excellency the Minister of Finance, Respected
After greetings and respect
We wish to present to Your Excellency that a quantity of medicines has arrived for the Israeli Hospitals Committee
for use in Meir Elias Hospital and was released from customs under the two declarations
numbered 182/2 and 183/2 Basra and dated 18 / 2 / 1948, and the customs duties
paid on them amounted to 63.565 Dinars.
It is not hidden from Your Excellency that this committee manages the Meir Elias Charitable Hospital
which includes more than (125) beds for poor patients, and in addition to that, it is
responsible for managing the Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital and the Dar Al-Shifa Dispensary, which are visited by
hundreds of poor patients daily, which requires it to bear very heavy costs and expenses and face
great difficulties in obtaining them in such difficult economic circumstances.
Therefore, please be so kind as to approve the exemption of the mentioned committee from the customs duties
mentioned above, and to Your Excellency much thanks and respect.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
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For filing
Urgent
Department Copy
687
9 / 6 / 1948
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs
Baghdad
After greetings
Mir Elias Hospital intends to employ a British physician for the community
in the position of Head of the Internal Medicine Department at the aforementioned hospital, provided that he
holds the (F. R. C. P.) degree.
We kindly request you to inform us of the conditions under which British professors
holding this degree are employed in government health institutions
so that we may advertise them in English medical journals.
Please accept our thanks in advance.
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On behalf of
Head of the Community
For filing
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Mr. President
This letter was drafted based
on the request of the Hospital Committee
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754
12/7/1948
⟦Department Copy⟧
To
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs
Baghdad
Greetings,
We refer you to our letter No. 687 dated 6/9/1948 and request
you to kindly provide us with the conditions under which British professors
holding the certificate referred to in our aforementioned letter are employed.
Please accept our highest appreciation.
⟦Meir⟧
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Mr. President
This letter was typed based on
the request of the Director of Meir Elias Hospital
⟦signature⟧
10/7
Dr. Meir
752
9/8/1948
⟦Department Copy⟧
Directorate of Public Health
Baghdad
Greetings,
The Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad has decided to employ Dr.
Salman Mikhail, an Iraqi national and a graduate of the Iraqi Medical College for this year,
at Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad.
We kindly request you to issue your orders approving his employment at
the aforementioned hospital, and please inform us of your approval to complete his registration
formalities accordingly. Sincerely,
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Head of the Community
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8/9
For filing
Hospitals
14
Mr. President
This letter was issued based
on the request of Dr. Albert Hakki
noting that the Hospitals
Committee has decided
to employ the physician Salman Mikhail
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8/9
156
2/8/1948
Submitted 22/8/48
4/8/48
15/9/48
6/10/48
8/10/48
Department Copy
2/8/1948
To the Honorable Mr. Mir Hakham Moshe Doctor, Respectfully
After greetings -
We confirm our letter No. 152 dated 25/5/1948 regarding
the amount of 150/- Dinars paid to Mr. Moshe the Baker and recorded in the
Endowments account.
In view of the connection of this case to you, we wish to inform you that
the Council has decided to submit a recommendation to the General Assembly at its next meeting
proposing to write off this amount as an uncollectible
debt, in the event that you do not take the necessary steps to settle this amount
to the Hospitals Fund before the meeting of the General Assembly which will be held
in twenty days to approve the budget.
Please accept our respects;
Sincerely
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Vice President
⟦illegible⟧
8/11
For filing
14
Questionnaire
Department Copy
802
10/27/1948
His Excellency the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs, respected
After greetings
We kindly request the order to transfer telephone number 3852 belonging to
Mir Elias Hospital and registered in the name of Dr. ⟦Schwarzman⟧ from this office
in the hospital to another location also inside the hospital, and we also request your Excellency's
approval to install an extension with a bell on the aforementioned telephone inside the hospital as well
With much gratitude to your Excellency
Mr. President
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Head of the Community
The Hospital Committee requests
Your Excellency to mediate with
His Excellency the Director of Posts and Telegraphs
General regarding this request
Aboud ⟦Safi⟧
To be registered and for action
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
10/24
For filing
Iraqi Government
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs
Number AT / 2 / 13 /
(Telephone Affairs Division)
Date ... Dhu al-Hijjah 67
Pen
November 48
Subject: Transfer of a telephone and installation of an internal extension
To the Director of the Central Telephone Department
Baghdad
Please take the necessary measures to transfer telephone number 3852 from the house of
Dr. Strauss William in Mir Elias Hospital to another location in
the same hospital and install an internal extension with a switchboard on it and consider it
at the rates of telephones installed in shops instead of the fees collected
at the present time.
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Director General of Posts and Telegraphs
A copy to
The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, with reference
to its petition number 803 dated 10/27/48
R. S.
1/11
For filing
Number 100
Register and print a copy of it
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11/11
551
5/11/48
Department Copy
Transfer of a telephone and installation of an internal extension
826
25 / 11 / 1948
To
Director of the Central Telephone Department, Baghdad
With reference to the letter of the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs No.
9 T / 13 / 37114 dated 2 / 11 / 1948 addressed to you
and a copy of it to us.
We kindly request you to give the necessary orders to transfer telephone No. 3852 from
its location in Meir Elias Hospital to another location in the same hospital and install
an internal extension with a switchboard on it as quickly as possible in view of our urgent need
for it.
Please accept our highest respect ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
His Excellency the President
This letter was drafted based
on the request of the Meir Elias Hospital administration
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22 / 11
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Hospitals
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