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IJA 2859

Court Rulings, Agreements, Jewish Religious Court, Baghdad

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These are documents in Arabic from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad. The item contains court decisions on marital matters; a memo regarding the rules that govern the use of revenue stamps; and an agreement between the President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews and a lawyer.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2859
Item Number
9784
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Crown Crest, File Folder, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Religious Court, Judeo-Arabic, Legal, Letterhead, President of the Jewish Community, Thumbprint, Typed

AI English Translation, Pages 176-200

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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No. 529
Date 25 Elul Year 57
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The Jewish Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year 569
Number 627 / 1292
Date August 7, 940
Plaintiff - Fahima Abdullah, her representative Munshi Saltoon
Defendant - <del>Siddiq</del> Daniel Eliyahu, his representative Siddiq Yusuf
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Fahima
Abdullah, ruling that her husband, the defendant Daniel Eliyahu, must pay a monthly alimony
amounting to two dinars, to be received by his aforementioned wife Fahima from her mentioned husband Daniel monthly
starting from the twenty-second day of the month of July 940 (nine hundred and forty)
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
Date: 7 June
Year: 57
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The Rabbinical Court of the Holy City
In Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 276
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The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Year: 569
No.:
Date:
Number: 1689 / 620
Date: 29 July 940
Plaintiff: Latifa Moshi, her representative Suleiman Sion
Defendant: Ibrahim Khadouri, his representative Menashe Nahum
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Latifa Moshi
ruling that her fiancé, the defendant Ibrahim Khadouri, pay a monthly alimony of two dinars
to be received by his aforementioned fiancée Latifa from her aforementioned fiancé Ibrahim monthly starting from
21 July 940 (one thousand nine hundred and forty)
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Head of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Religious Court of Justice in the Holy City
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
Document for proof of the child's lineage ⟦...⟧
Who is from the loins of the woman ⟦...⟧
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The Religious Court of Justice
Baghdad

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Number: 1294 / 625
Date: 15 August 940
Plaintiff - Abdullah Haskeel Ezra Betto
Defendant - Hanna Hooki
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a ruling to annul the notification numbered
1603/534 dated 26 March 1939 issued to the defendant Hanna Hooki against
her husband Abdullah Haskeel Ezra Betto, effective from 22 July of the year nineteen hundred
and forty;
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President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Rabbinical Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
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Number: 1295 / 226
Date: 20 August 1940
Plaintiff: Rachel Shlomo Hai
Defendant: Ibrahim bin Isaac Shahrabani, his representative Menashe Nahum
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Rachel
Shlomo Hai, ruling that her husband, the defendant Ibrahim bin Isaac Shahrabani, shall pay a monthly
alimony of nine hundred fils to be received by his wife Rachel Shlomo Hai monthly starting from
21 July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty;
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President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice in Baghdad
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Year: 565
No.:
Date:
Number: 1693/624
Date: 11 August 940
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to place a provisional seizure on the estate of the deceased
Isaac Ezra Nassim, which includes a quantity of rice, a cupboard, and a bed, and which has not been seized by
the Personal Status Court in Tuwairij. This seizure was placed as security for the fulfillment of the marriage contract of his wife,
the plaintiff Najia daughter of Nassim, amounting to four hundred dinars, pending the outcome of the lawsuit;
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Telephone number: 2583
No.: ⟦illegible⟧ 6
Date:
Year: 17 ⟦illegible⟧ 57
We testify, we the court who are signed below,
when there came before us ⟦illegible⟧ Abraham ⟦illegible⟧ son of the honored Kadouri
and he said to us thus:
Be witnesses for me and perform a 'kinyan' from me from now, and write and sign for me in any language of merit,
that I admit and confess before you a complete, valid, established, and irrevocable admission,
that I received from ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 8 / 1940 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Nissim Kadouri
Cantor and Teacher of Righteousness

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Number 1697/27
Date August 23, 940
Plaintiff - Saida Yusuf Aghai
Defendant - Meir Moshe Tarjaman
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Saida Yusuf
Aghai, ordering her fiancé, the defendant Meir Moshe Tarjaman, to pay a monthly alimony of
one dinar, to be received by his aforementioned fiancée Saida from the said defendant Meir monthly
starting from August 21, 940 (nine hundred and forty)
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President of the Israeli Religious Court
in Baghdad

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The Righteous Court of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
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Number ⟦1074 / 604⟧
Date 18 March 940
Plaintiff: Nassim Moallem Abboudi
Defendant: Nazima Youssef Hayyim Mujallid
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to suspend the execution of the decree numbered 1491/482
and dated 16 / 5 / 938 issued for the defendant Nazima Youssef Hayyim Mujallid against her husband, the plaintiff
Nassim Moallem Abboudi, in the amount of six hundred fils per month, effective from the twenty-fifth day of
the month of June 939 (thirty-nine);
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Righteous Court of Iniquity [sic/uncertain]
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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No.: 696
Date: 24 Adar, year 5700
Telephone number: 2583
Known 6 right of Salman Fahd 6 Habib
And Friday 6 Abraham 6 Isaac
In the year 5700
Came before us, the presence of the judge in this court
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate, we ordered ⟦...⟧ peace and ⟦...⟧
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Hakham Bashi

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Number 628 / 1697
Date 1 September 940
Plaintiff: Tuffaha daughter of Moshi Meir Sasson
Defendant: Hanini daughter of the deceased Sheth Meir
The woman named Tuffaha daughter of Moshi Meir Sasson approached the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
and claimed that she is owed by her deceased husband Sheth Meir an amount of one hundred and forty Dinars and six hundred
and twenty-five Fils, which is the amount of her dowry documented in the marriage contract, and she demands its recovery from the estate
of her aforementioned deceased husband Sheth. After examining the marriage contract, it appeared to be free of forgery and fabrication,
stating the acknowledgment of the deceased husband to his aforementioned wife Tuffaha of the said amount. Accordingly, the court has ruled
for the aforementioned plaintiff Tuffaha for the said amount of one hundred and forty Dinars and six hundred and twenty-five
Fils to be recovered from the estate of her deceased husband, and this judgment was issued to be a notification in the hands of the plaintiff.
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President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No.:
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M' Habib A' Habib Sasson Nissim A' Schweitz
Nahum A' Habib A' Schweitz A' Habib A' Schweitz M' Nahum
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According to the order of the honorable local government before Nahum
Shi' A' Schweitz aforementioned who upon him A' Schweitz A' Habib M' Nahum
Which Nahum (Nahum) and also A' Schweitz A' Habib M' Nahum
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The Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No.
Date          Year
Number 215 / 1664
Date 8 July 940
Plaintiff: Dina Khedhouri Aziz
Defendant: Heskel Saleh Aziz
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Dina Khedhouri Aziz
ordering her husband, the defendant Heskel Saleh Aziz, to pay a monthly alimony of three
dinars to be received by his aforementioned wife Dina monthly starting from 24 June of the year one
thousand nine hundred and forty 1940 4
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Telephone Number: 2583
No.: 5
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Year: 5702
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29 / 1691
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Date September 11, 940
Plaintiff: Nazima Daoud
Defendant: Ishaq Abdel Aziz
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Nazima Daoud
ruling that her husband, the defendant Ishaq Abdel Aziz, shall pay a monthly alimony in the amount of
two dinars and two hundred and fifty fils to be received by his aforementioned wife Nazima from her mentioned husband Ishaq
monthly starting from July 22, 940 (nine hundred and forty)
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President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Telephone Number :: 2583
No': 282
Date: 27
Year: 1925
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The Rabbinical Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
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Number: 1289/24
Date: 18 September 940
Plaintiff: Naim Sheer, his representative Heskel Ibrahim
Defendant: Rachel Yaqub
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to stay the execution of the decree numbered 1688/619
issued to the defendant Rachel Yaqub on July 24, 940, against her husband, the plaintiff Naim Sheer,
effective from the fourteenth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty;
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Religious Court of Justice
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
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Date: 24 September
Year: 5701
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Number 1711/643
Date 23 January ⟦...⟧
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Plaintiff: Helena Shaul Qaragulla, her attorney Sassoon/Shlomo David
Defendant: Baruch Selim Khedhouri Azagi, his attorney Zion Isaac Hamsha
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Helena Shaul
Qaragulla, ordering her husband, the defendant Baruch Selim Khedhouri Azagi, to pay a monthly alimony
of five dinars, to be received by his wife, the aforementioned plaintiff Helena, from her husband, the aforementioned
Baruch Selim, monthly starting from July 2, 1940.
⟦M. Reem⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad

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