Voices from the Archive

IJA 2859

Court Rulings, Agreements, Jewish Religious Court, Baghdad

View interactive document page

Description

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 26-50

Archival unit 26

121/541
1 June 939
Plaintiff: Marcelle Hoki Isaac, her attorney Ezra Bano
Defendant: Aboudi Khadouri Sofer, his attorneys Meir Salton and Shaim Al-Dawi together
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Marcelle
Hoki Isaac, ordering her husband, the defendant Aboudi Khadouri Sofer, to pay alimony
monthly in the amount of (20/000) twenty dinars to be received by his aforementioned wife Marcelle from her husband
the aforementioned defendant Aboudi monthly starting from 14 May 939 (thirty-nine)
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
813

Archival unit 27

The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Year: 569
Date: 29 ⟦illegible⟧ 11
⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
6 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 28

16/⟦...⟧
30 May 939
Plaintiff: Lulu Ibrahim Hanqi
Defendant: Sion Moshe Dtaqah
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Lulu Ibrahim
Hanqi, ruling that her husband, the defendant Sion Moshe Dtaqah, must pay a monthly alimony of
one dinar and eight hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Lulu, starting from the twenty-first
day of the month of May 939 (thirty-nine)
⟦...⟧
President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 29

The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 510
Year: 569
Date: 21 ⟦illegible⟧ 99
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 30

The Court of Justice of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 542 / 1611
Year: 939
Date: June 12, 939
Plaintiff: Sabiha Khedhouri
Defendant: Salim Makhlouf
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Sabiha
Khedhouri, ruling that her fiancé, the defendant Salim Makhlouf, must pay a monthly maintenance of
one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned fiancée Sabiha, starting from the eighth day
of the month of June 939 (thirty-nine);
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 31

The Rabbinical Court of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: ⟦...⟧
Year: 569
Date: 28 October / 89
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 32

The Court of Justice of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 5699
Number: 440
Date: 24 Adar I
From today ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 33

The Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: ⟦1599/52⟧
Year: 569
Date: March 19, 1939
Plaintiff: Nouriya Daoud
Defendant: Menachem Haron
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to issue a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Nouriya Daoud
requiring her husband, the defendant Menachem Haron residing in Basra, to pay a monthly alimony
amounting to one dinar and five hundred fils to be received by his aforementioned wife Nouriya from her said husband Menachem
starting from February 23, 1939 (thirty-nine);
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 34

The Court of Justice of ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.:
Year: 569
Date: 28 Nisan ⟦illegible⟧
From- ⟦illegible⟧ 6 portion of Ma'oz Kohen ⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧ 2-⟦illegible⟧ 6 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Therefore ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Israelite Religious Court

Archival unit 35

The Court of Justice of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 544 / 161 Year 569
Date: June 19, 1939
Plaintiff: Masouda Ibrahim
Defendant: Heskel Nahum Azigh, residing in Basra
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Masouda Ibrahim
ordering her husband, the defendant Heskel Nahum Azigh, residing in Basra, to pay a monthly alimony
amounting to one dinar, to be received by his aforementioned wife Masouda, starting from the eighth day of
June 1939 (thirty-nine).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 36

The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Date: 27 Tammuz
No.:
Year: 569
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Religious Court
The Jewish
In Baghdad

Archival unit 37

The Religious Court of Justice in the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No: ⟦161/545⟧
Year: 569
Date: June 19, 1939
Rachel
Plaintiff: Rachel Benjamin
Defendant: Naji Ezra Aspeer
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Rachel Benjamin
ordering her husband, the defendant Naji Ezra Aspeer, to pay a monthly alimony of one
Dinar to be received by his aforementioned wife Rachel monthly starting from the fourth day of June -
1939 (thirty-nine).
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad

Archival unit 38

The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Year: 569
Date: 22 ⟦Iyar⟧ 569
Arranged by Mr. Habib Sasson Ezra Mr. Habiba
daughter of Mr. Eliyahu Mr. Habiba Mr. Eliyahu Mr. Baghdad
⟦The parties⟧ ⟦appeared⟧
before the Court of Justice of the Holy City in Baghdad, may God protect it
and the aforementioned Sasson and the aforementioned Habiba daughter of Eliyahu agreed between them
on a divorce decree according to the law of Moses and Israel in the Court of Justice of Baghdad
Written and signed
Menachem Ezra

Archival unit 39

The Court of Justice of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number ⟦12/542⟧ Year 569
Date June 21, 1939
Plaintiff: Saida Rubin
Defendant: Yusuf Moshi Abu al-Baja
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment for the plaintiff Saida Rubin ruling
against her fiancé, the defendant Yusuf Moshi Abu al-Baja, to pay an amount of 30 (thirty) Dinars
to his aforementioned fiancée Saida, which is the amount of the dowry. This judgment was issued to be in the
plaintiff's hand as a notification.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 40

The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.:
Year: 569
Date: 12 ⟦Nisan⟧ 99
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
<del>⟦...⟧</del> ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
1210/522

Archival unit 41

The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Number: 121/55 Year 569
Date: June 29, 1939
Plaintiff: Salim Munshi, his attorneys Haskel Ibrahim and Munshi Nahum
Defendant: Nazima Haskel Shiri, her attorneys Haskel Murad, Salman Shina, and Saleh
Shlomo
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a ruling to amend the decree numbered
1605/536 dated April 27, 1939, issued to the defendant Nazima Haskel
Shiri against her husband, the plaintiff Salim Munshi, for an amount of -/2 Dinars per month, effective
from June 11, 1939
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 42

The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 482
Year: 569
Date: ⟦4⟧ ⟦24⟧ ⟦99⟧
Moshe Hai son of Yosef Sassoon born in 1911
and his wife Haviva daughter of Avraham Yitzhak born in 1912
(Meid and Emanuel)
According to the register of names and ages and this - of the year 1935
The aforementioned paid a sum of 500 fils as a donation to the Sassoon School
for the expenses of the alimony judgment given to them on October 4
1939 according to receipt number 929
Signature of the Secretary
Mazal Ovadia

Archival unit 43

⟦1608⟧
⟦540⟧
30 May 939
Plaintiff: Farha Rahim
Defendant: Sassoon Hayyim Shiri, residing in Baqubah
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Farha Rahim
ordering her husband, the defendant Sassoon Hayyim Shiri, residing in Baqubah, to pay a monthly alimony
amounting to seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Farha starting from the eleventh
day of the month of May 939 (thirty-nine).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 44

The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 277
Year: 569
Date: 11 ⟦Tammuz⟧ 99
Before us came Mrs. ⟦Habiba⟧ daughter of ⟦Salman⟧
⟦...⟧ daughter of ⟦Moshe⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
My teacher ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 45

The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 62/551 Year 569
Date: June 29, 1939
Plaintiff: Simha <sup>li</sup> <sup>Moussa</sup> <del>Munshi</del> Obeid, her representative Munshi Nahum
Defendant: Yusuf Ibrahim Sourani
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Simha
<sup>Moussa</sup> <del>Munshi</del> Obeid, ordering her husband, the defendant Yusuf Ibrahim Sourani, to pay alimony
monthly in the amount of one dinar, to be received by his aforementioned wife Simha starting from June 12,
1939 (thirty-nine).
⟦Selim⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 46

The Religious Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 5699
Number: 458
Date: 28 ⟦Sivan⟧ ⟦5699⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 47

The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 548 / 1617 Year 569
Date: June 25, 1939
Plaintiff: Karjiya Abboudi, her representative Munshi Salhoun
Defendant: Jamil Shabawi, his representative Hazqeel Ibrahim
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Karjiya
Abboudi, ruling that her husband, the defendant Jamil Shabawi, must pay a monthly alimony of
seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Karjiya from her aforementioned husband Jamil
starting from May 28, 1939 (thirty-nine).
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 48

The Jewish Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 5698
No.: 512
Date: 2 Elul ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 49

The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 1217 / 549 Year 569
Date: June 28, 1939
Plaintiff: Simha Ishaq Arwili, her representative Munshi Saltoon
Defendant: Ezra Khadhouri Ashar, his representative Hesqel Ibrahim
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Simha Ishaq
Arwili, ruling that her husband, the defendant Ezra Khadhouri Ashar, must pay a monthly alimony of
one dinar to be received by his aforementioned wife Simha from her mentioned husband Ezra monthly starting from
May 29, 39 (thirty-nine)
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 50

The Court of Justice of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 485
Year: 569
Date: 19 ⟦Shevat⟧ 29
Settlement between Mrs. Simcha daughter of Nissim ⟦H.⟧ Shimon
and Mrs. Farha daughter of Abraham Isaac Al-Baghdadi
Regarding alimony/maintenance
Before the honorable Rabbis and Judges, may they live long and well, the parties
mentioned above appeared and agreed between them that the mentioned Simcha shall give to the mentioned
Farha the sum of ⟦five hundred⟧ fils per month and this is for the maintenance of
the child ⟦Abraham⟧ son of ⟦Isaac⟧ mentioned above, and this is starting from the day of ⟦...⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Hezekiah ⟦...⟧