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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 51-75

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The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. ⟦122/554⟧ Year 569
Date 9 July 939
Plaintiff: Sabiha Yusuf Nawi
Defendant: Yusuf Yaqub Dabish
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Sabiha Yusuf
Nawi, ruling that her husband, the defendant Yusuf Yaqub Dabish, must pay a monthly alimony of
seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Sabiha monthly, starting from the
twenty-eighth day of the month of June 939 (thirty-nine).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Religious Court of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 558 / 1627
Year 569
Date: July 11, 1939
Plaintiff: Farha Sassoon Zubeid
Defendant: Saleh Yusuf
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Farha Sassoon
Zubeid, ordering her husband, the defendant Saleh Yusuf, to pay a monthly alimony of
one dinar, to be received by his aforementioned wife Farha monthly, starting from the twenty-eighth day
of the month of June 1939 (thirty-nine).
⟦M. Sassoon⟧
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
No.: 425
Year: 569
Date: 19 ⟦Nisan⟧ 99
M. M. H. A. Moshe Sasson David ⟦L⟧ Sasson
Against M. A. Miriam daughter of Abraham ⟦...⟧ Sh. Baghdad
Decision and Warning
After hearing the claims of the parties and seeing the situation
We have decided that the husband must pay his wife alimony
The sum of five and a quarter Dinars from the day 11 ⟦Nisan⟧ ⟦28⟧ ⟦March⟧ ⟦949⟧
And to pay the alimony at their commencement
Nissim Kadoorie
Head of the Court

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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
No.:
Year: 569
Date: 25 [Nisan] 99
[Before us] [by] [the undersigned] [below] [we]
[the permanent] [judges] [here]
[in the] [aforementioned] [Court] [of Justice] [above]
[appeared] [before us] [Mr.] [Ezra] [son of] [Yehuda]
[and presented] [before us] [the] [required] [documents]
[for the] [purpose] [of the] [matter] [at hand]
[which] [was prepared] [on the] [aforementioned] [day] [above] [before] [valid] [witnesses]
[and on] [this] [we] [have signed] [today] 19 [of the month of] [Adar] [5699]
[Everything] [is valid] [and clear] [and established] [according to law] [and statute] [Moshe] [son of] [Yitzhak]
[In the presence of] [the aforementioned] [witnesses] [above] 929 [before us] [the judges]
[Ezra] [son of] [Yehuda]
[Moshe] [son of] [Yitzhak]
10.9 / 0..

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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
⟦129/502⟧
Number ⟦~⟧ Year 569
Date: July 18, 1939
Plaintiff: Simha Isaac Asher, her representative Saleh Shaloubo
Defendant: Shatoub Shamoun, his representative Ezra Bano
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to increase the amount by five hundred fils on the decree
numbered 1509/500 dated August 19, 1938, and in the amount of one dinar issued to the plaintiff Simha
Isaac Asher against her husband, the defendant Shatoub Shamoun, so that the total monthly alimony amount becomes
one dinar and five hundred fils to be received by the aforementioned plaintiff Simha starting from the twelfth day
of the month of July 1939 (thirty-nine):
⟦illegible signature⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court

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The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
1246
No. 559 Year 569
Date: July 16, 939
Plaintiff: Maryam Mordechai
Defendant: Daoud Ibrahim
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Maryam Mordechai
ordering her husband, the defendant Daoud Ibrahim, to pay a monthly alimony of
seven hundred and fifty fils to be received by his aforementioned wife Maryam monthly starting from the
twenty-second day of the month of June 939 (thirty-nine);
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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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
No.: 547
Year: 569
Date: 18 Tammuz 99
From the presence of the honorable Sasson and Nona daughter of Sasson
And between Ms. Hannah daughter of Abraham son of Kazzuri
⟦illegible⟧
Daoud ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of the ⟦Religious Court⟧

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The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. 627
Year 5699
Date: 4 Tishrei 5702
Came before us ⟦illegible⟧
and said to us that I ⟦illegible⟧
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1001 / 50.8
19 September 1928

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The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. ⟦1224/562⟧ Year 569
Date: July 13, 1939
Plaintiff: Saleh Murad, his representative Munshi Saltoon
Defendant: Saida Haroun, her representative Heskel Ibrahim
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to annul the notification numbered 1507/508
dated September 19, 1938, issued to the defendant Saida Haroun against her husband, the plaintiff
Saleh Murad, effective from the twenty-first day of the month of June 1939 (thirty-
nine AD).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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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
No.: 240
Year: 569
Date: 11 Adar 99
And ⟦the H.⟧ Eliyahu took upon himself
M. Mordechai son of Menachem Sasson son of Shoshana
In the name of son of Menachem son of Avraham Yitzhak M. Baghdad
For the maintenance of his wife Mrs.
⟦Mazal⟧ (daughter of H. Yitzhak) wife of Eliyahu son of the aforementioned Mordechai
A total of ⟦seven⟧ hundred and twenty fils every single month
Starting from the day 15 Adar 99 until 15 Sivan 99
And the aforementioned amount of 720 fils for each aforementioned month shall be paid
In installments
Ezra Sasson
Cantor Shamash
1429
240
1949/5/24

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28 July 939
Plaintiff: Saleh Ibrahim Shalom
Defendant: Khatoun Shaul, her representative Saleh Shlomo
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to reduce the amount by two hundred and fifty fils
from the decree numbered 1429/420 dated 5/24/937 issued to the defendant Khatoun
Shaul against the plaintiff, her husband Saleh Ibrahim Shalom, so the total monthly alimony amount
that the aforementioned Khatoun receives from her husband Saleh Ibrahim Shalom becomes seven hundred and fifty fils
effective from 15 June 939 (thirty-nine).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No: ⟦illegible⟧/556
Year: 569
Date: 14 July 939
Plaintiff: Aziza Haskel Barkho
Defendant: Ephraim Hoki Abdullah
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Aziza Haskel
Barkho, ruling that her husband, the defendant Ephraim Hoki Abdullah, must pay a monthly alimony of
one dinar to be received by his aforementioned wife Aziza monthly, starting from the twenty-fifth day
of the month of June 939 (thirty-nine);
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 63

The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 569
No.: 420
Date: 16 Tammuz 569
⟦illegible⟧ M' ⟦illegible⟧ M' Shimon Kadoorie ⟦illegible⟧
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Ezra Dangoor
Hezekiah Ezra

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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
⟦1226⟧
Number 567
Year 569
Date August 3, 939
Plaintiff: Sabiha Haskel
Defendant: Ibrahim Suleiman Aziz
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad issued a judgment in the presence of the plaintiff Sabiha
Haskel, ordering her husband, the defendant Ibrahim Suleiman Aziz, to pay a monthly alimony
amounting to seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Sabiha from the said defendant Ibrahim
monthly, starting from the ninth day of the month of July 939 (thirty-nine);
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice in the Holy City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 247
Year: 569
Date: 29 ⟦illegible⟧ 22
Presence of ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
For the leader, a psalm of David
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
The humble servant ⟦...⟧
Yitzhak Hayyim
May his end be good

Archival unit 67

The Religious Court of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No. ⟦162/56⟧ Year 56
Date: July 16, 1939
Plaintiff: Maryam Salman Labhi
Defendant: Abdullah Sabti
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in the presence of the parties for the plaintiff Maryam Salman
Labhi, ruling that her husband, the defendant Abdullah Sabti, shall pay a monthly alimony in the amount of
three hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Maryam monthly, starting from the ninth day
of the month of July 1939 (thirty-nine).
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Court of Justice in the Holy City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 472
Year: 569
Date: 29 ⟦Elul⟧
99
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ H. Hasson Ezra Ezra ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ H. Avraham son of ⟦illegible⟧ H. ⟦illegible⟧
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19 ⟦Elul⟧ 569 ⟦illegible⟧ 1929
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The Jewish Religious Court of Baghdad
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: ⟦524/526⟧
Year: 569
Date: July 20, 939
Plaintiff: Nouri Hezekiah Suleiman
Defendant: Karjiya Menachem Nassim, her representative Munshi Salhoun
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to suspend the execution of the notification numbered
518 / 1587 and dated January 11, 939 issued to the defendant Karjiya
Menachem Nassim against her husband, the plaintiff Nouri Hezekiah Suleiman, effective from today
the sixteenth of the month of July 939 (thirty-nine).
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish 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
Year 569
No.
Date 19 Tishrei 99
He who appeared before our court and said, O my teacher
He went to the court for litigation in Baghdad
And at the time of the litigation
A settlement was reached between them regarding the sale of the
pledge, which is the house that was pledged to the mortgagee ⟦...⟧
And after the sale of the aforementioned house by the mortgagee ⟦...⟧
On the day of the aforementioned date
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

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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
No. 1622 / 1939   Year 569
Date: July 9, 1939
Plaintiff: Habiba Sion Samarli
Defendant: Naji Raphael
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Habiba Sion
Samarli, ordering her husband, the defendant Naji Raphael, to pay a monthly alimony of
seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Habiba monthly starting from June 25,
1939 (the thirty-ninth year AD)
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad

Archival unit 72

The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
In Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. ⟦12/502⟧ Year 569
Date: July 9, 1939
Plaintiff: Habiba Sion Samarli
Defendant: Naji Raphael
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Habiba Sion
Samarli, ruling that her husband, the defendant Naji Raphael, must pay a monthly alimony of
seven hundred and fifty fils, to be received by his aforementioned wife Habiba monthly starting from June 25,
1939 (the year thirty-nine AD)
President of the Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad

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The Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Year: 569
Date: 2 Adar 99
Entitled to Mr. Musa Sassoon and Yonah Mr. Menachem
And against Mr. Mr. Abraham Mr. Eliyahu Reuben in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
According to us, those who signed our names at the end, our words were
Regarding the aforementioned Mr. Eliyahu Sassoon and Yonah and between the aforementioned Mr. Abraham Mr. Eliyahu Reuben in Baghdad
In the matter of what occurs between them regarding the debt that was owed by the aforementioned Mr. Eliyahu Sassoon
On the date of 2 Adar 99 and the aforementioned Mr. Eliyahu Sassoon became
⟦illegible⟧ paying and settling ⟦illegible⟧
The Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 74

The Court of Justice of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: ⟦122/50⟧
Year: 569
Date: July 28, 1939
Plaintiff: Victoria Saleh Kirkukli
Defendant: Shua'a Yusuf Hayyim
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a judgment in absentia for the plaintiff Victoria Saleh
Kirkukli, ordering her husband, the defendant Shua'a Yusuf Hayyim, to pay a monthly alimony of
four dinars and five hundred fils to be received by his aforementioned wife Victoria starting from the
thirteenth day of the month of July 1939 (thirty-nine)
⟦Certified⟧
President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad

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The Rabbinical Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 985
Year: 5699
Date: 25 Tevet 5699
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