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IJA 2847

Correspondence between President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi Government about Members who Abrogated Citizenship

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Description

This item contains correspondence between the Iraqi government and the President of the Baghdadi Jewish community concerning information about members of the Iraqi Jewish community who possibly abrogated their Iraqi citizenship and traveled abroad. Some of the documents are requests from the government for certain individuals to appear before the Office of Citizenship to provide information concerning their identity, location of residence, and nationality.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2847
Item Number
9781
Date
Approx. January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1980
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Abrogation of Citizenship, Annotation, Correspondence, Eagle Crest, Envelope, General Secretariat, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Letterhead, Ministry of the Interior, Office of General Citizenship, President of the Mosaic Community, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 226-250

Page 226

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number { Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1684 / 75
Date: 22 / 6 / 1975
Subject /
622
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Rights
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 8215/16 and dated 6/6/1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Page 227

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Data
Number / Special / 96 /: ⟦line⟧
Date: 9 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
⟦line⟧
1- Habib Afroh Zavin
2- Abdullah Zavin
3- Habib =
4- Hayim Heskel Gorki
5- Koko Kodakh Gharib
6- Gharib Hayim Khawaja
7- Ibrahim Ayoub
8- Rahim Omran Shaul
9- Abd Hayi Karbouqa
10- Sulaiman Touma Bano
11- Yahya Madid Yusuf
12- Zakaria Hassou
13- Safou Eliyahu Hannou
14- Rasmiya Nassim
15- Wasima Shalom
16- Nassim Matlab Walid
17- Bano Yaqub
18- Yahya Hamou Zavin
19- Rosa Lulu
20- Ajlawi Nahum
1121
8 / 9 / 1975
622
No repetition
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 8691 on 31 / 3 / 1975
To await the result, please.

Page 228

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T /: 1683 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Telephone Number { President 83143
Secretary 80452
Subject /
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 8714/96 and dated 6/6/1975, the persons
mentioned are members of our community and we have no information about them except what was stated in paragraph
( 5 ) so his religion cannot be determined.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to :-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.
621

Page 229

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Information
Number / Special / 96 / ⟦line⟧
Date 9 / 1975
1120
8 / 9 / 1975
621
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Khasara
2- Weber | Children of Ephraim Yaqub Khamara
3- Abdullah
4- Shlomo Al-Mukhtar
5- Azzouri <del>Khadouri</del> Abdeen
6- Moshe Rehana
7- Abdan Moshe Rehana
They are members of our community
Except for what is in paragraph 5, it cannot be verified
And we have no information
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
On behalf of the Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Rights 12946 on 8 / 5 / 1975
To await the result, please.

Page 230

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number of the ⟦President⟧ / Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1682 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
62-
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Investigations
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 16/8061 and dated 21 / 8 / 1974, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter.
Please accept the highest respect.
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat of Civil Status - Rights - For information please.

Page 231

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Information
Number / Special / 96 / ⟦line⟧
Date 8 / 5 / 1975
1126
Date 22 / 5 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
⟦line⟧
1- Mordechai Faraj
2- Moshe Abu al-Hubb
3- Yahya Rahmin Kabbay
4- Bahiyya Murad al-Khayyat
620
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker al-Salam
On behalf of / Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 9055 on 2 / 4 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.

Page 232

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83432
Secretary 80451
Number T/: ⟦1686⟧ / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Subject /: 619
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 8041/96 dated 30 / 8 / 1975, it is not possible
to determine the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Respectable - for your information please.

Page 234

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B yellow \ Drawing, I stand in front of you
Without it from the Lira of Minya
A girl to shine, they are the division for her, the fight all the honest after
N Lean and we have for the observers of her scent, a wrap, oh it is
His property and his shoulder God the second
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For her with him 20 | Rabet al-Tih Mashi 10
Always with his security 30 | For her to 60
Forget 20 | Rabet al-Tih Prestige 50
Meh for her that Kals 80 | 70 Sh
N Model and Lida 010 | For Boly her 20
N Lal Hi that Muhammad and Lan 110
By the two that he leans with the fingertips 610
Our measure is A and a contract
As for the thorns
And when we came, Amen 20
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83510
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1680 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Subject /: 618
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 96/7116 and dated 28 / 8 / 1975, the
persons mentioned in your above letter are members of our community and we do not have
information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.
⟦illegible blue carbon copy text bleeding through from another page⟧

Page 235

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number: 1120
Date: 21 / 8 / 1975
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Number / Special / 96 / ⟦line⟧
Identities
Date / 8 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Khadhouri Eliyahu
2- Masouda Manshi Moallem Sadqa
3- Aziza = = =
4- Habiba = = =
They are members of our community
And we have no information
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
On behalf of the Director General of Nationality
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your legal letter 22946 on 14 / 8 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.

Page 236

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/ .... 75 / 1675
Date 28 / 8 / 1975
Number ⟦illegible⟧
82531
80452 ⟦Editing⟧
617
Subject /
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Fingerprints
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 16/7657 dated 16 / 8 / 1975, both
Siddiq Murad Abdul Nabi and Nazha Murad Abdul Nabi are members of our community and we do
not have information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Page 237

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1114
Date 27 / 8 / 1975
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Investigations
Number / Special / 96 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date / 8 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information regarding the persons
listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Siddiq Murad Abdul Nabi
2- Nazha = = =
Listed as members of our community
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Dhaker Al-Hussam
On behalf of the Director General of Nationality
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter No. 22523 on 10 / 8 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.
1275
7807
617

Page 238

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/ 1674 / 75
Date 28 / 8 / 1975
31
File Number ⟦illegible⟧
Outgoing Number 80452
Subject / 616
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 16/156 and dated 26 / 8 / 1975, the
persons mentioned in your above letter are not members of our community and we do not have
information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Page 239

1674
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Private Number 1112
Date 27 / 8 / 1975
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Information
Number / General / 96 / ⟦7952⟧
Date / 8 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
⟦line⟧
1- Touma son of Mansour son of Khousha
2- Elias son of Hanna son of Ali Baqqal
We do not have them
The names are not among the members of our community
Director of Nationality
Thamer Shaker Al-Hussam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to:-
General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers / Your letter numbered 23193 on 17 / 8 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.

Page 240

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number { President ⟦illegible⟧
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1673 / 75
Date: 28 / 8 / 1975
⟦illegible⟧
615
Subject /
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Investigations
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7955/31 and dated 26 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧
Moshe Jabri is a member of our community and we have no information about him
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please

Page 241

1272
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1112
Date 27 / 8 / 975
Incoming Stamp
Directorate /: Identities
Number / File: 31 / 7255
Date /: 8 / 8 / 1975
To: Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Nationality of a Jew
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the person named
(Moses Jouri) and state whether he is a member of your community or not.
⟦signature⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
On behalf of the General Director of Nationality
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter / Rights / 20050
on 20 / 7 / 975 awaiting
the result please.
He is traveling to Lebanon
And Sayyid Hussein Alwan departure number
615

Page 242

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/ 1672 / 75
Date 28 / 8 / 1975
Telephone number { Secretary 80452
⟦Issued⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Subject / 614
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7954/31 and dated 26 / 8 / 1975
The person named Robin Ezra Zeloof is a member of our community and we have no information about him
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Page 243

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Stamp
Number 811
Date 27 / 8 / 1975
Directorate /: Identities
Number /: File / 31 / 54
Date /: 8 / 8 / 1975
To :-: Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject /: Statement of Information
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the person named
(Robin Ezra Zelouf) and state whether he is a member of your community or not.
He is a member of our community
And we have no information
⟦signature⟧
Lieutenant Colonel of Nationality
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
On behalf of the General Director of Nationality
A copy to :-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter / Rights / 20407 on
23 / 7 / 975 awaiting the result please
1672
614

Page 244

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
Telephone Number } Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1671 / 75
Date: 26 / 8 / 1975
612
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 7953/66 dated 26/8/1975, the
persons mentioned in your above letter are members of our community and we have no information
about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Page 245

168
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Private Number 1110
Date 27 / 8 / 1975
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Information
Number / Private / 96 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / 8 / 1975
612
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Salima Ephraim Mordech
2- Sarah Nazima Youssef Faraj
3- Margaret Ibrahim Nassim
4- Susan = =
⟦illegible⟧
Head of Information Department
⟦illegible⟧
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Hussam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to: -
General Secretariat of the Diwan Al-Ma'iya / Your letter No. 15942 on 8 / 6 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.

Page 246

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 75 / 1969
Date: 26 / 8 / 1975
612
Subject /
Respectable Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 16/7278 and dated 21/8/1975 regarding
the deceased Diana Hafoun Samuel and Salman Kakka. As for Sha'wa Yona Al-Attar
he is a member of our community and we have no information about him.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

Page 247

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1108
Date 24 / 8 / 1975
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Information
Number / Special / 96 / 7778
Date 8 / ⟦8⟧ / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information you have regarding the persons
whose names are listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Hanoun Hesqel
2- Salman Kanna
3- Shuaa Yona Al-Attar
There is no name
except what was mentioned in list 120
Listed member of the ⟦Mosaic⟧ community
On behalf of
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Assaf
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to:-
General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers / Your letter No. 11122 on 21 / 4 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.

Page 248

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number: 1098
Date: 19 / 8 / 1975
Directorate /: Identities
Number /: 7281/1034
Date /: 16 / 8 / 1975
To: Karrada Al-Sharqiya Police Directorate
Subject / Notification of a Jewish woman
Please notify the Jewish woman (Lilo Yehuda Hazqeel Shiri) to report
to our department (Identities Division), noting that she resides in - Al-Bataween - Al-Rawaf
district, house number 5B / 1/15, as soon as possible and inform us.
Director of Nationality
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to:
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad - for the same purpose above, please.
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - your letter Rights 21270 on
31 / 7 / 1975 to await the result, please.
The woman mentioned above has been notified
⟦illegible⟧
614

Page 249

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1668 / 75
Date: 26 / 8 / 1975
61-
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 7763/96 dated 22/8/1975, it is not possible
to verify the religion of the persons mentioned in your above-referenced letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Presidency of the Mosaic Community
⟦illegible⟧
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - For your information please.