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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 English Translation, Pages 151-175

Archival unit 151

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80252
Number T/: 1730 / 75
Date: 9 / 12 / 1975
656
Subject /
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Travels
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 10876/66 and dated 27 / 11 / 1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter.
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 your information please.

Archival unit 152

606
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate / Al-Musawiyat
Number / Special / 96 / 1087
Date / 11 / 5 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community
Special Number 1211
Date 20 / 11 / 1975
To :-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Information Statement
⟦line⟧
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⟧ /
01 Shmuel Shamamo | 02 Hammo Raphael
03 Orham Yaqo | 04 Eliyahu Yaqo
05 Arslan Shalom | 06 Shlomo Turki
07 Mark | 08 Hesqel Arbili
09 Moallem Nahum | 010 Sabti Ibrahim
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For the Director General of Nationality
A copy to :-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter Rights 12949 on 8 / 5 / 1975
To await the result please .
On the house

Archival unit 153

Secretary's phone number { 80452
83531
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: 1728 / 75
Date: 9 / 12 / 1975
655
Subject /
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 96/11215 dated 8/12/1975, it is not possible
to determine the religion of the mentioned persons except for what was stated in paragraphs 7, 10, 11, 12
and 13, as they are members of our community and we have no information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Archival unit 154

655
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate of: Identities
Number / Special /: 96 / ⟦...⟧
Date /: 12 / 12 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 112
Date 8 / 12 / 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- Ibrahim Attar
2- Daniel Attar
3- Khadhouri Hayawi
4- Victor Nahoum Faraj
5- Karjiya Miran
6- Hanoun Rahmin
7- Khuzma Haskil Murad
8- Tuffaha Mordechai
9- Siddiq Munshi
10- Sion Hakham Abboudi
12- Sarah = =
12- Helwa = =
13- Khuzma Haskil Shlomo Sida
14- Bazala Daniel Daoud
15- Dawla Yehuda
16- Daniel Muhajir
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For/ General Director of Nationality
Copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Legal 12722 on 5/5/975 awaiting the reply please
⟦...⟧
Directorate of Records ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Incoming Stamp

Archival unit 155

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 804⟦illegible⟧
Number T/: 12207/75
Date: 3 / 12 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
654
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 1035/66 and dated 2/12/1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the persons mentioned in your letter above ⟦stain⟧ ⟦...⟧
( 2 ) as they are members of our community and we have no information about them.
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 your information please.

Archival unit 156

654
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate of: Identities
Number: Special / 906 / 11070
Date: 22 / 5 / 1973
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1415
Date 27 / 5 / 1973
To -
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 names listed below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
01 Saliha daughter of Lulu | 02 Dina Marcel Moshi Zilkha
03 Nunu Salman Daboura | 04 Moshi Aghababir
05 Saleh Samak Dad | 06 Yaqub Laboun
07 Moallem Sh-uada.
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-
On behalf of the Director of Nationality
A copy to /-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter / Rights / 12445 on 3 / 5
Awaiting the result, please.
They own nothing except what was mentioned in paragraph
(2) as she is a member of our community
and we have no information

Archival unit 157

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1724 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 10685/96 and dated 23/11/1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter. Except for what was stated in paragraphs
9, 11, 13, 10, and 12, as they are members of our community and we have no information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

Archival unit 158

652
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate /: Identities
Number / Special /: 960
Date /: 11 / 5 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number: 1206
Date: 22 / 11 / 1975
To :-
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- Yahya Hasqo | 2- Moshi Ghazala
3- Salem Jumaa | 4- Samiha Hasqo
5- Shlomo Yaqo Naki | 6- Yard Moussa
7- Haroun Maouk | 8- Ishaq Shabir
9- Haqqi Eliyahu | 10- Khadhouri Ezra Khayyat
11- Sassoon Bazzaz | 12- Hesqail Shlomo Sayyidah
13- Mazaltob Nahum | 14- Ishaq Miran
15- Abed Miran | 16- Qaddouri Nahum
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
For the Director General of Nationality
A copy to :-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter / Rights / 12449 on
3 / 5 / 1975 to await the result please.
⟦illegible⟧ Not from our community and they do not have files with us
except for numbers 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14

Archival unit 159

Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: 1723 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject /
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 10614/96 and dated 20 / 11 / 1975, they
are members of our community and we have no information about them, except for what was stated in paragraphs 1, 7, 9
and 14, so their religion cannot be determined.
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.

Archival unit 160

654
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate of: Identities
Number / Special /: 96
Date /: 20 / 11 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1204
Date 20 / 11 / 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
01 Elias Dalli | 02 Yaqub Munir Darwish
03 Abboud Israel Zalait | 04 Nassim Israel Zalait
05 Salman Moallem | 06 Khadouri Saati
07 Balas Moussa | 08 Nassim Akka
09 Faraj Shlomo Tahan | 010 Jamila Ibrahim Masouda Rahim
011 Salima Sasson Daniel | 012 Shuhah Haroun
013 Hay Menachem | 014 Rahim Shablaka
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
On behalf of the Director General of Nationality
Copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter Rights / 12247 on 3/5/1975
awaiting the result please.
Answer with the information
available to us regarding
those mentioned above
With thanks
20 / 11

Archival unit 161

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
President 83531
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧
Secretary 80407
Number T/: 1722 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 10538/96 and dated 18 / 11 / 1975, they
are members of our community and we have no information about them, except for what was mentioned in sequences 1, 4,
12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, so their religion cannot be determined.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

Archival unit 162

651
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate /: Identities
Number / Special /: 96 / 50
Date /: 10 / 11 / 1975
To: Presidency of the ⟦...⟧ Community :-
Special Number 12-2
Date 18 / 11 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
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 indicate whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
1- Saleh Nourail          11- Shamil Banas
2- Shaul "              12- Ezra Qal'aji
3- Sassoon Rahmin Moshi Sassoon  13- Daoud Hajmou
4- Fifi Yaqub Shlomo       14- Saleh Hesqiel Adam
5- Daoud Noel            15- Moshi Aghani
6- Masouda Rahmin Shu'a Eliyahu Yehud 16- Khalaf Rubin
7- Munshi   "   "   "      17- Hai Shakerji
8- Habiba  "   "   "      18- Sabih Nathan
9- Hesqiel  "   "   "      19- Daoud Sarraf
10- Hai Sno Youssef          20- Latifa Nouri
They were not provided with ⟦...⟧
By the forces ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Lieutenant Colonel of Nationality
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For the General Director of Nationality
Copy to / -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter / Rights / 12446 on 3 / 5 / 1975
To await the result, please.

Archival unit 163

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1721 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 10503/66 dated 16/11/1975, it is not possible
to determine the religion of the persons mentioned in your above letter. Except for what was stated in paragraph (4),
as he is a member of our community and we have no information about him.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Archival unit 164

65-
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of: Identities
Number: Special / 967 / ⟦1005⟧
Date: 10 / 5 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 1202
Date 27 / 5 / 1975
To:-
Presidency of the Jewish Community / Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
⟦line⟧
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 .............
1- Olga Sion Shalo | 2- Faraj Baba Roza
3- Raymond Nathan | 4- Nassim Nathan Khakham
5- Zako Omran | 6- Safu Shaul
7- Nazari Ishaq . | 
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy of it to /-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / your letter / Rights / 12453 on
3 / 5 / 1975 to await the result please.
They have nothing except what is indicated by the action taken
in our letter ⟦...⟧ our community and they do not
have information as such
Al-Zubaidi /-

Archival unit 165

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83031
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1720 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Al-Suhoubat
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 10168/31 and dated 6/11/1975, each
of Khedhouri, Sassoon, and Regina, children of Ezra Daoud Horish, are members of our community and we do not
have information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 166

649
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate /: Identities
Number / File / 31 /: 15628
Date /: 10 / 11 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject/ Statement of Information
⟦line⟧
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the persons listed
below and state whether they are members of your community or not.
Names
⟦line⟧ / -
1- Khadhouri Ezra Daoud Horish
2- Sassoon = = =
3- Regina = = =
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For the Director General of Nationality
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter Rights / 30016 on
30 / 10 / 1975 to await the result please.
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1189
Date 9 / 11 / 1975
They are members of our community and we have no information

Archival unit 167

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1719 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered (10109/3) dated 4/11/1975, the named
Zahra Khanum Ahsein is not a member of our community and we have no information about her.
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.

Archival unit 168

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of /: Identities
Number / File / 31 /: 10107
Date /: 11 / 5 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1187
Date 5 / 11 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Statement of Information
Please provide us with all available information regarding the person named (Zahra
Khanum Yassin) and state whether she is a member of your community or not.
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For the Director General of Nationality
Copy to / -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter 7 Rights / 768
on 19 / 10 / 1975 -
Awaiting the result, please.
Provide her statement mentioned above
Al-Zubaidi / -

Archival unit 169

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 1718 / 75
Date 25 / 11 / 1975
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 9937/96 and dated 30 / 10 / 1975, the
mentioned persons are members of our community and we have no information about them, except
what was stated in paragraphs 3, 10, and 12, so we cannot decide on their religion.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

Archival unit 170

647
Ministry of Interior
General Nationality Directorate
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate /: IDs
Number / Special / 96 /: 1227
Date /: 10 / 10 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number 874
Date 20 / 10 / 1975
To :-
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, stating whether or not they are members of your community.
Names
01 Nazima Khodhouri Saleh | 02 Badriya Ibrahim Salman
03 Hayya Mousha Hakim | 04 Sabih Ezra Shlomo
05 Robin Ezra Shlomo | 06 And Helwa =
07 Nadira = | 08 Haila = Rahmin Aqeereb
09 Flora Ezra Shlomo Rahmin Aqeereb | 010 Daoud Joshua
011 Regina ⟦Haniya⟧ Ezra Khodhouri | 012 Masouda Robin Khneif
013 Khodhouri Harun Ibrahim Hakham Nassim
014 Nassima Kurji Eliyahu Benjamin .
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Salam
For the General Director of Nationality
Copy to :-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter / Rights / 11074 on
20 / 4 / 975 awaiting the result please .
Sister of Nazim Cohen
I have no information about them
That they are members of our community except for what was stated in paragraphs
1 - 2 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 14 as ⟦verification⟧ has been confirmed of their religion
⟦Incoming Stamp⟧

Archival unit 171

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1717 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
646
Respectable Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 1698/62 and dated 25 / 10 / 1975, we do
not have information about Rahel Eliyahu Shaker.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - for information please

Archival unit 172

646
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate of: Identities
Number / Special / 62 /: 9698
Date /: 20 / 10 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
To - Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Jewish Nationality
Your letter No. T / 1696 / 75 on 12 / 10 / 1975
Please re-verify the name of the Jewish woman (Rachel Eliyahu Shaker)
And not as stated in your above letter as (Rachel Eliyahu Heskel) and whether
she is the intended person or not as quickly as possible.
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter Rights / 2525 on
26 / 1 / 1975 to await the result please.
Al-Zubaidi / -
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1177
Date 26 / 10 / 1975
Th ⟦illegible⟧
We did not have information about him ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 173

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { Council 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1716 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
645
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 9537/96 dated 21 / 10 / 1975, the persons
mentioned are members of our community and we have no information about them, except that for items
2, 4, and 10, we cannot determine their religion.
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 your information please.

Archival unit 174

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Directorate / Identities
Number / Special / 96 / ⟦1577⟧
Date / 10 / 10 / 1975
Incoming Stamp
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1174
Date 21 / 10 / 1975
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Information Statement
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 ))
01 Shafika Shaoul | 02 Yaqub Mujawiz
03 Hanini Salman Moshi Shamoun | 04 Nashir Ashiel
05 Yamin Kashi | 06 Murad Hasqil Bashi
07 Flora Hasqil Bashi | 08 Daisy = =
09 Nona Ezra Rahmin | 010 Aziz Meir
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For / Director General of Nationality
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets: Your letter Rights / 11121 on 21 / 4 / 1975
Awaiting the result, please.
645
Check the records and inform us of the result
24 / 10 / 75 in accordance with our letter numbered ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 175

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1715 / 75
Date: 25 / 11 / 1975
644
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 34 / 9280 / 1462 and dated 16 / 10 / 1975
That Eliyahu Hakham Sassoon and Isaac Yair Hakham Nissim are members of our community
and we have no information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.