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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 226-250

Archival unit 226

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.

Archival unit 227

President ⟦illegible⟧
Secretary 80452
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number ⟦illegible⟧
Number T/: 1683 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Subject /:
621
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With 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 other than what was stated in the list
( 5 ) so their religion cannot be determined.
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 228

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.

Archival unit 229

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: 1682 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Telephone Number ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Secretary 80452
62-
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 16/8061 and dated 21 / 8 / 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 Jewish Community
A copy to:-
General Secretariat of Civil Status - Rights - for information please.

Archival unit 230

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.

Archival unit 231

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83432
Secretary 80451
Number T/: 2686 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Subject /:
719
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Investigations
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 8041/96 and dated 30 / 8 / 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 Status - Verification - for your information please.

Archival unit 232

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Incoming Stamp
Directorate /: Identities
Number / Special /: 96 /
Date /: 8 / 1975
To :-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Information Statement
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1121
Date 21 / 8 / 1975
Please provide us and the General Secretariat with all available information
about the persons whose names are listed below and state whether they are
members of your community or not.
Names
⟦line⟧
01 Marshka Mikhail | 02 Shantoub Koya
03 Sai Koya | 04 Shantoub Hashima
05 Shahriya Mikhail | 06 Mad Rashan
07 Somel Shura | 08 Arslan Eliyahu
09 Shaloubaba | 010 Abham Sassoon
011 Kham Shimon Agha | 012 Nissim Nathan
013 Daniel Benjamin Daniel | 
Lieutenant Colonel of Nationality
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For the Director General of Nationality
619
He has knowledge of the ⟦illegible⟧
Ahmed Jawad /

Archival unit 233

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number { Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1680 / 75
Date: 22 / 9 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Al-Nahod
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 7916/96 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⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to:
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.
8351
618

Archival unit 234

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.

Archival unit 235

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: 1675 / 75
Date: 28 / 8 / 1975
Subject /:
617
Respectable Directorate General of Nationality
Basra
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 7657/16 dated 26/8/1975, both
Sadiq Murad Abdul Nabi and Nuzha Murad Abdul Nabi are 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.
8253
80452

Archival unit 236

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

Archival unit 237

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧ 80452
Number T /: 1674 / 75
Date: 28 / 8 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
616
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 156/16 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.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Archival unit 238

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.

Archival unit 239

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President ⟦illegible⟧
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1673 / 75
Date: 28 / 8 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
615
Respectable General Directorate of Nationality
Investigations
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7955/31 and dated 26 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧
Moshe George 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
A copy to:-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for your information please.

Archival unit 240

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

Archival unit 241

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.

Archival unit 242

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

Archival unit 243

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1671 / 75
Date: 26 / 8 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
612
Respected Directorate of General Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 7953/66 and dated 26/8/1965, the
persons mentioned in your above letter are members of our community and we have no information
about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to: -
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - Rights - for information please.

Archival unit 244

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.

Archival unit 245

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/ 1966 / 75
Date 26 / 8 / 1975
Telephone Number (President 83531
Secretary 80452
612
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 7278/96 and dated 21/8/1975, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of Hafsun Ezekiel and Salman Kanna. As for Shua 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.

Archival unit 246

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.

Archival unit 247

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 1098 Incoming Stamp
Date 19 / 8 / 1975
Directorate /: Visas
Number /: 7281 / 1034
Date /: 8 / 8 / 1975
To :-: Karrada Al-Sharqiya Police Directorate
Subject / Notification of a Jewish woman
Please notify the Jewish woman (Lilo Yehuda Hazqeel Sherry) to report
to our department (Visa Section), noting that she resides in - Al-Bataween - Al-Rawaf
district, house number 5B / 1 / 15, as soon as possible and inform us ⟦line⟧ .
Nationality Lieutenant Colonel
Thamer Shaker Al-Allam
For/ Director General of Nationality
A copy to
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad - for the same purpose above, please.
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - your letter Legal 21270 on
31 / 7 / 1975 to await the result, please.
The woman mentioned above has been notified
⟦signature⟧
714

Archival unit 248

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1668 / 75
Date: 26 / 8 / 1975
Subject /
⟦line⟧
Respected Directorate General of Nationality
Identities
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 2763/96 and dated 22/8/1975, it is not possible
to determine the religion of the persons mentioned in your above-referenced 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 249

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1107
Date 24 / 8 / 1975
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Private Affairs
Number / Private / 96 / 77
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- Shalamon Al-Fatikh
2- Shamil Al-Fatikh
3- Fatikh Haroun
4- Moussa Al-Salha
610-
⟦No secret consequence⟧
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. 11073 on 20 / 4 / 975
Awaiting the result, please.

Archival unit 250

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. (President 83531
(Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1697 / 75
Date: 16 / 8 / 1975
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
609
Respectable Directorate General of Nationality
Visas
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 37/7712 and dated 20 / 8 / 1975, the named
Leslam Basri is 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.