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IJA 2727

Citizenship Correspondence between Iraqi Government and Jewish Community; Synagogue Financial Information

Description

These are documents relating to the Baghdadi Jewish community, many about Iraqi citizenship. Included are various correspondences between the Jewish community and the Iraqi government. Correspondence with the Secretary General of the Frozen Fund Administration regarding the revocation of Iraqi citizenship of employees at Jewish establishments and daily payment of workers; a letter with names and salaries of employees; a letter from the Secretariat for Monitoring and Managing the Funds of the Jews to the Jewish Hospital Council proclaiming Jewish Iraqi citizenship and permitting employers to pay the employees but freeze a percentage of their salary for the Secretariat. Correspondence with the Secretariat to Monitor and Manage the Funds of the Jews: proclaiming Iraqi Citizenship to the Directorate of Travel and Citizenship, and to the President of the Jewish Community verifying if certain people are having their Iraqi citizenship revoked; requesting the release of a Jewish community fund; the formation of a committee to manage the affairs of David Ezra Synagogue; inquires related to property; request to exempt the Jewish poor from paying tax on their belongings when leaving Iraq; a request to return a shop belonging to the Jewish community; paying the Jewish cemetery guard accumulated salaries; returning an endowed Jewish property; provisions to help the Jewish poor; releasing items belonging to Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (burial society) for Jewish burial; returning the endowed eye hospital and pharmacy; Information about Hebrew religious books in the storage of the Directorate; letters between the President of the Jewish Community and Iraqi government offices regarding exchanging information and answering inquiries, the heirs of Jewish deceased, names, Jewish hospital operations, property tax, lifting the "hand" from the Jewish community funds, and management of the Jewish community funds. Documents relating to Baghdadi Synagogues: an inventory from Mindili Synagogue; correspondence between the Committee on the Administration of Ezra Synagogue and the Directory of Rights and Commercial Matters regarding the members of Ezra Synagogue citizenship status; correspondence from the Jewish Lay Council and banks about opening a bank account for Ezra Synagogue; correspondence from the Lay Council to the Secretary General of the frozen funds regarding the name of the Ezra synagogue committee. Correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council to the General Secretariat regarding exporting 100 Jewish books to without paying for the silver cover; a reply from Municipality of Rights and Commercial Matters to permit the export of the books if it had no silver cover; the Jewish presidency’s reply that it is a family owned, there are not commercial items, and it is against the freedom of religion law. Correspondence from Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri: to the General Directorate of Import regarding Iraqi Jewish property taxes, the Jewish properties exempted from tax, hospitals, schools and orphanages; to the Chairman of the Property requesting a copy of plans and documents of properties belonging to the Jewish community; to the Director of Property Tax requesting a reduction or exemption of property tax for demolition or vacancy reasons.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 2727
Item Number: 11978
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Arabic
Keywords: Annotation, Architectural Plans, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Burial, Burial Society, Butcher, Charity, Correspondence, Czechoslovakia, Debts, Director of Import, Doctors, Endowment, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Ezra Synagogue, Financial, Frank Iny School, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Furniture, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Handwritten, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Identification Card, Immovable Properties, Inventory, Iranian Bank, Jewish Hospitals, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Kosher, Lawrence Khedouri Primary School, Lawsuit, Marriage, Marriage Certificates, Meir Elias Hospital, Menorah, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, Municipality of Accounts, Nahum, Naḥum, Nurses, Ottoman Bank, Paris, Patients, Pharmacy, Property Tax, Receipts, Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital, Reem Khadory Clinic, Rent, Stamps, Students, Synagogue, Tax, Tax Exemption, Teachers, Torah, Travel, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 26

General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Who Have Been Stripped of Iraqi Citizenship
Secretariat of Administration and Correspondence
Number / 526
Date / 5 / 4 / 1951
2
Incoming
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
To - Presidency of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
Subject / Subsistence of Employees
With reference to your letter numbered 208 and dated 2 / 4 / 1951
In view of what was stated in your letter referred to above and your confirmation to us that these employees whose names are shown in the lists
attached to your aforementioned letter have no resource that can be spent for their livelihood except the salaries paid to them by you
Therefore, and based on the authority vested in us pursuant to paragraph (h) of Article One of Regulation No. (3) for the year
1951, we agree to pay subsistence expenses to them from their salaries as follows:-
1 - (20) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary of (20) dinars shall be frozen for our account and sent to this Secretariat
and the remainder shall be paid to him.
2 - (25) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary ranging between (30) and (40) dinars shall be frozen for our account
and sent to this Secretariat and the remainder shall be paid to him.
3 - (30) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary ranging between (40) and (50) dinars shall be frozen for our account and sent
to this Secretariat and the remainder shall be paid to him.
We request that you observe what is stated above and continue to pay these amounts to us at their designated times.
Secretary General

Name | Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Other Allowances | Total
| Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar
Isaac Hayim Shlomo | 12 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 17 | 250
Isaac Fouad Rubin | 18 | 250 | 6 |  |  |  | 24 | 250
Aboudi Dallal | 20 | 250 | 6 |  |  |  | 26 | 250
Mayer Khayyat | 18 | 250 | 6 |  |  |  | 24 | 250
Victor Rubin Gabbay | 18 | 250 | 6 |  |  |  | 24 | 250
Eliyahu Khedhouri Naqqar | 8 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 13 | 250
Rachel Sheit Mahlab | 24 | 250 | 6 | 5 |  |  | 35 | 250
Yousef Al-Haki | 13 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 18 | 750
Shaul Cohen | 12 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 17 | 250
Ezra Meshi | 8 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 13 | 250
Ahmed Neem | 10 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 15 | 250
Yousef Daoud | 19 | 750 | 5 | 8 |  |  | 32 | 750
Haroun Benjamin | 8 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 13 | 250
Ahmed Meir | 7 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 12 | 250
Selim Murad Shmeil | 6 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 11 | 750
Saleh Samira | 6 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 11 | 750
Rahmin Daoud | 6 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 11 | 750
Madani Saleh | 9 | 500 | 5 | 250 | 2 |  | 16 | 750
Yousef Hanshia | 8 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 13 | 250
Rachel Zilkha | 18 | 250 | 6 |  |  |  | 24 | 250
Marcelle Shammash | 10 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 15 | 250
Regina Houri | 8 | 750 | 5 |  |  |  | 13 | 750
Rene Zilkha | 8 | 250 | 5 |  |  |  | 13 | 250
Marcelle Benjamin | 13 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 18 | 750
Latifa Al-Sayegh | 6 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 11 | 750
Habiba Meshi | 6 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 11 | 750
Doris Saleh | 6 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 11 | 750
Aisha Shaul | 7 | 500 | 5 | 250 |  |  | 12 | 750

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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Secretariat of Administration and Correspondence
Number / 526
Date / 5 / 4 / 1951
To - Presidency of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
Subject / Subsistence of Employees
With reference to your letter No. 208 dated 2 / 4 / 1951
In view of what was stated in your above-mentioned letter and your confirmation to us that these employees whose names are shown in the lists
attached to your aforementioned letter have no resource that can be spent for their livelihood except the salaries paid to them by you
Therefore, and based on the authority vested in us pursuant to paragraph (h) of Article One of Regulation No. (3) for the year
1951, we agree to pay subsistence expenses to them from their salaries as follows:-
1 - (20) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary of (20) dinars shall be frozen for our account and sent to this Secretariat
and the remainder shall be paid to him.
2 - (25) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary ranging between (30) and (40) dinars shall be frozen for our account
and sent to this Secretariat and the remainder shall be paid to him.
3 - (30) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary ranging between (30) and (40) dinars shall be frozen for our account and sent
to this Secretariat and the remainder shall be paid to him.
Please observe what is stated above and continue to pay these amounts to us at their designated times.
General Secretary

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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of <del>Jews</del>
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been <del>Revoked</del>
Secretariat of Administration and Correspondence
Number / 526
Date 5 / 4 / 1951
208
⟦illegible⟧
To - Presidency of the Israeli Hospitals Committee
Subject / Subsistence of Employees
With reference to your letter No. 208 dated 2 / 4 / 1951
In view of what was stated in your above-mentioned letter and your confirmation to us that these employees whose names are shown in the lists
attached to your aforementioned letter have no resource that can be spent for their livelihood except the salaries paid to them by you
Therefore, and based on the authority vested in us pursuant to paragraph (h) of Article 1 of Regulation No. (3) for the year
1951, we agree to pay subsistence expenses to them from their salaries as follows:-
1 - (20) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary of (20) Dinars shall be frozen for our account and sent to this Secretariat
and the remainder shall be paid to him.
2 - (25) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary ranging between (30) and (40) Dinars shall be frozen for our account
and sent to this Secretariat and the remainder shall be paid to him.
3 - (30) percent of the salary of those who receive a salary ranging between (40) and (50) Dinars shall be frozen for our account and sent
to this Secretariat and the remainder shall be paid to him.
Please observe the above and continue to pay these amounts to us at their designated times.
Secretary General

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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone No. 3006 / 7480 Baghdad
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
⟦illegible⟧
No. 208
Date: 4/2/1951
To
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
The Respected
Presented to your Excellency:
We attach herewith three tables with the names and salaries of the employees and servants of Meir Elias Hospital and
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital and the clinic attached to them who have been deprived of Iraqi citizenship, and since
it is not possible to dispense with the services of the aforementioned at the present time as these employees
and servants are technicians and cannot be replaced in a short time, and in view of the presence of a large number of patients
in the mentioned hospitals, we request your Excellency's approval to pay their salaries, noting that we are doing our best
to employ Iraqis to replace them, and as it is not hidden from your Excellency that these institutions are
charitable institutions, we hope to obtain your approval, and the matter is yours.
⟦signature⟧
Honorary President

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Israeli Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Date 4/2/1951
Salary list for the servants of Meir Elias Hospital <del>and the hospital</del> and Rima Khedouri Hospital and the clinic
attached to them, who have been stripped of their Iraqi citizenship.
Number | Monthly Salary Fils Dinar | Name | Number of family members he is responsible for, including the person himself
|  | First Class Servants |
1 | 7/000 | Salim Ezra | 1
2 | 8/000 | Daisy Shaul | 4
3 | 7/000 | Saida Ezra Basson | 5
4 | 6/000 | Salha Shaul | 4
5 | 6/000 | Evelyn Daoud | 4
6 | 6/000 | Catherine Salim | 2
7 | 6/000 | Latifa Ezra | 3
8 | 6/000 | Toba Khedouri | 3
9 | 6/000 | Salima Daoud | 4
10 | 6/000 | Tuffaha Saleh | 3
11 | 9/000 | Farha Salman | 2
12 | 6/000 | Suad Sassoon | 4
13 | 8/500 | Naima Darwish | 3
14 | 6/000 | Flora Ibrahim | 2
15 | 7/500 | Madeleine Rubin | 2
16 | 6/000 | Farah Murad | 2
17 | 6/000 | Daisy Gurji | 4
|  | Second Class Servants |
18 | 5/000 | Nouri Youssef | 2
19 | 5/000 | Khedouri Sion | 5
20 | 5/000 | Subhi Daoud | 6
21 | 5/000 | Nissan Malma | 5
22 | 5/000 | Moshe Shalom | 3
23 | 5/000 | Yaqub Nissan | 4
24 | 6/000 | Youssef Shlomo | 1
25 | 5/000 | Shimon Ibrahim | 6
⟦illegible⟧

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( 2 )
Number of Family Members | Name | Monthly Salary | Number
3 | Wadi' al-Basha' | 7/500 | 26
4 | Hesqail Shabbo | 5/000 | 27
1 | Ya'qub Yisrael | 5/000 | 28
3 | Mas'uda Sasson | 6/000 | 29
2 | Khatun Hayawi | 5/000 | 30
3 | Simha Shlomo | 5/000 | 31
4 | Sabih Shina | 5/000 | 32
1 | Nazima Nathan | 5/000 | 33
2 | Jahla Shlomo | 5/000 | 34
1 | Menashi Ibrahim | 6/000 | 35
1 | Ya'qub Sha'ul | 5/000 | 36
8 | Khatun Sabun | 5/000 | 37
6 | Aziza Menashi | 5/000 | 38
4 | Salim Hesqail | 5/000 | 39
1 | Najia Ibrahim | 5/000 | 40
5 | Simha Yehuda | 5/000 | 41
2 | Pinhas Yusuf | 5/000 | 42
4 | Salman Ezra | 5/000 | 43
4 | Sara Kaka | 5/000 | 44
4 | Ya'qub Benjamin | 5/000 | 45
1 | Toba Moshi | 5/000 | 46
4 | Farha Ezra | 5/000 | 47
4 | Karjia Mushih | 6/000 | 48
3 | Eliyahu Abdullah | 5/000 | 49
5 | Pinhas Ibrahim | 5/000 | 50
4 | Ephraim Dawud | 7/000 | 51
7 | Shlomo Ishaq | ⟦3⟧/000 | 52
4 | Elias Ezra | 6/000 | 53
4 | Yusuf Ibrahim | 6/000 | 54
6 | Eliyahu Ibrahim | 6/000 | 55
2 | Ishaq Israel | 6/000 | 56
⟦illegible⟧

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Israeli Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Date - 2 / 4 / 1951
List of employees and workers of Meir Elias Hospital and Rima Khedouri Hospital
and the clinic attached to them whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked.
Number | Monthly Salary Fils Dinar | Salary | Cost of Living | Name | Job Title | Number of Family Members
1 | 43 / 250 | 33 | 10 / 250 | Abdullah Gabbay | Supervisor | 6
2 | 30 / 000 | 23 / 750 | 6 / 250 | Sassoon Daoud | Hospital Accountant | 6
3 | 30 / 250 | 24 | 6 / 250 | Yusuf Cohen | Treasurer | 7
4 | 19 / 500 | 15 | 4 / 500 | Kamal Levy | Rima Khedouri Accountant | 4
5 | 16 / 500 | 11 / 500 | 5 / 000 | Matana Daoud | Clerk | 3
6 | 20 / 000 | 15 | 5 / 000 | Selim Ibrahim | " | 3
7 | 15 / 000 | 11 | 4 / 000 | Heskel Ezra | Storekeeper | 3
8 | 14 / 000 | 10 | 4 / 000 | Sassoon Shabi | Clerk | 4
9 | 18 / 000 | 14 | 4 / 000 | Moussa Cohen | Laboratory Assistant | 3
10 | 21 / 500 | 17 | 4 / 500 | Sassoon Khazzam | Masutji | 4
11 | 11 / 000 | 8 | 3 / 000 | Ibrahim Isaac | Driver | 6
12 | 10 / 000 | 7 | 3 / 000 | Yusuf Muallim | Servant | 6
Meir Elias Hospital
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Honorary President

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Israeli Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Date 2 / 4 / 1951
List of nurses and orderlies of Meir Elias Hospital and Rima Khedouri
Eye Hospital and the clinic attached to them whose Iraqi nationality has been revoked
Number | Total Monthly Salary Fils Dinar | Cost of Living | Salary | Name | Job Title | Number of Family Members
1 | 29 / 000 | 20 | 9 / 000 | Mary Gurji | Operating Room Nurse | 1
2 | 22 / 500 | 18 | 4 / 500 | Rebecca Joseph | Midwife | 3
3 | 20 / 500 | 16.500 | 4 / 000 | Rahma Ezra | Midwife | 2
4 | 15 / 000 | 12 | 3 / 000 | Madeleine Jacob | Orderly | 3
5 | 18 / 000 | 14 | 4 / 000 | Daisy Jacob | ⟦"⟧ | 2
6 | 21 / 500 | 17 | 4 / 500 | Marcelle Ibrahim | ⟦"⟧ | 2
7 | 21 / 591 | 17 | 4 / 591 | Farah Eliyahu | Nurse | 4
8 | 23 / 500 | 18 | 5 / 500 | Munira Saleh | ⟦"⟧ | 1
9 | 16 / 000 | 12 | 4 / 000 | Flora Robin | Surgical Orderly | 3
10 | 15 / 000 | 11 | 4 / 000 | Habiba Jacob | Orderly | 3
11 | 15 / 000 | 11 | 4 / 000 | Margaret Haron | Assistant Nurse | 3
12 | 12 / 500 | 9 | 3 / 500 | Hanina Moshe | ⟦"⟧ | 2
13 | 12 / 000 | 9 | 3 / 000 | Naima Jacob | Orderly | 4
14 | 16 / 000 | 12 | 4 / 000 | Naima David | Assistant Nurse | 2
15 | 35 / 250 | 29 | 6 / 250 | Sabiha Shabi | Pharmacist | 1
16 | 12 / 092 | 9 | 3 / 000 | Sabon Dozli | Orderly | 7
17 | 14 / 000 | 10 | 4 / 000 | Nouri Khedouri | Orderly | 4
18 | 12 / 000 | 9 | 3 / 000 | Salim Sousa | Orderly | 2
19 | 16 / 000 | 12 | 4 / 000 | Joseph Meir | Orderly | 5
20 | 18 / 008 | 14 | 4 / 000 | Yona David | Assistant Pharmacist | 3
Meir Elias Hospital
MEIR ELIA HOSPITAL
Honorary President

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51 /
5 / 1951
His Excellency the Secretary General for Frozen Assets, Respected
After greetings,
Your esteemed General Secretariat has seized the shop numbered 3/134 located in Bab al-Agha
(Souq al-Saray), which is one of the properties belonging to the institutions of the presidency of this community, as
it was leased by Mr. Khedhouri Shaoul Shasha, whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked,
whose lease has ended. Since this shop has been inventoried and the assets moved from it and it has become
vacant, we request your Excellency to kindly issue your order to hand over this shop to us so that we may
lease it.
With respect to your Excellency.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
5

List of Salaries Due
In Dinars
1 / 15 / 3 / 1951
To the Honorable Director of the Jewish Hospital - Baghdad
We attach herewith a list of the names of officials and employees who are entitled to their salaries
for the period indicated against each of them
No. | Name | Period Due | Monthly Salary | Amount Due | Remarks
1 | Dr. Jack Abboud | Until 15/3 | 100/000 | 50/000 | 800/000
2 | Dr. Sassoon Kassab | Full | 75/000 | 75/000 | 000/000
3 | Dr. Edward Kassab | Full | 45/000 | 45/000 | 000/000
4 | Dr. Selim Zubaida | Full | 60/000 | 60/000 | 000/000
5 | Dr. Nouri | " | 30/000 | 30/000 | 000/000
6 | Yusuf Ibrahim | " | 35/000 | 35/000 | 000/000
7 | Abdullah Rabbi | Full | 35/000 | 35/000 | 250/000
8 | Saleh Abboud | " | 50/000 | 50/000 | 000/000
9 | Naim Abboud | Until 15/3 | 30/000 | 15/000 | 000/000
10 | Selim Habib | Full | 30/000 | 30/000 | 000/000
11 | Nouri Shaoul | Until 15/3 | 30/000 | 15/000 | 000/000
12 | Bashir Ghanima | " | 60/000 | 30/000 | 000/000
13 | Selim Ghanima | Full | 60/000 | 60/000 | 000/000
14 | Sarah Abboud | Until 15/3 | 30/000 | 15/000 | 000/000
15 | Regina Kassab | Full | 30/000 | 30/000 | 000/000
16 | Nazem Zubaida | Full | 60/000 | 60/000 | 250/000
17 | Yusuf Ezra | Full | 30/000 | 30/000 | 000/000
18 | Isaac Meir | Full | 60/000 | 60/000 | 000/000
19 | Ezra Sassoon | Full | 30/000 | 30/000 | 000/000
20 | Sarah Levy | Until 15/3 | 30/000 | 15/000 | 800/000
⟦illegible⟧
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Meir Elias Hospital
Head of the Community

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Baghdad on 27 / 5 / 951
Number 51/1407
Date 29/5/951
7
His Excellency the Governor of Kirkuk Province, Respected
Greetings,
I have learned that the authorities of the General Secretariat of the Kirkuk Province have seized the Laura and Horace Kadoorie schools for boys
and girls. Since the two aforementioned schools belong to the sons of the late Israeli Kadoorie, namely Louis and Horace,
who are of British nationality and are not covered by the law for freezing the assets of Jews whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked,
and since I, in my capacity as the general agent for the aforementioned individuals under the general power of attorney certified by the Notary Public of North Baghdad
under numbers 3856 and 3857 dated June 4, 1947, and my Iraqi citizenship has not been revoked according to the identity card
in my possession under number 372 dated 18/3/951, I therefore request your high order to be issued to the competent authorities
to lift the seizure of these two buildings and that any correspondence regarding them be directed to me in my capacity as the general agent as stated above.
Please accept my highest respect.
Address
Ibrahim Daoud Yaqoub Nahoum
Al-Rashid Street, Al-Sinak District
11/441 I
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Ibrahim Daoud Yaqoub Nahoum
A copy to
The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - for information
To be kept in the special correspondence file
⟦signature⟧

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51 / 1929
1951/5/22
8
⟦Department Copy⟧
To the Honorable Secretary General for the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
Since the shops whose locations and numbers are listed below, belonging to the institutions of the presidency of this community,
were leased by Jews who have been deprived of Iraqi citizenship, which led to their closure by your esteemed General Secretariat;
and since their lease terms have expired, we request your Excellency to issue an order to vacate them of frozen assets
and hand over their keys to this presidency so that we may re-lease them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Tenant Name | Property Type | Shop Location | Number
Albert Shaoul | Shop | Haydar Khana | 1/50
Naji Eliyahu | Shop | Taht al-Takiya | 113/1103
Albert Saleh Abdul Aziz | Two Shops | Ras al-Qarya | 168 or 9/1168
Haroun Khedhouri | Shop | Torah | 94/412
Shmuel Hezekiel | Shop | Torah | 94/416
Isaac Shakkouri | House | Torah | 137/59
To be filed and respond to correspondence regarding the matter

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51 / 1829
17 / 4 / 1951
Department Copy
Evacuation of Shops
His Excellency the Secretary General for Frozen Assets, Respected.
After greetings,
Since the shops whose locations and numbers are listed below, belonging to the presidency of this community, are leased
by Jews whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked, which led to their closure by your respected Secretariat, and since
their lease terms have ended, we request Your Excellency to issue your order to evacuate them of frozen assets and hand over their keys to
this presidency so that we may lease them again.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Name of Tenant | Shop Location | Shop Number
1- Yusuf Salem and Ezra Khadhouri | Taht al-Tay | 52 / 113
2- Ezra Salman | Torah | 50 T / 139
3- Zion Eliyahu | Torah | 50 M / 139
4- Naji Ezekiel | Torah | 50 N / 139
5- Munir Ezekiel | Torah | 50 W / 139
6- Reuben Isaac Saleh | Torah | 50 H / 139
7- Moshe Hai Zion | Torah | 50 D / 139
8- Koji Ezra | Torah | 50 B / 139
9- Sadiq Salem | Torah | 50 A / 139
10- Yaqub Nassim Sa'at | Souq Hanoun | 239 / 94
11- Shua Rahmin | Tatran | 39 B / 144
9

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JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE
BAGHDAD
Established. 1884
Telephones 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital
Refouah Pharmacy
Jewish Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Established in 1884
Telephone Number Baghdad 3006 / 7480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy
⟦Administration of Frozen Jewish Assets - Baghdad⟧
Number 706 / 51
Date 22 / 5 / 951
No. Number: 293
Date: 17 / 5 / 1951
To
Presidency of the Lay Council
Baghdad
Reference to your letter number 1828 / 51 dated 17 / 4 / 1951.
We list below the required details regarding the shops belonging to the following endowments
to this committee and leased to Jews whose assets have been frozen.
Property Type | House Number | Neighborhood | Tenant Name
Shop | 103 / 6 (113) | Taht al-Takiya | Naji Eliyahu
Two Shops | 68 and 168 / 6 (9) | Ras al-Qarya | Albert Saleh Abdul Aziz
Shop | 412 / 94 | Tauraat | Haron Khedouri
Shop | 416 / 94 | Tauraat | Shaul Heskel
House | 59 / 137 | Tauraat | Ishaq Shakkouri
5/25/51 Shop
10/1/51 Two Shops
5/6/51 Shop
5/6/51 Shop
5/10/51 House
With thanks
⟦illegible signature⟧
Honorary President

810 / M R M
71828153
⟦Directorate⟧ of Frozen Assets
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Subject / Salaries and allowances of employees, workers, laborers, and servants
We inform you that it has been decided to pay the salaries and allowances shown in the attached list belonging to the employees,
workers, laborers, and servants of the institutions affiliated with the Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad who have renounced Iraqi citizenship
for the month of March 1951, totaling (104) one hundred and four Dinars and (050) fifty Fils only, based
on the authority vested in us under Article (11) of the Law for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship No. (5) of 1951.
Please be kind enough to review, take the necessary action, and hand over the mentioned amounts to us.
With appreciation.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / The Secretary General for the Supervision
and Administration of Frozen Jewish Property
Number | Name and Position | Amount Due Dinar / Fils
61 / 7 / 25 | Yusuf Ezra | 10 / 000
61 / 7 / 26 | Naji Daoud | 20 / 000
61 / 7 / 27 | Ezra Eliyahu | 20 / 000
61 / 7 / 28 | Salim Yusuf | 10 / 000
61 / 7 / 29 | Yusuf Salim | 10 / 000
61 / 7 / 30 | Saleh Naoum Ibrahim | 10 / 000
61 / 7 / 31 | Naeem Daoud Rashid | 7 / 000
61 / 7 / 32 | Edward Yusuf | 8 / 000
61 / 7 / 33 | Saleh Rahman | 8 / 000
83 / 362 | Nouri Yusuf | 0 / 050 (Allowances account)
133 / B / 26 | Munir Ishaq | 1 / 000 (Salary balance)

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8624 / 51
7 / 5 / 1951
11
⟦illegible⟧ Department
Evacuation of Shops
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship, Respected
Greetings,
Since the shops whose locations and numbers are listed below, belonging to the leadership of this community, are leased
by Jews who have been deprived of Iraqi citizenship, which led to their closure by your respected Secretariat, and since
their lease terms have expired, we request Your Excellency to issue your order to evacuate them of frozen assets and hand over their keys
to this leadership so that we may re-lease them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Name of Tenant | Shop Location | Shop Number
1 - Yusuf Salem and Ezra Khedhouri | Qanbar Ali | 152 A / 113
2 - Ezra Salman | Torah | 500 T / 139
3 - Sion Eliyahu | " | 500 J / 139
4 - Naji Heskel | " | 500 D / 139
5 - Munir Heskel | " | 500 W / 139
6 - Reuben Isaac Saleh | " | 500 H / 139
7 - Moshe Hai Sion | " | 500 H / 139
8 - Koji Ezra | " | 500 B / 139
9 - Sadiq Salem | " | 150 A / 139
10 - Yaqub Nassim Saati | Souq Hanoun | 239 / 94
11 - Shuh Rahmin | Tatran | 39 B 2 / 144
12 - Koji Yehuda Ibrahim | Bab al-Agha | 52 / 12
13 - Ibrahim Heskel Cohen | Maidan | 18 / 3 / 2

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51 / 1940
1951 / 5 / 22
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⟦Presidency of the Community⟧
General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 3026 dated 1951/5/20 issued by the Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Affairs.
1 - Since these Torah scrolls are an integral part of the family as they are the property of one of their deceased members, this community
considers them as property and requests their transfer to the countries to which they are traveling.
2 - As for the number, we have stated by estimation that some individuals have approached us requesting mediation with the competent departments
to provide them with the necessary licenses to transfer the scrolls, and we have referred their requests to the Foreign Exchange Department. The
referred requests reached (64) sixty-four requests, and many requests are still reaching us in this regard.
3 - As for the silver with which the scroll is encased, we would like to place the following points before your esteemed General Secretariat:
A - Not all scrolls are fully encased in silver; some of them are partially encased. If the scroll is fully encased,
the weight of the silver in this case is about 800 Mithqals, but if it is partially encased, the mentioned weight
is about 150 - 200 Mithqals.
B - These scrolls were encased in silver at the time of their manufacture, i.e., decades ago.
C - We confirm what was stated in our letter No. 51/1864 dated 1951/5/8 that these scrolls cannot be considered
wealth because they may not be sold or disposed of in any way.
In view of the approaching travel of most of the applicants and the passing of time for others, we hope for a speedy decision on the matter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
To be kept in the official correspondence file

Number 528
Date 5/7/1951
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
To the Committee for the Liquidation of Frozen Assets under Law No. 5 of 1951, Respected Members
Greetings and respect
We send you herewith the list containing the names of the officials and employees in the institutions affiliated with this Presidency whose
Iraqi citizenship has been revoked based on the provisions of Law No. 12 of 1950 and who continued in their work until the day mentioned next to
each of their names, requesting your kind approval to pay their wages and allowances until the mentioned date from the amounts deposited with you
in the name of this Presidency so that we may pay them and notify us accordingly, with appreciation.
Attachments: A list of the names of officials and employees
President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Number | Name of Employee | Institution where they work
1 | Yusuf Levi Saleh Shamoun | Presidency Bureau
2 | Salim Levi Shamoun | The School
3 | Yaqub Levi Shamoun | "
4 | Reuben Yusuf Shamoun | "
5 | Reuben Yusuf Shamoun | "
6 | Saleh Nasser Shamoun | "
7 | Yusuf Daoud Shamoun | "
8 | Salim Daoud Shamoun | "
9 | Saleh Shaul Shamoun | "
10 | Ezra Daoud Yusuf Shamoun | Kindergarten
11 | Yusuf Salim Shamoun | Al-Saadoun Club
12 | Saleh Ibrahim Yusuf Shamoun | Israeli Hospital
13 | Yusuf Yaqub Daoud Shamoun | The Cemetery

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: ⟦51⟧ / 1940
Date: 22 / 5 / 1951
12
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦in Baghdad⟧
Subject:
General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 3026 dated 20 / 5 / 1951 issued by the Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters.
1 - Since these Torah scrolls are an integral part of the family, being considered like one of its deceased members, this family
naturally requests their transfer to the country to which they are traveling.
2 - As for the number, it may appear from the investigation that some individuals have approached us requesting mediation with the competent departments
to provide them with the necessary licenses to transfer the scrolls, and we have referred their requests to the Foreign Exchange Department. The
stalled requests have reached (64) sixty-four requests, and many requests are still reaching us in this regard.
3 - As for the silver with which the scroll is encased, we would like to place the following points before your esteemed General Secretariat:
A - Not all scrolls are fully encased in silver; some are partially encased. If the scroll is fully
encased, the weight of the silver in this case is about 800 mithqals, but if it is partially encased, the mentioned weight
is about 150 - 200 mithqals.
B - These scrolls were encased in silver at the time of their manufacture, i.e., several decades ago.
C - We confirm what was stated in our letter No. 51/1864 dated 8 / 5 / 1951 that these scrolls cannot be considered
wealth because they may not be sold or disposed of in any way.
In view of the approaching travel of most of the applicants and the passing of time for others, we hope for a speedy decision on the matter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council

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51 / 2028
18 / 7 / 1951
12
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Citizenship, Respectfully
After greetings
Your letter numbered 5895 and dated 17 / 7 / 1951
1 - Religion and Sharia will not permit under any circumstances the disposal in any form of the Sefarim.
2 - Most of the Sefarim, the cost of the silver associated with them does not exceed two dinars, despite the impermissibility of disposing of them.
Accordingly, we request Your Excellency to allow their export and to respect them out of freedom for religion and Sharia.
With highest respect to Your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
The Clerk
Attach it to the file ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
18 / 7

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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Number 895
Date 17 / 7 / 1951
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Outgoing Number ⟦1458 / 51⟧
Date ⟦18 / 7 / 1951⟧
To -
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Subject / Export of Torah Scrolls
Reference to the correspondence ending with your letter No. 2056 / 51 dated 3 / 7 / 1951.
We inform you that this Secretariat has no objection to your exporting the scrolls discussed in those communications if
they are not encased in silver.
Acting Secretary General
A copy to -
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters - for filing
⟦Aber / M⟧

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General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Administration and Means
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Incoming Number 51/1462
Date 22 / 7 / 951
15
Number
Date 7/ /951
President of the Jewish Community
The petitioner, Farha Haskel Moshe, submitted a petition requesting to be exempted from the costs of her clothes and
her two children upon her travel, in view of her poverty. Please assist her.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Secretary General

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⟦Department Copy⟧
51 / 2020
1951/7/22
To
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived
of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
Your letter numbered 5884 and dated 1951/7/17 issued by the Secretariat of Administration
and Correspondence.
We would like to inform you that all deportation matters are within the jurisdiction of the
Revocation and Deportation Committee, therefore we request that you direct your above-mentioned letter to it.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
17
Number: M / 2 / 51 / 20
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Date: <del>16</del> 17 / 7 / 1951
His Excellency the Custodian General of the Property of Jews Deprived
of Iraqi Citizenship
After greetings
This community and its partner, Mr. Abbas Helmy, own the shop numbered 20 / M / 2 located
in the Al-Midan neighborhood (Souq al-Haraj) and leased to Mr. Ibrahim Hazqeel Cohen, who is deprived
of Iraqi citizenship and whose assets are frozen by your esteemed General Custodianship. Since the lease agreement
concluded between us and the aforementioned tenant ends at the end of May 1951 as shown in the contract
attached, we request Your Excellency to order the evacuation of the mentioned shop and its delivery to us or to provide us
with the rent amount based on the previous rental rate.
With our utmost respect to Your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧ | The Partner
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community | Mr. Abbas Helmy
Vice President of the Lay Council |

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⟦Department Copy⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧
⟦51 / 2023⟧
1951/7/16
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Property of Jews Deprived
of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
For this community and its partner Mr. Abbas Helmy, the shop numbered 2/3/20 located
in the Al-Midan neighborhood (Souq al-Haraj) and leased to Mr. Ibrahim Hesqel Cohen, who was deprived
of Iraqi citizenship and whose property was withdrawn by your esteemed General Secretariat. Since the lease agreement
concluded between us and the aforementioned tenant ends at the end of May 1951, as shown in the contract
attached herewith, we therefore request Your Excellency to order the evacuation of the aforementioned shop and its delivery to us or to give us
its rent value based on the previous rental rate.
With our utmost respect to Your Excellency.
⟦illegible⟧
The Partner                                      On behalf of the Head of the Community
Mr. Abbas Helmy                             Vice President of the Lay Council