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51/2069
1951/7/13
⟦Department Copy⟧
General Secretariat for Freezing the Assets of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Nationality
Greetings,
With reference to the lease contract for Khan Al-Shorja with the attached shops No. 158/158
belonging to the leadership of this community, a copy of which is attached for you, we state the following:
1- Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq (the signatory of the previous contract) was the President of the
Israelite Lay Council for this community.
2- The current Acting President of the Lay Council is Mr. Naeem Ibrahim Zubaida, on behalf
of Mr. Heskel Daoud Shuttub, the President of the Council who is currently outside Iraq, and that is
with the approval of the Ministry of Justice in its letter No. 7/1/19 dated 1951/5/28.
3- The leadership of this community has leased this property (comprising the Khan and the shops
attached to it) to Mr. Ismail Mahdi Al-Jazaeri, effective from 1951/5/10,
as the previous lease contract expired on 1951/3/31.
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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General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Nationality
Has Been Revoked
Number 2046
Date 20 / 5 / 951
51 / 12 / 96
951 / 5 / 21
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Secretariat of ⟦line⟧ Legal and Commercial Affairs
To -
The Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Subject - Inquiry .
With reference to your letter numbered 1864 / 51 and dated 8 / 5 / 51 and to
what was stated in the letter from the Foreign Exchange Directorate numbered T/1449 and dated
10 / 4 / 951 regarding the matter of exporting Torah scrolls outside of Iraq, please
kindly provide us with the following information so that we may consider this request ..
1- The destination to which these scrolls will be exported .
2- A statement of the number of scrolls intended for export .
3- A statement of the weight of the amount of silver in which each scroll will be encased .
General Secretary
⟦signature⟧
A copy to -
Secretariat of Legal and Commercial Affairs - for filing .
Majid Naji /
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number: 5815/D.ZM
Date: 8/6/1951
The Honorable Secretary General of the Directorate of Frozen Assets
Department of Supervision and Administration of Jewish Property
Greetings and Respect,
We attach herewith the lists mentioned below regarding the salaries and wages due to the persons mentioned therein, as follows:
1- A list of salaries for employees and workers in the Jewish Hospital and its affiliated clinics, totaling
851.851 Dinars (eight hundred fifty-one Dinars and eight hundred fifty-one Fils) for the month of July 1951.
2- A list of salaries for employees and workers in the Lay Council and its affiliated committees, totaling
827.515 Dinars (eight hundred twenty-seven Dinars and five hundred fifteen Fils) for the month of July 1951.
3- A list of salaries for employees and workers in the Rima Khedouri Private School, totaling 71.817 Dinars
(seventy-one Dinars and eight hundred seventeen Fils) for the month of July 1951.
4- A list of wages for laborers and workers in the Jewish Cemetery, totaling 40.500 Dinars (forty Dinars
and five hundred Fils) for the month of July 1951.
5- A list of wages for laborers and workers in the Mandili Synagogue, totaling 12.760 Dinars (twelve
Dinars and seven hundred sixty Fils) for the month of July 1951.
Please kindly approve the disbursement of the aforementioned amounts and hand them over to our authorized representatives.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Jewish Community
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Number: 1864/51
Date: 5/8/1951
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⟦signature⟧
Subject:
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Property of Jews Deprived of Citizenship, Respected
After greetings,
The presidency of this community has, since the issuance of the law supplementing the Law of Deprivation of Iraqi Citizenship for Jews
No. 1 of 1950, requested from the Foreign Exchange Department on behalf of the persons who consult it
the export of Scrolls (Torah) outside Iraq, and the Exchange Department used to approve the mentioned request and allow
the export of the Scrolls outside Iraq.
However, the Foreign Exchange Department, since the issuance of the Law for Freezing the Property of Jews Deprived of Citizenship
Iraqi No. 5 dated 1951, has not answered any request we submitted to it, but rather inquired from your
esteemed General Secretariat about that. We would like to place before Your Excellency the following two points regarding the export of Scrolls (Torah):
1 - These Scrolls (Torah) are religious items carried by the family in memory of some of its
deceased members.
2 - In view of this religious character, these Scrolls cannot be considered wealth, as it is not permissible to sell them or dispose of them in any
way or form.
Therefore, the presidency of the community requests your approval for the export of these Scrolls outside Iraq and to kindly
instruct the Foreign Exchange Department to respond to the request letters submitted by the presidency of this community.
Please accept the highest respect.
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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51 / 1864
8 / 5 / 1951
Copy of the ⟦illegible⟧
20 ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Property of Jews Deprived of Citizenship, Respected
After greetings,
The leadership of this community has been, since the issuance of the law supplementing the law of stripping Iraqi citizenship from Jews
No. 1 of 1950, requesting from the Foreign Exchange Department on behalf of the persons who consult it
the export of Scrolls (Torah) outside Iraq, and the Exchange Department used to approve the mentioned request and allow
the export of the Scrolls outside Iraq.
However, the Foreign Exchange Department, since the issuance of the law freezing the property of Jews deprived of citizenship
Iraqi No. 5 dated 1951, has not answered any request we submitted to it, but rather inquired from your esteemed General Secretariat
about that. We would like to place before your Excellency the following two points regarding the export of Scrolls (Torah):
1 - These Scrolls (Torah) are religious items carried by the family in memory of some of
their deceased members.
2 - In view of this religious character, these items cannot be considered ⟦commercial⟧ such that they may not be sold or disposed of
in any way or form.
Therefore, the leadership of the community requests your approval for the export of these Scrolls outside Iraq and to kindly
instruct the Foreign Exchange Department to respond to the request letters submitted by the leadership of this community.
Please accept the highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Deprived of Iraqi
Nationality
Administration and Correspondence
Number 51/1274
Date 12/5/951
Number 4573
Date 10/5/1951
To
The Presidency of the Israelite Community
Subject - Subsistence Expenses.
With reference to your letter numbered 1797 / 51 and dated
3 / 4 / 951.
Please inform us whether the gratuities under discussion are granted
to every employee in the Presidency of the Community, what is their amount, and how
were they granted in the past.
Secretary General
1- Register the occasion
2- ⟦illegible⟧
Mahmoud /
12/5/51
⟦illegible⟧
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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship
Has Been Revoked
Number ⟦line⟧ ⟦1009⟧ / 51 / 686
Date ⟦line⟧ 4/3/1951
4/16/1951
⟦illegible⟧
51 / 686
4/3/1951
22
Committee ⟦line⟧ Administration and Correspondence .
Presidency of the Spiritual Council
Subject/ Granting a bonus
Reference to your letter No. 1798 dated 4/3/1951 .
Please indicate to us the amount you propose to give to each of the officials
and employees mentioned in your letter referred to above in preparation for considering the matter .
Secretary General
Please endorse this letter
from the Honorable ⟦illegible⟧
On 4/17/1951
Jamal
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51 / 2006
2 / 7 / 1951
27
⟦Copy to⟧
Extremely Urgent
General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived
of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
We confirm our two letters numbered 1864 and 1940 dated 5/8/1951 and
5/23/1951, requesting your esteemed General Secretariat to expedite the decision regarding the facilitation
of travel outside Iraq, as the deportation of persons deprived of Iraqi
citizenship is nearing its end.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
The File
General
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51 / 2021
951 / 8 / 5
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To the General Secretariat for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Citizenship.
Greetings,
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Nahum
is known by the name Benjamin Salim Nahum.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
The General
Secretariat
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T / 2082 / 517
23 / 8 / 1951
25
Department Copy
To
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Who Have Been Stripped of Iraqi Citizenship.
Greetings,
We have leased the shop numbered 1/50 located in the Jadid Hassan Pasha neighborhood
belonging to the leadership of this community to Mr. Mahdi al-Sayyid Ali al-Sunduq,
starting from 15 / 8 / 1951; and since this shop is frozen by your
esteemed General Secretariat, we kindly request the delivery of its keys to the tenant Mr. Mahdi Ali
al-Sunduq, noting that our contract with the previous tenant Albert Shaul ended at the end of
March 1951.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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T / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
1951/8/24
⟦illegible⟧ Department
2
To
The General Secretariat for the Administration and Supervision of the Property of Jews Who Have Lost
Iraqi Citizenship.
Greetings,
We hereby confirm to you that Mr. Naeem Ibrahim Zubaida, Vice President of the Lay Council
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, is authorized to sign lease contracts for properties belonging to the Community Presidency, including
the property numbered 6/168 located in the Ras al-Qarya neighborhood.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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Department Copy
T / 88 / 51
26 / 8 / 1951
CV
To
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Greetings,
This Presidency has leased its shop numbered 52 / 12 located in
Bab al-Agha neighborhood to Mr. Muhammad Ali al-Bassam according to the lease contract dated 26 / 8 / 951
starting from 26 / 8 / 951, and since this shop is frozen by your General Secretariat and in view of
the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from the previous tenant, Koji Yehuda Ibrahim, we kindly request
handing over its keys to Mr. Muhammad Ali al-Bassam, noting that the previous tenant's lease
contract ended at the end of Sha'ban in the year 1370.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
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T / 103 / 51
1951/9/11
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⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad⟧
To
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Nationality.
Greetings,
The presidency of this community and its partner, Mr. Abbas Helmy, have leased the shop belonging to them, numbered 2/3/20,
located in the Al-Midan district, Souq al-Haraj, to Mr. Yusuf Dubai Muhammad starting from 1951/9/10; and since this
shop is frozen by your esteemed Secretariat; as it was previously leased by Mr. Ibrahim Heskel Cohen, who was deprived of
Iraqi nationality and whose lease contract with the presidency of this community ended on 1951/5/31; therefore, we request your Excellency to order
the evacuation of the mentioned shop and its handover to the tenant, Mr. Yusuf Dubai Muhammad.
Please accept our highest respect.
Partner Abbas Helmy
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Consulate Management Committee
Number 815 / 880
Date 26 / 5 / 1951
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Urgent
Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Subject / Revocation of Iraqi Nationality
Your letter number 25 / 71 dated 19 / 5 / 1951 and the letters attached to it
We would like to inform you that the Consulate Management Committee has decided in its session held on
26 / 5 / 1951 to approve the revocation of Iraqi nationality for the persons whose names appear in the lists
attached herewith, numbering ⟦...⟧ persons, based on the provisions of Article One of the Law of
Nationality Revocation No. ⟦...⟧ of 1950, amended by Law No. 12 of 1951
Please take the necessary action regarding this and inform us of the result.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Secretary of the Consulate Management Committee
On behalf of the Director General of the Directorate of Travel and Nationality
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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Supervision of Immovable Property
Number ⟦6⟧
Date 7 / 10 / 1951
1555
⟦Number⟧
Eviction Decision
Based on the request of the Presidency of the Israeli Community and Mr. Abbas Helmy to vacate the shop numbered
2/3/20 in the Al-Midan neighborhood (Souq al-Haraj), Mr. Abdul Samad al-Sarawi,
a member of the Rent Issues Audit Committee, conducted the necessary investigations, and it appeared from his report dated
4 / 10 / 1951 that the aforementioned shop was leased to the Jew Ibrahim Haskel Cohen,
whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked, for a period of one year ending at the end of May / 1951. Accordingly,
it was decided to vacate it and hand it over to the petitioners, and to deposit a copy of this decision with the Secretariat of Administration -
and Means for implementation.
As for the fair market rent for the shop for the period during which it remained occupied by the General Secretariat after the end of
the lease period, the petitioners may approach the courts to claim it.
Acting Secretary General
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T / 2102 / 51
11/9/1951
29
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Administration and Supervision of the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Citizenship, Respected.
After greetings,
The leadership of this community has leased its shop numbered 152 A / 113 located in the neighborhood of
⟦Abu Saifin⟧ to Mr. Reda Ahmed starting from 10/9/1951, and since this shop is frozen by your esteemed
General Secretariat as it was ⟦previously⟧ leased by Yusuf Salem and Ezra Haskil, who were deprived of Iraqi citizenship, therefore
we request Your Excellency to order the evacuation of the mentioned shop and its handover to the tenant Reda Ahmed.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
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⟦...⟧ General
⟦...⟧ and Administration of Jewish Property
⟦...⟧ of their citizenship
Supervision
Administration and Correspondence
Number: 57 / 1564
Date: 2 / 10 / 951
To "
The lessee of the Khan of the Israelite community
2
Your presence was required at the Secretariat of Administration and Correspondence at seven o'clock in the evening of
Saturday, corresponding to 29 / 9 / 951, to deliberate on the funds present in the aforementioned
Khan.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Secretary General
A copy of it to "
Inventory Observer - with attachments
Mahmoud /
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Number /
Date 28 / 11 / 951
Department of
Secretary of Mosul Province
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Number: 8574
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
To -
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Your letter number 2162 dated 25 / 11 / 951
We have delivered the amount sent with Mr. Aziz Saleh Abdul Nabi, amounting to eighteen dinars, to the guard Hassa bint Hassan
according to the receipt attached herewith. Truth be told, the aforementioned is performing her duties in the best manner and therefore deserves
assistance and relief. With much gratitude.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary of Mosul Province
Mr. President
To Finance
Attachments
1 Receipt
⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 12 / 951
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets:
Number: 2937
Date: 1 / 12 / 951
Section: ⟦illegible⟧
To be sent to
The Jewish Community
Incoming Clerk
A. F.
I wish you good
wishes for
luck for you all
<del>luck</del>
Good wishes
<del>Good wishes</del>
Good luck
Good wishes
Cooks
Cooks
feast to which
I wish you good
you all
you good luck for
feast to which I wish
feast
feast
⟦illegible⟧
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Number / 606
Date 30 / 10 / 951
Department
Secretary of Mosul Province
Head of the Jewish Community
Outgoing Number 6471
Date 4 / 11 / 1951
In Baghdad
To -
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The guard of the Jewish cemeteries in Mosul, Hassa bint Hassan, has approached the Governor of the Province requesting payment of her accumulated salaries
starting from the month of June of the year 951 and the salaries that fall due in the future. Upon presenting the matter to the General Secretariat
in Baghdad, they replied that this case is outside their jurisdiction and requested that the community representative be contacted regarding it. Since there are no
Jews remaining in Mosul, they also have no representative. Therefore, we request the sending of the aforementioned accumulated salaries and those that fall due
at the end of each month through this department, noting that if these cemeteries are left without a guard, some people will demolish
the walls, steal the debris, and plow and plant the land, as it is located outside the town and adjacent to farmers' lands. Indeed,
encroachment has already occurred by some individuals, and based on the report of the incident by the guard to this department, we prevented them
via the police. The salary allocated to the aforementioned woman is three dinars.
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of Mosul Province
A. F.
Agreed to pay the salary
⟦illegible⟧ 1951
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The President
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
3531 President
Telephone Number 5452 Secretary
Number: ⟦illegible⟧ 518
Subject:
Date: 25 / 10 / 1951
To -
His Excellency the Governor of Mosul Province
After greetings
Your letter numbered 606 and dated 30 / 10 / 1951
1 - We have complied as stated in your above-mentioned letter and sent with Mr.
Aziz Saleh Abdul Nabi an amount of (18) Dinars for six months' salaries
starting from 1 / July 1951 and ending at the end of December 1951
we request that it be delivered to the guard (Hissa bint Hassan).
2 - We can only thank you very much for the efforts you have exerted in this regard.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦faint circular stamp⟧
On behalf of the Acting President of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
MOSUL
DELY.
14 NOV 51
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
BAGHDAD
DELY.
15 NOV 51
Baghdad
Delivery
Dear ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Baghdad
21
⟦...⟧
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2061 / 51
5 / 8 / 951
To
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Citizenship.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Greetings,
Your letter No. 7159 dated 5 / 8 / 951
We inform you that the number of travel books we wish to export currently is one hundred books.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 8
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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship
Has Been Revoked
Rights and Commercial Matters
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧
Number: 1292 / 7159
Date: 5 / 8 / 951
To "
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Subject - Inquiry.
Reference to your letter numbered 51/2028 and dated 18 / 7 / 951
Please inform us of the number of scrolls you wish to export
so that we may be able to decide on your request, the subject of research in the aforementioned
letter.
⟦Abdul Razzaq Al-Sayyid⟧
For the Acting Secretary General
A copy of it to "
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters - for filing.
Mahmoud /
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181/52
Number
Management Committee of Ezra Ya'qub Synagogue
Baghdad on ⟦...⟧
To the Secretariat of ⟦...⟧
With reference to your letter numbered 8197/152 and dated 8/2/1952 regarding ⟦...⟧
The employees at Ezra Ya'qub Synagogue, we attach herewith a list of the names of the employees ⟦...⟧
With the duties assigned to them in the aforementioned synagogue, stating the nationality of each of them ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Please accept our highest respect
Chairman of the Synagogue Committee
Ezra Ya'qub
⟦Management Committee of Ezra Ya'qub Synagogue⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
Attachments
- List of names of employees at Ezra Ya'qub Synagogue
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Number :: T / 51 / 2186
Date :: 24 / 8 / 1951
Subject ::
To
Directorate of Customs and Excise of Baghdad
Greetings,
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship has approved, according to its letter numbered
7951 and dated 15 / 8 / 1951, a copy of which is attached herewith, the presidency of this community exporting one hundred (Torah) scrolls
after paying the price of the silver they contain if they are silver-plated.
And since some applicants have approached the presidency of this community requesting to export the scrolls they have in this
manner, we request permission to export eighteen scrolls only, without silver, from these scrolls at the present time.
Please accept our highest respect.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Attachments :-
A copy of the letter from the General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship numbered 7951
and dated 15 / 8 / 1951
A copy to :-
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship - with reference to its letter
referred to above
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T / 2084 / 51
24 / 8 / 1951
Department Copy
To
The General Secretariat for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
Your letter No. 7951 dated 15 / 8 / 1951
We confirm what was stated in our letter No. 2028 / 51 dated 18 / 7 / 1951 that religion and law
will not permit under any circumstances the disposal of the Torah covers (Astar) given that they are sacred objects that cannot be considered wealth.
Therefore, we request approval to export the aforementioned covers mentioned in our letter above without paying the value of the silver they contain.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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T / 2112 / 51
1951/9/25
To
The General Secretariat for the Administration and Supervision of the Property of Jews Deprived of
Iraqi Citizenship.
Greetings,
We hereby authorize the secretary of this community, the lawyer Shaul Moussa, the right to follow up and review
all transactions of the presidency of this community located in your department.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Saleh
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
3531 President | Telephone Number
5452 Secretary |
25
Number: 51 / 2159
Subject:
Date: 19 / 11 / 1951
To "The General Secretariat for the Assets of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship"
Greetings,
The shop numbered 144 / 172 located in the Faraj Allah neighborhood belonging to the presidency of this
community is frozen by your General Secretariat as it was leased by the person named Yaqub <del>Hesqel Menachem</del>
who was deprived of Iraqi citizenship and whose lease expired at the end of March 1951, and since
the presidency of this community has leased it to Mr. Hussein bin Ali starting from 11 / 11 / 1951.
We request your General Secretariat to hand over this shop to the new tenant.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
General Secretariat