Correspondence between the Meir Elias Hospital and Jewish Hospitals Committee; Baghdadi Jewish Courts; Estates and Inheritances
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Meir Elias Hospital, Jewish Hospital Committee, and the Jewish courts. Included is correspondence regarding the hiring and employment of Dr. Sonia Tokar as Director of the Meir Elias Hospital. Other correspondence includes: issues regarding obstetrics and medical care of newborn babies in the hospital, hospital renovations, physicians and nurses, and employment issues such as salary payments. The item also contains correspondence from Rabbi Benjamin H. Moshi, Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, and a receipt from a hardware dealer. The item contains documents of correspondence between the Jewish Courts and several third parties. A sub folder in these records contains correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Iraq Jewish Community concerning the estates and inheritances left by deceased individuals.
5452 19 May 939 His Eminence, the President of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad Reference to your letter dated 11 May 939 We return to you herewith the second voucher of the summons paper signed by the defendant Sassoon Yusuf Dahooki and certified. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
Dohuk District Sub-Prefecture Correspondence Number 1554 Date 29 / 3 / 1358 Corresponding to 18 / 5 / 1939 To the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Subject - Alimony Notification Papers Reference to your letter No. 5434 on 30 / 4 / 939 The aforementioned papers have been served to the defendant Mordechai bin Hammo, a resident of Sandur village Enclosed you will find the second copy of the notification paper signed by the defendant himself and certified by the process server according to the rules. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the District Governor of Dohuk Presidency of the Jewish Community Number 2766 Date 21 / 5 / 939
Number: N / 10 / 1 / Date: From: Ministry of Defense To: Presidency of the Jewish Community Subject: Invitation Paper Soldier Ibrahim Haroun 2359 29-6 Reference to your letter numbered 5422 and dated 5 / 7 / 1939 We send to you the ⟦Hashasha⟧ voucher from the sold invitation paper to Ibrahim Haroun assigned to the Engineering Division ⟦illegible⟧ The President Deputy of the ⟦...⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community 2294 11/6/939
The Religious Court of Justice Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No.: Year: 569 Date: 15 ⟦Av⟧ 99 Managers of the Community's Benevolent Fund Here, portion of ⟦Menachem⟧ 1st ⟦Adar⟧ 2nd ⟦5709⟧ portion in Baghdad Before the court and we the undersigned Memorandum and a complete and final acquisition made here in Baghdad Before us, the undersigned, on Thursday, the fifteenth day of the month of Menachem Av, the year five thousand seven hundred and nine from creation according to the count we use here in Baghdad, a city situated on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers The Religious Court The Jewish 2347 7/5/949
5945 ⟦Issued⟧ 7 May 939 Ministry of Defense Baghdad We attach herewith a summons for the person named Ibrahim Nahum, a soldier in the Engineering Division at Al-Rashid Camp, to be notified to him and to return the second copy signed by the defendant and certified. On behalf of Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Duplicate July 7, 934 Respected Honorable Sir, Based on your request, we are sending herewith a copy of the medical report we issued for the person named ⟦Ephraim Raphael⟧ as found in our medical records during his examination at the aforementioned hospital, requesting that it be delivered to the said owner. Please accept our highest respect. Director Mar Elias Hospital
5488 June 11, 939 His Eminence, the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad Reference to your letter dated May 15, 699 We return to you herewith the second voucher of the subpoena for the person named Ibrahim Nahum Al-Junaidi in the Engineering Division at Al-Rashid Camp, signed by him and duly certified; ⟦Plain⟧ Head of the Community
⟦Sonia Tokar⟧ 8825 569 N L Year 11 To the Honorable Chairman of the Jewish Hospital Management Committee Based on our decision No. 51 dated 1/26/1941 We have decided to appoint Mrs. Sonia Tokar as Technical Director of the aforementioned hospital with a monthly salary of thirty Dinars, effective from the date she commences work at the aforementioned hospital. President of the Jewish Sharia Court ⟦illegible⟧
5428 17 May 939 ⟦13⟧ ⟦14⟧ To - Mosul Liwa Governorate Mosul We enclose herewith a summons for the person named Yehuda Ishaq Irani, an employee of the Oil Company in Qayyarah, to be notified to him and to return the second voucher signed by him and certified; ⟦On behalf of⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Governorate of Mosul District Municipalities Number 10826 Date 29 Rabi' al-Thani 358 17 June 939 To: Head of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Subject: Notification Paper Your letter numbered 5448 and dated 17 / 5 / 939. The person named Yehuda Isaac Irani was not found at the oil company in Qayyarah Therefore, we return to you the notification paper sent enclosed with your aforementioned letter. Governor of Mosul District ⟦illegible⟧ 6/20 Presidency of the Jewish Community Special Number 2409 Date 19 / 6 / 939
5512 20 June 939 ⟦Department⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ His Eminence, President of the Jewish Religious Court Baghdad The Mutasarrifate of Mosul Province informed us in its letter No. 10826 dated 17 June 939 that it did not find the person named Yehuda Isaac Irani at the Oil Company in Qayyarah, and therefore we return to you the summons for the aforementioned person. On behalf of The Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
5459 <del>17</del> May 1939 29 ⟦illegible handwritten notes⟧ Notification Department in Basra Basra We send to you herewith the notification numbered 1607/538 dated 17 May 1939 with the notification paper belonging to the defendant Ezra Sassoon Shahrabani via his brother the merchant Salman Ibrahim Zuleikha, Poultry Market, to notify the aforementioned Ezra Sassoon and return the notification paper signed by him and certified. LH Head of the Community ⟦signature⟧ ⟦faint rectangular stamp⟧ ⟦faint red stamp⟧
535 ⟦illegible⟧ Blood Regarding the health of the leadership of the Mosaic community in Baghdad Based on number 264 Baghdad 71 on 21 July 865 / 7021 and based on the request submitted to us from N. Lismak, by virtue of this document, we have authorized him to hand over his son Meir bin Salat to the community school And it is upon us, the leaders of science and our teacher, that he hands over his son as a student to learn it, and he has what he decides in terms of amounts and expenses ⟦illegible⟧ a trusted hearing upon us from of old No Copy for the outgoing and the file ⟦illegible⟧
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C. SS11D 9544 D.L. ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY KHANAQIN OIL COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN GREAT BRITAIN TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS KOILCO, BAGHDAD. CODES USED BENTLEY'S AND MCNEILL'S CODE POST BOX NO. 103, BAGHDAD, IRAQ. IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE QUOTE: No: 2163. DATED: 15th June, 1939. The Honorable Head of the Israelite Community Head of Israelite Community, Baghdad. BAGHDAD. Greetings and respect. Dear Sir, In response to your letter numbered In reply to your letter 5470 dated June 1, we inform your Excellency No.5470 dated 1.6.39, the monthly that the amount of the monthly salary that salary of Sayid Shoua Shoua Yusif Sayid Shoua Shoua Yusif Beit Beit Plaw is I.D.8/- (Iraq Dinars Plaw receives from us is 8/000 Dinars (only eight eight) per mensem. Dinars). With our highest respect. Yours faithfully, For Khanaqin Oil Company Limited FOR KHANAQIN OIL CO. LIMITED, ⟦illegible signature⟧ MANAGER. The Manager ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Israelite Community Special No. 2402 Date 16 / 6 / 39
5502 16 June 939 His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court Baghdad Reference to your letter dated 14 Sivan 699 We convey to you below the letter of the Manager of the Khanaqin Oil Company Limited No. 2163 dated 15 June 939 regarding the salary of Mr. Shua Shua Yusuf; ⟦Sassoon⟧ President of the Community ⟦line⟧ Copy of the letter His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community respected Baghdad Greetings and respect In response to your letter numbered 5470 dated 1 June, we inform your Excellency that the amount of the monthly salary received from us by Mr. Shua Shua Yusuf Beit Halaw is 8/000 Dinars (Only eight Dinars). With our great respect to your Excellency. For Khanaqin Oil Company Limited The Manager True copy
The Religious Court of Baghdad Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No.: Year: 569 Date: 21 Sivan 89 My acquaintances, that Mrs. Shoshana daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ Rachel daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2292 29/6/8 362 N September 31 His Excellency the Honorable Prime Minister Baghdad 332 N September 31 in your letter numbered ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦1⟧ According to Order 6216, the Council of Ministers decided to approve the payment of one hundred dinars per month as an aid to Mir Elias Hospital starting from the first of September of the year 931 N September 31 Hospital Committee ⟦line⟧ B Administrative Issues His Excellency the Honorable Chairman of the Hospital Committee Baghdad Subject: Government Aid Based on the request submitted by you on November 1, 930 regarding the annual aid amounting to ⟦1200⟧ dinars According to Article 18 of the budget for the year 931, the Council of Ministers decided to approve the payment of one hundred dinars per month Starting from the first of September until the end of the fiscal year (according to the approved budget) Please kindly approve its disbursement With appreciation ⟦signature⟧
5487 28 June 939 Directorate of Transport Iraqi State Railways Baghdad We are sending you herewith a subpoena for the person named Heskel Ephraim (Station Master) to be served to him and to return the second voucher of the subpoena signed by the aforementioned and certified; on behalf of Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
5 R 78 262 N L 58 T LMLQNA ⟦...⟧ Management Committee of Mir Elias Hospital Baghdad We extend our best greetings to you ( ⟦...⟧ ) and kindly request you to provide us with a detailed report on the health status of Mr. ⟦...⟧ so that we may submit it to the Sharia Court in Baghdad With appreciation Chairman of the Hospital Committee
⟦illegible⟧ 3 July 939 ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ ⟦Secretariat of the Lay Council⟧ His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad Reference to your letter dated 21 Sivan 699 We return herewith the lower coupon of the summons for Mr. Heskel Ephraim signed by him and duly certified. ⟦signature⟧ President of the Community
5462 29 May 939 His Excellency the Respected Director of the Central Post Please instruct to return the letter addressed to the Notifications Department in Basra numbered 5459 and dated 29 May 939 sent by the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad and placed in the ⟦...⟧ arrival box today because it was not signed by oversight. Sassoon Head of the Community 363 Copy 7 ⟦illegible⟧ What was extracted - ⟦illegible⟧ 12 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 333 on the day of 16 November 1941 ⟦Received from⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Head of⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Schools Committee
2535 26 Nov 927 ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Spiritual Court 2535 Inasmuch as, according to the attached transaction papers, Rebecca daughter of Isaac died in Basra on August 11, 927 Accordingly, the court decided to issue the legal distribution for the estate of the aforementioned deceased in the names of her legal heirs, who are each of ⟦illegible⟧ the husband, her father Isaac, her mother Hannah, and her children ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of The President of the Spiritual Court
Soldiers' Expenses Dinar Fils 1 987 on August 21, 928 6 527 1 987 5698 ⟦...⟧ 9 007 February 928 5 000 ⟦...⟧ 5698 4 421 28 / 1 / 9 19 946 28 / 1 / 9 6 617 7 232 28 October 927 28 865 28 June 928 4 487 28 July 16 ⟦...⟧ 16 September 25 42 // 26 78 // Total amounts paid Notes Medals 200 Compensation for what was lost in Saul's capacity 200 Ibrahim Ghazal 200 // 200 // 200 // 200 // 200 // 200 // 600 Assistants' wages 400 To Ibrahim Ghazal, his salary 2700 House rent allowance ⟦...⟧ 675 11 675 675 745 Presented ⟦...⟧ 928 ⟦...⟧
The Chief Rabbi of the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi CHIEF RABBI BENJAMIN H. MOSHI BAGHDAD Number 648 Date 12 / June / 48 To the Honorable Jewish Women's Committee After greetings We are sending you the letter we received from the hospital regarding the birth on Saturday 27/9/47 In the name of the newborn Abraham son of Isaac Salman and I request from your honor what is necessary for the letter The Chief Rabbinate Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ 3 To the Honorable Women's Committee