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IJA 3781

President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community: Correspondence, Invoices, Legal Matters

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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They include correspondence between the President of the Jewish community and Iraqi government agencies; invoices from both private companies and government utilities; an appeal from the French Sisters Convent for a hospital building fund; letters from Al-Amir Sporting – Baghdad and the Orient Trading Corp. Ltd.; notes from the Eastern Bank, Ltd., the Ottoman Bank, and the Bank of Iraq; responses to request for information on specific individuals; an index; legal issues regarding assets; records of loans and beneficiaries for 1970 and 1975. There are also birth, engagement, marriage, and death certificates; on some of the certificates, the names are listed in Hebrew. For one of the death confirmation certificates, the President of the Jewish community lists the family of the deceased.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3781
Item Number
12392
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Illustration, Judeo-Arabic, Iran, Revenue Stamp, Ministry of Justice, Baghdad Light and Power, Form, Court of Baghdad, Typed, Marriage Certificate, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Office of Public Security – Frozen Assets, President of the Mosaic Community, Electricity Bill, Fragments, Bank of the East, Legal, Ink Stamp, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Ottoman Bank, Death Certificate, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead, Invoice, Jewish Lay Council, President of the Jewish Community, Envelope, Engagement Certificate, Property, Receipt, Office of General Citizenship, Bank of Iraq, Birth Certificate, Personal Letterhead, Correspondence, Eagle Crest, Annotation, thumbprint, Bank Note

AI en Translation, Pages 51-75

Page 51

Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on:
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that
The person named ⟦Yitzhak Menachem Daniel⟧ passed away in Baghdad
On the day ⟦Seventh⟧ 27 of the month of ⟦Kislev⟧ year
5710 (12/27/1949)
And for this purpose I have signed below
⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧
Hesqeel Haddad
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦signature⟧
I certify the correctness of the date above
⟦signature⟧
6/1
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 52

⟦Department Copy⟧
Death Certificate
50/2009
8/6/1950
Based on the certificate of the burial officer at the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Nissim ⟦Simantob⟧, an immigrant, has
passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of December in the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦illegible⟧
6/8
⟦illegible⟧
6/7
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
9/7/6

Page 53

The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 7 / 6 / 55
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Please provide Farha, also known as Shamama and known as
Sabriya daughter of Heskel, a certificate confirming her divorce
from her husband Yaqub Mishi son of Yusuf son of Hanan
on the date 19 Sivan 5714 corresponding to 9 / 6 / 54
Salman Hoki
Meirway
Write the name Shamama before the name Farha
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 54

⟦Presidency⟧ of the Department
50/2/10          Divorce Certificate
1950/6/8
⟦illegible⟧
⟦8/6⟧
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that the named Shamama (Farha Sabriya) daughter of Haskiel has been divorced from
her husband Yaqub Moshi son of Yusuf Hanan on the fourth of June of the year nineteen hundred
and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
6/7/9
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council

Page 55

The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number ⟦line⟧
Date 6/1/54
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Please provide Lulu daughter of Ibrahim (Chanti) a certificate
confirming her divorce from her husband (Nahum) Sion
son of Manshi (the mute) on the date of -
27 Adar 5704 corresponding to 26 March 1944
Salman Moshi
Aboud
The Rabbi
⟦signature⟧

Page 56

Copy for the Department
Divorce Certificate
81 / 2 / 50
8 / 6 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we certify
hereby that the woman named Lulu daughter of Ibrahim (Janti) has been divorced from her husband (Nahoum)
Sion son of Moshe (Al-Akhous) on the twenty-sixth of March of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-one AD ⟦line⟧ .
Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Corporeal Council
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 7 / 6

Page 57

Manager of Israeli Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Eli Mirza
Rosen
Heskel Haddad
Manager of Israeli Burial Affairs
⟦illegible⟧
I confirm the validity of the date above
5 / 7 / 72

Page 58

Department Copy
50/2012
8/6/1955
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Eli Moshi Ajami died in Baghdad
on the seventeenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
two AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
⟦signature⟧
9/7/6

Page 59

The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
Greetings:
Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that:
The named: Daoud Hayim Bassoon
Passed away in Baghdad on the day: 26
Of the month: March
Year: 5707
And for this purpose, I have signed below: (15 / 2 / 1947)
⟦hebrew signature⟧
Hesqail Haddad
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
I certify the correctness of the date above
⟦signature⟧
17 / 2 / 50
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
6 / 6

Page 60

⟦Department Copy⟧
Death Certificate
50/2-12
8/6/1955
Based on the certificate of the burial official at the Jewish Cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Rahil Rahmin Nahoum died in
Baghdad on the fifteenth day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
seven AD.
⟦illegible signature⟧
6/7
⟦Saifullah⟧
6/7
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
6/7/9

Page 62

Mr. Said Effendi, the respected Director of Collection
After greetings
In the matter of the Awqaf claim and the complaint
Based on your discussion with the Secretary of the Community regarding taking
noting that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
and which building door numbers are 22/6/15 and the neighborhood
Secondly, a school under the name of Modern Sciences
(Nuri al-Said al-Balji) for an annual rent of
-/400 Dinars (four hundred Dinars)
on the condition that the Menahem Salih Daniel School be included within it
and its door number is 22/9/25 <del>Modern Sciences School</del> <del>which occupies</del>
And I have authorized the Secretary of the Community, Mr. Naji Moallem Shalloum
regarding the rent or prior understanding, and please accept my highest respect
Head of the Community

Page 63

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
Phone Number 83531 President
Number L /
Date 13 / 7 / 1973
Subject / ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau
Greetings and respect,
Furthermore, since the legal term of our committee (Administrative Committee for Iraqi
Jews) has ended, we kindly ask you to accept its resignation. It will continue to perform its duties
until 30 / 9 / 1973. ⟦25 / 10 / 1973⟧
Thanking you and your esteemed ministry for your care, please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Meer Basri
President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 64

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
Telephone number 83531 President
Number L / ⟦...⟧
Date 13 / 10 / 197⟦3⟧
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Minister of Justice
Presidency of the Legal Drafting Bureau
Greetings and respect,
Further, in view of the expiration of the legal term of our committee (the Administrative Committee for Iraqi
Jews), we kindly request you to accept its resignation. It will continue to carry out its duties
until <del>30 / 6 / 1973</del> ⟦25 / 10 / 1973⟧.
Grateful to your Excellency and to your Ministry for your continuous care, and please accept our highest respect.
Meer Basri
President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews

Page 65

The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 83531 President
Number L /: 7
Date: 2 / 10 / 1973
Subject /:
Honorable Minister of Justice
Presidency of the Legal Codification Bureau
Greetings and respect,
Further to the above, in view of the expiration of the legal term of our committee (the Administrative Committee for Iraqi
Jews), we kindly ask you to accept its resignation. It will continue to
carry out its duties until 25 / 10 / 1973.
Thanking your Excellency and your esteemed Ministry for your care, please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Meer Basri
President of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews

Page 66

We certify that the photograph attached above is the photograph of the woman named
Rahma bint Mordechai, who is of Iranian nationality, and according to her statement, she has lost her
Iranian nationality by fate and destiny.
Department Copy
9/6/1950
Choice | Choice | Mukhtar Stamp
Gharib Ishaq Utaji | Ishaq Ibrahim | Al-Tatran Quarter
| Ice Cream Vendor | Ibrahim Kurchi Shamil
Number: 50/2012
Date: 8 / 6 / 1950
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp above)
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
6/7/9

Page 67

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 6 / 7 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Yitzhak ben Ezra Cohen Dweck
Has performed his engagement to Simcha bat Yehezkel Ezra Cohen Dweck
In Baghdad on the day 6 / July / 1950 (17 Tammuz 5710)
⟦line⟧
And has not married yet
Witnesses
Avraham Levi
Yitzhak Avraham Levi | Conditions
⟦illegible⟧ 1200
⟦illegible⟧ 100
1300 | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
Certified
6/7
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 68

⟦Presidency of the Department⟧
50/2015
1950/6/8
Reuben Shaul Reuben Bakhash
Miss Saeeda Yousef Khaddouri Haroun Yousefan
The sixth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible handwritten text⟧
8/2
6/7/9

Page 69

2016/50
6/1950/
Department Copy
162
Salim Hayim known as Isaac Salim son of Hayim Ezra Levi
Miss Gladys Menashi known as Gladys Menashi Salman Qattan
The ninth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
A.D. ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦...⟧ Heskel
7/6/49
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 70

Department Copy
77 / 2 / 50
1950/6/8
Exhibit
Daniel Eliyahu
Miss Malaka Mordechai
The third of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
6/7
Correctness of that
⟦signature⟧
6/7
6/7/9
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the ⟦League⟧
Head of the Secular Council

Page 71

2/18/50
6/8/1955
⟦Copy for the Department⟧
The Exhibit
Benjamin Gabriel
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Baghdad (Iran) Nazima Mikhail
The twenty-eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and nine
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
7/6/51
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Spiritual Council

Page 72

3019/55
6/8/1955
Copy for the Department
Exhibit
Ibrahim Moshe Cohen
Miss Tuffaha Haskel
The thirteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
6/7
First row
⟦signature⟧
6/7/9
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Corporeal Council

Page 73

50/4020
6/20/1950
Evidence
Eliyahu Ibrahim Moshi
xxx Kirkuk Miss Gurjiya Meir Sasson
The twenty-sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine
AD ⟦line⟧.
⟦signature⟧
2/7
⟦signature⟧
6/7
6/7/1
⟦signature⟧
(On behalf of)
Head of the Secular Council

Page 75

Locality
2/3/25 | 45/600
2/3/24 | 45600
1/3/21 | 45/600
1/3/19 | 45600
⟦line⟧ | 182400
<- 10/1/25 | 27900 | 45600
12/11/24 | 27900 | 4
10/8/24 | 27900 | ⟦line⟧
9/5/24 | 27900 | 182,400
12/1/24 | 27900
10/11/62 | 27900 | 27900
10/8/62 | 27900 | 7
⟦line⟧ | 195,300 | ⟦line⟧
|  | 195,300
|  | 182400
|  | ⟦line⟧
|  | 377,700