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IJA 3339

Personal Letters

Description

This is a group of hand written letter, some in Judeo-Arabic, between Baghdadi Jews in Jerusalem, England, Hong Kong, India, and Baghdad. Included are: an envelope addressed to Rabbi Jacob Joseph Haim, India; a letter from the Sephardic Israeli Community in Jerusalem, Palestine; a letter from David Sassoon to Rabbi Haim in Baghdad giving an order to pay him an amount of money.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3339
Item Number: 16426
Date: Approx. January 1, 1911 to December 31, 1920
Languages: English, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords: Baghdadi Jewish Community, Calcutta, Correspondence, David Sassoon, Envelope, Financial, Handwritten, Hong Kong, India, Jerusalem, Judeo-Arabic, Postage Stamp, Typed, Wax Seal

AI Transcription, Pages 1-25

Page 4

Via Karachi.

REGISTERED.

[Stamp] R 468
[Stamp] HOWRAH

[Marginalia] حاخام يعقوب حاخام يوسف حيم

RABI JACOB RABI JOSEPH HYEEM,

BAGDAD.

[Marginalia] from
[Marginalia] Mr R Belilios
[Marginalia] 166 Belilios Road
[Marginalia] ⟦Howrah⟧

Page 5

[Stamp] INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE
[Stamp] ONE 1A ANNA
[Stamp] INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE
[Stamp] HALF 1/2A ANNA
[Stamp] INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE
[Stamp] ONE 1A ANNA
[Stamp] INDIA POSTAGE & REVENUE
[Stamp] ONE 1A ANNA

[Marginalia] 20

[Stamp] BAGHDAD
[Stamp] بغداد
[Stamp] 23 ⟦illegible⟧

Page 6

Communauté Israélite
Sepharadite
à Jérusalem (Palestiue)

ועד עדת הספרדים
בירושלם ת"ו

[Marginalia] 6/5

Monsieur le Grand Rabbin
Rabbi Jacob Rabbi Joseph Haim
خاخام باشي
Bagdad

[Stamp] JERUSALEM
[Stamp] 21 ⟦...⟧ 20

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

Page 10

Mrs

S. N. Mashaal Esq
No 8 Change Alley
Singapore

[Marginalia] ⟦משה נסים משעל⟧
[Marginalia] ⟦...⟧