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1072
31 May 936
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Greetings and respect
Based on the request of the Israeli Religious Court in
Baghdad, you will find enclosed two copies of the lawsuit petition dated 27 February 936 with the supplement
dated 22 May 936 submitted by the plaintiff Sion Ezra Shamoun against his wife
Gurjiya Baruch Effendi, currently residing in London at Margaret Lane No 34
Edgware Road, with the summons paper related to the trial day which was set for 3/9/936
as well as a copy of a letter dated 11 May in English from Thomas Cook Company addressed to the defendant
Gurjiya Baruch Effendi, which includes the company's undertaking to transport and travel the aforementioned defendant
with her children from London to Baghdad, and a subsequent letter from the mentioned company dated 18/5/936
including the company's undertaking for the livelihood of the defendant with her three children from London to Baghdad
and the expenses shall be the responsibility of the plaintiff Sion Ezra Shamoun. We request mediation in notifying the mentioned
papers to the mentioned defendant and returning the certified notification slip;
Middlesex
London
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Court of Appeal
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The Iraqi Government
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Please refer to the general number
Division: Foreign Notifications
General Number: A/1298/2
Subject Summary: Return of notification papers
Special Number:
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Date: 24 Rabi' al-Thani 1355
14 July 1936
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 3763 and dated
May 31, 1936.
We return to you herewith the notification paper and its translation notified to Karjiya Baruch Agassi
and duly certified with the certificate of notification and the list of notification fees amounting to - / 1 / 1
Pounds requested by the lawyers Burchell in London, so please request the applicant of the notification
to obtain a transfer for the mentioned amount in the name of the Royal Iraqi Legation in London
and send it to this Ministry.
⟦signature⟧
For the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 2951
Date 14 / 7
To be attached with copies of the letters to the neighborhood
H. F.
7 / 5 / 7
362 / 5 / 6
Legal Sharia Distribution
In the name of God
According to our distribution numbered 17 dated 17 September 1953 registered under number ⟦illegible⟧ of the register
We have found that on the night of 26 September 953, the late Naeem Zubaida died in Baghdad
Leaving his wife Lulwa Zubaida and his children from her, namely Suleiman Zubaida and Victoria Zubaida
And his parents ⟦illegible⟧ and ⟦illegible⟧ Zubaida. His inheritance was limited to 17 shares distributed as follows to his wife
362 / 5 / 6 and to his two daughters Rita and Victoria and to his son Suleiman. Pursuant to the aforementioned distribution, there was issued
This Sharia distribution based on the request submitted by us in Register 11 in Baghdad to distribute the estate
Mentioned above to his heirs and as required by Sharia law. Based on the above and according to Article
362 / 5 / 81, we have decided on this Sharia distribution to be in the hands of the heirs mentioned above and
In view of the statement that so-and-so son of so-and-so has what he had and for his heirs and as required by the laws in force
In the distribution of the amounts and shares designated from the heirs' portion and as issued in the register
Mentioned above, and we have fixed this distribution to be in the hands of the heirs as required by law
No objection occurred
General Attorney
⟦illegible⟧
Judge of Personal Status Matters
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Ministry of Justice
Foreign Notifications Department
General Number 9/25/1398
Date July 13, 936
Subject Summary - Return of notification papers
(Copy)
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 3763 and dated May 31, 936
We return to you herewith the notification paper and its translation notified to Karjiya Baruch Agassi and certified
duly with the certificate of notification and the list of notification fees amounting to 1/1/- pounds requested by
the lawyers Burchell in London, so we request that the applicant for notification be tasked with obtaining a money order for the mentioned amount
in the name of the Royal Iraqi Legation in London and sending it to this Ministry.
Acting Minister of Justice
True copy
July 14, 936
⟦illegible⟧
A. M. M.
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2848
14 July 936
19
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, Respected
We attach herewith a copy of the Ministry of Justice letter No. 1398/25/9 dated 13 July 936
with the notification papers pertaining to the case of Sion Ezra Shamoun and his wife Karjiya Baruch Afasi;
⟦illegible⟧
on behalf of
Head of the Community
Court of Cassation
Personal Status Panel - Baghdad
( Decision )
Presidency of the Courts
Court of Personal Matters in Baghdad
21 / 8 / 1956 AD
362 Page 61 Second Register
In the name of His Majesty the Great King
362 / Personal / 56 on 27 / 8 / 1956 AD formed under the presidency of the Judge
Mr. Yusuf al-Hajj Faisal and the membership of the two judges, Mr. Abdul Jabbar al-Tikriti and Abdul Jabbar Mahmoud
Upon scrutiny and deliberation, it was found that the appealed judgment issued by the Court of Personal Matters for Musawis in Baghdad
on 17 / 8 / 1956, which concluded by obligating the respondent to pay a monthly alimony to his wife, the appellant, amounting to ten dinars
starting from the date the lawsuit was filed on 4 / 8 / 1956, is in accordance with Sharia and the law. It was decided to ratify it and reject
the cassation objections, and it was issued by consensus.
Head of the Personal Status Panel
Chief Clerk
31 / 8 / 1956
10 / 9
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24 July 936
Ministry of Justice
Reference to your letter No. 9/25/1398 dated 13 July 936
Enclosed is money order No. 903733 dated 21 July 936 drawn on London
and endorsed in blank for the amount of 1/1/- Pounds as stated in your letter;
⟦illegible⟧
Harun
Head of the Community
M. A
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26 July 936
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, Respected
Further to our letter No. 3848 dated 19 July 936
We have received from Mr. Ezra Bano, the agent of Zion Shimon, a transfer for the required amount and we have sent it to the Ministry
of Justice, so please be informed of that;
Sassoon
Head of the Community
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⟦illegible scribbles⟧
2782
362 on 6 October 2
Sharia Voucher
362 on 6 October 2 in number 856/8261 in the power of attorney of Wissam Q. L. K.
N comparison from number 362 on 6 October 2 in number 667703 in a state without a city
⟦...⟧ power of attorney of Wissam Q. L. K. authorized for him 1/1 - and the aforementioned plaintiff handed him his identity card
⟦mark⟧
14
Sharia Voucher
⟦illegible⟧
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Iraqi Government
Vice Presidency of Baghdad Execution
9 - D - 16
Please refer to the file
number when replying
Hijri Date: 8 Muharram 355
Gregorian Date: 1 April 936
File Number: T 35 / 103
Outgoing Number: 8710
To the Judge of Personal Matters for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 107 / T 35 and dated 6 / 10 / 935.
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
requesting the implementation of its contents and informing the aforementioned Presidency of the lifting of the seizure on the debtor's estate and sending
a copy of your letter regarding that to us.
Vice President of Execution
⟦signature⟧
A copy of it to the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad for information.
⟦line⟧
Number: 3674
(Copy of the letter):
Date: 25 March 936
To the Vice President of Baghdad Execution
Further to our letter No. 3386 dated 24 September 935
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has decided to lift the provisional seizure on the estate of the late
Eliyahu Daoud Shamash, which the aforementioned court had suspended pursuant to a previous decision, based
on the conclusion of the lawsuit of his wife Habiba Haskel Nawi.
Head of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦2854⟧
Date ⟦2 / 4 / 36⟧
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The Chief Rabbi of the City
Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Benjamin Hakham Moshi
CHIEF RABBI
BENJAMIN H. MOSHI
Baghdad
Number: 440
Date: 15 Tishrin 2 96
We received your honor's letter dated 4 Tishrin 2
Regarding the letter of the late Abraham son of Ezekiel son of Nissim
Passed away on 2nd of Cheshvan
For it is proper to provide a death certificate for the aforementioned deceased in Baghdad
So that we may issue his inheritance decree and your voucher 926/4/27
Or a deed of the estate of the aforementioned deceased in Baghdad and also a list of the names of the heirs of
The aforementioned from your Righteous Court. And then we will be able to prepare the inheritance estate
As much as is necessary to provide what is requested by your honor.
And may there be peace as you desire
Benjamin H. Moshi
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private number 2832
Date 16 / 11 / 96
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2729
7 May 1936
Judge of Personal Status Matters
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 1503 dated 23 / 4 / 1936 addressed to the Chief Rabbi
His Eminence has replied that the marriage contract between the fiancée Naeema daughter of Khalif and her fiancé
Munshi Salim, known by the name Hakuli son of Isaac, has not yet taken place. And that the engagement or the marriage contract
do not constitute a reason for the forfeiture of custody of her children.
⟦Sluma⟧
Head of the Community
M.
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General Form (11)
From: Baghdad Personal Status Court
To: Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Number: 62 / 1936
Date: 24 Rabi' al-Awwal 1355 AH
13 June 1936 AD
Memorandum:
Please inform us whether the salary of the plaintiff Haron bin Shamil, the teacher at the Midrash school,
has been reduced from 3.750 Dinars to three Dinars, provided that the answer reaches us before the day
appointed for the trial, which is 18 June 1936 AD.
⟦signature⟧
The Judge
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8814
18 June 936
Directorate of Midrash Schools
Based on the request of the Judge of Personal Status in his letter No. 92 / 1936 dated 13 June 936
Please inform us whether the salary of the plaintiff Harun bin Shamil, a teacher at the Midrash school, has been reduced
from 3.750 Dinars to three Dinars, provided that the answer reaches us as soon as possible;
Salwa
Head of the Community
⟦10/2⟧
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Administration of the Talmud Torah School
Baghdad
Management of the Midrash
Great Talmud Torah
Baghdad
Midrash
Talmood Tora
Baghdad
June 27, 1926
His Excellency, the President of the Honorable Israelite Community
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 2804 dated the 18th of this month,
The salaries of the Midrash teachers have been reduced proportionally, so the salary of teacher Haron
Sheil became three dinars and seven hundred fils after he was receiving before the reduction
four dinars and eight hundred and seventy fils. The deceased has accumulated salaries
from the past amounting to six months, which were left without any measures taken for their payment.
As for this year, he has a claim amounting to three months' salary, so I hope you will enlighten
the committee on all of the above. Respectfully yours,
⟦Suleiman⟧
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7811
25 June 936
To
The Judge of the Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 1936/62 dated 13 June 936
Attached herewith is a true copy of the reply from the Director of the Midrash Schools to your letter referred to
above.
Sassoon
Head of the ⟦Jewish⟧ Community
To them
501
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Administration of the Talmud Torah School
Baghdad
Date: June 23, 936
(Copy)
Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 3804 dated the 18th of this month,
The salaries of the school teachers have been reduced by 2%, so the salary of teacher Haron Shamil became three
dinars and five hundred fils, after he was receiving four dinars and three hundred and seventy-eight
fils before the reduction. The aforementioned has old accumulated salaries amounting to six months which were left without taking any
measures to pay them. As for this year, he has a claim amounting to three months' salary. I hope to enlighten the court
with all that is mentioned above. Respectfully yours,
The Director
⟦signature⟧
True copy of the original
June 25, 936
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General Form (11)
From: Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Number: 9/1936
Date: 20 Rabi' al-Awwal 1355 AH
9 / 6 / 1936 AD
To: President of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad
2171
Memorandum:
It has become necessary to review a copy of the letter addressed to you by the Spiritual Council
in Jaffa regarding the conduct of the plaintiff Eliyahu Ezra Azouri with his wife Rosa daughter of Shaul Sarraf
and his children, which the defendant's attorney informed us about. Therefore, we request if you have a letter
of this kind to send a copy of it to us, provided it reaches us before the day of the hearing on
June 15, 1936 AD.
⟦signature⟧
The Judge
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14 / 6 / 36
459
⟦Write to the Rabbinate in Jaffa to request from them a copy of the letter⟧
⟦96 mentioned that they sent to them on 25/10/34⟧
⟦so that we can⟧
⟦reply⟧
⟦signature⟧
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From - Personal Status Court in Baghdad
To - President of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad
Number 9/1936
Date 6/9/936
2171
(Copy)
Memorandum -
It has become necessary to review a copy of the letter addressed to you by the Spiritual Council in
Jaffa regarding the conduct of the defendant Eliyahu Ezra Azouri with his wife Rosa daughter of Shaul Sarraf and his children, which
the defendant's attorney informed us about. Therefore, we request that if you have a letter of this kind, please send
a copy of it to us, provided it reaches us before the day of the hearing scheduled for June 15, 1936.
The Judge
459
Referred to His Eminence the Head of the Community, respected
For review with the Religious Court in this regard 25 Sivan 696
Benjamin Hakham Moshe
True copy of the original
Baghdad June 16, 936
⟦illegible⟧
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797
17 June 936
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, the respected
We enclose herewith a copy of the letter from the Judge of Personal Matters No. 9 / 1936 dated 9 / 6 / 936
addressed to the President of the Spiritual Council to inform us if you have a copy of the requested letter
and to send it if found for submission to the aforementioned judge.
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 6
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The Religious Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 5696
No.: 116
Date: 27 Sivan 5696
Appeared before us on Tuesday, 27 Sivan 5696
Messrs. Mr. ⟦...⟧ and Mr. ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 2870
Date 27/6/36
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2798
17 June 1936
Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 1/9/1936 and dated 9/6/1936 addressed to
The Head of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad
We attach herewith a true copy of the letter addressed by the Chief Rabbinate
in Jaffa to the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad ;
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
⟦illegible stamp⟧
501 M
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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Year: 5696
No.:
Date: 22 ⟦Tammuz⟧ ⟦5696⟧
Before us, the undersigned, appeared Person son of Person
and she admitted in truth that she has received
already 4 pounds
and the remaining amount for her is 2 qirsh and also 26 pounds ruled by the honorable court on the day
for the maintenance of her sons
they are Person son of Person and also Person son of Person and also Person son of Person
and all this is from a debt that was due to her late father Joseph son of Person in full and in justice
and she has nothing remaining with Person son of Person nor in any place of the 4 pounds mentioned above
Written on the day mentioned here in Baghdad here in the Court of Justice and we have signed
Ezra Dangoor
Menachem Ezra
S.T.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special Number 2948
Date 12 / 7 / ⟦36⟧
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4884
2997
9 September 935
18 July 935
In the Baghdad Peace Court
To the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Based on the lawsuit filed in this court by Nuri Khudair
against Khatun daughter of Sassoon Shaya, it is necessary to review the file
numbered 647 / 934 in your possession, so please send it to us urgently
as requested for the trial day falling on 17 September 935
Peace Judge
Head of the Court
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
Private Number: 2925
Date: 5 / 9 / 935
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2859
21 July 936
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, the Respected
We attach herewith a copy of the letter from the Baghdad Peace Court No. 9417 dated 18 July 936 to respond
to its content;
⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of
The Head of the Community
The
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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From Baghdad Peace Court 4972
To the Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Number 9497
Date July 18, 936
(Copy)
Based on the lawsuit filed in this court by Nouri Ephraim against Khatoun daughter of Sassoon
Shabi, it is necessary to review the report numbered 34/627 in your possession, so please send it
to us so that it reaches us before the trial day falling on September 17, 936.
The Judge
True copy
July 21, 936
⟦illegible⟧
10 M
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Baghdad
Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance
Number: 71/1936
Date: 21 Jumada al-Ula 1355 AH
8 August 1936 AD
To the Head of the Jewish Community
Please inform us of the person you nominate to be a guardian for the minors among the children of the deceased Saleh bin Rahmin
We would like to receive the answer as quickly as possible.
⟦signature⟧
The Judge
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦...⟧ 2995
Date 14 / 8 / 36
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14 August 936
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His Eminence, the President of the Honorable Jewish Religious Court
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance No. 71 / 936
dated 8 August 936 to respond to its content;
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance
Number 71 / 1936
Date 8 August 936
(Copy)
To - Head of the Jewish Community
Please inform us of the person you nominate to be a guardian for the minor among
the children of the deceased Saleh bin Rahmin, and we would like the answer to reach us as quickly as possible;
The Judge