Documents from the Jewish Religious Court, Baghdad
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The item contains records from the Jewish Religious Courts and the Iraqi and the Baghdad Court of Appeals. The court records concern family matters such as marriage, divorce, custody of children, and inheritance issues.
4251 8 December 937 Presidency of the Court of First Instance of Rights Baghdad Reference to your letter No. 4085 dated 17 / 11 / 937 The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has appointed the named Helen daughter of Sassoon Shuttub as guardian over her minor children, provided that their uncle Hayim Nissim Hakkak participates with her; On behalf of The Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
⟦S R 5⟧ 762 on 17 January 8 Case number 651 at the ⟦Tel Keppe⟧ District Court What resulted 762 / 11 / 71 and in number 5803 and in replacement and by admission on the part of the two defendants in their personal capacity and in their capacity as guardians of the minors of the late Shaul bin Uriel Al-Khayyat due to insufficient evidence with seventeen ⟦DJ⟧ - due One hundred and twenty-three ⟦Judge⟧ Personal Status Court ⟦illegible⟧
The Court of Justice of the Holy Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No.: 82 Year: 569 Date: Decision Moshe son of Yosef Sasson and his wife ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Special Number 7215 Date 25 / 11 / 937
List of funeral expenses for Jahla Eliyahu Jitiat Fils | Dinar | 650 | 1 | Preparation and Shrouding 400 | 2 | Her burial 844 | | Seven-day expense 343 | 22 | One-year expense 225 | 32 | Torah scroll expense 462 | 59 | Only fifty-nine dinars and four hundred and sixty-two fils ⟦illegible⟧ True copy 28 November 937
4629 28 November 937 His Excellency the Governor of Personal Matters for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected After conducting the necessary investigations, the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has certified that the attached list is the total of what Moshe Salman Naqqash spent as funeral expenses for his wife Hajla Eliyahu Junmat, and that these expenses listed in the aforementioned list are appropriate for the status of the deceased; therefore, it was decided to direct it to your Excellency to disburse the amount of fifty-nine dinars and four hundred and sixty-two fils from the estate of the deceased; On behalf of The Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Subject I submit to your Excellency the prepared report from the Al-Shall neighborhood acknowledging the death of the deceased Selhu Afajan, requesting the procurement of a legal fatwa from the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad including the legal heirs who are entitled to the inheritance according to Jewish law because my client, the wife of the deceased, and the wife of the deceased are of Iranian nationality and she has fulfilled and is entitled to her rights in the rest of his property regardless of the category Please accept, from the undersigned, the highest respect Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ 12/2/927 Referred to His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad on 12/2/927 On behalf of the President President of the Community Number 4641 On ⟦5/1/56⟧ 762 on November 14, 56 According to what has been established in the liability of each of them to the other under this account, a reconciliation has been reached between them so that neither of them shall have any dues, compensations, or any wages owed by the other, nor did they have any remaining balance with each other. Thus, each of them has been fully and irrevocably discharged toward the other, and neither of them has the right to claim any of the above at any time. Accordingly, their signatures and agreement were completed under this contract in front of their relatives in their house located in Basra or in Baghdad and in the presence of witnesses who signed this contract. Since the two parties have signed this contract Number Signature of the reconciling parties ⟦illegible⟧
The Court of Justice of the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No.: 88 Year: 5698 Date: 2 Tishrei 5698 Appeared Mrs. Haviva daughter of Meir and Abraham son of Ephraim son of Daniel Regarding the matter of alimony And after negotiations they agreed on the sum of 4640 (four thousand six hundred and forty) fils per month for all the maintenance of the children mentioned above in the matter of alimony And all this of their own free and complete will without any coercion and all this was done before us on the day mentioned above The young Ezra Dangoor Menachem Saleh The Jewish Religious Court: In Baghdad: File number: 262 Date: 11/7/1937
4649 7 December 937 Respected Lawyer Mr. Samson Hezekiah Reference to your petition dated 2 / 12 / 937 The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has ruled according to its letter to us No. 88 dated 2 Tevet 5698 that the estate according to Israeli law belongs to the daughters if the deceased has no male sons. As for the parents and brothers, they have no share in the estate. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Court of First Instance Baghdad Number - 37 / 175 Date - 18 / 12 / 37 2222 79 To Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Please inform us whether Mosaic Law favors the sister of the deceased to be a guardian over her niece, or the girl's grandmother, i.e., the paternal grandmother, provided that the answer reaches us before the trial day, which falls on January 6, 1938. ⟦signature⟧ The Judge Presidency of the Jewish Community Number ⟦...⟧ 2220 Date 21 / 12 / 37 Y. A. K 2 / 35 763 on 17 April 7 Pursuant to Article 20 of the Judicial Fees Law 763 / 61 / 6 It was decided accordingly to return the papers to accept the review regarding them for failure to pay the legal fee for them based on what was stated in the accountant's study dated 8 / 3 / 961 on the back of the papers registered under number 41 in its counterparts for the year 961, so let it be acted upon accordingly as a return of the cases on ⟦...⟧ April 961 President of the Court of Cassation ⟦illegible⟧
4226 21 December 937 His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, the Respected Based on the request of the Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance in its letter numbered 4432 and dated 19 / 12 / 937, we request that you inform us whether Mosaic Law favors the sister of the mentally incapacitated woman to be a guardian over her niece, or the girl's grandmother, i.e., the paternal grandmother, as quickly as possible so that we may be able to respond before the trial date corresponding to 6 January 37, ⟦For⟧ Head of the Community
The Religious Court of the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD Year: 5698 No.: Date: 29 Adar ⟦5698⟧ Maida daughter of Hazan Aharon Flor. Single Today she appeared before us in the Religious Court in Baghdad, may God protect it and declared and confessed that on today's date, 27 March 1938, she received from Mr. ⟦Yaakov⟧ Avraham Hazan Aharon Flor the sum of twenty-two and a half Dinars ⟦in cash⟧ Mazal Ovadia Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Private Number 7778 Date 2/4/1938 732 No 762 R/A 17 April 61 On the occasion of replacing Your Excellency's rank, we have no record of the names of the attached employees. In the year 1933 and according to Royal Decree No. 155, Your Excellency was considered from the path and rank of Minister deserving of a promotion batch in subsequent years, however there was no batch 762 / 61 / 31 The notification proceeded on 17 ⟦and dated⟧ based on it ⟦since⟧ the replacement of Your Excellency's rank from second rank did not take place accordingly In 76 and on the date April 61 first rank accordingly and Your Excellency's ⟦rank⟧ now from this ⟦our rank⟧ accordingly ⟦illegible⟧ Copy for the file
406 5 January 938 Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance Baghdad Reference to your letter No. 4432 dated 12 / 19 / 937 The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has issued a ruling favoring the girl's grandmother the paternal grandmother, to be the guardian of her granddaughter - over the sister of the mentally incapacitated woman; ⟦on behalf of⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Kr ⟦...⟧ 863 riyah latha an ⟦...⟧ 5 Case No. 158 B Qissat Qalaq In the name of 762 \ 61 \ 3 in liter 6633 the right of his heirs and what is less for her Deserved by the minor Merit Ba Asfar Riyah Paulina daughter of Aka Qahand Mana allocated for six previously Qahaynha for six Obleh - for Riba Sifah Wayleh with Zan Kitab 17 Wa Sa Distance for Salmin
The Religious Court of the Holy Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No.: Date: 29 Adar ⟦illegible⟧ Year: 569 Founded by Hakham Sassoon Kadoorie, of blessed memory, and his wife As part of the endowment of the late Isaac son of Kadoorie We have received and signed By the late Isaac Meir Levi Isaac Ha-Kohen That a sum of thirty and a quarter pounds was taken from him as part of the endowment Signed ⟦illegible⟧ Cantor/Sexton By
The Religious Court of the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD No. Year 5698 Date: 25 Shevat 5698 ⟦Regarding⟧ to Hezekiah Salman Kadouri Sassoon On the day of to Abraham Ezekiel Abraham Y. H. Kadouri In the matter of to Rachel And the parties agreed here before us that they have no claim or argument at all and every dispute ⟦to⟧ between them is finished and settled in a way that no one has any claim or matter against his fellow The humble Sassoon Kadouri S.T. Presidency of the Jewish Community: Number: 2259 Date: 28/1/938
4690 2 January 1938 His Excellency the Governor of Personal Status for the Mosaic Community Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Based on the request of the concerned parties, the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has appointed the individual named Isaac Joseph Tweg as a temporary guardian for Flora Sassoon Tweg; Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance Number: 37/120 Sh ⟦85⟧ Date: 6/1/938 To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Reference to our letter No. 4432 dated 19/12/937 We request a response to our aforementioned letter, provided that the response reaches us before the day appointed for the trial, January 17, 1938 ⟦signature⟧ The Judge ⟦2 January 1938⟧ ⟦...⟧ request ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦This⟧ ⟦...⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community: Number: 2244 Date: 11/1/938 Translation 8631 Rabi' al-Thani, Year 6 We have directed our pen and placed our hands upon this paper on the line What was extracted in his saying is not an acknowledgment of what we completed; such a card was attributed with the word 'invalidated it' and it appeared on its face as a forgery and its invalidity, and because of his reliability it was not correct, and it may be delivered into the hand of the dance of our hands if it was placed as a trust for transcendence, it is correct ⟦illegible⟧
12/21/1964 Presidency of the ⟦...⟧ Court No. 22872 based on the request submitted by the lawyer ⟦...⟧ Registered with this court under number ⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧ The court decided ⟦...⟧ Chief Justice ⟦...⟧ Number Date
⟦illegible⟧ 14 December 937 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 Court of First Instance of Rights No. 4263 dated 8 / 12 / 937 regarding the appointment of a guardian for the mentally disabled Meir Hesqel Sofer to perform the acceptance; On behalf of The Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Court of First Instance of Rights — Baghdad Number 4263 Date 8 / 12 / 937 To The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad The Directorate of General Revenues has requested in its letter numbered 37829 and dated 27 Ramadan 1356 and 1 / 12 / 1937 the appointment of a guardian for the mentally disabled Meir Hesqel Sofer, and therefore we request you to inform us of the person you nominate to be a guardian for the aforementioned Meir; The Judge A copy of it to — Directorate of General Revenues — for information and reference to its letter mentioned above True copy
Baghdad Presidency of the Civil Court of First Instance Number: 112 Date: 9 / 1 / 1938 To the Presidency of the Jewish Community In Baghdad Confirming our letter number 4263 dated 7-8 / 12 / 1937. We request speed in informing us of the person you nominate to be a guardian for the mentally incompetent Meir Hesqel Sofer. ⟦illegible signature⟧ The Judge A copy of it to - General Directorate of Revenues - for information and in reference to its letter number 904 dated 6 / 11 / 56 and 8 / 1 / 1938. ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Number 7747 Date 11 / 1 / 1938 Y. A. 763 on 17 April 31 In the name of the Karkh Peace Judge, the Justice Executor in Baghdad In number 6363 and on page 51 of the Karkh Peace records, and upon conducting the audit On the 17th of it, the attendance and the hearing took place publicly and according to number 763 / 8/61 We decided the following: ⟦line⟧ 6363 on 17 April | In the name of page 51 of the Peace records 763 / 8/61 in April In the name of the Karkh Peace Judge, the Justice Executor in Baghdad In number 26876, in which the court has decided that the judgment creditor According to the judgment issued in number 763 / 8/61 on 26 November 76 In the amount of one hundred and eighty Dinars with legal interest for every amount paid In the name of the judgment creditor And therefore: - Based on that, we decided Accepting the objection in form - in languages that the judgment creditor Thus from him and this is our decision Karkh Peace Judge
13 January 938 His Eminence, the President of the Honorable Israelite Religious Court Confirming our letter No. 4658 dated 14 December 937 We request speed in informing us of the person you nominate to be a guardian over the mentally incompetent Meir Hesqel Sofer ⟦L⟧ ⟦On behalf of⟧ President of the Community
26/1 30 January 938 4745 Presidency of the Court of First Instance of Rights Baghdad Reference to your letter No. 4263 dated 8 / 12 / 938 The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has appointed the person named Khedhouri Meir Haskel as a guardian over his demented father Meir Haskel Sofer / Lu ⟦Alloush⟧ Head of the Community
1428 S Iraqi Government From the Baghdad Peace Court To the Presidency of the Jewish Community In Baghdad File 36/7931 6/March/1938 With reference to your letter numbered 4250 and dated 22/March/1938. We return to you with this letter of ours file number 118 concerning the case of Eliyahu Ibrahim and his wife Naima Munshi. Please inform us of its arrival. The Judge ⟦Baghdad Peace Court⟧ The Court Presidency of the Jewish Community: Number: 7798 Date: 11/4/938 A-T M H M 10 / 10 862 in the second ⟦illegible⟧ 60 Telegram 11054 received in ⟦illegible⟧ O Musfir 861 \ 862 in liter 6363 in ⟦illegible⟧ and there is no K 1 ⟦illegible⟧ telegram ⟦illegible⟧ received in ⟦illegible⟧ Lira 17 they recorded what ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 5 amounts of Riyals to pay Raditseh ⟦illegible⟧ Wireless Department
4809 14 March 938 16 His Eminence, the President of the Honorable Jewish Religious Court We return to you, accompanied by this letter, the file numbered 118 concerning the case of Eliyahu Ibrahim and his wife Naima Munshi. Please inform us of its arrival. Lu On behalf of The Head of the Community