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⟦illegible⟧ The honorable judge of personal status matters in the Baghdad Court of First Instance
922
We have received your letter numbered 700 dated July 11, 922
⟦illegible⟧ from the section regarding the disclosure of the acquisition of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ showing that he earns monthly
⟦illegible⟧ their living expenses as decided by the esteemed court
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Court of Justice for the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
FROM: Judge of Personal Status in the Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: The Honorable President of the Board of Directors of the ⟦...⟧ Community
No.: 704
Dated: 192
Corresponding to: 192
Memorandum.
This court has adjourned the lawsuit of the wife of Agha Ahmed Haqqi Ezra regarding the claim for alimony
in the total lawsuit and what she is able to pay for her minor children Abdo and Ishaq who
are in need of assistance from the monthly alimony. This is for your order ⟦...⟧
Judge of Personal Status
11/11/922
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
FROM: From the Judge of Personal Status for the Jewish Community
in Baghdad:
To: To:
No.: 1228 / 281
Number:
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Spiritual Council:
Dated: 11 / 12 / 22
the: 192
Corresponding to: 192
Date:
Memorandum. Memorandum
Please inform us whether, if the mother is of bad character, it is permissible to hand over
the children to the paternal grandmother in the presence of the maternal grandmother, according to Jewish personal law
or not. Please accept our highest respects;
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The Judge
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
FROM: Personal Status Judge for Israelites from the President of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: To: The Honorable President of the Israelite Spiritual Council
No.: 326
Dated: 22 / 12 / 5
the: Corresponding to
192: 192
Memorandum.
After greetings, please inform us of the date of marriage of Farha daughter of Daoud Hesqail
Jasim as mentioned in the (Sefer Torah Midrashit Gawi) and whether the date of death shown in
the mentioned (Sefer Torah) is considered a real date according to the rituals of the Israelites or not.
With our utmost respect;
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
with Sassoon Moshe Dallal and the date of his death
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Honorable Personal Status Judge
After greetings and presentation, and in response to your letter number ⟦illegible⟧ on ⟦illegible⟧ we state
that Farha daughter of Daoud Haqir Jasim married
Sassoon Moshe Dallal on the date of 14 Shevat 5650 Hebrew, and upon inspection of the (Sefer Torah)
Tuesday
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
FROM: From the Judge of ⟦illegible⟧ in the Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: To: The Honorable President of the Jewish Spiritual Council
No.: 1121 / 250
Dated: 192
the: 922
Date: 18 November corresponding to
Memorandum.
Memorandum
After greetings,
Please inform us about the circumstances and character of Rima daughter of Eliyahu
residing in the Dakkan Ashnawa quarter in house number 17 / 63.
With much respect.
On behalf of / J
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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
Baghdad
After investigating the circumstances and character of Rima daughter of Eliyahu
residing in the Dakkan Ashnawa quarter, it appeared that she lives with her family in the mentioned house
and nothing noteworthy has appeared regarding her until now, 4 September 1922
The biblical book in use, the follow-up to the room of ⟦illegible⟧ Hebrew June 5660
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As for the registration of (Sefer Torah), it is considered valid ⟦illegible⟧
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The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Number: ⟦illegible⟧ 862
Before us in the undersigned court came and pleaded Mr. Raphael son of Belkhi Barham and Menahem Isaac Pi
And between them arose a dispute and claims regarding the apartment of the place and the plot which they reside in due to rent fees
that continued in the amount of ⟦...⟧ 17/62
For the portion of the aforementioned Raphael in the aforementioned house was clarified according to the sale of the Tabu office in Baghdad
And it is ⟦...⟧ of the mentioned plot by means of right and left fees ⟦...⟧ 10 dollars ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number:
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Before us, the undersigned witnesses, who testify to the truth of the matter and the justice and integrity, may His Name be blessed, etc.
Since on Wednesday, the eighth of our count, in the year five thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight of the creation, here in Baghdad
There stood before us ⟦the young man⟧ Isaac Hazan Katab, holding a will written in the handwriting of his late father, Eliyahu Hazan, of blessed memory, and requested its confirmation
Witnesses whose signatures are below came before me, these witnesses who saw and signed this will written by the late Eliyahu Hazan
In person, and he commanded that all his assets and everything he has in the world shall belong to his aforementioned son Isaac Hazan, and no one else has any right to his assets
And afterwards, the aforementioned late Eliyahu Hazan passed away and left behind his aforementioned son Isaac, and his daughter Yaffa Hazan, and his wife
Farha, and they all admit and confirm that all the words of this will are truth and justice and they have no claim against the aforementioned Isaac Hazan
And upon this we have signed here in Baghdad on the day mentioned above, and everything is valid, clear, and established
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The plaintiff Suleiman bin Shaul ⟦illegible⟧
The Presentation
I have above a contract for my daughter Helwa bint Saleh on the condition that I pay him six thousand rupees and for the plaintiff three
rupees, and according to this decision and condition and its preservation for her, but he married another, and in our law if the man leaves
the wife without cash, he pays a third of the stipulated amount. When we met, the rabbis ruled that he must pay in their Aleppo currency
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To the Honorable President of the Israeli Spiritual Council
Based on the petition appealed to us in your Spiritual Council, this
request is submitted for you to perform the duty of hearing the case according to the provisions of the law
⟦illegible⟧ giving a way to the aforementioned petitioner regarding what she should do or
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The Court of Justice of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
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The Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Before us stood and pleaded Person M and Person H, residents of Baghdad and Execution, may God protect it, P /
Upon hearing the plea of Person M and Person H, residents of M. Joseph son of Isaac and Person ⟦...⟧ and Person ⟦...⟧ Alpha etc.
A. Zohra and Miriam A. Halwa and Person Person ⟦...⟧ A. Halwa - Miriam Halwa A. Marfin ⟦...⟧ - and on -
A. Halwa Person and Person ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ P ⟦...⟧
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Number 1922
1122
214
In response to your letter number 18 dated ⟦...⟧
We have reviewed the matter of custody existing between Joseph Isaac
and his wife Lulu daughter of Joseph Zilkha and we saw the children
Salim and Naji. And it was verified that the conditions of both parties did not ⟦...⟧
<del>require custody</del> good, and as for custody in these
circumstances, it lapses / according to the rulings of the Israelite law ⟦...⟧
and the children must be distributed to the father
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
FROM: The Judge of Personal Status in Baghdad
To: The Honorable President of the Israeli Spiritual Council
No.: 1122
Dated the 192:
Date: 18 November corresponding to 22-9-192
Memorandum.
Memorandum
After greetings,
As a result of the ongoing trial between Yusuf Ishaq Al-Tutunji
in Souq Al-Saray, residing in the Al-Tatran neighborhood, and his wife Lulu
daughter of Yusuf Zilkha, residing in the aforementioned neighborhood in the house numbered
181 ⟦140⟧ regarding the termination of custody of the children Salim and Naji, the
court has decided first that the children be seen by your esteemed council and to investigate the conditions
of both parties and the family circumstances between the spouses, and to look into the defense
of the wife Lulu regarding keeping the children with her and the husband's claim requesting the joining
of the children to him, and to provide an opinion regarding the Israeli legal outcome
without giving an opportunity to the two parties. Please provide the full
details regarding the mentioned points as soon as possible, and with my utmost respect.
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A/J 1
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G. F. 11.
General Form (11)
FROM: The Bankruptcy Officer at the Court of First Instance in Basra
TO: The Honorable Spiritual Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
No.: 757
Dated: September 25, 1922, corresponding to
the:
192:
Memorandum.
After greetings, we request you to inform us who the heirs of the deceased Menashi Saleh are. The aforementioned
was claiming from the bankrupt Ephraim Shaul Boneh a sum of four hundred and ninety-nine rupees and fourteen annas and did not
refer to the court in this capacity. In conclusion, please accept our further thanks and respect.
Bankruptcy Officer at the Basra Court of First Instance
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G. F. 11 (Pads of 100).
General Form 11 Notebook Page (100)
FROM: Personal Status Courts in Basra
To: His Excellency the Hakham Bashi of the Jewish Community
No.: 724
Dated: 24 ⟦Tishreen⟧ 1331 corresponding to 21 ⟦September⟧ 922
Memorandum:
Evidence: Raiha daughter of Haroun Nassim claimed in Basra, requesting
to obligate her uncles, the defendants Ezekiel, Saleh, and Shahoul, sons of Nassim Cohen,
merchants in Baghdad, to provide for her maintenance due to her entitlement. When she was asked for personal
evidence regarding the financial capability of the aforementioned defendants, she was unable to provide it, stating
that there is no one in Basra who is aware of their capability and financial status, for the purpose of
it became necessary to ask them about the condition of the defendants and their financial capability. Please
investigate this and provide an answer upon receipt of this to resolve the matter.
October 922. In conclusion, please accept our respects. The Judge
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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
in Basra
BASRA
in Baghdad, Respected
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G. F. 12.
General Form (12)
FROM: Judge of Personal Matters at the Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: His Eminence the Mufti, Acting Hakham Bashi of Baghdad, Respected
No.:
Dated:
the:
192:
Memorandum.
Greetings and respect,
Based on your decision dated ⟦illegible⟧ regarding the request for assistance in the administration of liquidation and lifting the seizure on the disputed items between Lulu bint Yamin and Daoud ⟦illegible⟧
It is presented that the mentioned matter is within the functions of the Islamic Sharia Court according to Article 77 of the Governance System, and that these
⟦medicines⟧ testify to what you applied in your mentioned letter. Consultations have been held with the Assistant Advisor to the Ministry of Justice in this regard
concerning the delegation of the Sharia Court for a certain matter. It has been witnessed that, according to general rules, a judgment must exist for distribution as justice ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ to the hearing position, accompanied by the approval of the Ministry of Justice in the matter to resolve this dispute. It was asked that the weight ⟦...⟧
by the consensus of the Shura members in the interrogation department, in view of the interference and information that occurred, it is regrettable that the court is unable to answer ⟦...⟧
that the class's purpose is to be administrative, as they are actual cases presented to you - the previous petition submitted by Lulu bint Yamin remains, and for you ⟦...⟧
in the aforementioned Sharia Court. This is what was necessary to clarify, and to you further respect | ⟦illegible⟧
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Baghdad Court of First Instance
Judge of Personal Matters
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⟦...⟧ a dispute occurred between Lulu bint Yamin and Daoud ⟦...⟧
To the Honorable Governor of Personal Matters in the city of Hillah
After greetings
Due to a dispute that occurred between Luluit Yamin and her husband Cohen Meir regarding the dowry
This wife has temporarily taken, under the dowry, in a room in the house of Habib Al-Oud
In the Dabbaghat Shawa neighborhood, the items belonging to the aforementioned wife, which are listed in detail
In the attached list under number ⟦1⟧ - and since the local commission is suspended
For administrative reasons, and it became necessary to extend the safekeeping of the mentioned items
Please - if possible by your identity - order the establishment of their safekeeping by placing
The dowry by your esteemed court as well, as a result of the judgment, to prevent the husband from
Smuggling the items, along with sealing the items recorded in paper number (2)
Which also belong to the wife. With much gratitude and respect..
Community Administration 922
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Plaintiff :: Musa bin Abdullah
Residing in: Qanbar Ali neighborhood, House No. -
Defendant :: Farha bint Musa Tadarji
Residing in: The aforementioned neighborhood, House No. -
Type of Lawsuit: I have married the defendant, my wife, and she agreed with her father Musa Ezra Tadarji and he brought her to Baghdad
And the aforementioned is preventing the meeting between us, and whenever I asked him to give me my wife, he was stubborn, so this is against my constitutional right and contrary to the Sharia
It requires summoning the aforementioned to answer for the defendant and giving her to me to be united with me and preventing the opposition of her aforementioned father, and the matter is yours, sir
Plaintiff
Musa bin Abdullah
17 January 934
To the Honorable President of the Israeli Spiritual Council
After greetings: Since the matter belongs to your council, accordingly
We submit this petition to carry out the legal requirement
With our utmost respect
Lawyer ⟦illegible⟧
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
20/1/34
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
FROM: Judge of Personal Status, Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: The Honorable President of the Spiritual Council of the Armenian Catholics
No.: 620
Dated: 185
Corresponding to:
192: 2
Memorandum.
Greetings: Please inform us regarding the marriage contract of Karjiya daughter of Kojiya, residing in the Al-Bushibl neighborhood ⟦185⟧
to Ishaq son of Eliyahu, residing in the Nahid neighborhood, at the end of January 920, and the lineage of the daughter born to the wife Karjiya
named Na'ima, as a matter of urgency. With our utmost respect. ⟦10⟧ June 922
Judge of Personal Status
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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
Baghdad
No. 51 July 922
No. 625
With reference to your letter No. 620 dated 2 June 922
Upon investigation into the lineage of the daughter of Kojiya named
Na'ima, it has become clear to us that Kojiya daughter of Yaqub gave birth
resulting from the marriage of the aforementioned Kojiya to Ishaq son of ⟦Eliyahu⟧ mentioned
The Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
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BAGHDAD
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Before us in the Religious Court on Thursday, the 5th of the month of ⟦Tammuz⟧ in the year ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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942
To the Honorable Judge of Personal Status Matters at the Baghdad First Instance Court, respected
After greetings and honors, and in response to your report dated June 11, 942, we state that it had been claimed
that his wife ⟦was liberated⟧ ⟦in the name of⟧ the girl by way of the land, the project of Salman Khan Al-Sabbagh, and that he
⟦traveled⟧ in ⟦his cabinet⟧ and arrived ⟦now⟧ in Basra during the flood, so they agreed that
the Sharia Court ⟦should assist him⟧ between them, and not the aforementioned marriage ⟦that⟧ ⟦the section⟧
⟦the actual⟧ is not ⟦accurate⟧ regarding ⟦a letter⟧ entirely: this
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Before us, the undersigned Beth Din, here in Baghdad (may God protect it), on Wednesday, the 24th of the month of Shevat, the year 5689
The woman Rachel, daughter of Abraham, [widow] of the late Solomon son of Abraham from Baghdad, came before us and said to us
Since my husband Elijah son of Isaac, known as Abu al-Ezra ~ and my sister Habiba daughter of the aforementioned Abraham
Had differences of opinion, quarrels, and disputes between them regarding the husband's debts
And now they have reached a compromise between them through so-and-so and so-and-so, and both agreed that the aforementioned husband shall give my aforementioned sister
The sum of twenty English gold pounds, and this is for all his debt and all her claims that she has against him, and for this
Both of them accepted from the aforementioned supervisors and agreed to this with a whole heart and a willing soul
And on this we have signed here in Baghdad on the day mentioned above, and everything is valid, clear, and established
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G. F. 11.
General Form 11
From: Judge of Personal Status in the Baghdad Court of First Instance
To: The Presidency of the Respected Israelite Spiritual Council
No.:
Dated the 192:
Memorandum.
Memorandum
After greetings: The court has decided to inquire whether the papers of Saha daughter of Nassim, residing in the ⟦...⟧ neighborhood,
had requested a divorce from her first husband Munshi ⟦...⟧ Shasha, and whether her moral
corruption was proven, and whether her marriage to her new husband Siman Hay Sayaj was in accordance with
legal principles and tied to the principles of (the Ketubah) or not. Please enlighten us on this point,
graciously, and upon your receipt of this, with much respect.
11 / ⟦...⟧ / 922
Judge of Personal Status
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
BAGHDAD
Baghdad Court of First Instance
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We hereby inform your excellency that the young man Abraham son of Eliyahu Cohen and his wife Mrs.
Rachel daughter of Isaac Sassoon were divorced in this our court on the 26th of Adar I in the year 5692
And they requested from us to give them a divorce certificate and we gave it to them according to the law of Moses and Israel
To this we have signed here in Baghdad on the 26th day of Adar I, 5692
Deputy
Hakham Bashi of Baghdad
Moshe Hayyim Shlomo
David
BAGHDAD
To the honor of your excellency's court here, may it be established, we hereby send you a copy of the divorce certificate of Abraham son of Eliyahu Cohen and his wife Rachel daughter of Isaac Sassoon
We hereby inform your excellency that the young man Abraham son of Eliyahu Cohen and his wife Mrs. Rachel daughter of Isaac Sassoon were divorced in this our court on the 26th of Adar I in the year 5692
And they requested from us to give them a divorce certificate and we gave it to them according to the law of Moses and Israel ⟦line⟧ here in Baghdad on the 26th day of Adar I, 5692
Reference to your report No. 222 dated 22/5/32, the contract may be executed
with a woman until Baniya agrees, provided that the mother Baniya
is free from any moral blemish affecting the girl's reputation June 12, 32
From the Vice President
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No.: 224
To: His Excellency the Hakham Bashi of the respected Jewish community
In: Baghdad :
Dated the 192
Date: 20 Nisan corresponding to 18 April 1927
Memorandum.
Memorandum
After greetings: It is necessary to inquire from you regarding the financial capability of the defendant Sassoon
Meir Shasha, the contractor in Baqubah, as he is assessed for alimony for the children of
his deceased brother Yamin Meir Shasha. We request an investigation into this and to inform us
before the arrival of the twelfth day of the month of May 927. Best regards.
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Vice President of the Court of First Instance
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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
in Basra
BASRA
Registered under number 819 on 21 April 927
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FROM: From the Vice President of the Basra Court of First Instance
To: To: The Honorable Haham Bashi of Baghdad
No.: 407
Dated: Corresponding to 22 June 922
Memorandum.: Memorandum
After greetings: - Confirming our letter dated 24 May 922 number 201
We request you inform us about the financial capability of ⟦the wealthy Meir Shasha Al-Qultrani⟧
in Baqubah, and that is before the nineteenth day of the current month
Vice President
Basra Court of First Instance
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COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
Court of First Instance
Basra
BASRA.