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IJA 3782

Correspondence between Iraqi Government and President of the Jewish Community about Jewish Citizens

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Description

This item contains requests from the Iraqi government to the President of the Jewish Community about Baghdadi Jewish community members that have passed away or abrogated their citizenship. Correspondence also confirms citizenship, religion, and marriages. There is legal paperwork regarding the endowment of Ezra Menahem Daniel. Included is an unrelated part of a book with commentary on the Talmud.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3782
Item Number
13067
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Hebrew, Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Revenue Stamp, Yoma, Typed, Annotion, Commentary on Talmud, Citizenship Laws, Endowment, Department of Goods, President of the Mosaic Community, Sun Crest, Office of Public Security – Frozen Assets, Legal, Ink Stamp, Office of Citizenship - Abrogation Branch, Jewish Law, Court of Personal Property, Letterhead, Rosh Ha-Shanah, Abrogation of Citizenship, Inheritance, President of the Jewish Community, Betsah, Yom Kipur, Waqf, Sukah, Eagle Crest, Office of Identification Affairs, Printed Text, Pesaḥim

AI English Translation, Pages 151-175

Archival unit 151

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat of Frozen Assets
Number /
Liquidation / Applications
Date: 27 / 7 / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Private Number 6414
Date: 29 / 7 / 1977
4 / 121
The Mosaic Community
Subject / The debtor Louis Suarez
Please inform us about the religion of the aforementioned debtor, please.
⟦signature⟧
Tariq Taha Darwish
p.p. / General Secretary
A copy to /
Frozen Assets Observation in <del>Kirkuk</del> Al-Ta'mim Governorate / For information, please
Applications / 114 / For follow-up
Ms. Nahla Al-Urs / =
General Papers
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Halima 7/25
⟦illegible blue text⟧

Archival unit 152

Number ⟦illegible⟧ 83531
Number ⟦illegible⟧ 804
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: 161 / 76
Date: 12 / 10 / 1976
4/120
Subject / ⟦line⟧
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respected
Dropping
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 25363 and dated 21 / 9 / 1976, Masouda
Habib Shantoub is a member of our community and we have no information about her.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Nationality - Fugitives - for information please.

Archival unit 153

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of Rights / Dropped Rights
Number /:
Date /:
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number ⟦1454⟧
Date ⟦29 / 9 / 976⟧
⟦4 / 12⟧
General Directorate of Nationality / Identification Cards
Subject / Jewish Nationality
Reference to your letter numbered 7966/31 on 12 / 9 / 1976
Please re-audit regarding the Jew (Masouda Hayyim Shantoob) and inform us. Noting that she has
property sequence 36 Yahya Zakariya / Basra, file 1005 T
⟦Signature⟧
p.p. Secretary General
Copy to /-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad / Please provide us with all available information
you have about the aforementioned person, indicating whether she is a member of
your community or not.
Secretariat of Provincial Properties / Property Verification / Follow-up to our letter numbered 22383 on
2 / 9 / 976 related to the property mentioned above, to await
the result please
Secretariat of Rights / Dropped Rights / File 6 / AK 2
Mr. Nouri Mahmoud Hammadi / For follow-up please
General Papers
Chairman of the Committee ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Fawzia 9/19
⟦12 / 9 / 76⟧
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 154

Number ⟦illegible⟧
83531
80452
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/: 103 / 76
Date: 7 / 10 / 1976
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
The Dropping
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 26091 and dated 4 / 10 / 1976, due to
the failure to mention the triple names or the surname for each of (Simha Tobim) and (Masouda Ibrahim)
we are unable to provide information about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
Naji Samik
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
A copy to: -
Directorate of General Nationality - IDs - for information please.

Archival unit 155

4/828
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Number /:
Date: 10 / / 197
Rights / Revocation
General Directorate of Nationality / IDs
Subject / Nationality of two Jewish women
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Margin number 1462
Date 7 / 10 / 976
Your letter number 1050/31 on 19 / 1 / 1972
Please re-audit regarding the two Jewish women (Simha Tobim) and (Masouda Ibrahim), noting that upon
inquiring about their religion from the Mukhtar of the area where the property belonging to them, numbered
78 / 122 / 218 Qanbar Ali, is located, the Al-Sarai Police Sub-Directorate confirmed that they are of the Mosaic religion.
Therefore, please re-audit and determine the date of revocation of their Iraqi nationality so that we can determine
our position regarding the occupancy of the property mentioned above.
⟦signature⟧
For / Secretary General
A copy to /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad / Please provide us with all available information
you have regarding the two aforementioned persons as quickly as possible.
Center Properties / Ownership Verification / Your margin 15 / 9 / 1976 regarding the property above.
Please await the response.
Rights / File (2508) for follow-up
Mr. Nouri Mahmoud / for follow-up and to send the response, please.
General Papers
⟦illegible⟧
Mr. Nouri Mahmoud for follow-up
with the Nationality Directorate
Fawzia 2 / 10

Archival unit 156

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 148 / 76
Date 23 / 9 / 1976
President's Phone Number 83531
Secretary 80452
4/127
Subject /: Respectable General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
The Drop
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 25326 and dated 20 / 9 / 1976, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the person named Saleh Abdullah Fahi.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community

Archival unit 157

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
President's Phone Number 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 148 / 76
Date: 23 / 9 / 1976
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
The Dropping
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 25326 and dated 20 / 9 / 1976, it is not possible
to decide on the religion of the person named Saleh Abdullah Fathi.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of the Presidency of the Jewish Community
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 158

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights Secretariat / Dropping
Number / 1
Date / 21 / 9 / 1979
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1452
Date 21 / 9 / 979
4/827
Presidency of Observers of Frozen Assets in Diyala Governorate
Subject / Statement of a person's religion
Further to our letter No. 22313 on ⟦...⟧ / 8 / 1979
Please investigate the religion of the person named Saleh Abdullah Fathi, owner of the plot
Numbered 74, District 48, located in the village of Al-Sada in your governorate, and inform us.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to /-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / To state whether the person mentioned above is a member of
your community and any other information available to you about him
Rights Secretariat / Dropping / File (637)
General papers.
Ghanam 9/21
Please take the necessary action and inform us as soon as possible
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 159

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 138 / 76
Date: 5 / 9 / 1976
4/126
Subject /
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respected
Dropping
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 21661 and dated 21/8/1976, Naji
Mir Ashaya is a member of our community and we have no information about him.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community

Archival unit 160

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate
The Secretariat ⟦illegible⟧
Number / 41261
Date 21 / 8 / 1971
⟦illegible⟧ Frozen Funds
Rights / Revocation
General Nationality Directorate / IDs
Subject / Inquiry about a person's nationality
Please inform us about the nationality status of the individual (Naji Meir Shasha) and specify
the date his Iraqi nationality was revoked, if it has been revoked.
On behalf of / The Secretary General
A copy to /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad / Please provide us with all available information
you have regarding the above-mentioned individual, stating whether he is
a member of your community. Hoping for a prompt response.
Liquidation Secretariat / Your margin on 16/8/76 regarding file 2131 / ⟦illegible⟧
As for the Jewish woman (Najia Abdullah), her nationality was revoked
in Sulaymaniyah under form number 63 ⟦illegible⟧ and her assets were migrated
starting from 10 / 3 / 1951. Regarding the other name, please
await the arrival of the reply.
Rights Secretariat / Revocation / File 6/1
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ Nouri Mahmoud Hammadi / For follow-up please
General Papers
Halima 8/18
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 161

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: L / 171 / 76
Date: 22 / 2 / 1976
4 / 100
Subject: ⟦line⟧
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respected
Center Properties / Confirmation of Ownership
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 2331 dated 1 / 2 / 1976 and your letter No. 5713
dated 3 / 3 / 1976, the mentioned property sequence 8 / 66 is an endowment from the endowments of Ezra
Menachem Daniel according to the endowment deed No. 68 / 48 dated 30 / 4 / 1944, and it is among
the group of endowments managed by the Special Committee for the Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel by virtue of
the Revolutionary Command Council decision.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Roubin Naji Elias
Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
A copy to:
Ministry of Justice - Special Committee for the Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel - for your information please.

Archival unit 162

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of Center Properties / Title Confirmation
Number / 222
Date / 2 / 1 / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1465
Date 2 / 5 / 1970
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Subject / Property sequence 8/66 Bataween
4/100
Please inform us of all current actions regarding the surface rights of the property described
above from the record registered under number 22 June 1966, volume 366, until now.
Hoping for a speedy response.
⟦signature⟧
Lawand ⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of / The Secretary-General
A copy to /
Center Properties / Title Confirmation / with attachments (File 56)
General Papers / for archiving
The Honorable Secretary-General of Frozen Assets
Center Properties
Based on your letter numbered ⟦...⟧ the mentioned property sequence 8/66 is an endowment
from the pillars of Ezra Shayea and its proof according to the endowment deed number ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧ and dated 2/2/44
recorded in the Endowment Volume 33, which is managed by the Community Council for Endowments ⟦...⟧
pursuant to the decision of the esteemed Community Council
Halima 2/10
Attached is a copy of the legal will
Copy to: Ministry of Justice (General Directorate of Endowments) Jabara

Archival unit 163

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Center Properties / Confirmation of Ownership
Number /:
Date: 2 / 2 / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Outgoing Number 1296
Date 4 / 2 / 1976
Presidency of the Mosaic Community:
Subject / Property Sequence: 66 / 8
Bataween:
4 / 100
We confirm our letter 2331 on 1 / 2 / 1976. Requesting to be informed of the result.
Tariq Taha Darwish
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to /
Center Properties / Confirmation of Ownership / with attachments / File (56)
General Papers
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Saad 2 / 29
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Current transactions on this district for property 66 Bataween

Archival unit 164

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Baghdad Court of First Instance
Case Number: 44 / ⟦illegible⟧ 19
Date: 30 / 4 / 1944
Judge - Mr.: Abbas Mashkour
The Endower -: Ezra Menachem Daniel
Republic of Iraq
On this day, Ezra Menachem Daniel appeared, whose identity was verified by the two identification witnesses
Meir Hakham Moshe Doctor and Ezra Meir Baruch, and stated the following: -
That I, of my own free will and choice, and in full possession of my mental faculties and maturity, have agreed to remove the properties belonging
to me located in the Al-Bataween neighborhood, numbered sequence 6/6, 6/7, 6/8, 6/9, 6/10
6/11, and 310/1 from my private ownership and to endow them as a valid, final, and perpetual endowment, and to annex them
to the (Gan Yeladim) Menachem Salih Daniel School, which was endowed by my late father Menachem Salih
Daniel according to the endowment deed issued by the Baghdad Court of First Instance dated July 28, 924 and numbered
with sequence number 233 and file 197, and to make them an endowment among its endowments, provided that all provisions
and conditions of the endowment deed under discussion apply without restriction, condition, or exception to the properties requested
to be endowed in this petition. I have established the guardianship over them under the same conditions, provisions, and manner stipulated
in the endowment deed mentioned above for myself and for Salih Shlomo Abdullah, and after us, the guardianship shall pass
to the eldest of my sons and my sons' male children as they reproduce and succeed generation after generation and layer after layer
jointly with the eldest of the children of the second guardian, Salih Shlomo Abdullah, and his sons' male children
as they reproduce and succeed generation after generation and layer after layer. Upon the extinction of the lineage of one of the two guardians, the guardianship shall be restricted
to the second guardian or whoever takes his place, and upon the extinction of both lineages, the guardianship shall then pass to the Lay Council
of the Israelite community in Baghdad. If one of the two guardians travels, he shall have the right to appoint the second guardian or someone else
as a proxy on his behalf.
And he requested the issuance of an endowment deed for the properties described above.
The Decision - In view of the above, the endowment has been completed and become binding, and its validity has been ruled upon according to the conditions listed above, and it has become
a valid legal endowment. What occurred was recorded as requested on 30 / 4 / 1944 AD.
Judge of Personal Status Matters in Baghdad
Republic of Iraq
900 Fils Revenue Stamp
Republic of Iraq
National Defense
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
True copy of the ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 165

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80⟦...⟧
Number T/: 44 / 76
Date: 18 / 3 / 1976
Not sent by order of the Secretary
4 / 99
Subject / Decision
⟦line⟧
Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Confirmation of Ownership
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 364 on 8 / 1 / 1976 and your decision numbered 2275
on 1 / 2 / 1976 to release the property sequence 41 / 37 doors 46 / 3 Bataween
Please order the delivery of the mentioned property file and the collected rental fees to us.
Please accept our highest respect.
Roubin Naji Elias
Acting President of the Mosaic Community
Copy to:
Rentals / 1 for information please.
Accounts Secretariat / Center Master / for information please.

Archival unit 166

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { President 83531
Secretary 80457
Number T/: 44 / 76
Date: 18 / 3 / 1976
Subject / Decision
⟦line⟧
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respected
Confirmation of Ownership
After greetings
With reference to your letter No. 364 on 8 / 1 / 1976 and your decision No. 2275
on 1 / 2 / 1976 to release the property sequence 41 / 37 Abwab 46 / 3 Bataween
Please order the delivery of the mentioned property file and the collected rental fees to us.
Please accept our highest respect.
Roubin Naji Elias
Acting President of the Jewish Community
Copy to:
Rentals / For information please.
Accounts Secretariat / Center Master / For information please.

Archival unit 167

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { President 83531
Secretary 80492
Number T/: 44 / 76
Date: 18 / 3 / 1976
Subject /: Decision
Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Confirmation of Ownership
After greetings
Reference to your letter No. 364 on 1/8/1976 and your decision No. 2275
on 2/1/1976 regarding the release of the property sequence 37/41 Abwab 3/46 Bataween
Please order the delivery of the mentioned property file and the collected rental fees to us.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rouben Naji Elias
Acting President of the Jewish Community
A copy to:
Rentals / 1 for information please.
Accounts Secretariat / Center Ledger / for information please.

Archival unit 168

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 44 / 76
Date: 18 / 3 / 1976
Subject /: Decision
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Confirmation of Ownership
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 364 on 8 / 1 / 1976 and your decision numbered 2275
on 1 / 2 / 1976 to release the property sequence 41 / 27 Abwab 46 / 3 Bataween
Please order the delivery of the mentioned property file and the collected rental fees to us.
Please accept our highest respect.
Roubin Naji Elias
Acting President of the Jewish Community
A copy to:
Rentals / For information please.
Accounts Secretariat / Center Master / For information please.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 169

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80432
Number T/: 706 / 44
Date: 18 / 3 / 1976
Subject /: Decision
⟦illegible⟧ Carpenter's Shop
Ezra Daoud
4/99
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Confirmation of Ownership
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 364 on 8 / 1 / 1976 and your decision numbered 2275
on 1 / 2 / 1976 to lift the hand from the property sequence 37/41 doors 3/46 Bataween
Please order the delivery of the mentioned property file and the collected rental fees to us.
Please accept our highest respect.
Rouben Naji Elias
Acting President of the Mosaic Community
Copy to:
Rentals / 1 for information please.
Accounts Secretariat / Center Master / for information please.

Archival unit 170

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The artist ⟦illegible⟧
21 dec ⟦illegible⟧
13
23 / 7
22 / 7
83 / 7
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Archival unit 171

Half of the carpenter's shop 3/44 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Ezra Daoud Synagogue
The house adjacent to the synagogue
46 / 2
44 / 1
48 / 3
The existing
28 / 41
⟦line⟧
Waqf of Ezra Daoud Synagogue
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 172

33/7 ⟦illegible⟧ the virtuous
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23/7 ⟦illegible⟧
23/7
13
23/7
9
23/7
9
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Two sides
the ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 173

The Honorable Accountant General of Seized Funds
Secretariat of the Center
Greetings,
2 / ⟦repeated⟧
Based on your letter No. 4624 dated 1/8/76
and your decision No. 2275 dated 1/28/76 to lift
the seizure of property sequence 41 / 47, please order
the delivery of the mentioned property file and rental records
obtained and their details, with high respect.
Robin
A copy to: Head of Revenues / Please
Accounts Secretariat / Center Professor /
<del>Property Officer for Execution</del>
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 174

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of Center Properties / Title Settlement
Number / ⟦illegible⟧
Date 1 / 2 / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1266
Date 20 / 2 / 1976
(( Decision ))
4/99
In view of the proof of ownership of the property sequence 41 / 37 doors 46 / 3 Battaween
To the Mosaic Community.
Therefore, we have decided to release it and hand it over to the Mosaic Community and close the file.
Abdul-Jabbar Al-Alousi
General Secretary
A copy thereof to /-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / your letter 1710 / 75 on 11 / 23 / 75. Please visit us
to take delivery of the property.
Center Properties / First Rentals / to take the necessary action regarding it
Center Properties / Revenues / to mark this on your end
Accounts Secretariat / Center Ledger / to take the necessary action to return the amounts collected from the property
under discussion to the Mosaic Community.
Center Properties / Title Settlement / to mark this
General Papers
Halima 1/31

Archival unit 175

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number /
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Date / / 197
Secretariat of Central Properties / Title Validation
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number 1226
Date 12 / 8 / 1976
Secretariat of Central Properties / First Leases
Subject / Property sequence 41 Bataween
38
4/99
Please take necessary measures to relinquish control over property doors 46 and hand it over to the Mosaic Community
3
due to its ownership by them, as stated in the inspection report conducted on property sequence 41 Bataween. As for the property
37
above, it contains a house bearing door number 48 and a shop bearing door number 44. We also attach
3
3
herewith all the previous records.
Attachments
⟦line⟧
All previous records
Tariq Taha Darwish
For/ General Secretary
Copy to /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Your letter 1710 / 75 on 23 / 11 / 975
Requesting receipt of the property.
Central Properties / Title Validation / To mark accordingly
General Records / For filing
2 / 11 / 76
Auditor
120
220
Muhi Hasab Jawad
As per the administrative order
Restitution Committee Dinar
4
10
First
Halima 7 / 1