AI English Translation, Pages 226-250
Statement
This Ministry has previously issued various denominations of revenue stamps for the purpose of collecting the <del>Palestine Rescue Tax</del>,
and the generous approval of their legality has now been obtained, the role of the authorities has been ratified, and all transactions
subject to stamp duty have been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the Iraqi Stamp Law, which encouraged it to issue other stamps of
denominations (5, 10, 50, 100, 200, and 500) fils.
O Noble Citizen
You must appreciate the great responsibility placed upon your brothers in the Jihad who sacrifice their blood for the sake of
liberating Palestine from the clutches of Zionism. It is no wonder if you know that money is the backbone of war, and what our
brave brothers in Arab Palestine are exerting today for the sake of its liberation and independence, and the huge sums this requires
for the purpose of preparing and mobilizing the Mujahideen and sheltering the displaced. There is no doubt that you would love to contribute to this
noble humanitarian work.
And now that this Ministry has issued the aforementioned stamps, hasten to purchase and affix the postage of
these stamps on all papers that deserve the stamp, and on cinema and entertainment tickets, or keep
them as a souvenir of your efforts and a symbol of your continuity in the Muhammadi ⟦Jihad⟧ and a catalyst for new continuous efforts for the sake of
the Holy Jihad to save Arab Palestine.
Ali Mumtaz
Minister of Finance
LAURA KADOURIE CLUB
LAURA KADOURIE CLUB
Telephone Number: 6097
Tel. No. 6097
Baghdad, 14 / 8 / 948 Baghdad
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings and respect.
We attach herewith (22/500) Dinars for the value of (15) tickets
for the Ball party to be held by the Royal Sports Club, which
Your Excellency were kind enough to send to our club
Please kindly acknowledge receipt
And please accept the highest respect
Sincerely
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Honorary Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special Number 494
Date 24 / 8 / 1948
For filing
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24 / 8
Mr. President
Based on the assigned task, I have confronted
the lawyer Faeq Tawfiq regarding obtaining a copy of the ruling
issued against the carpenter Salem Shamoun and his comrades, however
he informed me that he was not provided ⟦to the court⟧ mentioned with a copy
of the ruling, but rather they were notified of it orally, and this
ruling is based on Article One, Paragraph
One of the Appendix to the Baghdad Penal Code
meaning Communism and Zionism, and that is
based on the conviction resulting from police detachments.
He has advised me to task one of the
convicted persons with submitting a petition to request a copy
of the issuance of the ruling.
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8/12
Dear Mr. Vice President
The President informed me that he does not see it appropriate
to task one of the convicted persons with obtaining a copy
of the ruling.
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14/8
To be archived
Miscellaneous
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23/8
Keep
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected
Greetings and respect
A group of united textile merchants in Basra has desired
to be informed of the custom and practice followed among members of the Jewish community
in concluding trust contracts - on the basis of the Hebrew year and as
was followed as a custom practiced since ancient times, considering them
regarding the subject, it does not lack their solid laws and their inquiry
which we ask you to be kind enough to provide your consultation on
regarding the following matters:
1 If the trust contract <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ended at the end of
the first year's import, is the title under the mentioned ⟦illegible⟧
that there was a case or custom
2 If the contract ended at the end of the annual year
which begins on the first of Nisan, is the mentioned year considered
that there was a case or custom
3 If the contract ended at the end of the annual year that
considers the first of Iyar, is the mentioned year considered
These are the questions that we usually have among the people of the community
according to which the transaction takes place
The principle agreed upon by the members of the matters and according to the principles of the contract
in importing regarding the followed material to determine the deadline which must
be realized by those entering into the contract on the date given in the first
Subject
Inquiries
about
Contracts
Baghdad District Police Directorate
"Investigation Division"
To -
All Assistants
Subject / Missing Boy
Number: 10498 / ⟦line⟧
Date: 2 / 7 / 67 AH
M: 11 / 5 / 48
On 11 / 5 / 48, the woman named Rahma bint Shamil, a resident of
Al-Tatran neighborhood, informed the Abi Saifin police station and stated that one of her relatives, the boy whose description is listed below and named Sami bin Mushriq, has
left her house and has not returned until now. Therefore, we request a rigorous search for the mentioned boy and upon
finding him, ensure his delivery to the Abi Saifin police station and inform us of the result.
Director of Baghdad District Police
Copy to -
Assistant Police of Al-Sarai - for information, referring to his marginal note No. 6997 dated 11 / 5 / 48.
Descriptions -
Name - Sami bin Mushir / wearing a brown striped dishdasha / bareheaded / barefoot / wheat-colored
skin / approximately 10 years old.
For filing
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On behalf of the aforementioned contract and the same institute by virtue of the legal power of attorney record
And based on the custom and habit followed by the members of the Israelite community
When concluding security covenants - that the basis of this client's commitment regarding
The relationship between her and (Name) from the side of the matter and relates to the obligations and confirms
That if the annulment occurred from the husband's side initially without a legal
justification, then the lawsuit shall be filed against him in early October ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ immediate or deferred, and if the <del>annulment</del> divorce occurred from the husband
The aforementioned presenter, that the beginning of the mentioned first of October, then all
These mentioned things shall be returned to her relatives ⟦illegible⟧
And if the security contract occurred before the mentioned October, then the beginning
Of the first ⟦illegible⟧ according to the custom of the members of the Israelite community
And no change shall occur to the mentioned covenants, whether
Those things were immediate or deferred, and based on the request made, we have written
This testimony ⟦illegible⟧ in the name of the Israelite community
Dinar | Fils
Letters:
Deduction: Salaries / Wage
Basis of expenses, judicial fees, attorney fees, and others:
Baghdad:
Baghdad, ⟦line⟧
ADVOCATE
S. H. Aslan
Lawyer
The content of our right is reform
Edward Aboodi Bank
Tel. Address : TRULY
Telephone : 3706
Code : Bentley's Complete Phrase
Edward Aboodi Bank
Telegraphic Address : TRULY Baghdad
Telephone Number 3706
Ref. No. ⟦line⟧ Baghdad 10 / 6 / 1948
His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Defense
Through His Excellency the Honorable Director of Provisions and Supply
Chairman of the Donation Committee for the Iraqi Army
Baghdad
With respect .
We are honored to present to your Excellency (15) fifteen boxes of laundry soap
consisting of 2160 bars, and we ask you to kindly accept this gift for the purpose of distributing it to the
valiant Iraqi Army .
With our highest respect to your Excellency, Sir .
Edward Aboodi Bank
⟦signature⟧
Received on 10 / 6 / 48
Under receipt
For filing
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For storage
Assistance
Samarra, dated 27 / 10 / 48
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We are the post and telegraph employees of Basra, numbering eight, who were taken from our jobs
suddenly and deported by the martial law authorities in Basra to Samarra. This deportation was followed by
the rest of the post and telegraph employees in Basra, who were forcibly dismissed from their jobs. They are
now divided between Tikrit and Rawa, without any crime committed by us or them except
for being Jews, and nothing else. This dismissal came as a fatal blow to the future of our families
and children. Our houses in Basra are now listed for evacuation, and our families have consumed
what remained of our belongings, selling them in the markets to cover the rent for the
houses they inhabit and food for our young children. Furthermore, we are now
present in the sub-district of Samarra, in a town where none but the eight of us reside with
our children, and we are exposed to every danger in living and housing, to the extent that we spent the nights
in the Samarra police station to preserve our safety.
Sir, we cannot bear this situation because we are miserable people and not criminals.
We have long services exceeding 28 years with the government, and our records are clean.
Also, we did not belong to parties or clubs, nor did we meet with anyone, even in cafes,
or anything that would indicate a prior suspicion against us to justify the local authorities detaining us in
Samarra. All there is to it is that we are family men, and it was and still is imperative for us
to perform our duty toward them properly. Therefore, Mr. President, we have come
with this letter of ours, requesting your urgent assistance to save us from this
distress in which we find ourselves, by approaching the ministerial authorities in Baghdad to look
into our case with a view of truth, justice, and fairness, in order to release us from this detention
so that it may be possible for us to face the danger of supporting our families before it is too late.
We are now in dire need of financial assistance because we have no money left
to manage our affairs, especially since our detention has lasted nearly three months, which has exhausted
everything we had. Also, our families do not have the ability to assist us because they
need the same assistance. Therefore, we repeat our request that you kindly extend a helping hand to us
by following up on our cases according to the petitions submitted to them by us, copies of which are attached.
By doing so, you will have performed a sacred duty, reviving families on the brink of destruction,
who will pray for you with best wishes. Sincerely.
1) Salman Yusuf ⟦Sham'un⟧ 2) Salih Sham'un ⟦Ezra⟧ 3) Karmi Sion Malawi ⟦Signature⟧
4) Karmi Ishaq ⟦Signature⟧ 5) Selim Sion ⟦Signature⟧ 6) Eliyahu Ya'qub ⟦Signature⟧
7) ⟦Harun⟧ ⟦Sham'un⟧ 8) Salman Ibrahim ⟦Signature⟧
Samarra on 17 / 10 / 48
To His Excellency the Honorable Prime Minister
Through the competent authority
We, the workers in Samarra district, eight employees of the Post and Telegraph Department in
⟦Basra⟧ were surprised on 19 / 8 / 48 by our dismissal from our jobs for a period of five
years and being kept detained away from our families without any guilt we committed under
this arrest
We, Your Excellency, are employees with a long and honorable past in our department
which we take pride in, and some of us have spent nearly 29 years in service without being tainted
by any blemish of disloyalty, recklessness, or negligence in our duties; rather,
the truth is we have explicit evidence of great loyalty, accuracy, and honesty
in our work, which has made our record clean throughout this period. This dismissal,
arrest, and deportation of ours has come as an injustice to our rights and is contrary to the
Civil Service Law and contrary to the spirit of our venerable protective constitution of which
you have become the guardians of ⟦its status⟧
This dismissal has exposed our families and us, the detained
and deported, to the actual calamities of misery that are strangling us; for our
families that we left behind will face inevitable destruction through hunger, disease, and without
a provider ⟦becoming⟧
Is this the reward for our service and loyalty? We are Iraqis from the children of this
soil and this people; we live with them and share in their noble aspirations
And we are among those most strongly committed to our constitution which established the rights of all
Iraqis.
We, Your Excellency, are not criminals, and our families are not criminals
So the continuation of our detention surrenders us and them to a slow death; therefore
we all turn to Your Excellency, pleading for a review of our case and for our release
and by this you make us grateful for your kindness, and ⟦to your Excellency⟧ great respect
Copy to His Excellency the Minister of Defense, the respected
His Excellency the Minister of Communications and Works, the respected
His Excellency the Director General of Post and Telegraph, the respected
Note - His Eminence the Rabbi (Head of the Community) met
His Highness the Regent to deliver the gift
On Tuesday, corresponding to 11/29/1948
Tuesday
Our Master, His Royal Highness the Great Crown Prince and Regent of the Great Throne of Iraq
⟦illegible⟧ the State
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I am honored to present to the doorsteps of our Master ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧, and I pray to ⟦illegible⟧ the King ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of ⟦illegible⟧ the community ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ that this happy period be, that this be
⟦illegible⟧ and goodness and prosperity, and to bestow
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⟦illegible⟧ in the name of the community ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ the Almighty Lord to ⟦illegible⟧ our Master
King Faisal II, the redeemed, with the eye of His care, and preserve Your Great Highness
as a treasure for this homeland.
Suleiman Khadduri
It was issued on the fourteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-eight
For filing
Proposals of the community