AI English Translation, Pages 426-450
5758
3 December 939
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. G/8/38 dated 25 November 939
We have learned from the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad that the petitioner Ezra Habib Moallem
Ibrahim had married a second woman without the permission of the aforementioned court, so he has no right
to request the obedience of his first wife unless he divorces the second.
As for his claim that the alimony is exorbitant, the court had heard witness testimonies about it at the time.
If he now claims financial hardship, he must approach the court to consider his claim according to
the procedures. Enclosed is the petitioner's petition with its attachments;
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Please refer to the general number
Section: Correspondence
General Number: 4/8/28
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Date: Dhu al-Qi'dah / 358
16: December / 939
Subject Summary: Petition of Ezra Habib Moallem Ibrahim
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 5758 dated 12/5/1939
The petitioner in his petition had discussed two points. First, the request for obedience
or the annulment of alimony. Second, that he filed a lawsuit with you on 9/11/1939, the
summons for which was sent within the letter of the Judge of Nasiriyah, but you have not considered it until now. Since
your response did not address the second point, we request clarification on it.
On behalf of the Minister of Justice
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18/12/39
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Justice
15/12
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5778
18 December 939
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated 18 Kislev 5700
We transmit to you below the letter of the Ministry of Justice No. A/38/8 dated 16 December 939
to respond to its content;
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On behalf of
The President of the Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 5758 dated 5 / 12 / 1939
The petitioner in his petition had discussed two points. First, the request for obedience or the annulment
of alimony. Second, that he filed a lawsuit with you on 11 / 9 / 939, the summons for which was sent within
the letter of the Judge of Nasiriyah, but you have not considered it until now. Since your response did not address the second
point, we request clarification on it;
On behalf of the Minister of Justice
True copy
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The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.: 230
Year: 568
Date: 12 Marheshvan
Testimony ⟦...⟧ from Sasson Ezra ⟦...⟧
House of Study ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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Mani Ezra
Presidency of the Israelite Community
2020
1947/10/27
5792
1 January 940
Ministry of Justice - Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. A/8/38 dated 16/12/939
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has informed us that the petitioner Ezra Habib Moallem
Ibrahim did not approach the court regarding the petition sent within the letter of the Governor of Nasiriyah to set
a day for the hearing and the formation of the two parties;
⟦On behalf of⟧
Head of the Community
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Copy of a letter from the Ministry of Social Affairs
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Subject - Encouraging Marriage
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Since this Ministry wishes to investigate the annual marriage contracts that take place
in the capital for the purpose of recording them and considering the matter of encouraging them, following the example of other countries, please
be so kind as to seek clarification from the following authorities and all those concerned with the matter regarding the subject, to ensure
reaching the desired goal.
1) From the Sunni Sharia Court.
2) " " " Ja'fari.
3) " Christian spiritual religious heads of various sects.
4) From the Rabbis.
On behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs
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21 / 2 / 940
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Correspondence Department
Number: 2894 / 45
Date: 16 Muharram / 359
26 February / 940
Subject - Encouraging Marriage
Judge of the Sunni Sharia Court in Baghdad
" " " Ja'fari "
Head of the Chaldean Community in Baghdad
" " Syriac Catholic "
" " Orthodox "
" " Armenian Orthodox "
" " Latin Catholic "
" " Protestant "
" The Jewish Community in Baghdad "
We are sending you herewith a copy of the Ministry of Social Affairs' letter numbered 780 and dated
8 / 2 / 1940 regarding the subject of encouraging marriage for your information, requesting that you provide us with a total registered statistic
of the annual marriage contracts that take place in the court belonging to your community.
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On behalf of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice
Head of the Jewish Community
Number 7595
Date 26 / 2 / 940
Q / 21
5856
28 February 940
His Eminence the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected
At the request of the Ministry of Justice, we request you to provide us as quickly as possible with a statistic of the annual marriage records
for the Israelite community in Baghdad from the beginning of the year 1930 to the end of the year 1939
⟦On behalf of⟧
The Head of the Community
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The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Congregation
<del>Israel</del> may it be established
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
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Number: 889
Date: 27 / 8 / 948
Designated for Hassa Sasson Pinhas for the share
and the deceased H. H. Sasson for Yeshu'a in Baghdad
Women for the N.M.Y.G.
Hassa of the surplus of the heart for the share of fils / 5856 /
We return the surplus to the supply of the N.M.Y.G. from No. 920 to N.M.Y.G. No. 929 and in ⟦illegible⟧
6654 | No. 920 | and the N.M.Y.G. and forty-seven
747 | No. 921 | and the N.M.Y.G. and fifty-eight
745 | No. 922 | and the N.M.Y.G. and sixty-nine
799 | No. 923 | and the N.M.Y.G. and eighty-eight
1081 | No. 924 | and the N.M.Y.G. and ninety-nine
778 | No. 925 | and the N.M.Y.G. and ninety-nine
779 | No. 926 | and the N.M.Y.G. and ninety-nine
789 | No. 927 | and the N.M.Y.G. and forty-three
2227 | No. 928 | and the N.M.Y.G. and ninety-eight
777 | No. 929 | and the N.M.Y.G. and ninety-eight
792 | Share of the share of one only |
428 | |
411 | |
2826 | |
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number on 7548
Date 2 / 8 / 948
By this and for our surplus the known share
Ezra H.
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5868
4 March 940
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Reference to your circular No. C 45/29 dated 24 February 940
Below is a statistic of the marriage records of the members of the Jewish community in Baghdad during the last ten
years:
Year | Number
1930 | 337
1931 | 345
1932 | 399
1933 | 378
1934 | 379
1935 | 389
1936 | 377
1937 | 393
1938 | 428
1939 | 411
From this it appears that the annual average of marriage contracts is 384 contracts per year
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On behalf of
Head of the Community
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Correspondence Department
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Number 4 / 252 / 94
Date 4 Jumada al-Thani 1359
11 July 1940
Subject Summary: Petition of Helen Shaul Qaragulla.
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We send you herewith a copy of the petition of Mrs. Helen Shaul Qaragulla
residing in Tel Aviv, submitted to the Royal Iraqi Consulate in
Jerusalem regarding her complaint about the delay of the Spiritual Court in completing her lawsuit.
We request you to examine the case and inform us of your observations regarding it and the reasons
for its delay.
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On behalf of the Minister of Justice
A copy to -
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - with reference to its letter numbered Q/1 / 2731 / 100 / 238
dated 2 / 7 / 1940.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦...⟧ 7668
Date 15 / 7 / 940
S M 94
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15 / 7 / 94
6014
19 July 940
His Eminence, President of the Jewish Religious Court, Baghdad
We attach herewith a copy of the petition sent to us by the Ministry of Justice within its letter numbered
A 6 / 35 / 940 dated 11 July 940, submitted to the Royal Iraqi Consulate in Jerusalem
by Helen Shaul Qara Kalla, residing in Tel Aviv, regarding her complaint about the Court's delay
in completing her lawsuit. We request your observations regarding it and its return to us with the reply.
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Head of the Community
– Copy of Acquisition –
Tel Aviv, 102 HaNeviim Street
June 13, 1940
His Excellency, the Honorable Consul General of the Kingdom of Iraq
Jerusalem
Presented to your Excellency:
About four years ago, a man named Baruch bin Khadouri Lawi, residing in the Al-Bataween
neighborhood, came to Tel Aviv from Baghdad and proposed to me through my family. After living with me in a marital bond for about one year and being blessed with a daughter,
he left me and traveled to Baghdad to settle his affairs there and return here. However, his intentions were bad; he remained in Baghdad
and left me and his child to the mercy of fate without providing us even a small amount to sustain ourselves. I have sent him several
letters, but his heart remained like steel. I had no choice but to complain against him through the Rabbinate, and his response was
that he wanted to separate. Accordingly, four months ago, we submitted the divorce deed to him through the Israeli Sharia Court
in Baghdad, but the aforementioned court has not yet summoned him to receive the said divorce deed. Therefore,
I have come appealing to your Excellency to contact the relevant authorities in Baghdad to urge the Israeli Sharia Court
in Baghdad to summon the aforementioned Baruch and hand him the divorce deed he requested.
And your reward is with God.
The Petitioner
Helen Shaul Qarah Kullah
The Court of Justice of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
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Telephone Number: 2583
No.:
Date: 17 Adar
Year: 5705
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Nissim Salman
Secretary of the Court
2695
1945/8/2
- Community Council -
September 21, 61
201 Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad
Honorable Chief Rabbi
Baghdad
Greetings and respect,
We send you herewith a copy of the letter we received from the British Embassy with disappointment and regret regarding our request
to change the laws regarding the granting of entry visas to Britain for Iraqi Jews and those belonging to other nationalities,
according to which the British Embassy requires Iraqi Jews, upon their interview at the British Embassy,
to provide documents proving that they are not Zionists and that they do not intend to go to Israel after the end of their visit
to Britain, which may last a few months. Since we see that such a request cannot be fulfilled, we hope
to coordinate this matter with the British Embassy in Baghdad for the purpose of canceling such difficult conditions and procedures.
Note that we have informed the British Embassy that we do not possess such documents and that we do not have the authority
to grant such documents to any person whatsoever. Since we have done everything in our power with the British Embassy, but we
have not succeeded in convincing the British Embassy to cancel these difficult conditions and procedures, we therefore request your intervention
in this matter with the British Embassy in Baghdad for the purpose of canceling these difficult conditions and procedures.
- Please accept our highest respect,
Head of the Community
Sassoon Khadduri
No ⟦illegible⟧
6064
25 August 940
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 940/3564 dated 11 July 940 regarding the petition of Helen
Shaul Qara Kalla
We have learned from the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad that it has not received a divorce certificate in the name of
Baruch bin Khadouri Levi, noting that it is the husband who writes the divorce decree for the wife and the
reverse is not legally valid according to Sharia;
⟦For me⟧
On behalf of
Head of the Community
The Righteous Court of the City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 2583
No:
Date: 10 / 5 / 52
Year:
Maimon L. Hakham Sassoon Nissim L. Hanukkah
On Sunday, the 4th of Sivan, the year 5712 here in Baghdad
Before us, the undersigned
Stood and appeared Fuad son of Isaac son of Abdullah Nissim
No. 921/894 and in his hand identity card no. ⟦illegible⟧
And declared that Miriam daughter of Salim Nissim is his sister
The eldest, and she is ⟦illegible⟧ years old and resides now
In the transit camp of Kfar Saba in Israel and requested
To issue for her a decree of inheritance
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The humble Sassoon Khedouri
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
287
22 / 5 / 952
629
24 March 941
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. A 89 / 921 dated 18 March 940 to the Jewish
Religious Court in Baghdad
The aforementioned court has informed us that the file pertaining to the lawsuit of Salim Khadhuri Azalji and his wife
is currently with the Jewish Sharia Court of Cassation;
⟦Today⟧
On behalf of
⟦Assistant⟧
Head of the Community
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His Eminence the Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧ the respected Head of the Israelite Community
Greetings and respect,
Since ⟦illegible⟧ the state by ⟦illegible⟧
Head of ⟦illegible⟧ in Ottoman Baghdad, regarding the registration of
⟦illegible⟧ in Diwaniyah ⟦illegible⟧ the Land Registry ⟦illegible⟧ the mentioned aircraft
⟦illegible⟧ it is believed that no result was obtained and there is a need to expedite it
Inform us now whether ⟦illegible⟧ a second ⟦illegible⟧ Sharif al-Latif
But our papers returned ⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧ not certified to us
Accordingly, ⟦illegible⟧ that you certify all these documents
⟦illegible⟧ your Eminence, we request they be sent to you immediately
This letter ⟦illegible⟧ that it ⟦illegible⟧ necessary things
So that we can ⟦illegible⟧ the forces and the final decision
Please accept our greetings and respect, sir
Your servant
⟦illegible⟧ Khayyat
Head of Diwaniyah
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Please refer to the general number
Committee of the Bureau of Legal Codification
General Number A / 19 / 1 / 10
Telegraphic Address: Justice
Date: Muharram / 1361
February / 1942
Subject Summary:
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
In response to your letter No. 6800 dated 19 / 1 / 1942
We return to you herewith the Tabu form (Form - 37) certified by us in accordance with
Article (12) of the Law for Registration of Immovable Property in the Name of Juridical Persons
No. 34 of 1929
Minister of Justice ⟦line⟧
A. H.
Sir, President of the Israelite Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
The Respected
More than two months have passed since I submitted to you from Diwaniyah
a paper concerning the proof of the entity of the Israelite community
for the purpose of having it signed by the Ministry of Justice through you
so that we can register the house and properties in Diwaniyah
in the Land Registry Department as I informed you previously
and you promised us that you would send it to Diwaniyah
after it is signed.
And here we are, still waiting for it until now
so your Excellency can estimate the amount of damage resulting
from that delay
as the tenant of this house is still refusing to pay
the rents due from him for years and we
have not been able to obtain them because the mentioned house is not
registered in our own name, so I ask you on behalf of the Israelite community
in Diwaniyah to kindly complete and send it because the time
allows us to register the house and properties in the
Land Registry Department, and the matter is yours, sir
Your servant
President of the Community in Diwaniyah
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9/1/42
19 January 942
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
For the purpose of registering property in the name of the Jewish Community in Diwaniyah belonging to the Baghdad region, I request you
to kindly certify the certificate of the community's status attached herewith.
Sassoon
Head of the Community
The Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Special Office Division
Number / M. G / 120
Date 20 Rabi' al-Awwal / 1360
27 April / 1941
Secret
Their Eminences, the Heads of the Spiritual Councils
It is no secret that the Spiritual Councils are considered, by virtue of the Basic Law, a court that has
judicial authority in the matters specified in Article (79) of the Basic Law.
In this capacity, they are a judicial authority whose rulings - falling within their jurisdiction - are executed
by the procedural departments. Since this Ministry has not yet been informed of the form of
the formation of these councils, their election, the number of their members, and their term of office, except for the
Spiritual Councils for the Jews and the Armenian Orthodox - therefore, and in order to verify
the validity of the formation of the aforementioned councils, we request the submission of a report detailing the method of electing
the members and other matters mentioned above, accompanied by a table showing the names of the members of the Spiritual
Councils. We hope to receive your response at the earliest opportunity. Please accept my greetings.
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Minister of Justice
A copy to:
Presidency of the Chaldean Community
" " Syrian Catholic
" " " Orthodox
" " Old Armenian
" " Latin
" " Protestant
" " Israelite
" " Armenian Catholic.
7880
27/4/941
For filing
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Correspondence Department
Telegraphic Address :: Adliya
Number: 4 / 182 / 1940
Date: 1 Rabi' al-Awwal / 1359
⟦line⟧: 28 April / 1940
Subject Summary: Petition of Salim Mansha Ibrahim.
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We send to you herewith the petition of Salim Mansha Ibrahim dated
17 / 4 / 1940 and we request that you provide us with your observations regarding its contents
and return it with the reply.
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On behalf of the Minister of Justice
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4 / 18
1 / T / 18
5924
18 April 940
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
You will find enclosed the original petition of Mr. Selim Menashi Ibrahim sent to us by the Ministry
of Justice within its letter No. A / 183 / 940 dated 18 April 940 for your opinion
thereon and to return it to us with the reply;
On behalf of
The President of the Community