Correspondence Regarding Legal (Marriage and Divorce) Proceedings between the Ministry of Justice and the Jewish Religious Courts
View interactive document pageThese documents include several construction contracts and accounting information for the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Also included are letters of correspondence between the Iraqi Ministry of Justice and the Jewish Religious Courts regarding legal issues, often involve marriage and divorce proceedings and jurisdiction issues. Most documents originating from the Jewish Courts are handwritten in Judeo-Arabic.
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Number: 6445 Date: 20 April 941 His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court Baghdad Enclosed is a copy of the Minister of Justice's letter No. M Kh / 115 Secret dated 17 April 941 for your information; President of the Community
⟦The Kingdom⟧ of Iraq Ministry of Justice Legal Codification Committee Telegraphic Address: Adliya Number A / 89 / 41 Date 6 Rabi' al-Awwal / 1360 2 April / 1941 ⟦Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧ 18 April 1941 Ministry of Justice Legal Codification Committee Subject Summary: Request for a lawsuit file. Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Further to our letter No. A 89 / 941 dated 18 / 3 / 1941 It is necessary to send the file related to the lawsuit of Salim Khadouri Azaji and his wife, which is in the Jewish Sharia Court of Cassation as you mentioned in your letter No. 6390 dated 24 / 3 / 1941. As you inform us that ⟦the Court of Cassation has informed us⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ On behalf of the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice To the Sharia Court of Cassation 6 / 4 / 941
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Number Date 7 April 941 6415 His Eminence the President of the Jewish Sharia Court of Cassation Baghdad The Ministry of Justice requested in its letter No. A/41/89 dated 2 April 941 to send the file related to the lawsuit of Salim Khadouri Azaji and his wife, which is in your court, so we hope to fulfill the request of the mentioned Ministry. On behalf of the President of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Court of Revision Israeli Sharia - Baghdad Court of Appeal Baghdad JEWISH SHARA' COURT OF REVISION BAGHDAD Number: 1004 Date: 11 / 7 / 1953 Subject Summary: From the Sharia Court of Revision In the name of the Iraqi Government in Baghdad After the revision Investigation of the Sharia Court in Baghdad dated 5/4/941 And the statement of the claims of the appellant, the plaintiff Mr. Sassoon and Abd al-Wahid (22) ! Regarding the judgment of the aforementioned court in the aforementioned lawsuit in the aforementioned decision And the Sharia Court of Revision decided In the name of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Ministry of Justice 1/8
⟦illegible⟧ 10 April 941 Ministry of Justice Baghdad Reference to your letter No. A / 41/89 dated 6 April 941 We are sending you with this letter of ours the file numbered 725 containing 22 papers related to the lawsuit of Baruch Salim Khadouri Azahi and his wife Helena daughter of Shaul. We request its return to us after you have finished reviewing it; ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
7083 26 August 942 His Eminence, the President of the Spiritual Council, the Respected Baghdad We attach herewith the original petition received by us from the Ministry of Justice under number A/757/639 dated 26 August 942 to provide your opinion on its contents and return it to us with the reply. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Court of Revision Court of Revision JEWISH SHARA' Baghdad COURT OF REVISION Jewish Sharia - Baghdad BAGHDAD Number: 868 Date: 25 / September / 934 Subject Summary: From the cup of the Master of Heaven, peace Honorable Ezra, Ezekiel, Abraham, Kahila In the Holy City After inquiring of your well-being as is right, on the day ⟦21/7/934⟧ we sent you a judgment ruling regarding Isaac son of Abdullah regarding the claims between him and his wife Habiba daughter of Naim and the justice of Hacham Raphael. And on the date 22/September/934 and number 91, the government informed us that the judgment ruling mentioned above on 22/12/1932 and explained within the judgment ruling was not given to lawyers because of a government decree from 24/6 past and they requested from us another judgment ruling. Benjamin Abdullah We sent And we received back the aforementioned ruling signed according to law and religion, peace 4021 8/9/934
Members of the Israeli General Council Session 39 - 1940 President Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Members A Ibrahim Hayim Moallem Nassim Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazzoum Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum Israel Nassim Hay Eliyahu Heskel Al-Ani Eliyahu Meir Daoud Lawyer Anwar Shaul B Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe H Heskel Daoud Shemtob Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad K Khedouri Moshe Lahu S Saleh Shlomo Abdullah Saleh Faraj Hayim Sion Shoua Gigi Sion Ezra Nissan A Abdullah Sion Sheina Lawyer Abboudi Sitti Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani Ezra Heskel Bahar Doctor Ezra Qaraeen Ezra Menachem Daniel Ezra Nassim Al-Wiyah K Gurji Ibrahim Hayim Hakham Ishaq Doctor Gurji Meir Rabia Gurji Shalom Levi
7112 15 September 942 The Honorable Ministry of Justice Baghdad Reference to the petition of the applicant Esther Ezra Ovadia referred to us under number A/157/939 and dated 26/8/942 We referred the applicant's petition to the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad And we were informed that the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad had issued its ruling against the applicant for recalcitrance (nushuz), and this ruling was upheld on appeal Furthermore, we have previously sent a copy of the decision of the Jewish Religious Court of Appeal in this case to your honorable ministry enclosed with our letter number 2485 dated 12 December 1933. Sassoon Head of the Community Attachments: Original petition
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: ⟦line⟧ 1152 Date: 20 / 6 / 1942 ⟦line⟧ Our Master the Haham Bashi and the Spiritual Committee Peace be upon you and the mercy of God and His blessings in Baghdad After the greeting Reference to your letter marked 6992/1520 on the date 18/6/1942 We, the honored Committee of the Haham Bashi in Kirkuk, are in a state of mourning from the hour this incident occurred, and we are known to the government from old times, we are Baghdad and we hear the old voices and the extreme sadness because it is in Kirkuk And in the incident that occurred from the people who did not know about the incident that occurred And after the incident that occurred, we are the Jews from both sides, we are the Jews, we are the Jews The incident that occurred, we are the Jews, we are the Jews, we are the Jews And the Haham Bashi became in Kirkuk the Spiritual Committee, and we know that mourning is correct in the midst of this incident that occurred in Baghdad, and we are in Kirkuk in the incident that occurred And the incident in Kirkuk, the incident that occurred in Baghdad, and we are in Kirkuk in the incident that occurred in Baghdad and we are in Kirkuk in the incident that occurred in Baghdad And the mourning shall be in Kirkuk, and we are in Kirkuk in the incident that occurred in Baghdad And the mourning shall be in Kirkuk, and we are in Kirkuk in the incident that occurred in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Benjamin Levy ⟦signature⟧
Yousef Nassim Yahudi Yousef Saleh Al-Kabir, Lawyer Yousef Rosenfeld, Doctor Yousef Moshi Hezkiel, Lawyer Yousef Saleh Zalf Murad Yamin Y Haroun Hezkiel Koja H Mikel Lulu Moussa Abdullah, Doctor Moshi Shaul Sofer Moza Elia Moshi Saleh Shlomo Daoud Moshi Ibrahim Koji Munir Hatem Moshi Dangoor Munir Menahem Annab Munir Shaul Menashi Shamshoum M Moussa Murad Salim Koji, Doctor Salim Ezra Salim Ishaq, Lawyer Salman Houri Abboudi, Lawyer Salman Sayon Sheena, Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir, Lawyer Sassoon Hatem Nassim Koja Sassoon Murad Jajak Sassoon Ezra Ishaq, Lawyer S Daoud Ezra Daoud Raphael Ishaq Hayyim, Lawyer R Saleh Moallem Yousef Daoud Nassim Moallem Daoud, Doctor Daoud Ezra Masfi, Lawyer Daoud Shaul Tawfiq Daoud Hamza D Khedhouri Murad Shuker Khedhouri Munir Lawi
7067 12 August 942 The Honorable Ministry of Justice Baghdad With reference to the petition of Mr. Ibrahim Saleh Hardoon referred to us by His Excellency the Director General of Justice on 10 / 6 / 943 The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad replied in letter No. 1153 dated 3 August 942 as follows: - Mr. Ibrahim Hardoon appeared before the Spiritual Council and presented the marriage contract stating that Simha Eliyahu Mthir and their son Nahum Reuben Nahum are indebted to his wife Hanina daughter of Reuben Nahum for an amount of twenty-five thousand current piasters on account of the dowry, and his wife shall collect it from their shares of the houses known by their boundaries from the side of the house belonging to the heirs of Yehoshua Ezra Obadiah and the side of the house belonging to Eli Menachem Hay Suleiman Menachem Daniel and the side of the house belonging to Eli Menachem Hay Saleh Menachem Daniel and the side of a mosque and the side of the public road. The aforementioned Ibrahim requested a translation of the marriage contract, and since the husband the aforementioned Ibrahim, has no legal right to claim these amounts because the two aforementioned debtors died before his creditor wife, it was decided not to give him a literal translation of the marriage contract. We hereby return to you the original petition enclosed, and remain; On behalf of The Head of the Community
The Iraqi Government Ministry of Justice Please refer to the general number ⟦Emblem of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧ Department: Editing General Number: A / 211 / 24 Telegraphic Address: Adliya Date: 8 Sha'ban / 1361 20 August / 1942 Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad With reference to your letter numbered 7067 and dated August 13, 1942 Providing a copy of the marriage certificate does not in itself establish a right or lack thereof. Therefore, we see no objection to providing the petitioner with the requested translation. ⟦signature⟧ Minister of Justice A. H.
7082 25 August 942 His Eminence, the President of the Spiritual Council, Respected We transmit to you below the letter of the Ministry of Justice No. A/42/211 dated August 20, 1942, to respond to its content. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of The Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ Copy of the letter With reference to your letter numbered 67 and dated August 13, 942 Providing a copy of the marriage certificate does not in itself establish a right or lack thereof. Accordingly, we see no objection to providing the petitioner with the requested translation. Minister of Justice
7110 12 September 942 The Honorable Ministry of Justice Baghdad Reference to your letter No. A / 42/211 dated 25 August 942 The marriage contract under discussion has become void after the death of the wife, and as long as this is the case, the Spiritual Council apologizes for providing a translation of a document that is void legally. On behalf of The Head of the Community
Members of the Israeli General Council Session 1938 - 1940 President Sassoon Khedhouri Members A Ibrahim Hayyim Moallem Nassim Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir Ibrahim Yehuda Khedhouri Ibrahim Daoud Nahum Israel Nassim Hay Eliyahu Heskel Al-Thani Eliyahu Mounir Daoud Anwar Shaul B Benjamin Hatem Moshi H Heskel Daoud Shatoub Heskel Yaqub Murad D Dr. Nassim Cohen Z Zaki Ibrahim Hatem Ishaq K Ezra Nassim Al-Wiyah Ezra Menachem Daniel Ezra Qahtan Ezra Heskel Bahr Ezra Eliyahu Al-Thani Aboudi Siyaqi Abdullah Zion Sheena A Zion Ezra Nissan Zion Shuaa Gigi Saleh Hayyim Faraj Saleh Shlomo Abdullah S Vice President Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer Lawyer Doctor Lawyer
Iraqi Government Ministry of Justice Please refer to the general number Department: Foreign Notifications General Number: ⟦8741⟧ Telegraphic Address: Adliya Date: 19 Shawwal / 1361 ⟦line⟧: 29 October / 1942 Subject Summary: Notification of judicial papers Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Your letter numbered 7096 and dated 3 / September / 1942. We send you herewith the notification paper issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad, notified to Mr. Ezra Rubin Aslan and duly certified. ⟦signature⟧ For the Minister of Justice 29 4078 29 / 10 / 42
Tarji Malam Levi Munir Shaul Menashi Shamshon Munir Menachem Gab Munir Khanum Moshi Daoud Menashi Ibrahim Karji Menashi Saleh Shlomo Daoud Moza Ita Moshi Shaul Sofer Dr. Nur Allah Musa Nunu Michael Harun Ezekiel Cohen Yassin Murad Y Yehuda Saleh Raouf Effendi Joshua Moshi Ezekiel Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld Lawyer Joseph Saleh Al-Kabir Joseph Nassim Aboudi Khedhouri Meir Levi H Khedhouri Murad Shuker Daoud Hamza D Daoud Shaul Tweig Effendi Daoud Ezra Haqqi Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim Daoud Joseph Moallem Saleh Effendi Raphael Isaac Hayyim R Rubin Ezra Daoud Effendi Sassoon Ezra Isaac Sassoon Murad Jajak Sassoon Khanum Nassim Cohen Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir Lawyer Salman Zion Sheena Effendi Salman Hoki Aboudi Lawyer Selim Isaac Selim Fawzi Dr. Selim Kory
To His Excellency the Honorable and Most Magnificent Minister of Justice Presented to your position Since my wife, named Hanina daughter of Robin Eliyahu Hardoon, according to the legal contract issued by the Spiritual Council in Baghdad for a dowry amounting to twenty-five thousand piastres, which equals 58.594 Dinars in Iraqi currency, and during the aforementioned contract they registered the house located in the Taht al-Takiya neighborhood, number ⟦line⟧ in lieu of the amount paid to the husband according to the current custom, and the aforementioned house was registered in the name of the husband for the aforementioned dowry, and on the date of 14 November 941 my wife passed away, and I approached the Spiritual Council for a translation of the aforementioned contract paper to obtain my right from that aforementioned house, and for a period of two months they have been stalling me regarding that for the purpose of defrauding my rights, since the deceased has nieces whose intention is this to defraud my rights. Therefore, I have come with this petition of mine, pleading with Your Excellency to issue an order to the Spiritual Council for the translation of the aforementioned contract paper so that I may be able to obtain my rights and approach the competent courts regarding that before time runs out. This, and the matter is yours, my Lord. Head of the Community
A / 5 / 48 With the notification paper Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Number 6993 Date 18 June 942 His Eminence the President of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ You will find enclosed the original petition submitted by Ibrahim Saleh Hardoon, which was referred to us by the Director General of Justice in his letter dated 10 / 6 / 942, to provide your opinion on what was stated therein and return it to us with the reply. On behalf of the President of the Community
7096 3 September 942 The Honorable Ministry of Justice Baghdad We attach herewith a copy of the notification numbered 783 / 1852 and dated 2 July 942 issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant Ezra Reuben Aslan, nicknamed Suleiman, an employee in the Engineering Department of the British Army in Musayyib. We request your mediation in notifying the aforementioned defendant and kindly returning the attached notification paper signed by him and certified. On behalf of The Head of the Community
7228 1/26/943 His Eminence, President of the Israeli Religious Court Baghdad Reference to your letter dated 1/6/943 We transmit to you below a copy of the Ministry of Justice letter No. A/42/475 for your information. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter Complaints against the Israeli Court have increased, and therefore strict measures must be taken by you to eliminate the causes of these complaints in the interest of the community members and the reputation of the aforementioned court at the same time. We have firm hope in the results of your good measures in this regard. Minister of Justice Justice
Iraqi Government Ministry of Justice Editing Department ⟦Emblem of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧ Telegraphic Address :: Adliya Number: A / 475 / 42 Date: 10 Muharram / 1362 ⟦line⟧: 16 January / 1943 Subject Summary : ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Reference to your letter No. 63 72 dated 6 / 1 / 1943 Complaints against the Jewish Court have increased, and therefore strict measures must be taken by you to eliminate the causes of these complaints, out of concern for the interests of the members of the community and the reputation of the aforementioned court at the same time. We have firm hope in the results of your good actions in this regard. ⟦signature⟧ Minister of Justice
Yousef Nassim Yehuda Lawyer Yousef Saleh Al-Kabir Dr. Yousef Rosenfeld Rabbi Joshua Moshe Ezekiel Yehuda Saleh Zelouf Yassin Murad Y Aaron Ezekiel Hogah H Nunu Mukammal Dr. Nurullah Moussa Moshe Shaul Sweif Mozi Elia Menashe Saleh Shlomo Dawood Menashe Ibrahim Karji Meir Hatem Moshe Dangoor Meir Menachem Ab Meir Shaul Menashe Shamshua M Laurie Meir Khedouri Khedouri Murad Shaker W Mahmouda Murad Dawood Shaul Tweig Rabbi Dawood Ezra Musfi Dr. Dawood Moallem Nassim Dawood Yousef Moallem Saleh W Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim Reuben Ezra Dawood Y Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Isaac Sassoon Murad Jeik Sassoon Hatem Nassim Kohina Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir Lawyer Salman Sion Hina Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi Lawyer Selim Isaac Selim Fawzi Dr. Selim Kohia