AI English Translation, Pages 476-500
7212
6/1/943
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Reference to the petition of the named Farha Eliyahu Qattan, wife of Yusuf Salman Muallim
dated 12/15/942, referred to us on 12/16/942. Amara Taha
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has responded to the content of the petition
stating that the named Yusuf Salman Muallim has filed a lawsuit against his wife in the aforementioned court
requesting her obedience to him. On the day of the hearing, the defendant appeared accompanied by her brother, the named
Sassoon Qattan, in his capacity as her legal representative. For the compelling reasons held by the court, it
refused to accept the aforementioned person in the hearing and requested the defendant to appoint someone else. However,
the aforementioned Sassoon was overcome with anger and uttered inappropriate words toward the court, then took
the defendant and left the court. The Religious Court continued to hear the case
according to the procedures and notified the aforementioned woman that if she does not obey her husband, she will be considered recalcitrant.
for
Head of the Community
The Religious Court of Justice
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No:
Date: 16/7/934
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
With reference to the petition of the woman named Farha Eliyahu Qattan, wife of the person named Yusuf Salman
Muslim, who has filed a lawsuit against his wife in our court requesting her obedience to him. On the day of the hearing,
the defendant appeared accompanied by her brother, the person named Samon Qattan, in his capacity as her agent. For the
compelling reasons held by the court, it refused to accept the aforementioned person in the hearing and requested the defendant
to appoint someone else. However, the aforementioned Samon was overcome with anger and uttered inappropriate words toward
the court, then took the defendant and left the court. The Religious Court continued to hear
the case according to the procedures and informed the aforementioned woman that if she does not obey her husband, she will be considered recalcitrant.
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President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 36 - 1940
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayim Moallem Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazam
Ibrahim Daoud Naoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Heskel El-Mani
Eliyahu Mounir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe
H
Heskel Daoud Shemtob
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad
Kh
Khedhouri Mounir Lawi
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Sofi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Yusuf Moallem Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Ishaq Hayim
Rubin Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Jajak
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Sion Sheina
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi
Lawyer Selim Ishaq
Selim Tarzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
S (Sad)
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayim
Sion Shoua Gigi
Sion Ezra Nissan
A (Ain)
Abdullah Sion Sheina
Lawyer Abboudi Sabti
Ezra Eliyahu El-Ani
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Dr. Ezra Qaraeen
Ezra Menachem Daniel
Ezra Nassim Alwaya
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayim Hakham Ishaq
Dr. Gurji Mounir Rabie
Gurji Shalom Lawi
M
Mounir Shaul Menashi Shohet
Mounir Menachem Mahlab
Mounir Hakham Moshe Dangoor
Menashi Ibrahim Gurji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo Daoud
Moza Ita
Moshe Shaul Sofer
Dr. Nurullah Moussa
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroun Heskel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zalouf
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh El-Kabir
Yusuf Nassim Abboudi
7949
12 / 10 / 944
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. A / 4 / 307 / 944 dated September 4,
944
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has informed us that the reason for the delay
of the lawsuit referred to in your above letter until the Hebrew month of Cheshvan is that
the aforementioned court has become accustomed, in view of the arrival of the Jewish holiday season in
the Hebrew month of Tishrei, to making the aforementioned month a holiday during which the court devotes itself to organizing
its records and for the rest of its judges. Therefore, all lawsuits that are not settled
before the aforementioned month, their consideration is postponed until the month of Cheshvan, which follows the month of
Tishrei.
On behalf of
The Head of the Community
The Iraqi Government
Department of the Ministry of Justice: ⟦line⟧
Editorial Office: ⟦line⟧
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: Jumada al-Awwal / 1363
May / 1944 AD
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Religious Court for the Jewish Community - Baghdad
We refer to the petition of Gurji Shaul Abd al-Nabi dated
9 / 5 / 1944 submitted to this Ministry, a copy of which is sent to you, requesting
the provision of observations regarding its contents.
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On behalf of the Minister of Justice
7752
19 May 944
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Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered A / 195 / 44 dated 11 May 944
to the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad regarding the petition of the applicant
Gurji Shaul Abd al-Nabi.
The Religious Court has responded to the applicant's statements that the lawsuit of recalcitrance
which was filed before the court years ago did not acquire a final form
because the wife, while not denying her recalcitrance, demanded a divorce from the husband
and in such a case, the court may not issue a judgment of recalcitrance, but rather should
charge the husband with divorce, and so it did, but the husband refused to carry out the divorce
and the lawsuit has been left pending since then. Therefore, it is not correct to say that
the wife was recalcitrant such that she is not permitted to request reconciliation.
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Head of the Community
Iraqi Government
Department of the Ministry of Justice:
Office: Editing
Subject:
Number: 4/9/94
Date: 22 Jumada al-Ula / 63
18 May / 44
The Chief Rabbinate in Baghdad
We refer to the petition of Gurji Shaul Abd al-Nabi dated 9/5/1944 ⟦line⟧
submitted to this Ministry, a copy of which is sent to you, requesting your comments on
what was stated therein.
On behalf of the Minister of Justice
Jamal
15 Shevat 5713 44
Menachem son of Hasson Kadoorie. Talmud
K... Menachem Hasson. B Kadoorie
Committee 6 Nahai 2
I am Farid Aaron Abdallah Yud
First of all, I pray for you in all goodness. And this
you have done for the letter and this school has a name
your being the counting... they are the prophetic couple.
has a name in the school, they are the accompanying couple and this. They are
those who were going and if a listener who was a solution
name of those. Returned. Before you the couple Drada and Dakra
at the hour Dara the name the school... took the
accompanying and presented it in the couple at the understanding of the couple and my matter
and if in the letter which the couple went, they understood the Drada
Khamir the couple who delivered the letter and this
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23 / 8 / 944
Rabbinate Presidency in Baghdad
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The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad:
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 15/11/51
7999
21 / 11 / 944
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
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Reference to the petition numbered 21472 and dated 7 / 10 / 944
addressed to your esteemed ministry by Naeem Saleh.
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad has informed us that it has issued
a judgment against <del>the defendant</del> the convict Naeem Saleh for the amount of ten dinars per month as alimony for his wife
Louise Moshe, after it was proven to it that the aforementioned, at the time the judgment was issued, was not
a barber by profession and that the activities he practices yield him profits of no less than
thirty dinars per month.
Enclosed you will find the original petition.
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
27 Adar 5604
Our balance from today, I paid 6 shillings
Monday 6 April 40 likewise
After 6 months
I paid today twenty thousand francs
And I give an account of shilling 6 shilling ⟦...⟧
At that time we receive from us the franc
6 guineas ⟦...⟧ 20 guineas
Habib Salman
Hezekiah ⟦...⟧
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7534 | 5347 | 5 April 944
6077 | 6381 | ⟦illegible⟧
8848 | Ministry of Justice ⟦line⟧
36301 | Baghdad
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This notice informs from the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad to the defendant
Alice Simon residing in New York at the address listed below to kindly
notify the aforementioned defendant and return the original of the two papers signed
by her and certified. And may you remain [in peace],
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Head of the Community
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Iraqi Government
Department: Ministry of Justice
Number: 11/281
Office: Foreign Notifications
Date: Shawwal / 1363
Subject: Notification of judicial papers
7 October / 1944:
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Your letter numbered 7721 and dated 5 April 1944.
We return to you the warning paper notified to Alice Simon, and on its back
the certificate of notification given by the Mukhtar of the town of Barnstable from the works of
the State of Massachusetts, noting that the notification fee is 1/250 Dinars
hoping you will send it to us as quickly as possible.
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For the Minister of Justice
Jamal
Jewish Charitable Hospitals in Baghdad
Hospital Revenues | Total Expenses including Furniture for all Hospitals | Total Value of Constructions and Surgical Instruments Donated by Generous People | Notes
Dinar | Dinar | Dinar |
4942 | 5232 | 2645 | From April 933 until the end of March 934
3230 | 3702 | 1342 | From April 934 until the end of September 934 (half a year)
7496 | 8488 | 2607 | From October 934 until the end of September 935
10218 | 10629 | 5904 | From October 935 until the end of September 936
11360 | 11899 | 4405 ⟦line⟧ 16903 of which 1365 Dinars were spent on repairs of the hospital's endowed properties | From October 936 until the end of September 937
⟦...⟧ previous until the end of June 937, approximately 2600 Dinars
⟦...⟧ and in it is an institute for analysis and Roentgen rays (X-rays), and it admits male, female, and child patients. In the hospital there is a professor
⟦...⟧ rays.
(936/35) (225035) consultations at an average of 750 and 800 consultations daily, and 180 major eye surgeries were performed
It provided 44,462 prescriptions during one year, and the doctor made 160 free visits during the mentioned year
A specialized nurse, and the eyes of the students are examined from time to time by the specialist doctor at the Rima Khedouri Hospital.
In the Meir Elias Hospital, there is a maternity building where poor mothers are admitted, where the association provides them with the necessary aid, and it was built
7951
13 / 10 / 944
His Eminence, the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated March 27, 944
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Ministry of Justice
Numbered 259 / 11 and dated October 7, 944.
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
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Copy of the Letter
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Your letter numbered 7721 and dated April 5, 944
We return to you the warning notice served to Alice Simon, and on its back
the certificate of service provided by the Mukhtar of the town of Barnstable in the
State of Massachusetts, noting that the service fee is 1/250 Dinars.
Please send it to us as soon as possible.
On behalf of the Minister of Justice
1/517
With notification paper
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad
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10/24/44
Iraqi Government
Department of the Ministry of Justice: ⟦line⟧
Paperwork Office: ⟦line⟧
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: Shawwal 1363
October 1 / 1944
Subject
Presidency of the Jewish Community
With reference to your letter numbered 7949 and dated
10/12/1944, please return the petition sent enclosed with our letter referred
to in your above letter as soon as possible.
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On behalf of the Minister of Justice
7927
24 / 10 / 944
Ministry of Justice ⟦line⟧
Baghdad
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Reference to your letter numbered A / 374 / 44 dated 26 October
944 .
We return to you herewith the original petition of Sabiha Hakouli sent with
your letter referred to above .
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
H / 474 / 933
Presidency of the Jewish Community
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A broad petition from Sabiha bint Hakuli
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Justice
O Minister of Justice, until when... until when shall we remain under the injustice of the Israeli religious court? Until
when shall we be offered on its table as a sacrifice to its desires and to what its uncultured conscience dictates? Until when shall we be slaughtered from
vein to vein and stagger from the throes of death before it, while its heart dances with joy at its crime, a new skull atop the piles
of skulls stacked in the storehouses of its triumphant guillotines, cheering as it commits the most horrific human crimes in broad daylight, not at night
nor in the evening. No responsibility provokes it or restrains it, only weakness, emaciation, and a hoarse voice. Are we not in the twentieth century?
Is there not a constitution in the country and what branches from it?
I seek refuge in you, O Minister of Justice... O upholder of the scales of justice in the country... Heaven forbid, then heaven forbid... heaven forbid
that you let Rabbi... Salman and his two members, who have become like those holding a title deed to the judgment, press
the button of the guillotine prepared for my neck after they set it up for me. I implore you by the Just God, do not let them, no. For I
am a weak girl, forced by the social circumstances of our community due to my poverty to gather my dowry with a needle for years... and years.
<del>The few</del> hundreds, nay, hundreds of thousands of stitches with my needle throughout endless nights and days... woe is me...
no end, to gather my dowry. My only consolation was that I would marry and my husband would give me rest... and when the time came, I betrothed
myself to Shaul Haroun Muzayyin, but my bad luck refused but to haunt me, and I made a mistake (in the deal, and it was a losing one).
Since I used to hear and see many of the horrors of the religious court, I remained afraid of approaching it, and after
two and a half years, I saw that there was no escape from it. After much toil and trouble from the trials, it was decided according to religion to grant
my fiancé a final deadline to prepare the religious requirements for marriage, which mandate him to provide maintenance. After the deadline passed,
he did nothing.
However, the court (and there is something in Jacob's mind...) did nothing but go back on its legal decision
and threw it against the wall contrary to religion, and sent me and him to an illegal committee whose head is a person ⟦illegible⟧ declared
legally bankrupt and has not recovered his rights, called (Ohay Shalim), as one of its nets. This committee decided
not to hear my case now, and the court, following this decision, decided in turn not to hear my case until the month of
Cheshvan, meaning that I remain suspended between heaven and earth, and that I continue with the sewing that I can no longer bear
due to the weakening of my eyes for an unknown period.
So what are these games and falsehoods, and until when will they crush the rights of the weak with relentless crushing?
I seek refuge in Your Excellency, O Minister of Justice, and I take shelter, praying to God Almighty to grant you victory and extend your life. Amen.
The Petitioner
Sabiha bint Hakuli
Ar-Rabt
25 / 10 / 944
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Baghdad:
Number: 75
Date: 20/11/34
To the respected presence
The Mr. Inspector General of Education, the respected
Via the presence of the Inspector of Education of the Southern Region, the respected
Subject / Adjustment of salaries
Since the presence of the Inspector General of Education has approved on 5/10/34
the appointment of the teacher Mr. Salman Isaac in Al-Tahdhib School
the private [school] in Basra with a monthly salary of 8 Dinars
1- Since the mentioned teacher has commenced work in the mentioned school
on 16 Tishrin al-Thani year 1934 and has received his salaries from the date of his commencement
of attendance in the mentioned school until now at the rate of 8 Dinars monthly.
2- And since the mentioned teacher has obtained the Iraqi Secondary Study Certificate
in the year 1934 and his certificate was certified by the Ministry of Education
on 4/9/34 and he obtained the mentioned Iraqi Secondary Study Certificate
with the grade (Good) and his ranking in passing was the ninth over
all of Iraq in the mentioned year, and it was supposed that his monthly salary be
(12 Dinars) according to the new law for teachers' salaries
which was published in ⟦illegible⟧/9/34 and he commenced work in the mentioned school
on the date ⟦illegible⟧/11/34 at the time in which the new law was
in effect, and it was supposed that his salary be 12 Dinars monthly
Therefore we hope from your presence the approval for the adjustment of the salary of the mentioned teacher
the mentioned teacher according to the new law from the date of his commencement of work.
And may you accept the expression of highest respect
Salman_
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 8000
Date 21 / 11 / 944
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
Reference to the petition numbered 11471 and dated 5 / 10 / 944 addressed to your
honorable Ministry by Marcelle Heskel Shahrabani.
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad has replied as follows:-
1) Jewish law permits the fiancé to annul the engagement without compensation, if there appears in the fiancée
one of the legal defects. The occurrence of a previous divorce for the fiancée is considered a legal defect.
2) The court had repeatedly given the fiancée time to enable her to prove her claim that the fiancé knew
of the annulment of the previous engagement. In the court session held on 4 / 9 / 944, the fiancée
had been given a final extension to prove her claim and the case was adjourned to 14 September 944, however
the fiancée did not attend the court on the appointed day of the hearing. Her attorney attended and presented a medical report
that did not meet the legal requirements, dated 13 / 9 / 944, stating the fiancée's illness. Since
the fiancée could have prepared the names of her witnesses before the day of the hearing, and her illness occurring one day
before the trial is not considered a legal excuse for postponement, the court decided to consider her unable to prove
her claim and ruled for her divorce without compensation according to the provisions of Jewish law.
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President of the Community
You will find the original petition enclosed
The Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Please refer to the general number
Section: Editing
General Number: 4/522/94
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Date: January 2, 1945
Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Below you will find a copy of the petition of the applicant Gurji Yusuf Salman, numbered 27607 and dated
12/25/1944, requesting your observations on it and informing us of the result as quickly as possible.
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On behalf of the Minister of Justice
- Copy of the Petition -
To His Excellency the Minister of Justice in Baghdad, the Most Magnificent
Presented to Your Excellency
I am owed by Daoud Sassoon, the correspondent in the Railway Transport Directorate, West Baghdad,
an amount of 29 Dinars and 798 Fils, and he is also indebted to several other persons for another forty Dinars.
His wife, Esther Shaul, has arranged an alimony decree in the Jewish Sharia Court according to the decree issued
by it under number 889/1888 and dated 1/18/1944.
The debtor and his wife are living in one house and living together, and since this arrangement
affects my rights, I went to the Jewish Sharia Court to file a lawsuit against the debtor's wife
to cancel the alimony, but the aforementioned court refused to accept this lawsuit from me.
Since I have legal evidence, I beg you to order the aforementioned court to accept such lawsuits and hear
my statements in the courtroom against the aforementioned plaintiff Esther Shaul, and the matter is yours, my Lord.
The Applicant
Gurji Yusuf Salman
12/25/1944