AI English Translation, Pages 351-375
SALIH ZAKI RAOUF (22)
Salih Zaki Raouf
A'DHAMIA — BAGHDAD
(Iraq).
Adhamiya — Baghdad (Iraq)
Telph. 262 SHIMAL
Telephone — 262 North
✳
Date: 22 / 7 / 1948
His Eminence, the respected Head of the Jewish Community
After respects,
The bearer of this, Tono Shamil, is an elderly, sick, and poor man
to the point of destitution, and hearts pity him and humanitarian
situations weep for him. Therefore, I hope he will be included in your Eminence's kindness, so that you may provide
him a way for relief and to lift the pains of need and poverty from him in his
current painful state. From God you shall have reward and from man great thanks.
Salih Zaki
Submitting it
Re-write to the Mr. President
Please refer that Mr. Salih Zaki
that he has helped him ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
7/22
Summary of reported assaults
to the Presidency of the Community
Location | Date | Informant | Case Summary
Obaid | 12/2/50 | Bani Murad - by mail | Joseph Tabra apartment (protection money) by bullets twice, a letter issued regarding it and what he wrote ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ protection money department leads to insults and beating
Abu al-Saif | 2/12 | Sabih Shihayyim and Wali Samuel Sabih | One of the Jews appoints Sabri on his behalf, an attack by a number of soldiers
on a house near Super Suba and the daughters' sons with the whipping of swords
and they fled to the roofs and were pursued by the soldiers and rescued by
one of the lawyers (H) the transfer of a part of his family, the Muslims, a corpse
official employees whose task is to imprison a Jew for leaving Iraq for another
case with the intent of assault and slapping for the purpose of collecting money
Abu al-Saif
and the Torah | 2/14 | Fattouh Sion <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
and his brother Hanin | sending one of the Muslims as a corpse in a taxi car
an attack by an armed person with his pistol, the first after his return from detention
and their going to the house of the second to send him and an attack by a group he had seen
one of the Christians in the street and informed the police and he was arrested
with the soldiers
Karrada
Police Street | 2/14 | Fouad Haroun Saleh
and Anwar Tawfiq | an attack by eight youths on them while they were strolling in the evening
and beating them (with ropes and punches)
Jadid Hassan Pasha | 2/16 | Edward Naji - by post | beating and insult by some soldiers and robbing the greeting of another
Ramadi | 2/14 | Naeem Haqqi Hazoum | several individual assaults. Kermani going to the council upon his death by the passing of
asking him for goods on credit and the refusal of the Jew Zubaid and his attack
on him with beating and insult by cursing and the confiscation of Muslim passersby
and his obtaining a medical report for a period of ten days
Kirkuk | 2/14 | Haroun Eliyahu - Muhammad al-Baghdadi
and his wife | the people of Kirkuk are prohibited from leaving or returning to it except with a guarantee
many pledges, an attack on a Jewish family in ⟦...⟧ and they fled
one of them also on his behalf and the harassment of Muslim Jews
and the street and declared the corpse of Jewish persons and the detention of Jews
and the assault on Muslims
(2)
Location | Date | Informant | Case Summary
Kirkuk | 14/2/50 | A group of Jews | An assault by a group of Muslims led by a person named Asaad
on the Jewish quarter and the beating of a Jewish person named Meir Shalom
Al-Mali and his son with hands and sticks, taking him to the hospital and filing
a lawsuit against the Jews.
Meeting with the Governor by a group of Jews. The Police Director
claims that he is concerned with protection.
An attack on a dyer, beating him and admitting him to
the hospital.
Al-Suwaira | 19/2/50 | Deputy of Al-Suwaira
Bakir Yarsib | Kidnapping and loss of a telephone valued at 5/500 Dinars. Informed the police station.
Mosul | 20/2/50 | Matta Yusuf | An attack by school students and ruffians on those conducting funerals and burying the dead
in Mosul, pelting them with stones and forcing them this time to leave the funeral outside
the city for 16 hours for fear of assaults.
I pledge to prevent any person from having lunch in the synagogue if they are not authorized in writing
by the head of the community in Baghdad, and I acknowledge that I personally bear responsibility for violating these instructions
and his signature, I have signed below.
Baghdad on 20 / 2 / 950
Name | Synagogue | Signature
1- Akram Baruch | Al-Alwiyah Synagogue |
2- Saleh Moshi | Meir Tweig Synagogue | Saleh Moshi
3- Abboudi Khalil Allah | " Farha |
4- Daoud Suissa | " Al-Almani |
5- Shmuel Shaul | " Rebecca | Shmuel Shaul
6- Shmuel Khadouri | " Al-Sadriya | Shmuel Khadouri
7- Abdullah Shamikh | " Masouda Shetoub | ⟦Abdullah⟧
8- Menashe Saleh | " Menashe Cohen | Menashe Saleh
9- Yaqub Daoud | " Beit Shashua |
10- Salim Hayou | " Rebecca |
11- Gurji Sahood | " Meir Tweig | Gurji Sahood
⟦illegible⟧
(2)
Name | Kunya/Nickname | Signature
12 - Salim Khadouri | Munshi Saleh | Basim Khadouri
13 - Yusuf Meir Shammash | Rachel Shamoun | 6301 M ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
14 - Akram Meir Shammash | Habiba Al-Kabira |
15 - Luay Yaqub Jabbouri | Munshi |
16 - Salim Ezra | Nuzha Munshi |
17 - Aslan Bashir | Edith Yehuda | ⟦...⟧ 12/9/19
18 - Midhat Sion | Badr Raphael |
19 - Saleh Meir Shammash | Agnes Nuzha | Saleh Meir Shammash
20 - Daoud Bashir | Habiba Azzam | Daoud Bashir
21 - Ezra Bashir | Halawa Ne'ma | Daoud Bashir
22 - Samira Daoud Shammash | Sabri |
23 - Samira Ezra | Dahan | Samira Dahan
24 - Khadouri Jubeir | Sabiha | 12/19
(2)
Name | Surname | Signature
25 - Saleh Sabah Shamash | Daoud | ⟦illegible⟧
26 - Heskel Ezra | Mandalawi |
27 - Heskel Youssef | Ezra Al-Pasha and his heirs | ⟦illegible⟧
28 - Saleh Shalom | Ibn Shalom | On their behalf ⟦illegible⟧
29 - Sion Murad | Bin Twayq |
30 - Akram Heskel | Al-Obaidi | ⟦illegible⟧
31 - Saif Lori | Hakham Sion |
32 - Sassoon Heskel | Yaqub Meir | ⟦illegible⟧
33 - Haron Menashi Shamash | Sheikh Akram |
34 - Benjamin Yaqub | Salat Rifka |
35 - Youssef Halba | Salat Shabi | Ihsan ⟦illegible⟧
36 - Menashi Shabi | Shamash | ⟦illegible⟧
37 - Menashi Shamash | Ezra Daoud | ⟦illegible⟧
(2)
Name | Reason | Signature
28 - Yaqub Moshi | Zilka House |
29 - Sitara Cohen | Menashi Cohen |
40 - Hama | Kani Shaul | X
41 | Kani Sofer | X
42 Daughter of Eliyahu Abada | Menashi Zubaida | Sadiq Ali ⟦...⟧ 29/10/50
43 | Karrada |
44 | Ghawi |
(5)
Name | Lineage | Balance
Akram Hazqeel | Salat Sweid | ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Ibrahim Rafael Shamash | Salat Shaul |
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number C / 950/484
Date 1 / 2 / 950
File Number ⟦line⟧
Al-Rafidain Club
Baghdad
Baghdad on 27 / 2 / 1950
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
Greetings:
I request permission for the General Assembly of this club to meet in the building of the
Community Presidency on Monday evening, 24 / 4 / 950, at five-thirty.
In the absence of a quorum, the meeting shall be postponed until Monday, 1 / 5 / 950,
at the same time.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurance of my highest respect.
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Abdel Al-Sakarji
Department Copy
T 7 / 12 / 50
6 / 3 / 1950
The Honorable Honorary Secretary of Al-Rafidain Club
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 27 / 2 / 1950.
We have no objection to holding the General Assembly meeting of your club at the
headquarters of the Community Presidency at five-thirty in the evening on Tuesday,
14 / 3 / 1950.
Please accept our respects;
The
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A / 5 / 3
(27)
THE FOREIGN SERVICE
OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
File no. 211
JBB/b.
ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO:
AMERICAN EMBASSY
Baghdad, Iraq, March 1, 1950.
President
Jewish Community,
Baghdad, Iraq.
Dear Sir:
The Embassy has been asked to ascertain the dates of birth in
Baghdad of the following persons:
Edward Mathalon
Reuven Mathalon
Chelomo Mathalon
Jacub Mathalon
It is understood that these persons formerly resided at No. 30,
Battaween.
Any assistance you may be able to render in providing the in-
formation asked, will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
⟦Jack B. Button⟧
Jack B. Button
American Vice Consul
1350/50.
5th April 50.
The American Vice Consul,
AMERICAN EMBASSY,
B A G H D A D.
Dear Sir,
Reference your letter dated March 1st, 1950,
concerning the date of birth of Edward Mathalon, Reuven
Mathalon, Chelomo Mathalon and Jacub Mathalon.
We regret to inform you that in spite of the
investigations carried out in this respect, we could not
ascertain the dates of birth of the above-mentioned
persons.
Yours faithfully,
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. PRESIDENT,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
PRESIDENT,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL. BAGHDAD.
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Greetings and respect
To the dear one: If you are asking about the matter of Shaul
Tuba Khan, there are 28 poor families located there
And if you could see our condition during the holiday days, even for flour
We handed over our clothes, we are very poor and many
Of us worked during the holiday and ate chickpeas
And God will forgive us given our harsh circumstances
And our unemployment, and everything our hands possessed we sold
For the sake of living.
And we who live in the hell of poverty and disease
Hope for a reduction in the Khan's rent, and to you much thanks
Number of families
Ibrahim Benjamin Shaul, Ibrahim Musa,
Jawla Shaul, Naeem Salem, Ezra Yusuf, Elia Yusuf
(40)
Fourth
1- Suad Saleh Shasha
2- Baruch Masoud Baruch
3- Hadon Levy
4- Akram Saleh Shasha
Fourth
1- Mushtaq Salman
2- Seva Hezekiah
3- Obadiah Ghani
4- Munshi Isaac
Convicted
1- Saif Naseh
2- Salim Naseh
1- Anwar Ibrahim Saleh
2- Ibrahim Munshi Munshi
3- ⟦Ezra⟧ Akram Shasha
4- Zion Aram the Younger
5- Tawfiq Akram Munshi
6- Fouad Nassim
7- Niazi Halloum
8- Munshi Seva
9- Latif Munshi
10- Akram Seva
11- Shafiq Habib
Acquittal
1- Latif Salam
2- Seva Akram
3- Fouad Munshi
4- Akram Sabri
5- Renee the Younger
6- Emile Isaac
Acquittal
Haroun Mordechai
The Plaintiff
Mordechai Yousef
Yousef Daniel
Rahmin Nahoum
Mordechai Elias
Saleh Rahmin
Nahoum Rahmin
Labi'a Yousef
Ephraim Baruch
Moshe Ibrahim
Rahmin Daniel
Ibrahim Jonah
Yael Yousef
Toba Shalul
Yousef Isaac
Ibrahim Yousef
Samuel Daniel
1- The case of Jakoli Yaqoub Al-Haddad: sentenced to three years under Article 289 A
A letter arrived from the niece of Jakoli Yaqoub Al-Haddad to her mother (i.e., Jakoli's sister)
Al-Haddad) informing her that God had opened a way for her with the phrase (I will come to you)
Upon investigating the mother of the aforementioned girl at the Criminal Investigation Directorate, they found that
The uncle (of the mentioned girl) Jakoli had traveled abroad, then the mentioned Jakoli appeared
before the Martial Council and objected that he was not the person mentioned in the letter, but rather Rashid
his cousin, and he claimed that he had a son who returned from abroad and that the husband of the girl, his niece,
was coming to return, and accordingly all of these were detained and sentenced to three years of hard labor, and they are:
1- Jakoli Yaqoub 2- Rajul Yaqoub 3- Tony Yaqoub 4- Ezra Yaqoub
5- Allah Yaqoub
2- The case of Salim Swaih - a senior employee in the port, sentenced to five years under Article 289 A
He was accused of participating in inciting ships to carry out demonstrations as a result of a certain budget
But he presented prominent physical evidence that he was outside Basra when the demonstrations took place
mentioned, however, the court did not listen to his defense and sentenced him to five years in prison
Knowing that police surveillance is under Article 289 A
And each of <del>Salim Swaih</del> was sentenced in an attributed case because he was found to have property in Palestine.
3- The case of Yusuf Swaih and his father Salim Swaih, sentenced to two years based on what the signs witnessed
that they participated in the Kadhimiya demonstration on 8/17/1948, even though the simplest proof of it
is a claim by Mr. Ahmed Hafez and Tariq Ghaib Al-Saadi ⟦...⟧
4- The case of Yusuf Swaih and his father Salim Swaih, sentenced to two years based on what the signs witnessed
According to a statement by Khalid mentioned to the Criminal Investigations that they live in ⟦...⟧
And they were left without presenting documents to the court
4- The case of Elias Al-Kuwaiti, sentenced to three years
Because of the words (exclusion and injustice) written by him on papers from the newspaper (Ittihad al-Shaab)
(1) Name of the convicted person - Salim Sassoon Sion Khabat in the Port Department
(2) Legal Article - The first paragraph of the first article No. 51 of 1938
(3) Judgment - Imprisonment for a period of five years with supervision for a period of three years
(4) Investigation Report
a - That he is a pure Zionist and a first-degree danger
b - Considering that he was leading demonstrations that were held in Basra
in the month of April 1948
(While he was residing in Baghdad during the period from 2/22/947
until 5/2/948 enjoying his leave in Baghdad 948)
c - He was accused of laughing at the Mujahideen during their travel in April ⟦948⟧
d - He was accused of negotiating with Muhammad al-Sadr and another person from the Party
National Democratic and the Port Workers Union in his house in Maqal
in the month of April 1948
(While he left his aforementioned house ⟦from⟧ the month of September 947)
e - He was accused of having relatives in Palestine with whom he corresponds
f - He was accused of having lost land that he sold in Palestine in ⟦Haifa⟧
in the year 1941 (While the court withdrew the order for its purchase in the year
1944 contrary to the truth)
G - He was famous for receiving money from Adas and distributing it to the demonstrators
at a rate of 500/ Dinars per day, along with distributing packs of cigarettes to them.
Note Note
This case was proven against him by the witnesses:
(1) The Commissioner, Assistant Director of the Criminal Port
(2) The Deputy Director of the Port Police
The defendant cites to clarify his good conduct and behavior
by (1) His Excellency Mr. Amin Khalis, Governor of Diwaniyah
(2) Mr. Muzaffar Ahmed, Mayor of the Capital
The persons sentenced with him, who are employees in the port:
1 - Ishaq Sadqa } for a period of one year
Latif Sadqa
Saleh Sadqa
Maurice Yamin } for a period of 3 years
Akram Salman
Ezekiel Hashi
Naji Menahim
X
Youssef Ibrahim | year | 89 | S
Youssef Shamil | '' | '' | ''
Maurice Shamil | '' | '' | ''
Naji Yaqoub | 2 years | '' | ''
Munshi Ephraim | '' | '' | ''
Habib Youssef | '' | '' | ''
Ibrahim Eliyahu | '' | '' | ''
Eliyahu Kohi | '' | '' | ''
⟦line⟧
Nugrat al-Salman Prison
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Naeem Shalom | 2 years | 4 (Gate 12) | Letter
Khadouri Shalom | '' | '' | ''
Aziz Eliyahu | 5 years | '' | ''
Isaac Yamin | 7 years | 89 | S
Shamil Yamin | '' | '' | ''
Yamin Hezekiah | '' | '' | ''
⟦line⟧
Name | Term of Sentence | Article | Charge
Nazim Abed | One (1) year | 78 of the Code | P
Nasr Hayim | 2 years | 4 (Chapter 12) | Letter
Naeem Munshi | 2 years | " | "
Hai Michael | 5 years | " | "
Murad Hayim | 20 years | " | "
Siddiq Nahum | 5 years | " | "
Naeem Baruch | 1 year | 78 | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Lutfi Arslan | 1 year | 78 |
Moshe Fatah | 2 years | " |
Naeem Sadiya | 2 years | " |
Murad Hassoun | 2 years | " |
Munshi Shaul | 2 years | 89 | Escape
Ibrahim Sassoon | " | " | "
Ibrahim Yaqub | " | " | "
Naji Munshi | " | " | "
Haroun Moshe | 5 years | 78 |
Ezra Munshi | 2 years | 78 |
Yaqub Salman | 1 year | 78 |
Eliyahu Salman | 2 years | 4 (Chapter 12) | P Letter
✓
Al-Kut Prison
Yaqub Saleh 5 years 4 (Chapter 12) Letter
Ezra Eliya " " " " "
Shlomo Ezra 4 years 89 P
Sadiq Daoud 7 years 89 Escape
⟦line⟧
Juvenile Prison
Najib Saleh 5 years 4 (Chapter 12) Letter
⟦line⟧
Kirkuk Prison
Sassoon Samuel 2 years 4 (Chapter 12) Letter
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Number | Name | Duration Fine | Type of Sentence | Article
1 | Sasson Youssef | Year 180 Dinars | Zionist charge |
2 | Sasson Youssef Aqrawi | Year | - |
3 | Yaqub Ishaq | 2 Years | Demonstrations in Zakho |
4 | Eliyahu Ishaq | 2 Years | " " " |
5 | Meir Shallo | 2 Years | " " " |
6 | Noah Shalom | 2 Years | " " " |
7 | Shaul Saydali | 2 Years | Medicines | M
8 | Zion Rubin | 2 Years | Medicines |
9 | Ezra Shalom | 5 Years | Escape charge in Liftiyah | 289 A
10 | Matil Nassim Tabba | 2 Years | Escape charge in Khanaqin | 289 A
11 | Abboud Ibrahim | 2 Years | Written |
12 | Youssef Munshi | 2 Years | Demonstrations in Zakho |
13 | Habib Benjamin | 2 Years | " " " |
14 | Shaker Ishaq | 2 Years | Demonstrations | 78 of the Code
15 | Nassim (Gharat) | 2 Years | Provocative acts | " " "
16 | Naji Shaqou' | 2 Years | Escape in Kifri | 289 A
17 | Saleh Sasson | 2 Years | Demonstrations in Zakho |
18 | Aziz Yaqub | 2 Years | " " " |
19 | Ibrahim " | 2 Years | " " " |
✓
Name | Sentence | Article | Charge
Al-Mayahu Kazar | 5 - | 89 A 1 | Zionism
Elias Al-Sahqa | 2 . | 89 A 1 | " "
Munir Qujman | 2 . | 78 of the Code | " " or cash bail of 2000 Dinars
Karim Sahyuna | 2 . | 4 of Chapter 4/2 | Written and two years probation
Saleh Suwaid | 2 - | 89 A 1 | " "
Makuli Haddad | 2 . | 89 A 1 | " "
Daoud Saffar | 2 . | 78 of the Code | Zionism or cash bail of 5000 Dinars
Fuad Ibrahim | 3 - | 2/3 of Chapter 4/2 | " " concurrently
Litub Sahyuna ⟦...⟧ | 2 . | 15 Administrative Decree ⟦...⟧ | Demonstration and probation
⟦...⟧ Sahyuna ⟦...⟧ | 2 . | " " | Demonstration "
Aziz Youssef | 9 3 | 89 A 1 | Zionism
Shaul Shahrabani | - 2 | 89 A 1 | Written
Ezer Khalaf | . 2 | 89 A 1 | " "
Munshi Dayim | . 5 | " " | Escape
Abboudi Saleh | . 5 | " " | " "
Alfred Souri | . 5 | " " | " "
Ezer Ezra | - 2 | " " | Written
Naji Senior | . 2 | " " | " "
| Decision |
20 Yahya Al-Yahu | 2 years | Demonstrations in Zakho
21 Salman Abdullah | 1 year, 50 Dinars
or 9 months | Zionism
Name | Sentence | Article | Charge
Moshe Lalwi | 7 | 89 A | Escape
Karim Youssef | 7 | " | Someone came to him to take army car numbers
Fahmi Elias | 5 | Ayab 2-194 | Five thousand dinars fine to be collected from his movable and immovable property, escape Zionist principles and a letter
Khadouri Salman | 5 | " | Escape Zionist principles and a letter
Haim Khadouri | 5 | Ayab 1-1 | Escape
Khader Munshi | 5 | " | "
Youssef Yaqoub | 4 | " | Sabotage of communication line wires
Youssef Khadouri | 4 | " | Escape
Daoud Yaqoub | 3 | 4-12 | Communication with Israel ⟦...⟧
Moshe Yaqoub | 3 | Ayab 12 Unit | "
Isaac Moshe | 3 | " | "
Ezra Yaqoub | 3 | " | "
Albert Ezra | 3 | " | "
Abed Ibrahim | 3 | List - | Weapons
Yaqoub Abdullah | 3 | 78 Procedures | "
Radi Elias | 3 | Ayab 12/12 | "
Abboud Youssef | 3 | " | Of conduct
Rene Youssef | 3 | " | Of conduct
Daish Ovadia | 3 | " | Escape Zionist principles letter
Hadli Gharib | 3 | 78 | Guarantee
Yaqoub Abed | 3 | 78 | "
Saleh Hassa | 2 | 78 Procedures | Of conduct
Rubin Benjamin | 2 | " | Communication with Israel
Maurice Sion | 2 | 78 Procedures | Guarantee
Salim Lohassan | 2 | 78 | Guarantee
Moshe Lohassan | 2 | " | "
Salman Khadouri | 2 | 78 Procedures | Guarantee
Nazem Abed | 2 | " | Letter
Ezra Jamil | 2 | " | Guarantee