AI English Translation, Pages 76-100
Summary of the conditions under which internal telegrams are accepted
1 - This telegram is delivered in accordance with the internal telegraph regulations published in the Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide.
2 - The Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration shall not be responsible for compensation, error, loss, or damage that may occur to the telegram as a result of its closure, non-delivery, non-transmission, or loss.
3 - The sender of the telegram must write in the space provided on the left side of the address on the face of the form the indication under which he wishes to send the telegram, such as "Urgent" or that the fee for its reply is paid in advance. If the telegram is in the interest of the Iraqi government, the word (Official) is written.
4 - The Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration has the right to refuse to accept the telegram, and it also has the right not to send it even if it has been registered, and in such a case, the fees paid shall be returned to the sender upon his submission of a request for that.
5 - Requests related to the recovery of fees and all complaints about telegrams are submitted to the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs in Baghdad.
6 - To prevent errors, this telegram should be written in clear and neat handwriting.
Conditions on which Inland Telegrams are accepted.
1 This telegram shall be forwarded in accordance with the Inland Telegraph Rules, published in the 'Iraq Post and Telegraph Guide.
2 The Administration of Posts and Telegraphs, 'Iraq, shall not be liable to make compensation for any delay, error, loss, injury or damage arising from omission, non-transmission or non-delivery of the telegram.
3 The sender may write the instructions in the space provided at the left side of the address, on the face of this form, such as Urgent, Reply Paid, or State of on 'Iraq Government Service.
4 The Administration of Posts and Telegraphs 'Iraq, may decline to accept the telegram. It may also decline to forward it although it has been booked. In such case the amount paid for transmission shall be refunded to the sender on application.
5 Complaints and applications for refund should be addressed to the Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs Baghdad.
6 To prevent mistakes this telegram must be legibly written.
Mr. Hayyim Ezra Agam
Baqubah
We confirm our previous letter regarding Salman Al-Shuhet, requesting a reply
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
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The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Greetings and longings
I hope you are in good health, which I ⟦wish⟧ for your Excellency, hoping
I received your mail today, which included the letter of the teacher Abdiya Sassoon and Abida
And my request is to inform Lulu'a immediately and transfer them from Al-Dhakiya as of today
Corresponding to 29 - 2 - 48 and the letter of cancellation for teacher Sassoon and teacher ⟦Nazhat⟧
I hope you will take over the mission of Al-Dhakiya from today, and for this I have explained to your Excellency
the situation for information, and in this regard I thank you very much for
the valuable assistance that your Excellency provided towards me when my father was
in the hospital. May God increase people like you and grant you success in all your humanitarian goals
And may you remain successful
Sincerely
With the approval of the current administration
And the President ⟦Zaki⟧
And please accept my greetings
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
No. P ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1948
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They have returned our children to our schools
And now they ⟦are absent⟧
They must attend school
Department Copy
8 / 3 / 1948
The Honorable Mr. Daniel Isaac Ephraim,
President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Kirkuk
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Greetings,
I have received with thanks your letter regarding the slaughterers Abdullah Salman and Abdullah
Mordechai and their suspension from slaughtering as of 29 / 2 / 1948.
I would like to inform you that the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad
has decided to re-examine the aforementioned slaughterers and will allow them to continue
slaughtering if they demonstrate the necessary competence in the said examination, and we will
inform you of the result of the examination in due course.
Please accept my respects, with my wishes for your community's prosperity and happiness;
Sincerely,
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Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
For filing
Communities and Deaths
A.
Department Copy
622
20 / 3 / 1948
The Honorable Mr. Daniel Isaac Ephraim,
President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Kirkuk
Greetings,
Further to my letter No. 609 dated 8 / 3 / 1948 regarding
the slaughterers Abdullah Salman and Abdullah Mordechai.
The Spiritual Council has informed us that the aforementioned slaughterers have passed
the examination results, and therefore they can now practice their work with you.
The aforementioned slaughterers have promised the Spiritual Council not to
repeat what happened previously in the future, and therefore please consider assisting them
and paying their salaries for the period they spent in Baghdad for the purpose of taking the exam.
Please accept our respects;
Sincerely,
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community
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The Jewish Community
Baqubah 7 - 3 / 48
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, the Respected
After kissing your noble hands
Your telegram arrived and we have been informed, and I ask for forgiveness for the delay in responding because I am busy
Sir, the Mutasarrif Salman Shuhait, the Sabu teacher who was with us at the time, no longer has
any claim against the community since he separated from us from ⟦...⟧ and he never complained
after that at all, and the amount he claims is false and he is not entitled to it from the community
due to bad character, to the extent that we were forced to file a lawsuit against him in the Mutasarrifate, but
out of concern for the reputation of the religion we did not complain against him, and one of his crimes is that he stole the telephone
and the tray of teacher Yusuf Kahouli, and our companion himself [paid] teacher Yusuf eight dinars
and the second [issue] regarding his conduct, he went to the Consumption Department and caused trouble for the butcher who was his target
under the pretext that he was stealing fees from the Consumption Department
And there are other issues regarding his malice that he used against the community which I cannot clarify
in this letter, and God willing, on Tuesday, corresponding to 9 / 3 / 48, I will attend
before your presence and present to your eminence and the council how you can help
regarding this person, and to you many thanks
Ephraim Obeida
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Ibrahim ⟦...⟧
Cloth Merchant
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Salim Meir
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Khedouri Hoki
Khedouri Hoki
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Eliyahu Rahma
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Abdullah Saleh
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The convoys and the ledgers
Correct
His Eminence, His Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Presented to your position: -
We, the undersigned Jews of the Ana district, whose majority profession is "coppersmithing"
Since this profession is not centered within the district, but rather outside the district
meaning in the desert, and on the occasion of the incidents of ⟦smuggling⟧ Palestine, the mobile police
in the desert prevent us from continuing our journey, but rather arrest us and send us
to the nearby authority office and accuse us of fleeing to
Palestine, whereas we are innocent of that, and we do not have, O Excellency
President of the Community, any profession other than that, as our remaining without work
leads us to the ruin of our families
We have submitted, Your Excellency, on this occasion several petitions to
the District Governor of the aforementioned district, who refers us to the Assistant Authority and the Assistant Police
Our petitions are set aside and not attended to, even though in these petitions
we provided a guarantor, yet they refused to certify such petitions.
Assaults also occur against us by school students inside the district, as they pelt us
with stones and insult us with bad words, while the government offices only
observe that and do nothing toward us. Therefore, we submit the matter to
Your Excellency to look into this so that the departments allow us to work outside the mentioned
district and maintain order in it. This is for Your Eminence to command, O respected
Excellency
29 / 2 / 948
Ezra Yusuf Maqbul Shalom Baruch Shalom Mu'allim Dawud Murad
Ezra Yusuf Maqbul Shalom ⟦Signature⟧ Mu'allim Dawud Murad
Maqbul Shalom Rahim Shalom Meir Ezra Aqeel
Maqbul Shalom Rahim Shalom Meir Ezra Aqeel
Bashir Al-Mushi Dawud Eliyahu Ezra Eliyahu Yusuf
Bashir Al-Mushi Dawud Eliyahu Ezra Eliyahu Yusuf
Bashir Mushi Isaac Abraham Abraham Dawud
Bashir Mushi Isaac Abraham Abraham Dawud
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Revenue
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Naji Kasha
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The Israeli Religious Court
Number:
Basra
Date: 12 / 2 / 42
After every inquiry and investigation and inquiry in the Court of Justice in Basra
according to law and religion
it was clarified to us that Yitzhak and Salma Menachem Menashe were married
according to the law of Moses and Israel in Basra on the day 20 Adar I, year 5688
and according to the words of faithful and fit witnesses who testified before us on the day 20 Adar I, 5688
and said that so-and-so son of so-and-so married so-and-so daughter of so-and-so
on the day 20 Adar I, 5688 in Basra and there were fit witnesses
and the witnesses testified that their wedding was on the day 20 Adar I, 5688
in Basra and there were faithful and fit witnesses and there were fit witnesses
in Basra on the day 20 Adar I, 5688
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Day 20 Adar I, 5688 in Basra
Muslih ⟦...⟧
The President
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Telephone Number 05-395
Number: -
Date: - February 17 / 1948
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings and respect,
I enclose herewith the letter of His Eminence the Chief Rabbi in Basra; I request you kindly to review it
and guide us on what is done in similar occurrences in Baghdad; and whether your Excellency has made
efforts in matters such as those mentioned in the letter of His Eminence the Chief Rabbi, and is it possible for your Excellency
to contact the esteemed Ministry of Social Affairs to instruct the competent health authorities to bury
the deceased in the manner mentioned in the referred letter in the Jewish cemeteries or by burying them in
a special cemetery for the community located at a far distance from the hospital and inhabited areas, provided that we apply
the instructions of the Health Presidency if they request so.
In conclusion, please accept my deepest respect.
⟦Abdul Nabi⟧
President of the Jewish Community in Basra
Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad
Incoming Number: 250
Date: 20 / 2 / 1948
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Telephone Number 395 - 05
Number :-: 16
Date :-: 20 / 2 / 1948
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
P.O. Box ⟦illegible⟧
Date 22 / 2 / 948
His Excellency, the Respected President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings and respect
We contacted His Excellency the Governor of Basra Province in our letter dated 25 / 1 / 948 regarding supplying the community
with wheat for the purpose of grinding it and selling it to its members by the community before the arrival of Passover, but the response
of His Excellency came as a refusal in his letter numbered 808 and dated 17 / 2 / 948, referring to the letter of the Directorate
of General Local Products numbered 1357 and dated 10 / 2 / 948, stating that the supply request did not occur in
previous years, so the community must procure the quantity from the free market, while the fact is that the Governorate has supplied
the community throughout the past years. It is clear from the copy of its letter addressed to the Directorate of Local Products
in Basra numbered 1486 and dated 10 / 3 / 946, and a copy of it to the presidency of this community, that this
supply occurred and 30 tons of wheat were received after its prices were paid to the Basra Warehouse Directorate according to
the receipt numbered Volume 4918, Sequence 47, dated 7 / 4 / 946, and likewise this procedure was followed in
recent years, given that the Jewish bakers who are supplied with wheat or flour close their bakeries
during the seven days of the holiday, and since wheat is difficult to obtain from the supply department, naturally we are awaiting
the issuance of Your Excellency's order to take some measures in this regard.
We hope you will guide us on what was done there, and if it is not possible to benefit from the follow-up, then the community
will be forced to procure that quantity from the market.
This, and I hope for forgiveness for these disturbances, and please accept my utmost glorification and sincere respect, sir.
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Acting President of the Jewish Community in Basra
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Telephone Number 05-395
Number: - ⟦15⟧
Date: - 19 February / 1948
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings and respect
Our religious court in Basra has commenced its work as of 15 / 2 / 948 in accordance with
the recent order of the venerable Ministry of Justice, and we have learned that the salaries of the president and the members of the court are equal
whereas in reality it is preferable that the president's salary be higher than the salaries of the rest of the members. Therefore, we wish
to be guided as to whether any efforts have been made by your Eminence with the venerable Ministry of Justice to amend
that.
At the same time, we hope you will kindly inform us of the measures taken according to
your honorable opinion regarding the salaries of the presidents and members of your religious courts and whether the Lay Council continues
to pay the salaries of the rabbis who were appointed to the religious court as before, or has it cut them off completely, or has it started
supplementing the salaries of some of them which became less than the salaries they used to receive from the Council's fund
under the new law.
Please accept our highest regards, sir.
⟦Abdul Nabi⟧
Acting President of the Jewish Community in Basra
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Incoming
Number 421
Date 22 / 2 / 948
3 / / 1948
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His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
Basra
⟦illegible⟧
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your three letters dated February 17, 19, and 20, 1948, numbered
505 and 516.
1 - The issue of burying the deceased from smallpox
We did not need to make any representations in the past regarding cases similar to the case you mentioned in
this letter of yours, and we have submitted a letter to the Directorate of Public Health regarding the burial of the deceased from smallpox as per
your request, and we will provide you with the answer upon its arrival.
2 - Allocations for the President and members of the Religious Court
The Lay Council is currently paying the difference between the allocations received by the President and members of
the Religious Court and the Court of Cassation from the esteemed Ministry of Justice and the amount of the original salary they used to receive
from the community fund. As for the issue of representation to make the President's salary higher than the member's salary, it is still under study.
3 - Provision of wheat for Passover
To date, we have not obtained the wheat usually provided annually for the consumption of community members during
the days of Passover, and we will inform you if we are able to obtain wheat this year.
Please accept my warmest greetings with my heartfelt wishes for the welfare of your community;
President of the Community
A.
3 / 1948
His Excellency the Director of General Health, the Respected
Ba⟦line⟧ghdad
After greetings,
We have been informed that the health authorities in Basra have prevented the community from
burying the dead Israelites who died of smallpox in the private cemetery
for the Israeli⟦line⟧tes.
We request to be informed if there are health restrictions on burying the dead
who died as a result of smallpox. Thanking your Excellency in advance, with great respect.
Head of the Community
For filing
Communities and the Quran
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject:
Date: /3/1948.
His Excellency the Director of General Health, the Respected
Baghdad
After greetings
It has come to our attention that the health authorities in Basra have prevented the community from
burying the deceased Jews who died of smallpox in the private cemetery
for Jews.
We hope to be informed if there are health restrictions on burying the dead
who died as a result of smallpox, and we thank your Excellency in advance with much respect;
President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Telephone Number 395 - 05 (General)
448 - 02 (Private)
Number :-: 948
Date :-: 10/1/48
To the presence of the dear brother, the respected Professor Mr. Salim M. Abada
After offering the utmost respect and more heartfelt longings, I hope you are in good health
I received, my dear, a letter from the mail, I read it well
And I agree to the endeavor in application of it, and this endeavor is from the core of
your encouragements intended for progress and happiness . . . what I have made of its quotation
to my dear, diligent in everything I can apply from you and sending a sample
of the lights of His Eminence the Great Rabbi that shine upon you and upon the members of
the community to serve the homeland and spread friendship and affection among its members across different
classes. And I see nothing but what has gained your assistance and your precious lecture
in this field, for what you were fashioned with of truthfulness and sincerity. So allow me
my dear to offer my appropriate greetings from the core of ⟦that which⟧ I hope for its continuity
I was honored by a letter from His Eminence the Rabbi ⟦Leader⟧
Now I will deposit it with the Rabbinical Council to announce His Eminence's orientations
⟦and your concern⟧
I thank you for the observation that you were kind enough to state regarding His Eminence's address
and we will see the necessary assessments for that . . . I ask you to offer the apology
required on our behalf
And please accept more respect. From your sincere brother
Abdul Nabi
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Via the President
To be contacted upon review
948
10/1/48
3/17/1948
His Excellency Mr. Abdul Nabi Munir Moallem, the Respected
Head of the Israelite Community
Basra
My Dear Sir
I thank you for your kind letter dated March 11, 1948, and I hope that you
and the members of the honorable community are in good health and prosperity. Furthermore, a decision has been issued by the Court of Cassation of Iraq
which includes the ratification of the decision of the Court of First Instance, from which it is understood that the law - the abolition of the law
of monitoring real estate leasing on endowments - applies to non-Muslim endowments. In view of my belief
in the possibility of your adherence to this decision when renewing lease contracts for the community's endowments, I have seen
it appropriate to provide Your Excellency with a copy of it for your information.
Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest respect;
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of the Community
Number
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Telephone Number 395 - 05
Number :-: 52
Date :-: 16 March / 1948
His Eminence Mr. Sassoon Khadhuri, the Honorable
After offering the utmost glorification and great respect
Would you be so kind, sir, as to allow a statement of what resulted from your eminence's efforts regarding the wheat
usually supplied to the members of the community during the days of the feast; as stated in the third paragraph of your letter
numbered 596 and dated 2 / 3 / 948.
I hope you accept the highest respect and further glorification from the sincere
⟦Abdul Nabi Munir Muslim⟧
Abdul Nabi Munir Muslim
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225
1 / 4 / 1948
His Excellency Mr. Abdul Nabi Meir Moallem, the respected
President of the Jewish Community
Basra
After greetings and respect,
With reference to your letter No. 53 dated March 16, 1948.
After strenuous efforts, we have recently been able to obtain thirty
tons of wheat for the purpose of consumption by the members of the community on the occasion of Passover.
Please accept our respects;
Sincerely,
President of the Community
To be filed
The Community ⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of /
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Telephone Number 395 - 05
Number :-: 96
Date :-: 15 April / 1948
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Incoming Number 428
Date 20 / 4 / 1948
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the Respected
President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
My Distinguished Master
I was honored by your kind order numbered 625 and dated 1 / 4 / 948 announcing the success
in obtaining 30 tons of wheat for consumption there during the upcoming Passover holiday. There is no doubt that your high endeavors
guarantee the facilitation of such successes and others consecutively.
And in order to state the charitable assistance that His Excellency Mr. Fakhri al-Tabaqchali,
Governor of Basra Province, was kind enough to provide; I submit that His Excellency assisted the community for the consumption of its members during Passover
(calculated against what the Jewish bakers are entitled to during the holiday days from mixed flour) with six tons
of pure refined wheat and the same amount of barley, and the poor of the community, who received the largest portion of it, began
expressing their gratitude and praise for this noble assistance.
And since Your Eminence is concerned with the welfare of the community, I have ventured to present this, wishing for the continuation of your
sublime guidance and the acceptance of great esteem and sincere respect.
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President of the Community
For filing
The Community in Iraq
To the presence of the Honorable Professor, President of the Israelite Community, the respected
After offering the necessary respect, it is not hidden from your presence
that the wall belonging to the Jews for the cemetery ⟦exists⟧ we informed you
of it, and since you had promised us to— you assigned ⟦Hayyim⟧ Ghazwa
and others among those who are undertaking its construction, although I see
it necessary that you order someone from your side to
undertake it, and as a matter of urgency because we fear that
⟦the Jews⟧ will undertake it themselves except for the empty
promises, therefore I hope for one of two cases: that ⟦you respond to us⟧
in the affirmative or the negative, so we have come to wait, I hope for your favor
My respects
25 / 2 / 48
Sincerely
Hajji Muhammad Ali Haidar Fahi
Neighborhood 2 ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on 1948/4/15
Department Register
622
1948/3/21
The Honorable Mr. Habib Ezra Ajam, Respected
Baqubah
After greetings,
I hope you and the members of the community are in good health and prosperity. Furthermore, I request you to kindly
inform me urgently about what has been done regarding the fencing of the Jewish cemetery in Baqubah,
which you promised us to complete during your visit to the community leadership in Baghdad, as
your neighbor, Hajj Muhammad Ali al-Hajj, is still following up with us, claiming that he is being harmed
due to the Jewish cemetery remaining unfenced. We prefer that you contact him personally
as quickly as possible and settle the matter with him.
On this occasion, we hope you will inform us of what has been done regarding the urgency of obtaining a copy of
the Tabu (land registry) deed belonging to the cemetery, which you promised the secretary to obtain.
Awaiting your reply, please accept our respect;
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
The Community
⟦M S 2⟧ 2/5/48
Department Copy
651
26/4/1948
The Honorable Mr. Hayyim Ezra Agam
Baqubah
Greetings,
Further to our letter dated 31/3/1948.
Your neighbor, Hajj Muhammad Ali al-Hajj Qadim, is still contacting us claiming that
the matter of fencing the Jewish cemetery adjacent to his property has not yet been completed. We kindly request
the prompt resolution of this matter and for you to consult with us on this regard at the earliest opportunity when you come
to Baghdad.
Furthermore, we have received with thanks a certified copy of the settlement decision related
to the Jewish cemetery in Baqubah, and we have deposited it with the Jewish Property Committee
in Baghdad to be kept in their records and entered into the relevant register.
Awaiting your reply, please accept our respects;
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
The Community in Iraq
16
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 1948/2/22
His Eminence the Most Magnificent Prime Minister
His Excellency the Most Magnificent Minister of Interior
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Justice
His Sovereignty the Respected Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
His Excellency the Respected District Governor of Khanaqin
The Petition
We, the undersigned, present to your Eminence the following:-
Salman Ibrahim Haroun was the head of the Jewish community in Khanaqin and passed away fifteen
days ago, and we are now without a head to handle our transactions and represent us before the high authorities.
Therefore, since the person named Ibrahim Hay Rahmim, residing in the Abdullah Bek neighborhood in Khanaqin,
is an upright and chaste man, and he is among the nobles of the Mosaic community in Khanaqin, as he possesses good qualities
and high morals, we have found no one closer than this person to represent us, act on our behalf, and head our community.
Therefore, we have submitted this petition, requesting that the necessary measures be taken in this regard to make the aforementioned
person the head of our community in Khanaqin.
May God make your deeds blessed and successful.
For filing
The community in Khanaqin
By
Presidency of the Community
1948/3/2
The Petitioner
Yaqub Munshi / Ahmed Karandi / Munshi Yaqub Yusuf / Yeshaya Sahyoun
Ishaq Musa Yaqub / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Munshi Yusuf / Haroun Ramadan / Nassim Yana
Yusuf Hajil / Eliya Harjiu / Yaqub Ibrahim
Ezra Hay / Salim Hay / Latif Swara
Munshi Hay / Sion Munshi / Ibrahim Benjamin
Salman Azouri / ⟦illegible⟧ / Nassim Daniel
Iraq
40 Fils
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