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IJA 1546

Correspondence between President of Baghdadi Jewish Community and Iraqi Government

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These documents contain correspondence between the Iraqi government and the President of the Jewish community regarding individuals within the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is also internal government correspondence between departments. Contents include: verification of religion, citizenship, addresses, death, student attendance, names of heirs, and physical exam forms. This item also contains correspondence between the Iraqi Jewish community and the Iraqi government concerning the maintenance of properties owned by the community. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Archive Reference
IJA 1546
Item Number
8396
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Chart, Burial Society, Revenue Stamp, Ministry of Justice, Synagogue, Form, Medicine, Typed, Iraqi Government, Office for Oversight and Operation of Jewish Property, Accounting, Basrah, Office of Public Security – Frozen Assets, Sun Crest, Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works, Fragments, Ministry of the Interior, Legal, Ink Stamp, Torah, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Court of Personal Property, List, Ministry of Planning, Abrogation of Citizenship, Inheritance, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Ministry of Health, General Secretary, Property, Receipt, Office of General Citizenship, Bank of Iraq, Eagle Crest, Correspondence, Office of Identification Affairs, Annotation, State Crest

AI en Translation, Pages 101-125

Page 101

Respected Mr. Secretary General
Greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 44 and dated ⟦1/8/74⟧
The person named (Albert Shaoul Ibrahim) is one of
the members of our Mosaic community, and therefore he was provided with this endorsement
to be submitted to whom it may concern
Please accept our highest respect
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community⟧
⟦in Baghdad⟧
Head of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Based on your letter numbered ⟦...⟧ on ⟦1/2/1974⟧
⟦...⟧ our reply numbered ⟦...⟧ on ⟦1/28/1974⟧

Page 102

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Number / 921
Date 1 / 2 / 1972
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 921
Date 2 / 1 / 1972
Secretariat: Rights
Division: Rights
To :-: Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject/ Religion of a person
Please provide us with the information available to you regarding the person named (Eliyahu Munshi Yaqub
Rahim) because we and the Directorate of General Nationality were unable to find a record for the aforementioned person, hoping for
your response as soon as possible.
On behalf of/ The Secretary General
Abdul Monem Jassim
A copy of it to / -
Directorate of General Nationality - Identities - your letter numbered File / 31 / 18940 on
18 / 12 / 1971, to await the response of the community
regarding the subject, please.
Secretariat of Provincial Properties - Property Verification - following up on our marginal note dated
27 / 12 / 1971 to await the response, noting that the subject
concerns the property sequence (81) Souq / Shamiya / Diwaniyah
please.
Secretariat of Rights (6 / AQ 11).
Al-Bayati / 29 / 12 / 1971

Page 103

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number | President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 665 / 72
Date: 2 / 4 / 1972
Subject /
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Legal Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 30 and dated 1/1/1972
We do not have any information regarding the legal inheritance distribution of the deceased
Yousef Ishaq Yousef Gurji.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Vice President of the Community
⟦blue ink mark⟧
⟦illegible faded text⟧

Page 104

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 665 / 72
Date 2 / 4 / 1972
Telephone Number | President 83531
| Secretary 80452
Subject / ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Legal Affairs -
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 30 and dated 1/1/1972
We do not have any information regarding the legal distribution of the estate of the deceased
Youssef Ishaq Youssef Gurji.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community

Page 105

Mr. ⟦Director⟧ ⟦General⟧ ⟦of Civil⟧ ⟦Status⟧
Respectfully
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered ⟦114⟧ and dated 4
⟦/8/⟧ 74 we indicate that ⟦the person named⟧ ⟦Sulayman⟧ ⟦Anbar⟧
⟦Al-Manam⟧ the Israeli Musawi under the leadership of the mentioned sect
This, and please accept the highest respect
Head of the Israeli Community

Page 106

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of <del>Rights</del>
Rights Division
Number /
Date ⟦1⟧ / ⟦1⟧ / 197⟦2⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 924
Date 2 / 1 / 1972
To: General Directorate of Nationality / Al-Ba'ath
Subject: Nationality of persons
Please inform us whether the persons whose names are listed below are Jews whose
Iraqi nationality has been revoked, specifying the date of revocation if they were revoked, hoping for your response as quickly
as possible, please.
1- Mozli Murad Baruch Abboudi
2- Maurice Ezra Yusuf
3- Rosa Shlomo Saleh Shuker Eliyahu
4- Khatoun Saleh Sassoon Shamash
5- Marcelle Raphael Isaac Yusuf Karji
6- Madeleine " " " " "
7- Saliha " " " " "
8- Rosa Moshi Isaac Cohen
9- Isaac Saleh Isaac Karji
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / The Secretary General
A copy of it to / -
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Please provide us with the information available to you regarding the legal
inheritance distribution (Al-Qassam Al-Shari) for the heirs of the deceased (Yusuf Isaac Yusuf Karji)
Please
Secretariat of Provincial Properties - confirming the ownership of your marginal note on 1/12/971, requesting to wait for
the answer, noting that we found the name (Eliyahu Meir Daoud Hazqeel
Hayyim) deceased on 3/1/968 and he has a legal inheritance distribution
under number 126 / M / 970 issued by the Personal Status Court
in Karrada and you have a copy of it. As for the Jew (Isaac Hayyim
Ibrahim Hazqeel Karji) nicknamed (Ever Karji), his
Iraqi nationality was revoked according to the letter of the Ministry of -
Interior numbered Q S / 2955 on 7/5/968, noting
that the subject concerns the property plot (73) district (7)
Hashimiya - Midhatiya Babylon.
Secretariat of Rights (6/1 Q 11)
Al-Bayati / 29 / 12 / 971

Page 107

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
President's Phone Number 83531
Secretary 80452
289
Number T/: 664 / ⟦74⟧
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject /
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
⟦line⟧ Rights ⟦line⟧
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 433 and dated 8/1/1972.
We do not have complete information about the heirs of the deceased
Israel Morris. Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Daoud Samra⟧
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Page 108

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 664 / 72
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject / ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
-- Rights --
Greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 433 and dated 8 / 1 / 1972.
We do not have complete information about the heirs of the deceased
Israel Maurice. Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Daoud Samra⟧
Acting President of the Community

Page 110

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For Frozen Assets
Rights Secretariat
Rights Division
Number /
Date 8 / 1 / 1972
To - Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Subject / The Jew Israel Morris
Your letter No. 598/71 on 12/7/1971.
Upon the attendance of Mrs. Mary Nawi Hamama at the office of this General Secretariat, she stated that the deceased
Jew Israel Morris has three daughters, one of whom is named Angel, and three sons, one of whom is named
Albert, and that his wife's name is Khatoun, and that they are all outside Iraq. Therefore, please reconsider and inform us -
of the full names of the heirs, and we hope this will be done promptly, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Abdul Monem Jassim
A copy to /-
Rights Secretariat / Two copies / Savings account file.
Saad 5 / 1 / 972

Page 111

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number | President 83531
| Secretary 80452
288
Number T /: 662 / 75
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject /:
The Respected Secretary General for Frozen Assets
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7528 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972.
We do not have information regarding the legal distribution of the estate of the deceased
Rachel Saleh Moallem.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Daoud Samra⟧
Acting President of the Community

Page 112

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 662 / 662
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject /:
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Legal Affairs -
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 7528 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972.
We do not have information regarding the legal distribution of the estate of the deceased
Rachel Saleh Moallem.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Daoud Simon Hay⟧
Acting President of the Community

Page 113

Mr. Director General of Civil Status
Respectfully
In ⟦illegible⟧
Reference to your letter 7528 dated 11/22/
That we do not have information about the legal
distribution of the estate for the deceased Rachel Saleh Moallem
This is it, and please accept
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦ghosting text from reverse side⟧

Page 114

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Rights Secretariat
Rights Division
Number /: ⟦2528⟧
Date /: 22 / 3 / 1972
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1044
Date 4/2/72
To :-: Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject/ Legal Inheritance Distribution
Please provide us with a copy of the inheritance distribution for the deceased Rachel Saleh Moallem and the names
of her heirs, hoping that this will be done as quickly as possible, please.
Abdul Monem Jassim
For the Secretary General
A copy of it to /-
Secretariat of Center Properties - Ownership Verification / Your letter No. 6525 on 3/14/1972
Regarding the property sequence 488 Torah, please wait for the answer
Rights Secretariat 1/3 for follow-up.
Saad 3/22

Page 115

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number | President 83531
| Secretary 80452
287
Number T /: 662 / 72
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject /:
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7545 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972.
The person named (Ephraim Haskel Siddiq) is a member of
our community.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Page 116

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
⟦Telephone Number⟧ { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 662 / 72
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject /:
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7545 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972 .
The person named (Ephraim Haskel Siddiq) is a member of
our community .
Please accept our highest respect .
⟦Daoud S. Murad⟧
Acting Head of the Community

Page 118

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Number /: 5495
Date: 22 / 3 / 1972
Rights Secretariat:
Rights Division:
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1027
2 / 4 / 972
To /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject/ Religion of a person
Please provide us with the information available to you regarding the religion of the person named (Ephraim Haskel
Siddiq) as we and the Directorate of General Nationality have not found a record for him, hoping for your response as quickly
as possible.
Abdul Monem Jassim
For the Secretary General
A copy to /
Directorate of General Nationality / IDs / your letter numbered File / 4090 / 31 on
15 / 3 / 972 to await the response of the above community, please.
Liquidation Secretariat / Mortgages / following up on our letter numbered 5303 on 4 / 3 / 72 to await
the response, noting that the matter relates to property sequence 575 / 209 Douriyeen.
Rights Secretariat (6 / 1).
Saad 3/23

Page 119

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
286
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1214
Date 16 / 8 / 1972
Incoming Stamp
Directorate /: Identities
Number / Special / 73 /: 12602
Date /: 5 / 8 / 1972
To :- Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject / Inquiry
Your letter T / 661 / 972 on 3 / 4 / 1972 ..
Please inform us as quickly as possible whether the Jewish woman (Halima Ephraim Haskel Abed)
has passed away in Iraq or not.
Brigadier General of Nationality
Ahmed Mahmoud Sami
Acting Director General of Nationality
A copy to :-
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets / Your letter 30300 on 9 / 8 / 1972
For your information.
Iyad / 14

Page 120

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number | President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 66 / 72
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
286
Subject /
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 2546 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972 .
The person named Helma Ephraim Haskel Abed is a member of
our community .
Please accept our highest respect .
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community

Page 121

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T/ 661 / 74
Date 3 / 4 / 1972
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
286
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Mr. Secretary General for Frozen Assets, Respectfully
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7546 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972 .
The person named Hilma Ephraim Heskel Abid is a member of
our community .
Please accept our highest respect .
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible text from reverse side bleeding through⟧

Page 122

To the Honorable Director General of Civil Status
Honorable Sir
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 7546 and dated
on 12/26/74, the named Saliha Ephraim Khudair
Obaid is one of the members of our sect, please accept
Head of the Sect
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 123

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Number / 7592
Date 21 / 3 / 1972
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 1026
Date 4 / 4 / 72
Secretariat: Rights
Division: Rights
286
To / Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Religion of a woman
Please provide us with the information available to you regarding the religion of the woman named (Halma Ephraim Haskel Abed) as we and the Directorate of General Nationality have not found a record for her, hoping for your response as quickly as possible.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdul Monem Jassim
For the Secretary General
A copy of it to / -
Directorate of General Nationality / IDs / your letter numbered File / 31 / 3864 on 12 / 3 / 972 to await the information that will be received from the above community, please.
Secretariat of Central Properties / Title Settlement / Supplementing our letter numbered 5335 on 4 / 3 / 972 to await the response, noting that the subject relates to property sequence 49/385 Bataween, please.
Secretariat of Rights (2/6).
Saad 3/23

Page 124

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 66 / 72
Date 3 / 4 / 1972
Telephone Number | President 83531
| Secretary 80452
285
Subject /
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7547 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972.
The two persons named (Ibrahim Yusuf Shabi
and Farha Ibrahim Yusuf Shabi) are members of our community.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦Edward⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting President of the Community.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 125

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
President's Telephone Number 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 660 / 72
Date: 3 / 4 / 1972
Subject /:
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
- Rights -
After greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 7547 and dated 26 / 3 / 1972.
The two persons named (Ibrahim Yusuf Shabi
and Farha Ibrahim Yusuf Shabi) are members of our community.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community