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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 English Translation, Pages 651-675

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Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Municipalities
Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
⟦illegible⟧
Incoming Stamp
⟦illegible⟧
Number: ⟦1028⟧
Date: ⟦1962/3/⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Subject / Roofing of a sidewalk
The Secretariat Council decided in paragraph (53) at its session held on
March 4, 62 to sell the roofing of the sidewalk, which has an area of 34 m2
to you, located in front of property sequence 1/212 in Al-Bu Shibl neighborhood, at a price of
twenty-five dinars per square meter. Please contact the Directorate of
Accounts in this department to pay its price so that we can notify the Land Registry (Tabu)
to register it in the name of your committee according to the regulations.
On behalf of the Mayor of the Capital
Ibrahim Mohammadi
Copy to: -
Accounts Directorate - Revenues
Head of the Technical Body - for information
Engineer of the First Division - for information
F / 3 / 781
Qadri

Archival unit 652

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦illegible⟧ 61 /
Date :: ⟦illegible⟧ 11/ /1961
Subject :: ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Honorable Mayor of the Capital
Greetings,
We have previously obtained two building permits for the construction of property door number 37/143
It was mentioned in the Capital Secretariat permits numbered 6846 and 7520 dated
3/7/961 and 8/22/961 by mistake that the door number is 37/1/143 and the correct one is
37/143 .
Therefore, we request your Excellency to kindly instruct their correction so that we can proceed with the transaction in
the Real Estate Tax department.
Please accept our highest respect
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 653

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number
Date ⟦10⟧ / September / 1961
Subject ⟦105⟧
His Excellency the Secretary General for Frozen Assets, Respected
Greetings,
In view of the presidency of this community constructing a building on the land of the property belonging to it
bearing door number 138/29 located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood, and since this property is located adjacent to the property belonging
to you bearing door number 138/27, and since the northern and eastern walls are leaning towards collapse and are shared
between the two aforementioned properties, and since the construction and building require the demolition of the two aforementioned walls along with the entrance roof,
we request your respected General Secretariat to approve this, with the commitment of this presidency to rebuild
the two walls and the entrance roof in a complete manner.
Please accept our highest respect
Hayawi Sodaee
Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number:
Date: ⟦.⟧ / September / 1961
Subject:
His Excellency the Secretary General of Frozen Assets, Respected
Greeting:
In view of the presidency of this community constructing a building on the land of the property belonging to it
bearing door number 29 / 138 located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood, and since this property is located adjacent to the property belonging
to you bearing door number 27 / 138, and since the northern and eastern walls are leaning towards collapse and are shared
between the two aforementioned properties, and since the construction and building require the demolition of the two aforementioned walls along with the roof of the entrance,
we request your respected General Secretariat's approval for that, with the commitment of this presidency to rebuild
the two walls and the entrance roof in a complete manner.
Please accept our highest respect
Hayawi Sawdayee
Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews

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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: 18 / 5 / 1962
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Honorable Mayor of the Capital
Greetings
In view of our request to open a garage in the property numbered 1/9/21 in Bataween for the vehicle numbered
22565 belonging to the Hebra Qadisha Society (Burial Society) and exempted from the annual fee
according to the letter of the Baghdad Governorate Administration No. 1026 dated 27/2/962 regarding the vehicle
I request you to kindly instruct the granting of a permit to open the garage.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi
Jews
|

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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Leasing Division
Number
Date 5/6/961
Republic of Iraq
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject/ Property 115/32 Taht al-Takiya
We reiterate our letter 3955 on 3/21/1961, requesting a statement on how you utilize
the aforementioned property and the shops partitioned from it, their rental values, and copies of their
lease contracts, given that the General Secretariat holds 150 shares out of 51 shares of it
and to inform us as quickly as possible.
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to:
The Inspector, Mr. Abdul Hafiz Saleh - your memorandum on 5/6/961 for your information please
Leases
Papers - File 5/16/94
Filing of papers
⟦illegible signature⟧
5/7

Archival unit 657

General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Rents
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Republic of Iraq
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject / Legal Inheritance Distribution
Please provide the lawyer, Mr. Adnan Izzat Ali, with a statement in the name of the deceased Jew
the late Eliyahu Shasha and his heirs, his brother Munshi Eliyahu Shasha, in preparation for obtaining
the legal inheritance distribution from the Baghdad Court of First Instance - Personal Matters - and please inform us.
Deputy Secretary General
A copy to:
Baghdad Conciliation Court - File 60/2484, please await the result.
Lawyer Mr. Adnan Izzat Ali - your report on 1/23/61, please follow up with the Presidency of the
Community and inform us as soon as possible.
Mr. Abdul Sattar Saleh Shukr - Deputy of the General Secretariat - for information
Rents 3/3
Papers - to be kept in file 5/22/244
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦faint blue text: 1960⟧
⟦faint blue text: 1955⟧
⟦faint blue text overlapping: Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦faint blue text overlapping: Subject / Legal Inheritance Distribution⟧

Archival unit 658

Capital Secretariat
Number
Accounts
⟦illegible stamp⟧
98
Safar 1375
September 1955
Date
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Outgoing Number: 2889
Date: 27 / 7 / 55
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject / Paving Expenses
This department is owed by you an amount of 3341/264 Dinars for paving wage expenses for the plots whose details are listed
below. We request that you pay the mentioned amount to the Secretariat's fund as soon as possible and inform us.
Acting Mayor of the Capital
Amount (Fils Dinar) | Length m | Average Width m | Area m2 | Price (Fils Dinar) | Property Sequence | Notes
234/825 | 46/50 | 2/50 | 116/25 | 2/020 | 326/190 | First front on Sheikh Omar Street
323/200 | 64/- | 2/50 | 160/- | 2/020 | 326/190 | 
1671/550 | 331/- | 2/50 | 827/- | 2/020 | 326/142 | Sheikh Omar Street
515/486 | 41/50 | 3/33 | 138/20 | 2/020 | 326/190 | Second front on Al-Hadi Street
596/203 | 48/- | 3/33 | 159/84 | 2/020 | 326/190 | 
3341/264 |  |  |  |  |  | 
A copy of it to: -
Director of Accounts - Paving Division - for follow-up and matching sequence
11, 12, 156, 130 and 129 / 55
⟦Distributor / Accounts⟧
Hashim

Archival unit 659

Amanat al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Number
Accounts
Amanat al-Asima
Accounts
⟦illegible⟧
99
Zero 1375
October 1955
Date
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 2890
Date 24 / 7 / 55
Baghdad Court of First Instance
Subject / Paving Expenses
With reference to the ongoing correspondence ending with your letter No. 6118 dated 8 / 9 / 1955.
We confirm to you that the property sequence 278 located in the Al-Kulat neighborhood and belonging to the Jewish Cemeteries Association
is not indebted to us for any paving expenses because it is located on an unpaved street. As for the paving expenses
amounting to 3341 / 264 Dinars which we requested you to deduct according to our letter No. 15170 dated
on 2 / 7 / 1955, we have requested the Presidency of the Jewish Community to pay it to us.
Acting Mayor of the Capital
A copy of it to: -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - We confirm our letter No. 24216 dated 2 / 10 / 1955
And we hope to be informed of the outcome of the case of paying the amount 264 / ⟦3341⟧
Dinars from the properties mentioned in our referred letter as quickly
as possible.
Director of Accounts - Paving Department - For follow-up and review of sequence 11 or 12 or 156 or
130 and 129 / 55
Hashim

Archival unit 660

Republic of Iraq
Baghdad Land Registry Directorate
Karrada Al-Sharqiya
Neighborhood:
Or District Number and Name:
Sequence: 157 / 142
Or Plot Number:
Number:
Date:
To the Capital Secretariat
We have decided to conduct an inspection of the property described above on Monday, 22 / 5 / ⟦...⟧
at nine o'clock in the morning. Please instruct your representative to participate in the inspection at the appointed time
to determine the alignment of the public road.
Abdullah Sharif
Director of Baghdad Land Registry - Karrada Al-Sharqiya
A copy of it to: -
The neighbor, owner of property sequence 142 / 157, Mr. Arbak Dawood Manasik, please
attend the inspection as you are a neighbor of the mentioned property.
The neighbor, owner of property sequence 140 / 157, Mr. Abdul Rahman Al-Haj Muhammad Nashat ⟦...⟧
please attend the inspection as you are a neighbor.
The neighbor, owner of property sequence 57 / 231, the Trustee, Head of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad, on behalf of the Meir Elias Hospital Endowment.
The neighbor, owner of property sequence 8 / 231, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Sayyid Wafi Sultan, please
attend on the appointed day as you are the neighbor residing in the same house 23 / 6 / 6
The neighbor, owner of property sequence 59 / 231, Hasina daughter of Khammo Boutros Dawood, residing in the same
house 25 / 9 / 1, as you are the neighbor of the same house to be inspected.
The neighbor, owner of property sequence 6 / 231, Mr. Ata Amin bin Muhammad Salih, please
attend on the appointed day as you are a neighbor of the property to be inspected.
7/5/1961
157/142
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 661

Republic of Iraq
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Maintenance Division
Number: G/1
Date: 5/ /1959
To:-
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews - Baghdad
Subject - House Renovation
We have received from the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province the two letters numbered
26475 and 26471 dated 5/25/1959. We are returning them to you
by mistake as they concern you.
Secretary General
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Reference to your two aforementioned letters - for information
Raouf: 5 / 28

Archival unit 662

Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Contracts
To
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1959/5/25
Very Urgent
The Administrative Committee for Jews in Iraq - Baghdad
Further to our letter 17057 on 1959/3/29.
The Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate informed us in its letter
4380 on 1959/5/6 as a result of the inspection of the building of the Sha'ba school
Al-Haydariya for Girls, it was found that it needs some necessary repairs
to remove the danger from it in a way that secures its occupancy. Please proceed with removing
the danger from the building and carrying out some repairs and informing us.
Ali Al-Shouk
Acting Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy of it to:-
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Baghdad Provincial Governorate - its letter above for your kind information
Administration of Sha'ba Al-Haydariya Primary School for Girls - to inform us of the completion of repairs
in your school building.
Contracts Department
Qais Ahmed
⟦illegible stamp⟧
1959/5/20

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General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Number
Date
Section
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Contracts
Date / 25 / 5 / 1959
26475
Very Urgent
To - The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews / Baghdad
⟦line⟧
We confirm to you below a copy of the letter from the Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Governorate
Numbered 5031 on 19/5/1959. Please take the necessary action immediately to remove the danger and according to
repairing it and informing us.
To the Accountant
To take necessary action
Ali Al-Shouk
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to / -
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Baghdad Governorate
Administration of Bani Said Primary School for Boys - to contact this directorate.
Primary Accountant
Contracts Supervisor
- Copy of the Letter -
Upon conducting an inspection of the Bani Said School for Boys building, it was found to be in a dangerous condition and
cannot be used in the coming year in this state. Therefore, it must be evacuated immediately and the Jewish community
must be tasked with the necessity of repairing it and removing the danger from it and informing us.
Signature
Staff Major General
Tariq Said Fahmi
Governor of Baghdad - President of the General Provincial
Council
Aziz/

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General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
Number / Rights / ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / 2 / 1957
To "
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject - Lawsuit 1161/56 Baghdad Court of First Instance.
As a result of the dismissal of the lawsuit described above filed by your presidency against this
General Secretariat and the confirmation of the judgment on appeal and cassation, costs totaling (33/950) Dinars were incurred according to
the following detail. Please send this amount to the Accounts Secretariat in this General Secretariat
and inform us.
Amounts |
Fils / Dinar |
13/500 | Attorney fees awarded in the above First Instance lawsuit.
9/000 | " " " " Appeal lawsuit No. S/118/956.
11/250 | Fees for drafting briefs
0/200 | Fee for notification of the appellate judgment and its stamps.
33/950 | Total - Only thirty-three Dinars and nine hundred and fifty Fils.
Ahmed Al-Shalji
Secretary General
A copy of it to "
(2) Accounts Secretariat - for information and following up on our letter No. ⟦illegible⟧ dated ⟦illegible⟧
Secretariat of Requests and Objections - following up on our letter above, requesting to follow up on sending this amount to
the Accounts Secretariat and inform us.
Audit Committee - for information.
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters - for information.
Mahmoud /

Archival unit 665

Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject / Distribution of Estate
Please provide the lawyer, Mr. Adnan Izzat Ali, with a statement in the name of the deceased Jew
Khedhouri Eliyahu Shasha and the members of his heirs, his brother Menashi Eliyahu Shasha, in preparation for extracting
the legal distribution of estate from the Baghdad Court of First Instance - Personal Matters - and please inform us.
Secretary General
A copy to:
Baghdad Conciliation Court - File 3484/60, requesting to wait for the result
The lawyer, Mr. Adnan Izzat Ali - your report on 1/23/961, please follow up with the Presidency of the
Community and inform us as soon as possible.
Mr. Abd al-Sattar Saleh Shukr - Deputy Secretary General - for information
Rents
Papers - to be kept in file 5/22/244
Accountant
To state the date of death
⟦signature⟧
The late Khedhouri Eliyahu ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 666

Mayoralty of the Capital
Baghdad
25502
⟦line⟧ The Technical Authority ⟦line⟧
Mayoralty of the Capital
9 Rabi' al-Thani 1372
28 October 1952
Date
Rusafa Land Registry Directorate
Subject - Sequence 104, 103, 106, 108,
110, 112, and 125 Tambu Ali Quarter
Please set an appointment to conduct a joint inspection with our representative, the Property Officer Mr.
Mahdi Abdullah, on the properties described above in order to fix their boundaries on-site and state
the area of the road surplus enclosed between the mentioned properties and provide us with a copy of the
joint site inspection report. As for the fees, the concerned parties are obligated to pay them to you directly.
Mayor of the Capital
Copy to -
First Technical Division - Property Officer
Head of the Jewish Community - for information and to follow up with the mentioned Directorate to pay
the resulting fees.
Mr. President
We would like to clarify to your Excellency that the car rental for the inspection ⟦illegible⟧
is dependent on the road surplus (the private premium) marked on the map with the letter (A)
which must be purchased from the Mayoralty. In order to complete the process, the Mayoralty requested to conduct
the inspection. Please hand over 15 Dinars to pay the necessary fees for conducting
the inspection and cars are at your service
⟦illegible⟧
10/30
25/-
40/-
15/-
80/-
Abda

Archival unit 667

Republic of Iraq
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat: Immovable Property
Division: Rents
Number:
Date:
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject - Property 32 / 115 Sequence 71 Taht al-Takiya
Please state how you are utilizing the aforementioned property and the shops partitioned from it, their
rental values, and copies of their lease contracts, given that the General Secretariat owns 150 shares
out of a total of (510) shares, and inform us as soon as possible.
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary General
Copy to -
Follow-up Committee - for information
Rents
Papers File 94 / 16 / 5
Hashim 2 / 28
⟦Please⟧

Archival unit 668

Republic of Iraq
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Ownership Verification Division
Number: ⟦22948⟧
Date: ⟦60/11/22⟧
To -
Presidency of the Mosaic Israelite Community in Baghdad
We reiterate our letter No. 13954 dated 2 / 8 / 1960.
Requesting a response after reviewing the marriage records and informing us of the name of the husband of Farha Raphael
Mordech Fattal.
⟦On behalf of⟧
The Secretary General
Copy to -
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Rents
Ownership Verification.
Hashim 22 / 11
⟦illegible⟧