AI en Translation, Pages 501-525
Page 501
To God the Holy
Ozri Dalim Association
Menashi Saleh School Branch
Telephone Number 5583
Baghdad 27 / ⟦11⟧ / 1950
Gentlemen,
The Jewish community can only thank you all for
your kindness and mercy towards the refugees in Menashi Saleh by providing
generous donations in cash and in kind <del>from it</del>. And now we are pleased to
inform you that the sacrificial offerings you provide to the shelter during
weekdays are not fully utilized because they reach us
at scattered times. Therefore, we request the honorable donors to bring their offerings
to the shelter on Thursday of every week ⟦as much as possible⟧ so they can be utilized
to provide food for Friday and Saturday, which are the only days it is prepared, as
meat is distributed to the refugees on the aforementioned two days only.
takes place
Furthermore, the refugees are in need of old clothes of any
kind, whether for women, men, or children. We request you to
provide this assistance directly to the shelter administration in exchange for receipts
signed by the director of the shelter.
The shelter administration welcomes every request submitted regarding
the request for servants or ⟦sailors/workers⟧ from among the refugees, as most of them
are fit to perform such services. Those submitting
these requests should contact number (5583).
The Shelter
Al-Menashi
With regards,
Director of the Shelter
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Baghdad on 11/23/1950
An Appeal From
The ⟦Masawari Delsim⟧ Association
Munshi Saleh School Branch
Gentlemen,
The Jewish community can only thank you all for your kindness and mercy toward the refugees of the Munshi Saleh shelter by providing
generous cash and in-kind donations. Now, we wish to inform you that the sacrificial offerings you provide to the shelter during the weekdays
do not benefit us fully because they arrive sporadically. Therefore, we request the honorable donors to bring their offerings to the shelter on
Thursday of every week as much as possible so that we can benefit from them to provide food for Friday and Saturday, as meat is distributed to
the refugees on the aforementioned two days only.
Furthermore, the refugees are in need of old clothes of any kind, whether for women, men, or children. We request you to provide
this assistance directly to the shelter administration in exchange for receipts signed by the shelter manager.
The shelter administration welcomes every request submitted to it regarding the request for servants or farmers from among the refugees, as most of them are fit
to perform such services. These requests can be submitted via the shelter telephone number (5583).
For filing
⟦Isaac⟧
⟦...⟧ The Jewish Community
Page 503
Baghdad on 11/23/1950
An Appeal From
The ⟦Mesouri Delsim⟧ Association
Munshi Saleh School Branch
Gentlemen,
The Israelite community can only thank you all for your kindness and mercy toward the refugees of the Munshi Saleh shelter by providing
generous cash and in-kind donations. Now, we wish to inform you that the sacrificial offerings you provide to the shelter during the weekdays
are not fully utilized because they arrive sporadically. Therefore, we request the honorable donors to bring their offerings to the shelter on
Thursday of every week as much as possible, so that we may benefit from them to provide food for Friday and Saturday ⟦which⟧ where meat is distributed to
the refugees on the two aforementioned days only.
Furthermore, the refugees are in need of old clothes of any kind, whether for women, men, or children. We request you to provide
this assistance directly to the shelter administration in exchange for receipts signed by the shelter manager.
The shelter administration welcomes every request submitted regarding the hiring of servants or farmers from among the refugees, as most of them aspire
to perform such services. These requests can be submitted via the shelter telephone number (5583).
⟦...⟧
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Department Copy
T / 1631 / 50
11/26/1950
Honorable Gentlemen,
Elias Doush, Lawyer - Al-Zawra Cinema - Baghdad
Habawi Sawai, Lawyer - Roxy Cinema - Baghdad
Hezekiel Dori - National Cinema - Baghdad
Naeem Musayer, Lawyer - Ghazi Cinema - Baghdad
After greetings,
I would be most grateful if you would kindly attend at the headquarters of the Community Presidency at eleven o'clock
on Monday, 11/27/1950, for the purpose of deliberating with you
regarding some important matters related to the affairs of the community.
Please accept my highest respect,
11/26
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
To be filed ⟦illegible⟧
For the information of the Vice President
⟦signature⟧
1 / 26 / 14
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T / 1630 / 50
26 / 11 / 1950
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Bani Said Police Sub-District
After greetings
We request the allocation of one policeman to maintain security in the shelter
of the Munshi Saleh School located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood, as it is no secret to you that a
large number of refugees reside in the aforementioned shelter. This matter requires
your valuable assistance to maintain order inside and outside the shelter by assigning one
policeman to remain permanently in the aforementioned shelter.
Hoping that this request of ours will meet with your approval, please accept our respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
11/28
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
For filing / Dismissed
11 / 28 / 1
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
From Erbil 26 / 11 / 950
The Honorable Mr. Salim, Secretary of the Presidency of the Israelite Community, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
Several times we have written to the Presidency of the Community about the conditions of the mountain Jews who gathered in Erbil
and to the Committee for Denaturalization and Deportation, and until now we have not received any satisfactory answer.
We remind you of your letter which we received on 9 - 7 - 950, in which
you explained and made the final decision not to process their denaturalization in Baghdad and you ordered us
to carry out their denaturalization process in Erbil, and we obeyed your order and exerted various efforts
until the Creator granted us success and we carried out your order to the letter.
And from the date 4 - 10 - 950, their forms were submitted to your side according to the letter of the Erbil Police
Directorate attached to this message, and we are bewildered how their case has been neglected until
this date, while attention was given to the Jews of the districts who are living in their homes and most of them
are living in luxury, leaving these poor people hungry and naked and standing
at the doors of charity; is this fair!
O Honorable Sheikh, keeping these poor people in Erbil for longer than this period is not
possible, and for them to return to their previous places is an impossible matter after they lost everything
they owned of worldly goods. This problem must be solved as quickly as possible, and the
only solution is to transfer them to Baghdad and deport them gradually. This is our hope from your high determination,
and we beg the Great President to look upon this case with an eye of
kindness and compassion and to conclude it before their condition worsens more than this.
Please accept my highest respect.
Sincerely,
Head of the Jewish Community of Erbil
⟦signature⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Date: 27 / 11 / 50
Subject: Urgent
To the honorable and distinguished Mr. Saleh Yusuf Nouri,
President of the Jewish Community in Erbil
Greetings and respect,
I was honored to receive your letter dated 11/22/50.
I have personally explained the matter to your representative in Baghdad, Mr. Rubin Saleh, and I hope
it is known to you that the Committee for Denaturalization and Deportation has not neglected
the matter of the refugees in your area as stated in your letter; rather, the issue is simply that
the official authorities did not agree to fulfill our request to expedite their travel.
In any case, new efforts may be made in the future in this regard.
Furthermore, Al-Behbehani's representative met with our President
and explained the matter to him, and he may have informed you of the result of his meeting. In any case,
it is inevitable that you exert new efforts to continue urging
aid for these refugees along with ⟦others⟧ in Erbil, and God does not waste
the reward of those who do good.
May God reward you ⟦very⟧ well, and please accept our highest respect.
For filing
⟦signature⟧
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Wasfi al-Tall's book
Upon inspection
⟦illegible⟧
12/20
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251
And it has ⟦one⟧ attachment
Number ⟦line⟧
Telegram type 4
Time of receipt 8/25
Arrived at the station 10 Minute ⟦line⟧
From Erbil received by ⟦illegible⟧
Word count 19 Administrative moments ⟦line⟧ Date 8 Issuing office Erbil
8 DEC 50
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
The police informed us of the deportation of those whose
citizenship was revoked, please inform us of the day of travel
Saleh from the Presidency of the Community
<del>⟦Israelite⟧</del> Jewish Erbil
For filing
Shat
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531
5452
Honorable Gentlemen
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Control No. 50/1155/T
Date 2 / 12 / 50
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
His Excellency the Respected Senator Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
His Excellency the Respected President of the Denaturalization and Deportation Committee
Subject
We, the undersigned, a group of dismissed and resigned employees and workers of the glorious government
whose citizenship has been revoked. We wish ⟦to⟧ explain the state of our situation and the misery and destruction we have reached, so that
we may feel your sympathy toward us.
Our sources of livelihood have been cut off as a result of our dismissal from our jobs; some of us were dismissed since 1948, some
were dismissed due to being sentenced to prison, and some were dismissed or resigned due to the revocation of citizenship. We are all heads of
families responsible for their support, and it is no secret to Your Excellencies that the circumstances we are passing through are harsh and that the pains of unemployment
that we suffer are exhausting. Each individual among us can no longer provide his daily sustenance except after selling what he owns
of clothing or bedding, until we have reached a state of pitiable misery and hardship.
The means of living have been cut off for us, and now the winter season has raided us while our children are hungry and naked.
Nothing remains before us but perish or extending hands to beg, so we have resorted to knocking on your door, demanding the following:
First - Interceding with the competent authorities to give us priority and deport us urgently, along with those we are responsible
for supporting, similar to current employees and retired employees whose names have previously been recorded
to decide on the matter of their deportation.
Second - Allocating a shelter from the community's properties to house us and our families until the matter of our deportation is decided,
as we have become completely unable to pay the rent for our houses.
Third - We also hope for the allocation of monetary and in-kind aid for our sustenance.
Your Excellencies,
As we submit this cry of ours, seeking your noble emotions to save us and save our children from hunger
and starvation, relying on what we know of your love for goodness and desire to provide aid and assistance to the weak.
We are hopeful that you will consider our demands with the attention they deserve, as quickly as possible. May God grant you success
in the good you do. Please accept our highest thanks and respect.
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Sequence | Name | Previous Position | Revocation Number | Signature
1 | Gurji Sakkoun Shai | Railway Clerk | 14642 | ⟦signature⟧
2 | Albert Shaul | Station Manager | 21684 | ⟦signature⟧
3 | Nissim Haron | Mail Inspector | 14499 | ⟦signature⟧
4 | Salman Dahan | Station Manager | 12529 | ⟦signature⟧
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Sequence | Name | Previous Job | Renunciation Number | Signature
5 | Naeem Yusuf Abdullah | Employee in the Post and Telegraph Department - Kamidar | 92166 | Naeem
6 | Hesqail Cohen Cohen | Distributor in the Baghdad Telegraph Department | 26086 | ⟦illegible⟧
7 | Ibrahim Hakkak | Railway Telegraph Officer | 20482 | ⟦illegible⟧
8 | Ezra Cohen | Railway Telegraph Officer | 15759 | Ezra
9 | Shashi Yusuf | Station Master | 14822 | Shashi
10 | Salim Munshi | Station Master | 11154 | Salim
11 | Murad Salman | Telegraph Officer | 14171 | ⟦illegible⟧
12 | Abboud Daoud | Railway Clerk | 84621 | Abboud Daoud
13 | Yona Hakkak | Chief Railway Clerk | 8684 | Yona Hakkak
14 | Naji Hakkak | Railway Station Master | 19820 | ⟦illegible⟧
15 | Anwar Akko | Railway Accountant | 17229 | ⟦illegible⟧
16 | Yusuf Ishaq Huwaita | Second Railway Clerk | 15214 | Yusuf Huwaita
17 | Munshi Munshi | Railway Officer | 18444 | Munshi Munshi
18 | Abed Rubin | Railway Employee | 29400 | Abed
19 | Hesqail Shua | Railway Employee | 11290 | Hesqail
20 | Ibrahim Hakkak | Railway Employee | 20720 | ⟦illegible⟧
21 | Maurice Hezekiah | Railway Official | 11062 | ⟦illegible⟧
22 | Yaqub Ishaq | Railway Employee | 14919 | Yaqub Ishaq
23 | Hesqail Daoud Rahoum | Railway Station Master | 14775 | Hesqail Daoud
24 | Naeem Ahmed | Railway Officer | 14189 | Naeem Ahmed
25 | Fouad Aslan | Telephone Supervisor | 21252 | Fouad Aslan
26 | Sabah Eliahu | Railway Employee | 14474 | ⟦illegible⟧
27 | Rubin Shamoun | Station Master | 10008 | Rubin Shamoun
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Sequence | Name | Previous Position | Renunciation Number | Signature
5 | Shamoun Yusuf | Railway Clerk | 11929 | ⟦signature⟧
6 | Naji Murad Daoud | Railway Clerk | 23714 | ⟦signature⟧
7 | Yusuf Salih Suhayk | Postmaster | 10695 | ⟦signature⟧
28 | Salman Nail Murad | Railway Clerk | 22198 | ⟦signature⟧
29 | Yaqub Rahmani | ⟦illegible⟧ Officer | 7761 | ⟦signature⟧
30 | Ezra Yusuf Salman | ⟦illegible⟧ Manager | 7821 | ⟦signature⟧
31 | Masoud Sahyun Falwiya | Railway Post Officer | 24722 | ⟦signature⟧
14 | Suri Yusuf Shasha | Railway Draftsman | 10120 | ⟦signature⟧
13 | Ibrahim Shina | Railway Employee | 9081 | ⟦signature⟧
14 | Radi Yusuf Darwish | Railway Official | 352 | ⟦signature⟧
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
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T / 1643 / 50
8 / 12 / 1950
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To the honorable Mr. Salim Shammash, respected
After greetings and respect,
We thank you for your kindness in agreeing to our use of the house belonging to you and located
in the Torah neighborhood (formerly Al-Firdaws School), and we hereby pledge to you that we will reside
in the aforementioned house with approximately eighty persons only, and we are also responsible for all necessary
cleaning of its sanitary facilities for a period of two months.
Please accept our highest respect,
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
<del>Acting Head of the Community</del>
President of the Lay Council
Note -
Please write based on the request of
Mr. Ibrahim Aghababa urgently
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8/12/50
Copy to -
Refugee Housing Committee
For filing
Ibrahim 8/
Drop
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T/50/1643
8/12/1950
The Honorable Mr. Salim Sha'ash, Respected
After greetings and respect,
We thank you for your kindness in agreeing to our use of the house belonging to you and located
in the Torah neighborhood (formerly Al-Firdous School), and we hereby pledge to you that we will reside
in the mentioned house with approximately eighty persons only, and we are responsible for all necessary
repairs to its sanitary facilities for a period of two months.
Please accept our highest respect,,
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Copy to:-
Refugee Shelter Committee
Ibrahim / 12
⟦illegible signature in red⟧
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The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: C / 582 / 50
Date: 2 / 10 / 1950
⟦442⟧
Subject Summary:
An appeal to our brothers, the honorable members of the community
We have noticed that a large number of community members have made it a habit to go to
the civil airport and gather there, men, women, and children, to watch the travelers
and bid them farewell. Since this gathering is harmful to the public interest and disruptive to travel procedures,
we urge all honorable members of the community, even the relatives of travelers, to refrain from
going to the civil airport to maintain order and out of concern for the public interest.
Vice President of the Lay Council
The Lay Council
1930
of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
✓ Kh
For filing
Initialed
N / 2 / 10
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Baghdad on ⟦20⟧ / ⟦11⟧ / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
To His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
My Respected Sir
I, the undersigned, President of the Jewish Community in the Saadiya sub-district
Isaac Shua, come to you with this telegram on behalf of the Jews of the sub-district
Requesting that you provide us with a letter to the District Governor of Khanaqin allowing us
To transport the Sifrei Torah, numbering 6 (six), and approximately half a sack
Of prayer books, as the District Governor of Khanaqin is the one who requested
That we present to him a certificate from Your Excellency allowing us to transport
The Sifrei Torah and the prayer books, and for this we are awaiting Your Excellency's order
With much gratitude and respect
Sincerely
Isaac Shua
President of the Jewish Community in
Saadiya sub-district
⟦Community Committee⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Department Copy
T / 1595 / 50
T / 11 / 1950
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
His Excellency the District Governor of Khanaqin, Respectfully
After greetings,
We kindly request permission for Mr. Ishaq Shua to transfer (6) six scrolls (Torah)
along with a number of prayer books located in the synagogue of the Jewish community in Al-Saadiya sub-district
to Baghdad to be delivered to the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad.
Please accept our highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Note:
This letter was issued with the approval of
Mr. Salman Shahrabani ⟦signature⟧
11/6
1/6/11
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District Governorate of Khanaqin
Editorial Office
Number / 9297 / 634
Date 14 / 11 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
T / 1127 / 50 (Editorial)
15 / 11 / 50
222
To / - Governorate of Diyala Province (Editorial)
Subject / Transfer of furniture of the Saadiya Torahs
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the President of the Jewish Community No. T 1595 / 50 dated 7 / 11 / 950
regarding his request to allow Mr. Isaac Shua to transfer (6) six scrolls of (Torah) with a quantity of prayer books numbering seventy
located in the synagogue of the Jewish community in the Saadiya sub-district to Baghdad to be delivered to the Jewish Spiritual Council
For your kind review.
A copy of it to / -
Director of Saadiya Sub-district / - Please hand over the items mentioned above to Mr. Isaac Shua against a receipt to be taken
and inform us
President of the Jewish Community / - With reference to his letter mentioned above, and please inform us upon receipt.
District Governor of Khanaqin
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
His Excellency the Respected District Governor of Khanaqin
After greetings
We request the favor of allowing Mr. Isaac Shua to transfer (6) six scrolls (Torah) with a number of prayer books located
in the synagogue of the Jewish community in the Saadiya sub-district to Baghdad to be delivered to the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad
Please accept our respects.
Signed / ⟦...⟧
Acting President of the Community
and President of the Lay Council
For filing
Dropped
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Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 8 / 202 / 50
Date 2 / 12 / 950
File Number ⟦line⟧
225
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
His Excellency the Senator Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel, Respected
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
His Excellency the President of the Committee for Denaturalization and Deportation, Respected
The Petition
We, the undersigned, a group of dismissed and resigned employees and workers of the glorious government
whose citizenships have been revoked. We wish to explain the situation we have reached and the misery and destruction we have become, in the hope that
we may receive your sympathy toward us.
Our sources of livelihood have been cut off as a result of our dismissal from our jobs; some of us were dismissed since the year 948, some were
dismissed due to being sentenced to prison, and some were dismissed or resigned due to the revocation of citizenship. We are all heads of
families responsible for their support, and it is no secret to Your Excellencies that the circumstances we are passing through are harsh and that the pains of unemployment
we suffer are exhausting. Each individual among us can no longer provide his daily sustenance except after selling what he owns
of clothing or bedding, until we have reached a state of misery and hardship that is truly pitiable.
The means of living have been cut off for us, and now the winter season has raided us while our children are hungry and naked.
Nothing remains before us but perish or extending our hands to beg, so we have resorted to knocking on your door, demanding the following:
First - To mediate with the competent authorities to give us priority and deport us urgently, along with those we are responsible
for supporting, similar to the current employees and retired employees whose names have previously been registered
to decide on the matter of their deportation.
Second - To allocate a shelter from the community's properties for us and our families to take refuge in until the matter of our deportation is decided,
as we have become completely unable to pay the rent for our houses.
Third - We also plead for the allocation of monetary and in-kind aid for our sustenance.
Your Excellencies,
As we submit this petition of ours, appealing to your noble emotions to save us and save our children from hunger
and starvation, relying on what we know of your love for goodness and desire to provide aid and assistance to the weak.
We are all hopeful that you will give our demands the attention they deserve with the utmost possible speed. May God grant you success
in the good you do. Please accept our highest thanks and respect.
Sequence | Name | Previous Job | Revocation Number | Signature
1 | Naji Ovadia | Railway Clerk | 14642 | ⟦signature⟧
2 | Eliyahu Shaul | Station Master | 21684 | ⟦signature⟧
3 | Selim Haron | Dam Supervisor | 19449 | ⟦signature⟧
4 | Salman Hakkak | Station Master | 12529 | ⟦signature⟧
For verification
Revocation
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Petition received by us
And dated with incoming number 1151
On the date 7 / 7 / 1951
Inspection
⟦signature⟧
10 / 1 / 51
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Sequence | Name | Previous Job | Renunciation Number | Signature
5 | Naeem Yehuda Abdullah | Employee in the Central Telegraph Department as a washer | 2126 | Naeem
6 | Sabri Hay Hay Allah | Mail distributor in Baghdad | 26086 | ⟦signature⟧
7 | Ibrahim Moshi Shukur | Railway telegraph officer | 20482 | ⟦signature⟧
8 | Ezra Levy | Railway telegraph officer | 15759 | Ezra Levy
9 | Munir Youssef | Station manager | 14822 | Munir
10 | Salim Munshi | Station manager | 11154 | Salim
11 | Murad Salman | Telegraph officer | 12174 | ⟦signature⟧
12 | Hamoud Daoud | Railway clerk | 14621 | ⟦signature⟧
13 | Yona Hay | Formerly railway clerk | 8684 | Yona Hay
14 | Naji Hay | Railway station manager | 19820 | ⟦signature⟧
15 | Anwar Akram | Railway clerk | 17229 | Anwar Akram
16 | Youssef Hay Khadhouri | Railway clerk | 15214 | Youssef
17 | Munshi Munsha | Railway employee | 18444 | Munshi Munsha
18 | Abed Rubin | Railway employee | 29400 | Abed
19 | Salim Shua | Railway employee | 11290 | Salim Shua
20 | Labaish Mab | Railway employee | 20720 | Labaish
21 | Moshi Youssef Khadhouri | Railway official | 11067 | ⟦signature⟧
22 | Yaqub Ishaq | Railway employee | 14919 | Yaqub
23 | Khadhouri Dirham | Station manager | 12775 | Dirham
24 | Naeem Akram | Railway telegraph officer | 19189 | Naeem Akram
25 | Shua Aslan | Telephone supervisor | 21252 | Shua Aslan
26 | Abdullah Eliahu | Railway employee | 12474 | Abed
27 | Rubin Masoud | Station manager | 10080 | Rubin
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To the Honorable Chairman of the Citizenship Revocation and Deportation Committee
Subject of presentation to your Excellency
We, the employees, workers, and resigned persons whose citizenships have been revoked and who are signed
below, have previously been dismissed from our jobs for periods ranging between the year 48 / 50, and we
and our families have been exposed to hunger, deprivation, and suffering to a great extent as a result of remaining unemployed without work,
especially in such harsh circumstances.
We have now become in a deplorable state and are about to be forced to beg
and extend our hands seeking aid.
It has come to our attention that the administration of Muthir Tuwayq has issued a statement regarding assisting
employees by deciding on the matter of their deportation. Since we, the dismissed employees and workers,
are more deserving of such assistance because we are still exposed to hunger, and this painful situation may extend
for many years, we have come to you with this petition, hoping to be provided with such assistance and to hasten
our deportation and save us from the pain, hunger, and unemployment from which we and our families suffer the most severe torment.
Therefore, we hope that you will look upon us with kindness and mercy and hasten our deportation because we
are more deserving of this assistance than the current employees.
Signatures ⟦line⟧ The Employees
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Number: 865
Date: 3 / 12 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Subject: - Request for a copy of a contract
To: His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected.
Confirming our letter numbered 848 and dated 24 / 11 / 1950.
Your presidency has entered into a contract with the American airline company, the company that has undertaken
the transport of Jews to Cyprus, and since we wish to review a copy of the contract, especially the fifth paragraph
thereof regarding the fees for additional baggage for travelers, we request your Excellency to kindly send
a copy of this contract to us, or at least the wording of the fifth paragraph regarding additional
baggage.
Please accept the highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Community
in Basra
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Copy of ⟦Al-Faten⟧
T / 1655 / 50
12 / 15 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
After greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 865 dated 12 / 3 / 1950.
The contract between the Presidency of the Community and the airline did not address the subject of
travel fees for community members from Basra. However, an oral discussion took place later in which it was
mentioned that the difference in the increase in fees would be about two Dinars between Basra and Baghdad.
Please accept our respects,
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
For filing / Received
⟦illegible⟧
12 / 12
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12 / 14
Ibrahim / 13
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
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