AI en Translation, Pages 576-600
Page 576
1/20/1951
To inquire from the Chairman of the Committee
whether the mission of this committee has ended
which worked in the community shelters
His Excellency, the respected Head of the Jewish Community
I, the undersigned, Saleh Ephraim Shamoun, a worker who had worked in the community shelters
to perform all electrical works, repairs, fans, installations, and others
required by the shelters, for free and without receiving any wages for a period of six months
The Jewish Community Shelters Committee promised me at the time that I would be deported
with my family for free and exempted from travel fees ⟦...⟧ with this petition of mine
Confirmation from the aforementioned committee for myself as mentioned above, as well as confirmation from the director of the Menashi
Saleh shelter and a member of the Jewish Community Shelters Committee. I have consulted the Travel Committee responsible
for travel fees, and after confirming my weak financial situation, they charged me with paying half of the travel fees
And since I
First - I do not have the ability to pay half of the fees
Second - The previous Shelters Committee had promised me to take care of my deportation for free, as is clear
from the certificates attached herewith. I have consulted the current Shelters Committee, and they rejected my request
on the grounds that the previous committee that promised me free deportation has now changed.
And since the matter is presented to Your Excellency, as it is not permissible for this committee in any way
to reject the promises given by the committee that preceded it, as that would mean
chaos and disorder, and it means not trusting its decisions anymore
by the members of the community, and that is also not consistent with justice and humanity in
any way, as I have performed many labors and services for which I did not ask for compensation except for this
simple request that was agreed upon.
Therefore, I hope Your Excellency will issue orders to the Shelters Committee to
bear the half of the fees imposed on me by the Deportation Committee or to mediate with the
Deportation Committee to exempt me from all fees; otherwise, I will be forced to take
legal steps. Thanking you in advance, and praying for you
Saleh Ephraim Shamoun
Saleh Ephraim
1/20/1951
Note: Attachments
1- A copy of the certificate from the previous Shelters Committee
2- A copy of the certificate from the director of the Menashi Saleh shelter and a member of the Jewish Community Shelters
Knowing that the original copies are kept with him
⟦red mark⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date 27 / 1 / 951
My dear Abu Sabih
Based on your request, I have
interceded with Mr. Saleh Shasha
and she agreed to retain half of
your due wages. Accordingly,
it remains for you to obtain from the President
the approval for the requested loans
for his fees regarding the <del>cases</del> settlement.
Your brother
⟦illegible⟧
Page 580
Dear respected brother Salim Khabbaza
After greetings
The bearer, Saleh ⟦Hayu⟧, worked in Al-Mujahidiya for a full year
based on the hope that they would help him, and now when he consulted
the travel committee they did not help him, so I hope you will use your personal
influence to help him because the bearer's wife is pregnant and on
the verge of giving birth, and if she is forced to give birth here, he has nothing
<del>he has, so what</del> I thank you in advance
Your brother
⟦...⟧
1/28/51
Dear Fouad son of Saleh Shasha
It is not hidden from your presence that
the bearer of this paper has some rights upon
the community, in addition to being in a state
⟦requiring⟧ the utmost care for him
⟦To you⟧ thanks are offered
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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GIRL'S SEWING CHARITABLE SOCIETY
BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1929
Girl's Sewing Charitable Society
Baghdad
Established in the year 1929
Location: Under the Tekkiyeh 101/133
Telephone Number: 3146
Number:
Date:
Respected Brother Israel Aghababa,
After greetings,
The bearer, Saleh ⟦...⟧, worked for a period of six months in the shelter for free,
and he would not have needed a salary if it weren't for the restrictions placed upon him. After consulting
Saleh Shammas, he was satisfied with half wages, so I hope you will assist him from the shelter in his capacity
as a volunteer worker there, and I thank you.
Saleh ⟦...⟧
Above
29/10/51
⟦illegible⟧
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Baghdad on 2/28/1951
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Control Number 51/1229
Date 2/28/1951
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
Presented to your Excellency
I, Hadhuri Hasyoun, have been ill for five months and am of poor status
During my illness, I spent everything I had and I have nothing left even to feed myself. Since
I was desirous of renouncing my Iraqi citizenship, I sought the mediation of a group of people
They collected a sum of money, which is the price for the renunciation, but the amount collected is not enough
to renounce for myself and my family; rather, I lack 1.500 Dinars. Therefore, I have come knocking at your door
to provide this amount ⟦as assistance⟧.
Please, your Excellency, accept my utmost thanks
The Petitioner
Hadhuri Hasyoun
⟦illegible⟧
He does not have ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
3/2/51
⟦thumbprint⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / 1951
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Subject: No. T / 51/1257
Date: 2/2/1951
To:
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered T / 51/227 and dated 21/2/951
We attach herewith the ⟦recommendation⟧ letter issued by the Basra Chamber of Commerce regarding
granting the person named Shaul Haskel, and please accept
highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Jewish Community
in Basra
The person named Shaul Haskel has received the reply and provided us with his signature
upon receipt.
⟦signature⟧
Number
2/2/1951
I, Shaul Haskel, have received the reply to my letter dated 2/2/51
Shaul
Proof
In Shaul's handwriting
⟦signature⟧
2/2/51
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⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
T / 51/1727
1951/2/21
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Basra
After greetings,
I kindly request you to complete the process of removing the travel ban on the person named Shaul Sasson Heskel,
as the person actually banned is Shaul Sasson Shasha, a resident of Basra. You will find attached
the ban letter issued by the Travel Department under number 1241 and dated 1/24/1951.
Awaiting your reply, please accept our highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Attachments
⟦line⟧
(1) The ban letter issued by the Travel Department under number 1241 and dated 1/24/1951.
Abu Ishaq
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
No. T/224/51
Date 28/2/1951
264
To be kept in the file
Baghdad 22 February 951
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings
Presented to your Excellency
During the past week, we visited the Sifrei Torah Registration Committee to obtain a permit to take them
with us, and we were surprised that the fee has become twenty dinars, which is four times the previous fee of five
dinars.
-1- You know, sir, that some of the people who own Sifrei Torah and who are alive, or their relatives,
can pay this amount, but the overwhelming majority cannot pay this, nor even the five dinars, i.e.,
the previous fee.
-2- We encourage some of our brothers to donate by paying the fee for one scroll to carry with them, and also to encourage
donations and the collection of any amount that can be collected to send Sifrei Torah even if we did not benefit that person, and that is
in fulfillment of the sacred duty. This is in addition to the suffering and hardship borne by the traveler with his family, and that
if the mentioned committee persists in the mentioned fee, it will prevent most of those who own or those who volunteer
to carry the Sifrei Torah from doing so. Thus, the community will incur huge sums to transport all the Sifrei Torah left by their owners, and it will become
the community's duty to transport them. In this way, the intended benefit from increasing the fee will be lost.
We, the undersigned, have come with this letter of ours, hoping your Excellency will pay attention to this important point and do everything possible to facilitate
transportation matters. As you know, the Sifrei Torah are (Torahs) and it is not possible for their owner or anyone else to benefit from them or sell them.
Please accept our highest respect.
Munir Yaqub
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
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T / 24 / 51
12 / 3 / 1951
265
His Excellency the Director General of Propaganda, Respected
Extremely Urgent
After greetings
Both Al-Yaqza newspaper in its issue No. 1070 published on Monday evening, 12 / 3 / 1951
and Sawt al-Uruba in its issue No. 187 published on the evening of the same day, published a local news item stating that the money changer named
Ishaq Shatoub had smuggled his money. The two aforementioned newspapers commented that the aforementioned person is the brother of the head of this community, Mr.
Heskel Daoud Shatoub. Sawt al-Uruba added in its commentary untrue matters that would create provocation. And since
the head of the community has no connection with the person named Ishaq Shatoub, whatever the type of relationship, nor is there any kinship relationship between the two families
at all, and since publishing untrue matters is an explicit violation of the Press and Publication Law, I, in accordance with the articles of this law, have come to
Your Excellency, requesting:-
1- Ordering the two aforementioned newspapers to deny this news in the first issue they publish.
2- Emphasizing to them not to publish such matters before investigating the extent of their truthfulness.
Please accept my highest respect;
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
Drop
Ibrahim / 13
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Directorate of Personnel Matters
Division of ⟦...⟧
15/2/51
Ministry of Justice Order No. (350)
Based on the abolition of the Religious Courts for the Mosaic community in Mosul, we have decided to dispense with the services of Wahid
Youssef Rahim Al-Wazzan in the aforementioned court as of the date 4/3/951, before noon.
Director General of Justice
A copy of it to —
Presidency of the Mosul Court of Appeal — your letter numbered 548 and dated 7/2/951
Directorate of General Accounts
2 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad — Mosaic Court of Cassation in Baghdad
Directorate of the Central Treasury
Ministry Accounts Directorate
Director of the Mosul Province Treasury
Accountant of the Civil Courts in Mosul
Presidency of the Israelite Community
T/1290/51
18/2/951
Dismissal
⟦illegible⟧
166
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T / 771 / 51
1951/3/18
⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy
267
To
Presidency of the Mosaic Sharia Court of Cassation in Baghdad
After greetings
We provide below a copy of the Ministry of Justice order No. (350) dated 1951/3/15 regarding the termination of services of
Rahmim Yusuf Rahmim Al-Razzam in the Mosaic Religious Court in Mosul.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦line⟧
Personnel Affairs
Employees
51/3/15
⟦illegible⟧
Ministry of Justice Order No. (350)
Based on the abolition of the Religious Court of the Mosaic Community, we have decided to dispense with the services of Rahmim Yusuf Rahmim
Al-Razzam in the aforementioned court as of 951/3/4.
Director General of Justice
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community
No. T / 51/1280
Date 11 / 2 / 1951
Presented to your Excellency
We, the undersigned, were formerly employees ⟦in government departments⟧ and were dismissed from our positions more than
two years ago. When the Law for the Deprivation of Citizenship was enacted, we submitted applications to renounce our citizenship at
various times. Since we are of poor means and have spent everything we own, and have nothing left to sustain us,
we come with this petition of ours, pleading for mediation with the competent authorities to expedite our travel, just like
the other employees whose travel was expedited. There is no doubt that the reasons for expediting the travel of
other employees was out of mercy for them so they would not remain unemployed without work and without another source of income
to live on. This reason applies to us as well, and we are more deserving of assistance since we were dismissed from
our jobs through no choice of our own and have remained throughout these years dragging the tails of poverty and deprivation. We have consumed
all the money and belongings we owned and have become in a state of pitiable need and destitution, especially since most of us
are heads of large families and advanced in age, and we have no means of livelihood to sustain us. If your Excellency
examines our matter, you would find that we are more deserving of assistance than those other employees who
renounced and are still renouncing their citizenships for the purpose of expediting their travel, as others did not sacrifice as much as
we have sacrificed, since we have remained unemployed for more than two years and everything we owned of money and belongings has been exhausted, and we possess
nothing but the mercy of God and the generosity, assistance, and kindness of your Excellency. We do not doubt that your kindness and effort will be
the best help for us for what remains. With our highest respect.
1951
50 Fils
For the attention of His Excellency the President
If it is your opinion to help them
Expedite them
12 / 2 / 1951
The Petitioners
(1) ⟦Ibrahim⟧ ⟦Saleh⟧ ⟦Shlomo⟧ (13) ⟦illegible⟧
(2) ⟦Selim⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Shuker⟧ (14) ⟦illegible⟧
(3) ⟦Fuad⟧ ⟦Mansour⟧ (15) ⟦illegible⟧
(4) Habib Shalom ⟦Tweig⟧ (16) Yusuf Haron ⟦Moallem Moussa⟧
(5) Ezra Abboud (17) Selim ⟦Selim⟧ Selim Munir Rano
(6) ⟦Yaqub⟧ ⟦Munir⟧ ⟦Rano⟧ (18) ⟦Shuker⟧ Nassim Haron ⟦Yehuda⟧
(7) Ezra ⟦Yusuf⟧ ⟦Cohen⟧ (19) ⟦illegible⟧
(8) ⟦Haron⟧ ⟦Shaul⟧ ⟦Bani⟧ (20) A. A. Abda Abdo Benshi Eida
(9) Menashi Haron ⟦Sheikho⟧ (21) ⟦illegible⟧
(10) ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦Abboud⟧
(11) Naji Hay
(12) Saleh Hadhouri Shadori
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269
T/ 51/1714
1951/2/12
His Excellency the District Governor of Ana District, Respected
After greetings
We refer to you the original petition dated 1951/2/12 submitted to us
by the petitioner Rahmin Hayyim, a resident of Ana District, for consideration, noting that the Presidency
of the Community has no objection to the petitioner and his family coming to reside in Baghdad
provided that he undertakes to manage his affairs at his own expense, and if Your Excellency has
no other objection that would require disapproval of his travel.
⟦illegible signature⟧
S Acting Head of the Community
S Head of the Lay Council
Attachments
Copy of the petition
Ibrahim / 12
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27
T / 51/786
28 / 3 / 1951
Department Copy
His Excellency the Qaimaqam of Ana District, respected
After greetings
The person named Ezra Isaac Yadid, a resident of Al-Awja neighborhood
in Ana District, requested in his petition dated 1 / 3 / 1951 to come to Baghdad with his family
to reside there. We request you to look into his matter, noting that the Presidency of the Community has no objection
to the petitioner and his family coming to reside in Baghdad, provided that he undertakes to manage
his affairs at his own expense, and if Your Excellency has no other objection that would require
disapproval of his travel.
Please accept our respects,
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Ibrahim / 2
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2/8/1951
271
To the honor and excellence of the honorable master, our master and the crown of our heads, the head of the communities
of Israel in Babylon and its surroundings, may God protect him.
O my honorable master, I kiss your head, may the Holy One, Blessed be He, grant you a good life and protect you,
a built fence for Israel, our master, in the days when he sustained the life of Israel for 40 years, each man
under his vine and each man under his fig tree, and these are your days for Israel, they shall journey to the house built by
the one who placed his name in your midst.
1 My master, I am the sender of my plea to your Excellency (Ezra Isaac Levy), a deaf man, I cannot rise
from my bed because I am elderly. I had a son I relied on God and on him, who lives in Syria, Abu Kamal.
Since the movement of travel to Palestine began, he traveled and communication between us has been cut off for more than a year today.
I was the (Cantor and Head of the Community) of the Jewish quarter.
2 When the registration for denaturalization began in Ana, I renounced my Iraqi citizenship and sold my residence and all the household movables it contained,
based on my family's travel to Baghdad to wait for departure.
3 When we appeared before the Assistant Chief of Police of Ana to request a travel permit, he claimed that an official letter had come to them from your Excellency and from the Director
of Baghdad Police stating that it is forbidden for a family from Ana to travel except with special permission from your Excellency granting leave to travel.
4 My master, there are no Jewish residents left in the Jewish quarter except for me and my family, secluded night and day, having nothing but fear for
ourselves, and honor is precious ⟦H⟧ and ⟦H⟧, and the family consists of eight persons: three men and five of them are girls,
and we have no patience left for the situation.
5 I have come pleading to your Excellency to bestow your high compassion upon us and my family by sending a permit allowing us to travel to
Baghdad so that we may live with our brothers and not remain alone in a town among those other than our community.
6 Leaving this to your magnanimity and zeal, that you may keep us before your eyes; were it not for the ⟦house's master⟧ to your Excellency, I would forget that I am lengthening
the explanation, with utmost reverence and respect to your Excellency, and may God protect you, my master.
Ana, Jewish Quarter
Ezra Isaac Yedid
Ezra Isaac
Levy
Presidency of the Jewish Community
No. 54/1254/T
Date 2/1/1951
We had previously recommended based
on this prohibition to prevent the aforementioned merchant
other than writing in his likeness
the content as well
2/8/1951
In handwriting to be sent to the Directorate of
General Security according to the procedures
2/28/51
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Ana, 4th of Adar II, year 5711
272
To the honorable master, head of the Jewish communities and its branches, may God protect them
Our master, we broadcast our complaint to your Excellency, seeking from your honor generosity, aid, and justice according to
the law of our Torah. We have renounced our citizenship and have become [stateless] in Baghdad
and we are waiting for our salvation and the request for our presence in Baghdad as per your order
and we suffer from a bitter life and greater torment as we do not have the ability to stay in Baghdad for a long time
And today something appeared to us poor people, that the capable ones among us, the people of means, want to move our families
their families to Baghdad and leave us like sheep without a shepherd among wolves
Specifically, Monsieur Moallem Habib Murad, who is the guardian (Shomer), the proxy, the delegate, the head of religion, and the head
and all the property of the religious sect is in his hand; he wants to travel to Baghdad with all his permissions from us, this person
and the families that travel with him, what will be the fate of those of us who remain?
We beg of your Excellency to do us justice, either by requesting us all to Baghdad or by preventing anyone from traveling
from here unless an order is issued by your Excellency for everyone, as there are among us a group who cannot afford
the rent in Baghdad, so how can they live in Baghdad for a long time?
Our master, we kiss your hands, grant us justice and do not let us be tossed by the winds, and it is not hidden from you what the state of everyone is now
We are in your hands, do with us as you wish, and the matter is for your Excellency, my master
Yitzhak Nissim Yosef
Avraham Yosef
Ezra Nissim
Yehezkel Ezra
Yaakov Ezra
Ezra Yitzhak
Yaakov Yitzhak
Yehezkel Yitzhak
Nissim Yitzhak
Yitzhak Ezra
Ezra Yehezkel
Yaakov Yehezkel
Nissim Yehezkel
Yitzhak Yehezkel
Ezra Yaakov
Yitzhak Yaakov
Nissim Yaakov
Yehezkel Yaakov
Avraham Yitzhak
Avraham Ezra
Avraham Yehezkel
Avraham Yaakov
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming No. 52/1288/T
Date 15 / 3 / 1951
To the hand of the Deputy, in person
Al-Musayyib
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Presidency of ⟦illegible⟧
Iraq T ⟦...⟧ / 51 Area 11
51 / 2 / 25
Central Telephone Department
Baghdad on 22 / 2 / 194 51
Number: T/ 951
To ⟦...⟧ Ibrahim
The amount of ⟦...⟧ Dinars claimed under
our telephone bill numbered ⟦...⟧ and dated ⟦...⟧
for your telephone number ⟦...⟧ has not been paid yet
despite the passage of (15) days from the date the bill was issued.
We regret to inform you that the telephone connection will be cut off in case
of non-payment of the claimed amount within three days, and the device will be removed
after seven days from this date, and the contract concluded
between you and this administration will be cancelled.
⟦signature⟧
Center Manager
Copy to:-
General Directorate of Post and Telegraph - for information. The telephone
connection will be cut off after the specified period expires.
Dropped
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Presidency of the Israelite Community
15 / 12426
Iraq
27 / 2 / 51
274
Area 11
Central Telephone Department
The amount of 6/850 Dinars requested according to
our telephone bill numbered 5008 and dated ⟦...⟧
for your telephone number 8000 has not been paid yet
despite the passage of (15) days from the date the bill was issued.
We regret to inform you that the telephone connection will be cut in case
of non-payment of the requested amount within three days, and the device will be removed
after seven days from this date, and the contract concluded
between you and this administration will be cancelled.
Center Manager
Copy to :-
General Directorate of Post and Telegraph - for information. The
telephone connection will be cut after the specified period ends.
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Department Copy
T / 1724 / 51
2/27/1951
275
His Excellency, the Director of Central Telephones
Baghdad
After greetings,
With reference to your two lists numbered 1508 and 1764 dated
2/22/1951.
We inform you that the two telephones numbered 5881 and 6146
belong to the Drop and Deportation Committee, so please consult them in this regard.
Please accept our respect,
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
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Central Telephone Directorate
(Accounting Division)
Number / Acc / 17 / 4177
Date - 19 / 3 / 1951
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
Special Number T /: 1400 / 5
Date: 20 / 3 / 51
Committee for Revocation and Deportation
Baghdad
Subject - Sending Invoices -
We enclose herewith the two invoices numbered 1508 and 1764 dated 4 and 7 /
12 / 1950 containing the amounts claimed for the two telephones numbered
5881 and 6146 Baghdad, and we request payment of their contents as soon as possible.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Director of Central Telephones
Copy to :-
1) Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad - reference to its letter numbered T /
1734 / 51 dated 27 / 1 / 1951.
To be registered and attached to the community file
S.A. 18 / 3
⟦signature⟧
20 / 3 / 1951
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T / 51/1770
1951/3/11
Announcement
Those who wish to obtain certificates from the presidency of this community
regarding the termination of the dependency relationship between the person whose citizenship has been revoked and his family members who wish
to accompany him in travel should bring the documents for the purpose of granting them the required certificate :-
1- The marriage contract (Ketubah) belonging to the household.
2- A certificate endorsed by the Mukhtar and two witnesses.
3- The military service book (in the event that he wishes to include a brother or sister with him in the certificate).
4- Any official documents that help prove the relationship.
At the same time, the presidency of the community will not grant any certificate without the availability of official evidence
provided by the person.
Head of the Mosaic Community
President of the Lay Council
Ibrahim / 16
Revocation
⟦illegible⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
277
Number: <del>51/1770</del> T/
Subject:
Date: 16 / 3 / 1951
ANNOUNCEMENT
Those who wish to obtain certificates from the Presidency of this Community
regarding proof of kinship between the person whose citizenship has been revoked and their relatives who wish
to accompany them in travel are requested to bring the documents for the purpose of granting them the required certificate:
1- The marriage contract (Ketubah) belonging to his father.
2- A certificate signed by the Mukhtar and two witnesses.
3- Military service booklets (in the event that he wishes to include a brother or sister with him in the certificate).
4- Any official documents that help prove the relationship).
At the same time, the Presidency of the Community will not grant any certificate without the availability of official evidence
provided by the petitioner.
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Ibrahim / 16
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
277
Number: 51/1770 T
Subject:
Date: 1951/3/12
Announcement
Those who wish to obtain certificates from the Presidency of this Community
regarding the proof of kinship between the person whose citizenship has been revoked and his family members who wish
to join him in travel are requested to bring the documents for the purpose of granting them the required certificate: -
1- The marriage contract (Ketubah) belonging to the household.
2- A certificate signed by the Mukhtar and two witnesses.
3- The military service book (in the event that he wishes to include a brother or son with him in the certificate).
4- Any official documents that help prove the relationship.
At the same time, the Presidency of the Community will not grant any certificate without the availability of official evidence
provided by the documentation.
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Ibrahim / 16