Description
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is correspondence from the 1930s-1940s between the Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Hospitals Committee and various school administrations. Other documents include court cases, requests for financial help, and deeds and property records owned by the Baghdadi Jewish community. There are also architectural drawing plans, contracts, and correspondence discussing price negotiations. This is followed by student files from the 1960s, containing individual student records, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There is a printed booklet notating a teachers’ school service record from 1944. There are collections of receipts from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, the South British Insurance Company, the Rafidain Insurance Company, various local vendors and taxi services, pharmacies, utilities, as well as rosters of patient information and correspondence from the Ministry of Culture of Iranian Schools in Iraq.
AI en Translation, Pages 1-25
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Number 415/4 on 15 October 1922
President of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
On 7 September 1922, under number 776, a notification of alimony was issued in favor of Masouda Abed against
her husband Rahma Daoud Dallal in the amount of thirty rupees per month starting from 28 June 1922
And since the aforementioned is residing in Bombay, we requested his notification through the respected Ministry of Justice
The response was received from your respected court on 26 September 1922 under number ⟦way⟧ attached with the explanation
given by the process server located in Bombay and the translation in the Arabic language, and it is understood from it that the
notification was not carried out for the aforementioned due to his absence from the house after numerous direct follow-ups.
Therefore, please order his notification by means of an announcement in the local newspaper as his location is unknown.
⟦illegible⟧
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Number ⟦illegible⟧ on 15 November 942
To the attention of His Excellency the Minister of Justice
Rahmin bin Daoud Dallal, who was recently sentenced to pay alimony to his wife,
is absent ... residing today in Bombay under the address listed below. It is requested from Your Excellency to order
the notification of the attached copy of the judgment issued by the Israeli Spiritual Court in Baghdad
which is submitted herewith, and to return the certified acknowledgment of notification. I submit this petition
with much gratitude and respect.
Address:
Rahmin D. Dallal
c/o Shelomo Dallal
no 185 Belassis Road
Bombay.
Address:
S. E. Dallal
287 Abdul
Buhman St.
Bombay
(i.e. restaurant at Shelomo's at Rahmin's in Kababa).
"Confirmation" - Number 721/4 on 24 April 943
Ministry of Justice
Please order the notification of the alimony judgment to the convict Rahmin bin Daoud Dallal in Bombay under the address
written below. We requested his notification on 15 November 942 under number ⟦illegible⟧, and since
the notification has not been completed to date and it was understood from ⟦the judgment creditor's⟧ follow-up that he moved house to another location, we request Your Excellency
to order his notification as a confirmation. Attached we submit a copy of the aforementioned judgment.
Rahmin D. Dallal c/o S. E. Dallal 185 Belasis Road Bombay.
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Copy of the Notification
⟦illegible⟧ Al-Musawi in Baghdad
Number 771
On June 28, 922, Regina daughter of Moshi Ayid appeared before the Spiritual Body and claimed that her husband
Rahmin Daoud Dallal traveled from Baghdad and left her without alimony <del>and upon investigating her husband's circumstances</del> it was decided
The Spiritual Body imposed an alimony for the management of her living expenses in the amount of thirty rupees per month
Effective from the date of June 28, 922
A copy of the aforementioned was given to the aforementioned wife Regina to reach the aforementioned husband Regina
The matter shall be as above, August 7, 922, Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
CHIEF RABBI MOSHE HAIM S. DAWID
Acting
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad
Moshe Haim Shlomo
Dawid
BAGHDAD
Translation
Regina bint Moshe Ayid had on the 28th June
1922 appeared before the Ecclesiastical Court &
claimed that her husband Rahmin Daoud Dallal
had left Baghdad & was not paying her any
maintenance.
On inquiries being made about the conditions of her
husband Rahmin, the Ecclesiastical Court ordered
the payment of Rs 30/- p.m. to her to date 28.6.1922
This judgment has been given to the plaintiff in
order to enable her to receive the maintenance of Rs 30/-
from the said Rahmin her husband.
7th August 1922
Signature &
Seal of Ecclesiastical
Court
Baghdad
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I, Rahmani son of Daoud Walool, currently residing in Bombay, have been notified of the maintenance decree issued against me
by the Rabbinate of Baghdad under number 771 dated ⟦14⟧ June 944 regarding the determination of maintenance for my wife
Adah, in the amount of thirty rupees per month, starting from the first of August of the year 944.
Signature of the husband
I have been duly served with the
order of maintenance from the
Ecclesiastical Court ordering me to
pay Rs 30/- p.m. to my wife.
The aforementioned Rahmani has been notified in our presence of the maintenance decree issued against him by the Baghdad Rabbinate above.
Rahman has been duly
served upon with the said
order in my presence
(The aforementioned Rahmani was notified through me of the said decree in the presence of the two witnesses mentioned above)
The Bailiff
signature of bailiff serving this
order.
(In accordance with the necessary notifications explained above, we hereby certify this)
signature of officer countersigning
the service of order.
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⟦...⟧ went in search of the ⟦...⟧
within named on 17 Aug 25 at 10.45 am - 23 Aug 25
at 9.15 am on 25 Aug 25 at 8.15 am to 6 Sept 25 at
8.15 am at Byculla Bellasis Road in a house 1st floor
but could not find him and his house persons every
time informed me that he would be found after
7 pm ⟦...⟧ returned ⟦...⟧
Sworn at Bombay
Solemnly affirmed
This the 6 day of Sept 1925
Before me
⟦illegible signature⟧
Registrar
Translation of Certification
I went for the purpose of serving the summons on the defendant on 17 August at 10:45 am, I mean at
9:15 am and 25 August at 8:15 am and 6 September at 8:15 am at his house
but he was not found and his family members stated that he stays in his house at 7 pm after sunset and therefore
this paper was returned unserved. Minutes in the Bombay Court
The Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 1922
⟦...⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 771
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
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Grade / Third Section / A
Month / ⟦illegible⟧
Sequence | Access Number | Student Name | Sequence | Access Number | Student Name
⟦illegible⟧ | 5/281 | Asim Abdul Jabbar Khurram | 24 | 2/202 | Fayez Youssef
⟦illegible⟧ | 2/⟦illegible⟧ | Abbas Hassan Kadhim | 25 | 4/156 | Faris Youssef
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abbas Abbadi Ne'ma | 26 | 4/140 | Farouk Mahdi
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Hassan ⟦illegible⟧ | 27 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Farouk Youssef
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Razzaq ⟦illegible⟧ | 28 | 2/208 | Farigh Abdullah
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Sattar ⟦illegible⟧ | 29 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Fadhil Abbas
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Salam ⟦illegible⟧ | 40 | 5/186 | Fouad Asaad
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Sahib Kadhim Salman | 41 | 2/176 | Faisal Abdul Ilah
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Aziz Mirza Qadir | 42 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Qasim Abdul Wahab
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Ridha ⟦illegible⟧ | 43 | 2/166 | Kyriakos Shamoun Matty
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Kadhim Jassim Jawad | 44 | 2/29 | Qais Ahmed Wuhaib
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdullah Janabi Youssef | 45 | 2/208 | Kamil Awda Rashid
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdullah Abboud Alwan | 46 | 4/259 | Kamil Kadhim Abbas
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdullah Khalaf Salem | 47 | 6/257 | Kadhim Awda Jassim
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdullah Muhammad Rashid | 48 | 5/6 | Kadhim Ne'ma Dawood
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Monem Ahmed Muhammad | 49 | 6/210 | Kuzbar Muhammad Sabr
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Abdul Wahid Abboud Fazza | 50 | 4/221 | Kilsan Youssef Abdul Rahman
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Adnan Kadhim Ne'ma | 51 | 2/210 | Kamal Frino Yano
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Adnan Saleh Attia | 52 | 6/170 | Kanaan Abdul Latif Shawkat
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ali Jassim Muhammad | 53 | 6/49 | Gewargis Kyriakos Benjamin
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ali Jassim Muhammad | 54 | 6/211 | Gewargis Matty Ishaq
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ali Hassan Muhammad | 55 | 4/142 | Gewargis Matty Arshana
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ali Hussein Ali | 56 | 4/262 | Gewargis Mikhail Adam
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ali Abdullah Ghafel | 57 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Mazim Badr Abdul Razzaq
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ali Attia | 58 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Malik Majid Abdul Ali
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 59 | 2/51 | Muhammad Ibrahim ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 60 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 61 | 2/18 | ⟦illegible⟧
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Grade / Third Section / B
Sequence | Schedule No. | Student Name | Sequence | Schedule No. | Student Name
25 | 4/40 | Zahr ⟦...⟧ Abd | | |
26 | 4/259 | Mustafa Tawfiq Harbah | | |
27 | 4/229 | Muslih Battah Hannoush | | |
28 | 7/40 | Mun'im Fadhil Abbas | | |
29 | 5/229 | Muayyad Anwar Iqbal | | |
30 | 4/158 | Muayyad Rizqallah Kakoz | | |
31 | | Muayyad Yahya Ta'ih | | |
32 | | Maitham Yuhanna Mikho | | |
33 | | Muhannad Fawzi Ali Said | | |
34 | | Mahdi Ibrahim Habash | | |
35 | | Mahdi Muhammad Hashim | | |
36 | | Mahdi Fadhil Ubaid | | |
37 | | Naji Abd al-Sada Dakhel | | |
38 | | Nasir Abd al-Hamid Makki | | |
39 | | Najm Ma'ruf Murad | | |
40 | | Nadhir Toma Hurmuz | | |
41 | | Nizar Fawzi Ali Baqir | | |
42 | 6/160 | Nizar Fadhil Yusuf | | |
43 | 5/12 | Ni'mah Oudah Khudair | | |
44 | 5/249 | Nabira Yusuf Sham'un | | |
45 | 6/214 | Wissam Sami Abd al-Aziz | | |
46 | | Wasim Jabr Khalil | | |
47 | | Walira Isma'il Nasir | | |
48 | | Walid Kadhim Ali | | |
49 | | Hisham Taha ⟦illegible⟧ | | |
50 | | ⟦illegible⟧ | | |
51 | | ⟦illegible⟧ Isma'il | | |
52 | | ⟦illegible⟧ Salman | | |
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Grade / Fourth General
Sequence | Admission No. | Student Name | Sequence | Admission No.
1 | | Ahmed Sheet Hussein | 33 |
2 | | Ahmed Mohammed Tawfiq | 34 |
3 | 6 / 220 | Baba Shamoun Bablayno | 35 |
4 | | Tahseen Wasif Johnny | 36 |
5 | | Jaber Ali Hussein | 37 | 5 / 219
6 | | Jassim Hussein Jassim | 38 | 6 / 249
7 | | Jabbar Ne'ma Bandar | 39 |
8 | 3 / 140 | Hamid Hamza Hussein | 40 | 4 / 182
9 | | Hussein Khalil Rashid | 41 |
10 | | Hussein Ali Abboud | 42 | 6 / 254
11 | 6 / 152 | Hussein Najm Mansour | 43 |
12 | | Hamid Hanta Kaboushi | 44 |
13 | 4 / 10 | Khalid Shihab Hamad | 45 |
14 | 6 / 225 | Khalid Yalda Khani | 46 |
15 | 5 / 285 | Dakhel Jabbar Ali | 47 |
16 | | Rahim Khalil Hatem | 48 |
17 | 5 / 235 | Razzaq Jassim Hamid | 49 |
18 | 5 / 220 | Raad Karim Sadiq | 50 |
19 | | Zahid Abdullah Al-Azzawi | 51 |
20 | | Salem Mahmoud Khalil | 52 |
21 | 6 / 72 | Sami Kadhim Jaber | 53 |
22 | | Salman Kadhim Salman | 54 |
23 | | Salim Mohammed Dwayef | 55 | 5 / 11
24 | | Samir Abdullah Karam | 56 | 5 / 190
25 | | Diaa Jaber Wada'a | 57 |
26 | | Talib Abed Salem | 58 | 6 / 264
| 5 / 233 | Sabah Radayef Hakim | 59 | 4 / 224
| | Taha Khidr Hussein | |
| | Tayf Hatem Abdul Karim | |
| | Adel Abbas Hammoud | |
| | Amer Behnam Abdullah | |
| | Abbas Jaber Mahdi | |
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Ghadhban ⟦illegible⟧
Ata ⟦illegible⟧
Alaa ⟦illegible⟧
Omar ⟦illegible⟧
Faiz ⟦illegible⟧
Falih ⟦illegible⟧
Farah ⟦illegible⟧
Faisal ⟦illegible⟧
Qais Abdul Qader
Kadhim Taher
Mohammed Jassim ⟦illegible⟧
Mohammed Kadhim Hammoud
Mahmoud ⟦illegible⟧
Moayad Shaker ⟦illegible⟧
Mahdi Hussein
Najm Abdullah
Mahdi Dhaye'
Warid Makki Kahit
Walid Mahmoud Wasif
Youssef Yaqoub Mansour
Hadi Karim Nidhal
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Jewish Schools Committee
Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
2/2/258
Number 1/3/49
Date
To the Honorable President of the Lay Council
Greetings,
In view of the fact that the two shops numbered 94/224 and 94/226
located in the Hanon Kabir neighborhood have been registered in the name of the Community Presidency, and since
the proceeds of the two aforementioned properties have belonged to the Albert Sassoon School since ancient times,
this committee decided in its session held on 5/26/49 to request
your esteemed council to issue a decision to spend the proceeds of the two aforementioned properties for the school
of Albert Sassoon as was the case in the past. With highest respect to your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧
For the Vice President
Copy to --
The Directorate of the Albert Sassoon School, with reference to your letter numbered
2167 and dated 5/16/49
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The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number:
Date: 6/ /1949
Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧
Copy of Resolution No. (3) taken at the thirty-ninth
session of the Lay Council on
15 / 6 / 1949
3- ((After reviewing the letter from the Schools Committee No. M/3/258 dated
1 / 6 / 1949, it was decided to support the Albert David Sassoon School regarding
the two shops numbered 94/224 and 94/226 located in Hanoun
Kabbir and newly registered in the name of the Community Presidency, that the revenue of the two
aforementioned properties shall be spent on the said school as they have belonged to this school
since ancient times.)) .
(True Copy)
Vice President
The Lay Council
of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Sh /
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Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD
Jewish Schools Committee
in Baghdad
Number: M/3/ 298
Date: 27/6/49
To the Directorate of Albert Sassoon School
With reference to your letter No. 2167 dated 16 / 5 / 49
The Lay Council approved by its resolution No. 3 taken in its
thirty-ninth session on 14 / 4 / 49 that the proceeds of the two shops
numbered 224 / 94 and 226 / 94 located in Hanoun Kabir be spent on your school
as they belong to this endowment. We attach herewith a copy of the said resolution to be kept
in your school.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Vice President
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The Alliance Private School Albert David Sassoon for Boys
Intermediate and Primary
Number: 2167
Baghdad on: 16 / 5 / 1949
Subject:
His Excellency the Chairman of the Schools Committee, Respected
Greetings and respect
The two shops numbered 94/224 and 94/226 located
in the Hanoun Kabir neighborhood have been registered in the name of the Community Presidency, and since
the revenue of the two mentioned properties belongs to the Albert David
Sassoon School, please contact the Lay Council to take a decision
making the revenue of the two mentioned properties belong to this school.
With much respect.
The Director:
⟦signature⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Committee ⟦line⟧
List showing the contents of file number:
For the property:
Page | Nature of the paper and its contents | Number | Date | Remarks
General remarks:
This list was organized by:
On the date / / 19:
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Committee ⟦line⟧
List showing the contents of file no. ⟦line⟧ for property ⟦line⟧
Page | Nature of the paper and its contents | Number | Date | Remarks
⟦illegible⟧
General Remarks
This list was organized by
On / / 19
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Committee ⟦illegible⟧
Portfolio Number - (1)
Record Number -
Subject: Shop ⟦...⟧
Province: Baghdad
District:
Sub-district:
Neighborhood and Street: Al-Souq Al-Kabir
Sequence Number: 888
Door Number: ⟦...⟧
Property Type: Pure Ownership
Property Category: Shop
Land Registry Map Number:
Notes
1/1/1949
DIV. & TAB NO.
TO
FROM
NAME
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Government Press 257 - 18 - A
Registry Number (657)
Iraqi Government
Tapu Deed
Number and date of this deed: 10/8/949
Number and date of the record transferred from: 19 June 948 589
Number and date of the record transferred to:
Liwa: Baghdad
Qada: Baghdad
Village: Qanbar Ali
Neighborhood: Qanbar Ali
Neighborhood Number: 1/295
Street Name:
Old Door:
Region:
District:
District:
Boundaries and locations determined by those
Northwest: The owned plot ⟦1/255⟧
Southwest: The designated bathhouse ⟦1/255⟧
Southeast: The Torah, old ownership 119
By special drawing
Method of issuing the deed: Based on the decision of the Directorate of General Endowments issued by the
Baghdad Endowments dated 6/7/949 and numbered 11224 and based on the inspection dated 7/8/949
and the ongoing procedures, this subdivision transaction was registered and the ownership
and descriptions were listed in their places
Disposal and Affiliation: Endowment of the Jewish Community Endowments in Baghdad
Area | Donum | Olak | Meter | Decimeter
- | 28 | 52 | -
Title | Scale | Map Number
Cadastral Map | |
General Map | 1 |
Tapu Index | 1 |
Tapu Map | |
Type, Descriptions, and Contents: Torah
Category (Class): Endowment
Abstract and Established Rights:
Registration Fees | Stamps | Total | Value | Journal
Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Number Date
750 - | - - | 750 - | 1087 - | 1146 7/8/949
Registrar
Assistant
Officer
Auditor
Audit Manager
21/8/1949
21/8/1949
21/8/1949
11/9/1949
11/9/1949