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IJA 3713

Correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, Jewish Religious Court

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This is correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Religious Court, Iraqi government departments, and public and private employers regarding salaries, legal cases, payments, receipts and invoices.

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IJA 3713
Item Number
6609
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
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AI en Translation, Pages 476-500

Page 476

Khanaqin District Sub-prefecture
Editing Office
Number / 11448
Date 1 / 12 / 1943
Respected Director of the Rafidain Oil Company in Khanaqin
After offering respects.
We present herewith the notification paper regarding the summoning of the person named Ibrahim Isaac
who is an employee in your company, requesting your order to notify him and return the second copy of it certified
by the notification officer.
With best regards to you.
Sub-prefect of Khanaqin District
Attachments
1 Summoning paper
Forwarded from him to -
Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad - with reference to your letter numbered 7575 and dated
29 / 11 / 1943.

Page 477

7581
12 December 943
District Governorate of Khanaqin
Khanaqin
We send you herewith a subpoena issued by the Israelite Religious Court
in Baghdad against the defendant Ibrahim Ishaq Al-Beik, an employee at the Rafidain Oil Company
in Khanaqin, for your kind notification to the aforementioned defendant and returning the second voucher of the
notification form signed by him and certified.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
List Number | Name of Employee | Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Total | Signature

Page 478

Letter from Daoud Eliyahu ⟦Levi⟧
In Baghdad - 1953
Honorable Excellency
The respected ⟦Committee⟧ of the Community
In Baghdad the Protected
Daoud Eliyahu
⟦illegible⟧

Signatures of those present from:
Members of the Israeli General Council
In the meeting held on the date of
Names of Members | Signatures | Names of Members | Signatures
The President | | S |
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri | | Saleh Shlomo Abdullah |
Members | | Saleh Faraj Hakim |
A | | Zion Shuaa Gigi |
Nissim Moallem Hayim Hayim | | Zion Ezra Nissan |
Ibrahim Saleh El Kabir | | A |
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazzam | | Abdullah Zion Sheina |
Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum | | Lawyer Abboudi Safi |
Israel Nissim Hay | | Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani |
Eliyahu Hazqiel Al-Ani | | Ezra Hazqiel Bakr |
Eliyahu Munir Daoud | | Dr. Ezra Qaraeen |
Lawyer Anwar Shaul | | Ezra Menahem Daniel |
B | | Ezra Nissim Al-Wiyeh |
Rabbi Benjamin Hatam Moshi | | K |
J | | Karim Ibrahim Hatam |
Hazqiel Daoud Shattoub | | ⟦illegible⟧ |
Lawyer Hazqiel Yaqoub Murad | | |

Page 479

7575
29 November 943
District Governorate of Khanaqin
Khanaqin
We are sending herewith a summons issued by the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
against the defendant Ibrahim Ishaq Al-Baik, an employee at the Rafidain Oil Company, please
notify him of it and return the second voucher of the notification form signed by him and certified.
Head of the Community

Page 480

October 26, 943
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Baghdad
For the purpose of the lawsuit filed in the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad against
the defendant Haika bin Chanukah Al-Attar in Zakho (his address via Rabbi
Moshe Gabbai - Zakho), it has become necessary to prevent the aforementioned from leaving Iraq, so please
kindly issue your orders to withdraw his passport and secure him with a bond until the end of the lawsuit.
Sincerely,
On behalf of the Head of the Community

Kh
Khadhouri Meir Levi
Khadhouri Murad Shakar
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaoul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musfi
Dr. Daoud Muallim Nassim
Daoud Yousif Muallim Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Jijak
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh El-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Zion Sheena
Rabbi Salman Hoki Abboudi
Lawyer Selim Isaac
Selim Tarzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
Gurji Shalom Levi
M
Meir Shaoul Menashi Shohet
Meir Menachem Mahlab
Meir Hakham Moshe Dankour
Menashi Ibrahim Gurji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo Daoud
Moza Etta
Moshe Shaoul Sofer
Dr. Nurullah Mumi
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroon Hesqel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zelouf
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Hesqel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh El-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Abboudi

Page 481

Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 1944 - 1948
President
Lawyer Sassoon Khadduri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir
Ibrahim Abboudi Khadduri, Lawyer
Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Hezekiel Altaf
Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq
Eliyahu Munir Daoud
Anwar Shaul, Lawyer
B
Benjamin Hakham Moshe, Lawyer
J
Hezekiel Daoud Khattub
Hezekiel Yaqub Murad, Lawyer
Dr. Munir Karji
Isaac Hayyim Hakham Ibrahim Karji
K
Ezra Nassim Alwiya
Ezra Menahem Daniel
Ezra Munir Menashe
Dr. Ezra Qahtan
Ezra Hezekiel Bahar
Ezra Eliyahu Altaf
Abboudi Saifi, Lawyer
Abdullah Sion Sheena
A
Sion Ezra Nissan
Sion Shua Hayji
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Saleh Shaul Abdullah
F

Page 482

2546
7 November 943
District Sub-prefecture of Zakho
Zakho
We send you herewith a summons issued by the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad for the defendant Hayka bin Hanuka al-Attar in Zakho, for the favor of notifying
him and returning the second voucher signed by him and duly certified.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community

Page 483

Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Year: 57
Extract from the Registry of the Court of Appeals
On Friday, 24th of Av 5704 in Baghdad
The Council attended
We have certified what is contained in
The document of Mr. Yaakov ⟦illegible⟧ in Baghdad from the date
which is in the document on 6 Tishrei 5704
Menashe Saleh
Cantor and Scribe
Employed in the Mecha-
nical Engineering Direc-
ate. G.H. Q. Paiforce on a
monthly salary of I.D. 3/250
A.
⟦illegible⟧

H
Khedhouri Mutheer Lawi
Khedhouri Murad Shuker
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaoul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Musaffi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Youssef Moallem Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Roubin Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Isaac
Sassoon Murad Jajik
Sassoon Rabbi Nassim Cohen
Attorney Salman Saleh Al-Kabeer
Attorney Salman Sion Sheina
Rabbi Salman Hooki Abboudi
Attorney Selim Isaac
Selim Terzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
Narji Shalom Lawi
M
Mutheer Shaoul Menashi Shohet
Mutheer Menachem Mahlab
Mutheer Rabbi Moshi Dangour
Menashi Ibrahim Karji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo Daoud
Mozi Eita
Moshi Shaoul Sofer
Dr. Nourallah Moumi
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroun Heskel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zelouf
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshi Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Attorney Joseph Saleh Al-Kabeer
Joseph Nassim Abboudi

Page 484

⟦illegible⟧
June 15, 943
Exalted Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
We have previously written to your exalted ministry under No. 7293 dated 25 / 3 / 943
requesting your mediation to obtain the amount of the monthly salary received by Mr.
Moshe Alwan, employed in the department whose address is listed below. Since the response
has not reached us until now, we ask you to instruct the acceleration of the procedure, and may you remain [in peace].
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community

Page 485

S
17525
October 7, 943
District Administration of Dohuk District
Dohuk
This Presidency has previously sent you a copy of the notification numbered 691 / 1760
dated August 21, 941, attached with a notice paper to be served to the defendant
Pinchas Nahoum, also known as Biro Naou, the policeman at Faidi station in Dohuk, and
we have learned from your reply No. 3614 dated 9/20/943 ⟦that they⟧ were not served to him because they
have been lost, and it is no secret that the delay in notifying the mentioned person causes harm to the interest of the plaintiff, the wife
of the mentioned person, and therefore we are sending another copy of the notification and the notice paper, requesting that you kindly
take the necessary measures to serve it to the mentioned policeman and return the second voucher
of the notification paper signed by him and certified.
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

We are ready to do what is necessary and you strengthen our resolve materially and morally so that we can revive these charitable institutions
We hereby present to you an enclosed form which we hope you will take the initiative to fill out and send to Mar Elias Hospital
⟦and its surroundings⟧ employees there
Chairman of the Hospitals Committee
Sincerely
Note:
In the year 1934, the first of October was adopted as the start of the fiscal year instead of the first of April. This change led to the closing of accounts
for this year, which began in April 1934, at the end of September 1934, so that they would open on the first of October. Thus, the year 1934 appears in the
attached statistics table as a half-year only
Outgoing Number
6/16/1934
560

Page 486

Members of the Israeli General Council
1944 - 1945 Session
President
Acting President Sassoon Khedhouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Mu'allem Nissim
Ibrahim Saleh El-Kabir
Ibrahim Abboudi Khedhouri, Advocate
Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum
Israel Nissim Hay
Eliyahu Hazkel Altaf
Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Anwar Shaul, Advocate
B
Acting President Benjamin Hakham Moshi
J
Hazkel Daoud Shatoub
Hazkel Yaqub Murad, Advocate
S
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Sion Shoa Heiji
Sion Ezra Nissan
A
Abdullah Sion Sheina
Abboudi Seifi, Advocate
Ezra Eliyahu Altaf
Ezra Hazkel Jeir
Ezra Faraj Ayn, Doctor
Ezra Meir Menashe
Ezra Menahem Daniel
Ezra Nissim Alwiya
K
Karji Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq
Karji Meir Rabi', Doctor

Page 487

September 7, 943
District Governorate of Zakho
Zakho
Attached is a subpoena issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad for
the defendant, Bahayka son of Chanuka, a migrant residing in Zakho. Please kindly
notify the aforementioned defendant and return the second voucher signed by him and certified
duly.
Head of the Community
By Proxy
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 488

11 July 942 AD
212
To the Honorable ⟦Excellency⟧ Director of Baghdad Awqaf
After greetings
We request that you kindly issue your order to the Awqaf official of Adhamiya
to hand over to us the keys of the Jewish school in Adhamiya (the Alliance School) for the purpose of
restoring and repairing it
Head of the Community
⟦Salman Shina⟧
To the Syriac School
Baghdad
Presidency of the Israelite Community:
Baghdad:
Number: 4121
Date: 28 / 6 / 942
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Signatures of those present from:
Members of the Israeli General Council
In the meeting held on date
Names of Members | Signatures | Names of Members | Signatures
President |  | S |
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri |  | Saleh Shlomo Abdullah |
Members |  | Saleh Faraj Hayim |
A |  | Sion Shoa Gigi |
Ibrahim Hayim Moallem Nassim |  | Sion Ezra Nissan |
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir |  | A |
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazzoum |  | Abdullah Sion Sheina |
Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum |  | Lawyer Abboudi Setty |
Israel Nassim Hay |  | Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani |
Eliyahu Hasqeel Al-Ani |  | Ezra Hasqeel Bahar |
Eliyahu Meir Daoud |  | Dr. Ezra Qaraeen |
Lawyer Anwar Shaul |  | Ezra Menachem Daniel |
B |  | Ezra Nassim Aloyah |
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe |  | K |
J |  | Karji Ibrahim Hayim ⟦Isaac⟧ |
Hasqeel Daoud Shemtob |  |  |
Lawyer Hasqeel Yaqub Murad |  |  |

Page 489

728
29 June 943
To the respected Director of the Syriac Press
Baghdad
After greetings,
For the purpose of the lawsuit filed in the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad against
the defendant Heskel Suleiman, employed at your press, please be kind enough
to inform us of the amount of the monthly salary received by the aforementioned person.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
In the file
⟦illegible⟧

Page 490

7299
July 12, 1943
Mutasarrifate of Kirkuk Province.
Kirkuk
We send to you herewith a copy of the legal notice No. 854/8/1853 dated 8/1/1853 with
the notification paper issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant
Salim Ishaq Khatita, agent of the contractor for the Kirkuk Prison Directorate, to kindly notify
the mentioned defendant of the legal notice and return the notification paper signed by him and certified.
Head of the Community
612

The Israeli Charitable Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Founded in 1884
Telephone Number: 1480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
School Dispensaries
Baghdad on
To the esteemed and virtuous gentleman Mr.
Respected
After greetings and respect,
We present to you a brief report on the Israeli charitable hospitals in Baghdad, containing
eloquent statistics showing the stages of progress in these hospitals during the last ⟦illegible⟧ years and their financial situation
and their dire need for the assistance of generous and zealous people like yourselves. We are firmly ⟦illegible⟧ that you

Page 491

Administration of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Department: Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number: 7422
Date: 11 August 942
To: Governorate of Kirkuk Province
We request a prompt response to this department's letter
Number: 7299
Dated: 12 July 942
Subject: Notification of a notification copy to the defendant Selim Isaac Khanina, agent
Qantarji in the Kirkuk Prison Directorate.
With respect,
Signature: ⟦illegible⟧
Title: On behalf of the Head of the Community

Jewish Charitable Hospitals Committee
Baghdad
Founded in 1884
Telephone Number: 1480
Meir Elias Hospital
Rima Khedouri Eye Hospital
Dar al-Shifa Pharmacy
School Dispensaries
Baghdad on
The Honorable
To the distinguished and virtuous gentleman
After greetings and respect
We present to you a brief report on the Jewish charitable hospitals in Baghdad, containing
expressive statistics showing the steady progress in these hospitals during recent years and their financial status
current, and there is strong hope that these acts of righteousness and charity will receive your attention and your usual generous assistance.
⟦illegible⟧

Page 492

The Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
149
Date ⟦illegible⟧ year ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧

Appellate Prosecution of Sharia Courts
in Baghdad
Permanent Residence Address: Baghdad
Case Number: 7 / Sharia
Date: 22 / 1 / 53
Subject: Request for Divorce Certification
To the Honorable Presidency of the Sharia Court of Cassation
Number: 3377
Date: 21 / 1 / 1953
Based on the request of the plaintiff ⟦Salima⟧ daughter of ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Khedouri⟧, her attorney the lawyer ⟦Edward⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ in case number 7 / Sharia / 53
Appellate Deputy
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ the Sharia Court

Page 493

7648
31 January 944
Directorate of Transport
Iraqi State Railways
Baghdad
For the purpose of the lawsuit filed in the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant
Salim Eliyahu Mofir, the employee in your respected directorate. Please be kind enough to inform us
about the amount of the monthly salary that the aforementioned person is receiving at the present time, including
cost of living allowances.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 494

ISR 798—10-11-42—80,000. M.123-A
IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS
Baghdad........................194 Baghdad.......1.......February.......194...4
N: E/62 E/62
His Eminence, Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 7648 and dated 1/31/44.
The aforementioned person receives the salary and allowances whose details are shown
below :-
Fils / Dinar |
--- / 10 | The actual monthly salary
--- / 8 | Monthly cost of living allowances
--- / 18 | Only eighteen dinars.
In addition to that, he receives allowances for overtime work that the
aforementioned person performs after working hours according to the department's needs, as
we explained to you previously.
⟦signature⟧
For the Director of Transportation
Y. K

After greetings and respect
His Excellency, Chairman of the Committee for Israeli Charitable Hospitals, the respected
At Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
I request to be considered a member of your respected committee with a monthly fee of ⟦line⟧ fils
I shall pay it once every <del>year</del> six months, and this is a support, and may you be successful in serving charitable projects
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
8321
17 April 1944

Page 495

7251
1 February 944
His Eminence the President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated 28 Tevet 5704
We convey to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Railway Directorate for attendance
Supervision under number AB / 62 and dated 1 February 944.
Head of the Community
Copy of the letter
Reference to your letter No. 7648 dated 31 / 1 / 944
The aforementioned person receives the salary and allowances whose details are shown below
Fils | Dinar
--- | 15 /
--- | 8 /
--- | 18 /
In addition to that, he receives allowances for the additional work performed by the aforementioned
after working hours according to the department's needs, as we explained to you previously.
For the Director of Movements
⟦illegible⟧

Page 496

Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Date:
NO:
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject / Employees' Salaries
We send you herewith the lists pertaining to the salaries of the employees of
the Religious Court for the month of January of the year 1942
from Table No. (1), totaling 68 Dinars and 400 Fils.
Please be so kind as to order their payment from the community budget
and hand them over to the court's representative to handle their distribution.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of the Court
Jewish Religious Court
4181
1/1 / 942

Page 497

7222
2 January 944
Governorate of Mosul District
Mosul
We send you herewith a subpoena issued by the Israelite Religious Court
in Baghdad for the defendant Isaac son of Hayyim, residing in Amadiya, to please notify
said defendant and return the second coupon of the subpoena signed by him and certified.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad⟧

Page 498

The Religious Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No. ⟦...⟧
Date
24 July
M... From the Honorable ⟦...⟧ Hanoch ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Holloway Bros. (London) Ltd
Baghdad
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
The Religious Court
Teachers ⟦...⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Outgoing Number 4192
Date 22 / 1 / 57

Page 500

Iraq
Ministry of Justice
Section ⟦...⟧ External Notifications
Telegraphic Address: Justice
Number —
Date — 1 Safar / 1363
/ February / 1944
Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Your letter No. 7645 dated January 21, 1944.
Holloway Brothers Limited Company in Baghdad has informed the Presidency of the Baghdad First Instance Court
by its letter dated February 8, 1944, that Mr. Latif Ezra Zakkai, an employee of the
aforementioned company, receives a monthly salary of 16 Dinars and a cost-of-living allowance of 3 Dinars
per month.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Minister of Justice
Jamal

Baghdad
Honorable Excellency, Chairman of the Israeli Charitable Hospitals Committee
In Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
After greetings and respect,
I request to be considered a participant in your respected committee with a monthly fee of ⟦line⟧ fils
to be paid once every ⟦year⟧. May you continue to be successful in serving charitable projects.
⟦six months⟧
Sincerely