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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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Archive Reference: IJA 3713
Item Number: 6609
Date: Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages: Multiple Languages
Keywords: Hospital, Ministry of Defense, Court of Personal Property, Kirkuk, Electricity Bill, Employment, Travel, Legal Document, The Treasury, Public School, Annotation, Manufacturing, Engineering, Accounting, Office of Transportation and Traffic Police, Karrada, Office of Public Land, Iraq State Railways, Law Enforcement, Judeo-Arabic, Ministry of Finance, Sulaymaniyah, New York, Basrah, Meir Elias Hospital, Limited, Court of Iraq, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Duhok, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Jewish Religious Court, British Petroleum, Office of Income Tax, Postage Stamp, Financial, Legal, Department of Public Pensions, Correspondence, Office of Criminal Investigations and Administration, Iraq Petroleum Company, Office of the Mint, Crown Crest, Invoice, Baghdad Municipality, Ministry of Justice, Khanaqin, President of the Jewish Community, Mosul, Royal Air Force, Rafadin, Typed, Department of Posts and Telegraphs, Labor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Imports, Form, Lawsuit, Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, Telegram, Revenue Stamp, Judicial, Letterhead, Baghdad Jail, Iraqi Government, Handwritten, Receipt, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Teachers, Income Tax, Office of the Police, Arbil, Health, Office of Customs and Excise, Exports, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Marriage

AI en Translation, Pages 651-675

Page 651

8346
9/8/945
⟦274⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 378 dated 26/7/945
We convey to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Diyala Provincial Police Directorate
No. 9842 and dated 7/8/945 regarding the salary of Policeman Shaoul Daoud.
⟦On behalf of⟧ the President of the Community
Copy of the letter
The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 8337 dated 1/8/945
Shaoul Daoud is employed in this department in the position of Police Clerk
With a monthly salary of (7/-) Dinars including high cost of living allowances.
Director of Diyala Provincial Police
Dinars | Statement
3 | Salary
3 | High cost of living
1 | Temporary salary increase
7 | Total
Notifications

Page 652

The Rabbinical Court of Justice
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 3456
Number :: 274
No. :: 709/5
Date :: 14 April
Date :: 22/4/949
Behold there came before us Mrs. ⟦Hana⟧ daughter of
Mr. ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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22/4/949 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Dayan

Page 653

8227
26 July 945
Secretariat of the Capital
Baghdad
Based on the lawsuit filed in the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
Against the defendant Moussa Sassoon, employed in the fourth department as a
sewage worker, please inform us of the amount of his annual salary including cost of living allowances
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 654

Capital Secretariat
Number
Urgent
⟦line⟧ Accounts ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Date: Ramadan 1364
August 1945
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad
Reference to your letter numbered 8327 and dated 7/26/1945
We do not have a worker by the name of Musa Sassoon, but there is
a sewage worker named Sassoon Moshi, and his annual salary is 30/-
dinars and the cost of living allowance is 24/- dinars, so his total salary
with the cost of living allowance is 54/- dinars per year.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Mayor of the Capital
A. A.

Page 655

8252
14 August 945
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 374 dated 24 / 7 / 945
We convey to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Secretariat of the Capital No. 14557
Dated 13 August 945. Regarding the salary of Musa Sasson;
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Copy of the letter
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 8327 dated 26 / 7 / 945
We do not have a worker named Musa Sasson, but there is a sewage worker named Sasson
Moshe, and his annual salary is 30/- Dinars and cost of living allowance 24/-
Dinars, so the total of his salaries with cost of living allowance is 54/- Dinars annually.
On behalf of the Mayor of the Capital
Notifications
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧

Page 656

The Jewish Religious Court
In Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 3456
Number :: 344
No. ::
Date :: 2/7/945
Date ::
To the Honorable Chairman of the Frozen Property Committee
Affiliated with the Directorate of General Security
Based on the request of Mrs. Sarah A. Raziq, an Israeli
Residing in Al-Bataween neighborhood, No. 1/200 Baghdad
That the aforementioned lady (Sarah A. Raziq)
Is the wife of Mr. Salim Shmuel Sasson
And a divorce has occurred between them, and that was confirmed in
This court in its records numbered ⟦...⟧
On 22/7/945 - and since the aforementioned is a wife
Therefore, we ask you to kindly take the necessary measures.
With thanks
President of the Religious Court
Menachem ⟦...⟧
The Jewish Religious Court
The Israeli Religious Court
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD

Page 657

Number:
Date:
Plaintiff:
Defendant:
Pleading:
Signature of the summoned person:
Notification received by the respected Murad Shalom
⟦signature⟧
Bailiff:
Notification received by the respected ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
2/1/⟦...⟧

Incoming
538
7/2
Honorable Chairman of the Management Committee
of the Jewish Community
After greetings,
We request your kind approval to pay an amount of
five dinars (5 dinars) per month to
Mr. Salim Shaoul Cohen, for
his housing rent in our house located in
the Torah Quarter - Baghdad - starting from
2/1/1953 - Thanking you for your kindness
And please accept our highest respect
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 658

Ministry of Defense
General Directorate of Defense Affairs
Administration
No. / 9 / 2 B / 25750
Date 21 / 7 / 945
⟦C 5750⟧
945/7/21
Subject "Notification"
To "Head of the Israeli Community - in Baghdad"
Further to our letter No. 22460 dated 10 / 6 / 1945
Please set another date for the trial of the conscript soldier Murad Shalom and send the notification paper to his unit
1st Battalion 2nd Training Brigade in Kirkuk directly.
Staff Lieutenant Colonel
Acting Director of Administration
A copy to /
Commander of 1st Battalion 2nd Training Brigade - Reference to his letter No. 2247 dated 14 / 6 / 945

Page 659

8205
4 July 945
⟦...⟧
To the Honorable Commander of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Training Brigade in Kirkuk
Kirkuk
Reference to the Ministry of Defense letter No. 2 / 9 B / 25750 dated 2
July 945, a copy of which was sent to you.
We enclose herewith a subpoena issued by the Jewish Religious Court in
Baghdad against the defendant Murad Shalom, the conscripted soldier, for your kind notification to him
and to return the second voucher of the subpoena signed and certified by him.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦Notifications⟧

Page 660

The Religious Court
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number
Date
Summons
To:
Based on the lawsuit filed against you by: ⟦Nazira Khedhouri⟧
You must attend this court at the hour: ⟦8:30⟧ AM
On the day of:
Corresponding to:
To conduct the proceedings, and in case of non-attendance:
The trial will proceed against you in absentia :-:
President of the
Religious Court
⟦The Rabbinical Court of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧
The Religious Court of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Number: ⟦702/212⟧
Date: ⟦1/7/1956⟧
Plaintiff: ⟦Nazira Khedhouri⟧
Defendant: ⟦Salman Saleh Habib⟧
Proceedings:
Signature of the summoned:
Process Server
Notifications

Page 661

From - Commander of the ⟦...⟧ 2 Training
To - To the Presidency of the Jewish Community (Baghdad)
Number - ⟦...⟧
Date - 12 / 7 / 1945
Subject / Notification
-1 Regarding your letter No. 8305 dated 4 / 7 / 1945, we return to you herewith the notification papers No.
1471 for the conscripted soldier Murad Shalom without notification from him, as the aforementioned was transferred from our unit
to the First Mechanized Battalion in Jalawla on 28 / 7 / 45, therefore please notify him through his
new unit.
-2 It pains me greatly to respond to your letter referred to above with a delay, as
your letter was addressed in my name and therefore no one opened it; since I was outside the unit
to attend to business related to my position during this entire period, I request your excuses.
Copy to the neighborhood
⟦signature⟧
Lieutenant Colonel
Commander of the ⟦...⟧ 2

Page 662

8259
20/8/945
His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Religious Court, the Respected
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 344 dated 2/7/945
We convey to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Commander of the 2nd Training Regiment No.
3058 dated 11/8/945 regarding the notification of Soldier Murad Shalom.
⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
Copy of the letter
Subject / Notification
1- Your letter No. 8305 dated 4/7/945. We return to you herewith the notification papers
No. 1471 for the drafted soldier Murad Shalom without notification from him as the aforementioned was transferred
from our unit to the First Mechanized Battalion in Jalawla on 28/7/945. Please
notify him via his new unit.
2- It pains me very much to answer your above-mentioned letter with a delay, as
your letter was addressed in my name and therefore no one opened it. Since I was outside the unit to carry out
work related to my duty throughout this period, please accept my apologies.
Lieutenant Colonel

Page 663

Baghdad Prison Directorate
Registration
Very Urgent
Number 61 / ⟦...⟧
Date 5 / 9 / 1945
To -
Head of the Israelite Community
Subject - Notifications
With reference to your letter numbered 8387 and dated 30 / 8 / 1945.
We return herewith the lower part of the summons form after notifying
the prisoner listed below, certified by the notification officer as per your request.
Director of Baghdad Prison
101992 Salman Murad Ibrahim, sentence six months
A copy to - Al-Sarai Station Officer, and we request sending a guard to receive the prisoner in question and bring him before
the aforementioned presidency on the morning of Thursday, 6 / 9 / 1945
and after finishing, return him to the prison.
Registration Officer

Page 664

The Court of Justice Here
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number: 3456
Number: 449
No.
Date: 20 September 945
Date: 29/8/945
7/221
Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
In view of the lawsuit filed in our court by
Hanna Hazqeel Haym against her fiancé Salman Murad
Ibrahim (the prisoner in Baghdad Central Prison)
Notification is required; we request writing to the department to notify him
And stay well
⟦signature⟧

Page 665

8787
30/8/945
Baghdad Central Prison Directorate
Attached herewith is a subpoena issued by the Religious Court ⟦line⟧
Jewish in Baghdad for the defendant Salman Murad Ibrahim, located
in Baghdad Central Prison, for the favor of notifying him and returning the second voucher
of the subpoena signed by him and certified, while ensuring his attendance at the building
of the court on the day of the hearing on September 6, 945.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / Head of the Community ⟦line⟧

Page 666

8296
5 September 945
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court
The Respected
We entrust to you herewith a summons paper signed by the defendant
Salman Murad Ibrahim and duly certified. Furthermore, the aforementioned
will appear before your court on the date of 6 / 9 / 945.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Notifications

Page 667

8286
30 August 945
Mutasarrifate of Dulaim Liwa
Ramadi
Enclosed is a copy of the notification No. 2021 / 1022 dated 23 / 8 / 945
issued by the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant Saleh
Moshi, residing in the house of Eliyahu Jinka in Fallujah, for the purpose of notifying him and returning
the attached notification paper signed by him and certified.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 668

Mutasarrifate of Dulaim Liwa
The Secretariat
Number 9912
2 / 10 / 945
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Further to our letter numbered 9437 and dated 17 / 9 / 1945.
We return herewith a copy of the notification after it was served to its addressee.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Mutasarrif of Dulaim Liwa
Attachments
1

Page 669

Mutasarrifate of Dulaim Province
Editing
Number 922
13 / 9 / 1945
17
Qaimaqamate of Fallujah
Enclosed is a copy of the notification number 1022 / 2021 dated 23 / 8 / 1945 issued by
the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant Saleh Moshi residing in the house
of Eliyahu Jinke in Fallujah, requesting his notification and the return of the notification paper signed by him and certified
duly.
⟦illegible⟧
Governor of Dulaim Province
Attachments
2
Copy to -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - reference to its letter No. 8386 on
30 / 8 / 1945.
To be attached with the papers
Notifications

Page 670

The Religious Court of the City of
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 3456
Number: 417
No: ::
Date: 10 September 57
Date: ::
19/9/945
The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
With regard to the lawsuit filed in our court by Wajiha Meshi Sa'at
against her fiancé Shlomo Yosef Elyah (the soldier
assigned to the Third Secret Armored Battalion
in Kirkuk), it is necessary to notify him to appear ⟦before⟧
our court. Please write to the specialized department
⟦to notify⟧ the aforementioned person ⟦of what⟧ is required ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧

Page 671

8275
1945/8/26
Ministry of Defense - Baghdad
We enclose herewith a summons issued by the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad against the defendant Shlomo Yusuf Al-Masha, the conscripted soldier in
the Third Secret Armored Battalion in Kirkuk, with the order to notify him and return
the second coupon of the notification paper signed and verified by him.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community

Page 672

Notification
Number M. A. / 1 / 5292
In the name of Bashir Yusuf
Date 10 / 9 / 1945
From the Ministry of Defense (Legal Advisor)
To the Commander of the Armored Battalion
Subject - Lawsuit Paper
Enclosed please find a lawsuit paper; we request its notification
to the addressee and the return of the second copy of it or
(its lower voucher) to us, signed by him and
certified by the person in charge of notification as soon as possible.
⟦signature⟧
Lieutenant Colonel
Legal Advisor
A copy thereof to: -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Reference to their letter numbered 8275
and dated 26 / 8 / 1945

Page 673

Religious Court
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Number
Date
Summons Paper
To: ⟦Yaqub Shmu Yusuf Al-Shabb⟧
In: ⟦Kirkuk⟧
Based on the lawsuit filed against you by: ⟦Munshi Sa'at⟧
You must attend this court at the hour: ⟦3⟧ ⟦PM⟧
On the day of: ⟦Monday⟧
Corresponding to: ⟦1955/8/1⟧
To conduct the proceedings, and in case of non-attendance, the trial will be held against you in absentia: -:
President of
The Religious Court
⟦illegible⟧
Number:
Date:
Plaintiff: ⟦Munshi Sa'at⟧
Defendant: ⟦Yaqub Shmu Yusuf Al-Shabb⟧
Hearing: ⟦Monday 1955/8/1 at 3 PM⟧
Signature of the summoned:
The Bailiff