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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
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 English Translation, Pages 426-450

Archival unit 426

Number
451
With its attachment, to be returned to
The Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
24 / 4 / 171
Qasim Qaftan Al-Hakim
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 427

261
⟦line⟧
17/2/942
Director of Al-Midhatiya Sub-district
To begin notification, returned to you ⟦17⟧
⟦signature⟧
Center Officer
Outgoing 179
District Governor of Al-Hilla District
Reference to your telephone call numbered ⟦and dated⟧
11 / 2 / 942 referred to
We return to you the second part of the periodic status
No. 1 dated 2 February, notified according to
the procedures for review and necessary action
⟦signature⟧
17 / 2 / 42 D. Al-Midhatiya Sub-district

Archival unit 428

7255
3/22/943
The President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
In reference to your letter dated February 28, 5703
We return to you herewith the second voucher of the summons form/ signed by
the defendant Yusuf Munshi Mujallad and duly certified.
On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Archival unit 429

The Justice Court of Tivi
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
No.:
Date: ⟦5703⟧ / ⟦1⟧ / ⟦9⟧
Maneh: ⟦5703⟧ / ⟦1⟧ / ⟦9⟧
To the honorable Haham Sasson Kadoorie, may his light shine, Shalom
We hereby inform you that the deceased Isaac Kadoorie
left heirs
his eldest son Isaac Sasson, may his light shine
1. Possession of his estate to the honorable Mr. Moshe son of Abraham
For we heard that you were informed abroad that Isaac Joseph
left a sum of money ⟦...⟧
And here Mr. Mordechai Abraham Levi is security and account
for the sum of Mr. Sasson, may his light shine, and they received half of the Lord's grace and help
for the rest is with us
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 430

Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 36-1940
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Moallem Nessim
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir
Ibrahim Daoud Nahum
Lawyer Ibrahim Aboudi Khazmoum
Israel Nessim Hay
Eliyahu Hesqel El-Ani
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe
G
Hesqel Daoud Shattoub
Lawyer Hesqel Yaqoub Murad
S
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Sion Shuma Geji
Sion Ezra Nissan
A
Abdullah Sion Sheina
Lawyer Aboudi Sitti
Ezra Eliyahu El-Ani
Ezra Hesqel Bahar
Dr. Ezra Qaraeen
Ezra Menachem Daniel
Ezra Nessim Aloya
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq
Dr. Gurji Meir Rabia
Gurji Shalom Lawi
⟦...⟧ 1940

Archival unit 431

7251
16/2/943
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Baghdad
We attach herewith a summons issued by the Israeli Religious Court
in Baghdad against the defendant Heskel Ezra Dangour residing in Tehran in
the Cheragh Barq neighborhood via the merchant Yusuf Ezra Hakim. Please kindly mediate
to notify him and return the second voucher signed by him and certified.
⟦For⟧
The Head of the Community

Archival unit 432

Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Foreign Notifications Department
Telegraphic Address: Adliya
Number: 2/25
Date: 22 Safar / 1362
2 March / 1943
Subject Summary: Notification of judicial papers
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Your letter numbered 7251 and dated 16 / 2 / 1943.
We return to you herewith the summons issued by the Religious Court
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad and we request mediation by appointing a sufficient date of not less
than three months and return it to us for mediation in its notification.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Minister of Justice
F. M.
⟦signature/squiggle⟧

Archival unit 433

Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 36-1940
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayim Moallem Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir
Ibrahim Daoud Nahoum
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Hazoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Heskel Al-Ani
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshi
J
Heskel Daoud Shemtob
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad
KH
S
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayim
Sion Shoma Gigi
Sion Ezra Nissan
A
Abdullah Sion Sheina
Lawyer Abboudi Sitti
Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Doctor Ezra Qara'een
Ezra Menahem Daniel
Ezra Nassim Al-Wayeh
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayim Hatem Ishaq
Doctor Gurji Meir Rabee
Gurji Shalom Lawi
M

Archival unit 434

729
3/3/943
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated March 9, 5703
Below is a copy of the letter received by us from the Ministry of Justice under number 2/25
and dated March 2, 943, to act accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
We are sending you herewith the summons issued by the Religious Court of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad, and we request mediation in setting a sufficient period of no less than three
months, and returning it to us to mediate its notification.
Minister of Justice

Archival unit 435

The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No. 998
Date 22 Adar Year 70
Transferred from Sassoon Khedouri ⟦illegible⟧
To ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ in Baghdad
Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of the Record
5
2

Archival unit 436

Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 36-1940
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Moallem Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir
Ibrahim Daoud Nahum
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Khazoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Heskel Al-Ani
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hakham Moshe
J
Heskel Daoud Shattub
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub ⟦illegible⟧
Kh
D
Dr. Gurji Meir Rabie
Gurji Shalom Lawi
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim Hakham Ishaq
Ezra Nassim Al-Wiyah
Ezra Menachem Daniel
Dr. Ezra Qara'in
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani
Lawyer Abboudi Sitti
A
Abdullah Sion Sheina
Sion Ezra Nissan
Sion Shoma Gigi
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
S

Archival unit 437

7271
4/3/943
To the Directorate of Meir Elias Hospital
For the purpose of the lawsuit filed in the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
Please be so kind as to inform us of the amount of the monthly salary received by Mr.
Sassoon Daniel Oweili, the employee in your department, including the high cost of
living allowances ⟦line⟧
Head of the Community

Archival unit 438

Jewish Hospitals' Administration
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. Bd. { 1480 / 6
Administration of Jewish Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
Telephone No. Baghdad { 1480 / 6
No. 2/410
Date: 10 / 2 / 942
To the respected Presidency of the Jewish Community
Greetings and respect.
With reference to your letter No. 7271 dated 4 / 2 / 942,
we inform you that the current salary of Sassoon Daniel Al-Rubayni is (2/500) Dinars
with high cost of living allowances. With respect to you.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Jewish Hospitals
in Baghdad
For filing
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 439

Members of the Israeli General Council
Session 1936 - 1940
President
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Members
A
Ibrahim Hayyim Muallim Nassim
Ibrahim Saleh Al-Kabir
Ibrahim Daoud Nahum
Lawyer Ibrahim Abboudi Hazoum
Israel Nassim Hay
Eliyahu Heskel Al-Ani
Eliyahu Meir Daoud
Lawyer Anwar Shaul
B
Rabbi Benjamin Hanam Moshe
J
Heskel Daoud Shemtob
Lawyer Heskel Yaqub Murad
Kh
S
Saleh Shlomo Abdullah
Saleh Faraj Hayyim
Sion Shuma Hayhay
Sion Ezra Nissan
A
Abdullah Sion Sheina
Lawyer Abboudi Seeq
Ezra Eliyahu Al-Ani
Ezra Heskel Bahar
Doctor Ezra Qaraeen
Ezra Menachem Daniel
Ezra Nassim Al-Wiyah
K
Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim Hanam Ishaq
Doctor Gurji Meir Rabie
L
Naji Shalom Lavi

Archival unit 440

2272
12 / 3 / 943
His Eminence the President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 998 dated 23 March 5703
The Directorate of Meir Elias Hospital replied in its letter No. 3/410 dated 10 / 3 / 43
that the current salary of Mr. Sassoon Daniel Orweli is 3/500 Dinars including
cost of living allowances
⟦signature⟧
President of the Community

Archival unit 441

Iraq
Governorate of Dulaim Liwa
Ramadi
Editing Office
Date:
Corresponding to: 14 / 2 / 943
Number:
Subject: Notifying a person with a summons paper
To: Director of the Northern Desert Administration
We are sending herewith a summons paper issued by the Israeli
Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant Gabi bin Elias
currently residing in Rutba, requesting that he be notified of it and the second voucher be returned
to us signed by him and certified according to the regulations.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Governor of Dulaim Liwa
A copy of it to -
Head of the Israeli Community in Baghdad - in reference to his letter numbered
7243 on 10 / 2 / 1943
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 442

Khedhouri Meir Levi
Khedhouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Samra
Daoud Shaul Tweig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Mustafa
Dr. Daoud Muallim Nassim
Daoud Yousef Muallim Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Rubin Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Sassoon
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Lawyer Salman Saleh Al-Kabir
Lawyer Salman Sion Sheina
Rabbi Salman Hoki Aboudi
Lawyer Selim Isaac
Selim Tarzi
Dr. Selim Kobi
Meir Shalom Menashi
Meir Menachem Mahlab
Meir Hakham Moshe Dankour
Menashi Ibrahim Karji
Menashi Saleh Shlomo David
Moshe Aita
Moshe Shaul Sofer
N
Dr. Noor Allah Mooma
Nono Mukammal
H
Haroon Heskel Smouha
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zalouf
Rabbi Yehoshua Moshe Heskel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Lawyer Joseph Saleh Al-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Aboudi
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 443

The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may the Lord protect it
The Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Date: 19 ⟦illegible⟧
From:
Subject:
⟦illegible⟧ from Hakham Yitzhak Kadouri ⟦illegible⟧
Today ⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ : ⟦illegible⟧ : ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ : ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 444

12/27/1942
His Excellency the Director General of Education, Respected
For the purpose of the lawsuit filed in the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
We request to be informed whether Mr. Tu'ma Salih Samerli, the teacher in the
official schools, has been dismissed from his position, and if so, what is the date of dismissal
and what is the amount of the gratuity to which he is entitled.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Archival unit 445

Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Education
Department of Personnel Matters
Please refer to the full number:
Number: 709
Date: 1 Dhu al-Hijjah / 1362
Corresponding to: 29 November / 1943
Subject: Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 7201 dated 27 / 12 / 942
Mr. Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai was previously dismissed from his position
starting from 5 / 11 / 1942. As for what concerns his gratuity ⟦from him⟧, please refer to
the Central Treasury Directorate regarding that, as it is the entity that pays him the gratuity.
General Director of Education
A.A

Archival unit 446

Kh
Khadouri Meir Levi
Khadouri Murad Shukur
D
Daoud Mira
Daoud Shaul Twig
Rabbi Daoud Ezra Safi
Dr. Daoud Moallem Nassim
Daoud Youssef Moallem Saleh
R
Rabbi Raphael Isaac Hayyim
Reuben Ezra Daoud
S
Rabbi Sassoon Ezra Ishaq
Sassoon Murad Jajak
Sassoon Hakham Nassim Cohen
Rabbi Salman Saleh Al-Kabir
Rabbi Salman Zion Sheina
Rabbi Salman Huk Aboudi
Rabbi Selim Isaac
Selim Rosie
Dr. Selim Kway
Gurji Shalom Levi
M
Meir Shaul Menashi Shamshua
Meir Menachem Mahlab
Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor
Menashi Ibrahim Gurji
Menashi Saleh Shalom Daoud
Moiz Ita
Moshe Shaul Swayer
Dr. Nur Allah Moussa
Nunu Mukammal
H
Haroun Hesqel Somekh
Y
Yamin Murad
Yehuda Saleh Zeloof
Rabbi Yoshua Moshe Hesqel
Dr. Joseph Rosenfeld
Rabbi Joseph Saleh Al-Kabir
Joseph Nassim Aboudi

Archival unit 447

727
5 / 1 / 1943
Directorate of General Finance
The Directorate of General Education informed us in its letter No. 79 dated December 3,
1942
that Mr. Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai had previously been dismissed from his teaching position
on 5 / 11 / 942. For the purpose of the lawsuit filed in the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad, we request you to inform us of the amount of the gratuity to which the aforementioned is entitled
and whether it has been paid to him or not.
On behalf of
The Head of the Community

Archival unit 448

Iraq
Ministry of Finance
Pension Directorate
Baghdad
Number /:
Date: Muharram 1362
⟦line⟧: February 943
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Subject - Gratuity of Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai
Your letter No. 7210 dated 5 / 1 / 1943.
Mr. Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai was entitled to a gratuity of - / 121 -
dinars paid to him from the Central Treasury in Baghdad, from which an amount of (29/233)
dinars was deducted and credited to the account of the Hilla Execution Department for the legal alimony decreed
for his father and his wife.
⟦signature⟧
For the Director General of Finance
M / 3

Archival unit 449

Youssef Nassim Yahuda
Youssef Saleh Al-Kabir, Attorney
Dr. Youssef Rosenfeld
Effendi Youssef Moshi Hezekiah
Yehuda Saleh Zelouf
Yassin Murad
Y
Aaron Hezekiah Hamwiya
H
Nounou Moukamel
Dr. Nourallah Moussa
Moshi Shaul Sawyer
Mozy Elia
Menashe Saleh Shlomo David
Menashe Ibrahim Dechi
Mounir Hatem Moshi Dangour
Mounir Menahem Khabbaz
Mounir Shaul Menashe Shamshoum
Karji Shalom Levi
Dr. Selim Cohen
Selim Zaki
Selim Isaac, Attorney
Salman Houri Aboudi, Attorney
Salman Sion Sheena, Attorney
Salman Saleh Al-Kabir, Attorney
Sassoon Hatem Nassim Cohen
Sassoon Murad Jajjak
Sassoon Ezra Isaac, Attorney
S
Reuben Ezra David
Raphael Isaac Hayyim, Attorney
R
David Youssef Moallem Saleh
Dr. David Moallem Nassim
David Ezra Haqi, Attorney
David Shaul Twaig
David Samouh
D
Khedhouri Murad Shakar
Khedhouri Mounir Levi
Kh

Archival unit 450

4/2/943
His Eminence the President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated 19 Tammuz 5703
We convey to you below the letter of the General Finance Directorate No. 2238 dated
3 February 943 regarding the bonus of Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai.
Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
Mr. Tu'ma Salih al-Samarrai was entitled to a bonus of 121/-
dinars paid to him from the Central Treasury in Baghdad, from which an amount of
29/233 dinars was deducted and credited to the account of the Hilla Execution Department for the legal alimony
adjudicated for his father and his wife.