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IJA 3713

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

Description

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.

Metadata

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 English Translation, Pages 726-750

Archival unit 726

From the Ministry of Defense (Legal Consultant)
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number M.A. / 1 / 1929
Date 18 / 3 / 1945
Subject: 0 - Lawsuit
Your letter number 8127 dated 13 / 2 / 1945
1- We return herewith the summons paper sent in the name of Private First Class Yusuf Yaqub, unserved to him
due to the fact that he was on annual leave, and in view of the passage of time, please set another day for his trial.
2- The amount of salary received by the aforementioned, including cost-of-living allowances, amounts to 7/- Dinars.
⟦illegible signature⟧
For the Lieutenant Colonel
Legal Consultant

Archival unit 727

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 8282
Date March 21, 1945
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter dated 2/14/1945
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Ministry of Defense under number
A/1929/1 dated 3/18/1945.
President of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
Your letter numbered 8127 and dated 3/13/1945
1- We return herewith the summons sent in the name of First Private Yusuf
Yaqub, unserved to him, as he was on annual leave.
In view of the lapse of time, please set another day for his trial.
2- The amount of salary received by the aforementioned, with high cost of
living allowances, amounts to 7/- Dinars.
Lieutenant Colonel
Legal Advisor
Notifications

Archival unit 728

The Righteous Court of the Jews
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Telephone Number 3456
Number :: 209
Number:
Date :: 28 ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 12/2/45
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Secretary
⟦illegible stamp with Hebrew and Arabic text⟧
Abd al-Nabi
on behalf of

Archival unit 729

8178
18 March 945
Directorate General of Imported Funds
Chemical Materials Division - Baghdad
In view of the lawsuit filed in the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
between the plaintiff Louise Abraham Abdul Aziz and her husband Naji Haskil Ezra
final, please be so kind as to inform us whether the aforementioned Karmi is among the importers
who were authorized to import chemical materials.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community

Archival unit 730

Ministry of Supply, Iraqi Government
Directorate General of Imported Goods
Import Curriculum and Licenses Control Office
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Subject:
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 8178 dated 18 / 3 / 1945
We confirm to you that the person named Gurji Haskel Ezra is one of the importers
of chemical materials.
On behalf of the Director General of Imported Goods
Saleh / 20

Archival unit 731

8472
16 March 945
To the Directorate of the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce
With regard to the lawsuit filed in the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
between the plaintiff Louise Ibrahim Abdul Aziz and her husband Gurji Haskil Ezra
Gabbay, please be so kind as to inform us about the financial status of the aforementioned Gurji.
Respectfully yours!
Head of the Community

Archival unit 732

8182
22 March 945
His Eminence, President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. 209 dated 13/3/945
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Directorate of General
Imported Funds No. 11052 dated 21/3/945.
Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
With reference to your letter numbered 178 8 and dated 18/3/945
We confirm to you that the person named Gurji Haskel Ezra Gabbay is one of the importers
of chemical materials.
On behalf of the Acting Director General of Imported Funds
Notification

Archival unit 733

The Righteous Court of Ezbi
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Telephone number 3456
Number :: 216
Number 7:
Date :: 29 / 7 / 954
Date 7: 14 / 2 / 949
Moshe son of Yosef Ezra Fathi and also his wife to
Avraham Yitzhak ⟦illegible⟧ -
Before this court on the day ⟦illegible⟧ 29/7/54
Regarding the matter of the wife of Yitzhak Avraham ⟦illegible⟧
who left her husband in ⟦illegible⟧ -
and this is her will ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
the aforementioned - ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Court ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Indeed this address is not
sufficient to carry out the notification
3

Archival unit 734

8179
19 March 945
2
Governorate of Diyala Province
We attach herewith a summons issued by the Israeli Religious Court
in Baghdad against the defendant Sabiha Ishaq Shara', a teacher residing with her father
in Qizilrabat. Please kindly notify her and return the second voucher of the
summons signed by the aforementioned Sabiha and certified.
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 735

Baghdad Chamber of Commerce
BAGHDAD
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Telegraphic Address: "Ghurfa, Baghdad"
TELEGRAMS :- "GHURFA, BAGHDAD."
Telephone Number: 25
TELEPHONE No. 25.
Baghdad Chamber of Commerce
Iraq 1926
Number: 1022 / 140
No.: 5 / 171
Baghdad on: April 8, 1945
Baghdad:
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter numbered 8176 and dated
March 16, 1945
The financial solvency of Mr. Gurji Haskel Ezra
is estimated at between two thousand and three thousand Dinars
and his annual profit is estimated at between 500 and 600 Dinars
The inquiry fee has been collected from the concerned parties
amounting to 500 Fils.
Secretary
President

Archival unit 736

8196
11 April 945
4
His Eminence, the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. 209 dated 13/3/945
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter received by us from the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce
under No. 1023/140 and dated 8 April 945.
President of the Community
⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 8176 dated 16 March 945
The financial solvency of Mr. Gurji Heskel Ezra Gabbay is estimated at between
two thousand and three thousand dinars, and his annual profit is estimated between 500 and 600
dinars. The inquiry fee of 500 fils has been collected from the concerned parties.
Chief Secretary
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 737

8 / 5 / 8
532 N Lsia 11
Free
Millial - 12 Dinars only old housing expenses
⟦line⟧
532 / 6 / 61 in Liter 206 presented with a certificate of subjects in Lsha
What was due in the old year of things at the gates of winter, the Accounts Department decided, numbered
532 N Lsia 8 in Lshr 6601 / 031 ⟦illegible⟧
Accounts official and secretary
⟦line⟧
What was due - Millial - 12 hundred thousand verified
532 / 4 / 21 in Liter 4718 presented with a certificate of subjects in Lsha
And since the order of the Irbid province is established and as a result of what the world brings us to the virtues of our predecessor
2002 G 075 we find and still a wise accountant in Liter 127 has revealed that our expenses are 12 Dinars
And an amount of 005 of expenses we were charged with, he should provide us with a document of subjects in advance ⟦illegible⟧ and starch
And our secretary ⟦line⟧ accounts ⟦line⟧ the authorized

Archival unit 738

The Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
Number 998 / 1997
Date 23 / 4 / 945
Plaintiff: Simha Nahum
Defendant: Salim Haron Moshi Haron
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad decided in its session held on
23 / 4 / 945 to rule for the plaintiff Simha Nahum against her husband, the defendant Salim Haron Moshi
Haron, for an amount of two and a half Dinars as monthly alimony to be received by the plaintiff starting from 23 / 4 / 945
a judgment in absentia subject to objection and appeal.
President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad

Archival unit 739

8222
1/5/945
May
Governorate of Mosul Province
Mosul
We attach herewith the notification numbered 1997/998 dated 22/4/945
issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant
Salim Haroun Marshi, residing in Mosul. Please kindly notify the aforementioned
through His Eminence Rabbi Suleiman Barzani, head of the Jewish community in
Mosul, and return the attached notification paper signed by him and certified.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦illegible stamp text⟧
⟦illegible handwriting⟧

Archival unit 740

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
14102
Number: 8222
Date: 1 / 5 / 945
Subject: Second
Governorate of Mosul Province
Mosul
⟦line⟧
We attach herewith the notification numbered 998 / 1997 dated 22 / 4 / 945
issued by the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad against the defendant
Mulham Haroun Moshi residing in Mosul. Please kindly notify the aforementioned
through His Eminence Rabbi Solomon Barzani, Head of the Jewish Community in
Mosul, and return the attached notification paper signed by him and certified.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
President
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Mosul
To take the necessary action and inform us
On behalf of the Governor
5 / 2
First
Notified to His Excellency the respected Director of Security
to carry out the necessary notification
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Jewish Community
in Mosul
5 / 5 / 1945

Archival unit 741

The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Telephone Number 3456
Number :: 216
Number:
Date :: 25 ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 6 / 7 / 948
Moshe ⟦illegible⟧ Avraham ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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Province
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Archival unit 742

8269
7 June 945
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Mutasarrifate of Diwaniyah Liwa
Diwaniyah
⟦line⟧
We attach herewith a summons issued by the Israeli Religious Court
in Baghdad against the defendant Nazima Eliyahu Shaul Jetyat residing
in Al-Saray neighborhood in (Al-Shamiya). Please kindly notify her
and return the second voucher of the summons signed by her and certified.
Notifications
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 743

The Court of Justice of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Telephone number 3456
Number :: 295
Number ::
Date :: 11 ⟦illegible⟧
Date :: 24/9/945
Moshe son of Yitzhak Yitzhak Fattoun, may God protect him, from Al-Mansur
Received from the Court of Justice
all the gold of the trust that was with them
from the time of the death of Farha, the late Shlomo
Falahiya, and they are bracelets and a pair of earrings
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
rings and others and ⟦uncertain⟧
and the number of stones present in the ⟦uncertain⟧
in these things is ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Moshe Fattoun
Witness Moshe Yitzhak Fattoun
Moshe Yitzhak

Archival unit 744

8249
23 May 945
Ministry of Defense
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
We attach herewith a summons issued by the Religious Court
Israeli in Baghdad against the defendant Murad Shalom, the soldier detained
now in the Military Discipline Department in Baghdad, for your kind issuance of your order
to notify him and return the second voucher of the summons signed by him
and certified.
On behalf of
Head of the Community

Archival unit 745

Ministry of Defense
Directorate of General Defense Affairs
Administration
Number / 9 / 2 / B / 22460
Date 10 / 6 / 945
Subject "Notification"
To "Commander of the 1st Signals Regiment ⟦illegible⟧"
We attach herewith the summons paper for Private Murad Shalom, assigned to your unit, who is required
to appear before the Israeli Religious Court on 28 / 5 / 945. Please order his presence before the
aforementioned court when he is requested again.
Staff Lieutenant Colonel
Acting Director of Administration
A copy to /
Head of the Israeli Community - with reference to his letter No. 8249 dated 23 / 5 / 1945
And please send another summons paper to his unit, 1st Signals Regiment (Diwaniya)
and set another day to enable his presence at the required time.
M. H.

Archival unit 746

8271
10 June 945
His Eminence the President of the Jewish Religious Court
Baghdad
We transmit to you below the letter of the Ministry of Defense No. 2/9/22460 dated
10 June 945 for necessary action.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦line⟧
To the Commander of the 1st Battalion of the Second Infantry Brigade
We attach herewith the summons paper for the soldier Murad Shalom assigned
to your unit, who is required to appear before the Jewish Religious Court on 28 / 5 / 945
Please order his attendance before the aforementioned court when requested again.
Staff Lieutenant Colonel
Acting Director of Administration
Notifications
A copy to
The Head of the Jewish Community, referring to his letter No. 8249 dated
23 / 5 / 945, and please send another summons paper to his unit, 1st Battalion of the Brigade

Archival unit 747

The Righteous Court of the Jews
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Religious Court Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Telephone number 3456
Number: Number: 272
Date: Date: 24 Iyar ⟦illegible⟧
2/5/94
Moshe ⟦...⟧ Moshe Afani Fattoun ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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Archival unit 748

8232
7 May 945
Directorate of Transport
Iraqi State Railways
Baghdad
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We attach herewith a summons issued by the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad against the defendant Salman Saleh Fattal, a telegraph official
at Quchan station (Hilla). We kindly request you to notify the aforementioned
defendant and return the second voucher of the summons signed
by him and certified.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community

Archival unit 749

ISRP—289—2-9-44—100,000. M.123-a
IRAQI STATE RAILWAYS Iraqi State Railways
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ 194 Baghdad on June 7, 1945
Number 4204/5/4
To
The Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject — Summons paper regarding Mr. Salman
Saleh Fattal — Telegraph Official
Reference to your letter No. 8232 dated 5/7/1945
We sent the summons paper to the aforementioned person, but it
was lost at the station. Please send a replacement to be served to him.
⟦signature⟧
For the Director of Transportation
S. A. /

Archival unit 750

8281
13 June 945
His Eminence the President of the Israeli Religious Court
Baghdad
Reference to your letter No. 273 dated 6 / 5 / 945
The Transport Directorate of the Iraqi State Railways informed us in its letter
No. TA / 420 dated 10 June 945 that it sent the subpoena
belonging to Salman Saleh Fattal, a telegraph official in Hillah, but it was lost at
the station, and it requests a replacement to be sent for notification to him, so we request the necessary action.
Head of the Community
Notifications