Voices from the Archive

IJA 2777

Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Community Organizations and Iraqi Government, Primarily Regarding Financial Matters

View interactive document page

Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community relating to financial matters. Included are correspondence between the government and the Jewish community about the frozen assets of an Iraqi-Jewish community member who lost his citizenship, notification of a teacher's retirement, inheritance issues, and the selling of the Burial Society’s car due to the decline of the community.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2777
Item Number
9499
Date
Approx. January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1980
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Public Transportation, Burial Society, Ministry of Justice, Teachers, Newspaper, Form, File Folder, Typed, Iraqi Government, Office for Oversight and Operation of Jewish Property, Office of Public Security – Frozen Assets, President of the Mosaic Community, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ministry of the Interior, Crown Crest, Legal, Ink Stamp, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Death Certificate, Court of Personal Property, Letterhead, Abrogation of Citizenship, Inheritance, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, General Secretary, Receipt, Office of General Citizenship, Eagle Crest, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Teachers Union

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 26

Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: ⟦178⟧ / 69
Date: 6 / 1 / 1969
119
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respectable Lawyer Mr. Tawfiq al-Alusi
Liquidator of the Hevra Kadisha Society
After greetings:
The car belonging to the dissolved Hevra Kadisha Society, bearing number 22565
Baghdad, which is exempt from fees for its use in transporting deceased Jews, its number must be changed
to a new number, as its engine and chassis numbers are in the society's files kept
with you.
Please provide the required information to the Directorate of Transport and Traffic, where the
car is deposited, to change the car's number.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Jewish Community
Copy to: -
The Honorable Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance / For your kind information
Directorate of Transport and Traffic / For your kind information
The owner of Al-Shaab Garage / For your information

Page 28

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
In Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number L /: 217 / 70
Date: 14 / 6 / ⟦1970⟧
Subject /:
Mr. Director of Transport Police and Traffic, Respected
Greetings:
Reference to your letter numbered 12579 and dated 9 / 6 / 1970
The information requested in your above-mentioned letter can be provided to you by the Baghdad First Instance Court, as
all the communications of the dissolved Hevra Kadisha Association are kept by it (due to the liquidation of the association). As for what concerns
the depositing of the car in your directorate, you will find enclosed a photocopy of the communication. You confirm in it that the car
as of 8 / 6 / 61 is present in the yard of your directorate after it was seized.
Please accept our highest respect
President of the Administrative Committee
Enclosed is a photocopy of the communication
Dated 7 and 8 / 6 / 1961
Copy to -
Baghdad First Instance Court
We support the letter of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community No. 128 / 61 dated 9 / 6 / 61 regarding ⟦regarding⟧
providing the Transport and Traffic Directorate with the required information.

Page 31

Serial: 515
Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department
Form No. (87)
Arrived ⟦Baghdad⟧ registered
Addressed to ⟦Karrada Municipal Directorate⟧
Date Stamp | Fils | Dinar | Value of stamps attached if it is a parcel
Enter (Letter) bundle or (Parcel) as the case requires | for insured items
Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures)
In words
Insurance fee
Weight in words
Receiving Officer
⟦signature⟧

Page 32

⟦No.⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Date⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Received⟧
⟦from Mr.⟧ ⟦Yacoub Hakim⟧
⟦the sum of⟧ ⟦14/750⟧ ⟦Dinars⟧
⟦for⟧ ⟦burial⟧ ⟦fees⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦2/1/52⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 34

The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: L / ⟦282⟧ / 70
Date: 16 / 4 / 1970
Subject:
Honorable Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance
Greetings:
Reference to your letter No. 5 / Associations / 970 dated 7 / 4 / 1970
The Presidency of the Mosaic Community previously informed your esteemed court in its letter No. 138 / 66
dated 6 / 1 / 66 that the vehicle in question is deposited with the Directorate of Transport and Traffic
until its number is changed.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
A copy to:
Directorate of Transport and Traffic / for your information and in follow-up to the letter of the Presidency of
the Mosaic Community referred to above.
Mr. Tawfiq al-Alusi, Attorney / for your information.

Page 37

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: L / 297 / 70
Date: 14 / 5 / 1970
Subject:
Respected Mr. Director of Transport and Traffic Police
- Registration Office Directorate -
After greetings:
Reference to your letter numbered 9284 and dated 5 / 5 / 1970
Attached is a true copy of the letter of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community numbered 138 / 69 and dated
9 / 9 / 1969 .
Please accept our highest respects
Chairman of the Administrative Committee

Page 38

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Justice
Baghdad Court of First Instance
Number: 15 / Associations / 970
Date: 7 / 4 / 970
Incoming Stamp
A 119
Administrative Committee for ⟦Musawiyyin⟧ Matters
Number 289
Date 19 / 4 / 1970
996
To :-
To the Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Based on the decision issued by this court on 7 / 4 / 970
This court decided to conduct an inspection accompanied by an expert to estimate the value of the car
Numbered 22565, model 957, type Chevrolet, belonging to the
Hevra Kadisha association. Please ensure its presence on 20 / 4 / 970 for the purpose
of estimating its value in preparation for its sale according to the regulations
Judge
Shihab Ahmad Al-Shabib
⟦Baghdad Court of First Instance⟧
A. at eleven o'clock
Cars across from the Directorate of Health
Karkh