Description
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain correspondence regarding marriages, divorces, civil disputes; the birthday celebrations of the Iraqi king, responses to inquires about the treatment of Iraqi Jews under Iraq’s citizenship laws, the history of Jews in Iraq, and the provision of Jewish artifacts to the Iraqi Museum. There are receipts for furniture stores and other vendors, invoices; budget allocations, deficits, and planning for various community organizations and institutions; ritual slaughtering administration, names of butchers with the numbers of animals slaughtered, names of community organization members, ledgers of payments for goods or fees, building plans, provisions for school children, concerns over hospital food distribution, blanket distribution to the poor, receptions, meetings, shipment orders, import and export of goods, the care of orphans, and a census on the number of synagogues in Baghdad in 1945 (40). There are copies of a printed text titled “Appeal to Save the Children.” Letters include: the President of the Jewish Community to the Controller of Foodstuffs in Baghdad thanking the Controller for the allotment of sugar and tea for the students at the Rahel Shamoon School; addressing complaints at the Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad; purchasing blankets for the poor via the Poor Welfare Society; sending money rather than clothes from an importer in New York City to the poor in Baghdad since clothing costs have gone up.
AI English Translation, Pages 351-375
Hebra Kadisha Society / Baghdad
HEBRA KADISHA / BAGHDAD
HEBRA KADISHA SOCIETY / Baghdad
No.:
Date: 1-25-1946
The Honorable President of the Israelite Community
We inform you that this society is the one responsible for the shrouding of all the deceased in
Baghdad and its suburbs, and therefore we request you to inform the people in the city of Al-Diwaniyah
that every dead person or deceased or otherwise in his name occurred according to ⟦...⟧
as we are able and we are in dire need of such, and please accept our highest respect
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
No. 125
Date 1/27/1946
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
8594
23 January 946
General Directorate of Imported Goods
Baghdad
The Hebra Qadisha Society, which performs the shrouding of the dead of the Jewish community
in Baghdad, is in urgent need of one hundred rolls of muslin or cotton urgently
for this purpose, so we request granting it a permit for this quantity. Respectfully.
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Head of the Community
⟦illegible green text in background⟧
Capital Secretariat
– Administration –
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Rabi' al-Thani 1365
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March 1946
Statement No. (63)
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Further to our statement No. 30 dated 5/2/1946
The net profit of the Ball party held by the Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad at the Al-Rafidain Club building on the evening of 26/2/1946 reached an amount of 107.205 Dinars
The amount has been deposited at Al-Rafidain Bank to be spent on the poor of the aforementioned community.
⟦signature⟧
Mayor of the Capital
Copy to –
Ministry of Social Affairs – for your kind information
Directorate of General Propaganda – please publish in the Official Gazette
Governorate of Baghdad Province
Directorate of Baghdad Province Police
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad – with reference to its letter No. 769 dated 7/2/1946
The returned unspent <del>used</del> tickets have been returned
4 / 5 / 38
A. A.
8699
7 March 946
2
His Excellency the Director General of Engineering Supplies, Respected
After greetings
Please order to supply us with one hundred and fifty-eight pieces of iron (I-beams)
amounting to fifteen tons, for the purpose of constructing the Masouda Shetoub School in
Al-Bataween, according to the maps, the Amanat Al-Asima permit, and the attached form.
Please fulfill the request due to urgent necessity. Best regards.
⟦signature⟧
7/7
Head of the Community
Committee
Support for Orphans of the 1941 Events
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 1 / 3 / 1946
His Excellency, the Respected Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings and respect,
I wish to present below the list of revenues for the dance party held on Tuesday evening, February 26, 946
for the benefit of the orphans, hoping for your kind notification.
With much gratitude and respect to your Excellency.
Revenues | Expenses
Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils
150 / 000 Value of 150 tickets of one Dinar category | 22 / 000 Fee for the musical band
12 / 500 Value of 50 tickets of quarter Dinar category | 3 / 755 Amanat al-Asima tax
| 8 / 000 Tips for servants
| 4 / 140 Musical band expenses
| 2 / 840 Decoration expenses
| 8 / 600 Printed materials
| 11 / 500 Chairs
| 4 / 500 Returned tickets
⟦line⟧ | 55 / 295 ⟦line⟧
| 107 / 205 Net profit
162 / 500 ⟦line⟧ | 162 / 500 ⟦line⟧
Mazdak
Secretary
Presidency of ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧ 202
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / 4 / 1946
1
To -
Secretariat of the Capital
Baghdad
With reference to your statement No. 30 dated February 20, 1946.
We list below a statement of income and expenses for the ball held at the Al-Rafidain Club
on Tuesday evening, 26/2/1946, for the benefit of the Orphan Support Committee, noting that the profit
net has been deposited in the Rafidain Bank.
Expenses | Income
Fils Dinar | | Fils Dinar |
22/050 | Band fee | 150/000 | Value of 150 tickets of one dinar category
3/755 | Secretariat of the Capital tax | 12/500 | " " 50 " " " quarter "
8/000 | Gratuities for servants | |
4/140 | Band expenses | |
2/840 | Decoration expenses | |
8/600 | Printed materials | |
1/500 | Chairs | |
4/500 | Returned tickets | |
55/295 | | |
107/205 | Net profit | |
162/500 | | 162/500 |
Enclosed you will find 14 tickets of quarter-dinar denomination along with
one ⟦category⟧ of one dinar, unused.
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His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Justice
I have been notified of the judicial decision issued on 11 / 5 / 946, which includes my appointment as a member
in the Rabbinical Council of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ deletion of ⟦illegible⟧
And since I ⟦illegible⟧ in the mentioned elections in my capacity as an alternate member in
the Spiritual Court of Cassation ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ looking into it
Therefore, I present the matter to your Excellency for your kind ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
10 / 2 / 946 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The Jewish community in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
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11 / 12 / 946
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To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
My daughter ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of Saleh, who ⟦illegible⟧ the house of Moshe Ayan located in the Battaween neighborhood, the aforementioned
she has ⟦illegible⟧ the mentioned without ⟦illegible⟧ and without ⟦illegible⟧ regarding the reasons leading to ⟦illegible⟧
that he take ⟦illegible⟧ a servant, and fifteen days ago he claimed that my mentioned daughter was lost from him without me knowing
the reasons ⟦illegible⟧ this loss, and we were informed that she is missing, and the situation is as inquired about, so for the sake of reporting
⟦illegible⟧ that her age does not exceed fourteen years, we request that the necessary action be taken against the aforementioned ⟦illegible⟧
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The girl's mother, Mufriha daughter of ⟦illegible⟧
Residing in the neighborhood of ⟦illegible⟧
IRAQ
POSTAGE
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Iraq
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16 / 10 / 945
Directorate General of Imported Funds
Permits and Import Division
Baghdad
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The Hebra Qadisha Society, which prepares, shrouds, and buries the deceased of
the members of the Jewish community, is in need of importing one thousand (1000) yards
of muslin, width (56), from India. I request you to kindly grant them a (quota) permit
for this quantity. Sincerely.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Ministry of Supply
General Directorate of Imported Funds
"Monitoring of Import Curriculum and Licenses"
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 11 / 1945
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
With reference to your letter No. 8434 dated 10/16/1945
The committee considered your request contained in your above letter to import a quantity of muslin from
India for shrouding the dead and decided to reject it because cotton fabrics must be imported by
previous importers and burial societies must obtain their needs of goods
imported through the Textile Controller. ;
Acting Director General of Imported Funds.
2
11/22/1945
4 /
Import of Muslin
14 Nov 945
To the Honorable President of the Hebra Qadisha Society
We send you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate General of Imported Goods
No. 4500 dated 8 / 11 / 945 for your information regarding its content.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
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With reference to your letter No. 4348 dated 16 / 10 / 945
The committee studied in its session what was stated in your above letter regarding the import of a quantity
of muslin from India for shrouding the dead and decided to reject it because cotton fabrics
cannot be imported except by previous importers, and burial societies must
obtain their needs from goods imported through the Textile Controller.
Director General of Imported Goods
Presidency of the Courts of Appeal
Baghdad Court of First Instance for Urgent Matters / Al-Rusafa
Case Date ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Number / ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Date / / 1953
Plaintiff / ⟦illegible⟧
Defendant / ⟦illegible⟧
Decision
In today's session 10 / 1 / 1953, the plaintiff's attorney, lawyer ⟦illegible⟧, attended
pursuant to the power of attorney certified by the Baghdad Notary Public numbered ⟦illegible⟧ and dated ⟦illegible⟧
Upon examination, it appeared that the plaintiff requests a precautionary attachment on the defendant's assets
in exchange for his debt amounting to ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars according to the presented promissory note, and since the plaintiff has provided
a guarantee from the guarantor ⟦illegible⟧, the court has therefore decided to place a precautionary attachment
on the defendant's movable and immovable assets within the limits of the debt amount and expenses
and to notify the Baghdad Land Registry Department of that ⟦illegible⟧
The decision was issued in the presence of the parties and by agreement on 10 / 1 / 1953
The Judge
Fee ⟦illegible⟧
Receipt ⟦illegible⟧