AI en Translation, Pages 101-125
Page 101
(15)
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
The Petition
Sir, my Lord
We inform you that we are a poor family living in the Mash'al shelter
in the Torah [district], and our family consists of two children and I am pregnant
and my husband, noting that my husband has been unemployed for a while and is sick, and our condition is very
bad due to hunger and distress, and therefore we have come with this petition
imploring your order for a weekly assistance for us to live on
and make this for the sake of God, for God does not waste the reward of the doers of good
noting that we have no one but God and you, the virtuous benefactors
In the past, my husband was working and we did not need anything
and therefore I never came to the community for help, but at this time
currently, if we were not in need, I would not have asked for help
And you know that children do not understand if there is [food] or not, they just want to eat
This is what I submit to your honorable selves
The matter is yours, with thanks
The Petitioner
Almas Kahlooh
A poor woman living in the Mash'al shelter
26 / 1 / 954
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The Accountant
Disbursement of allocations
⟦illegible⟧
The Secretary
⟦illegible⟧
There is no aid for her
⟦illegible⟧
Grant her (250) fils
weekly for
this week
⟦illegible⟧
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His Excellency, the Honorable Head of the Israelite Community
Presented to your Excellency
I am a poor man in weak condition and I do not have any clothes
to protect myself from the bitter cold of winter, and I have no supporter
Therefore, I hope from your kindness that you order a charity for me with some money
to be paid to me weekly, similar to the rest of the poor, because I am unable to afford
my living and my clothing.
With thanks and respect to your Excellency in advance.
The one praying for you
Victor Youssef Makhlouf
Victor Youssef
Requesting your virtue and your response
Who ⟦...⟧ number ⟦...⟧
Abu ⟦...⟧
The Accountant
Based on the review
The Secretary
No weekly aid has been allocated to the claimant
The Accountant
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
2/7
⟦illegible⟧
Page 103
(12)
To the Honorable Members of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community
Presented to you is a petition for assistance
Since I am a member of the Jewish community and am extremely poor, knowing that I
have a family and have no helper except God and you, the virtuous benefactors
Therefore, I have come with this petition of mine to seek your mercy by helping me, and God does not waste
the reward of the benefactors. This is for your consideration, with utmost respect.
The Petitioner
Heskel Shaluha
A poor member of the Jewish community
⟦signature⟧
1/22/1954
The Accountant
Does he have an allocation?
⟦signature⟧
The Administrative Secretary
He has no allocations according to
the records
⟦signature⟧
To
Pay him (500) fils as assistance
⟦signature⟧
Recorded 2/25
Page 104
(12)
To . His Eminence the President of the Committee of the Jewish
Community, the Respected
The Petition .
I submit to your esteemed council that I am . a washer of the dead in the old cemetery
and I live in Torat Nabshi Saleh . and for eight months I have been out
of work and I have three family members who are minors and I am in a bad state
and I have nothing to live on and I am with this family in a state of hunger and nakedness
Therefore, I approach the esteemed community council, appealing for a weekly allowance to be allocated to me
and to share with me for the holidays half a dinar for each person weekly, and this is for the sake of God . until
I find work for us to live on, and may your esteemed council take into consideration with kindness and compassion
for the sake of God my miserable financial situation, and the world, as you know, is expensive and we are helpless
and God compensates for what is provided to us, and may God preserve you, my respected master
My master . and there were cards and they are gone
Sassoon Effendi ⟦I follow up with him⟧ repeatedly but he told me
your name is not registered . Go . to Yaqub
but Yaqub was taken by the secretary . He says your name
is full . with Sassoon Effendi
So why were cards not given
And always for me for four people and at the time I was given I did not finish
2/7/1954
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I endorse what came in this petition
and all of it is completely true, so give it for the sake
of God and help him with good assistance
And to you many thanks my masters, my
virtuous masters
The Sincere
Isaac Abdullah
The Accountant
Should it be spent for him
Sassoon Murad Al-Asad
27/7
The Secretary
There is no
aid for him
⟦illegible⟧
28/7
Page 105
1/21/1952
(19)
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administration Committee, respected
After greetings,
I am Wazza Kadir, I am a poor person and I do not have any relatives here
to help me. I request your kindness to allocate a monthly amount to help me.
With respect,
Submitted to His Excellency the Chairman
⟦signature⟧
7/21
⟦thumbprint⟧
The committee decided to give him
half a dinar monthly for a period of six months
starting from 2/1
⟦signature⟧
2/7
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 106
(100)
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Mosaic Community
Presented to your presence
Since my husband passed away, he left me three daughters and I have a son from him aged eight years, and I have
no supporter here. I hope from your kindness that you treat me as you treat the rest of the poor. Previously, I was given
a quarter of a dinar every day, and as this amount was not sufficient for living, and the assistance stopped
from Baghdad ⟦sufficiently⟧ due to the presence of the mentioned boy, I was unable to travel. Therefore, I hope you will assign me
an amount so that I can live with this child of mine. Peace be upon you.
Habiba Abdullah Suwayri
Sukun
To be given at a rate of 100 fils
⟦illegible⟧
1/21
And half a dinar is to be spent for him
from this week
⟦illegible⟧
To be submitted to the respected Professor for review and order
Page 107
Baghdad 17 / 1 / 1954
(10)
Excellency, Chairman of the Administrative Committee
After greetings
Presented to your Excellency
I am Habiba Abdullah, my husband left me a year and a half ago
And I have a son from him named Muwaffaq and I have no provider and I am of poor
condition, I hope for your help weekly
With much respect to you
Habiba Abdullah
Sir
She does not have a file in the aid register
Please kindly enter her name in the aid register
To be registered in the aid register
At a rate of ⟦...⟧
19 / 1
Page 108
(9)
The share is increased to ⟦three⟧ shillings
from 1500 (250) and above
from last week and shall be paid to him
retroactively from today
⟦signature⟧
22 / 7 / 59
Page 109
(8)
Baghdad on 1/18/1954
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, the Respected
Greetings and respect
I am Habsiya, wife of Yaqub Suleiman, with my three daughters Rosa, Twiya, and Hanini
We have no provider and we are in a deplorable state due to the interruption and exhaustion of everything we had. Your Excellency is requested
to be kind enough to grant us bedding to sleep on, and to Your Excellency much gratitude and respect
Habsiya, wife of Yaqub Suleiman
with her daughters Rosa and Twiya
and Hanini
The Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
To
Emmanuel Razzouk
Disburse the amount of (12)
Riyals according to
the list
⟦signature⟧
Page 110
(7)
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
After greetings
Presented to your Excellency
I am Daoud Nassim, residing in the Menashi Saleh shelter
I request the favor of assisting me weekly because I am unemployed
And I have a wife and my son
This is with much respect to you
Daoud Nassim
⟦illegible⟧
To ⟦illegible⟧
The committee agreed to set
The assistance at ⟦..⟧ Rupees
(600) Fils temporarily in the ⟦illegible⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
17 / ⟦illegible⟧
Page 111
(6)
1/10/1954
The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, may God preserve him, the respected presence
What is presented to your Excellency is that I, Saboun Saqeel Hazna, was appointed before the departure
of the Jews to perform the service of the Torah of Sitt Zilkha. I have been for a period of three
years serving this Torah and maintaining its tools and its silver-plated Torah scrolls.
I guarded the safe of the Sefarim, which some individuals of the previous community
conspired to break the Sefarim and open them, and they broke the locks. When
I saw them, they told me: "Shaul Al-Sulayman sent us." I prevented them from doing that
and stood against them. They began waiting for opportunities to entrap me and harm me
constantly, and they did all kinds of harm to me. By your strength and high resolve,
I obeyed your previous orders and disobeyed their order. My patience is for God until
this moment, until your justice and esteemed appreciation. I am at your service
whatever you wish, and whatever you command me, I shall obey. Hoping from God
and from your Eminence to have mercy on us with the eye of kindness and benevolence by issuing
your order to grant me a monthly salary, similar to the salary of the Torah of Rabbi
Saqeel, whose son spoke with Rabbi Daoud and secured a salary for him.
Please, by your grace, do not disappoint us, and you shall have reward and merit from God.
Sincerely,
Saboun Saqeel Hazna
To the Secretary of the Committee
Clarification is also requested regarding:-
(1) Is the name of the petitioner
on the payroll list or
the annual aid list?
(2) The roles in the cleaning department
are occupied by families,
and if we hire someone for service,
a fee must be paid,
etc.
To J.
Asking if he is entitled | For he has no salary at all
to a salary
⟦illegible⟧
Page 113
(5)
To the Honorable Israeli Community Collector
I am a person of poor means and a mother of children, and there is no one to provide for my living and my duties, therefore
I beg the community to save me from hunger because I am a poor woman with no one to help me against
this, and to you many thanks
The Petitioner
Rosa Shammo
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Yes, she deserves assistance and support
The Mukhtar
⟦signature⟧
To
Reema Kadoorie School
⟦signature⟧
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Baghdad on 16 / 12 / 1952
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To the Honorable President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community.
Subject
I, the undersigned, Nafia daughter of Murad, wife of the deceased Ibrahim Ghannawi Yehuda.
My husband passed away about fifteen days ago and left me with six daughters and four
sons without a breadwinner, and all of them are unemployed with no work. Therefore, I have come seeking mercy for the appointment of
the aid that you deem appropriate for me.
With highest respect.
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The Petitioner
Nafia daughter of Murad
⟦signature⟧
To the Honorable Secretary of the Administrative Committee
Nafia daughter of Murad stated that her husband
was found deceased in one of the swamps near the island
and that he was poor when he was alive
and barely made a living, and he did not leave me any funds
for us to live on; rather, he left behind ten souls, four of whom are
sons and six are daughters, the eldest of whom is fourteen years old
and she requests the allocation of a weekly allowance
The accountant in charge of the husband's care
and in the aid of this wife
for consideration now and issuance
Friday
⟦signature⟧
20 / 1
Yes, she deserves the aid
after stipulating with her that she does not work
on Saturday in washing clothes as she
usually washes fabric. If she works on
Saturday, the aid must be cut off
⟦signature⟧
No objection
We approved the
payment of one and a half Dinars
weekly
21 / 1 / 1954
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10 / 1 / 1954
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
After greetings
Presented to your Excellency
I am Samana Makhlouf, one of the poor of the community, and I have a family
And I do not have any assistance, so I hope for your financial help so that
I can support my family, and I thank you
This is for your consideration
Samana Makhlouf
⟦fingerprint⟧
He deserves only a daily dirham because he works ⟦and the integrity of the profession and its growth⟧
⟦signature⟧
We approved to spend
(250) fils weekly
11 September
⟦signature⟧
Page 116
(2)
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
I, the petitioner, am a poor person and I have no one to provide for my livelihood, and my relatives
have left the country ⟦...⟧ and I am unable to work and disabled, and my son named
⟦Yosef⟧ had volunteered in the victorious Iraqi army and there is no one to help me
in providing the means of living, and therefore I am a poor woman who has come
seeking mercy and help by allocating a salary for me, and it was through the abundance of benefactors
who have mercy on me, and this matter is yours, sir.
1 / 7 / 954
The Petitioner
Toba Ibrahim
In the shelter
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Honorable Housing [Department]
Explained in the previous petition
that she deserves assistance
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⟦signature⟧
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Page 117
(2)
To His Eminence Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, the respected
Presented to your Eminence
Sir, my son Joseph Shaul is today a soldier in the military service, and I remain a widow with no one to perform
the duties of my livelihood. Because I was a worker employed by an old woman for a year, and she has died, I now remain without
anyone to help me. I have my son, but unfortunately they expelled me and gave me nothing, and I remain confused and perplexed in pain in the ⟦nickname⟧ until now,
a stranger in Baghdad, and I reside in the hotel in the Torah. Therefore, I request to submit this paper of mine to your Eminence, if you would help me
by giving me a salary so that I can secure my livelihood. I have no one but God and secondly your Eminence. This is for you with great respect.
12 / 12 / 953
Shouba Naeem Ibrahim, mother of the soldier
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
12 / 12
To the Secretary of the Committee
After reviewing what was stated in the petition
of the aforementioned, I have personally gone to investigate
her condition, and it appeared that she is in need.
⟦signature⟧
12 / 12 / 953
She is very much in need and I endorse what was stated in it.
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible pencil notes⟧
Page 118
(1)
To His Excellency, the Respected Head of the Israelite Community
Sir, the person named Daoud Gharib is a poor man
In Karrada, Bab al-Sharqi, he toils among the people for his livelihood and with us
He is applying to your respected department to be registered in the list of the poor, and why
For he is in need, and the matter is yours to decide, sir
The Lawyer Yaqub Abdul Aziz
One of the residents of this neighborhood
The Accountant
He shall be given a provision starting from
November 2nd, similar to others ⟦185⟧
932
1/16 / 932