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IJA 3768

Correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community and the Iraqi General Security Directorate's Department of Frozen Assets

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This item contains correspondence between the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and the Iraqi General Security Directorate's Department of Frozen Assets. The correspondence includes requests from the government for the Jewish community to furnish records and information about community members, citizenship and religion verification, family members, and inheritance. There is a hand-drawn chart with a list of names of community members.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3768
Item Number
6718
Date
Approx. January 1, 1971 to December 31, 1980
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Inheritance, Letterhead, Office of Public Security – Frozen Assets, Citizenship Laws, Chart, Typed, Travel, Annotation, Iraqi Government, Ink Stamp, Correspondence, File Folder, President of the Mosaic Community, President of the Jewish Community, Handwritten, Eagle Crest, Abrogation of Citizenship

AI en Translation, Pages 301-325

Page 301

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
No. T / 1258 / 74
Date: 25 / 3 / 1974
Telephone No. { ⟦President⟧ 83531
Secretary 80452
3/128
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 8751 dated 18 / 3 / 1974, the named individuals
Layla Haroun Saleh and Masouda Meer Basri ⟦are not⟧ members of our community and we have no information
about them.
Please accept our highest respect.
Meer Basri
Acting Head of the Community

Page 302

3/128
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Rights Secretariat
Rights Division
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date
and the secretariat division from which this letter was issued
Number / 8751
Date 1 / 4 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number 426
Date 24 / 3 / 974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Information
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the individuals Layla Haroun Saleh
and Masouda Mir Nasri, and state whether they are members of your community or not.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Copy to -
Directorate of General Nationality / IDs / your letter 1669 / 2903 on 9 / 3 / 974
Please inform us of the names of the family members of the deceased Jew
Ibrahim Hayyim Ezra Hakkak.
Center Properties Secretariat / Title Settlement / Following up on our letter 6915 on 4 / 3 / 74
regarding property 157 / 324 Bataween, please
await the response.
Rights Secretariat / File 2514 for follow-up
General Papers.
Al-Alawi 3/16
⟦They are not members of our community and we have no information about them⟧

Page 303

Presidency of the Jewish Community
2/127 in Baghdad
Number T / 1257 / 74
Date 25 / 3 / 1974
Telephone Number
President 83531
⟦80453⟧
Subject /:
The Honorable General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 8750 dated 18 / 3 / 1974, we do
not have information about the family members of Abdullah Moshi Sakhriya.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Page 304

7 / 127
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Republic of Iraq
Secretariat: Rights
Division: Rights
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying
Number /: 5078
Date: 18 / 2 / 197 /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 425
Date: 22 / 2 / 1974
General Directorate of Nationality / Identification Cards
Subject / Names of Jews
Please inform us of the names of the family members of the deceased Jew (Abdullah
Moushi Sakhira) and specify the date of their revocation if they have been revoked.
For the Secretary General
⟦Ahmed Shaker⟧
A copy thereof to /-
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad / For the same purpose above and to provide us
with the legal inheritance certificate for the deceased and his heirs if available with you,
please.
Secretariat of Rights / Lawsuits / Your margin on 13 / 3 / 1974 which
pertains to lawsuit 1220 / S / 972 to await the answer, please.
Secretariat of Rights 1/6 Q 4 for follow-up
General Papers.
⟦Please follow up⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Z.A. 17 / 3

Page 305

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
2/126
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1256 / 74
Date: 25 / 3 / 1974
Subject / ⟦line⟧
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respected
Rights
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
⟦illegible⟧
With reference to your letter numbered 8715 and dated 18 / 3 / 1974, we do
not have a legal distribution of estate for the deceased (Sabha Yehuda Shantoub) and (Rina Yehuda
Shantoub) and we have no information about their heirs.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Signature⟧
Acting ⟦Basri⟧
Acting President of the Community

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126/2
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For Frozen Assets
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat department from which it was issued when replying
Secretariat of <del>Rights</del>
Rights Department
Number /
Date / / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 422
Date 24 / 2 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Legal Distribution of Estate
Please inform us of the names of the heirs of the two deceased Jewish women (Sabha Yehuda Shantoub)
and (Rina Yehuda Shantoub) and send their legal distribution of estate if available to you.
p.p. General Secretary
Copy to -
Secretariat of Provincial Properties / Title Settlement / Your marginal note on 4 / 3 / 1974 to await the reply
Note that the date of revocation of Iraqi citizenship for the Jewish woman
Shafiqa Yehuda (Shantoub) is considered from the date the law came into force
No. 12 of 1951 on 22 / 3 / 1951 for your information please.
Rights / File 2479 for follow-up
General Papers.
Al-Alawi 3/14
To be sent to state what you have regarding the heirs of the deceased, as we have no information
from its head
⟦illegible⟧

Page 308

General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
7/125
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat department from which it was issued when replying
Number /
Date 24 / 2 / 197
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 279
Date 28 / 2 / 1974
<del>Secretariat of Rights</del>
<del>Litigation Department</del>
To /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Subject/ The deceased Sassoon Nassim Haroun Cohen
Please send two witnesses to the Personal Status Court in Karrada to testify
regarding the death of the aforementioned person and inform us of the scheduled date to send the representative of the General
Secretariat regarding the matter.
On behalf of / The Secretary General
A copy to / -
Secretariat of Rights / Dropping - Please state the current nationality of the Jews whose names are listed
below - 1- Gorjia Ezra Ibrahim
Tweig 2- Mary Sassoon Nassim Cohen 3- Jamil
Sassoon Nassim Cohen.
Personal Status Court in Karrada - For information.
Secretariat of Rights - Rights - File 926 for follow-up.
General Papers - For follow-up.
Al-Bayati / 24 / 2 / 974
Lawsuit
Sassoon Nassim Cohen
Sayyid Razzouqi ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 28/2/74

Page 309

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1252 / 74
Date: 18 / 3 / 1974
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
The Investigator
Presidency of the Jewish Community
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 8085 and dated 13 / 3 / 1974, the person named
Aboudi Daoud Naqqash is a member of our community and we have no information about him.
Please accept our highest respect.
7/124
⟦signature⟧
Meer Basri
Acting President of the Community

Page 310

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For Frozen Assets
Secretariat: Rights
Division: <del>Rights</del>
Number /:
Date: 12 / 2 / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
422
284 / 974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Nationality of a Jew
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the person named Aboudi Daoud Naqqashobian
as to whether he is a member of your community or not. We hope to receive the answer as soon as possible.
For / The Secretary-General
A copy to /
General Directorate of Nationality / IDs / Your letter No. 31 / 2385 on 27 / 2 / 1974
For your information please
Secretariat of Center Properties / Property Settlement / Further to our letter No. 5717 on 23 / 2 / 1974 -
Regarding property sequence 594 Faraj Allah, requesting you to wait for
the answer.
= Rights / File ( 354 / for follow-up
General papers
⟦illegible⟧ in the file and we have no information about him.
Salah 12 / 5
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the Secretariat division from which it was issued when replying to it

Page 311

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1251 / 74
Date: 18 / 3 / 1974
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
7/122
⟦Number⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 1653 and dated 13 / 3 / 1974, we do
- not have information about the heirs of the deceased (Gurji Heskel Zubaida) nor a legal distribution of estate.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Signature⟧
⟦Heskel⟧ ⟦...⟧
Acting President of the Community

Page 312

2822
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Rights Secretariat
Rights Division
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying to it
Number /
Date / / 197
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Number 421
Date 24 / 3 / 74
Presidency of the Mosaic Community / Baghdad
Subject / Heirs of the Jew (Gurji Haskel Zubaida)
Please inform us of the names of the heirs of the deceased Jew (Gurji Haskel Zubaida) and provide us
with their legal distribution of estate (Qassam) if available to you, noting that the date of his death was 30 / 7 / 1955.
On behalf of the Secretary General
A copy to -
Secretariat of Central Properties - Arrears Audit Committee - your letter 15 68 on 4 / 3 / 1974 -
awaiting the response, please.
Rights - 6 / 1 Q 4 - for follow-up
General Papers
Deaths: in the records
⟦illegible⟧
We do not have a legal distribution of estate or information about his heirs
Zuhair 3/11
⟦signature⟧

Page 313

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Number T / 1248 / 74
Date 14 / 3 / 1974
Telephone Number ⟦President 83531⟧
⟦Secretary 80452⟧
⟦illegible⟧
2/124
Subject / ⟦line⟧
Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 7708 and dated 11/3/1974, we have previously
provided your Secretariat with our certificate numbered T/1918/68 and dated 24/1/1968 pursuant to
our letter numbered T/882/72 and dated 20/11/1972, regarding the heirs of the deceased Yaqub
Harun Yaqub Kharmoush.
Please accept our highest respect.
Meer Basri
Acting Head of the Community

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2/122
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Secretariat of <del>Rights</del>
Rights Division <del>Rights</del>
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying to it
Number /: 8
Date /: 1 / 2 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number 418
Date 13 / 2 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Legal Distribution of Estate
Please provide us with the legal distribution of the estate belonging to the deceased Jew (Yaqub Harun
Yaqub Kharmoush) and his date of death 14 / 5 / 1966.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Copy to -
Secretariat of Center Properties / Title Confirmation / Your marginal note 27 / 2 / 74 which
concerns sequence 16 / 121 Karradat Maryam, awaiting
the reply please.
Rights / File 2033
General Papers.
Al-Alawi 3/9
⟦Vice President of the Community⟧
⟦Please provide your secretariat with the attached reply⟧
We have sent a copy of our legal distribution numbered T/1918 on 24 / 1 / 968
pursuant to our letter numbered T/882 and dated 20 / 2 / 1974

Page 315

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T/: 1344 / 74
Date: 10 / 3 / 1974
7/121
Subject / ⟦line⟧
To the Respectable General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 7955 and dated 6 / 3 / 1974, the person named
Farah Ibrahim Hezekiel is a member of our community and we have no information about her.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦illegible⟧
Munir Basri
Acting Head of the Community

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121/2
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat department from which it was issued when replying
Number / 7100
Date / 6 / 2 / 1974
<del>Secretariat of Rights</del>
<del>Rights Department</del>
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 407
Date 7 / 2 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Information
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the person named Farah Ibrahim
Haskel, and state whether she is a member of your community or not.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Copy to -
General Directorate of Nationality / Identities, your letter 1508 / 2005 on
20 / 2 / 74 for your information, please.
Liquidation Secretariat / Requests, following up on our letter 2818 on 30 / 1 / 74 which
concerns the debt of file 160, please wait for -
the answer.
Rights / File 2501 for follow-up
General Papers.
Al-Alawi 4 / 3
She is not a member of our community and we have no information about her
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 317

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone number: President 83531 / Secretary 80953
Number T/: 1243 / 74
Date: 10 / 3 / 1974
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
3/12
⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respectfully
Rights
Greetings,
Reference your letter numbered 7084 and dated 6 / 3 / 1974, we do not have
a legal distribution of inheritance for the deceased Jahlah Daoud Said.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦signature⟧
Meer Basri
Acting Head of Community

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120/2
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Legal Department
Secretariat ⟦line⟧
Division ⟦line⟧
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying to it
Number /: 7084
Date: 26 / 4 / 1974
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 404
Date 6 / 5 / 1974
Directorate General of Nationality / IDs
Subject / Jewish Nationality
Your letter 31 / 2730 on 26 / 2 / 1974
Please provide us with the names of the family members of the deceased Jewish woman, Jala Daoud Said, before
her death and the nationality status of each of them, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
Ahmed Shaker
Copy to -
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad / Please provide us with the specific legal inheritance distribution
for the deceased Jewish woman mentioned above, if it exists
otherwise, inform us of her name and rank.
Liquidation Secretariat / Following up on our letter 5614 on 20 / 2 / 1974 regarding the property
Sequence 502 Bab Al-Agha, please wait for
the result.
Legal Secretariat / File 2505 for follow-up
conclusive papers.
Al-Alawi 4 / 2
We do not have a legal inheritance distribution ⟦illegible⟧

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2 / 12 -
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
Rights
Secretariat ⟦line⟧ Rights
Division ⟦line⟧ Rights
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter
and the secretariat division from which it was issued when replying
Number / 10755
Date / 12 / 3 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Incoming Number 457
Date 20 / 3 / 1974
Liquidation Secretariat ⟦line⟧ Mortgages
Subject / Jewish Nationality
Further to our letter No. 7084 on 6 / 3 / 1974.
The Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad informed us by its letter No. T / 1243 / 974 on 10 / 3 / 1974
that it does not have a legal inheritance distribution for the Jewess Jahla Daoud Said, and the General Directorate of Nationality / IDs
has indicated in its letter No. 31/3067 on 11 / 2 / 1974 that it has no information about her heirs
because she died on 18 / 9 / 1949, i.e., before the revocation laws, please.
On behalf of the Secretary General
⟦Ahmed Jawaher⟧
A copy to /
General Directorate of Nationality / IDs / Your letter above for information, please
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad / Your letter above for information, please
Rights Secretariat / File ( 2505 ) for notation
General Papers
For notation
⟦As decided by us and her information is sent⟧
Saad 3/28

Page 320

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1242 / 74
Date: 10 / 3 / 1974
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
⟦2/129⟧
Respectful General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
After Greetings
With reference to your letter No. 7083 dated 6 / 3 / 1974, the person named
Salha Shaul Sadqa is a member of our community, and we have no information about her.
Please accept our highest respect.
Musayer Basri
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Page 322

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number: T / 1241 / 74
Date: 10 / 3 / 1974
2/128
Subject: / ⟦line⟧
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered 7080 and dated 6 / 3 / 1974, the person named
Lulu Saleh Malika is a member of our community and we have no information about her.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Nassim Basri
Acting President of the Community

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7/28
General Secretariat
for Frozen Assets
<del>Secretariat of Rights</del>
Rights Division
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Please refer to the number and date of this letter and the Secretariat division from which the response was issued:
Number /: 708
Date: 21 / 2 / 1974
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Private Number 401
Date 7 / 3 / 1974
Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad
Subject / Information
Please provide us with all available information you have regarding the person named Lulu Saleh Alika
and state whether she is a member of your community or not.
On behalf of the Secretary General
74
Copy to -
Directorate of General Nationality / IDs, your letter 688/2002 on 20 / 2 / 74 for information please
Liquidation Secretariat / Mortgages / Following up on our letter 4404 on 13 / 2 / 74
which concerns property 569, please wait for
the answer.
Rights / File 2502 for follow-up
General Papers.
Al-Alawi 3/4
She is a member of our community and we have no information about her
⟦illegible⟧

Page 324

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 1240 / 74
Date: 10 / 3 / 1974
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
7/27
⟦illegible⟧
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets, Respected
Rights
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 5884 and dated 24 / 2 / 1974, according to
our knowledge, (Daoud Shamoun Ketto) is not a member of our community.
Please accept our highest respect.
Samir Basri
Acting President of the Community

Page 325

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
No. T / 1240 / 74
Date 10 / 3 / 1974
Telephone No. { President 83531
Secretary 80452
To be reprinted
⟦illegible⟧
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
The Respected General Secretariat for Frozen Assets
Rights
After greetings
With reference to your letter No. 5884 dated 24 / 2 / 1974, it is not possible
to determine whether the person named (Daoud Shamoun Katto) is a member of our community.
Please accept our highest respect.
Not one of
the members of our community
⟦illegible⟧
Meer Basri
Acting President of the Community