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IJA 645

Correspondence with the President of the Jewish Community

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: income tax information for Rabbi Khedouri, the President of the Jewish Community; correspondence from a lawyer to the President of the Jewish Community about paying taxes and settlement rights in Nasiriya.

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Archive Reference
IJA 645
Item Number
11239
Date
Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Office of Income Tax, Financial, Income Tax, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, President of the Mosaic Community, Chief Rabbi, Annotation, President of the Jewish Community, Handwritten, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Ink Stamp, File Folder, Tax, Attorney, Typed, Iraqi Government, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

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65 4
To -
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the Respected
Baghdad
/ Income Tax for the Fiscal Year 64/65
Sir
The amount you paid to me, totaling (146/450) one hundred forty-six dinars and four hundred
and fifty fils, I have paid to the General Directorate of Income Tax (Institutions Department) in Baghdad according to
the attached receipt numbered 83/72673 dated 4/20/1965, regarding the income tax which
was assessed against you as stated in your letter number 703 dated 4/20/1965, a copy of which is attached.
Best wishes for every year, God willing.
Sincerely,
Lawyer Sion Guigi

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
No. T / 707 /
Date 20 / 4 / 1965
Telephone No. { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
20 April 1965
Subject / Income tax of Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Respected Directorate General of Income Tax
Institutions / Baghdad
We are sending with the bearer an amount of (146.450) Dinars for the tax due
on Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, Acting President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, for the fiscal year 64 / 65
as follows:-
Dinar | Fils
2184 | 000 | total of his salaries for the fiscal year 64 / 65 at a rate of (182/-) Dinars monthly
240 | 000 | his allowances for religious readings at a rate of (20/-) Dinars monthly
169 | 000 | interest
2593 | 000
550 | 000 | deduct his legal allowance as his age exceeds 63 years and he is a widower
2043 | 000 | net amount subject to income tax
Tax Assessment
Dinar | Fils
1000 | 000 | 3% and 5% = 40.000
1000 | 000 | 10% = 100.000
43 | 000 | 15% = 6.450
2043 | 000
146 | 450 | only one hundred forty-six Dinars and 450 Fils
Please provide us with the necessary receipt
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
⟦Sassoon⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community

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Income tax of Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Respected Income Tax Directorate General
Institutions / Baghdad
We send with its bearer an amount of (146/450) Dinars, representing the tax due
on Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri, Acting President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad for the financial year 64/65
namely as follows :-
Dinar | Fils
2184/000 | Total salaries for the financial year 64/65 at an average of (182/-) Dinars per month
240/000 | Allowances for religious readings at an average of (20/-) Dinars per month
169/000 | Interest
2593/000
550/000 | Subtracted legal allowance considering his age exceeds 63 years and he is a widower
2043/000 | Net amount subject to income tax
Tax breakdown
Dinar | Fils
1000/000 | 3% and 5 = 40/000
1000/000 | 10% = 100/000
43/000 | 15% = 6/450
2043/000 | 146/450 only one hundred
and forty-six Dinars and 450 Fils
Please provide us with the necessary receipt
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting President of the Community

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⟦Respectable General Income Tax Directorate⟧
⟦Department / Baghdad⟧
The Respected Director of General Income Tax
⟦Subject: Income Tax of Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri for the year 64/65⟧
Greetings,
We send with the bearer an amount for the due income tax
on the salaries and allowances of His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Mosaic Community
for the fiscal year 64 - 65.
Fils | Dinars
- | 2184 | Total nominal salaries at a rate of 182/- dinars from 1/4/64 until 31/3/65
- | 240 | Miscellaneous allowances for religious house fees at a rate of 20 dinars monthly
⟦line⟧
- | 2424
- | 550 | Deducting the legal allowance as he is a widower and has a ⟦son⟧ over 21 years old
⟦line⟧
1874
15/- | 500 | Under 2% tax
⟦line⟧
1374
25/- | 500 | Under 5% tax
87/400 | 874 | 10%
⟦line⟧
127/400 | 874
We request to be provided with the necessary receipt in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
And please accept the highest respect.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
Draft - His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri - for your kind information -

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His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Interests for the fiscal year 63 / 64
| Dinar Fils
Credit Bank of Iraq |
Interest on deposit amount (562/754) Dinars due 31 / 1 / 1964 | 22/510
Savings account interest until 31 / 12 / 1963 | 24/321
Eastern Bank |
Interest on amount (1580 / -) Dinars due 14 / 1 / 1964 | 59/080
Savings account interest until 31 / 12 / 1963 | 16/200
Rafidain Bank | 46/195
| 168/306

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His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Interest for the 63 / 64 financial year
| Dinar Fils
Credit Bank of Iraq |
Interest on deposit amount (562/754) Dinars due 1/31/1964 | 22/510
Savings account interest until 12/31/1963 | 24/321
Eastern Bank |
Interest on amount (-/1580) Dinars due 1/14/1964 | 59/080
Savings account interest until 12/31/1963 | 16/200
Rafidain Bank | 46/195
| 168/306

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His Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Interests for the fiscal year 63 / 64
| Dinar Fils
Credit Bank of Iraq |
Interest on deposit amount (562/754) Dinars due 1/31/1964 | 22/510
Savings fund interest until 12/31/1963 | 24/321
Eastern Bank |
Interest on amount (1580 / -) Dinars due 1/14/1964 | 59/080
Savings fund interest until 12/31/1963 | 16/200
Rafidain Bank | 46/195
| 168/306

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⟦Reel and Kadoorie Khadoorie Foundation⟧
⟦In Alma ⟦...⟧ year ⟦...⟧⟧
In Dinars |
| Income tax for the year 1947
77\015 | 334\7\137 of the first installment (350\257) income tax for the year 1947
37\126 | 6331\7\126 additional fee for the year 1947
| Income tax for the year 1948
35\080 | 334\7\318 of the first installment (100\085) income tax for the year 1948
21\006 | 6331\7\128 additional fee for the year 1948
35\531 | National Defense Tax
⟦line⟧ |
831\206 |
⟦illegible⟧

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6 / 1964
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, the Respected
Head of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Greetings and respect,
I am sending to your eminence herewith the following documents which were part of the estate of the late Yaqub Elisha
Sha'shua. I request you to kindly accept them:
1 - Savings account passbook from Credit Bank of Iraq - Baghdad
1 - Savings account passbook from Rafidain Bank - Baghdad
1 - Savings account passbook from Eastern Bank - Baghdad
1 - Receipt from Credit Bank of Iraq, No. 15494/9006, dated 2/3/1963, ⟦regarding⟧ receipt of a deposit
refundable on 1/30/1964
1 - Receipt from Credit Bank of Iraq, No. 15517/90031, dated 11/5/1963, ⟦regarding⟧ receipt of
a deposit refundable on 11/5/1964
1 - Receipt from Eastern Bank, No. 54/3, dated 1/15/1963, regarding receipt of a deposit refundable on
1/14/1964
1 - Receipt from Rafidain Bank, No. 432, dated 7/17/1962, for its receipt of (34) Iraqi loan
bonds, each bond containing three coupons
I also send you herewith a copy of the two letters addressed by Credit Bank of Iraq and Eastern Bank regarding
the amount of the deposit they hold, and a copy of the special power of attorney granted to me.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
Lawyer Shua Zion Gigi

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Document
Number: 83
Date: April 9, 1964
Supplied by D. N. Onarno - stamps in the amount of three and a half rupees
I, David Nissim Marshall, residing in Bombay, hereby swear under oath that I was born in Baghdad and my name was
my name was David Nissim Mashal, and when I came to Bombay about forty years ago, I changed my name
and made it David Nissim Marshall. I confirm under oath that I am the same person.
Drafted in Bombay on April 10, 1964.
Signature | Before me - Signature
D. N. Marshall | A. A. Shelam, Magistrate
Additional to the Presidency of the Bombay Magistracy
The Official Seal
of the Greater Bombay Magistracy

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Private accounts for Mr. Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Eastern Bank Limited - Baghdad
Savings Account - No. 2281
Account opened 14 / 4 / 1959
Dates
8 / 12 / 59
8 / 12 / 60
8 / 12 / 61
24 / 12 / 62
455 / 333
46 / 333
30
51 / 566
42 / 15
585 / 7
650 / 5
650 / 5
Account balance on 31 / 12 / 62
is ⟦545 / 718⟧

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Plot Number | Field | Error | Correction
3 | Abstract Rights | It has the right of stream and passage from the plot ⟦line⟧ etc. | It has the right of passage from the plot etc.
4 | Abstract Rights | It has the right of stream and passage from the plot ⟦line⟧ etc. | It has the right of stream from the plot ⟦line⟧ etc.
Jamil Amin Al-Jarjafchi
Head of the Second Committee for Settlement of
Land Rights in Nasiriyah
Correction announcement of the announcement of District 45 decisions - Ali Al-Gharbi published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' Gazette, issue number
900 and dated 1-8-1964.
Plot Number | Field | Error | Correction
7 | Ownership | Iraqi Ministry of Finance | The land to the Iraqi Ministry of Finance and the building is the sole property of Abdul Karim Al-Jawi Al-Lazim
17 - Abandoned | Abstract Rights | Passes through plot 1 with a width of 100 meters | Passes through plot 1 with a width of 40 meters
26 - Abandoned | Abstract Rights | Passes through plot 1 with a width of 40 meters | Passes through plot 1 with a width of 100 meters
The President )

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6 - Found in the sixth envelope was Eastern Bank savings book No. 2281 in the name of Rabbi
Sassoon Khadhuri (observatory). Also found was savings book No. 770 in the name of Rabbi Sassoon
Khadhuri as well, containing an amount of 1022/934 Dinars, as well as a Rafidain Bank
savings book No. 3383 in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri as well, containing an amount of
1155/129 Dinars along with three account statement papers in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri.
7 - Found in the seventh envelope were papers with no financial value in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
and others in the name of Sassoon Khadhuri as well, the third being a special announcement.
9 - Found in the ninth envelope were three fixed deposits, two rolled over at the Credit Bank of Iraq
and the third issued by Eastern Bank, numbered 90031, 90006, and 3/54 respectively,
all in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri, and written on the cover of the envelope: Deposit of His Eminence Rabbi
Sassoon Khadhuri.

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6 - Found in the sixth envelope was Eastern Bank savings book No. 2281 in the name of Rabbi
Sassoon Khedhouri (monitored). Also found was savings book No. 770 in the name of Rabbi Sassoon
Khedhouri as well, containing an amount of 1022/934 Dinars, and also a Rafidain Bank
savings book No. 3383 in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri as well, containing an amount of
1155/129 Dinars along with three bank statement papers in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri.
7 - Found in the seventh envelope were papers with no financial value in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
and others in the name of Sassoon Khedhouri as well, and the third is a private advertisement.
9 - Found in the ninth envelope were three fixed deposits, two rolled over at the Credit Bank of Iraq
and the third issued by Eastern Bank, numbered 90031, 90006, and 3 / 54 respectively,
all in the name of Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, and written on the envelope cover: Deposit of His Eminence Rabbi
Sassoon Khedhouri.

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His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
File for the year 1962
Credit Bank of Iraq
Shorja
Rafidain Bank
2421
162
46195