Voices from the Archive

IJA 2822

Correspondence, Birth Certificates, Financial Assistance, Newspaper Clippings, Baghdadi Jewish Community

Description

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: correspondence with the British Military Governor and the leadership of the Baghdadi Jewish community about holidays and other community issues such as requesting to preserve a cemetery; birth certificates; marriage certificates; financial assistance for community members; newspapers concerning court decision and recent legislation; newspaper article concerning Jewish citizens leaving Iraq for Israel. Birth certificates record births from the 1870s on. There are letters dated 1917-1918 between the British Military Governor’s Office to the Chief Rabbi regarding the publication of a book, Jewish holidays, the request for legal oversight of community affairs, and a request to protect the land of the Jewish cemetery. There are also printed charts of properties listing buyers and amounts paid and exam records for all the Jewish community schools from 1937-1938.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 2822
Item Number: 5710
Date: Approx. January 1, 1911 to December 31, 1920
Languages: Multiple Languages
Keywords: Charity, Property, Citizenship Laws, Financial, Legal, Midrash Talmud Torah, Alliance Israélite Universelle, Correspondence, Rosh Ha-Shanah, School Material, Travel, British Occupation, Exam Records, Newspaper, Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah, Egypt, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Annotation, Iraqi Government, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Handwritten, Receipt, Sun Crest, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Printed Text, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Israel, Chart, Ministry of Justice, Cemetery, Chief Rabbi, President of the Jewish Community, Marriage Certificate, Spiritual Council, Judeo-Arabic, Military, Jewish Religious Court, Yom Kipur, Synagogue, Birth Certificates, Office of the Civil Commissioner, Typed, India, Jewish Holidays, Bank Note

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

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List No. (1)
Confessed Share in Donum (Meters) | Confessed Share in Donum (Olk) | Confessed Share in Donum (Donum) | Plot Number | District Number | District Name | Property Type | Property Category | Confessed Share in Stocks | Total Area of Plot (Square Meters) | Total Area of Plot (Olk) | Total Area of Plot (Donum) | Notes
45 | 11 | 58 | 1/2 | 2 | Al-Za'franiya | Irrigated Agricultural Land | Mülk Saraf | 1024/10240 | 50 | 14 | 584 | And the rest for the partners
71/43 | 2 | — | Portfolio 482 | — | Al-Zuyah | Orchard | Mülk Saraf | 16/560 | 20 | 3 | — | And the rest for the partners
00/50 | 6 | — | Portfolio 93/27 | — | Al-Zuyah | Plot of Land | Mülk Saraf | 1/2 | 1 | 12 | — | And the rest for the partners
69/50 | 5 | — | Portfolio 93/31 | — | Al-Zuyah | Plot of Land | Mülk Saraf | 1/2 | 39 | 11 | — | And the rest for the partners
68/75 | 20 | — | Portfolio 319/1 | — | Atifiyah | Orchard | Miri Lands delegated by Tapu and its trees are Mülk Saraf | 5649/57600 | — | 4 | 8 | And the rest for the partners
— | 13 | 5 | Portfolio 331/2 Door No. | — | Atifiyah | Orchard | Mülk Saraf | 1/2 | — | 1 | 11 | And the rest for the partners
34/37 | 23 | 14 | Portfolio 113 | 79/135 | Atifiyah | Orchard | Mülk Saraf | 13/64 | — | 13 | 73 | And the rest for the partners
52/-- | 21 | — | Portfolio 12/1 | — | Atifiyah | Garden | Mülk Saraf | Independently | — | — | — | Independently
67/60 | 19 | — | Portfolio 12/2 | — | Atifiyah | Garden with its fruits | Mülk Saraf | Independently | — | — | — | Independently
48/73 | 3 | — | Portfolio 12/49 | — | Atifiyah | Garden with its fruits | Mülk Saraf | 2/12 | 2092 | — | — | And the rest for the partners
77/39 | 1 | — | Portfolio 12/56 | — | Atifiyah | Garden with its fruits | Mülk Saraf | 2/12 | 1064/34 | — | — | And the rest for the partners
61/33 | 2 | — | Portfolio 17/1 Door No. 4/49 | — | Atifiyah | Garden with its fruits | Mülk Saraf | 2/12 | 1568 | — | — | And the rest for the partners
82/87 | 4 | — | Portfolio 101 Door No. 79/111 | — | Atifiyah | Orchard | Mülk Saraf | 2/12 | 2897/22 | — | — | And the rest for the partners
Rashid Al-Shawwaf
Head of the First Baghdad Seizure Committee

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4
(Plot 26)
List showing unsold plots
As of 13 / 7 / 958
Plot Number |  | Area |
Sequence | Tabu | cm | meter
1494 | 1258 | .. | 360
1777 | 1812 | .. | 200
1354 | 1535 | 87 | 196
2171 | 1499 | .. | 150
| Total | 87 | 956

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(Plot 20)
List showing plots sold and paid for but not registered in the Tabu
Tabu No. | Area cm | Area m | Price Fils | Price Dinar | Buyer's Name
9 | — | 513 | — | 1046 | Jawid Ahmed Ramzi
12 | 25 | 354 | 500 | 708 | Haj Mahmoud Al-Haj Naziman Al-Feili
13 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Taha Saleh Sweif
29 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Hassan Haj Ibrahim Al-Sami
31 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
38 | 52 | 268 | 040 | 537 | Shafni Rahman Khader and Taqi Rahman Safar
40 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » » » »
42 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » » » »
44 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » » » »
102 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Aziz Al-Haj Majid Lilo
104 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
109 | — | 186 | — | 372 | Mansour Hassan Khayyat
119 | — | 186 | — | 372 | Aziz Al-Haj Majid Lilo
120 | — | 186 | — | 372 | » » »
121 | — | 186 | — | 372 | » » »
257 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Hamid Ali Shanki and Ali Shanki via Shami
260 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Amaylif Hussein Al-Hammadi
262 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
264 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
266 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
273 | 87 | 281 | 740 | 563 | Haj Matar Zuwair Al-Kinani
318 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Muhammad Ali Al-Haj Mehdi Haidar
340 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Yusuf Sayyid Ja'far Al-Radawi
359 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Ahmed Naji Sharba
360 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
410 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Ali Hussein Sadiq
414 | — | 208 | — | 416 | Hadi Abbas Hussein and Khader Abbas Hussein
428 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Haj Abdullah Jawad Tu'aymah
454 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Bahjat Muhammad Ridha Janki
463 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Muhammad Ali Abbas
487 | — | 180 | — | 360 | Abdul Rasul Ali Asghar Attar
507 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
509 | — | 180 | — | 360 | » » »
511 | 62 | 168 | 240 | 337 | » » »

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List showing the sold plots from 3 / 24
Plot Number | Area | Price | Received | Name
478 | 3046 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 50 | Rashid Al-Hussein
479 | 3097 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 40 | Hussein Alwan
480 | 3098 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 50 | Abdul-Razzaq Abdul-Sattar
483 | 3099 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 50 | Ali Aziz Fili
482 | 3100 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Sabah Ibrahim
481 | 3101 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 50 | Ghulam Ali Hussein
484 | 3102 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Muhammad Abdul-Rasul
485 | 3103 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 40 | Ata Salman
486 | 3104 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 36 | Rashid Abdul-Rahman
487 | 3105 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Zakia Hassan Ali
488 | 3106 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Abdel-Moneim Abbas
489 | 3107 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Fakhriya Muhammad
490 | 3108 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Hassoun Kadhim
491 | 3109 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 75 | Hasna Aliwi
492 | 3110 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Fakhri Khalil
493 | 3111 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 145 | Shaker Mahmoud Ali
494 | 3112 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Fakhriya Abdul-Wahab
495 | 3113 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 80 | Jawad Rasalim and my son Dawoud Hamid
496 | 3114 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Ali Al-Matar
497 | 3115 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Hamada Taha
498 | 3116 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 35 | Muhammad Al-Mahmoud Ali
499 | 3117 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 45 | Hussein Al-Alwan
500 | 3158 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Kadhema Shabib Hamoud
501 | 3119 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 40 | Dhowiya Jawad
502 | 3120 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Tadi Haj Ali
503 | 3121 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Ahmed Al-Eid Abdullah
504 | 3122 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 100 | Bati Layedh
505 | 3123 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Hadi Saleh
506 | 3124 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | Awan Hassoun Ali
507 | 3125 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 30 | Atiya Kadhim
510 | 3126 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 25 | Hussein Kadhim
509 | 3127 | — | 180 | — | 180 | — | 25 | » »
508 | 3128 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 25 | » »
511 | 3129 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 178 | — | 50 | Shaker Judi

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List showing the plots from 3 / 24 sold
Serial No. | Tapu No. | Area m | Area cm | Price Dinar | Price Fils | Received Dinar | Received Fils | Name
546 | 3164 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Mahmoud Abdul Ghani Qara Ghuli
547 | 3165 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Jassim Dhiyab
548 | 3166 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 130 | — | Mahmoud Mutlaq
549 | 3167 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 143 | — | Amina Abdul Qadir
550 | 3168 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 55 | — | » »
551 | 3169 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 44 | — | » »
552 | 3170 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 40 | — | » »
553 | 3171 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 35 | — | Sadoon Sulaibi
554 | 3172 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Hassan Abd Shamkhi
555 | 3173 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 35 | — | Sadoon Sulaibi
556 | 3174 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Haj Abdul Razzaq Nalband
557 | 3175 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
558 | 3176 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
559 | 3177 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
560 | 3178 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
561 | 3179 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 90 | — | » » »
562 | 3180 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 90 | — | » » »
563 | 3181 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
564 | 3182 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
565 | 3183 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
566 | 3184 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
567 | 3185 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
568 | 3186 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
569 | 3187 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
570 | 3188 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | » » »
571 | 3189 | 178 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 50 | — | Moshe Ephraim Cohen
572 | 3190 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Khalaf Fahad
573 | 3191 | 178 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 50 | — | Naji Huwa
574 | 3192 | 178 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 25 | — | Hussein Kadhim
575 | 3193 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Qasim Sadiq
576 | 3194 | 178 | 50 | 178 | 500 | 50 | — | » »
577 | 3195 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Alwan Hassoun
578 | 3196 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 50 | — | Mahmoud Hussein Haj Abbas
579 | 3197 | 180 | — | 180 | — | 120 | — | Huwaidi Al-Hindi