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 51-75

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Continued Plot 20
List showing sold plots and their unpaid values
Tapu Number | Area m | Area cm | Price Dinar | Price Fils | Received Dinar | Received Fils | Remaining Dinar | Remaining Fils | Buyer
614 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 340 | — | 20 | — | Qasim Ali Bahawul
615 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 310 | — | 50 | — | Mahdi Mohammed Ali Najjar
616 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 340 | — | 20 | — | Qasim Ali Bahawul
617 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 310 | — | 50 | — | Mahdi Mohammed Ali Najjar
621 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 260 | — | 100 | — | Abdul Karim Al-Haj Abdul Amir
628 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 330 | — | 30 | — | Hajjiya Mahia Al-Haj Ali
630 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 310 | — | 50 | — | Khudair Abbas Al-Haj Ali
633 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 290 | — | 70 | — | Mohammed Hussein Ali Abd
637 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 70 | — | 290 | — | Naeema Jawad Abboud
638 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 190 | — | 170 | — | Fakhriya Nasser
639 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 160 | — | 200 | — | Murad Saeed Murad
655 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 80 | — | 280 | — | Ali Jaafar Najjar
656 | 324 | 25 | 648 | 500 | 448 | 500 | 200 | — | Nathr Finjan Hulwa
657 | 226 | 75 | 453 | 500 | 50 | — | 403 | 500 | Hussein Abdul Ghafoor
658 | 294 | 25 | 588 | 500 | 365 | — | 223 | 500 | Amsha Ahmed Juni
659 | 196 | 75 | 393 | 500 | 350 | — | 43 | 500 | Hanna Ishaq Mikha
667 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 270 | — | 90 | — | Abbas Saeed Al-Haj Saleh and Attia Hamoud Saeed
670 | 268 | — | 536 | — | 145 | — | 391 | — | Majeed Ibrahim Mustafa
676 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 160 | — | 200 | — | Mohammed Reda Hassan and Mahmoud Reda
679 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 255 | — | 105 | — | Tawus Ahmed
680 | 180 | — | 360 | 334 | 233 | 666 | 126 | 666 | Hussein Hassan Ali and Ismail Hussein Ali
681 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 200 | — | 160 | — | Fahima Jurmut Ahmed
682 | 180 | — | 360 | 333 | 123 | 667 | 236 | 667 | Haj Hassan Baqir
684 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 120 | — | 240 | — | Masha'allah Mohammed Ali and Ibrahim Abdul Nabi
686 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 150 | — | 210 | — | Salima Salem Ali Al-Aziz
687 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 230 | — | 130 | — | Zannuba Al-Haj Munaisir
694 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 235 | — | 125 | — | Hayif Al-Najm Al-Abdullah
696 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 320 | — | 40 | — | Hassan Al-Saleh
697 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 210 | — | 150 | — | Fatima Al-Sayyid Mohammed Jawad Al-Sayyid Kadhim
700 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 120 | — | 240 | — | Abdullah Al-Sayyid Hassan Al-Khatib and Nouria Shakir Al-Ghabban
703 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 310 | — | 50 | — | Rasul Alaiwi and Fatima Abdul Hussein
706 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 270 | — | 90 | — | Abd Ali Kadhim Al-Reda
707 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 300 | — | 60 | — | Hassan Hafidh
708 | 180 | — | 360 | — | 200 | — | 160 | — | Haj Sadiq Rahim

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Continuation of Plot 24
List showing the sold plots and their unpaid values
Serial No. | Tapu No. | Area m2 | Price Dinar Fils | Received Dinar Fils | Remaining Dinar Fils | Purchaser
2487 | 2443 | 160 — | 160 — | 40 — | 120 — | Hassoun Mohsen Mahdi
2488 | 2432 | 160 — | 160 — | 80 — | 80 — | Badriya Saleh
2490 | 2431 | 160 — | 160 — | 70 — | 90 — | Badriya Majid
2492 | 2430 | 160 — | 160 — | 60 — | 100 — | Hassan Azbala Haj Hussein
2493 | 2446 | 160 — | 160 — | 71 — | 94 — | Samia Abdul Wahab and Shamsa
2494 | 2429 | 160 — | 160 — | 60 — | 100 — | Nasser Ali and Majid Hussein
2496 | 2428 | 223 — | 223 — | 148 — | 85 — | Sayyid Mohsen Sayyid Radi Shafiq
2500 | 2426 | 160 — | 160 — | 30 — | 135 — | Salman Saleh Mohammad
2502 | 2425 | 160 — | 160 — | 100 — | 60 — | Mahdiya Mahdi Mulla Hussein
2508 | 2422 | 160 — | 160 — | 27 — | 138 — | Owda Tayeh Hammoud
2514 | 2410 | 160 — | 160 — | 95 — | 70 — | Wajeeha Ibrahim Daoud
2515 | 2457 | 160 — | 160 — | 50 — | 110 — | Safiya Al-Haj Mahdi Al-Haj Abbas
2516 | 2418 | 160 — | 160 — | 155 — | 10 — | Rahim Jir
2517 | 2458 | 160 — | 160 — | 20 — | 145 — | Mohammad Reda
2518 | 2034 | 160 — | 160 — | 50 — | 110 — | Rababa Baqir Kadhim
⟦...⟧ | 2035 | 160 — | 160 — | 50 — | 110 — | » » »
⟦...⟧ | 2032 | 160 — | 160 — | 62 — | 103 — | Abdul Reda Muntadhir
⟦...⟧ | 2033 | 160 — | 160 — | 55 — | 110 — | Abdul Rasool Al-Haj Reda
⟦...⟧ | 2030 | 160 — | 160 — | 60 — | 100 — | Mahia Mohammad Shah Sahib
⟦...⟧ | 2031 | 160 — | 160 — | 90 — | 75 — | Rishawi Abboud Al-Ali
2528 | 2028 | 160 — | 160 — | 145 — | 20 — | Khalaf Hizam Sadiq
2530 | 2029 | 160 — | 160 — | 70 — | 95 — | Jamil Ibrahim Al-Khalidi
2531 | 2027 | 160 — | 160 — | 70 — | 95 — | » » »
2534 | 2022 | 160 — | 160 — | 100 — | 65 — | Sadiqa Sayyid Mohammad Sadiq
2536 | 2020 | 160 — | 160 — | 40 — | 125 — | Subhi Mahmoud and Abdul Karim Abdul Rasool
2537 | 2021 | 160 — | 160 — | 40 — | 125 — | Abdul Karim Abdul Rasool with Salman Al-Ghaban
2552 | 2004 | 165 — | 165 — | 20 — | 145 — | Mohammad Fayyad Al-Daraja
2554 | 2002 | 165 — | 165 — | 20 — | 145 — | » » »
2553 | 2005 | 165 — | 165 — | 20 — | 145 — | Abdul Latif Hammadi
2555 | 2003 | 165 — | 165 — | 65 — | 100 — | Wahida Azghir Rajab
2556 | 2000 | 165 — | 165 — | 100 — | 65 — | Mahdi Saleh Al-Khalaf
2558 | 2588 | 165 — | 165 — | 20 — | 145 — | Al-Naseef Mohammad To'ma
2559 | 2589 | 165 — | 165 — | 75 — | 90 — | Muslim Hussein Hassan
2560 | 2586 | 165 — | 165 — | 65 — | 100 — | Jassim Mohammad Al-Faris

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Continuation of plot 24
List showing sold plots and their unpaid values
Serial No. | Tapu No. | Area | Price | Received | Remaining | Name
2418 | 2532 | 165 | 265 | 151 | 500 | 13 | Abdul Wahid Rashid Naji
2420 | 2534 | 165 | 165 | 151 | 500 | 13 | » » »
2421 | 2535 | 165 | 165 | 70 | — | 95 | Ali Muhammad Awad
2423 | 2537 | 165 | 165 | 60 | — | 105 | Sayyid Hammadi Taha Hammoud
2426 | 2540 | 165 | 165 | 141 | — | 24 | Hamza Marrah
2428 | 2542 | 165 | 165 | 66 | — | 99 | Abdul Ridha Muntadhar
2430 | 2544 | 200 | 200 | 500 | 66 | 134 | 500 | » » »
2432 | 2371 | 223 | 223 | 130 | — | 93 | Abbas Awad Dawood
2437 | 2376 | 165 | 165 | 29 | — | 136 | Sheikh Ali Taqi Al-Khalisi
2439 | 2378 | 165 | 165 | 64 | — | 101 | Kadhim Taqi Al-Khalisi
2444 | 2383 | 165 | 165 | 85 | — | 80 | Izbalah Ali Naddaf
2446 | 2385 | 165 | 165 | 125 | — | 40 | Ibrahim Jassim Hammadi
2449 | 2388 | 165 | 165 | 133 | — | 32 | Iftikhar Ibrahim Ali
2451 | 2390 | 165 | 165 | 40 | — | 125 | Hamida Abdullah Ali
2452 | 2391 | 193 | 193 | 90 | — | 103 | Ali Shahin
2453 | 2392 | 193 | 193 | 120 | — | 73 | Karim Muhammad Darwish Muhammad
2454 | 2393 | 223 | 223 | 60 | — | 163 | Mukhlif Al-Hammadi
2456 | 2395 | 165 | 165 | 71 | 250 | 93 | 750 | Nuriya Jawad Adad
2458 | 2397 | 165 | 165 | 71 | 250 | 93 | 750 | » » »
2457 | 2398 | 165 | 165 | 64 | — | 101 | Thamina Naji Al-Sultan
2459 | 2400 | 165 | 165 | 135 | — | 30 | Qasima Jawad Al-Adad
2464 | 2403 | 165 | 165 | 20 | — | 145 | Kadhim Al-Hajj Abboud Mahbouba
2468 | 2405 | 165 | 165 | 20 | — | 145 | Abdul Amir Al-Hajj Abboud Mahbouba
2471 | 2414 | 165 | 165 | 95 | — | 70 | Yani Kozak
2472 | 2409 | 165 | 165 | 25 | — | 140 | Mahiah Fathallah
2473 | 2416 | 165 | 165 | 60 | — | 105 | Maratib Hassan Sheikh Ja'far
2474 | 2411 | 165 | 165 | 155 | — | 10 | Atiyah Ali Abdullah
2478 | 2415 | 292 | 50 | 292 | 500 | 60 | — | 232 | 500 | Maratib Al-Sheikh Hassan Ja'far
2479 | 2439 | 270 | 50 | 270 | 500 | 110 | — | 160 | 500 | Sayyid Ali Sayyid Abd Aoun
2480 | 2436 | 165 | 165 | 40 | — | 125 | Zaki Atwan Khafaji
2481 | 2440 | 165 | 165 | 55 | — | 110 | Al-Nasir Ibrahim
2483 | 2441 | 165 | 165 | 55 | — | 110 | » »
2484 | 2434 | 165 | 165 | 110 | — | 55 | Sahib Ali Ma'iji
2485 | 2442 | 165 | 165 | 60 | — | 105 | Abdul Razzaq Muhammad Khalaf

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Heskel Rubin son of Rahmiyin was born in Baghdad on the date / 5 March 1892 AD
And that is according to our investigations and complete information, and for clarification we have organized this certificate written on / 23 / 9 / 943
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Tatran Quarter
Shamoun Abdullah Nahoum | Former Mukhtar of Tatran Quarter | ⟦illegible⟧
| Yusuf Nahoum Yaqoub |
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
29947
Since Heskel Rubin holds Iraqi citizenship and since he is ⟦illegible⟧ the census, he was given
this booklet on 10/10/946
Name and Surname - Heskel
Date and Place of Birth - 1892
Father's Name - Rubin
Mother's Name - Lulu
Religion - Jewish
Profession - ⟦illegible⟧
Place of Issue - ⟦illegible⟧
House - ⟦illegible⟧
Alley - ⟦illegible⟧
Quarter - Hatawi
Volume or Village - ⟦illegible⟧
Residence - ⟦illegible⟧
Residence - ⟦illegible⟧
Sayyid Ahmed Al-Ahmar

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 531
Number ::
Date :: 9 August 1942
Subject :: Birth certificate
No.:
Date:: 9th August 1942
Subject:: Birth Certificate.
⟦illegible⟧
Based on the presented documents, we hereby confirm
that Mr. Morris Khedoori Zilkha son of Khedoori
Aboudi Zilkha was born in Baghdad on the
seventeenth day of the month of September 1917,
the year nineteen hundred and seventeen AD.
In accordance with testimonials
presented we hereby confirm that Mr.
MORRIS KHEDOORI ZILKHA son of Mr.
KHEDOORI ABOUDI ZILKHA was born in
Baghdad on the 17th day of September
1917 ( nineteen hundred & seventeen
A.D. )
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
President
The Jewish Community,
Baghdad.

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Baghdad 8/9/942
We certify that the named Maurice Khedhouri Zilkha son of Khedhouri Abboudi Zilkha was born in Baghdad on
the seventeenth day of the month of September in the year 1917. One thousand nine hundred and seventeen
Salman Murad Baras
Khedhouri Abboudi
Yousef Eliyahu
Ezra Mushtaq
7171 on 8/10/42
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number ::
Date ::
Subject ::
No 2951
Baghdad 29th September 1941
To Whom It May Concern.
In accordance with testimonials presented we hereby confirm that
Mrs. TIFFAHA daughter of the late DAOUD KORINE is a widow and has with her
in Baghdad one son of 14 years old and two daughters of 16 & 20 years old
respectively . She needs a minimum amount of ten Iraqi Dinars per month
for the maintenance of her children. Usually she gets this amount from
her two children in Palestine on whom she is solely dependant.
⟦illegible⟧
President
The Jewish Community,
Baghdad .

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⟦illegible⟧
24 August 942
Certificate
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 52, we hereby confirm that Mr. Aboudi son of
Yusuf son of Salman Aani was married in Baghdad to Miss Najia
daughter of Heskel son of Aboudi on the date of November 21st in the year
nineteen hundred and forty
⟦On behalf of⟧
Head of the Community

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number ::
Date ::
Subject ::
3347
Baghdad 24th August 1942
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented we hereby confirm
that Mr. SASSOON EZRA was born in Baghdad in the year 1922
( nineteen hundred & twenty two A.D.)
on behalf of
President
The Jewish Community.
Baghdad.

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2246
27 August 942
Certification
Based on the documents presented, we hereby confirm that the individual named Moshe Mastouq had his
shop located in the Shorja market looted during the events of 1 / 2 June 941
⟦Sassoon⟧
Head of the Community

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 531
Number: 3347
Date: August 28, 942
Subject:
No. 3347
Date: 28th August 1942.
To Whom it may concern.
To Whom it may concern
In accordance with testimonials
presented we hereby confirm that Mrs.
TIFFAHA daughter of the late DAOUD
KORINE is a widow and has with her
in Baghdad one son of 14 years old
and two daughters of 16 & 20 years
old respectively. She needs a
minimum amount of twelve Iraqi
Dinars per month for the maintenance
of her children. Usually she gets
this amount from her son in Palestine
Mr. SHAFIK on whom she is solely
dependent ⟦at⟧ present
Based on the presented documents, we hereby confirm
that Mrs. Tiffaha, daughter of the late Daoud
Korine, is a widow and has with her in Baghdad
a son aged 14 and two daughters, one 16
and the other 20 years old. She needs
at least an amount of twelve Iraqi Dinars
to support her children. She usually obtains
this amount from her son in Palestine,
Mr. Shafiq, who alone is currently
supporting her at the present time.
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
⟦For⟧
President of the Jewish Community
Baghdad

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Number ::
Date :: 28 August 942
Subject ::
No .:
Date:: 28th August 1942 .
To whom it may concern
To Whom it may concern.
Based on the documents presented, we hereby certify
that Mrs. Tiffaha, daughter of the late Daoud
Karmine, is a widow and has with her in Baghdad
a son aged 14 and two daughters, one 16
and the other 20 years old. She needs
at least an amount of twelve Iraqi Dinars
to support her children. And she usually obtains
this amount from her son in Palestine
Mr. Shafiq, who is the sole person
supporting her.
In accordance with testimonials
presented we hereby confirm that Mrs.
TIFFAHA daughter of the late DAOUD
KORINE is a widow and has with her
in Baghdad one son of 14 years old
and two daughters of 16 & 20 years
old respectively. She needs a
minimum amount of twelve Iraqi
Dinars per month for the maintenance
of her children. Usually she gets
this amount from her son in Palestine
Mr. SHAFIK on whom she is solely
dependent.
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
President of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad .

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This is to certify that TIFAHA daughter of the late
DAOOD KORINE is a widow and has with her in Baghdad one son of
14 years old and two daughters of 16 and 20 years old respective-
ly. She needs a minimum amount of Twelve Iraqi Dinars per month
for the maintenance of her children. Usually she gets this amount
from her son Mr. Shafik Menashe at Tel-Aviv on whom she is solely
dependant.
The Authorities concerned are therefore kindly re-
quested to give permission to her above mentioned son Mr. Shafik
Menashe at Tel-Aviv to continue remitting the amount of Twelve
Iraqi Dinars per month.
Baghdad, 24th July 1942
District Attorney          Witness          Witness
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Anas...⟧
⟦Palkoun⟧