AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
Lawyer
Shaoul Moussa
Number 80/K/65
Date 18/3/1965
To the Honorable Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad
Greetings and respect
For our client, the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews (acting as the Physical Council), the vacant lot
Tapu sequence 230 located in the Al-Koulat neighborhood, its guardianship has devolved to the Administrative Committee as
detailed in the copy of the Tapu registration belonging to the aforementioned lot.
It has been impossible to utilize the aforementioned endowment lot by leasing it year-by-year as it is not built upon, and there are no
funds in the name of this endowment (known as ⟦Moshe Sadqa⟧) sufficient to build it up.
The Administrative Committee has been approached by someone wishing to lease an area of (400) m2 of the aforementioned lot
on a long-term lease for twenty-one years, a person named Sultan Al-Majzab, according to the terms listed
in the petition submitted by him (a photograph of which is attached herewith) and summarized as follows: -
1 - The lease term is twenty-one years with an annual rent of two hundred and fifty Dinars.
2 - Constructing a building for commercial purposes on the aforementioned lot at a cost of no less than -/2500 Dinars -
which returns to the lessor upon the expiration of the lease term.
Since granting the aforementioned lot on a long-term lease is in the interest of the endowment, we have come to your honorable court
in its capacity as the guardian of non-Muslim endowments.
Hoping that after reviewing the details of the matter and verifying the existence of an interest for the endowment in this long lease,
you will kindly issue the legal permission for the aforementioned area of the endowment lot 230 Koulat for a long
lease according to the terms presented and detailed above.
With respect
Lawyer
Shaoul Moussa
General Agent for the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Attachments
1 - Copy of the registration including the terms of the endowment deed
2 - The map.
3 - Copy of the petition.
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20 / 10 / 955
To the Honorable President of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community.
Sir:
Your respected committee had allocated me an allowance of half a dinar per week, equaling
two dinars per month, and since the smallness of this amount is not sufficient for my living and I suffer during this
difficult time, and it is not hidden from your Excellency that my husband was a teacher in the schools for a period
exceeding fifty years and had performed his duties with complete sincerity and integrity, therefore I have come
with this request of mine, seeking from your Excellency your sympathetic compassion for the petitioner, as I
suffer from severe poverty such that I am unable to make a living and I have no one
to support me, especially since I am an old woman of advanced age and I am unable to support
myself, so I hope from your esteemed committee, in preservation of my husband's services and out of mercy for me in this matter, and to you
Sir, is the command
The petitioner, wife of Munshi Moallim
Jamila
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Mr. President
The applicant is an elderly woman, the wife of Munshi Moallim
He was a teacher in the schools for a period of more than fifty years
Your esteemed committee allocated her an allowance of 500 fils weekly
She claims <del>that</del> that these allocations are not enough for her subsistence and sufficiency
Your command
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Honorable President of the Administrative Committee
After greetings
After inspection, it appeared that the applicant is in need
of more assistance than what was allocated to her
Please accept the highest respect and gratitude
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Baghdad on 11 / 2 / 955
His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community, Rabbi ⟦Sassoon Khedhouri⟧, the Respected
After greetings:
We request your Eminence to mediate with His Excellency the Head of the Administrative Committee to increase
my weekly allowance because I am a mother of orphaned children and I do not
see them, as your Eminence always looks upon the poor and the needy with an eye of
mercy and compassion, and to you much gratitude and respect.
Applicant
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
The Respected
Presented to your Excellency
I am one of the poor of the community ⟦and I am⟧ Torah on the steamship ⟦Kram⟧
Owner of five children, all of whom live on milk, and therefore
I am unemployed and have no one but God and you benefactors
By your grace, generosity, mercy, assistance, and paternal kindness
By increasing my weekly allowance so that it suffices for the living of the children and my wife
With a meal this time, and we did not know that he ⟦so that⟧ scattered
From him, he is missing from us, and therefore if we reach something and are helped by
God and by you, and may God reward you with goodness
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Baghdad 21 / 11 / 955
His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Respected
After greetings;
I am Naima Daoud, residing in Torat Zalkha and originally from Al-Kifl, my children are from Baghdad, and they allocated to me
an allowance a year ago in the amount of 3 dirhams per week due to my poverty, and since I am disabled and a humble woman
with no one to support me, and the three dirhams are not enough for bread alone, I now look to your mercy and the compassion
of your Eminence to mediate with His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee to increase my weekly allocation
so that I may be able to support my weak strength with it.
The Petitioner
Naima Daoud
The Committee
The Sheikh agrees to make the assistance two hundred and fifty
fils per month instead of (150) the assistance
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Number 4 on 28 / 11 / 955
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Marked in the records
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The Lawyers
Hassan Abdullah Muzaffar
Shaul Moussa
Committee Number
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His Attorney:
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Type of Case: Taking the Karrada plot
558 / 11 / 515
Salem
We are waiting for your arrival to us to participate in a refinement party
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In fact, we have been waiting for you for a long time, waiting for you for a long time in
these days. We hope to see you as soon as possible in our school, this if
you would be so kind as to visit us in these days. We hope to see you as soon as possible
on the occasion of the Eid. We hope to see you in these days. We hope to see you as soon
as possible, waiting for you in our school.
Sincerely,
Salem Youssef
To
The honorable Professor
Professor Zaki Sassoon
Respected, waiting for you
On 7 / 5 / 515
Sincerely,
Salem
The Lawyer
Sion Hay
To
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, the Respected
Baghdad
Greetings and respect, and thereafter:
I attach herewith the petition of the man named Yusuf Eliyahu Azzouri, which I have drafted for him as he is
truly in need and has become destitute due to the blindness that has afflicted his eyes, and he truly deserves assistance.
My request to your Eminence and to the members of the respected committee is for kindness, mercy, and giving.
I hope you will accept my highest greetings and respect.
Sincerely,
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Dr. E. Raubitschek
Oculist
Baghdad No. 248/I
Telephone — 4513
Rp.
Medical Report.
Yousseph Eliahu Teouri
suffering from retinal
detachment in both eyes
is advised to avoid
heavy work to prevent
worsening of his sickness.
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Baghdad the ⟦line⟧ Baghdad the ⟦line⟧
AUG 3 1955
To
The Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad
Presented to your Excellency
I, the undersigned, Yusuf Eliyahu Azouri, have a wife and four children, and we are a family composed of
six individuals. I used to carry a bundle on my shoulder and go around selling fabrics. Some time ago, my eyes
became diseased and now I can only see very little, and I am not allowed to perform my work.
I have become unemployed and have nothing to enable me to support my family and young children. I submit
herewith the medical report given to me by Dr. Rawitser which supports my statement. I plead
for your compassion to grant me an allowance so that I can support my family and to look into my case
with an eye of mercy. The reward of the benefactors is never lost.
To your Excellency and the members of the honorable committee, with utmost respect, Sir.
21 / 7 / 1955
Yusuf Eliyahu Azouri
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Since we are two students in public schools and we are also suffering from anemia as stated
in the doctor's reports before you, and since our condition is weak and we cannot persist
and continue our studies, we appeal to your fatherly kindness to help us as you see fit.
Salwa Murad
Amal Murad
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The Administrative Council decided in its session
on 8 / 7 / 1955 to allocate an amount
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on 15 / 9 / 1955
On their behalf
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Published in the official orphans' register
for the Christ ⟦illegible⟧ 16 / 9 / 55
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17 / 9 / 55
Hospital ⟦patients⟧ ⟦others⟧
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Presented to your Excellency
I am Sobhi Saleh, I have a daughter Aziza ⟦and Siham⟧ and I have no
supporter to provide for them, knowing that I suffer from general weakness and I need
medical treatment according to the attached medical report, so I beg for your help
by allocating financial aid for my daughter to support myself and my daughters, and thank you
The Petitioner
Sobhi Saleh
7/9/1955
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Dr. IHSAN SAMRA Dr. Ihsan Samra
Tel. Nos. { Clinic 6200 Telephone { Clinic 6200
Residence 83346 Residence 83346
Mrs. Sabiha Saleh
is still (Um Wissam) suffering
from general weakness, and Amal is suffering
from urinary tract gravel, and based on
her request, I have provided her with this certificate
The Doctor
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Baghdad 10/10/55
To His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Honorable President of the Community
Presented to your Eminence
I am Sahna Mordechai, 60 years of age, and I am
unemployed and ill, and I have no breadwinner for myself, my wife, and a number of daughters.
I request your Eminence to assist me so that I can provide for my children and my wife
as I receive only 500 fils per week. I request an increase in this
weekly allowance, and the matter is up to your Eminence.
The Petitioner
Sahna Mordechai
5/9
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It was decided to increase the assistance
and make it 750 fils
instead of 500 fils
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