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Ministry of Defense
Archival Materials
President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community, Personal and Communal Documents
IJA Number: 3077 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These documents contain correspondence, mostly on a personal level, of the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. Included are requests for a telephone to be installed in a school, teacher labor issues, student transfers, receipts and invoices, thank you notes and condolences to members of the Jewish Diaspora in Europe, America, and the Middle East. The documents include an excerpt from the 1945 edition of the Biographical Encyclopedia of the World, featuring the president of the Jewish community of Baghdad, Sassoon Khedouri; a license to import one Chevrolet car from the U.S.; a wedding invitation; and several business cards of foreign dignitaries.
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Archival Materials
Report Regarding Attack by Assyrians on Officers in Mosul
IJA Number: 2100 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Iraqi government and include a report dated May 28, 1933 from the Ministry of Defense to the Ministry of the Interior regarding the attack by Assyrians on officers in Mosul in 1933. It mentions Mar Shamun, the Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, who was being held under house arrest.
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Archival Materials
Correspondence between Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools and Baghdadi Office of Education Regarding Administration Issues
IJA Number: 3751 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools. They contain correspondence from the Office of Education in Baghdad regarding school administration issues including: student vehicles, folk and popular dancing, student registration, school fees, labor disputes, book inventory, the organization of health committees in schools, student attendance, boy scouts, girl scouts, the battle against illiteracy, uniform certification, assembly agendas, Islamic education, scholarships, the national anthem, assemblies, extracurricular activities, drawing competitions, education standardizations, lists of schools, union regulations, speech festivals, poetry competition, approved films, and compliance forms. There is also a brochure for photography and video services and a survey about home economics education.
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Correspondence from Baghdadi Jewish Community Including Legal Issues (Marriage, Inheritance, Endowments), Financial Matters, School Administration
IJA Number: 3712 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. They contain requests for community records and residency confirmations; wire transfers; correspondence regarding the adoption of Jewish laws in the Diaspora; communication from the Ambassador of Iraq in Rabat regarding Moroccan officials requesting information on laws applicable to the Iraqi Jewish community (customary laws pertaining to marriage, inheritance, etc.); legal agreements for engagement and marriage; requests for marriage confirmations, death certificates; employment separations; lawsuit regarding the management of an endowment; repairs to school buildings; correspondence regarding sending sefarim (Jewish religious books) to New York; letters referencing the Law of Acquisitions, 43/1934; discussions about tearing down or rebuilding a wall; invoices and accounting information from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee; school administration; requests for vaccines; property laws; deeds; the administration of scholarships; announcements about community meetings and ceremonies; requests for food provisions for prisoners during the holidays; and requests for clarification of laws in conflict with the interim constitution of 1958. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.
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Correspondence Regarding Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools
IJA Number: 2735 ·
Language: Arabic
These are documents from the Frank Iny and the Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. They are primarily correspondence with Iraqi government offices confirming teachers’ credentials, character, travel plans, and citizenship. There is correspondence regarding hiring teachers.
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Correspondence from Shamash Secondary School; Student Folders with Photographs
IJA Number: 2630 ·
Language: Arabic
These archival documents contain correspondence between the head of Shamash Secondary School to different institutes: Ministry of Defense, Directorate of the Scholar Mission, Directorate of Recruitment, Robert College in Istanbul regarding students’ academic matters. It also includes student folders containing grades, achievement reports, smallpox vaccines, warning for misbehaving, recommendation letters, graduation diplomas, and photographs.
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Correspondence Regarding Financial, Legal, and Employee Matters, Baghdadi Jewish Community
IJA Number: 3111 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain financial and legal correspondence from the Jewish Religious Court, Shamash Secondary School, President of the Jewish Community and the Iraqi State Railways regarding employees – a teacher’s separation, coordination for an employee to leave for a court case, and financial disputes.
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Correspondence between the Ministry of Defense, the Intelligence Services, and the Amarah District Authority
IJA Number: 2346 ·
Language: Arabic
These are archival documents from the Iraqi government. There are two letters between the Ministry of Defense, the intelligence services, and the district authority in Amarah regarding previous correspondence.
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Correspondence between the Ministry of the Interior and Regional Jurisdictions
IJA Number: 2188 ·
Language: Arabic
These archival documents contain correspondence between the Ministry of the Interior and various regional jurisdictions, the Mosul District, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Justice, the military court, and the office of police regarding a prisoner. The correspondence suggests the punishment was harsh and unfair and that the prisoner should be pardoned/released.
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Correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, Jewish Religious Court
IJA Number: 3713 ·
Language: Multiple Languages
This is correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community, the Jewish Religious Court, Iraqi government departments, and public and private employers regarding salaries, legal cases, payments, receipts and invoices.
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Books
التضليل في خسائر اسرائيل
IJA Number: 1924 ·
Language: Arabic
This is a report issued by the Palestinian Liberation Organization titled “Deception in Israeli Losses.” It includes names of Israeli soldiers killed, but unreported by the military. It is a part of a series titled “Facts and Figures,” number 23, published by the PLO Research Center.
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Archival Materials
Interview Transcript, Delegate from the Jewish Directorate
IJA Number: 1888 ·
Language: Arabic
This is a transcript of a media interview with an Iraqi Jew who recently returned to Iraq after living in Israel for several years. The discussion involves regional politics, economics, and comparisons between life in Iraq and life in Israel.
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