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دراسات: نشرة شهرية تحليلية خاصة بالمشتركين تصدرها الدار العربية لنشر و الترجمة تعنى بالشئون الاسرائيلية و الصهيونية من كافة الجوانب

IJA Number: 2360 · Language: Arabic

This is issue 19 (March, 1989) of the periodical "Studies: A Monthly Analytical Subscription Publication by the Arab House for Studies, Publication and Translation about the Matter of Israel and Zionism from All Aspects.”

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اسرئيل الى العام 1991: اصلاح ام انتكاسة؟

IJA Number: 2359 · Language: Arabic

This is an Arabic reprint of a book originally published in London by The Economist Intelligence Unit, special report no. 1078. It is about Israel’s economic forecast.

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Archival Materials

Daily Incident Reports Cover Sheets, Empty Folders

IJA Number: 2355 · Language: Arabic

This is a few cover sheets for daily incident reports in Iraq; the majority of the item consists of blanks sheets or file folders.

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Archival Materials

Arabic Newspapers Published in Beirut, Lebanon

IJA Number: 2343 · Language: Arabic

These are newspapers printed in Arabic titled الحرية (“Freedom”). This item includes numbers 656, 657, and several unnumbered editions published in Beirut. Headlines include: “How Israel Considered a Disengagement Agreement with Egypt,” “After the Disengagement on the Front: Oil Profit,” “Faction Differences in the Egyptian Regime,” “Banking in Lebanon,” and “Political Changes in Yugoslavia.”

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[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 3648 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book that includes liturgy for the afternoon and for Sabbath evening services. There is no publication information.

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Archival Materials

Correspondence from the Ministry of the Interior Regarding the Turkish Government and the British Embassy

IJA Number: 2194 · Language: Arabic

This is collected correspondence in a file folder from 1985 titled “Bulletin Condemning the Turkish Government's Policy with the Arabs”; the records themselves are from the early 1940s. They include a letter from the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior regarding flyers distributed in Mosul province condemning the Turkish government’s policy toward the Arabs and requests the Director of Mosul police to go after the distributors by mixing with students and reporting on them; a letter from the Directorate of Basrah to the Ministry of the Interior regarding the destruction of the logo sign of the British Embassy in Basrah by an Iranian individual assumed to have mental illness and sentenced to three months in prison; a letter from the British Embassy to the press attaché regarding pamphlets being sent to the office; a file folder from 1985 houses the records although the records themselves are from the early 1940s.

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الفكر السياسي الايراني المعاصر

IJA Number: 2379 · Language: Arabic

This is a book about contemporary Iranian political thought and Islamic governance, known as "Valayat-e Faqih."

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Correspondence from the Iraqi Government Regarding Iranian Issues, a Kurdish Rebel, and the Incidents in Halabja

IJA Number: 2103 · Language: Arabic

This is material from the Iraqi government containing correspondence regarding Iranian immigration; a sheikh’s relationship with Iranian soldiers along the border; Ja’far al-Sultān, a Kurdish rebel; and the district commissioners’ decision on the incidents in Halabja.

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Report Related to Iranian Attacks

IJA Number: 2101 · Language: Arabic

This is an Iraqi government report titled “Standing Report Related to the Iranian Attacks During 1933, Summary.” The reports contain summaries of disputes and clashes between Iraqi and Iranian forces stationed near the border.

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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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Photocopies of Articles by Dr. Mājid ‘Abdul Radhā

IJA Number: 2095 · Language: Arabic

These photocopies of articles written by Dr. Mājid ‘Abdul Radhā (ماجد عبد الرضا). The articles include: “Peaceful Dialogue about a Heated Issue: The Motive and Means of the Path”حوار هادئ حول قضايا ساخنة: السبب و الذريعة في النهج (Ḥiwār Hādi’ Ḥaula Qaḍāyā Sākhinah: Al-Sabab wa al-Dharī’ah fī al-Nahj); “The Arab Liberation Movement: New Circumstances and Significant Challenges” ركة التحرر العربي: ظروف جديدة و تحديات كبيرة (Ḥaraka al-Taḥarrur al-‘Arabī: Ẓurūf Jadīdah wa Taḥaddiyāt Kabīrah); “Participation in the Dialogue on Democracy in Our Country: The Opinion and the Other Opinion” اسهام في الحوار حول الديمقراطية في بلادنا:الرأي والرأي الآخر (Ishām fī al-Ḥiwār Ḥaula al-Dīmoqrāṭīyah fī Bilādnā: Al-Ra’ī wa Al-Ra’ī Al-Akhir); “Peaceful Dialogue about a Heated Issue: Our Leaders are Protected by Our National Unity, and We Achieve Reconstruction and Democracy” وار هادئ حول قضايا ساخنة: بوحدتنا الوطنية نصون سيادتنا و نحقق الاعمار و الديمقراطية (Ḥiwār Hādi’ Ḥaula Qaḍāyā Sākhinah: Biwaḥditnā al-Waṭnīyah Naṣūna Siyāhdtunā wa Naḥqaqu al-A’mār wa al-Dīmoqrāṭīyah).

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[Book Section - Prayer Book]

IJA Number: 2959 · Language: Hebrew

This is part of a prayer book for the three pilgrimage festivals. There is no publication information.

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Correspondence from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Regarding Court Cases

IJA Number: 2093 · Language: Arabic

These are archival documents from the Iraqi government and include correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iranian officials, and various government offices confirming several individual's identities, citizenship and family lineage regarding legal status in criminal court cases (1933-1938). There is one unrelated document, from 1919, from a British military official concerning the British Club in Basrah.

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Correspondence between the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Iraqi Consulates Regarding Iranians Traveling to Iraq

IJA Number: 2087 · Language: Arabic

This Iraqi government correspondence marked “Special Office” between the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iraqi consulates, and other offices regarding visa applications for Iranian scholars. The documents also include a list of Iranian religious scholars that traveled to Iraq.

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Budgets, Baghdadi Jewish Community

IJA Number: 2062 · Language: Arabic

This is a comprehensive 1946-1947 budget for organizations of the Baghdadi Jewish Community, including the Jewish schools, hospitals, the Spiritual Council, and the President of the Jewish community. Details include salaries and past financial audits for 1944-1946, with projected versus actual spending. There is also correspondence regarding the collection of financial data.

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ספר שיח יצחק

IJA Number: 3126 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on the tractacte from the Talmud, Yoma, which discusses laws for Yom Kipur, printed in Livorno.

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الملف : زيارة ميتران لاسرائيل

IJA Number: 1920 · Language: Arabic

This is a text published in Arabic about François Mitterrand’s visit to Israel. It contains reprints of articles in both Arabic and French and is part of a series of studies and development projects.

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ספר הלולא רבא

IJA Number: 2583 · Language: Aramaic

This is a book of liturgy for the festival of Lag B'Omer published in Baghdad.

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Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members

IJA Number: 1887 · Language: Multiple Languages

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, engagement, and marriage verification certificates, as well as certificates of non-impediment and documents outlining dowries. Certificates record events back to the 1900s.

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ספר חמשה חומשי תורה ספר במדבר

IJA Number: 1769 · Language: Hebrew

This is an edition of the biblical book of Numbers with Masoretic notes printed in Livorno.

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משמרת הקדש

IJA Number: 306 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on the biblical book, Song of Songs, and on the Sabbath liturgy printed in Calcutta, India.

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סדור מנחת ירושלם

IJA Number: 304 · Language: Hebrew

This is a prayer book for the afternoon and weekday service according to the Baghdadi custom. There are many copies of this book in the collection.

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חכמת האדם

IJA Number: 2969 · Language: Hebrew

This is a commentary on the book of Jewish Law, the Shulḥan ʻArukh from the section Yoreh Deʻah. It was printed in Szczecin (also known as Stettin), in Poland.

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Receipts, Arts & Culture School for Girls, Baghdad

IJA Number: 1506 · Language: Arabic

These are receipts from the Society of Arts and Culture for Girls in the Mansour district of Baghdad.

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