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Honorable President of the Chevra Kadisha Society in Baghdad
Subject: Rent Reduction
Presented to your Honor:
We are the tenants of the shop belonging to you, designated as shop lease number ⟦29⟧ / 144
located on Al-Kifah Street in Tatran in Baghdad. Due to the current circumstances arising from
people refraining from buying and selling, and for the sake of relief before we lose it, we ask of you
all kindness and consideration for this matter of yours. ⟦21⟧ / ⟦10⟧ / 1960
The tenants, the tenants here
on Al-Kifah Street in the neighborhood of
Tatran in Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
Messrs. Anwar Shaheen and Elia Shohet have agreed
to set the annual rent at 150/- Dinars
instead of 170/- Dinars annually. We have organized the lease contract accordingly.
Suliman ⟦...⟧
22 / 10 / 1960
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Postal Department
To Mr. Hussein Al-Khalu, Respectfully
Abu Shibl Quarter, House No. 2/2/12, Ghazi Street
(Sender's name and address) President of the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
30 APR 57
MAY 57
Stamp of the issuing office name
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Notice of Receipt
(To be returned to the issuing office to be sent back to the sender)
Registered *:
I have received a registered: ⟦packet⟧
Registered to (name and address):
Insured for the amount of: Four Dinars
The weight of the registered item is: grams
Date of delivery:
Baghdad
30 APR 57
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the Recipient
(*) Insert letter or (card) or (packet) or (package) as the case may be
and delete the word (insured) when the item is not insured.
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⟦Registered⟧
Baghdad
18 / 10 / 1957
Through His Excellency the Notary Public of South Second, Respected
To Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, President of the Hebra Kadisha Society, Respected
I had rented the shop and the house numbered 27 / 27 and 27a / 127
Located in the Al-Bushibr neighborhood belonging to the Society, and as of
1 / 11 / 1951 for an annual rent of eighty-four dinars
In four installments, each installment twenty-one dinars according to
receipts, but you have refused to receive the mentioned rent
Consequently, I was forced to deposit it with His Excellency the Notary Public of North Baghdad
And due to the lack of vacant premises in houses or shops, we were forced
To remain in it, and thus, he who warns is excused.
Petitioner
Youssef Naji Abdul Nabi
Al-Bushibr Neighborhood, House No. 27 / 27
50 Fils
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Office of the Notary Public of South Baghdad Second:
Amount collected: 250 fils
General Number: 1966
Page Number:
Registry Number:
Date: 8 / 10 / 57
This warning was presented by ⟦...⟧ and he requested its notification
To (Rabbi) Sassoon Khadduri ⟦...⟧
With a copy of it and sent ⟦...⟧
Assistant Notary Public ⟦...⟧
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To the Honorable President of the Hebra Qadisha Association in Baghdad
Submitted to your Excellency
I, the petitioner Immanuel Badri Sattam, owner of the shop
Numbered 144 / 29 / 2, wish to rent the shop adjacent to me because it has become vacant, for an amount of one hundred and twenty
dinars annually, noting that its previous rent was five dinars. Since I am the most
entitled person to it, I ask your Excellency to approve the execution of the lease contract in my name, and the matter is yours to decide.
12 / 2 / 1956 Immanuel Badri Sattam
⟦Immanuel⟧
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3/20/1956
Director of Endowments
3/28/56
Based on what the Director deems appropriate
Honorable President of the Israelite Community and President of the Hebra Qaddisha Society
Subject: Shop No. ⟦29⟧ T 4
144
Very Urgent
The Administrative Committee approved
the filing of an eviction lawsuit
Based on the instructions of Mr. Selim Kabbay, I inspected the aforementioned shop and saw
that one of its walls is in danger of collapsing and must be repaired immediately, and the repair is estimated at an amount
of ten dinars.
The reason for the evacuation of this wall is the presence of the basement beneath it, which was used
as a storage for the toilets that were installed in each of these shops that were used as places for selling
liquor, in addition to the fact that they are rented at a very low rent.
Your Excellency may remember that the people of the neighborhood submitted a petition demanding the removal of
such sellers from their neighborhood; if we were able to evict them, we would gain financially (about double the rent)
in addition to preserving this precious property from rapid destruction.
Therefore, I ask Your Excellency to authorize me the right to evict them, provided that I appoint the lawyer
I want, on the condition that this lawyer does not receive any amount if he does not
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The lawsuit succeeds except for the stamp fees and the lawsuit fee, which are two very
small amounts. This is for you to decide.
Sincerely
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Date 15 / 11 / 1955
His Excellency the Head of the Community, the respected
Subject: The shops belonging to Hebra Qadisha
located on Ghazi Street
Based on the instructions of Mr. Selim Kabbay regarding the construction of a second floor above
the shops, I inspected them and found that it is possible to carry out this work
by building an apartment for residential rental or rental to doctors or lawyers.
The area of the second floor is approximately 250 m2, including the roofing of the sidewalk.
The approximate costs are 3000 three thousand dinars, including the concrete
columns on the street. An annual rent of not less than
700 seven hundred dinars can be obtained from this.
Therefore, I request the allocation of an amount of two dinars to obtain a new registration copy
and a certified map from the Land Registry in order to proceed with the engineer's design
for that and present it to your Excellency.
The Engineer
Saleh
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Date: 5 / 12 / 1955
His Eminence the Head of the Israelite Community and the Honorable President of the Hevra Kadisha
Subject: The property belonging to the Hevra Kadisha and the number
⟦39 / 122⟧
Based on the instructions of the accountant Mr. Selim Kabbay and the petition submitted
by the residents of the Tatran neighborhood... etc., I inspected the mentioned endowment and found
toilets built inside the shops that were used for selling beverages.
The shops are in a disgraceful state due to the presence of drunkards and the foul odors
emanating from them, and their rents are very meager (cheap), and the cellar
(warehouse) located under the shops has been used as a storage for the toilets and is rented for
less than 120 Dinars annually. Therefore, I suggest using the petition as a means
to evict the tenants and re-rent them to others, noting that each shop can
be rented for an amount of no less than 50 Dinars annually. This is for your
command.
Sincerely,
⟦illegible⟧
Saleh
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His Eminence, the respected President of the Jewish Community
I submit to your Eminence that I am the occupant of the shop numbered 144/29 Ghazi
Street, and have used it as a bar for selling national drinks for some time.
Since the renovation and repair of the mentioned shop is the responsibility of the property owner Khairi and ⟦...⟧
And before you, they issued a warning through the notary public confirming the existence
of defects and damages in the shop; in this situation, I request your Eminence
to send one of the engineers to inspect the shop, as my neighbor, the owner of
the ⟦...⟧ warehouse, has caused many damages to it from the severity of the vibrations. Since I am an
elderly man with children and a large family, I beg your order to issue
approval for the renewal of the lease. With great respect.
The Inspection
The tenant of the shop
Number 144/29
Hormuz Mannu
50 Fils
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Number ⟦...⟧
22 / 1 / 6
The association's headquarters is House No. 17m / 141 Ghazi Street, Al-Tawrah neighborhood.
His Excellency, the Director of the Baghdad Electricity Department, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings,
Please kindly inspect the electricity meter located at our association's headquarters, as we notice that the electricity consumption
is increasing month after month, while its use by our employees is very minimal, and we doubt the accuracy of the mentioned meter.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
President of the Hebra Kadisha Association
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His Excellency the Director of the Baghdad Electricity Department
After greetings
I kindly request you to inspect the electricity meter
located at our association's headquarters, as we
notice that electricity consumption increases month
after month, even though we have not used it extensively
at a time when our usage is very minimal, and we suspect
the accuracy of the aforementioned meter.
Please accept our highest greetings and respect.
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His Excellency, the President of the respected Israelite Community
I am the tenant of the house numbered 2/277 located in Ras al-Qarya neighborhood, and since
a lawsuit was filed against me for eviction and you requested an increase in the monthly rent
amounting to (6,200) six dinars and two hundred fils to a monthly rent
of (12) dinars, and as this assessment is considered high in relation
to my financial capacity, being the head of a family of six people and responsible
for supporting them alone with no one to help me in that, I hope
that you and the rest of the esteemed members of the community
will look upon my case with an eye of compassion and kindness by making the monthly rent
for the aforementioned house (8) eight dinars, and by doing so,
you would have renewed your kindness. Knowing that I have lived in this
house for four years and have repaired it several times
at my own expense, until the amount for repairs I carried out
the last time reached (7) dinars, which I paid myself.
Finally, I hope your Excellency will be sympathetic to this request of mine, especially as I am
a junior employee with a limited salary. Please accept my highest respect.
on behalf of
the tenant
⟦illegible signature⟧
Heskel ⟦Ezra⟧ Al-Ani
Employee in the Criminal Investigation Directorate
Resident in the aforementioned house
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⟦illegible stamp⟧
12 / 22
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
And the engineer goes
with Khalil Effendi
to see the place
and how to repair it
towards solving the problem
The Chairman
12 / 24
Subject: Hevra Kadisha Building
We list below the necessary inspection for re-tiling the floors of
the basement rooms and the drains from the floors, amounting to
50/--- Dinars; therefore, we request your kind approval of the amount
so that we can carry out this work. Please accept our highest respect.
The Engineer
Saher
12 / 22 / 954
Fils | Dinar
Removing floors of rooms and drains | |
4 x 5.50 x 400 = 8.800 m2 | |
1 x 5.00 x 150 = 0.750 m2 | --- | 7
Re-tiling rooms and drains 8.750 m2 | 875 | 21
New tiles instead of broken ones, 200 units | 800 | 2
Removing and cleaning the old drain and re-tiling pipe floors with bedding and almond mastic: | --- | ---
2 x 4.00 x 4.00 = 32.00 m2 | --- | 12
Painting the rooms with lime plaster | --- | ---
1 x 8.00 x 25 = 2.00 m2 | 125 | 4
Internal repairs for the bathroom, kitchen, and roofs | --- | ---
Only fifty Dinars and no more | --- | 50
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His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Respected
Subject: Reconstruction of the house numbered 22/122
The house I occupy, numbered 22/122, requires internal repairs, especially since one of
its walls collapsed suddenly and needs to be rebuilt urgently for fear of the rest of the structure,
which is feared might also collapse and cause significant damage. Your kind attention to the mentioned repair is requested, and the command
is yours, sir.
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22/9
The Petitioner
Al-Hajj Hussein Al-Khalaf
Honorable Secretary of the Administrative Committee, Respected
The mentioned house pays the Hebra Qadisha Society a rental fee of 7.500 Dinars
annually including the furniture attached to the mentioned house. Please kindly refer it to the engineer
to conduct the necessary inspection or to the recently formed management of the society to act as it sees
appropriate.
22/9
Al-Latif
To be inspected
By the Vice President
and the two members Meir Halib and Ibrahim Meshi
⟦T. S.⟧
21/12
Only
The necessary repairs have been carried out