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IJA 1893

Baghdadi Jewish Community Tax and Endowment Records; Letter about Jewish Holidays

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These documents are from the Baghdadi Jewish community and include property and income tax records, paperwork concerning endowment holdings, and a letter inquiring about the Jewish holidays and rituals.

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Archive Reference
IJA 1893
Item Number
2671
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Annotation, Endowment, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Financial, Frank Iny Secondary School, Handwritten, Income Tax, Ledger, Letterhead, Property Tax, Receipts, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

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Shamash Preparatory School
and Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Secondary
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: F / 624 / 55
Date: 10 / 2 / 1955
General Directorate of Income Tax in Baghdad
After greetings
We attach herewith I. T. form No. 6 titled (Report of Employees
for the assessment year 954 / 955) with the specialized forms for each of the employees
titled (Income Tax Report Supplement) for Shamash Preparatory School and
Frank Iny Intermediate and Primary School for the financial year 954 / 955, requesting you to kindly
inform us of the legal exemptions due to each of them.
Please accept our highest respect
Abdullah Obadia
Abdullah Obadia
Director
Note: Ms. Leila Atalnusto has recently arrived
from London in the month of August 1954 and claims that she
received from the Oreden Lorsi company twenty
dinars only before her appointment in this school
meaning from 1 / 4 / 954

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Lords of Ministers
⟦illegible⟧ property lease ⟦illegible⟧ ending on the date of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Syrian lands ending on the date of ⟦illegible⟧ the year
24394 ⟦illegible⟧ property number 8529 and constructed ⟦illegible⟧
15,000 lease of Abd al-Hajj Radi ending on the date of 22 Dhu al-Hijjah
⟦illegible⟧ property number 54444 and dated in 1958 month ⟦illegible⟧
Lease of Ismail Hassan al-Saqi ending on the date of 21 Rabi' al-Thani
411/22 sleep
589/22 isolation 59,000
22,000 lease of Musa al-Wais ending on the date of 21 Dhu al-Qi'dah ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ property number 8528 and dated in ⟦illegible⟧
Number | Isolation | Sleep
22 | 411/22 | 1992
22/589 | 441/78 | 1941
4/4 | 97/97 |
17 | ⟦illegible⟧ |
34 | ⟦illegible⟧ |
10/992 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
441/216
46/--
441/257
22/5
1941/29

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⟦Royal Endowments of Saleh Daniel and Ezra Menachem Daniel⟧
Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property Type and Number | From | To | Tenant Name | Notes
- | 224 | Rent of Shop No. 246 Year 1 | Shaban ⟦...⟧ | Rajab ⟦...⟧ | Shaker Mohi Mahmoud |
|  | Year ⟦...⟧ |  |  | According to the incoming tender |
|  |  | Year | Until Menachem | 128/- |
|  | 60/- | Year | Ezra | 96/- |
|  |  |  |  | 224 |
|  |  |  |  | Account of Safwa Endowments entitlement |
|  | 102/- | 24/- | 1 | 1 Safar ⟦...⟧ |
|  |  | 24/- | 1 | 1 Jumada al-Ula ⟦...⟧ |
|  |  | 24/- | 1 | 1 Dhu al-Qi'dah ⟦...⟧ |
|  |  | 24/- | 1 | 1 Safar ⟦...⟧ |
|  | 72/- | 24/- | 1 | 1 Jumada al-Ula ⟦...⟧ |
|  | 224/- |  |  | Two hundred and twenty-four dinars only |
|  |  |  |  | Hussein ⟦...⟧ |
I have received the mentioned amount
224 dinars only
For the year ⟦...⟧
Signature
⟦...⟧

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Endowments of Menachem Salih Daniel and Ezra Menachem Daniel
Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Name of tenant | Remarks
- | 41 | Rent of room No. 1 | 1 April | 30 Rajab | Shaker Mohi Mahmoud |
Year | 96 | 96
Menachem's share in the proceeds
24 / -
17 / -
41
Ezra's share
24 / -
17 / -
41
Forty-one dinars only
9/5/966
Saif ⟦...⟧
I have received the above amount
Only forty-one dinars and no more
Accountant
9/5/96

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Endowments of Menachem Saleh Daniel and Ezra Menachem Daniel
<del>Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel</del>
Notes | Tenant Name | To | From | Property Type and Number | Dinar | Fils
| Abd al-Latif Kabani | 8 April ⟦382⟧ | 9 April ⟦382⟧ | Rent of shop No. 19/2 247 | 92 | 500
|  | Income | Shami's share | Year 97/- 55 402/48 |  |
|  | " | " and Ta | 92/500 |  |
|  | To the Fund |  |  |  |
| Shami's share | Shami's share | Year 97/- 19 402/14 | 24/500 |  |
| " Menachem | " Ezra | 18/- |  |  |
| " Menachem | April installment | 18/- | 36/- |  |
| " Ezra | 1 5 | 12/- |  |  |
| " Menachem | 1 2 | 12/- | 24/- |  |
⟦illegible⟧ | Only 71 Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ | Dinars and five hundred | One hundred and ninety | 92/500 |  |
I have received the amount
of 92/500 Dinars
with four bills of exchange
⟦illegible⟧
24/5/38

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Endowments of Menachem Saleh Daniel
Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property Type and Number | From | To | Tenant Name | Notes
441 | 126 | Half rent for shop No. ⟦illegible⟧ for a year and rent ⟦illegible⟧ and previous year's fee difference | 1 April 28 | 30 September 28 | Shaker Hussein Mohammed | Previous
|  | 78/441 | Recorded for account ⟦illegible⟧ 44/1 44/1 | Nationalization of half the rent of shop No. ⟦illegible⟧ for the account of the Endowment House ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
|  | 48/-
126/441 |  |  |  |
One hundred and twenty-six dinars and four hundred and forty-one fils
91/525
Seif Rankouh
I have received the amount of 78/441 Dinars
With the account
Salman Khedhouri
27/5/28

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Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property Type and Number | From | To | Tenant Name | Notes
- | 68 | Rent of Apartment No. 6
Sayyid Al-Saqi
4
Payment
24/-
24/-
68 | 1 April ⟦289⟧ | 30 Rajab ⟦289⟧ | Shaker Mahmoud |
|  |  | For the month's account
41
Twenty-eight Dinars only | Due
⟦illegible⟧ | Ibrahim Naji (Does not wish)
Saif Zakkour |
I have received the amounts mentioned above
⟦illegible signature⟧
5/10/28
⟦illegible⟧

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Promissory note of Abu Shihab Al-Beir ⟦...⟧ due on ⟦...⟧ 82
10/54
29/984
⟦line⟧
72/000
⟦...⟧
2251/251
22/010
⟦line⟧
250/261
5/5
⟦illegible⟧

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Endowments
5/0 Promissory note of Subhi Ali Kazem due on 10/2/64
Ezra Endowments
16/800 Promissory note of Subhi Suqayr ⟦...⟧ due on ⟦...⟧
Mustafa Al-Lami
46/995 Collected promissory note of Yunis Mustafa Al-Lami due on March 1, year 8
Recorded in account No. 7872 Commercial Bank
Nasser Endowments
54/000 Done promissory note of Muhammad Mustafa Al-Lami due on March 1, year 8
46/995 ⟦...⟧
90/000 Collected promissory note of Yunis Mustafa Al-Lami due on March 1, year 8
Recorded in account No. 7872 Commercial Bank
50/-
16/-
46/-
⟦line⟧
156
⟦illegible⟧

⟦illegible⟧
Sham
152/524
22/018
196/554
196/554
22/018
152/524
174/542
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community

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Endowments of Hesqel Menahim Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Name of tenant | Remarks
500 | 144 | Rent of premises No. 2/2 | 1 May 962 | 30 April 963 | Karapet Aram |
|  | Regarding |  |  |  |
|  | Check No. 2242 on Credit Bank |  |  |  |
|  | of Iraq |  |  |  |
| 50/000 | Promissory note for the month of November 962 |  |  |  |
| 47/- | 1 |  |  |  |
| 47/- | 1 |  |  |  |
| 144/500 | One hundred forty-four dinars and five hundred fils only |  |  |  |
I received the check amounting to 144/500 Dinars
Under power of attorney number ( )
2/9/62
October 1962
November 1962
Not ⟦illegible⟧

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Endowments in the name of
R 25/411 Al-Baghdadi promissory note number for the appraised mortgage
Endowments immediately
L
R 54/589 Al-Baghdadi promissory note number for the appraised mortgage in ⟦the permission⟧
55/...
82
To him
⟦signature⟧
4/20

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⟦Shaya Endowment⟧ Salih Daniel
Endowment of Heskel Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Type of property and its number | From | To | Name of Tenant | Notes
- | 40/- | Rent for shop share
Number 19/2
247 | Year
281 ⟦...⟧
Rent for year
Previous | Year
282 | Abdul Latif Shihab | ✓
| 40/- | Dinar | Arisen for the account of Shaya Endowment previous year
And shop number 19/2 247 was received
Sent as a debt only |  | Year 281
Year 282
⟦...⟧
To benefit ⟦...⟧ |
I have received the amount of 40/- Dinars
Only forty Dinars nothing else ⟦...⟧
24/4/52

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Inheritance of Ezra
22/- Salman Al-Hajj Kazim's promissory note due on 24 Ramadan ⟦...⟧
22/-      Resulting      58/920
25/920              22/-
⟦line⟧              ⟦line⟧
47/920              80/920
Share in the name of Nashra Ezra Shua
22/-
25/920
⟦line⟧
47/920
α
4/2

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Endowments of ⟦the late⟧ Saleh Daniel and partners
Endowments of ⟦Ezra⟧ Nahim Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Tenant Name | Notes
920 | 170 | Rent of shops No. 29 and 29A | 20 Shawwal ⟦382⟧ | 29 Shawwal ⟦382⟧ | Abdul Rasool Hindi |
|  | Account | Menachem's share |  | Menachem's share ⟦...⟧ |
|  | 22/- | and ⟦...⟧ |  | 97/- |
|  | 25/920 |  |  | 72/920 |
|  | 58/920 |  |  | 170/920 |
|  | 64/- | 1/22 | 2/1 | Guarantee of Bashir Ishaq Asfar |
|  |  | 2/22 | 3/1 | Rent of house ⟦...⟧ |
|  | 48/- | 3/24 | 4/1 | Rent of house ⟦...⟧ |
|  |  | 4/24 | 6/1 | Rent of house ⟦...⟧ |
|  | 170/920 |  |  | One hundred and seventy dinars and nine hundred and twenty fils only |
|  |  |  |  | 4/4/964 |
|  |  |  |  | Yusuf ⟦...⟧ |
I have received the amount of
170/920 dinars only
One hundred and seventy dinars and nine hundred
and twenty fils only as per
Cheque No. ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧
24/4/⟦...⟧

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⟦illegible⟧
Rachel Endowments
Paid from the fund until the month of
September according to the administrative committee ⟦illegible⟧
200/-
25/4/64
Ezra Endowments
Paid from the fund to the Credit Bank
500/-
25/4/64
600
600
1200
100
700
1300

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Masters of Sh-
With one measurement
281
27/286 ⟦X⟧ by measurement of Muhammad Hassan Sunni, appraised on 10 Dhu al-Qi'dah
82
42/018 ⟦X⟧ Abbas al-Haj Tawfiq al-Baldawi, appraised on 10 Dhu al-Qi'dah
77/204 ⟦-⟧ land partners appraised on 10 Dhu al-Qi'dah for shares
44/000 according to check No. 122491 dated 22/4/24 on the Agricultural Bank
Masters of G-
1282
19/714 ⟦X⟧ by measurement of Muhammad Hassan Sunni, appraised on 11 Dhu al-Qi'dah
82
29/982 ⟦X⟧ Abbas al-Haj Tawfiq al-Baldawi, appraised on 11 Dhu al-Qi'dah
al-Qi'dah
49/696
82
29/982 ⟦-⟧ land partners appraised on 11 Dhu al-Qi'dah
48/000 according to check No. 122492 dated 22/4/24 on the Agricultural Bank
77/204
42/018
27/286
49/696
29/982
19/714
127/000 Total Measurement
72/000
48/000 Total Measurement
1/000
119/900
22/4/24
For High Observatory
42/018
29/982
72/000 Total Measurement

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Assets and Profits
Promissory note of Abdul Jabbar Muhammad al-Bazzaz due on ⟦...⟧
82
⟦illegible⟧
45/-
65/- for rent
110/- total
178/- cash for shop rent
178
110
288
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
⟦illegible⟧
X
4/25
⟦illegible⟧

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Our endowments are Saleh Daniel ⟦illegible⟧ Daniel
Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Tenant Name | Notes
258 | 580 | Rent of shop No. ⟦line⟧ 22 for the year 426 | 22 Safar | 22 Rabi 1 Safar | Kamil Mustafa al-Bayati |
|  | 140/- 140/- ⟦line⟧ 260/- | Share of Menachem " " | for year 981 982 | in income |
258 | 240 | 240/258 ⟦line⟧ 580/258 | Share of Ataliya Bayatim | 981 982 | in income |
| 178 | 178/- | Cash for Ezra's account |  |  |
| 260 | 260/- | Monthly account 120/- 120/- | for year 982 1 2 3 4 | Endowments of the late Saleh Daniel | We have no balance with the late Saleh Daniel
258 | 71 | 71/258 |  |  |  | Opening balance ⟦illegible⟧ we have no balance
| 71 | 71/- |  |  |  | Balance ⟦illegible⟧ no balance " "
258 | 144 | 144/258 | Five hundred and eighty Dinars and two hundred and fifty-eight Fils |  |  | 924/426
258 | 580 | 580/258 |  |  | Yusuf Dallal |
I have received the amount
Accordingly 580/258 Dinars
Only one hundred and fifty-eight
With two hundred and fifty Fils
No more, number 4
24/4/24

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Profits ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ status of the person called the filial son deserving
⟦...⟧ issued and edited check for the deserving party
⟦...⟧ by virtue of instrument number 70179 and dated
in September ⟦...⟧
Promissory note on debtor Abdul-Razzaq Ibrahim deserving
by virtue of original number 64026 on Bank of Baghdad
(With ⟦...⟧ voice)
2/14
22/1
Yearly profits
Promissory note on debtor Abdul-Razzaq Ibrahim deserving on date ⟦...⟧
by virtue of instrument number 64017 on Bank of Baghdad ⟦...⟧
Beirut on date ⟦...⟧
45/
2/14/20

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Endowments of Heskel Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Name of Tenant | Notes
- | 221 | Warehouse Building No. | | | |
4/2 | | | | | |
| 222 | 1 April 962 | 31 March 963 | Jan Trianta |
| 74/- | | | | |
74/- | | | | | |
74/- | Orchard | For the year 963 | Mid 963 | October 962 |
| 221/- | | Two hundred and twenty-one dinars only | | Saif al-Din |
Let it be for the amount and value of 74/- Dinars
Only seventy-four dinars and nothing else
Saif al-Din
14/2/963

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Ezra Endowments
⟦line⟧
Promissory note of Masoud Rabie Noaman registered
under instrument No. 51816 dated 6/24/⟦illegible⟧
Promissory note of Salem Mohammed Ali registered in the Contracts Department
by instrument No. 821774 on Rafidain Bank
R / 1
R / 2
6/26/962
R / 3
56 / 962
Sassoon Saleh Endowments
⟦line⟧
Promissory note of Saleh Rahma Abdul Razzaq registered in the Contracts Department
under instrument No. 56144 dated 4/8/962
Promissory note of Salem Mohammed Ali registered in the Contracts Department
by instrument No. 821779 on Rafidain Bank
R / 4
5 / 962
R / 5
X 54 / 962
102 / 241
There is one promissory note in the amount of 96 -
54 / 127
6/26/962

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Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Tenant name | Notes
029 | 222 | Rent of shops No. 6/12
1/12
28/47
48/47
12/47
Year | 4 Dhu al-Qi'dah 382 | 3 Dhu al-Qi'dah 383 | Abdul Razzaq and Muhammad Zaid Al-Shallal |
|  | Saim Dana share | Balance |  |  |
|  | 190/277
124/662
222/029 |  |  |  |
029 | 82 |  | 49/277
22/662 | Check No. 828606
Saleh Daniel
Book structure |  | 1 Saim
2 828606
3 Saleh Daniel
4 Book structure
5 Balance
6 Expenses
7 Lighting
8 Renovations
9 Caraway
10 Tiles
11 Yusuf Dakour
|  | 141/- | Balance |  |  |
|  | 240/-
222/029 | 99/- |  |  |
By hand of the Master
Issa Al-Sulaibi Institution
Accountant
15/4/11
Two hundred twenty-two dinars and thirty-nine fils

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Shaye Saleh Rashid
Endowments of Heskel Menachem Daniel
Fils | Dinar | Property type and number | From | To | Name of Tenant | Notes
- 97 Shop No. 25 / 247 28 April ⟦...⟧ 29 April ⟦...⟧ Shaye Saleh Rashid
its tongue
97/- Therefore, for the account of Shaye, rent for shop No. 25 / 247 for the year
From 28 April ⟦...⟧ to 29 April ⟦...⟧
Ninety-seven dinars only
7 / 4 / 964
I have received the above amount
Ninety-seven dinars only
⟦...⟧/4/11
Shaye Al-Saleh
127
97
30
8/165

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Endowments of Menachem Saleh Daniel and his heirs Menachem Daniel
Endowments of Heskel Menachem Daniel
Notes | Tenant Name | To | From | Property Type and Number | Dinar | Fils
| ⟦Hadi⟧ Abdul Karim Al-Lami | To ⟦29 Shawwal⟧ | From ⟦20 Shawwal⟧ | Rent of shop No. ⟦25/247⟧ for the year ⟦1347⟧ | 670 | 928
|  | Year of Menachem Daniel | Year | 97/- | 170/928 |
⟦Name⟧ Menachem | ⟦282⟧ Muharram 20 Ramadan 20 Rabi Al-Thani 20 Jumada Al-Awwal 20 | For the account of the month of Ramadan | ⟦22/-⟧ ⟦22/-⟧ ⟦22/-⟧ | 97/ |  |
⟦282⟧ Muharram 20 Rabi Al-Thani 20 Jumada Al-Awwal 20 | For the account of the month of Ramadan | ⟦24/-⟧ ⟦24/-⟧ ⟦25/928⟧ | 72/928 | 72/928 |  |
Yousef ⟦Salman⟧ | One hundred and seventy dinars and nine hundred and twenty-eight fils |  |  | 170/928 |  |
By the hand of my municipal official
And it was written in the ⟦year⟧
⟦signature⟧
28/4/11