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Page 601
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T/: 137 / 69
Date: 8 / 9 / 1969
Subject /:
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings:
Reference to your letter numbered 20390 and dated 2 / 9 / 1969 regarding the ownership of the assets located in the house
numbered 94/393 Torat.
We inform your honorable secretariat that all your correspondence was focused on the property numbered doors 94/391 Torat
We clarified according to our numerous letters, including the two letters of the Administrative Committee numbered L / 1452 and L / 83 / 68 dated
17 / 7 / 67 and 24 / 11 / 68 and our letter numbered T / 75 / 66 dated 13 / 1 / 66 that this property does not belong to
the community, but rather the property belonging to it is the house numbered doors 94/393 Torat, and we provided your secretariat with a copy of the registration
the map, and the endowment deed for this property, and the Secretary of the Community Presidency also followed up with you on the subject. Despite this
your secretariat has seized it.
Accordingly, since this house belongs to the Presidency of the Community, we have stored in it more than 300
Sefer Torah - Holy Books - manuscript on leather, and each Sefer is kept in a wooden box covered with silver
silver-plated, and given the value and sanctity of these books, this house was insured against fire for an amount of -/3000
dinars, and all the assets in this house, in addition to the holy books, including an X-ray machine
belong to this Presidency.
Therefore, please order the lifting of the seizure on this property and the delivery of the assets deposited in it to us.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
The Administrative Committee / for your kind information
Page 602
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T / ⟦127⟧ / ⟦69⟧
Date ⟦8⟧ / ⟦9⟧ / ⟦1969⟧
Subject / ⟦line⟧
⟦Secretary⟧
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Nationality
Greetings:
Reference to your letter No. 20390 dated 6/2/1969 regarding the ownership of the assets located in the house numbered 14/393 Torat.
We inform your honorable secretariat that all your correspondence was focused on the property No. Doors 14/391 Torat. We clarified according to our numerous letters, including the two letters of the Administrative Committee numbered L/1452/67 and L/83/68 dated 7/17/67 and 11/24/68, and our letter numbered T/75/66 dated 1/13/66, that this property does not belong to the community, but the property belonging to it is the house No. Doors 14/393 Torat. We provided your secretariat with a copy of the registration, the map, and the endowment deed for this property, and the Secretary of the Community Presidency followed up with you on the matter. Despite this, your secretariat has seized it.
Accordingly, since this house belongs to the Presidency of the Community, we have stored in it more than 300 Sefer Torah - Holy Books - handwritten on parchment, and each Sefer is kept in a covered wooden box, some of which are silver-plated. Given the value and sanctity of these books, this house has been insured against fire for an amount of 3000 Dinars. All the assets in this house, in addition to the Holy Books, including an X-ray machine, belong to this Presidency.
Therefore, we request your order to lift the seizure of this property and hand over the assets deposited therein to us.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
The Administrative Committee / For your kind information
Page 603
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { President 83531 Secretary 80452
Number T /: ⟦187⟧ / 70
Date: 3 / 2 / 1970
Subject / ⟦line⟧
⟦Mother⟧
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Greetings:
Reference to your follow-up letter No. 2382 dated 1/28/1970
We have previously replied to your letter No. 23533 dated 10/6/1966 with our letter
No. T / 150 / 66 dated 10/13/1966 and we have nothing to add and we attach
herewith a copy of our letter referred to above.
Please accept our highest respect
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Mosaic Community
Copy to:-
Liquidation Secretariat / For information
Page 604
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Respectfully
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 2282 and dated
8/28/1970
We wish to respond to your letter numbered 24522 and dated
10/2/1969 and our letter numbered T/150 and dated 10/12/1969
And we have nothing to add to it, and we attach herewith a copy of our aforementioned letter
Please accept
⟦illegible⟧
Copy
To the Liquidation Committee for information
⟦illegible⟧
Page 605
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Liquidation Secretariat
Applications Department
Number / 2782
Date 20 / 1 / 1970
2782
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 199
Date 29 / 1 / 1970
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Subject / House 393 / 94 Tawrat
We confirm our letter number 23533 dated 6 / 10 / 1969.
We inform you that this General Secretariat will register all movable property in the above house
in the name of the Jew (Menachem Saleh Daniel and his heirs whose citizenship was revoked) for the purpose of selling it, and you must visit
the office of this General Secretariat within ten days from the date of this letter of ours, and if you have any objection
to prove ownership, please present it during the period mentioned above.
Muhammad Ajina
Acting Secretary General
Copy to -
Secretariat of Rights and Commercial Matters
= Accounts
= Administration and Correspondence
Immovable / Rents / The above house
Liquidation / File 82 / for follow-up.
Accounts
⟦signature⟧
1/29
Al-Alawi 1/26
Page 606
The Custodian General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 27522 dated 10/2/1969 regarding
the ownership of the immovable property in house No. 94/294 Tauraat
Sivin, we explained for your esteemed information in our letter No. 147/69 dated
9/8/69 that house No. 94/294 in the Tauraat neighborhood is an endowment (waqf) by
the late Ezra Menachem Daniel according to the endowment deed issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad
under No. 27/44 dated 4/20/44, and that the judiciary has not yet issued a ruling
regarding ⟦us⟧ concerning the shelves and the unregistered papers in the Land Registry
kept in this house.
And the immovable property <del>⟦has⟧</del> we clarified in our letter referred to above
that it belongs to the Presidency of the Community and was kept in this house, and it was kept
in this house <del>⟦in a way⟧</del>
and they are (200) Sefer Torahs.
1- Given the sanctity of some of them, (200) Sefer Torahs handwritten on parchment and kept
in special silver and non-silver cases, these books do not belong to any person
but are the property of the synagogues (property of God Almighty), and it is a duty to preserve them and their sanctity
and not to touch them.
2- The family of Hashim Naoum or Meir Elias Hospital (Presidency of the Mosaic Community) has kept
in this house since 1952, i.e., after the hospital was closed.
Therefore, please preserve the holy books (Sefer Torahs) and do not touch
them, and for your information ⟦regarding what might⟧ fall ⟦upon the responsibility of⟧ the persons who committed
this. Please accept
highest respect.
Directorate of the ⟦Presidency of⟧
the Mosaic Community
Page 607
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Liquidation Secretariat
Division
Number / 2522
Date 6 / 10 / 1969
To -
The Israelite Community
Subject / House 393 / 94 Tawrat
Your letter 137 / 69 on 8 / 9 / 1969
Since House 393 / 94 Tawrat belongs to the heirs of the Jew Menachem Saleh Daniel
Therefore, this Secretariat will register all movable items in the house in the name of
the aforementioned Jew for the purpose of liquidating them, and you must visit the Secretariat within ten days
from the date of this letter of ours, and if you have any objection regarding the matter, please.
⟦signature⟧
Muhammad Ajin
Acting Secretary General
Copy to -
Rights Secretariat
Accounts Secretariat
Administration and Correspondence Secretariat
Immovable Property / Rents / The aforementioned house
Liquidation Secretariat / For follow-up
For information
Zuhair / 4 / 10 / 969
Page 608
General Secretariat
Monitoring and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Liquidation Secretariat
Division ⟦line⟧
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Iraqi Republic
Number / 10721
Date 15 / 5 / 1969
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community⟧
Incoming Number 1240
Date 20 / 5 / 1969
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Subject / Inventory of the house numbered 391 / 94
Based on the report made by the occupants of the house described above, named (Fathiya
Shihab, regarding the presence of furniture and items in the mentioned house whose ownership is unknown to them, the
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has assigned the special inventory committee to conduct an inventory of the items and furniture
present therein, as recorded in the minutes. Accordingly, please inform us of the full name
and identity of the previous occupants of the house, and whether they include the women named (Rosa and Nuna) and what
their full names are..
Muhammad Ajina
Acting Secretary General
Copy to -
Administration and Correspondence Secretariat / For information
Liquidation Secretariat / For follow-up with all attachments..
Al-Alawi 14 / 5
Page 609
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T /: ⟦66⟧
Date: 1961/1/13
Subject /:
27
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings and respect:
Reference to your letter No. 627 dated 1961/1/6 addressed to Rosa Haroun and her group regarding the necessity of vacating the property No. Doors 391 / 14 Torah.
The aforementioned and her group are among the poor of the Jewish community and reside in property No. Doors 393 / 14 and not 391 / 14, which belongs to the Fattal family.
Property 393 / 14 Torah neighborhood and Land Registry sequence 312 Torah was pure property in the name of Menachem Saleh Daniel, and his son Ezra Menachem Daniel had endowed it (Waqf) according to the endowment deed issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad under No. 67 / 944 dated 30 / 4 / 944. This deed is registered and marked in the Land Registry records. We have previously provided your honorable Secretariat with a copy of this endowment deed attached to the Administrative Committee's letter No. 1452 dated 27 / 6 / 67. In addition, we attach to this letter of ours a copy of the Land Registry record for property sequence 312, a map, a copy of the endowment deed referred to above, ⟦a copy⟧ and the real estate tax receipt to verify the matter. I also request to ask the Rusafa Land Registry Directorate to confirm these two properties on-site (391 / 14 sequence 310 Torah and property 393 / 14 sequence 312 and their ownership) and to allow the occupants of the house to remain in their residence and not deport them.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
President of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews / For your kind information
Incoming Number 889
15 / 1 / 69
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number L / ⟦67⟧
Date ⟦27⟧ / ⟦6⟧ / 1967
Subject
⟦scribble⟧
To -
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 6315 dated 21 / 6 / 1967 addressed to the residents of property No. doors 393 / 14, Al-Tawrat
district. What is required by your letter is to notify the occupant of property 392 / 14, Al-Tawrat district, and not the occupant of property 393 / 14,
noting that this latter property belongs to our committee according to the endowment deed issued by the Personal Status Court
in Baghdad under No. 67 / 944 dated 30 / 4 / 1944, a copy of which is attached herewith.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Copy to -
Property Department for follow-up.
Page 611
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
83531 President
80452 Secretary
Telephone Number {
Number L /: ⟦illegible⟧ / 83
Date: 24 / 11 / 1968
Subject /: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature/mark in blue and red ink⟧
The Respected Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings:
With reference to your letter numbered 28305 and dated 20 / 11 / 1968 addressed to Rosa Haron and her group
We request you to kindly note the following:
1 - The house numbered 14/391, Al-Tawrat neighborhood, is an endowment (waqf) belonging to our committee according to the endowment deed
issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad under number 67 / 944 and dated 30 / 4 / 944, and we have previously
informed your respected General Secretariat of this in our letter numbered 67/1452 and dated 27 / 6 / 967
and we attached a copy of the endowment deed to it.
2 - The house mentioned above has been allocated by our committee since the past to house widows and orphans
from the poor of the community (Rosa Haron and her group) whom the Administrative Committee undertakes to support in addition to
their free residence without paying any rent.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
President of the Administrative Committee
Page 613
File Number
1944/67 Sh
Judge: - Mr. Abbas Shikara
Endower / - Ezra Menachem Daniel
On this day, Ezra Menachem Daniel appeared, and after being identified by the identification witnesses Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor and Ezra Meir
Baruch, he stated the following: -
I, of my own free will and choice, and in full possession of my mental faculties and maturity, have agreed to remove the house located in the Taura neighborhood in Baghdad, which is subdivided into
two houses by an informal subdivision and numbered with door numbers 73/139 and 94/393 according to the Tabu deed dated June 323 and sequence 312
and registered in the name of my late father Menachem Salih Daniel and transferred to me by inheritance according to the two distributions from the Judge of Personal Matters under number
136/40 Sh dated 11/12/40 and 34/43 Sh dated 29/3/43 from my own property, and I have endowed it as a valid, final, and perpetual endowment
for the rest of the soul of my late mother Rifka daughter of Abdullah Shalum, provided that it be used as a clinic for the medication and treatment of the sick among the poor
of the Mosaic community, and that this clinic be named after my late mother Rifka Menachem Daniel. The trustee of this endowment has the full right
and absolute opinion to do what he deems appropriate by using the entire endowed property as a clinic or a part of it, and any surplus he obtains, he may lease it
and spend the yield obtained from it, first on paying taxes, maintenance, and necessary reconstruction for the endowed property, and secondly on the medication and treatment of
the patients who visit that clinic. In the absence of poor visitors to the aforementioned clinic, it shall be spent on the poor Israeli patients
in Baghdad.
Furthermore, I have endowed, restricted, and delivered into the hands of the trustee of this endowment a sum of money amounting to three thousand dinars, of which two thousand
and five hundred dinars are for the purpose of spending them on building the clinic endowed by this endowment deed, furnishing it, and preparing it to be suitable for the aforementioned purpose, and that
at the earliest time the trustee deems appropriate. Until the commencement of the reconstruction, the trustee may utilize the aforementioned amount by purchasing government bonds
or similar guaranteed methods. The interest obtained from those funds shall be added to the endowed amount and used for the same purpose of
reconstruction. As for the remaining five hundred dinars, they shall be spent for the necessary maintenance of the endowed property from time to time until the commencement of building the clinic
required by its endowment.
I have assigned the trusteeship of this endowment to the Lay Council of the Israeli community in Baghdad, and in the absence of such a council
at any time, the trusteeship shall then transfer to the authority that takes its place.
The trustee must entrust the management and operation of this clinic, including the spending of the endowed amount for the purposes for which it was endowed, to
the person or body that manages the Meir Elias Hospital within the limits set for it.
The person named Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, the current President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad, appeared according to the certificate paper
presented, which states that he is the President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad at the present time, issued by the Presidency of the Israeli Community
on 26/4/1944. After being identified by the identification witnesses mentioned above, he stated: I have received in full and complete
the endowed amount of three thousand dinars from the aforementioned endower, Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel, and I pledge to preserve it and spend it
according to the conditions set forth in the endowment deed listed above.
Based on the above, they requested the issuance of a deed for the aforementioned endowment.
The Decision: - In view of the above, the endowment has been completed, become binding, and adjudicated according to the conditions listed above, and it has become a valid
legal endowment. What occurred was recorded upon request on 30/4/1944 AD.
Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad
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File Number
67 / 1944 Sh
Judge: - Mr. Munir Shakara
Endower / - Ezra Menachem Daniel
On this day, Ezra Menachem Daniel appeared, and after being identified by the identification witnesses Meir Hakham Moshe Dangour and Ezra Meir
Baruch, he stated the following:-
I, by my own will and choice, and in full mental capacity and maturity, have agreed to remove the house located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood in Baghdad, which is divided into
two houses by an informal division, located at door numbers 23 / 139 and 393 / 14 according to the Tabu deed dated June 323 and sequence 312,
registered in the name of my late father Menachem Salih Daniel and transferred to me by inheritance according to the two distributions from the Judge of Personal Matters under number
136 / 40 Sh dated 11 / 12 / 40 and 34 / 43 Sh dated 29 / 3 / 43 from my own property, and I have endowed it as a valid, final, and perpetual endowment
for the rest of the soul of my late mother Rifka daughter of Abdullah Shlomo, provided that it be used as a clinic for the medication and treatment of the sick among the poor of
the Mosaic community, and that this clinic be named after my late mother Rifka Menachem Daniel. The trustee of this endowment has full rights
and absolute discretion in what he deems appropriate regarding the use of the entire endowed property as a clinic or a part of it, and the surplus he obtains shall be spent
in spending the yield obtained from it, first on paying taxes, maintenance, and necessary repairs for the endowed property, and secondly on the medication and treatment of
the patients who visit that clinic. In the absence of poor visitors to the mentioned clinic, it shall be spent on the poor sick
Israelites in Baghdad.
Then I have endowed, restricted, and delivered into the hand of the trustee of this endowment a sum of money amounting to three thousand dinars, of which two thousand
and five hundred dinars are for the purpose of spending them on building the clinic endowed by this endowment deed, furnishing it, and preparing it to be fit for the mentioned purpose, and that
at the earliest time the trustee deems appropriate. Until the commencement of the construction, the trustee may utilize the mentioned amount by purchasing government bonds
or similar guaranteed methods; the interest obtained from those funds shall be added to the aforementioned amount and used for the same purpose of
construction. As for the remaining five hundred dinars, they shall be spent for the necessary maintenance of the endowed property in its time until the commencement of building the clinic
intended for endowment.
I have assigned the trusteeship of this endowment to the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, and in the absence of such a council
at any time, the trusteeship shall then transfer to the authority that takes its place.
The trustee must entrust the matter of managing and running this clinic, including the spending of the endowed amount for the purposes for which it was endowed, to
the person or body that manages the Meir Elias Hospital within the limits set for it.
The person named Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, the current president of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad, appeared according to the certificate paper
presented, stating that he is the president of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad at the present time, issued by the Presidency of the Israelite Community
on 26 / 4 / 1944. After being identified by the two identification witnesses mentioned above, he stated: I have received in full and complete
the endowed amount of three thousand dinars from the endower Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel to him, and I pledge to preserve it and spend it
according to the conditions mentioned in the endowment deed listed above.
Based on the above, they requested the issuance of a deed for the mentioned endowment.
The Decision: - In view of the above, the endowment has been completed, become binding, and ruled upon according to the conditions listed above, and it has become a valid
legal endowment. What occurred was recorded upon request on 30 / 4 / 1944 AD.
Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad
Page 615
File Number
1944/67 Sh
Judge: - Mr. Hashim Shukra
Endower / - Ezra Menahem Daniel
On this day, Ezra Menahem Daniel appeared, and after being identified by the identification witnesses Meir Hakham Moshe Dankour and Ezra Meir
Baruch, he stated the following: -
I, of my own free will and choice, and in full possession of my mental faculties and maturity, have agreed to allocate the house located in the Taura neighborhood in Baghdad, which is divided into
two houses by an informal division and numbered with door numbers 139/73 and 14/393 according to the land registry deed (Tapu) of June 323 and sequence 312
registered in the name of my late father Menahem Salih Daniel and transferred to me as an inheritance according to the two distributions from the Judge of Personal Matters under number
40/136 dated 11 / 12 / 40 and 34 / 43 Sh dated 29 / 3 / 43 from my own property, and I have endowed it as a valid, final, and perpetual endowment
for the rest of the soul of my late mother Rifka daughter of Abdullah ⟦known⟧, on the condition that it be used as a clinic for the medication and treatment of the poor
of the Mosaic community, and that this clinic be named after my late mother Rifka Menahem Daniel. The trustee (Mutawalli) of this endowment shall have full freedom
and absolute discretion in what he deems appropriate regarding the use of the entire endowed property as a clinic or a part of it, and any surplus that remains, he may lease it
and spend the yield obtained from it, first on paying taxes, maintenance, and necessary repairs for the endowed property, and secondly on the medication and treatment of
the patients who visit that clinic. In the absence of poor visitors to the mentioned clinic, it shall be spent on poor Israeli patients
in Baghdad.
Furthermore, I have endowed, restricted, and delivered into the hands of the trustee of this endowment a sum of money amounting to three thousand Dinars, of which two thousand
and five hundred Dinars are for the purpose of spending them on building the clinic endowed by this document, furnishing it, and preparing it to be suitable for the mentioned purpose, at
the earliest time the trustee deems appropriate. Until the commencement of construction, the trustee may utilize the mentioned amount by purchasing government bonds
or similar guaranteed methods; the interest obtained from those funds shall be added to the endowed amount and used for the same purpose of
construction. As for the remaining five hundred Dinars, they shall be spent for the necessary maintenance of the endowed property from time to time until the commencement of building the clinic
intended for endowment.
I have assigned the trusteeship of this endowment to the Lay Council of the Israeli community in Baghdad, and in the absence of such a council
at any time, the trusteeship shall then transfer to the authority that takes its place.
The trustee must entrust the matter of managing and inspecting this clinic—and this includes the spending of the endowed amount for the purposes for which it was endowed—to
the person or body that manages the Meir Elias Hospital within the limits set for it.
The person named Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, the current President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad, appeared according to the certificate paper
presented, stating that he is the President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad at the present time, issued by the Presidency of the Israeli Community
on 26 / 4 / 1944. After being identified by the two identification witnesses mentioned above, he stated: I have received in full and complete
the endowed amount of three thousand Dinars from the endower, the aforementioned Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel, and I pledge to preserve it and spend it
according to the conditions set forth in the endowment deed listed above.
Based on the above, they requested the issuance of a deed for the mentioned endowment.
The Decision: - In view of the above, the endowment has been completed, become binding, and was adjudicated according to the conditions listed above, and it has become a valid
legal endowment, and what occurred was recorded upon request on 30 / 4 / 1944 AD.
Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 616
File Number
1944/67 Sh
Judge: - Mr. ⟦Abbas⟧ Shubbarah
Endower / - Ezra Menahem Daniel
On this day, Ezra Menahem Daniel appeared, and after being identified by the identification witnesses Meir Hakham Moshe Dangoor and Ezra Meir
Haroun, he stated the following: -
I, by my own will and choice, and in full mental capacity and maturity, have agreed to allocate the house located in the Taura neighborhood in Baghdad, which is divided into
two houses by an informal division, located at door numbers 139/73 and 14/393 according to the Tabu deed dated June 323 and sequence 312,
registered in the name of my late father Menahem Salih Daniel and transferred to me as inheritance according to the two distributions from the Judge of Personal Matters under number
40/136 Sh dated 11 / 12 / 40 and 34 / 43 Sh dated 29 / 3 / 43 from my own property, and I have endowed it as a valid, final, and perpetual endowment
for the rest of the soul of my late mother Rifka daughter of Abdullah Shlomo, provided that it be used as a clinic for the medication and treatment of the sick among the poor of
the Mosaic community, and that this clinic be named after my late mother Rifka Menahem Daniel. The trustee of this endowment ⟦full authority⟧
and absolute discretion in what he deems appropriate regarding the use of the entire endowed property as a clinic or a part of it, and any surplus he obtains, he may lease it
and spend the yield obtained from it, first on paying taxes, maintenance, and necessary repairs for the endowed property, and second on the medication and treatment of
the patients who visit that clinic. In the absence of poor visitors to the mentioned clinic, it shall be spent on the poor Jewish patients
in Baghdad.
Then I have endowed, restricted, and delivered into the hand of the trustee of this endowment a sum of money amounting to three thousand dinars, of which two thousand
and five hundred dinars are for spending on the construction of the clinic endowed by this endowment deed, furnishing it, and preparing it to be fit for the mentioned purpose, and that
at the earliest time the trustee deems appropriate. Until the commencement of the repairs, the trustee may utilize the mentioned amount by purchasing government bonds
or similar guaranteed methods. The interest obtained from those funds shall be added to the endowed amount and used for the same purpose of
construction. As for the remaining five hundred dinars, they shall be spent for the necessary maintenance of the endowed property from time to time until the commencement of the construction of the clinic
intended for endowment.
I have assigned the trusteeship of this endowment to the Lay Council of the Jewish community in Baghdad, and in the absence of such a council
at any time, the trusteeship shall then transfer to the authority that takes its place.
The trustee must entrust the management ⟦and livelihood⟧ of this clinic, including the spending of the endowed amount for the purposes for which it was endowed, to
the person or entity that manages the Meir Elias Hospital within the limits he specifies for it.
The person named Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, the current president of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad, appeared according to the certificate paper
presented, stating that he is the president of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad at the present time, issued by the Presidency of the Jewish Community
on 26 / 4 / 1944. After being identified by the identification witnesses mentioned above, he stated: I have received in full and complete
the endowed amount of three thousand dinars from the endower, the aforementioned Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel, and I pledge to preserve it and spend it
according to the conditions mentioned in the endowment deed listed above.
Based on the above, a request was made to issue a deed for the mentioned endowment.
The Decision: "In view of the above, the endowment has been completed, become binding, and was adjudicated according to the conditions listed above, and it has become a valid
legal endowment, and what occurred was recorded upon request on 30 / 4 / 1944 AD."
Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad
Page 618
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
Telephone No.: 83531 President / 80452 Secretary
No. L /: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 26 / 8 / 196
Subject /:
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration
of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings.
Reference to your letter No. 18757 dated 16 / 8 / 196 regarding the ownership of the property
numbered 391 / 64 Torat.
We have previously informed your honorable secretariat that the house numbered 391 / 64 Torat does not belong to
this committee. Rather, the house numbered 393 / 64 Torat belongs to the Presidency of the Community according to the endowment
deed issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad, a copy of which was attached to our letter No.
L / 1452 / 67 dated 17 / 6 / 1967. Please refer to our letter mentioned above and the letter of the Presidency
of the Mosaic Community No. T / 75 / 69 dated 13 / 1 / 69, which had attached to it a copy of the property registration, the endowment
deed, the property map, and the real estate tax receipt. We are ready to provide the required information and the ownership
of the assets kept in the house with door numbers 393 / 64 Torat, which you have seized. Please inform us
of th⟦line⟧at.
Please accept our highest respect
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
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The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number L /: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 26 / 8 / 1969
Subject /: ⟦line⟧
Mr. Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of
the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship, Respected
After greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 18757 and dated 16 / 8 / 1969 regarding the ownership of the property
numbered 391 / 64 Torat.
We have previously informed your respected Secretariat that the house numbered 391 / 64 Torat does not belong to
this committee. Rather, the house numbered 393 / 64 Torat belongs to the Presidency of the Community according to the endowment
deed issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad, a copy of which was attached to our letter numbered
L / 1452 / 67 and dated 17 / 6 / 1967. Please refer to our letter mentioned above and the letter of the Presidency
of the Mosaic Community numbered T / 75 / 66 and dated 13 / 1 / 66, to which was attached a copy of the property registration, the endowment
deed, the property map, and the real estate tax receipt. We are ready to provide the required information and the ownership of
the assets kept in the house with door numbers 393 / 64 Torat, which you have seized. Please inform us
of th⟦line⟧at.
Please accept our highest respect
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
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The Director General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Nationality
Respectfully
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 18757 dated 12/8/1969
regarding the ownership of ⟦the neighborhood⟧ the property of the house numbered 24/291 Tauraat
We would like to inform you that we have received the document ⟦...⟧ stating that the house numbered 24/291
Tauraat does not belong to the Synagogue Committee, but it is a house
rather, the house numbered 292/24 Tauraat is the endowed house belonging
⟦...⟧ to the Presidency of the Community according to the endowment deed issued
by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad, a copy of which was attached
to our letter No. L/1452/67 dated 15/6/1967
Please refer to our letter mentioned above and the letter from the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
No. T/75/69 dated 12/8/69, to which was attached at his request
a copy of the title deed, the endowment deed, the property map, and a copy of the property tax receipt
and ⟦...⟧ and we are ready to provide the information
required ⟦...⟧ the ownership of the property kept in the house, door numbers
292/24 Tauraat, which you have seized. Please inform us of that.
Respectfully,
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
<del>Secretariat of Immovable Property</del>
Ownership Verification Division
Number / 228
Date / 1 / 1 / 1969
Very Urgent
The Administrative Body for Iraqi Jews
Subject / Two Houses
We list below for you a copy of the report from the Inspector of Immovable Property in this General
Secretariat, numbered 30316 on 11 / 12 / 1968, requesting that you provide us with any information you have
regarding the properties under discussion and send all original supporting documents related
to them to this General Secretariat, hoping this will be completed as soon as possible.
Muhammad Ajin
Acting Secretary General
Copy to:-
Secretariat of Immovable Property Inspection - with reference to its report above, for your information please
Rental Division - with reference to the report above - requesting that the necessary measures be taken to bring the tenants of the properties
under discussion and investigate them regarding their ownership and review the
lease contracts and inform us of your procedures.
Accounts Secretariat, for your information please
Ownership Verification Division - with attachments for follow-up
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
We have found the two charitable houses located in the Torah neighborhood with the numbers listed below
and occupied by the persons whose names are listed, each of whom pays rent to
the Israelite Community. We kindly ask for your information and an order to investigate whether the endowment is registered
or not. We also request a copy of the records for the two mentioned properties to determine ownership and their owners, please.
Inspector of Immovable Property
1- House numbered 25 / 137 Torah, leased to Saeed Al-Azzawi
2- Charitable house numbered 25A / 137 Torah, also leased to Saeed Al-Azzawi, who in turn has leased it
to the persons mentioned below.
1- Balasim Sultan pays rent in the amount of 2 Dinars to Saeed Al-Azzawi
2- Sultan Sabih " " " " "
3- Mohsen Kazem " " " " "
4- Kazem Hassan " " " " "
5- Ghaniya Salman ⟦Barno⟧ " " " " "
418 566 45 182 25 182 428
175 25 182
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Leasing Department
Number /: 647
Date: 9 / 1 / 1969
(Urgent)
To Rosa Haroun and her group / Occupant of the house numbered 391 / 94 sequence 310
Torat
In view of the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from each of the Jews Ezra, Shimon, and Ibrahim, sons of
Youssef Ibrahim Fattal, owners of the frozen shares of the property referred to above. Therefore, please
take the initiative immediately to vacate the mentioned property within a maximum period of ten days from the date of your notification
of this letter, in order to guarantee the rights of this General Secretariat; otherwise, the necessary legal
measures will be taken for that purpose.
Muhammad Ajina
Acting Secretary General
A copy of it to: -
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Title Settlement - Your letter No. 31191 on 29 / 12 / 1968
For information
Secretariat of Immovable Property Inspection - House Follow-up - Your letter No. 446 on ⟦2⟧ / 1 / 1969
For the same purpose.
Leases - For follow-up.
Papers File (5 / 3 / 50) For archiving.
1968
1969
Khalid / 8 / 1
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number L / ⟦...⟧ / 69
Date 1/17/1969
Subject /: ⟦Estate⟧
69/⟦...⟧
1/⟦...⟧/1969
⟦Estate⟧
⟦...⟧
Mr. Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship, Respected
Greetings:
With reference to your letter numbered 228 and dated 1/4/1969 regarding the ownership of two properties, we inform you:
1 - That the house numbered 137/25 Torah is registered in the Land Registry (Tabu) as an endowment (waqf) under Tabu sequence 418, Torah District.
2 - That the house numbered 137/35 Torah is registered in the Land Registry (Tabu) as an endowment (waqf) under Tabu sequence 428, Torah District.
3 - That property number 137/125 was previously a shop and has been merged with the house number doors 137/25 (explained
its sequence above) and that this shop is registered in the Land Registry (Tabu) as an endowment (waqf) under Tabu sequence 566, Torah District.
The guardianship over these properties, as established in the Land Registry, is the Communal Council (Administrative Committee) and the Chief
Rabbis. Please kindly request the Rusafa Land Registry Directorate to provide your respected Secretariat with a copy of the registration for the properties
explained above.
Please accept our highest respect
President of the Administrative Committee
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number: T / 70 / 66
Date: 13 / 1 / 1969
⟦Handwritten marks in blue and red ink⟧
Subject:
The Respected Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings and Respect:
Reference to your letter No. 627 dated 9 / 1 / 1969 addressed to Rosa Haron and her group regarding the necessity of vacating the property No. Doors 14 / 391 Torah.
The aforementioned and her group are among the poor of the Jewish community and reside in property No. Doors 393 / 14 and not 391 / 14, which belongs to the Fattal family.
The property 393 / 14 Torah neighborhood and Land Registry sequence 312 Torah was pure property in the name of Menachem Salih Daniel, and his son Ezra Menachem Daniel had endowed it according to the Endowment Deed issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad under No. 67 / 944 and dated 30 / 4 / 1944, and this deed is registered and marked in the Land Registry records. We have previously provided your respected Secretariat with a copy of this endowment deed attached to the Administrative Committee's letter No. 1452 dated 27 / 8 / 67. In addition to that, we attach to this letter of ours a copy of the Land Registry record for property sequence 312, a map, a copy of the aforementioned endowment deed, and a copy of the real estate tax receipt to verify the matter. I also request to ask the Rusafa Land Registry Directorate to confirm these two properties on-site (391 / 14 sequence 310 Torah and property 393 / 14 sequence 312 and their ownership) and to allow the occupants of the house to reside and not deport them.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦Signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Jewish Community
A copy to: -
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews / For your kind information
889
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15 / 1 / 69
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In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat:
For the Monitoring and Management of the Property of Jews:
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked:
Secretariat of Immovable Property:
Ownership Verification Division:
Number /: 1281
Date: 196 / /
Republic of Iraq
Baghdad Tapu Directorate / Al-Rusafa
Subject - Sequence 418 Torah
Reference to your letter numbered 148 and dated 1/8/1969
Upon auditing the copy of the registration record sent to us attached to your letter above, we found in the (Land
Category) field the phrase 'Pure Ownership' while you mentioned in the disposal column field that the mentioned property is 'Waqf'.
Please inform us regarding this discrepancy, please.
Muhammad Ajina
Acting Secretary General
Copy to -
Administrative Body for Iraqi Jews / Reference to its letter 7/969 on
1/11/1969 for information.
Ownership Verification Division / With attachments for follow-up.
Al-Alawi 1/15
⟦1281⟧
⟦196⟧