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IJA 1441

Files Regarding Menahem Daniel Endowments

Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included are correspondence with the Iraqi government about an orchard; accounting materials; the law allowing the liquidation of a family fund. In a file with the handwritten title “Menahem Account and Promissory Bills Received by the Court” are a letter from the Administrative Committee for the Jewish Community to an accountant regarding payments for his service; handwritten calculations; endowment registration; a chapter of a law for endowments published by the government of Iraq under King Faisal II; expenses of the Menahem Daniel schools; a letter to Jewish Lay Council asking to acquire revenues and expenses for Menahem Daniel’s endowments in 1944.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 1441
Item Number: 8323
Date: Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages: Arabic
Keywords: Accounting, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, Crown Crest, Deed, Endowments, Ezra Menahem Daniel, File Folder, Financial, First Court of Baghdad, Form, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Iraqi Government, Jewish Lay Council, King Faisal II, Land Registry, Law for Endowments, Legal, Letterhead, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Promissory Bills, Property Tax, Revenue Stamp, Stamps, Tax, Typed, Waqf

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 26

Baghdad Court of First Instance
Issued Number
Date
File Number 195 / /
Page ( 1 )
In execution of the court's decision, I attended the premises located in Ras al-Qarya, where Mr. Ibrahim Khalaschi was present, and after ⟦...⟧
regarding the court's decision, he stated that I am present to present the promissory notes related to the Waqf, and after bringing them, I began recording their details and the correctness ⟦...⟧
They are as follows.
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Fils | Dinar | Promissory Note No. | Date | Name of Debtor
⟦line⟧ | 6 | 1 | 10 Muharram 1374 | Ahmed Al-Abdullah Al-Issa
⟦line⟧ | 10 | 1 | 2 Sha'ban 1374 | Shaker Mahmoud
⟦line⟧ | 10 | 1 | " " 2 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 1 | 16 Dhu al-Qi'dah 73 | Meir Ezra Dori and Isaac Dallal
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 1 | " " 16 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 1 | " " 16 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 1 | " " 16 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 250 | 1 | " " 16 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 10 | 1 | 11 Safar 1373 | Abed and Mohammed Ali Fattal
098 | 12 | 1 | " " 11 | " "
⟦line⟧ | 23 | 1 | 16 Muharram 1374 | Taha Mohammed Rashid Mulla Huwaish
⟦line⟧ | 21 | 1 | " " 23 | Aziz Hanna Isso
767 | 67 | | 25 Safar 1374 | Saeed Al-Hajj Hussein Mafazji
464 | 15 | 1 | 2 Rabi' al-Awwal 1374 | Hajj Hussein Amr, Palestinian
⟦line⟧ | 14 | 1 | " " 2 | " "
071 | 11 | 1 | 30 Safar 1374 | Soren Ovanes
⟦line⟧ | 38 | 1 | 12 Rabi' al-Awwal 1374 | Sayyid Kamil Mustafa Al-Bij
⟦line⟧ | 38 | 1 | " " " | " "
⟦line⟧ | 35 | 1 | " " 14 | Shaul Baruch Nissan
⟦line⟧ | 30 | 1 | " " 15 | Ali Al-Hajj Abdul Rahman Khaji
⟦line⟧ | 30 | 1 | " " " | " "
400 | 1621 | 21 | |
Ibrahim Khalaschi Agent Ibrahim Khazam Agent Mustafa. Agent Ismail Mohammed

Page 32

For the academic year 46/47
⟦illegible⟧ 1941, which includes
Management and furniture costs and expenses of
⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Revenues
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧
000 | 130 | Grant from the honorable Ministry of Education
From student fees and handicrafts
Fils | Dinar
500 | 2266 | From student fees
250 | 73 | From handicrafts
⟦line⟧
750 | 2339
⟦line⟧
750 | 2339
215 | 4348 | From ⟦illegible⟧ Awqaf revenues to pay the school's expenses for the mentioned year
⟦line⟧
965 | 6817
⟦line⟧
965 | 6817
⟦line⟧

Page 34

Menahem S. Daniel's ⟦illegible⟧
44/115 Ta
TELEPH
Endowments
Menahem Salih Daniel School
Number ⟦...⟧
Telephone Number 140
Baghdad, 2 August 1947 Baghdad on
SL
30 / 9 / 2
His Excellency the President of the respected Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
Subject - Endowment accounts of the late Menahem Salih
Daniel for the year 1944
Greetings and respect
In accordance with the provisions of the Menahem Salih Daniel endowment notice No. 935/87 dated 21 / 5 / ⟦...⟧
We have the honor to submit the following: -
1- The final account statement for the Menahem and Sasson Daniel endowments for the year 1944
2- The final account statement for the income and expenses of the "Menahem Salih Daniel" school for the academic year 1943 /
1944
3- The budget of the "Menahem Salih Daniel School for the academic year 1945 / 1946
4- The budget of income and expenses for the Menahem and Sasson Daniel endowments for the year 1946
Secondly - In the spirit of the cost of living allowance law of the Iraqi state, we have increased the allocations
of the cost of living for female teachers and school employees according to the rates specified in the amendment law
mentioned above starting from 1 / 1 / 1944, in order to improve the welfare of the female teachers
Thirdly - We send to you herewith a copy of the endowment deed numbered 68 / 1944 dated 30 / ⟦...⟧ /
1944 by which Mr. Ezra Daniel endowed the plots numbered 6/66, 7/66, 8/66,
9/66, 10/66, and 11/66 located in the Al-Bataween neighborhood next to the
Young Men's Christian Association to be annexed to the Menahem Salih Daniel school endowments
We would be pleased if you would kindly provide us with a receipt, and with our highest respect for Your Excellency

Page 42

Budget of income and expenditures
Menachem Salih Daniel for ⟦...⟧
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Expenditures | Dinar | Fils
Payment of expenses for the "Menachem Salih Daniel" school for the academic year 194/45 | 2150 | ...
academic |  |
Expected surplus from the endowment income | 3725 | ...
| 5875 | ...
| 5875 | ...
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28 / 8 / 1945