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IJA 1441
Files Regarding Menahem Daniel Endowments
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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.
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94 Khairi Zabib and the gold ⟦...⟧ Mohamed Hassan Sheikh 5/4/1 127/205 48 Ahmed Abdel Rahman Fouad Hammadi 5/4/1 61 Mahmoud Mohamed Hakim and Abdel Jabbar Alwan Dabbagh 5/4/1 61 Sibti Tahba 5/4/1 20 Shaith Mazara and Dolan Mina 5/4/1 46 Majeed Sultan 5/4/1 96 Ismail Sayed Hassan Al-Ani 5/4/6 8 Rashid Qabtan 5/4/6 United Agency Company Limited 5/4/6 Bishr Al-Seer 5/4/10 Mohamed Hassan Sheikh 660 64 84 24 76/500 Mohamed Hassan Sheikh 5/4/1 Ahmed Abdel Rahman Fouad Hammadi 5/4/1 Mahmoud Mohamed Hakim and Abdel Jabbar Alwan Dabbagh 5/4/1 Sibti Tahba 5/4/1 Shaith Mazara and Dolan Mina 5/4/1 Majeed Sultan 5/4/1 Ismail Sayed Hassan Al-Ani 5/4/6 Rashid Qabtan 5/4/6 Agency Company 5/4/6 Bishr Al-Seer 5/4/10 Sons of Hajj Mahmoud ⟦Al-Ada'yar⟧ AWQAF EZRA M. DANIEL ⟦illegible calculations and faded text⟧ 76/500 187/360 364
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Agent of the Enlightened ⟦Ahmed⟧ Saleh ⟦Shukr⟧ I, Edwar Yaqoub Mishal, have received on today's date from Mr. Madhkour, agent of the Administrative Committee for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the amounts he collected ⟦at⟧ ⟦late⟧ times ⟦for⟧ ⟦Qabil⟧ 1955 until our receipt of the administration ⟦funds⟧ in March, which ⟦Madhkour⟧ ⟦managed⟧ on account of a check to the order of Sister Mary Qanawati in 1955, as follows: Fils | Dinar 240 | 500 | Check to the order of Sister Mary Qanawati 1 / 7 / 1955 544 | 228 | " " " " 2 / 7 / 1955 450 | 600 | " " " " 3 / 7 / 1955 787 | 600 | " " " " 4 / 7 / 1955 ⟦line⟧ 419 | 2420 | Expenses <del>125</del> | 579 | Abd Sharif ⟦the Tailor⟧ 25 / 8 26 | Daoud Kabbay ⟦Coffee Maker⟧ Qaynouri Najm Al-Hatimi ⟦line⟧ 204 / 59 / 54 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧ Shortcomings of the neighbor In your hand
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Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: 19/58 Date: 3/24/1958 Subject Summary: Honorable Mr. Shawqi Dallal ⟦Baghdad⟧ Greetings, The Administrative Committee, in its session held on 3/24/1958, has approved the adjustment of your audit fees for the accounts of the years 54/55 and 55/56 and the accounts of the Frank Iny and Shamash schools for the academic years 54/55 and 55/56, setting them at 200/- Dinars (Two Hundred Dinars) as a lump sum for all the aforementioned accounts. Please also consider our letter No. M/57/512 dated 12/18/1957 as cancelled. ⟦line⟧ The President ⟦line⟧ A copy to: Directorate of Frank Iny and Shamash Schools - for information. Accountant of the Community Presidency. Assistant Trustee of the Ezra and Heskel Menachem Daniel Endowments.
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Dawoud Nari dated ⟦illegible⟧ Sheikh Al-Tajjashi ⟦illegible⟧ Brahmaniri the Judge ⟦illegible⟧ papers ⟦illegible⟧ 59 607 10 966 2 / ⟦illegible⟧ 11 / 204 125 204 226 / ⟦illegible⟧ 250 290 2715 ⟦illegible⟧ 1115 467 2821 / 210 I received from Mr. Procure, the agent of the College of Religions on behalf of the Prophet's administration Joshua Anam, the remaining balance issued by our person below ⟦illegible⟧ mentioned in the month of ⟦illegible⟧ 1950 A check on the Ottoman Bank ⟦illegible⟧ 816727 dated 7/27 Only three thousand one hundred and thirty-one dinars and two hundred fils Received ⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧ 2821/210 And I also received a list containing the receipts in Dinars and 44 promissory notes amounting to 1909/292 Dinars and lease contract papers numbering 21, and for clarification I gave this receipt in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Tashq Student Rights Ways
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Third - If the lessee delays in paying any (installment of the installments) or a promissory note of the promissory notes issued above upon maturity - the debt becomes entirely accelerated and due immediately, and the lessor has the option to terminate this contract and lease the leased property to others, and the lessee shall be liable for the difference in rent if there is a deficiency, without the need to give a formal notice to the aforementioned lessee. Fourth - The lessee has the right to ⟦line⟧ in the leased property for the duration of the lease and does not have the right to lease it to others without written consent from the lessor. And at the end of the lease term, the lessee is obligated to vacate the leased property to the lessor free of occupants, and if he delays in doing so, he shall be obligated to pay for the period of delay a daily rent amounting to ⟦line⟧ without the need for a formal notice. Fifth - The lessee undertakes to return the leased property to the lessor at the end of the contract safe from any damage or deficiency and to compensate him for all deficiencies and damages that occur in the leased property in kind or in value. Sixth - The property tax shall be the responsibility of the lessor, while the water, electricity, security, and cleaning fees are on the lessee and he is obligated to pay them regularly. Seventh - The lessee acknowledges that he has waived the right to request an oath from the lessor regarding the admission of falsehood and other oaths concerning this contract. Written in two copies, one copy in the hand of each of the two parties in Baghdad on / / 195 Witness Witness The Lessee Trustee of the Endowments of the Lessor (The Physical Council) Ahmed ⟦illegible⟧ 80 117 80 50 50 200 160 160 112 159 101 80 70 50 200 160 160 112 159 101 ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ 500 220 500
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Account of Mr. Kamel Saleh Omar 207 75 1025 1449 15525 1512 405 422 800 504 40220 15120 1552704 77 7/70 504 20/801 ⟦line⟧ 72 122 Paint 28 801 74 247 Paint 28 801 ⟦line⟧ 77 602 70 700 10 69/902 22 Paint 247 72 72 928 74 74 928 ⟦line⟧ 147/856 14 758 122/698 122 98 Received 202 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 180 00 Remaining 22 / <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 11/16 (for the lawyer) Dinar 140 25 165 127 Paid the installment on date
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On the date of 21 Rajab, year 1275 16 / 21 at the Consul 21 Shawwal, year 1275 972 10 982 65 212 50 ⟦illegible⟧ 50 15 20 Rajab 1 7 Sha'ban 1 4 Ramadan 1 4 Shawwal 1 4 At the Consul 16 7 / 5 27 22 Only what we paid them, received as a debt to their hand 114 108 8 230 56 286 His real estate account 11412 426 1 Residential The Agency 2000
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Fils Dinar | Abdul Karim Mahmoud | Jumada II 1275 500 48 | Mahmoud Hassan Siraj | 10 Rajab 1275 500 50 | Zaki Muhammad Ali Hakim | 10 Sha'ban 1275 500 50 | Qasim Muhammad | 15 Rajab 1275 500 50 | Khalil Al-Hamel (Bey) | 26 Rajab 1275 500 50 | Ali Sayyid Muhammad | 1 Rabi' II 1275 500 50 | Mahmoud Hassan Siraj | 1 Muharram 1276 500 50 | Hassan Abd Ali Al-Ani | 1 Safar 1276 500 50 | Hashim Al-Sayyid Antar | 22 Rabi' I 1276 500 50 | Abdul Majid Fini and Dahi | 1 Safar 1276 500 50 | Ahmed Abdul Karim | 9 Jumada II 1276 500 46 | Khaz'al Nuri Al-Rassam | 9 Rajab 1275 500 40 | Muhammad Hassan Allam (via Nuri Al-Rassam) | 1 Sha'ban 1275 500 40 | Abdul Rahman Hakim | 15 Jumada I 1277 500 45 | Mustafa Hassan Fallat | 21 Rajab 1276 500 45 | Ashour Al-Hamel | 6 Rabi' II 1276 500 45 | Khaz'al Nuri Rassam | 9 Jumada II 1276 ⟦line⟧ 500 48 | Abdul Rahman Hakim (Monthly) | 2 Rabi' II 1276 500 40 | Sayyid Hadi Al-Jawahiri | 11 Rajab 1276 500 40 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 22 Dhu al-Hijjah 1275 500 40 | Ali Alwan Dabbous | 19 Rajab 1275 500 40 | Fakhri Sayyid Hadi | 15 Safar 1276 500 40 | Souri Ousi | 20 Rabi' I 1275 500 40 | Sayyid Nidal | 14 Sha'ban 1275 500 40 | Nader Ahmed | 15 Jumada II 1275 500 40 | Al-Hajj Ali Sabri (via ⟦illegible⟧) | 15 Safar 1276 Remainder of rent
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Dinar | Fils | Name | Date | Number 586 | 14 | Mustafa Danoush | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 546 | 16 | Sayyid Sadiq al-Jawahiri | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 540 | 20 | Sayyid Hassan al-Ani | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 440 | 16 | Abdul Wahid Reda and Mahdi Dano | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 546 | 20 | Sayyid Hashim Sayyid Abdul Aali | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 546 | 16 | Sayyid Sadiq al-Jawahiri | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 428 | 16 | Suri Awanis | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 482 | 18 | Ashour Ismail | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 696 | 22 | Sayyid Abdul Rahman, Village Judge | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 444 | 16 | Sayyid Fakhri Sayyid Mahdi | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 448 | 16 | Sayyid Mustafa al-Wad | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 875 | 14 | Abdul Karim Nabi | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 858 | 22 | Tawfiq Nouri al-Rassam, Village | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 546 | 20 | Abdul Karim Hassoun | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 428 | 16 | Sayyid Nader Ahmed | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 614 | 19 | Mahmoud Hussein Rajeh | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 448 | 16 | Sayyid Ali Sayyid Ahmed | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 546 | 20 | Hakim Muhammad and Mahdi Masoud | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 428 | 16 | Alhan Komo | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 785 | 14 | Abbas Tawfiq Baldawi | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 448 | 16 | Sayyid Rashid Qahtan | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 546 | 20 | Zaya Muhammad Ali Habib | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 695 | 26 | Yoshia Yunan | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Al-Hajj Ali | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 579 | 20 | Mahmoud Hussein Rajeh | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ Know that it has expired
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Al-Ali Orchard Tapu Form (15) Value statement of 20 fils used for the purpose of disposal transactions in Tapu and printed at the Government Press According to authorization number (24178) dated 26 / 8 / 1956 Sol Abdo Tapu descriptions: File number: 2/44 Modern door number: Old door number: Iraqi Government: Settlement descriptions: District name: District number: Parcel number: General descriptions: Liwa: Baghdad Qada: Nahiyah: Mahalla or village: Binyadin Street or location: Bounders: North-east the public road North-west orchard ⟦...⟧ South-west orchard ⟦...⟧ South-east the irrigation channels ⟦...⟧ Abstract rights: Descriptions: Type (Class): Private property / Waqf houses Gender and contents: Orchard Rusafa ⟦signature⟧ Map number | Area | Square Decimeter | Square Meter | Olk | Donum | | 81 | 95 | 9 | Number and date of registration of this transaction in the Tapu record: Number: Month: Volume: Number and date of the incoming entry for this transaction: Number: Date: / / 195 Signature of the competent employee: (Warning) Printing presses are prohibited from reprinting it except with written permission from the General Directorate of Tapu.
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There are no taxes due on the immovable property mentioned in this statement, the number of which in the tax department is ( ) On / / 195 Signature of the Tax Official 1 - Is there a mortgage, insurance, seizure, delay, or any other impediment in (the entry)? ⟦line⟧ Signature of the responsible official ⟦line⟧ Date / / 195 2 - Are there papers or a notation (in the file) regarding the existence of a mortgage, seizure, delay, or any other impediment? ⟦line⟧ Signature of the responsible official ⟦line⟧ Date / / 195 Fees and Stamps Inspection fee | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Statement of value subject to fee | Fils | Dinar | | | | Consideration | | ⟦...⟧ | 700 Statement of fees and stamps | Fils | Dinar Time fee | 500 | 87 Stamp | 250 | - Title deed | 150 | - ⟦line⟧ | 900 | 87 The fee amounting to has been collected Dinars ⟦line⟧ and Fils ⟦line⟧ And recorded in the daily journal Under number ⟦line⟧ And date / / 195 Signature The fee amounting to ⟦...⟧ Dinars and ⟦...⟧ Fils has been collected And recorded in the daily journal under number ⟦line⟧ and date / / 195 Signature ⟦line⟧
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( Consideration ) ( Consideration ) Shares and Portions | Name of the owner or disposer and his nationality | Number | Date | Shares and Portions | Name of the owner or disposer and his nationality ⟦illegible⟧ | The guardian Ezra Hayim Daniel | 22 | 948 February | Endowment of the Israelite community in Baghdad | ⟦illegible⟧ | | | 578 | | The first disposer Description of the previous deed The last disposer
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The owner Ezra Hayyim Daniel has endowed the building as a waqf for the members of the Israelite community in Baghdad, in accordance with the deed numbered 122 on the 29th of November year 1945 issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad before the transaction was carried out in his name The Endowment We certify this statement and acknowledge the correctness of the information written in it and confirm there is no objection to accepting the transaction ( ) in the Land Registry Office on / / 195 The Member The Member The Mukhtar ⟦stamp with portrait and numeral 50⟧ ⟦circular ink stamp⟧ These columns are specific to transactions of immovable property currently being settled Partners | Buyers | Sellers
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⟦illegible⟧ Al-Mani in the presence of the neighborhood Mukhtar and the mentioned Mukhtar ⟦illegible⟧ Bisan ⟦illegible⟧/24 located in the Al-Baroudiya neighborhood ⟦illegible⟧ borders five meters and in it the mentioned Shadi ⟦illegible⟧ thousand Dinars 278 on 9 / 4 / 957 Proven ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Sabri Khalaf ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Karim Abdullah ⟦signature⟧
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In the Land Registry Office in ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 195 Member: Member: Mukhtar: ⟦illegible⟧ These columns are for transactions of immovable property currently being settled Partners | Buyers | Sellers
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The inspection statement, explanation of recognition, or other requirements of the transaction may be issued on this page ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Sabri Hanif ⟦signature⟧ Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ Shawil ⟦signature⟧ Hasib ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦circular stamp⟧
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Property Tax Commission (Baghdad) Number: 1428 Date: 2 / 7 / 195 To: Karrada Al-Sharqiya Tabu Directorate There is no tax due on the property numbered (21/42) Located in Al-Shayji district until 21 / 12 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Ledger Clerk Sahib Al-Sahrani 12 / 6 / 957 General Incoming Tax Officer
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⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ approval ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Sabri Khadouri Sabri Khader ⟦signature⟧
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Notes Audit Department - The transaction is in compliance with the procedures on / / 195 ⟦illegible⟧ Auditor's Signature | Answers of the competent Land Registry Department to the Audit Department's notes ⟦illegible⟧
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On this page, the inspection statement, explanation of confession, or other requirements of the transaction may be issued ⟦1/2⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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This page is used for any purpose whatsoever, whether by the specialized Land Registry Department or by the Audit Department. The transfer of the record and the file was carried out on / / 195 Signature ⟦line⟧ I have received the title deed for the time, Signature ⟦line⟧ The original title deed, Signature ⟦line⟧
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Number (28) of 1954 Law Permissibility of Liquidating Family Endowments Press, Abdul Karim Zahid Library, Baghdad 5877
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Number (28) of 1954 Law Permission to Liquidate Family Waqf We, Faisal II, King of Iraq After reviewing the first paragraph of Article Twenty-Six of the Basic Law and with the approval of the Parliament We have ratified the following law: Article One - A - Family Waqf (Waqf Dhurri) means what the endower has endowed upon himself or his progeny, or both together, or upon a specific person or his progeny, or both together, provided that it reverts to a charitable entity upon the extinction of the beneficiary or beneficiaries. B - Joint Waqf (Waqf Mushtarak) means what the endower has endowed upon a charitable entity and upon individuals or progeny, or upon individuals or progeny and upon a charitable entity. C - Charitable Waqf (Waqf Khairi) means what was endowed to a charitable entity at the time of its creation or what eventually reverted to it. D - Mercenaries (Al-Murtaziqa) - are those for whom an entitlement in the yield of the Waqf is stipulated according to the condition of the endower or the dealing in its absence at the time of enforcement
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Number (28) of the year 1954 Law Permissibility of Liquidating Family Endowments (Waqf) We, Faisal II, King of Iraq After reviewing the first paragraph of Article Twenty- Six of the Basic Law and with the approval of the Parliament We have ratified the following law: - Article One - A - Family Endowment (Waqf Dhurri) means what the endower has endowed upon himself or his descendants, or both together, or upon a specific person or his descendants, or both together, provided that it reverts to a charitable cause upon the extinction of the beneficiary or beneficiaries. B - Joint Endowment (Waqf Mushtarak) means what the endower has endowed upon a charitable cause and individuals or descendants, or upon individuals or descendants and a charitable cause. C - Charitable Endowment (Waqf Khayri) means what was endowed for a charitable cause at the time of its creation or what has finally reverted to it. D - Mercenaries (Al-Murtaziqa) - are those for whom an entitlement to the endowment's yield is stipulated according to the endower's condition or custom in its absence at the time of the enforcement 8 B - Upon appealing the judgment, a proportional fee of one per thousand of the value of his claim in the appealed lawsuit shall be collected. Article Thirteen - The provisions of this law apply to the compensation for the replacement and expropriation of family and joint endowments wherever they exist upon the enforcement of this law. Article Fourteen - The provisions of this law do not apply to family and joint endowments if the endower is alive, as he has the right to revoke what he endowed whenever he wishes. Article Fifteen - This law shall come into force from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Article Sixteen - The Ministers of State shall implement this law. Written in Baghdad on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Rabi' al-Thani, year 1374, corresponding to the twenty-second day of the month of December, year 1954. Nuri al-Said Signatures of the Ministers Faisal