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T / 509 / 52
28 / 12 / 1952
Receipt of the first installment of the rent for the Al-Haydariyah Branch School.
⟦Department Copy⟧
121
To -
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Greetings,
With reference to the payment authorization memo numbered (Volume 31158, Sequence 19) dated
24 / 12 / 1952.
We inform you of our receipt of an amount of ninety dinars, representing the first installment of the rental value for the house
numbered 65/137 located in the Torah neighborhood belonging to this Presidency for the year beginning on
3 / 12 / 1952 after deducting the stamp tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A copy to -
Accountant of the Community
Enclosed is an amount of ninety dinars to be deposited in the Ottoman Bank and recorded in the
rental income account of the School for the Comfort of the Blind, for the first installment of the rental value of the Institute
for the Comfort of the Blind for the year beginning on 3 / 12 / 1952.
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
Directorate General of Education
Accounts
Directorate General of Revenue / Taxes
Number /: 44415
Date /: 12/ /1952
122
Presidency of ⟦...⟧
2104
12/28/1952
Incoming
With reference to your letter numbered 26294 and dated 12/16/1952
This Ministry had rented the Laura Kadoorie school building numbered 115/127 located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood
belonging to the Jewish community for a period of one year starting from 12/15/1951 until 12/14/1952
at an annual rent of (1000) Dinars. The tax resulting from that was deducted from the payment
from those concerned at the time according to the payment authorization memorandum numbered 36668 and dated 12/20/1951.
This Ministry vacated the aforementioned building on 12/14/1952 and we no longer have any relationship with it
and it is currently occupied by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Director General of Education
Copy to :-
Directorate of Accounts
Presidency of the Jewish Community / For information.
⟦Keep in the school file⟧
⟦With the previous papers⟧
⟦...⟧
Al-Majidi 12/21
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Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Accounts
Number / 27726
Date / 22 / 12 / 1952
Subject / Renovations
2105
28 / 12 / 52
122
To:-
The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The administration of Al-Mahdiya School for Boys has informed us that its school building requires the renovations mentioned below.
Therefore, we request that they be carried out as quickly as possible in accordance with the terms of the lease agreement, otherwise we will be forced to carry them out ourselves
and deduct the expense from the rent.
Abdul Ghani al-Jarjafchi
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
The administration of Al-Mahdiya School for Boys - with reference to your letter No. 155 dated 14 / 12 / 52
For information and to inform us in case the required renovations are not completed within a week so that we may take the
necessary action.
Department Accountant - for follow-up.
Renovations
1- Paving four rooms with tiles due to the presence of moisture in them.
2- Renovating the old wing of the building due to cracks in its walls.
3- Repairing the roof fence.
4- Repairing the locks of the room doors.
5- Repairing the electrical installations present in some rooms along with installing new ones in the terrace, the courtyard
and the rooms lacking them due to the existence of evening classes in the school.
Al-Munaia'i / 20
Personnel
A copy to the school administration
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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T / ⟦906⟧ / 52
21 / 12 / 1952
Renovations.
To -
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 27726 dated 12/22/1952;
Please note the following -
1 - Tiling four rooms with floor tiles is not included in the first condition of the contract.
2 - We will take the necessary action regarding the renovations mentioned in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of your letter
referred to above.
3 - As for the repair of the electrical installations; this presidency has already equipped the building with all
the electrical installations it needed at the beginning of the building's lease last year.
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
⟦illegible⟧
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Iraq
Ministry of Finance
Technical Department
Baghdad
15621
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
2 Rabi' al-Thani 1373
8 December 1953
Presidency
⟦illegible⟧
Finance
Ministry of Social Affairs
Disbursement of an amount.
Your letter No. 8445 dated 20 / 12 / 1953
We approve the disbursement of an amount not exceeding -/1000 dinars (one thousand dinars)
for the rent of the Laura Kadoorie School building for a period of one year, provided
that funds are available in the budget.
⟦signature⟧
For the Minister of Finance
A copy to the Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Social Services
" General Accounts
Presidency of the Jewish Community
To be recorded in the Community's incoming mail
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Karim / 23
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
General Directorate of Social Services
Refugees
Section ⟦line⟧
No. 2085
Date 21 / 12 / 1952
Presidency of the Israelite Community
No. 2112
Date 4 / 1 / 1953
Subject: 142
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community
With reference to the Ministry of Finance letter numbered 15631 and dated
on 23 / 12 / 1952.
We agree to rent the Laura Kadoorie school building for an
annual rent of (1000) Dinars ((One Thousand Dinars)) starting from
15 / 1 / 1953. Please send your representative to renew the contract
properly.
Dr. "A" Al-Rozly
General Director of Social Services
Copy to:-
Accounting Section
Typist / .
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T / 281 / 52
1 / 1 / 1953
27
Rent allowance for the Laura Kadoorie School building.
To -
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Greetings,
With reference to the Ministry of Finance letter No. 15631 dated 12/23/1952 and following up on our letter No.
T / 2838 / 52 dated 11/18/1952
We request you note the following:
1 - The annual rent agreed upon between this Presidency and the Directorate of General Education was not one thousand dinars to be renewed
on that basis, but was rather divided into two parts.
A - 1,000 dinars (one thousand dinars) paid in cash upon signing the contract.
B - 1,000 dinars (one thousand dinars) to be spent by the lessee for the purpose of carrying out necessary repairs required by the condition
of the building, and if the amount required for those repairs exceeds one thousand dinars, the lessee shall pay that as well.
Knowing that the Directorate of General Education did not fulfill the second part of the rent regarding repairs, a matter
which led this Presidency to request from them a settlement of the issue from a financial perspective.
2 - Accordingly, this Presidency cannot accept the renewal of the contract with your honorable Ministry except on the basis of the two conditions mentioned in
the first paragraph, with the kindness - in the event of your acceptance - of ordering the repairs to be carried out urgently due to the condition of the building.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A copy to -
The Honorable Ministry of Finance, with reference to its letter mentioned above.
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Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Accounting Section
Number: 99
Date: 10 / 1 / 1953
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 2817
Date 8 / 1 / 1953
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To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered 2960 and dated 1 / 1 / 953 and based
on the Ministry of Finance letter numbered 15631 and dated 22 / 12 / 1952.
We cannot rent the building for more than one thousand Dinars, and the third paragraph
of the contract signed between you and the Ministry of Education, which states that the tenant
shall spend an amount not exceeding one thousand Dinars for necessary repairs, has no legal value,
and spending one Dinar on repairs is considered sufficient for its implementation.
Furthermore, we will spend on the mentioned building according to our needs
which we deem necessary at our own expense and we will not charge you anything, so please inform us of your agreement.
Dr. A. Al-Wajih-li
Director General of Social Services
A copy to -
Accounting Section
N / 8
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T / 53/2916
1/20/1953
129
Rental allowance for the Laura Kadoorie School building.
To -
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 99 dated 1/8/1953;
Please note the following: -
1 - The second paragraph of the lease agreement concluded between this Presidency and the Honorable Ministry of Education obligated the tenant
to spend an amount of no less than one thousand dinars on the repairs required by the building, to the extent that it obligated the tenant to spend more than
one thousand dinars in the event that the repairs required an amount exceeding one thousand dinars; this appears clearly from the text of the following
mentioned paragraph: -
"Second Paragraph -
"The tenant shall spend an amount not exceeding one thousand dinars (1000 dinars) for the purpose of carrying out"
"the necessary renovations required by the condition of the building; and if the amount required for those"
"renovations exceeds one thousand dinars, the tenant shall pay it as well."
2 - We agree to renew the contract with your esteemed Directorate General, for the year starting on 12/15/1952, with an annual
rental fee of 1000 dinars (one thousand dinars), provided that the lease agreement states that your Directorate is the one that will undertake the spending
on the aforementioned building according to the needs it deems necessary, at its own expense, and this Presidency shall not bear any cost.
This is exactly what was stated in your above-mentioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
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Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Section: Refugees ⟦line⟧
Number 214
Date: 19 / 1 / 1953
Presidency of the Jewish Community
2821
20 / 1 / 1953
Subject ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
Reference to your letter No. 3916 dated 12 / 1 / 1953.
Since the contract signed between you and the Ministry of Education explicitly states that the start of
the lease is considered as of the date of occupancy of the building in question, and since we explained to you in our letter
No. 271 dated 13 / 3 / 1942 that we occupied the building on 15 / 1 / 1952 and that the mentioned
date is considered the start of the lease contract according to the requirements of the terms of the contract referred to above.
Your silence in responding to this letter throughout this period is considered an approval of it.
Therefore, we cannot renew the contract except from 15 / 1 / 1953. Please inform us
of your approval. If you still insist on your opinion, you may contact the Ministry of Education, and if no
agreement is reached on the subject, you may refer to the courts.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Dr. A. Al-Rozali
Director General of Social Services.
A copy to:
Ministry of Education - Reference to the correspondence ending with your letter No. 44035 and dated
21 / 12 / 1952
Ministry of Finance - Reference to the correspondence ending with your letter No. 15631 and dated
23 / December / 1952
Personnel
Incoming Register
20 / 1 / 53
Mutie / .
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: T / 2903 / 52
Date: 21 / 1 / 1953
Subject: Laura Kadoorie School Building.
To -
The Honorable Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Education
Greetings,
Further to our letter No. T/2903/52 dated 12/25/1952 and with reference to the letter of the Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs (Directorate of General Social Services) No. 214 dated 1/19/1953, a copy of which was addressed to your honorable Ministry.
We hope you will note the following -
1- We have not received any response to our above-mentioned letter.
Considering that the second paragraph of the lease contract for the past year obliged the tenant (Directorate of General Education) to spend an amount of 1,000 dinars (one thousand dinars) on repairs, and since this Presidency notes that you did not fulfill this condition during the lease period, we request that you either carry it out or pay it from your treasury as a settlement for not carrying it out.
2- The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs (Directorate of Social Services) did not agree to renew the contract except starting from 1/15/1953 and not from 12/15/1952, which is the expiration date of our contract with your honorable Ministry, claiming that its occupancy of the said building only began on 1/15/1953. It informed us in its above-mentioned letter to refer to your honorable Ministry regarding this matter, therefore we request that you kindly pay the rent for one month.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to -
The Honorable Ministry of Social Affairs (Directorate of General Social Services). In reference to your above-mentioned letter.
We hope you will note the following -
1- We did not receive your letter No. 271 dated 2/13/1953, but rather we received a copy of your letter No. 62 dated 1/17/1953 for information only, in which you informed the honorable Ministry of Education that the date of your occupancy of the building was 1/15/1953.
2- We agree to renew the lease contract with your honorable Ministry for a period of one year starting from 1/15/1953, under the terms listed in our letter No. 2916 dated 1/12/1953, while reserving our right to demand the one-month rent in question from the Ministry of Education.
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Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Accounts
Number / ⟦416⟧
Date / ⟦...⟧ / 1 / 1953
Presidency of the Jewish Community
2121
22 / 1 / 1953
Subject/ Expansion of a Latrine Tank
To - Presidency of the Jewish Community
122
The inspector who visited the Haydariya Branch School for Girls belonging to you has informed us that the latrine tank located
in the school building is very small as it fills up quickly and its odors affect the students, and the basement windows
are close to the aforementioned tank, therefore we request sending someone to expand the tank or dig a tank larger than it and block
the basement windows within a week in accordance with the terms of the lease contract, otherwise we will be forced to carry that out
ourselves at your expense and deduct the expenditure from the rent.
Abdul Ghani Al-Jirjafchi
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy of it to :-
Administration of Haydariya Branch School for Girls for information and to notify us in case the tank is not dug
and the windows blocked within a week from the date above for us to take the necessary action.
Administration of Al-Ahilla School for Girls - for information.
Governorate of Baghdad Province - for kind information.
Presidency of Inspection - with reference to the memorandum of the inspector, Ms. Salma Al-Fakhri, numbered 6 and dated
23 / 12 / 952 for kind information.
Department Accountant - for follow-up.
Al-Manba'i / H
⟦Engineering⟧
For registration and reporting
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11/6521
11/1/1951
Committee for the Management and Settlement of Emigrants' Property
Committee for the Management and Settlement of Emigrants' Property
No. /
Date / 1 / 11 / 1951
Master Al-Hadi Al-Mahdi
Telephone 8471
To
The Administrative Body for Jews in Iraq
Pursuant to the authority vested in us by Article 6 of the Instructions for Facilitating the Implementation of the Law for Monitoring and Managing Emigrants' Property No. 5 of 1951
We have decided the following:
1- To seize the Shamash School building belonging to the Jews whose Iraqi citizenship has been revoked, located in the Al-Saadoun neighborhood in Baghdad and defined by its boundaries
recorded in the land registry (Tabu) and other official departments, and to consider it as part of the assets belonging to this committee as of the date of issuance of this decision.
2- Any disposal of this building by any party is prohibited except with written approval from us.
Chairman of the Committee for the Management
and Settlement of Emigrants' Property
Copy to:
1- Directorate of Frozen Assets for the purpose of review and taking the necessary measures to implement what is stated in paragraph (1) above and registering the building in the name of this committee.
2- Directorate of Criminal Investigations - Emigrants Branch.
3- Governorate of Baghdad to take the necessary measures to implement what is stated in paragraph (1) above and hand over the building to this committee.
4- Directorate of Real Estate Registration in Baghdad.
5- Directorate of Telegraph and Telephone.
⟦illegible⟧
Chairman of the Committee for the Management and Settlement of Emigrants' Property
15 Rabi'a
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1/25/953
124
His Excellency, the Honorable President of the Physical Council
Subject: Renovations and establishing a tank in the Blind Institute School.
Greetings,
The Director of Education for the Baghdad District informed us by his letter No. 416 dated 1/6/1953 that the Blind Institute School
(currently occupied by the Al-Haydariya Branch School) requires the following:
1- Digging a tank larger than the current one and adding to it.
2- Blocking the basement windows.
I have instructed Master Alwan to carry out a preliminary survey, so I attach the aforementioned survey, from which it is clear to Your Excellency that it requires
20/450 Dinars (Twenty Dinars and four hundred and fifty Fils).
We present the matter to Your Excellency to order what is necessary.
⟦illegible⟧
The Secretary
His Excellency the President's note, confirming the survey therein
Approval ⟦illegible⟧
After auditing the survey and according to the prices listed in the survey
it appeared here that the cost is estimated at (19/000) nineteen
Dinars, including materials and labor wages. The Engineer
⟦illegible⟧
2/27/53
We agree to carry out the renovations at a cost of 19 Dinars
⟦illegible⟧
2/27/53
I agree to complete the work with its cost and issue a check for the amount of 19 Dinars
as per the attached survey and according to the administrative decision reached ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ M/3 dated 2/28/953
Master Alwan Muhammad
2/28/953
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T / 53/2941
4 / 2 / 1953
Renovations in the Al-Haydariya School branch (formerly the Building of
Comfort for the Blind).
122
To -
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Province
Greetings,
With reference to your two letters numbered 416 and 332 and dated January 6 and 22, 1953,
We have performed the excavation and foundation for another tank in the aforementioned school, and the basement windows have also been closed,
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
⟦illegible⟧
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T / <del>28</del> - 52 /
1953/5/24
The second installment of the rent for the Al-Haydariya Branch School.
137
To -
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
After greetings
We kindly request you to pay the second installment of the rent for the building numbered 65/137
located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood, belonging to this Presidency, occupied by the Al-Haydariya Branch School
which is due on 1953/6/3, in the amount of one hundred dinars only.
With utmost respect.
Heskel Daoud Shemtob
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T/53/2022
Date: 29 / 5 / 1953
Subject: Receipt of the second installment of the rent for Al-Haydariyah
Branch School.
128
To --
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
We inform you of our receipt of the second installment of the rent for building No. 65/127
located in the Torah quarter and belonging to this Presidency, occupied by the Al-Haydariyah
Branch School, amounting to ninety Dinars after deducting the property tax.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Dawood Shetoob
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Copy to --
Accountant of the Community Presidency - for accounting purposes
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Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Section ⟦line⟧
Accounting
Number: 152
Date: 10 / 12 / 1952
Presidency of the Jewish Community
2127
15 / 12 / 1952
Subject ⟦line⟧
129
To ⟦line⟧
Ministry of Finance
In view of the need of the Directorate General of Social Services to rent the Rachel Shahmoon School building
to be occupied by Palestinian refugees, we have contacted the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, which replied
with its letter No. 2867 dated 14 / 12 / 1952 that it agrees to lease it for an annual rent of ⟦line⟧
(1200) Dinars, provided that the cost of damages occurring in the building as a result of its occupancy is borne, and that an amount
of (500) Dinars is paid for renovation and construction of partitions therein according to the survey organized by the mentioned Presidency. Therefore, we request
instructing the Immovable Property Estimation Committee to estimate its rent value along with the costs of renovation and repair expenses. We have
named Mr. Abdul Latif ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant of the Directorate General of Social Services as our representative in the Estimation Committee. Please
inform us of the day designated for the inspection of the building as quickly as possible.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Minister of Social Affairs
Copy to ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Reference to its above-mentioned letter
Accounts Directorate ⟦line⟧
Mr. Abdul Latif ⟦line⟧
Now
To Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
21/5
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Iraq
Ministry of Finance
Technical Department
Baghdad
Head of the Jewish Community
Number 2129
Date 1953/2/2
Number: 1222
Date: 16 Jumada al-Awwal 1372
January 1953
To -
Ministry of Social Affairs
Leasing a building
Reference to the communication ending with your letter numbered 433 and dated
1953/1/27 .
We agree to lease the Rachel Shemtov school building to be occupied by Palestinian
refugees for a period of one year at the annual rent estimated by the committee
for leasing immovable property, provided it does not exceed 1200/- Dinars, and
for the renovation of the building and the installation of partitions according to the organized inspection for an amount not exceeding
500/- Dinars, provided that there is an allocation in the budget.
On behalf of the Minister of Finance
Ahmed Al-Saadi
A copy to -
General Directorate of Accounts / 2
Immovable Property Leasing Committee - to estimate the annual rent as quickly
as possible.
Head of the Jewish Community.
Salman / 1
953/2/1
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