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Decision
The committee inspected the school buildings belonging to the Jewish community
listed below on September 2, 1951, for the purpose of occupying them as official schools, and estimated their rental value
at the amounts shown next to them, on the condition that the Jewish community carries out the glazing and electrical
installations in the aforementioned buildings, and the restoration and removal of any hazards occurring in those buildings
resulting from the nature of the construction. As for the renovations required by the referred buildings resulting
from their occupation by the schools, they shall be at the expense of the Ministry of Education.
Name of School | Its rental value
Asat Boys School | 250 Dinars
Nourm (formerly Al-Wataniya) | 350 "
Noriel | 300 "
⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧
Member Member Member Chairman of the Committee
Director of Accounts, Ministry of Education Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Kh / 17
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Ministry of Iraqi Education
General Directorate of Education
Accounts
25727
Number
Date ⟦8 / 9 / 1951⟧
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Subject: Leasing buildings for schools
We refer to the letter of the Baghdad Province Governorate No. 19162 dated 26 / 8 / 1951
supporting its point of view on the subject.
General Director of Education
A copy to -
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Accounts Budget
Presidency of the Jewish Community
1526
⟦7 / 9⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: 51/T
Date: 11 / 1951
To - Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Subject - Prices of desks and blackboards.
After greetings,
With reference to the agreement reached between your respected directorate and the presidency of this community.
We request the favor of ordering the disbursement of the following amount as detailed below:
Dinars Fils | Item Type | Quantity | Unit Price
736 650 | Desks | (1637) | 450 Fils
58 500 | Blackboards (including (11) blackboards in Shamash School ready for delivery). | (90) | 650 Fils
795 150 | | |
Only seven hundred and ninety-five dinars and one hundred and fifty fils and no more.
Note that the number of desks and blackboards received by the Education [Directorate] is confirmed by receipts signed by Mr. Abdul Hamid
Al-Sakin, Principal of Al-Mahdiya School for Boys, appointed for this purpose pursuant to your respected directorate's letter No. 13629 dated
21 / 8 / 1951.
Please accept our highest respects.
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 / 5452 }
Number: 51 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 11 / 1951
⟦Coming⟧
To - Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Subject: The first installment of the rent for the Community's schools.
Greetings
With reference to the decision of the committee appointed by Ministerial Order No. 24556 dated 26 / 8 / 1951, taken on 2 / 9 / 1951.
Agreed Rent | School Name | Occupancy Date
Fils Dinar | |
200 ... | Al-Muwasat for the Blind | Not yet received and is ready for receipt
400 ... | Nuwi (The National School) | 7 / 10 / 1951
300 ... | Nouriel | 3 / 10 / 1951
900 ... | |
Therefore, we request the order to pay half of the rents shown above as a first installment, amounting to four hundred and fifty Dinars only, provided that the second installment, also amounting to four hundred and fifty Dinars, is paid six months after the occupancy date, as per established procedures.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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⟦illegible⟧
T / 2488 / 51
12/ /1951
To - Directorate of General Education.
With reference to the decision of the committee appointed by Ministerial Order No. 24556 dated 8/26/51
Taken on 11/4/1951 and your letter No. 36006 dated 11/20/1951.
Agreed Rental Amount | School Name | Date of Receipt
1000/000 Dinars | Laura Kadoorie | 11/23/1951
Received by the Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences
We request the order to pay half of the rental amount shown above as a first installment, amounting to five hundred dinars
Provided that the second installment, also amounting to five hundred dinars, is paid six months after the date of occupancy and the ⟦...⟧
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Copy to -
Baghdad Province Education Directorate - for information.
College of Arts and Sciences - for information.
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⟦...⟧
The first installment of the community school rent fees
51 / 2177
12/4/1951
To -
Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Greetings,
We reiterate our letter numbered 51/2148 dated 11/4/1951, requesting the favor of paying
the first installment of the rent fees mentioned in our above-referenced letter.
Please accept our highest respects.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
⟦illegible⟧
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
To -
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Greetings,
We confirm our letter No. 51/2148 dated 11/4/1951, requesting you to kindly pay
the first installment of the rent allowances mentioned in our aforementioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
No: 51/⟦...⟧
Subject: Prices of desks and blackboards
Date: 12/4/1951
To -
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
After greetings
We refer to our letter numbered T/ 2147 / 51 dated 11/4/1951, requesting
the disbursement of the costs for the desks and blackboards specified in our above-mentioned letter.
Please accept the expressions of our highest respect.
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
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51 / 21<del>8</del>9
12/4/1951
Values of desks and chalkboards
Please review
51 / 2178 N
To :-
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Greetings,
We reiterate our letter No. T/ 2147 / 51 dated 11/4/1951, requesting
disbursement of the values of the desks and chalkboards specified in our aforementioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Sect
Chairman of the Lay Council
⟦136⟧
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Iraqi Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Education
Accounts
Number - 26006
Date - 1951/11/20
H 2
Headship of the Jewish Community in Baghdad .
Headship of the Jewish Community
Private Number 1591
Date 21 / 11 / 951
Subject / Laura Kadoorie Building
In view of the agreement reached between your representatives and this Ministry to lease the Laura Kadoorie building for the purposes of this
Ministry ⟦for an amount⟧ (1000) one thousand dinars annually, please hand over the keys of the building to the Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences
and the contract will be organized thereafter .
Director General of Education
Copy to :-
Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences - for follow-up
Directorate of Accounts
Hassan / 11 / 20
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51/2188
12/12/1951
To -
Ministry of Education
Directorate General of Education
Greetings,
Your letter No. 36006 dated 11/20/1951.
We have handed over the keys of the Laura Kadoorie School building belonging to the presidency of this community to the clerk
of the College of Arts and Sciences authorized to receive them according to the letter of the Dean of said College No. 2437 and dated
11/22/1951, and the delivery took place on 11/23/1951.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A copy to ...
To the Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences with reference to its letter mentioned above and in addition
to the delivery of the building keys, the broken glass was counted and it appeared to be (259) panes, and
the counting took place in the presence of your representative.
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: 51/⟦1⟧
Date: 12/10/1951
Subject:
To -
Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Education
Greetings,
Your letter No. 36006 dated 11/20/1951.
We have handed over the keys to the Laura Kadoorie School building belonging to the presidency of this community to the clerk
of the College of Arts and Sciences authorized to receive them according to the letter from the deanship of the aforementioned college No. 2437 dated
11/22/1951, and the delivery took place on 11/23/1951.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Copy to -
The Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences, with reference to its letter mentioned above; in addition
to handing over the keys of the building, the broken glass and its backings were counted as (259) pieces, and
the counting took place in the presence of your representative.
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Number 568
Date 17 / 12 / 1951
Directorate of the Preparatory School of Commerce
Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
No. ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Directorate of General Education
Our school building has many broken glass panes, and when we moved into it, the Jewish Community promised
to repair these glass panes as soon as possible. Despite the long period since our move
and our telephone communications with the community, they have not carried out this repair until now. Please warn the
aforementioned community to hasten the repair of the mentioned glass or authorize us for the necessary amount to do so, provided it is deducted
from the rent.
Director of the Preparatory School of Commerce
A copy to -
Baghdad Education Directorate
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
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51 / 2191
12/17/1951
Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Secular Council
51 /
12/17/1951
A copy to:-
Directorate General of Education - We confirm the enclosure of our letter No. 2148 dated 11/4/1951 sent
to the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province regarding the payment of rent allowances for the schools leased by you
and supported by our letter No. 2177 / 51 dated 12/4/1951 addressed to the mentioned Directorate, requesting
the favor of ordering the payment of the rent allowances mentioned in the letters referred to above so we can spend
on the required repairs.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - for the same purpose -
Administration of the Commerce Preparatory School
After greetings,
Your letter No. 568 dated 12/17/1951.
The rent schedule for your school building leased by the Directorate General of Education has not arrived
until now, and without the arrival of the form it is ⟦impossible⟧ for us to receive the allowance to be able to spend from it.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Secular Council
A copy to:-
Directorate General of Education - We confirm the enclosure of our letter No. 2148 dated 11/4/1951 sent
to the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province regarding the payment of rent allowances for the schools leased by you
and supported by our letter No. 2177 / 51 dated 12/4/1951 addressed to the mentioned Directorate, requesting
the favor of ordering the payment of the rent allowances mentioned in the letters referred to above so we can spend
on the required repairs.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - for the same purpose -
825 ⟦illegible⟧
21 / 6 / 1951 Dhu al-Qi'dah
Shash Synagogue Committee in Baghdad in ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Presidency of the Hakham Bashi of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
His Holiness the Respected Hakham Bashi
We are honored to present to your Excellency that we intend to carry out renovations in our synagogue and that we are in need of some timber from our old synagogue
called (Meir Synagogue) of which a part has collapsed and which we intend to sell to the Housing Construction Department, and we hope you would kindly assign whomever
you deem appropriate to supervise the withdrawal of the mentioned timber we need and deliver it to us so that we can complete the necessary renovations for our synagogue
extracted from our old synagogue and the remainder of our old timber with its doors, equipment, and stairs in full, and depositing them in our synagogue's warehouse
⟦illegible⟧ on May 17, year 951
Shash Synagogue Committee in Baghdad on their behalf
⟦illegible⟧ Shash, Committee Member
On behalf of the trustee ⟦illegible⟧ Shash
What I am informing the Shash Synagogue Committee in Baghdad of
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T / 4196 / 51
20 / 12 / 1951
To -
The Honorable Ministry of Education
Accounts Department
Greetings,
Your letter numbered 40002 and dated 20 / 12 / 1951.
We inform you of our receipt of the payment authorization note numbered (Vol. 36668 Ser. 4) for the amount of
900 Dinars (Nine Hundred Dinars) attached herewith the above-mentioned letter, being the rental
value for the building numbered 115 / 137 located in the Al-Tawrat district for a period of one year starting from
15 / 12 / 1951 until 14 / 12 / 1952 after deducting (100) Dinars as property tax at a rate of
10% for one year.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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Second Confirmation
T / ⟦2148⟧ / 51
4 / 12 / 1951
Rent allowances for the buildings of the Institution for the Blind and the National
School.
To -
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
We confirm our letter numbered T / 2148 / 51 dated 4 / 11 / 1951
Requesting the favor of paying the rent allowances for the buildings of the Institution for the Blind and the National School
As indicated in our aforementioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Secular Council
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Second Confirmation
T / 51 / 2198
21 / 12 / 1951
Costs of Desks and Blackboards
To -
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Greetings,
We confirm our letter numbered T / 51 / 2147 dated 4 / 11 / 1951
requesting the favor of paying the costs of the desks and blackboards indicated in our letter referred to
above, the total value of which is 795/150 Dinars.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
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4225
Iraqi Ministry of Education
Directorate General of Education
Accounts
Number /:
Date: / 12 / 1951
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
We refer you to the Commerce Preparatory School letter No. 568 dated 12/17/951.
Please take the necessary action as soon as possible regarding the repair of the broken glass panes, especially since you
promised to repair them when the school moved into them. In the event that you do not do so, we will authorize the
school administration to carry them out, provided that the amounts that will be spent for the purpose discussed are deducted from the rent
and inform us.
Director General of Education
A copy of it to -
Directorate of Commerce Preparatory School - your letter above for information
Ministry Accounts Directorate
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Register Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
N / 26 / 12
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25 /
T / 51/2224
2 / 1 / 1952
To -
Directorate General of Education - Baghdad
Greetings,
Your letter No. 41245 dated 12/26/1951.
We refer you to our letter No. T / 2161 / 51 dated 12/27/1951 addressed
to the administration of the Commerce Preparatory School, with a copy to your esteemed General Directorate.
We will repair the broken glass panes in the Commerce Preparatory School, requesting at the
same time your kind instructions to the Accounts Department in your esteemed General Directorate to expedite the payment of the
rent for the mentioned school.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Temporal Council
A copy to -
Administration of the Commerce Preparatory School.
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Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Accounts
No. /
Date 1/ /952
Subject / Electrical Installations
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Reference to your letter No. /T/ 2197 / 51 dated 12/21/951
Most of the electrical installations that you placed in the building of the Mwasat Al-Umyan school, which we rented
for the Al-Haydariyah Branch School for Girls, were stolen before it was occupied by the mentioned school. Given the necessity of having electric power in the
referred school building to light the school when needed, we request you to send someone to replace what was stolen from the school's
mentioned installations as quickly as possible and inform us. Noting that we will pay the rent for the two school buildings mentioned above and the Al-Wataniya school
upon receipt of the approval from the Baghdad Provincial Governorate, which will be soon.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to -
Management of Al-Haydariyah Branch School for Girls - for information
Department Accountant - for follow-up
Hassan / H
⟦illegible stamp⟧
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Copy to ⟦...⟧
T / 2219 / 51
26 / 12 / 1951
Rental fees for the Mu'asat Al-Umyan and
the National School buildings.
27 / 12
To -
Governorate of Baghdad District
Greetings,
The presidency of this community has leased the Mu'asat Al-Umyan and National School buildings to
the Directorate of Education of Baghdad District for an annual rent of two hundred Dinars for the first and four hundred Dinars
for the second, in accordance with the decision of the committee formed for this purpose by the venerable Ministry of Education
pursuant to Ministerial Order No. 24556 dated 26 / 8 / 1951, and we have followed up with
the Directorate of Education of Baghdad District, requesting their kindness in paying the mentioned fees according to our letters mentioned
by their numbers and dates below:
Letter Number | Date
T / 2148 / 51 | 4 / 11 / 1951
T / 2177 / 51 | 4 / 12 / 1951 (First Reminder)
T / 2197 / 51 | 21 / 12 / 1951 (Second Reminder)
In view of the non-disbursement of these fees until now, we come to your Excellency requesting the favor of ordering their disbursement.
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community