AI English Translation, Pages 276-300
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Division ⟦line⟧ Refugees ⟦line⟧
Number: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦line⟧
Date: 8 / 8 / 1953
2281
11 / 8 / 1953
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
With reference to the communication ending with your letter No. T / 3074 / 53 dated 21 / 6 / 1953.
The committee formed for the purpose of estimating the rental value of the Menashi Saleh school building No. 137 / 59
Al-Tawrat neighborhood, approved an amount of (1100) Dinars annually in its letter No. 219 dated 3 / 7 / 53.
We request you to inform us of your approval of the mentioned rent, provided that you build toilets for women and men, as well as
reconstruct the outer wall of the building, build a corrugated iron fence for the internal plots, and carry out other
necessary repairs. The lease period shall begin from the date it is occupied by the refugees.
Dr. ⟦...⟧ A ⟦...⟧ Al-Razzaq
Director General of Social Services
Copy to: -
Ministry of Social Affairs - with reference to its letter No. 4112 dated 8 / 8 / 1953.
Muti' /
T / 74 - 53
27 / 6 / 1953
Munshi Saleh School Building
To -
Directorate General of Social Services
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 1978 dated 21 / 6 / 1953.
We agree to lease the Munshi Saleh School building No. 59 / 137 located in the
Torah neighborhood belonging to this Presidency for use for the purposes of your Directorate General at an annual rent
of (1750 Dinars) one thousand seven hundred and fifty Dinars, provided that from it for the first year only
an amount of one hundred Dinars is spent for the purpose of carrying out necessary repairs and fixing the toilets and the cesspool.
Please accept our highest respect.
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⟦signature⟧
Heskel Daoud Shuttub
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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Number: Kh/1978
Date: 6 / 1 / 1953
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Section ⟦line⟧ Refugees ⟦line⟧
4422
22 / 1 / 1953
Subject ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
It is intended to rent the building of the Menashi Saleh School located in the Al-Thawrat neighborhood
under number 59/137 for the purposes of the Directorate General of Social Services. Please
inform us of its final annual rental value. So that we may approach the official
authorities to take the necessary measures in this regard as quickly as possible.
Dr. A. Al-Wizali
Director General of Social Services
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22 / 1 / 53
Muti'/
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of General Social Services
Division: Refugees
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧/6/1953
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Number 2257
Date 5 / 7 / 1953
Subject ⟦line⟧
To the Ministry of Finance
In view of the need of the Directorate of General Social Services to rent the building of the Mechi Saleh School located
in the Torah neighborhood under number 59 / 137 to be occupied by Palestinian refugees, we have contacted
the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, which replied to us in its letter numbered T/3074/53 and dated
27 / 6 / 1953 that it agrees to rent it for an annual rent of (1750) one thousand seven hundred
and fifty Dinars, provided that the Community bears all the renovations the building needs and the construction of toilets
for women and men and the construction of an internal fence therein. Therefore, we request that instructions be given to the Property Assessment Committee in Al-Bataween
to estimate its annual rental value. We have assigned Mr. Abdul Latif Omar, the accountant of the Directorate of General Social Services
as our representative on the assessment committee. Please inform us of the day designated for the inspection of the building as quickly
as possible.
Minister of Social Affairs
⟦Majid Mustafa⟧
A copy of it to: -
Presidency of the Israelite Community - with reference to its letter mentioned above.
Accounts Department.
Mr. Abdul Latif Omar.
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Printed /
Office: Iranian Sharafat School
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1953/11/18
Attachment: ⟦line⟧
Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Respected Presidency of the Jewish Community
We inform you that a portion of the bricks in the school yard is broken, and in some parts of the yard
there are deep depressions, especially near the school gate at the entrance and also in the middle of the yard.
Accordingly, we request that you send one of the builders for inspection and to carry out the necessary repairs and—
by doing so, we would be grateful for your kindness, and may you remain respected.
Director of the Iranian Sharafat School — Ali Akbarvand
Sharafat Iranian School
Baghdad
Second
To the Director of Endowments
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53/11/20
Archive
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Iraqi Government
Directorate - Maternity Hospital
Office - Administration
Number /: 68
Date -: 21 / 11 / 953
To - Secretary of the Jewish Community
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We have previously shown your department's engineer a section of the corridor floor in the hospital between
the sunken rooms with broken tiles above them. Please instruct to inspect this and repair it as quickly
as possible.
Director of the Maternity Hospital
Dr. Fouad Murad Al-Sheikh
A copy to - Ministry of Health
A copy to - Administration
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Number 942
Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
Head of the ⟦Respectable⟧ ⟦Israeli⟧ Community
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health
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Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 19 / 8 / 1953
Telegraphic Address - Sihham:
Section - Accounts -:
Number /: -
Date: 15 / 8 / 1953
To - Secretary of the Jewish Community
Subject / - Carrying out repairs
We confirm the letter of the Maternity Hospital Directorate No. 467 dated 10 / 8 / 1953
Requesting that the necessary measures be taken to complete the deficiencies.
Minister of Health
Copy to -
Maternity Hospital Directorate.
Accountant
Please request Engineer Naeem Zalzal
to estimate the cost of these required renovations
as soon as possible
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20 / 8
Salah
2654
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health
Directorate - Maternity Hospital:
Office - Administration:
Number /: 467
Date -: 10 / 8 / 953
Very Urgent
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2278
10 / 8 / 1953
To the Secretary of the Jewish Community
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I have previously written to you regarding the necessity of carrying out the remaining works at the Maternity Hospital, including installing electric
bells - placing a wire door for the kitchen - wooden shelves for the kitchen - and these were previously recorded by your department's engineer in his submitted report.
Work is still suspended; please expedite its completion within five days from this date, otherwise we will be forced to complete it ourselves and -
deduct the amount spent from the rent.
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Director of the Maternity Hospital
Dr. Fuad Murad Al-Sheikh
A copy to - Ministry of Health - for kind endorsement
The Writer
For registration and filing
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10 / 8
The Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health
Directorate - Maternity Hospital:
Office - Administration:
Number /: 267
Date -: 28 / 6 / 953
225
30 / 6 / 1953
To the Secretary of the Israelite Community
Further to our letter to the Ministry of Health regarding the renovations in the Maternity Hospital. We have previously requested the repair of the house floor
and the installation of a sink with the extension of water drains in the room at the side entrance. And the installation of a wire mesh door (mesh) for the door of
the kitchen and the installation of electric bells for the two front entrances of the house and for the two doctors' rooms, the accounting room, and the two official rooms.
Director of the Maternity Hospital
Dr. Fouad Murad Al-Sheikh
The Accountant
For negotiation on the subject, yes
Regarding the electrical works which
have become very necessary and it is
urgent to complete them
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30 / 6 / 53
The Clerk
Write to the ⟦illegible⟧ department for its equipment
29 / 6 / 53
A copy of it to - Ministry of Health - for information
Committee of Israeli Churches
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
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Number:
Date:
Subject:
T / 251 / 53
15 / 12 / 1953
Renewal of the lease for the Laura Kadoorie School building
To -
Directorate of General Social Services
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 5151 dated 7 / 12 / 1953,
a copy of which was addressed to this Presidency.
We inform you that the Administrative Committee of this community approved in its session held on
13 / 12 / 1953 the renewal of the lease for the Laura Kadoorie School building for another
year under the same terms as the expired contract.
Please accept our highest respect.
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Rabbi Sassoon Kadoorie
Acting President of the Community
A copy to -
Presidency of the Administrative Committee - for information.
Issued
Filed
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17 / 12
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
General Directorate of Social Services
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / 1 / 1953
Refugee Division ⟦line⟧
Subject: Renewal of Lease Agreement ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Urgent
To the Ministry of Social Affairs.
In view of the expiration of the lease for the Laura Kadoorie School, which is used as a shelter for housing refugees, on 14 / 1 / 1954, and our desire
to renew the contract for another year. Please inform us of your approval of this as quickly as possible.
Director General of Social Services
A copy to:
Presidency of the Jewish Community - to inform us of your approval as soon as possible.
Refugee Accountant.
Muti'
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Iraqi Ministry of Education
General Directorate of Secondary Education
Accounts
Number /: 46280
Date /: 22 / 12 / 1953
Subject: Repairing window glass.
To - Preparatory School of Commerce
Reference to your letter No. 412 dated 9 / 12 / 1953
The amount you requested in your aforementioned letter cannot be spent because the Jewish Community is the one that must
carry out the repair in its capacity as the owner, and there is an explicit article in the contract stating that the owner shall carry out all repairs and renovations
requested of them during the contract period. Please emphasize to the Jewish Community the necessity of carrying out the repair
immediately and without delay.
Director of General Secondary Education
Copy to " -
The Jewish Community - to carry out the repair of the window glass as quickly as possible.
Accounts Directorate - with attachment.
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20 / 12
Number: 609
Date: 12 / 12 / 1953
Baghdad Governorate
Local Administration - To -
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
We reiterate our letter No. 4597 dated 7 / 11 / 1953
And we request instructions to paint the building of the Battaween Primary School, as we see the necessity to emphasize such matters
And inform us.
Abdul Jabbar Fahmi
Governor of Baghdad
A copy to: -
Baghdad Education Directorate - their letter No. 34550 dated 27 / 12 / 953
Please inform us when this is completed.
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T / ⟦illegible⟧ / 54
Laura Kadoorie Club Building.
4/1/1954
His Excellency the Secretary General for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi
Nationality
After greetings,
Reference to your letter No. A / 6868 dated 12/30/1953,
The mentioned club along with the shops are the absolute property of the heirs of the late Eliezer Kadoorie ⟦illegible⟧
He donated the rent of the club only to the army. The owner's agent is Mr. Farid Daoud
Samra, and the community has no connection to it, and you may refer to him.
Please accept the highest respect.
On behalf of
Rabbi Sassoon Kadoorie
Acting President of the Community
File
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General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews
Deprived of Iraqi
Citizenship
Secretariat of Immovable Property ⟦...⟧
Number ⟦700/1/1⟧
Date 1953/12/2
Very Urgent
Headquarters of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
We have learned that the club located on Al-Rashid Street (Al-Senak district) known as the Laura Kadoorie Club
along with all the shops, warehouses, and houses belonging to it, some parts of which are currently occupied
by refugees, belonged to Mr. Eliezer Kadoorie, and he donated it to the community's endowments (Awqaf)
which have been managing it throughout the past period. Therefore, we request clarification of:
1- What is the relationship of the Jewish community, its endowments, or its other institutions to the mentioned properties and who
is the one who receives its revenues and to which entity are they spent?
2- Provide us with a certified copy of the endowment deed, waiver, donation, or any other document relating to the properties
mentioned.
3- Statement of the names of the persons who practice the management, maintenance, and collection of revenues of the mentioned properties
and the capacity in which they practice their mentioned work?
We hope to receive your urgent reply, please.
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General Secretary
Raouf
T / 3272 / 54
28 / 1 / 1954
Honorable Director of Sharafat Iranian School
After greetings
We thank you for your invitation requesting our presence at the graduation ceremony for the successful students of your school
And we regret our inability to attend due to a prior engagement, as the invitation arrived only one hour before the opening
of the ceremony. We congratulate you and wish your school success in raising the level of culture. Please accept our gratitude
and highest respect.
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Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
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Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
On Wednesday, January 20, 1954, at three o'clock in the afternoon, a celebration ceremony
will be held at the Sharafat Iranian High School in Baghdad, and the students'
certificates will be distributed. You are kindly requested to honor the school
supervision with your presence at this celebration.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Administration: ⟦line⟧
Number: 2811
Date: 9/2/954
Attachment: ⟦line⟧
Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
To "
Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Greetings and respect -
With reference to your letter numbered M/54/68 dated 8/2/954, we send
you herewith check number 957228 drawn on the Ottoman Bank in the amount of three hundred
and fifty Dinars (350) for the second installment for the year 1953 - 1954 of the
rent for Shamash School No. 1/50. Please inform us of the receipt of the amount -
Please accept our highest respect.
Supervisor of Iranian Schools in Iraq - Rahnama
For registration
To the Accountant
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Department: ⟦illegible⟧
Number: 2135
Date: 1954/2/10
Attachment:
Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
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— To —
The Presidency of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community — in Baghdad
Greetings and respect —
Further to our letter No. 2111 dated 1954/2/9, we have provided you with an amount of three hundred and fifty
dinars for the second installment of the rent for the former Shamash School, currently the Iranian School, instead of four hundred dinars. Therefore, please kindly
agree to add the remaining fifty dinars of the aforementioned rent to the third and final installment, i.e., the two hundred dinars,
so that the total of the third installment becomes two hundred and fifty dinars, in order for us to settle our accounts for the Iranian fiscal year ⟦illegible⟧.
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect.
Supervisor of Iranian Schools in Iraq — Abdullah Rahnama
Presidency of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Number: M / 81 /
Date: 16 / 2 / 1954
To:
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. 2125 dated 10 / 2 / 1954,
The Administrative Committee, in its session held on 14 / 2 / 1954, has agreed to
postpone the payment of the remaining amount due from you, totaling 50.000 Dinars (Fifty Dinars),
until the due date of the third installment.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦signature⟧
President
225
Presidency of the Administrative Committee
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 54/28/M
Date 8/2/1954
To -
Supervision of Jewish Schools in Baghdad
After greetings and respect
With reference to your letter No. 3051 dated 30/1/1954, please deliver the rent
payments to this office in accordance with the previous lease contract.
Please accept our highest respect
The President
A copy of it to -
Mr. Heskel Daoud Shattoub, regarding our letter No. M/54/51 dated 4/1/954
concerning the necessity of providing us with a certified copy of the power of attorney and guardianship in your possession, and there is no objection after that to
your receipt of the rent amount from the committee directly.
Office of the Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1954/1/30
Attachment:
Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
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To
The Honorable Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
After greetings and respect
We inform you that this Supervision was notified on ⟦illegible⟧ by notice number 2161 dated
4 / 7 / 1953 and withdrawn by Heskel Dawood Shantoob through the Notary Public of North Baghdad, which includes
the appointment of the aforementioned petitioner, Heskel Shantoob, as a general agent for the trustee of the Shamash Endowments according to his general power of attorney
certified by the Royal Iraqi Legation in London under number 367 and dated 20 / 7 / 1953, which authorizes
him the right to carry out all matters of the Shamash Endowments and requested this Supervision to hand over the rent payments for this school
(the old Shamash school building) to him or to the person he specifically appoints. Therefore, we hope you will inform us on the matter
and clarify this so that we can pay the rent to him. In conclusion, please accept our highest respect.
Supervisor of Iranian Schools in Iraq - Abdullah Rahnama
⟦signature⟧
To be submitted to the Director of the Executive Committee
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Please keep the letter in the application file
Office: Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
Number: 1781
Date: 1953/12/26
Attachment: Pledge Form
Ministry of Culture
Supervision of Iranian Schools in Iraq
His Excellency, the Respected Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
After greetings and respect,
This school is in need of some necessary and essential renovations, and the walls of most classrooms are very dirty
to the extent that it does not suit the school building and its location, and it is constantly subject to criticism by the inspectors of the Ministry of Education on one hand
and the Imperial Iranian Embassy on the other, as we mentioned to His Excellency, the respected Head of the Community, when we had the honor
of visiting him. Therefore, according to what was promised to us by the respected leadership, we hope you will kindly approve the necessary repairs
mentioned above. You would make us very grateful by doing so, noting that the total cost (including painting the walls with distemper
and the doors with oil paint) does not exceed 170 Dinars, according to the pledge made by one of the painters, whose pledge form is attached for your kind information.
In conclusion, please accept our highest respect.
Supervisor of Iranian Schools in Iraq - Abdullah Rahnama
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