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IJA 2786

Endowed Property, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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This is a file from the President of Jewish Community about the Nouriel endowment. It includes a description of the Nouriel endowed property with an official copy of the registration, and a hand drawn sketch of the property’s location.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2786
Item Number
12070
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Property, Financial, Form, Waqf, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Annotation, Iraqi Government, Handwritten, Printed Text, Alliance School, File Folder, President of the Jewish Community, Property Commission, Illustration, Deed, Typed, Architectural Plans, Torah, Immovable Property, Endowment

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

Archival unit 1

DIV & TAR NO
TO
FROM
NAME
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Assets Committee (Fawaish Endowments)
Portfolio Number:
Register Number:
Subject:
Province:
District:
Sub-district:
Neighborhood and Street:
Sequence Number:
Door Number: ⟦118/52⟧
Property Type: ⟦...⟧
Property Category:
Land Registry Map Number:
Notes
⟦line⟧
1/1/1949

Archival unit 2

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Committee:
List showing the contents of folder no:
Property of:
Page | Nature of the paper and its contents | Number | Date | Notes
General notes:
This list was organized by:
On date: / / 19

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Alliance School Properties
Serial Number: 106
Neighborhood: Torat
Type: House
Number: 54 / 118 House
⟦illegible⟧

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Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Endowments Committee (Nuriel Endowments)
Subject: Endowment deed for the Nuriel Hall House
Property Documents Register:
Number: 106
Tabu Deed (Title Deed)
Register Date: 1 December 944 II
Register Number: 74
Volume Number: 55
Register Page Number: 74
Iraqi Government:
Tabu Number and Location: 26
Modern Diwan Number: 52 / 198
Old Diwan Number: 40
Paper Ledger Number:
Liwa | Qada | Nahiyah | Village | Site | Quarter | Street | Remarks
Baghdad | Rusafa | - | - | - | Tauraat | Gumrukchi |
Type and Contents: A house containing two rooms on the ground floor and an iwan and two rooms on the upper floor, a porch, facilities, a toilet, and a basement.
Type: Endowment (Waqf)
Current Boundaries: South: Public road; Right: Property of the house of the heirs of Saeed 118/50; Back: Also the house of the heirs of Saeed 118/50; Left: Also Khan al-Wafa numbered 158/205.
Area: -
Allocations: -
First Owner: Endowment of the Nuriel Hall House
The mentioned house is absolute property of the Endowment of the Nuriel Hall House according to the Tabu deed dated 6 January 902 under number ⟦...⟧
And numbered in register 926. The aforementioned has endowed it as a valid legal endowment and an explicit detention, and stipulated that the disposal is in her hand as long as she is
alive, and after her death, the mentioned house shall be leased year by year for a similar rental value to others, and the rent shall be paid to cover the needs
for the reconstruction and restoration of the endowment, and the surplus of the growth shall be endowed for the matter of reciting the Torah and rewards in Baghdad from the mentioned quarter and the advancement
of teaching and educating Torah students under the supervision of those from the mentioned quarter. The trusteeship and nomination shall be hers as long as she is alive, and after her death, the
trusteeship returns to the head of the Jewish (Endowments) Committee residing in the city of Paris and the person acting as the deputy of the mentioned head residing in Baghdad.
If the mentioned charitable school is lost, and the schools, the surplus from the yield of the mentioned endowment shall be given to the poor absolutely, and the trusteeship shall be to
the Haham Bashi of the mentioned community in Paris, according to the endowment deed issued by the Sharia Court of Baghdad dated 20 Safar 717 and number
121, and certified by the Ministry of Justice in Baghdad on 21 May 934. The mentioned endower died twenty years ago and the house
Matching | | | | | | | |
And application | | | | | | | |
Provided that | | | | | | | |
Disposal of the yield | | | | | | | |
By the trustee | | | | | | | |
According to the conditions of the endower | | | | | | | |
Shown in the endowment deed | | | | | | | |
Kept in the committee | | | | | | | |
According to a notice issued by the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad dated ⟦...⟧ and certified by the General Tabu Directorate at the Ministry of Justice.
Value | Proportional Fee | Equivalent and Auction Value | Transfer Fee | Old Fee | New Fee | Allocations | Total
12000 | 2 | - | 48 | - | - | - | 50
The house whose boundaries and description are recorded as an endowment ⟦...⟧ above has been registered at the Baghdad Tabu Department in the name of the second trustee of the endowment by
the trustee according to the conditions recorded in the deed granting letter, and accordingly, this Tabu deed has been organized and given.
On 24 February 945 20 Rajab 343
Director of Tabu for the Region of
Baghdad
This copy was transcribed on 4 / 1 / 1950 and verified from the community register on 4 / 1 / 1950
Remarks: 1- The original of this deed is kept with the Nuriel Endowments Committee.
Signature
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad

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North
N
⟦line⟧
S
Baghdad Governorate
Al-Tawrat Neighborhood
78204
27
Square Meters
209.92
52
118
Organized according to the inspection report
Dated
Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Governorate
11 / 2 / 946
Scale 1 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
The area of this map is ⟦illegible⟧ meters ⟦illegible⟧ equals two hundred and nine square meters and ninety-
two square decimeters
Drawn from the original map numbered 8 Baghdad Sara for the year Land Registry of Baghdad Governorate
Draftsman ⟦illegible⟧ 4/11/945 Engineer ⟦illegible⟧ Inspection Officer ⟦illegible⟧
This map was copied on 27 / 11 / 95 and matched ⟦illegible⟧ Land Registry ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 1 / 95
Notes: The original of this map is kept with the committee ⟦illegible⟧ number ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad

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North
⟦line⟧
Property of so-and-so
Al-Hilla District
There is nothing else
Map
812
Area
527 m2
Number
811
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Drawing scale 1/500
⟦line⟧
Drawing scale 1/500
And that is according to the attached map
⟦illegible⟧ area of the plot numbered ⟦illegible⟧
For real estate registration purposes
1/500
⟦illegible⟧ The above diagram represents the area of the plot numbered ⟦illegible⟧
Registered in the name of ⟦illegible⟧
In ⟦illegible⟧ year 1954
Area ⟦illegible⟧ m2 one hundred and twenty-five square meters
⟦illegible⟧
Municipality Engineer
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 8

The Israelite Community of Baghdad
Register of Immovable Property
Serial Number 106
Name of the institution to which the property belongs or for which it is endowed ⟦line⟧
None
1 Type of property | House | 11 Date of the endowment deed | 212
2 Zero
2 Neighborhood and street | Torah, Takji | 12 Authority that issued the endowment deed | Baghdad Sharia Court and the Sharia deed was ratified by
the Ministry of Justice on 21 / 5 / 924
3 Modern door numbers | 52
118 | 13 Name of the current trustee and method of appointment | President of the Israelite Alliance Society according to
the conditions of the endowment
4 Type of property, i.e., is it
pure property or endowment | Endowment | 14 Conditions of trusteeship | Trusteeship belongs to the endower Rifqa daughter of Samuel Nuriel
as long as she is alive, and after her death, the trusteeship reverts to the President of
the Israelite Alliance Society residing in Paris and to
the person residing in the position of the aforementioned President, the trustee
in Baghdad, and if the aforementioned society is dissolved or abolished,
the trusteeship reverts to the Hakham Bashi of the Mosaic community
5 Is it registered
in the Land Registry Department or not? | Yes, registered | 15 The entity for which the property is endowed | For the property
6 In whose name is it registered? | President of the Israelite Alliance Society
residing in Paris | 16 Is the property registered under a pseudonym
and how so? | /
7 Date of the Land Registry deed | December 924 permanent | 17 Is there any other document regarding this property
or its ownership or the right of disposal in it, and if
the answer is affirmative, state its nature, date, and number | /
8 Land Registry serial number | 26 | 18 How it is used at the present time | For exploitation
9 Value recorded in the
Land Registry deed | Rupee
12000 | 19 The entity to which the revenues are spent | The revenue is spent on the maintenance of the sick
residing in Baghdad from the Mosaic community
and for the teaching and education of Torah students
in Baghdad, and if the aforementioned society and schools
become extinct or abolished, the revenue reverts to the poor absolutely
10 Endowment deed number | ⟦illegible⟧ | 20 Is there any dispute regarding it? | ⟦illegible⟧
Remarks: -
To the sick of the Israelite community and Torah students