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IJA 2716

Tenant Requests; Verification of Community Members

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing: notes from tenants requesting fixing a wall and other renting matter; a letter from Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri to the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police regarding the verification of women's names, and notes regarding documentation of community member’s death.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2716
Item Number
9422
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, Maintenance, Handwritten, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Death Certificate, Typed, Rent, Tenant

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

Page 4

37 39 / 147 Tatran
Respected Members of the Administrative Committee
After greetings
Ismail Khudair was <del>tenant</del> had rented the two shops numbered 37 39 / 147 for an amount of 1.700 dinars
monthly, and when he came three weeks ago to the current cleaner ⟦...⟧ he wants one shop only
and to leave one shop empty for an amount of one dinar monthly, so do you permit him to do that
because the second shop next to it, he does not let anyone come to rent it, and if you do not agree to that, a
lawsuit must be filed against him because he wants to pay one dinar only

Page 5

Payments as follows
20/- ⟦building⟧
15/-
50/-
⟦line⟧
85
The Israeli Council expenses
by Mr. Shaul Khedouri
The amount received is
75/990-
<del>9/5/10</del>
<del>7/5/--</del>
2/5/10
⟦scribble⟧
26/4/9

Page 6

1- Meir Eliyahu Synagogue
2- Masuda Ishaq Shamoun
3- Mazraqa Endowments 9/950
4- Bashar Endowments
5- Moshe Al-Kabeer
6- Shamash Endowments
7- Masuda Salman Endowments 6/500 recovered
8- The Precious Tailoring
9- Rachel Cohen 14 Dinars
Albert Daoud Salwa 21/970 Dinars
(<del>1/000</del> Dinar) ⟦illegible⟧
3 Dinars
} 10
} 11
} 12
⟦illegible⟧

Imports          Expenses
294/-          18/10/- for
Paid to the community fund
as follows :-
20/- date ⟦2/10⟧
15/-
50/-
85          85/-
103/10/-

Page 9

⟦illegible⟧
740 2122
721
210
79
99
150
94 500
101
90
78 250
15
229
4986 490
5019 490
290 2071
2071
6
12
79
81
150
94
82
90
78
12
229
500
<del>4829</del> 89
⟦illegible⟧
70
2122
2/2
115
77
14
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 12

Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number: T / 541
Subject:
Date: 3/30/1954
To -
Respectable Director of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 399 and dated 3/14/1954; it appeared according to
the records kept at this Presidency that Rifqa Eliyahu Muradi (without mentioning her grandfather
Isaac) died in Baghdad on Thursday corresponding to June 29, 1950 AD
and we did not find a record for Masouda Sapti nor Saliha Isaac Muradi. Please inform us
about their husbands' names so that we may be able to respond ⟦line⟧
Please accept the highest expressions of respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
Acting Head of the Community

Page 13

Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
No: T/ 541
Subject:
Date: 30 / 3 / 1954
To -
Respectable Director of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings
⟦Upon checking the death records⟧
With reference to your letter numbered 399 and dated 14 / 3 / 1954, it appeared according to
the records kept by this Presidency that Rifqa Eliyahu Muradi (without mentioning her grandfather
Isaac) died in Baghdad on Thursday corresponding to 29 June 1950 AD
and we did not find an entry for Masouda Sabti nor Saleha Isaac Muradi ⟦the rest⟧. Please inform us
<del>of the names of their husbands so we can respond</del>
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting President of the Community

Page 14

94/278 ⟦Rights⟧ Bureau
284/290 // Bureau //
94/264 // //
94/26
⟦illegible⟧

Page 15

| Naji Khedhouri | 2 | Midrash
| Mikhail Nahu | 3 | "
74 | Munir Manshi Sha'shua | 1 | Hevra Kadisha
75 | Ishaq Baruch | 10 |
80 | Samira Khedhouri | 2 |
81 | Hanna Shaul | 5 |
- 83 | Yusuf Sion Yusuf Levi | 1 |
- 84 | Rahmin Ishaq | 10 |
85 | Gabrail Shio Haron | 3 |
86 | Ibrahim Marih Ibrahim | 1 | Numbered ID (received)
87 | Doctor Yusuf Makhlouf | 1 | " " 2277
| Rachel Levi | 1 |
| Aziz Bello | 8 |
| Yaqub Sassoon | 5 |
| Manshi Yehuda | 2 |
| Yaqub Yusuf | 4 |
| Tariyah Ibrahim | 5 |
| Hanukkah Ibrahim | 7 |
| Saleh Abdullah Shalam | 1 |
| Maryam Ibrahim Shua | 2 |
| Sion Haskel Khazna |  | He is to be given one hundred Jaduqay per the order of His Eminence the Rabbi
| Salman Makhlouf Abdullah | 2 | Numbered ID 2222
| Benjamin bin Shmuel | 7 | " " 2395
| Mordechai Rahamim | 4 |
| Saleh Shaul | 3 |
| Kohiya Shlomo | 4 |

Page 17

To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Community
Greetings,
The properties indicated on the back belong to the Midrash endowments, except for 56, 57, 58 ⟦/ 59⟧
which belong to various other endowments. As for the rest, there is no record of them in the property register belonging
to this community, and after inspecting these numbers, it became clear to us that these shops do not exist.

Page 20

Hakham Sassoon
⟦Sassoon⟧
acting President
Community ⟦illegible⟧

Page 21

Al-Karkh
The marked properties belong to the school endowments except for
256 and 256b / 22 belonging to miscellaneous properties.
Saqr Rubin
8/4/54
The Accountant
To direct the properties to His Honor Salim
⟦r⟧
4/9

Page 24

Fils | Dinar
560 | 18 | Salary of Ould Kashi
250 | 12 | Shaul's commission
|  | Sassoon's salary
|  | Total private trust
260 | 46 |
610 | 46 |
21/612
584 990
4846 890
172100
18 560
4 800
23 260
23/950 18 560
125/450 4 800
172/100 23 260
23/050 250
4
17/250
59 950
22 260
46 090
17 250
28/12
59 950
20 250
29 700
59 950
22 800
26 150

Page 25

To the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
Greetings,
In view of the Rabbi's desire to teach five people the slaughtering of chickens (Ofot)
And since there is a lack of knives and whetstones <del>held by the community</del> which are not present in the community
The section that has no edge and was costed <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> the marble master for ⟦two sets⟧
And whetstones numbering <del>five</del> which cost <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦equal to⟧ dinars, we request approval
And payment of the aforementioned amount. Best regards.
250 for purch⟦ase⟧