Documents Dealing with Rent Contracts for Property Owned by the Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, primarily dealing with rent contracts. Included are calculation of expenses and a rent dispute that resulted from Jewish immigration from the area; an official court case letter regarding a lease dispute between a representative of the Jewish Lay Council and the decision of their case; an official court case; receipts from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews; an official court registration of endowment of a property notarized with a wax seal; a letter from an attorney to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews listing the expenses of the court case and requesting payment.
195924 Volume Number Accounting 137 Receipts for sums collected for the government Serial Number: 44 Fils/Dinar: 1.100 Department Name: Baghdad Court Received from: Lawyer Ibrahim Khedhouri Amount: One Dinar and one hundred Fils On account of: Legal notification fee Signature of receiver: ⟦signature⟧ Dated: 15/4/57 Job Title: ⟦signature⟧
Volume Number 195905 Accounting 137 Receipts for sums collected for the government Serial Number 90 Fils/Dinar 90 Department Name ⟦N⟧ 21980 12/2597 Received from the Administrative Committee for the Affairs of the Jewish Community in Iraq An amount of two Dinars, one Dinar and 90 Fils On account of stamp duty Signature of the collector ⟦signature⟧ Job Title Date 2/2/64
Voucher Number 195877 Accounting 37 Receipts of Dirhams collected for the government Serial Number: 75 Fils/Dinar: 2980 Department Name: M.M. 2547 / 51 Received from: Farid Daoud Samra Amount: Two Dinars and nine hundred eighty On account of: Legal papers fee Signature of the receiver: ⟦signature⟧ Job title: On date: 17 / 12 / 51
To the Honorable Judge of the Baghdad Court of First Instance Plaintiff - Farid Daoud Samra in his capacity as Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad (Acting in place of the Communal Council of the aforementioned community) trustee of the Waqf of the vacant land Vacant land sequence 330 Qolat. In addition to the aforementioned Waqf. The two defendants ⟦line⟧ (1) - Mr. Ahmed al-Salloum residing in al-Sallouba at the house numbered with the land number 601 (2) - Mr. Abdul Hadi al-Haj Faraj Hamza. Represented by his general agent, his son Mr. Salim Abdul Hadi Hamza at the location - Ghazi Street - Tatran 155/20 Subject of the lawsuit and material issues. ⟦line⟧ The two defendants have leased the vacant land numbered sequence - 330 Qolat (Endowed for the poor of the Mosaic faith in Meir Elias Hospital) for a period of thirty years starting from 13/3/1948 to 12/3/1978 for a total rent of (5760) dinars. They pledged to pay it in annual installments, the amount of each ⟦illegible⟧ installment (192) dinars to be paid on the first day of each year starting from the date of the Notary Public's certification occurring on 13/3/1948, i.e., each installment is paid on March 13 of each year. They also pledged to construct buildings on the aforementioned land for an amount not less than (3430) dinars. On March 13, 1956, (192) dinars became due from them for the rent installment of the year which starts on March 13, 1956 and ends on March 12, 1957. Despite repeated demands, they refuse to pay. Evidentiary grounds. ⟦line⟧ The certificate of trusteeship issued by the Court of Personal Matters in Baghdad under No. 203/ Personal / 1956, the lease contract certified by the Notary Public of East Baghdad on 13 Adar 948 and general number 832 and all other legal evidence. Result of demands. ⟦line⟧ I request the notification of the two defendants with a copy of this petition and its attachments to respond to it within the legal period, and consequently bringing them to trial and conducting the proceedings and upon trial, ruling against them to pay the claimed amount of one hundred and ninety-two dinars with interest, costs, attorney fees, and filings, and attaching the judgment to temporary execution. With utmost respect On 25 November 1958 Plaintiff. Farid Daoud Samra Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad (Acting in place of the Communal Council of the aforementioned community) Trustee of the above-mentioned Waqf and in addition to it
The First Party - Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad, in addition to his position The Second Party - Mr. Ahmed Al-Salloum and Mr. Abdul Hadi Al-Hajj Faraj Hamra The contract has been concluded between the First Party, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor, and the Second Party, referred to as the Lessee on the following: First - The Lessor has leased to the Lessee, and the latter has leased from the Lessor after viewing and inspection, the vacant plot with land registry sequence 330 located in Al-Kulat neighborhood, which is under the administration of Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad, for a period of thirty years starting from the date 13/3/1948 until the date 12/3/1978 for a rental amount of -/ 5760 (five thousand seven hundred and sixty dinars). Second - The Lessee shall pay the rental amount to the Lessor in thirty annual installments, the amount of each being -/ 192 (one hundred and ninety-two dinars) to be paid on the first day of each rental year starting from the date of the certification of this contract by the Notary Public. Third - In addition to the aforementioned rental amount, the Lessee shall construct on the mentioned plot the buildings he requires from his own funds, provided that the expenses are not less than the amount of -/ 3430 dinars (three thousand four hundred and thirty dinars) according to the estimation of experts. Fourth - The Lessee shall commence the construction of the buildings he requires according to municipal regulations immediately after the certification of this contract by the Notary Public, provided that this construction is completed within a period not exceeding two years starting from the date of certification of this contract. If the period ends and he has not done so, the Lessor has the option to consider this contract annulled, and the Lessee shall then be liable to pay compensation equal to half of the amount designated for construction, which is stated in Paragraph Three above, in addition to the rental payments that may be due until the evacuation, without the need for prior notice or filing a lawsuit by the Lessor or his successor in office. Fifth - The Lessee may not transfer the lease of the mentioned plot to another person without the written consent of the Lessor. This does not prejudice the right of the Lessee to utilize the plot within the lease period and to lease the buildings he constructs to whomever he wishes according to the customary procedures. Sixth - The Lessee must not neglect the maintenance of the building during the lease period and must not demolish it in whole or in part. If it is necessary to demolish a part of it due to technical necessity or need, he must reconstruct that part at a cost not less than its original cost. Seventh - At the end of the lease period, the Lessee must hand over the plot with the building constructed upon it and all its appurtenances to the Lessor or his successor in office in a condition suitable for utilization, as it is property belonging to Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad, and the Lessee shall then have no right to claim anything whatsoever. Eighth - The Lessee shall pay the fees, taxes, and charges imposed by the laws in force and those determined by the government in the future on the building and the plot, including the property tax, paving fees, and other municipal fees, as well as water and electricity charges. Ninth - Based on the above, the agreement was reached between the two contracting parties through offer and acceptance, and the Lessee has received the mentioned plot under the stated conditions. - To be continued -
- 2 - Tenth - This contract has been prepared in original and copy, and the lessee has kept the original and the lessor has kept the copy. Drafted in Baghdad, March 1948 Lessee | Lessor Mr. Ahmed Al-Salloum, Mr. Abdul Hadi Al-Haj Faraj Hamza | Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq Architect in Al-Alwiyah neighborhood, grocer in Al-Alwiyah neighborhood | President of the Israelite Spiritual Council | in Baghdad | in addition to his official post Identification Witness ⟦line⟧ Salman Shaul, private scribe Salim Khabbaza From Sitt Hadiyya neighborhood, Secretary of the Community Salman Shaul from Taht al-Takiya neighborhood Salim Khabbaza Notary Public of East Baghdad: Fee: General Number 832 Fils Dinars: 7/500 Special Number 374: Page: 361 Sequence: 45 Date: 13 / 3 / 1948 I certify that the signatures signed at the bottom of this contract are the signatures of the first party, Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad, and the signature of the second party, Mr. Ahmed Al-Salloum and Abdul Hadi Al-Haj Faraj Hamza, whose identities have been identified to me by the identification witnesses, and its contents were read to them, so they acknowledged its wording literally and signed it before me on the thirteenth day of March 1948. Notary Public of East Baghdad Seal of the Notary Public Ghazi
The First Party - Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad, in addition to his position The Second Party - Mr. Ahmed Al-Salloum and Mr. Abdul Hadi Al-Hajj Faraj Hamra The contract has been concluded between the First Party, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor, and the Second Party, referred to as the Lessee as follows. First - The Lessor has leased to the Lessee, and the latter has leased from the Lessor after viewing and inspection, the vacant plot with land registry (Tabu) sequence 330 located in Al-Koulat neighborhood, which is under the disposal of the Meir Elias Hospital administration in Baghdad for a period of thirty years starting from the date 13 / 3 / 1948 until the date 12 / 3 / 1978 for a rent amounting to -/ 5760 (five thousand seven hundred and sixty Dinars) Second - The Lessee shall pay the rent to the Lessor in thirty annual installments, and the amount of each of them is -/ 192 (one hundred and ninety-two Dinars) to be paid on the first day of each lease year starting from the date of the authentication of this contract by the Notary Public. Third - The Lessee, in addition to the rent mentioned above, shall construct on the mentioned plot the buildings that he requires from his own pure funds, provided that the expenses are not less than the amount of -/ 3430 Dinars (three thousand four hundred and thirty Dinars) according to experts' estimation. Fourth - The Lessee must commence the construction of the buildings he requires according to municipal regulations immediately after the authentication of this contract by the Notary Public, provided that he completes this construction within a period not exceeding two years starting from the date of the authentication of this contract. If the period expires and he has not done so, the Lessor has the option to consider this contract annulled, and the Lessee shall then be liable to pay compensation equal to half of the amount designated for construction, which is stated in paragraph three above, in addition to the rent payments that may be due from him until the evacuation, and that without the need for prior notice or filing a lawsuit by the Lessor or his successor in office. Fifth - The Lessee may not transfer the lease of the mentioned plot to another person without the Lessor's written consent, and this does not prejudice the Lessee's right to utilize the plot within the lease period and to lease the buildings he constructs to whom he wishes according to the customary procedures. Sixth - The Lessee must not neglect the maintenance of the building during the lease period and must not demolish it entirely or partially, and if it becomes necessary to demolish a part of it due to technical necessity or need, he must reconstruct that part with an amount not less than its original cost. Seventh - Upon the expiration of the lease period, the Lessee must hand over the plot with the building constructed upon it and all its appurtenances to the Lessor or to his successor in office in a condition suitable for utilization, as it is a property belonging to the Meir Elias Hospital in Baghdad, and the Lessee shall then have no right to claim anything whatsoever. Eighth - The Lessee must pay the fees, taxes, and charges imposed by the laws in force and those determined by the government in the future on the building and the plot, including property tax, paving fees, and other municipal fees, as well as water and electricity charges too. Ninth - Based on the above, agreement has been reached between the two contracting parties through offer and acceptance, and the Lessee has received the mentioned plot under the stated conditions. - To be continued -
⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ The Mosaic Community ⟦illegible⟧ Hussain Subject / Property sequence 326 Kawlat and its subdivisions. 17 The property is registered under number 13 January 932, volume 160, its type (land used as a vacant plot) and its category is absolute ownership, its area is 5 Awlaq and 24/80 m2. It belongs to each of Sadaqa, Sha'ul, Rumin, Jahla, and Samha, the children of Hakham Moshi Sadaqa, and to Tayyiba daughter of Harun, and Ezra, Harun, Shlomo, Lulu, and Karjiya, the children of Manshi according to the copy of the real estate register. We have a certified copy of the lease agreement concluded between Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad in the year / 948 and Messrs. Ahmed Al-Salloum and Abdul Hadi Al-Haj Faraj Hamza, and it is certified at the Notary Public of East Baghdad under general number 831 on 13 / 3 / 948. Accordingly, please inform us of the information available to you regarding this property and the extent of its connection to the President of the Israeli Spiritual Council mentioned above and its connection to the property sequence 330 Kawlat. We hope to receive your response in a detailed manner and as quickly as possible, please. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Secretary-General Copy to /-- Properties of the Center / Leases / File 597/2 for follow-up = = for filing Abdul Aziz 9 / 11
- 2 - Tenth - This contract has been prepared in original and copy; the Lessee has kept the original and the Lessor has kept the copy. Executed in Baghdad, March 1948 Lessee | Lessor Mr. Ahmed al-Salloum | Eliahu Hayyim Tawfiq Architect in Al-Alwiyah quarter | President of the Corporal Council Mr. Abdul Hadi al-Haj Faraj Hamza | Jewish (Israeli) in Baghdad Log dealer in Al-Alwiyah quarter | In addition to his position Identification Witness ⟦line⟧ Salman Shaul, private scribe | Salim Khabbaza From Sitt Hadia quarter | Secretary of the Community Salman Shaul from Taht al-Takiya quarter Salim Khabbaza Notary Public of East Baghdad Fee | General Number 832 Fils | Dinar 7/500 | Special Number 374 Page 361 Sequence 45 Date 13 / 3 / 1948 I certify that the signatures signed at the bottom of this contract are the signature of the First Party, Mr. Eliahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Jewish Corporal Council in Baghdad, and the signature of the Second Party, Mr. Ahmed al-Salloum and Abdul Hadi al-Haj Faraj Hamza, whose identities were identified to me by the identification witnesses. Its contents were read to them, and they acknowledged its terms literally and signed it before me on the thirteenth day of March, the year 1948. Notary Public of East Baghdad Seal of the Notary Public Ghazi
Baghdad Court of First Instance Case No. 203 / Personal / 1956 Judge - Mr. Sadiq Haidar Date 11/21/1956 Mr. Farid Dawood Samra appeared before this court in his capacity as the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish community in Baghdad with his petition dated 11/2/1956, stating therein that the endower, Mu'allem Moshi bin Robin Sadqa "known by the name Moshi Sadqa," had endowed his property numbered sequence 330 Al-Koolat district for the benefit of the poor Israelites in Meer Elias Hospital according to the endowment deed numbered 838 and dated 25 Shawwal 1330. He granted the trusteeship to himself for life, and after him, the trusteeship passes to the director of Meer Elias Hospital, and after the disappearance of this hospital, the trusteeship passes to the Spiritual Council of the Jewish community in Baghdad. Since the endower and trustee, Moshi Sadqa, has passed away and the beneficiary, Meer Elias Hospital, has disappeared due to its expropriation by the government. For this reason, it is the right of the Spiritual Council to be the trustee over the mentioned endowment. And since the Administrative Committee of the Jewish community in Baghdad is the entity standing in place of the Spiritual Council of the mentioned community, he requests, in his capacity as Chairman of the mentioned committee, the issuance of a trusteeship deed making the mentioned committee the trustee over the mentioned endowment. Based on the request, the court has performed the following. 1- The court reviewed a copy of the administrative order of the Ministry of Justice numbered 1944 and dated 11/24/53, ruling for the formation of the Administrative Committee for the Jewish community to stand in place of the Spiritual Council consisting of the individuals mentioned therein, and reviewed the letter from the Presidency of the Jewish Community numbered T / 240 / 53 and dated 11/30/53 regarding the election of the petitioner Farid Dawood Samra as Chairman of the Administrative Committee. 2- The court reviewed the endowment deed numbered 838 and dated 25 Shawwal al-Mukarram 1330, and it was shown therein that the endower, Mu'allem Moshi bin Robin bin Sadqa, had endowed his property located in Bani Said district, stipulating that the surplus of the yield, after construction and restoration, be spent on the necessities of the sick from the poor Jewish group present in the hospital established by Meer Elias, located in Bab al-Muazzam in Baghdad, and he granted the trusteeship to himself for life, provided that it passes after him to the director meeting in the mentioned hospital, and after its disappearance, it reverts to the Chairman of the Spiritual Council for the Jewish community in Baghdad. 3- The court reviewed a copy of the Tabu deed and it was shown that the property sequence 330 Koolat is an endowment from the endowments of Moshi Sadqa. 4- The court listened to the personal testimony consisting of the statements of Saleh Isaac Moshi and Meir Manshi Raphael, through which the death of the endower and trustee Mu'allem Moshi bin Robin bin Sadqa, known by the name Moshi Sadqa, was confirmed. The death of the aforementioned was also confirmed by the letter from the Presidency of the Jewish Community numbered 56/9280 and dated 11/4/1956. - To be continued -
- 2 - 5 - It was confirmed to the court from the letter of the Presidency of the Israelite Community No. 56/9286 dated 11/15/956 that the Mir Elias Hospital located in Bab Al-Muazzam has been expropriated by the Ministry of Health and registered in the name of the Iraqi Treasury on 5/5/56, and therefore it has become defunct and no longer exists, and has no manager. Decision - Therefore, and due to the verification of the death of the endowment founder and trustee, Moallim Moshe bin Rubin Sadqa, known as Moshe Sadqa, and to confirm the defunct state of the Mir Elias Hospital in Baghdad, and based on the condition of the founder stated in the deed of trusteeship mentioned above that the trusteeship passes to the Lay Council of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad after the aforementioned hospital becomes defunct. And since the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad is the acting body in place of the Lay Council as stated by order of the Ministry of Justice, the trusteeship becomes the right of the aforementioned Administrative Committee. Therefore, I have decided hereby to confirm the trusteeship of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad in its capacity as acting in place of the Lay Council of the community, confirming its trusteeship over the endowment of Moallim Moshe bin Rubin Sadqa known as Moshe Sadqa, in implementation of the aforementioned founder's condition and to implement what was stated in the endowment deed mentioned above. This deed was issued on 11/21/56 The Judge Sadiq Haidar
Number 838 Page 14 Record 419, copy of a Waqf Endowment Deed Praise be to God, who is aware of consciences and cognizant of secrets, and peace and blessings be upon our master Muhammad, the penitent Prophet the speaker of wisdom and decisive speech, and upon his family and companions who were protected from doubt and suspicion. As for the reason for writing this document, it is that according to the notice received in response from the Defter-i Khaqani Directorate stating that the land mentioned below is owned and possessed by the Jewish community of the Sublime Ottoman State and has not been mortgaged or seized in the end, the Muslim Moshi son of Rubin Sadqa, in the luminous court of the Noble Law in the aforementioned protected city, in the presence of Saul Nissim Shimon, a Jewish resident of the aforementioned neighborhood, whom he appointed for the purpose of registering the following endowment, stated: The following land was in my sole possession, ownership, and disposal until the issuance of this endowment. It is located in the Bani Said neighborhood of the aforementioned protected city, bounded by lands belonging to the State Treasury, sugar property, a wasteland, and a public road, and it is a piece of vacant land with an area of two thousand meters. I have removed it from my property <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> as a sincere, legal, eternal, observed, and perpetual endowment for the sake of Almighty God. I have endowed and sequestered it and stipulated that the mentioned land be leased year by year, and after settling the costs of repair, restoration, and other necessities from the rental proceeds, the surplus shall be spent on the needs of the poor patients of the Jewish community in the hospital founded by the late Jew Meir Elias, located outside the Azamiya gate of the aforementioned protected city. The guardianship of the endowment shall belong to me as long as I am alive, and after my death, to the managers who will be in the said hospital, and after their dissolution, it shall belong to the head of the Communal Council of the said community in Baghdad. I have handed over the said endowment, free of any encumbrances, to the aforementioned guardian, who accepted it and managed it for a period of time like other endowment guardians. When he said this, following the legal confirmation, the aforementioned endower revoked the said endowment, saying, "I will reclaim the said endowment back into my property as before." The aforementioned guardian refused to return the endowment or abstain from receiving it. In the said assembly, the two parties sought a resolution and settlement according to their respective arguments. Since the side of the endowment was seen as more appropriate and primary, according to the view of the predecessor imams who see fit, the health of the mentioned endowment first, and its necessity second, in its specificity and generality, were ruled upon. "So whoever changes it after he has heard it, the sin is only upon those who change it. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing." And the reward of the endower is with the Living, Generous, and Noble One. On the twenty-fifth day of Shawwal al-Mukarram in the year one thousand three hundred and thirty. The First Clerk Seal Hussein Avni Judge of Baghdad Seal Abdul Rahman ⟦Zehni⟧ This copy was extracted according to its original from the transferred records belonging to the office of the Judge of Baghdad to the Diwan of Abdul Rahman, which are kept among the records of the Sharia Court in Baghdad. Written on 11/10/1952. Fee collected (70) fils By number 28 and date 11/10/1952 for the truth-writing fee Court Treasury and Signature Clerk Lamaan Signature The First Clerk Abdullah Signature and Seal of the Sharia Court in Baghdad
Translation of the Endowment Deed (Waqfiyah) edited in the Turkish language Number 838, Register 419, Page 14 Praise be to God, who knows the consciences and is aware of the secrets, and prayers and peace be upon ⟦illegible⟧ our master Muhammad, the one who alerts the doors and speaks with wisdom and decisive speech, and upon his family and companions who were preserved from doubt and suspicion. As for what follows, the reason for writing this document is that the plot of land owned and managed by a member of the Mosaic community belonging to the Ottoman State, which was neither mortgaged nor seized by others, as shown in the reply notification received from the Land Registry Directorate. For Mlm Moshi, son of Rubin bin Sadaqa, attended the session of the noble and enlightened Sharia court in the aforementioned city, for the purpose of registering his endowment mentioned below in the presence of Shaul bin Nassim bin Shimon, of the Mosaic faith, residing in the aforementioned neighborhood, whom he appointed as a trustee (Mutawalli). He declared, saying that the endowment mentioned below, until the time of its issuance, is in his possession and under his independent disposal, which is the plot of land located in the Bin Said neighborhood in the aforementioned city, with an area of two thousand square meters, bounded on its sides by the land belonging to the State (Miri), the property of Shukr, the canal, and the public road. I have removed it from my ownership and have endowed and detained it for the sake of God Almighty, as a valid, legal, eternal endowment and a perpetual, explicit, and observed detention. This I have endowed and detained as stipulated: that the aforementioned land be leased for a period of one year after its construction, renovation, and the settlement of its other requirements from its rental value. The surplus shall be spent on the needs of the patients among the poor Jews present in the hospital established by the late Meir Elias, of the Mosaic faith, located outside Bab al-Muazzam in the aforementioned city. As for the matter of trusteeship, it is mine as long as I am alive, and after my death, for the patients who receive treatment in the aforementioned hospital, and after its depletion, it returns to the head of the Communal Council of the aforementioned community in Baghdad. Accordingly, I have handed over the aforementioned endowment, free of encumbrances, to the aforementioned trustee, who likewise received it and managed it for a period of time like all other endowment trustees. Legal validation was completed. However, the aforementioned endower recanted the aforementioned endowment, saying, "I want to reclaim the aforementioned endowment into my ownership as before." However, the aforementioned trustee refused to return and hand over the aforementioned endowment. In the aforementioned session, both litigants requested a resolution and a final decision as required. We found that the side of the endowment is more worthy and appropriate according to the opinion of the predecessor Imams. It was first ruled that the aforementioned endowment is valid, and secondly its binding nature in its specifics and generalities. So, whoever changes it after he has heard it, the sin thereof is only upon those who change it; indeed, God is Hearing, Knowing. And the reward of the endower is with the Living, Generous, and Gracious Giver, on the twenty-fifth day of Shawwal the Honored for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty. Chief Clerk | Judge of Baghdad Hussein Awni | Abdul Rahman Wahbi Seal | Seal pages cannot be separated for imaging
First Notary Public Department of Southern Baghdad: Dinar Fils: Amount Collected: 500 General Number: 200 Page Number: 6483 Register Number: — Date: 10 / 28 / 56 I certify that this is the translation of the attached document, translated from the Turkish language into the Arabic language by the translator Mahmoud Al-Haj Muhammad Saleh. It is, in my belief, a correct translation and it matched after the truth was verified by the Department with a second authentication on 10 / 28 / 956 ⟦illegible⟧ 100 Fils Notary Public ⟦illegible⟧ Qusay Al-Tikriti First Notary Public of Southern Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, the Respectable ⟦illegible⟧ No. ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ With reference to the report submitted by me dated September 2, 1957. It appears that your esteemed committee did not notice the account shown in the above-mentioned report regarding the payment to me of (18) Dinars for expenses and overdue legal fees in the lawsuit filed against Ahmed Al-Salloum and Abd al-Hadi Hamza. Therefore, I deemed it necessary to clarify the matter to your Excellency as follows. (1) I received first and last (18/270) Dinars as shown below Fils | Dinar 15/290 | on 12/16/1956 2/980 | on 4/3/1957 ⟦line⟧ 18/270 ⟦line⟧ The first amount of (15/290) Dinars includes half of the advance legal fees amounting to (9/600) Dinars and the rest (5/690) Dinars is on account of court fees and expenses. It is clear from this that what I received on account of fees and expenses consists of (7/980) Dinars as follows: Fils | Dinar 5/690 | The remainder of the first amount (15/290) Dinars for the expenses account as shown above. 2/980 | Add the second amount shown above ⟦line⟧ 8/670 ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ (2) Spent 5/650 Court fees 8/670 Stamps and notification fees for in-absentia and in-person judgments, car rentals, and notification expenses ⟦line⟧ 14/320 8/670 Deducting what I received on account of fees and expenses as shown in paragraph 1 above ⟦line⟧ 5/650 To be spent for the execution of the judgment procedurally 2/750 | 0/500 Execution fee 2/250 | Calculated towards notification expenses ⟦line⟧ 8/400 ⟦line⟧ (3) As for the half of the late legal fees amounting to (9/600) Dinars, the judgment has become final.
— 2 — the final degree, and the case is in the execution phase at the Execution Department, and it is assumed that I am obliged to follow up the case procedurally until its final stages; therefore, I see no reason to delay the payment of the late fee amounting to (9.600) Dinars. Therefore, I request your Excellency to reconsider the case and order the payment to me of the required amount of (18) Dinars as follows: Fils | Dinar 8/400 | The expenses indicated in paragraph 2 above 9/600 | Half of the late lawyer's fees as indicated in paragraph 3 above 18/000 | ⟦line⟧ With high respect to your Excellency — 29 September 1957 Sincerely, Lawyer Ibrahim Hazoum ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, the Honorable I request your order to pay me eighteen dinars for the remainder of the attorney fees and expenses spent by me in the lawsuit filed against Ahmed Al-Salloum and his companion Abdul Hadi Faraj Hamza for the purpose of collecting (192) dinars for the rent of the Waqf vacant lot of the late Rabbi Moshe Sadqa Al-Arqa, serial number 330, located in the Al-Koulat neighborhood, for a period of one year from March 13, 1956, to the end of March 12, 1957, with details as shown below. Dinar | Fils 5 | 650 Court fees. 8 | 670 Stamps, notification fees for in-absentia and in-person judgments, car fees, and notification expenses. 19 | 200 Attorney fees. 33 | 520 Deducting the amount received 15 | 290 on 12/16/1956 2 | 980 " 4/3/57 18 | 270 | 18 | 270 15 | 250 0 | 500 Execution fee to be paid to the Execution Department 15 | 750 2 | 250 including the execution notification expenses 18 | 000 Note that the court ruled in our favor for the claimed amount of (192) dinars and expenses amounting to (10.398) dinars ⟦in absentia⟧, and after the issuance of the judgment and its notification to the aforementioned debtors, they objected to it. As a result of the ongoing trial, their objection was rejected and the in-absentia judgment against them was upheld. With highest respect to Your Excellency. September 12, 1957 Sincerely, Lawyer Ibrahim Khuzam
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, the respected I request your order to pay me an amount of (15.290) Dinars for the costs of the lawsuit to be filed against Mr. Assad Al-Salloum and Abdul Hadi Nasah Farah Hamra in order to collect one hundred and ninety-two Dinars for the rent of the vacant plot numbered serial 330 located in the Al-Koolat district which is due from them for a period of one year from the beginning of March 13, 1956 to March 12, 1957. The details of the expenses are as follows. Fils | Dinar | Description 880 | 2 | Initial lawsuit fee. An equal amount is paid during the trial. 100 | 0 | Notification fee 710 | 0 | Stamps and cost of printing lawsuit papers. 000 | 2 | Miscellaneous 000 | 9 | Half of the advance lawyer fees. ⟦290⟧ | 15 | ⟦line⟧ With my utmost respect to your Excellency, December 2, 1956 Sincerely, The Lawyer Ibrahim Khazzoum 12/4/1956 The amount was received from the community accountant
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected With reference to the lawsuit filed against Ahmed Al-Salloum and Abdul Hadi Hamza. I request your order to the community accountant to pay me (1/520) dinars for the remainder of the expenses spent in the proceedings of the mentioned lawsuit during the execution of the judgment issued against the aforementioned persons, as shown below: Fils Dinar | Description 0/500 | Fee for the execution of the notification 0/014 | Car fare to the enforcement office 1/850 | Expenses and car fares for enforcement notifications Additional fees and expenses for the procedural seizure 2/364 | ⟦line⟧ 1/800 | Fee for certifying the power of attorney to collect the awarded amount from the enforcement office 0/050 | Petition stamp for the recovery of the lease contract from the court 0/056 | Twice round trip car fare to the enforcement office 4/270 | ⟦line⟧ 2/750 | Subtract the received amount calculated against the enforcement expenses as detailed in paragraph (2 of the report submitted | ⟦line⟧ by me on September 29, 1957 1/520 | Remainder only one dinar and five hundred and twenty fils and no more ⟦line⟧ With highest respect to Your Excellency ⟦line⟧ December 17, 1957 Sincere Lawyer Ibrahim Hazoum