AI English Translation, Pages 126-150
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 582
Date: 9 / 4 / 1958
Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Province - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Respected
After greetings
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad decided in its session held on 24 / 3 / 1958 according to
Resolution No. (18) to authorize Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, Chairman of the Administrative Committee, in addition to his position, to register in the Land Registry Department
the four plots sequence 7 / 147, 8 / 148, 8 / 138, and 9 / 139 from District No. 11, Hamdi Al-Pachachi Farm, Al-Waziriyah
in the name of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, acting in place of the Lay Council of the aforementioned community.
Please accept our highest respect
Yaqub Ezra Abdullah
Secretary of the Administrative Committee
For non-registration in the Karrada Al-Sharqiya Land Registry Department
On 24 / 4 / 58
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
⟦line⟧
Number: 581
Date: 9 / 4 / 1958
Subject Summary:
His Excellency the Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Province - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Respected
After greetings
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad decided in its session held on 24 / 3 / 1958 according to
Resolution No. (18) to authorize Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, Chairman of the Administrative Committee, in addition to his position, to register at the Land Registry Department
the four plots sequence 6/147, 6/148, 6/138, and 6/139 of District No. 11, Hamdi Al-Pachachi Farm, Al-Waziriyah
in the name of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, acting in place of the Lay Council of the aforementioned community.
Please accept our highest respect
Yaqub Ezra Abdullah
Secretary of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
⟦line⟧
Number: M /: 580
Date: 9 / 4 / 1958
Subject Summary:
His Excellency the Director of Tapu for Baghdad Province - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Respected
After greetings
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad decided in its session held on 24 / 3 / 1958 according to
Decision No. (18) to authorize Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, Chairman of the Administrative Committee, in addition to his position, to register in the Tapu Department
the four plots sequence 7 / 147, 8 / 14, 8 / 13, and 9 / 13 of District No. 11, Hamdi Al-Pachachi Farm, Al-Waziriyah
in the name of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, acting in place of the Lay Council of the aforementioned community.
Please accept our highest respect
Yaqub Ezra Abdullah
Secretary of the Administrative Committee
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
⟦line⟧
Number: 582
Date: 1958/4/9
Subject Summary:
His Excellency the Director of Baghdad Land Registry - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Respectfully
After greetings
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad decided in its session held on 1958/3/24 according to
Resolution No. (18) to authorize Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, Chairman of the Administrative Committee, in addition to his position, to register in the Land Registry Department
the four plots sequence 6/147, 6/148, 6/138, and 6/139 of District No. 11, Hamdi Al-Pachachi Farm, Al-Waziriyah
in the name of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the community acting in place of the Lay Council of the aforementioned community.
Please accept our highest respect
Yaqub Ezra Abdullah
Secretary of the Administrative Committee
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 587
Date: 9/4/1958
Subject Summary:
⟦stamp⟧
His Excellency the Director of Land Registry of Baghdad Governorate - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Respected
After greetings
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad decided in its session held on 24/3/1958 according to
Resolution No. (18) to authorize Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, Chairman of the Administrative Committee, in addition to his position, to register in the Land Registry Department
the four plots sequence 6/147, 6/148, 6/138, and 6/139 of District No. 11, Hamdi Al-Pachachi Farm, Al-Waziriyah
in the name of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the community acting in place of the Lay Council of the aforementioned community.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
Yaqub Ezra Abdullah
Secretary of the Administrative Committee
In Dinars
8690/455
Only eight thousand six hundred and ninety Dinars and four hundred and fifty-five Fils, no more.
I, Salman Daniel Al-Asfa, have received from the Presidency of the Israelite Community the above-mentioned amount, only eight ⟦thousand⟧
six hundred and ninety Dinars and 455 Fils, no more, and that is on account of the installments for the sale of Tabu fees and stamps for the eight
plots adjacent to the Frank Iny School registered to it according to the agreement concluded between us on the date of
And that is as follows:
In Dinars | ⟦line⟧ | Check on Ottoman Bank No. 470162 dated 29 / 12 / 957
1000/000 | |
1728 | " " " " " | 28 / 1 / 958
7690/455 | " " " " " | 28 / 1 / 958
8690/455 | Baghdad 28 / 1 / 958 | Salman Daniel Salman Daniel Al-Asfa
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Salman Daniel
28 / 1 / 958
Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / 586
Date: 23 / 3 / 1958
Subject Summary: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings,
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad decided in its session held on 19 / 12 / 1958,
to purchase plot sequence 6/141 from District No. 11, Hamdi Al-Pachachi Farm, which has a total area of 828.25 m2
from Mr. Frank Al-Aini at a price of four dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils per square meter to build a school on it in the name of
the late Ezra Menachem Daniel, provided that the purchase amount of 3938/937 dinars is paid from the proceeds of the late Ezra
Menachem Daniel's endowments and registered in the name of the aforementioned endowment. Since this purchase is beneficial to the endowment, please grant your respected court's approval
for this and authorize us to purchase.
This is for your Excellency's order ⟦line⟧
Farid Daoud Samra
President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
(Acting as the Lay Council for the aforementioned community)
in addition to this committee being the trustee over the endowments of Ezra
Menachem Daniel.
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 3531 / 5452
Number: T / 53/3240
Date: 1953/11/30
Subject: The Administrative Committee
To ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Ministry of Justice ⟦line⟧
After greetings
With reference to your honorable ministry's order number 1944 dated 1953/11/24
The Administrative Committee formed pursuant to the ministerial order referred to above met on the evening of 1953/11/29 and decided
the following ⟦line⟧
1 - Election of Mr. Farid Daoud Samra as Chairman of the Committee
2 - Election of Mr. Frank Yamin as Vice-Chairman
3 - Election of Mr. Yaqub Ezra Abdullah as Secretary
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Copy to ⟦line⟧
The Administrative Committee - for information
True copy
⟦stamp with portrait and text⟧
⟦circular ink stamp⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: T / 53 / 3240
Date: 30 / 11 / 1953
Subject: Administrative Committee
To ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Ministry of Justice ⟦line⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your honorable ministry's order number 1944 dated 24 / 11 / 1953,
The Administrative Committee formed pursuant to the ministerial order referred to above met on the evening of 29 / 11 / 1953 and decided
the following:
1 - Election of Mr. Farid Daoud Samra as Chairman of the Committee
2 - Election of Mr. Frank Yameen as Vice-Chairman
3 - Election of Mr. Yaqoub Mizra Abdullah as Secretary
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Copy to:
The Administrative Committee - for information
True copy
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 3531 / 5452
Number: T / 53/3240
Date: 30 / 11 / 1953
Subject: Administrative Committee ⟦line⟧
To ⟦line⟧
The Honorable Ministry of Justice ⟦line⟧
Greetings,
With reference to your honorable Ministry's order No. 1144 dated 24 / 11 / 1953,
The Administrative Committee formed pursuant to the ministerial order referred to above met on the evening of 29 / 11 / 1953 and decided
the following:
1 - | Election of Mr. Farid Daoud Samra as Chairman of the Committee
2 - | Election of Mr. Frank Yameen as Vice-Chairman
3 - | Election of Mr. Yaqub Murad Abdullah as Secretary
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Copy to:
The Administrative Committee ⟦line⟧ for information
True copy
Presidency of the Jewish Community
1953
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: T / 53 / 3240
Date: 30 / 11 / 1953
Subject: The Administrative Committee
To -
The Honorable Ministry of Justice
Greetings,
With reference to your honorable Ministry's order No. 1144 dated 24 / 11 / 1953,
The Administrative Committee appointed by the above-mentioned ministerial order met on the evening of 29 / 11 / 1953 and decided the following:-
1 - Election of Mr. Farid Daoud Samra as Chairman of the Committee
2 - Election of Mr. Fouad Yamin as Vice-Chairman
3 - Election of Mr. Yaqoub Ezra Abdullah as Secretary
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
Copy to -
The Administrative Committee - for information
True copy
⟦stamp with portrait and text in Arabic and Latin⟧
10 Fils
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
Dossier 156
There appeared before this enlightened Sharia Court Menachem Effendi Saleh Daniel, residing in Ras al-Qarya quarter
of the Baghdad districts, whose identity is known by the testimony of two witnesses: Joki Anbar Effendi from Jadid Hassan Pasha quarter
and Ibrahim Ishaq from Qanbar Ali quarter, and he repeated the contents of his petition to this court dated 1 June 1924
registered under number 156 - 1924, saying: I, in a state of sound mind and health, and with full willingness and consent, have removed
from my ownership and endowed as a valid, legal, and perpetual endowment my common half of the pharmacy numbered with door numbers
246 - 158 located in the Suq al-Ghazal quarter and Al-Attarin Avenue, which currently consists
of three adjacent plots containing the dispensary numbered 246 - 158, the tea house numbered
246 - 158, and the shop numbered 244 - 158. All are bounded at the front by the public road and end at the shop of
Abbas bin Hussein Jarhaji and Sarkah 248 - 158, and end at the shops belonging to Aisha Khatun bint Sayyid
Abdullah and her partners 158/250 and 158/252. To the left is the pharmacy of Muhammad bin Sayyid Kazim Zarki and partners
158/256, ending at the bathhouse shop belonging to Sayyid Yahya and partners 264 / 158. To the right is the shop of the heirs of
Abdul Razzaq al-Khudairi 244 / 158, ending at the house of the heirs of Hasqil Alika 50 / 179, ending at the house of Shaul bin Ibrahim
and partners 48 / 179. To the rear is the furnace of the aforementioned bathhouse 264 / 158, which belongs to me according to the Tabu deed
dated January 922 permanent, serial number 35 in this dossier. I have removed it from my ownership and endowed it for the sake of God
Almighty, and I have appointed two trustees for it, namely my son Ezra Effendi and Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah, and after
them, the trusteeship shall pass to the eldest of my male children and my male grandchildren's children, as they procreate and succeed generation after generation
and layer after layer, jointly with the eldest of the children of the second trustee Saleh Shlomo Abdullah and his male grandchildren's children
as they procreate and succeed generation after generation and layer after layer. Upon the extinction of the lineage of one of the two trustees, the trusteeship shall be restricted
to the second trustee or whoever takes his place. When both lineages become extinct, the trusteeship shall then pass to the Spiritual Council
of the Israelite community in Baghdad. If one of the trustees travels, he shall have the right to appoint the second trustee or someone else
in his stead, provided that the common half of the aforementioned pharmacy is leased at a fair rent through the knowledge of the two trustees, and the amount
obtained from the rent, ten percent of it shall be given to the two trustees in exchange for their services and management of the
aforementioned endowment regarding the collection and gathering of revenues and overseeing the necessary repairs and restorations, and spending the revenues on
the designated purposes and keeping the books, and in short, everything that leads to the benefit of the aforementioned endowment. After
that, a portion shall be given for the necessary repair and restoration of the aforementioned endowed property, and the surplus remaining after that
shall be spent for the necessary repair and restoration of the (Gan Yeladim) school premises named after me. If there is no need
for that and a surplus of the yield remains, it shall be spent on charitable and benevolent acts, and it shall not be restricted to the opinion and discretion of one
of the trustees only, who is my aforementioned son Ezra Effendi, regarding the rest of the matters. The two aforementioned trustees
have the right to participate together in implementing it according to and within the conditions listed above. After them, the condition
pertaining to spending the surplus yield—after the completion of the necessary repairs and restorations for the pharmacy and the premises of
the aforementioned (Gan Yeladim) school—on charitable and benevolent acts shall be void, and instead, it shall be spent to meet the needs of the
(Gan Yeladim) school named after me. If there is no necessity for that and a surplus of the yield remains, it shall be spent on the children of the poor
Israelites who attend one of the Israelite schools in Baghdad, specifically among the group of schools designated by the
trustees present at the time for the purpose of improving their education and teaching. After the present two trustees, it is necessary
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Those who act on their behalf must submit an annual account for each year to the management association of the school (Kahn Hildesheim)
named after me, and a copy of it to the Lay Council of the Jewish community in Baghdad. Furthermore, I have authorized the two trustees
to change and exchange the common half of the aforementioned pharmacy and replace it with another if it is more beneficial for the endowment
in terms of growth and preservation of the original. I have also authorized them, if they see fit for the interest of the endowment, to purchase properties adjacent to the property of the aforementioned pharmacy
or outside of it, using the surplus revenues, and to annex them to the aforementioned endowment according to and within the conditions listed
in the notification of this endowment deed.
Upon inquiry from the Land Registry Department of the Baghdad region, it was understood from the postscript of the report received under number 2962
dated June 3, 924, that the Khaqani deed dated January 24, 922, registered in February 1922, permanent
and under number 28, stating the entirety of the pharmacy located in the Souq al-Ghazal quarter, numbered 246 - 158, by Menachem
Effendi and Sassoon Effendi Saleh Daniel on a half-share basis, has been found to match its record and is neither mortgaged nor seized
and no transfer has been made upon it.
After reviewing the aforementioned conditions, it appeared that they are in accordance with the legal rulings for the endowment, and therefore the validity,
necessity, and enforcement of the mentioned endowment were ruled upon. It was entered into the court register under file number 117, and this endowment
deed was issued. Notification was sent to the Land Registry Department in Baghdad for registration, and that was on the first day of the month of
Dhu al-Qi'dah 1342, corresponding to June 3, 1924.
Pharmacy Copy
Dossier 156
There appeared before this court the person named Menachem Effendi bin Saleh Daniel, residing in the Ras al-Qarya quarter
of the Baghdad districts, whose identity was verified by the testimony of two witnesses: Hezekiah Anbar Effendi from the Hadid Hassan Pasha quarter
and Ibrahim Ishaq from the Qanbar Ali quarter. He repeated the contents of his petition to this court dated 1 June 924 and registered
under number 156 - 1924, stating: I, being in a state of maturity and health and with full volition and consent, have removed from my property
and established as a valid, legal, and perpetual endowment (waqf) my undivided half-share of the pharmacy numbered 246 - 158, located
in the Souq al-Ghazal quarter and on the Attarin Road, which currently consists of three adjacent plots
containing the workshop (kuwarkhana) numbered 246 - 158, the tea house (jaykhana) numbered 246 T - 158, and the shop numbered
244 - 158. All of them are bounded at the front by the public road; followed by the shop of Abbas bin Hussein Jujuqji and partners
248 - 158; followed by the shops belonging to Aisha Khatun bint Sayyid Abdullah and her partners 250 / 158
and 252 / 158. To the left is the pharmacy of Muhammad bin Sayyid Kazim Zarki and partners 256 / 158; followed by the furnace (kalkhan) of the bathhouse
belonging to Sayyid Yahya and partners 264 / 158. To the right is the shop of the heirs of Abdul Razzaq al-Hasiri 244 / 158; followed
by the house of the heirs of Haqqi Bey Alila 179/50; followed by the house of Shaub bin Ibrahim and partners 48 / 176. To the rear is the furnace
of the aforementioned bathhouse 264 / 158. Belonging to me according to the Tabu deed dated January 922, permanent and serial
35 in this batch. I have removed it from my ownership and endowed it for the pleasure of God Almighty, and I have appointed two persons as trustees (mutawallis),
namely my son Ezra Effendi and Saleh Effendi bin Shlomo Abdullah. After them, the trusteeship shall pass to the eldest of the male children and male
grandchildren, as they proliferate and succeed generation after generation and layer after layer, shared with the eldest of the children of the second
trustee, Saleh Shlomo Abdullah, and his male grandchildren, as they proliferate and succeed generation after generation and layer after
layer. Upon the extinction of the lineage of one of the two trustees, the trusteeship shall be restricted to the second trustee or whoever stands in his place. Upon the extinction
of both lineages, the trusteeship shall then pass to the Lay Council of the Israelite community in Baghdad. If one of the trustees travels,
he shall have the right to appoint the second trustee or another as his deputy, provided that the undivided half-share of the aforementioned pharmacy is leased
at a fair market rent under the supervision of the two trustees. From the amount obtained from the rent, ten percent shall be given to the two trustees for
their services and for what they spend on the aforementioned endowment in terms of collecting and gathering revenues and undertaking repairs and renovations
as appropriate, and spending the revenues on the designated areas, and keeping the books, and in short, everything that leads to the
benefit of the aforementioned endowment. After that, funds shall be given for the necessary repairs and renovations of the aforementioned endowed property.
The surplus remaining after that shall be spent for the necessary repairs and renovations of the (Gan Yeladim) school premises
named after me. If there is no need for that and a surplus of revenue remains, it shall be spent on charitable and benevolent acts.
This shall be restricted to the opinion and discretion of only one of the trustees, namely my aforementioned son Ezra Effendi, regarding
the remaining matters. The two aforementioned trustees shall have the right to participate together in implementing them according to and within the conditions
listed above. After them, the aforementioned condition regarding spending the surplus revenue—after the completion of the necessary
repairs and renovations for the pharmacy and the aforementioned (Gan Yeladim) school premises—on charitable and benevolent acts shall be void.
Instead, it shall be spent to meet the needs of the (Gan Yeladim) school named after me. If there is no need for that
and a surplus of revenue remains, it shall be spent on the children of poor Israelites who attend one of the Israelite schools
in Baghdad or any of the schools organized by the trustees present at that time for the purpose of improving their education
and teaching. After the current trustees, those who take their place must submit an account year by year.
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To the management association of the (Khan Hildim) school marked with my name and image, to the Lay Council of the
Jewish community in Baghdad. Furthermore, I have authorized the trustees to change and replace the common half of the
aforementioned pharmacy and exchange it for another if it is more beneficial for the endowment's growth and preservation of the property. I have also authorized them,
if they see an interest for the endowment, to purchase properties adjacent to the aforementioned pharmacy property or outside of it, instead of the yield
of revenues, and to annex them to the aforementioned endowment within and according to the conditions listed in the notification of this endowment deed.
Upon inquiry from the Tapu Department of the Baghdad region, it was understood from the written register received under number 2962
dated June 3, 1924, that the Khaqani deed dated January 24, 1922, registered under serial number 1622
permanent, and under number 28, the words of ownership of the pharmacy located in the Souq al-Ghazal neighborhood, numbered 246 - 158, by
Menachem Effendi and Sassoon Effendi Saleh Daniel on a half-share basis, are recorded in accordance with its entry and are not mortgaged
nor seized, and no transfer has taken place upon it.
After reviewing the aforementioned conditions, it appeared that they are in accordance with the legal provisions for the endowment, and therefore the validity
of the aforementioned endowment, its necessity, and its effectiveness were ruled upon. it was entered into the court register under file number 117, and this endowment
deed was issued. Notification was made to the Tapu Department in Baghdad for registration, and that was on the first day of the month of
Dhu al-Qi'dah 1342, corresponding to June 3, 1924.
Original [signed] Siyah al-Rashid
True copy of the original
Menahem Effendi bin Saleh Daniel, residing in the Ras al-Qarya neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods of the aforementioned city,
attended the Noble Sharia Council held in the Baghdad City Court, and while in a state of sound legal capacity, he declared,
saying: I have previously endowed the house, the shops, one-eighth of Khan Jaghan, and twenty-four shares out of
a total of one hundred and five shares of the aforementioned Khan as well, located in the Bab al-Agha neighborhood of Baghdad, with known
boundaries and descriptions. The endower, according to the endowment deed issued by this court dated the eighth of
Shawwal for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-six Hijri, had assigned the trusteeship to both my son Ezra Effendi and my
nephew Sassoon Effendi's son, who is Saleh Effendi, and after them to the eldest of my children and my male grandchildren
as long as they reproduce, and the children of my aforementioned brother Sassoon Effendi and his male grandchildren as long as they reproduce. I stipulated that
the trusteeship, after the extinction of all, shall pass to the Council of the Israeli Community in Baghdad. I granted one of the two trustees the right to appoint
the other or someone else as a proxy in case of travel to act in his place until his return. Due to the death of one of the trustees, the
aforementioned Saleh Effendi, I have appointed in his stead Saleh Effendi bin Shlomo Abdullah as a trustee, while the aforementioned Ezra Effendi remains
in his position according to the conditions mentioned in the aforementioned deed, provided that the trusteeship held by
Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah shall pass after him to the eldest of his children and his male grandchildren, generation
after generation and lineage after lineage, just as the trusteeship held by Ezra Effendi follows the condition included
in the endowment deed. Upon the extinction of the descendants of one of the two aforementioned trustees, Ezra Effendi or Saleh Effendi Shlomo, the
trusteeship shall transfer and be restricted to the descendants of the second trustee according to the condition, provided that whoever is entitled to succeed his predecessor
is not prevented from doing so by the presence of a trustee of a higher generation than him in his partner's share of the trusteeship. Following the extinction of both their descendants,
the trusteeship shall transfer to the Israeli Lay Council in the city of Baghdad. I request the recording of this declaration of mine
to preserve the statement. Accordingly, it was written and registered on the fourteenth day of Dhu al-Qi'dah for the year one thousand three hundred and forty-two
Hijri 1342
Identification Witnesses
Heskel Naji Effendi bin Yehuda bin Yusuf from the neighborhood of
Al-Haydarkhana and Salman Effendi ibn Zion, teacher of Heskel Musfi
from the Torah neighborhood
Recorded and processed
Number | Page | Register | Useful | First Clerk
151 | 4 | Seal | Seal
80 Rupees Deed Fee
Delivered on its date eighty rupees only 28 June 924
Signature of the First Clerk
Hussein Fawzi
Saleh is now a trustee over the house,
the shops, one-eighth of Khan Jaghan, and 24
shares out of 100 shares of the aforementioned Khan,
replacing the previous trustee Saleh Sassoon,
the deceased, pursuant to the deed issued by the
Sharia Court in Baghdad dated
8 Shawwal 1336
Yes, Saleh
Menahem Effendi son of Saleh Daniel attended the council of the Noble Sharia held in the court of Baghdad city,
residing in Ras al-Qarya neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods of the mentioned city, and declared while in a state of valid legal capacity,
saying: I have previously endowed the house, the shops, one-eighth of Khan Jaghan, and twenty-four shares out of
a total of one hundred and five shares of the mentioned Khan as well, located in Bab al-Agha neighborhood in Baghdad, with known
boundaries and sides. The endowment was according to the endowment deed issued by this court dated the eighth day of
Shawwal for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-six Hijri. I had assigned the trusteeship to both my son Ezra Effendi and my
nephew Sassoon Effendi's son, who is Saleh Effendi, and after them to the eldest of my children and my male grandchildren
as long as they descend, and the children of my mentioned brother Sassoon Effendi and his male grandchildren as long as they descend. I stipulated that the
trusteeship, after the extinction of all, shall pass to the Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad. I granted one of the two trustees the right to appoint
the other or someone else as a proxy in case of travel to act in his place until his return. Based on the occurrence of the death of one of the trustees, the
mentioned Saleh Effendi, I have appointed in his stead Saleh Effendi son of Shlomo Abdullah as a trustee, while the mentioned Ezra Effendi remains
in his position according to the conditions mentioned in the aforementioned deed, provided that the trusteeship held by
Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah shall pass after him to the eldest of his children and his male grandchildren as they descend and succeed, generation
after generation and belly after belly, just as the trusteeship held by Ezra Effendi shall follow the condition included
in the endowment deed. Upon the extinction of the lineage of one of the two mentioned trustees, Ezra Effendi or Saleh Effendi Shlomo, then
the trusteeship shall transfer and be restricted to the lineage of the second trustee according to the condition, provided that whoever is entitled to succeed his predecessor
is not prevented from doing so by the presence of a trustee of a higher generation than him in his partner's share of the trusteeship. Following the extinction of both their lineages,
the trusteeship shall transfer to the Israelite Lay Council in the city of Baghdad. I request the recording of this declaration of mine
to preserve the statement. Accordingly, it was written and registered on the fourteenth day of Dhu al-Qi'dah for the year one thousand three hundred and forty-two
Hijri 1342 AH
Identification Witnesses
Heskel Naji Effendi son of Yehuda son of Joseph from the neighborhood of
Haydarkhana and Salman Effendi son of Zion, teacher of Heskel Sahhi
from the Torah neighborhood
1- The house in Bab al-Agha, al-Mutahhara Street
2- Shop in Bab al-Agha
3- One-eighth of Khan Jaghan
4- 24 shares out of 105 shares of Khan Jaghan
Appointment of Saleh Shlomo as a trustee over the house, the shops,
one-eighth of Khan Jaghan, and 24 shares out of
105 shares of Khan Jaghan, in place
of the previous deceased trustee Saleh Sassoon.
Refer to the deed issued by the Sharia
department dated 8 Shawwal 1336
Number | Page | Register | Copy of Endowment Deed
176 | 66 | 1
There attended the council of the noble Sharia held at the Sharia Court in the city of Baghdad, the sane and mature man
Menachem Effendi son of Saleh Daniel, residing in the Torah quarter in Baghdad, and he brought with him the trustee for the purpose of registration,
his biological son Ezra Effendi, and declared saying: In my full health, volition, choice, and maturity, I acknowledge with a valid
legal acknowledgment, free from compulsion and coercion, that I have endowed, sequestered, and made perpetual, seeking the pleasure of God Almighty, what is my property
and under my disposal and possession until the issuance of this endowment, namely the house located in the Bab al-Agha quarter in Baghdad
on the street of Manadat al-Manzuma, bounded on the front and right by the public road, and on the left by the partitioned house belonging
to me, and from the rear by the house of the Al-Miah Yaqub, according to the Khaqani deed dated in the month of February of the year twelve
and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, number one hundred and forty-three; and the shop located in the aforementioned Bab al-Agha quarter in the market
of the Coppersmiths (Al-Saffarin), bounded on the front by the public road, and on the right by the shop of the seller Mustafa son of Sheikh Saleh,
and on the left and rear by the shop and Khan of Yusuf Karhi, according to the Khaqani deed dated in the month of May of the year
twenty-eight and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, number eighty-two; and the shop located in the Bab al-Agha quarter
and in the Coppersmiths market, bounded on the front by the public road, and on the right by my aforementioned shop which I endowed,
and on the left by the shop of the heirs of Hajj Khalil bin Armoush, and from the rear by the Khan of Yusuf Karhi, according to the Khaqani deed
dated in the month of May of the year twenty-eight and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, number eighty-three; and one-eighth of the total
of the famous Khan Jamal located in the Bab al-Agha quarter in the Customs (Al-Gumruk) market, bounded first by the market, second by the market
of the Clothiers (Al-Hukhajiyah), third by the market of the Slipper-makers (Al-Khaffafin) also called the Spahiyah market, and fourth by the Customs street. I have endowed the house, the shops,
and the eighth of the aforementioned Khan with all that these boundaries encompass and these restrictions include, as a valid,
legal, perpetual endowment and an explicit, eternal sequestration forever and ever, until God inherits the earth and those
upon it until the Day of Judgment, on the condition that the aforementioned endowed properties be leased for a fair rent, and the amount obtained from
the rent shall first be given for the necessary restoration and construction of the aforementioned properties, and ten Ottoman gold liras shall be set aside each year
as a precautionary reserve for the expected restoration expenses for the place that is made into a school (Gan Hayeldim)
named after Menachem Saleh Daniel, and what remains after that shall be spent for feeding the poor Israeli students
who attend the aforementioned school, and their number is from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, depending on the amount of
the revenues. The aforementioned poor students shall be fed every day of the teaching days, except for Fridays, food
suitable to the aforementioned revenues, and if the revenues allow, it shall be spent for the clothing of the children of the aforementioned poor.
Then I endowed, sequestered, and made perpetual also for the sake of God Almighty what is my property and under my disposal until the issuance of this endowment
from me, namely twenty-four shares out of a total of one hundred and five shares of the total of the aforementioned Khan Jaffal, according to
the Khaqani deed dated in the month of July of the year twenty-four and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, and according to the Sharia gift deed
issued by this court dated the eighth day of the month of Shawwal of the year thirty-six and three hundred
and one thousand Hijri, as a valid, legal, perpetual endowment and an explicit, eternal sequestration forever and ever, on the condition
that the aforementioned shares be leased for a fair value by the knowledge of the trustee, and the amount obtained from the lease shall be given from it
The Endowed Property
Number 1 House Bab al-Agha
Manarat al-Manzuma
1 Shop Bab al-Agha
1 Shop Bab al-Agha
1/8 One-eighth of Khan Jamal
Total of Khan Jaffal 24 shares
Building in al-Agha
Building in al-Agha
Building in al-Agha
Building in al-Agha
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First, for the necessary restoration and construction, and what remains after that shall be given as salaries for teachers and expenses for teaching
and educating poor students who attend the aforementioned school, for the repose of the soul of my wife
Rifqa bint Abdullah Shlomo. I have appointed as trustees over the aforementioned endowment both my son Ezra Effendi,
the aforementioned, and Salih Effendi, the son of my brother Sassoon Effendi, and after them, the eldest of my children and the children
of my male children as they multiply, and the children of the children of my brother Sassoon Effendi, the aforementioned, and the children of his male children
as they multiply. If there are no male descendants for me or my brother, God forbid, then the trusteeship shall pass
to the Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad. If one of the trustees travels, he has the right to appoint
the second or someone else in his stead. When the matter of this endowment was completed and became binding, containing these recorded conditions,
and he handed it over to the appointed trustee for registration, Ezra Effendi, the aforementioned, who managed it for a period
of time like other trustees, the endower revoked the endowment, wishing to reclaim it into his possession, arguing the lack of
bindingness according to the opinion of the two Imams, may God Almighty have mercy on them. They litigated before the judge whose name is signed at the top of the document,
blessed be he and a good return. The aforementioned judge, may God bestow His blessings upon him, saw that the side of the endowment was more worthy
and appropriate, so he ruled on the validity of the endowment and its binding nature in its specifics and generalities, preferring the side of the endowment, being aware of the disagreement
existing among the past Imams. With the ruling that settles the dispute, the endowment was completed and became binding; it shall not be revoked, invalidated,
changed, altered, sold, gifted, or pawned. Written on the eighth day of the month of Shawwal
for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-six Hijri. 8 Shawwal 1336
Registered | First Clerk | Judge in Baghdad
Seal | Seal | Al-Alusi Zadeh
Seal
A marginal note on the aforementioned legal deed.
There appeared before the noble Sharia council held at the Sharia Court in the city of Baghdad, Menachem Effendi son of Salih
Daniel, residing in the Ras al-Qarya neighborhood in Baghdad, and declared the following, saying: I have previously endowed the known properties
recorded in the endowment deed issued by this court on the eighth day of Shawwal for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-six
Hijri, and I have authorized the two trustees, my son Ezra Effendi and my nephew Salih Effendi bin Sassoon
Effendi, and whoever becomes a trustee after them, to spend the revenue—after restoration and construction—on teachers' salaries
and for the teaching, education, and feeding of the poor Mosaic children who attend the (Gan Yeladim) school named
after me. Since the revenues of the aforementioned properties have begun to increase and there is a surplus over the necessary expenses, I have
authorized the two aforementioned trustees, after meeting the needs of the aforementioned school, to establish a school for the aforementioned children or
spend it on charitable and benevolent acts, and they are authorized to do what they see fit in terms of renovating or changing the endowed properties
and exchanging them for others if it is more beneficial for the endowment's growth and preservation. What occurred was written and registered by request
on the fifth day of Rajab for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-eight Hijri. 5 Rajab 1338
Registered | First Clerk | Judge in Baghdad
Seal | Seal | Al-Alusi Zadeh
Seal
⟦stamp_impression⟧
Number | Page | Register | Copy of Endowment (Waqfiyya)
176 | 66 | 1
There attended the council of the noble Sharia held at the Sharia Court in the city of Baghdad, the sane and mature man
Menahem Effendi son of Saleh Daniel, residing in the Torah neighborhood in Baghdad, and brought with him the trustee for the purpose of registration,
his biological son Ezra Effendi, and declared saying: In my full health, volition, choice, and maturity, a valid and legal
declaration free from compulsion and coercion, that I have endowed, sequestered, and made perpetual, seeking the pleasure of God Almighty, what is my property
and under my disposal and possession until the issuance of this endowment, namely the house located in the Bab al-Agha neighborhood in Baghdad
on the street of the Cut Minaret (al-Maqtuma), bounded from the front and the right by the public road, and from the left by the fortified house belonging
to, and from the rear by the house of Labiba Yaqub, according to the Khaqani deed dated in the month of February of the year twelve
and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, number one hundred and forty-three; and the shop located in the aforementioned Bab al-Agha neighborhood in the
Coppersmiths Market (al-Saffarin), bounded from the front by the public road, and from the right by the shop of the seller Mustafa son of Sheikh Saleh,
and from the left and rear by the shop and khan of Yusuf Gurji, according to the Khaqani deed dated in the month of May of the year
twenty-eight and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, number eighty-two; and the shop located in the Bab al-Agha neighborhood
and in the Coppersmiths Market, bounded from the front by the public road, and from the right by my aforementioned shop which I endowed,
and from the left by the shop of the heirs of Al-Hajj Khalil bin Armoush, and from the rear by the khan of Yusuf Gurji, according to the Khaqani deed
dated in the month of May of the year twenty-eight and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, number eighty-three; and from the total of
the famous Jamal Khan located in the Bab al-Agha neighborhood in the Customs Market (al-Gumruk), bounded first by the market, second by the market of
the Cloth Merchants (al-Khawajia), third by the Shoemakers Market (al-Khaffafin) also called the Sipahiya Market, and fourth by the Customs Street; I have endowed the house, the shops,
and the share of the aforementioned Khan with all that these boundaries encompass and these restrictions include, as a valid,
legal, and perpetual endowment and an explicit, eternal sequestration until the end of time and the eternity of ages, until God inherits the earth and those
upon it, He is the Master of the Day of Judgment; provided that the aforementioned endowed properties be leased for a fair rent, and the amount obtained from
the rent shall first be given for the necessary restoration and construction of the aforementioned properties, and ten Ottoman gold liras shall be set aside each year
to be kept as a reserve for the expected restoration expenses for the place that is made into a school (Kan Haydim)
named after Menahem Saleh Daniel, and what remains after that shall be spent for feeding the poor Israeli students
who attend the aforementioned school, and their number is from one hundred to one hundred and fifty, depending on the capacity of
the revenues; so the aforementioned poor students shall be fed on every day of study, except for Fridays, a meal
suitable for the aforementioned revenues, and if the revenues allow, it shall be spent on the clothing of the aforementioned poor children.
Then I endowed, sequestered, and made perpetual forever for the sake of God Almighty what is my property and under my disposal until the issuance of this endowment
from me, namely twenty-four shares out of a total of one hundred and five shares of the total of the aforementioned Jamal Khan, according to
the Khaqani deed dated in the month of July of the year twenty-four and three hundred and one thousand Rumi, and according to the Sharia deed of gift
issued by this court dated the eighth day of the month of Shawwal of the year thirty-six and three hundred
and one thousand Hijri, as a valid, legal, and perpetual endowment and an explicit, eternal sequestration until the end of time and the eternity of ages, on the condition
that the aforementioned shares be leased for a fair price with the knowledge of the trustee, and the amount obtained from the lease shall be given from it
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First, for the necessary restoration and construction, and what remains after that shall be given as salaries for teachers and for the expenses of teaching
and educating poor students who attend the aforementioned school, for the repose of the soul of my wife
Rifqa daughter of Abdullah Shlomo. I have appointed as trustees over the aforementioned endowment both my son Ezra Effendi,
the aforementioned, and Saleh Effendi, the son of my brother Sassoon Effendi, and after them, the eldest of my children and the children of
my male children as they multiply, and the children of my brother Sassoon Effendi, the aforementioned, and the children of his male children
as they multiply. If neither I nor my brother have male descendants, God forbid, then the trusteeship shall be transferred
to the Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad. If one of the two trustees travels, he has the right to appoint
the second or someone else in his stead. When the matter of this endowment was completed and became binding, containing these recorded conditions,
and he handed it over to the appointed trustee for registration, Ezra Effendi, the aforementioned, and he managed it for a period
of time like other trustees, the endower revoked the endowment, wanting to reclaim it into his possession, arguing the lack of
bindingness according to the opinion of the two Imams, may God Almighty have mercy on them. They litigated before the judge whose name is signed at the top of the document,
blessed is he and good is his return. The aforementioned judge, may God shower His blessings upon him, saw that the side of the endowment was more worthy
and appropriate, so he ruled on the validity of the endowment and its bindingness in its specifics and generalities, favoring the side of the endowment, being aware of the disagreement
existing among the predecessor Imams. The decisive ruling settled the dispute, then the endowment became binding and shall not be revoked, invalidated,
changed, altered, sold, gifted, or mortgaged. Written on the eighth day of the month of Shawwal
for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-six Hijri.
Registrar | First Clerk | The Judge in Baghdad
Seal | Seal | Al-Alusi Zadeh
Seal
A marginal note on the aforementioned deed.
There appeared before the honorable Sharia council held at the Sharia Court in the city of Baghdad, Menachem Effendi son of Saleh
Daniel, residing in the Ras al-Qarya neighborhood in Baghdad, and declared the following, saying: I have previously endowed the
known properties recorded in the endowment deed issued by this court on the eighth day of Shawwal for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-six
Hijri, and I have authorized the two trustees, my son Ezra Effendi and my nephew Saleh Effendi son of Sassoon
Effendi, and whoever becomes a trustee after them, to spend the revenue, after restoration and construction, for the salaries of teachers
and for the teaching, education, and feeding of the poor Israelites who attend the (Gan Yeladim) school named
after me. Since the revenues of the aforementioned properties have begun to increase and there is a surplus over the necessary expenses, I have
authorized the aforementioned two trustees, after meeting the needs of the aforementioned school, to establish a school for the aforementioned children or
with its expenses for charitable and benevolent acts, and they are authorized in what they see fit regarding changing and replacing the endowed properties
and exchanging them for others if it is more beneficial for the endowment's growth and preservation of the status. What occurred was written and registered by request
on the fifth day of Rajab for the year one thousand three hundred and thirty-eight Hijri.
Registrar | First Clerk | The Judge in Baghdad
Seal | Seal | Al-Alusi Zadeh
⟦stamp⟧
1338
29
There appeared before the Honorable Sharia Council convened at the Baghdad City Court, Menahem Effendi and Sassoon
Effendi, sons of Saleh Effendi Daniel, residing in the Ras al-Qarya neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods of the aforementioned city, and they declared
while in a state in which legal declarations are valid, saying: We have previously endowed four-fifths of the two houses
and the seven shops located in the Tatran neighborhood of Baghdad, with known boundaries and sides, and the endowment was
pursuant to the endowment deed issued by this court dated the ninth of Shawwal for the year thirteen hundred and thirty-six
Hijri. We have assigned the trusteeship to each of our sons, Ezra Effendi and Saleh Effendi, and after them to the two eldest sons
of our children and our male grandchildren, as long as they reproduce and succeed one another. We stipulated that the trusteeship, after the extinction of all,
shall pass to the Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, and that one of the two trustees has the right to appoint the second or someone else as a proxy
if he travels, to act in his place until his return. Based on the death of one of the trustees, the aforementioned Saleh Effendi, we have appointed
in his stead Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah as a trustee, while the aforementioned Ezra Effendi remains in his position according to the conditions
mentioned in the aforementioned deed, provided that the trusteeship held by Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah
shall pass after him to the eldest of his children and his male grandchildren, as long as they reproduce and succeed one another, generation after generation and lineage after lineage,
just as the trusteeship held by Ezra Effendi is subject to the condition included in the endowment deed. Upon the cessation of the offspring of
one of the aforementioned trustees, Ezra Effendi or Saleh Effendi Shlomo, the trusteeship shall transfer and be restricted to the offspring of
the other trustee as stipulated, provided that whoever is entitled to succeed his predecessor is not prevented from doing so by the presence of
a trustee of a higher generation than him in his partner's share of the trusteeship. Following the cessation of both their offspring, the trusteeship shall transfer to the Council of the
Israelite Lay Community in the city of Baghdad. I request the recording of this report of mine to preserve the statement, and accordingly, it was written and registered
on the fourteenth day of Dhu al-Qi'dah for the year thirteen hundred and forty-two Hijri.
14 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1342
Identification Witnesses
Heskel Naji Effendi son of Yehuda bin Yusuf from the Haydarkhana neighborhood
and Salman Effendi bin Zion, teacher of Heskel, from the Torah neighborhood
Recorded and compared
Number | Page | Registered Record | First Clerk
152 | 4 | Seal | Seal
30 Rupees, fee for the deed
Thirty rupees only were delivered on its date, June 28, 924
First Clerk
Hussein Fawzi
Appointment of Saleh Shlomo as trustee over four-fifths of
the two houses and the seven shops located in
the Tatran neighborhood,
Attached to the deed issued by the Sharia Court
in Baghdad dated 9 Shawwal 1336
There attended the council of the noble Sharia convened in the court of the city of Baghdad both Menahem Effendi and Sassoon
Effendi, the sons of Saleh Effendi Daniel, residing in the Ras al-Qarya neighborhood, one of the neighborhoods of the mentioned city, and they declared
while in a state in which Sharia acknowledgments are valid, saying: We have previously endowed four-fifths of the two houses
and the seven shops located in the Tatran neighborhood of Baghdad, with known boundaries and sides, and the endowment was
according to the endowment deed issued by this court dated the ninth day of Shawwal for the year thirteen hundred and thirty-six
Hijri, and we have assigned the trusteeship to each of our two sons, Ezra Effendi and Saleh Effendi, and after them to the two eldest sons
from our children and our children's male children as long as they procreate and succeed one another, and we stipulated that the trusteeship, after the extinction of all,
shall go to the Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, and that one of the two trustees has the right to appoint the second or someone else as a proxy in case
he travels, to act in his place until his return. Based on the death of one of the two trustees, the mentioned Saleh Effendi, we have appointed
in his stead Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah as a trustee, while the mentioned Ezra Effendi remains in his position according to the conditions
mentioned in the aforementioned deed, provided that the trusteeship which is in the custody of Saleh Effendi Shlomo Abdullah
shall be after him for the eldest of his children and his male children's children, as long as they procreate and succeed one another, layer after layer and generation after generation,
just as the trusteeship which is in the custody of Ezra Effendi shall be subject to the condition included in the endowment deed. Upon the cessation of the lineage of
one of the two mentioned trustees, Ezra Effendi or Saleh Effendi Shlomo, the trusteeship shall transfer and be restricted to the lineage of
the other trustee according to what is stipulated, provided that whoever is entitled to take the place of his predecessor is not prevented from doing so by the presence of
a trustee of a higher layer than him in the share of his partner in the trusteeship. Following the cessation of their lineages, the trusteeship transfers to the Council of the Community,
the Israelite Corporeal Council in the city of Baghdad. I requested the recording of this report of mine to preserve the statement, and accordingly, it was written and registered
on the fourteenth day of Dhu al-Qi'dah for the year thirteen hundred and forty-two Hijri.
14 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1342
Identification Witnesses
Heskel Naji Effendi son of Yehuda bin Yusuf from the Haydarkhana neighborhood
and Salman Effendi bin Zion, teacher of Heskel Safi from the Torah neighborhood
Registered and compared
Number | Page | Registered Record | First Clerk
152 | 4 | Seal | Seal
30 Rupees, fee for the deed
Delivered on its date, thirty rupees only, 28 June 924
First Clerk
Hussein Fawzi
Saleh Shlomo was appointed as a trustee ⟦in place of⟧ the deceased Saleh ⟦Daniel⟧
and that is for four-fifths of the two houses and the seven shops
located in the Tatran neighborhood ⟦Seal⟧
Continuation of the deed issued by the Sharia Court in Baghdad
dated 9 Shawwal 1336
Registered / 24 March 1916
In the council of the noble Sharia held at the Sharia Court in the city of Baghdad, there appeared both men,
sane and of legal age, namely Menachem Effendi and Sassoon Effendi, sons of Saleh Effendi Daniel, residing in
the Taura neighborhood in Baghdad, and they brought with them the trustee for the purpose of registration, Ezra Effendi, son of the aforementioned
Menachem Effendi, and they declared, saying: In our full health, volition, and choice, we make a valid and legal declaration free from
compulsion and coercion, that we have endowed, consecrated, and perpetuated, seeking the pleasure of God Almighty and for the repose of the soul of our sister
Simha Khatun, what is our property and under our disposal and possession until the issuance of this endowment from us, namely four-fifths
of the house located in the Tatran neighborhood in Baghdad on the Mosque Street, bounded from the front by the private road,
from the left by the public road, from the right by the house of Agha Baba son of Moshi, and from the back by the house of Meir son of Ibrahim
and the heirs of Farha daughter of Heskel, according to the Khaqani deed dated in April of the year one thousand three hundred and twenty-five,
number two hundred and thirty, inherited by us from our mentioned sister Simha Khatun, with all that these
boundaries encompass and these restrictions include, as a valid, legal, and perpetual endowment and an explicit, eternal consecration until the end
of times and for all eternity, provided that the mentioned house be leased for a fair rent under the supervision of the trustee, and the amount
obtained from the lease shall be spent on what is required for construction and restoration, and what remains after that shall be given for feeding
the children of the poor Israelites who attend the Mosaic schools in Hilla. Then we endowed, consecrated, and perpetuated,
seeking the pleasure of God Almighty and for the repose of the soul of our mentioned sister Simha Khatun, what is our property and under our disposal
and possession until the issuance of this endowment from us, namely four-fifths of the house located in the mentioned Tatran neighborhood
on Al-Joul Street (bounded from the front by the public road, from the left by the shops separated by the first and separated
by the last belonging to Simha Khatun, the owner of the property, from the right by the house belonging at the present time to
Harun son of Reuben Zanki and previously to Reuben son of Baqchi, and from the back by the house belonging at the present time
to Jahla daughter of Shaul Shakarji and her partners and previously to Simha daughter of Heskel) according to the Khaqani deed
dated in December of the year one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven, number eighty-one, and four-fifths
of the shop located in the mentioned neighborhood and street, bounded from the front by the public road, and from the right and back
at the present time by the house of Simha daughter of Saleh Daniel and previously by the house of Farha daughter of Menachem Ezra Fujman, and from
the left by the shop of the property owner Simha at the present time and previously by the shop of Farha daughter of Menachem Ezra Fujman)
according to the Khaqani deed dated in July of the year one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven, number forty-one,
and four-fifths of the shop located in the mentioned neighborhood and street, bounded from the front by the public road,
and from the right and left by the shops of the property owner Simha daughter of Saleh Daniel at the present time and previously by the shops
of Farha daughter of Menachem Ezra Fujman, and from the back by the house of the mentioned property owner Simha at the present time and the mentioned
Farha previously, according to the Khaqani deed dated in July of the year one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven, number
forty-two, and four-fifths of the shop located in the mentioned neighborhood and street, and from the front and left
by the public road, and from the right and back by the house of the mentioned property owner Simha at the present time and previously the house
of the mentioned Farha, according to the Khaqani deed dated in July of the year one thousand three hundred and twenty-seven, number forty-
three, and four-fifths of the shop located in the mentioned neighborhood and street, bounded from the front by the public
road, and from the right by the shop of the mentioned property owner Simha, and from the back by the separated house belonging to Simha
1- Numbers ⟦illegible⟧ Simha Khatun
The two houses located
Tatran neighborhood
And numbers ⟦illegible⟧
Seven shops
Tatran neighborhood
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aforementioned, and from the left by the partitioned shop belonging to the mentioned Simha according to the Khaqani deed dated
1 December of the year three hundred and twenty-seven and one thousand, number seventy-seven, and four-fifths of the shop located in
the station and the mentioned street, bounded from the front by the public road, and from the right and left by the partitioned shops
belonging to the owner of the property, the mentioned Simha, and from the back by the partitioned house belonging to the aforementioned Simha according to
the Khaqani deed dated December of the year three hundred and twenty-seven and one thousand, number seventy-eight, and four-
fifths of the shop located in the station and the mentioned street, bounded from the front by the public road, and from the right
and left by the partitioned shops belonging to the owner of the property, the mentioned Simha, and from the back by the partitioned house belonging to
the mentioned Simha according to the Khaqani deed dated December of the year three hundred and twenty-seven and one thousand, number
seventy-nine, and four-fifths of the shop located in the station and the mentioned street, bounded from the front
by the public road, and from the right by the partitioned shop belonging to the owner of the property, the mentioned Simha, and from the back by the partitioned
house belonging to the mentioned Simha, and from the left by the shop which currently belongs to Jahla daughter of Shaul
Shakarji and her partners, and previously to Simha daughter of Haskel according to the Khaqani deed dated December of the year
three hundred and twenty-seven and one thousand, number eighty, all inherited by us from our mentioned sister Simha Khatun
with all that these boundaries encompass and these restrictions include, as a valid, legal, and perpetual endowment and an explicit,
eternal detention until the end of time and the passing of ages until God inherits the earth and those upon it until the Day of Judgment, provided that
the mentioned endowed properties are leased for a fair rent under the supervision of the trustee, and the amount obtained from the lease shall be given
first for the necessary construction and restoration of the mentioned properties, and what remains shall be used to feed the children of the poor who study in
the (Gan Yeladim Menachem Salih Daniel) school. We have appointed as trustees over the mentioned endowment both Ezra Effendi the
aforementioned and Salih Effendi son of Sassoon Effendi the aforementioned, and after them to the two eldest of our children and the children of
our children, their male descendants, and if we have no male offspring, God forbid, the trusteeship shall be transferred to the Council
of the Israelite Community in Baghdad. If one of the two trustees travels, he has the right to appoint the second or someone else in his place.
When the matter of this endowment was completed and became binding, containing these listed conditions, and he handed it over to the appointed trustee for registration,
Ezra Effendi the aforementioned, and he managed it for a period of time like other trustees, and the two endowers returned wishing to reclaim
the endowment into their possession, arguing the lack of necessity according to the opinion of the two Imams, may God Almighty have mercy on them, and they litigated before the judge
whose name is signed at the top of the book for a long time and with a good outcome, the aforementioned judge, may God shower His blessings upon him, saw that the side
of the endowment was more worthy and appropriate, so he ruled for the validity of the endowment and its necessity in its specifics and generalities, preferring the side of the endowment, being aware of the disagreement
occurring between the ancestral Imams. After the decisive ruling on the dispute, the endowment was completed and became binding, so it shall not be revoked, invalidated, changed, or altered,
nor sold, nor pledged, nor gifted. Written on the ninth day of the honored Shawwal of the year three hundred and thirty-six and one thousand.
Number | Page | The Registered Record | The First Clerk | 9 Shawwal 1336
181 | ⟦line⟧ | Seal | Seal | ⟦line⟧
Anna | Rupee
12 | 81 | Fee of the deed
Delivered on the date of eighty-one rupees and twelve annas only, 25 July 1918
The First Clerk | Deputy
Seal | Seal
Registered in the Baghdad Endowments Department 24 Mart 91
Seal and Signature
Baghdad Endowments Department