Documents about Property Owned by the Jewish Community; Endowments; Personal Will; Blueprints
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community and include rent contracts, documents of properties owned by the Jewish community, endowments of the Midrash Talmud Torah School, a personal will from a community member, and architectural blueprints.
208 Intelligence T / 1442 / 50 20 / 2 / 1950 ⟦Department Record⟧ Baghdad City Lighting and Electric Power Company After greetings, We request the restoration of the electrical current to the building numbered 74/393 belonging to the Community. Please accept our respects; ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council For filing Note regarding the number ⟦of the connection⟧ A / 6/30
710 1949/6/19 General Revenue Directorate Property Tax Greetings, We wish to inform you that the house numbered 293/14 located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood has become vacant without a tenant as of 6/5/1949, so we request an exemption from the property tax accrued on it for the period it remains vacant. Sincerely. ⟦illegible⟧ The President The Trustee of the Endowment For filing - Sh/
H / 411 / 950 2 / 1 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Department⟧ The Honorable Mr. Shua Zalouf, Respectfully Rawaq - Baghdad After greetings, With reference to the contract concluded between you and Mr. Heskel Daoud Samhoub, President of the Lay Council in addition to his position, dated 29 / 12 / 1949 regarding the renovation of the Rifka Menahem Daniel Dispensary located in Al-Tawrat neighborhood, door numbers 393 / 94. Please be informed that we have authorized Mr. Selim Menahem Qahtan, member of the Hospitals Committee, to supervise the execution of this contract, and you are authorized to agree with him regarding all details concerning the construction under discussion. Please accept our respects; Vice President ⟦Signature⟧ 2 / 1 Copy to - The Sub-committee for the renovation of the Rifka Menahem Daniel Dispensary The Honorable Mr. Selim Menahem Qahtan, Respectfully For filing / ⟦illegible⟧ The relevant file A / 1
264 18/9/1949 ⟦Data Copy⟧ Presidency of the Hospitals Committee With reference to your letter No. L/739 dated 14/9/1949 The Council has decided to authorize your committee to carry out the renovation of the Rifka Menahem Daniel Clinic on his behalf, while assigning the community's chief accountant to maintain the renovation accounts. It also decided to assign the aforementioned accountant to maintain the accounts for the renovation of the National School and may you remain in wellness; ⟦signature⟧ Vice President ⟦signature⟧ Copy to - The Accountant - to act accordingly 14 ⟦illegible⟧
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Telephones 3006 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in 1884 Telephone No. 3006 7480 Baghdad Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy Administration of the Lay Council in Baghdad 291 14 / 9 / 1949 Incoming Number No. Number: L / 729 Date: 12 / 9 / 1949 Presidency of the Lay Council Greetings, With reference to your letter numbered 352 and dated 29 / 8 / 1949. We request a decision authorizing our committee to undertake the renovation of the Rifka Menahem Daniel Dispensary on behalf of your council. We will submit an account of the expenses upon completion of the renovation. Sincerely, ⟦signature⟧ President Approved 14 / 9 ⟦signature⟧ A. A.
Baghdad on 26 / 8 / 1949 His Excellency the Director of Tapu for Baghdad Province, Respected After greetings, I request you to kindly provide me with a certified copy of the registration and a map for the property sequence 312 number 393 / 94 located in the Al-Tawrah neighborhood. Please accept my respect; ⟦signature⟧ Ezra Menachem Daniel 14
⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on 26 / 8 / 1949 His Excellency the Director of Tapu for the Baghdad Province, Respected After greetings, I request you to kindly provide me with a certified copy of the registration and a map for the property sequence 312 number 194/393 located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood. Please accept my respects; Ezra Menachem Daniel 14
Department Copy 245 8/22/1949 Respected Mr. Koji Haskil After greetings, With reference to your letter dated 8/12/1949. We enclose herewith check number 405147 dated 8/21/1949 on the Ottoman Bank in Baghdad to your order for the amount of (22.040 Dinars), and that is in payment of your invoice dated 8/13/1949, which includes fees, expenses, and professional fees for obtaining a map and a copy of the registration for the two properties numbered 73/139 and 393/94 sequence 312, endowed by the benefactor Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel to be used as a clinic for the Israelite community. Please inform us of your receipt of the mentioned check. Best regards; Vice President Copy to - Head of the Hospitals Committee - for information - this amount has been recorded to the account of the mentioned endowment. ( ⟦...⟧ ) 14 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
12/8/1949 Land Registry Office ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad Number 372 Date 15 / 8 / 1949 Number ⟦illegible⟧ Obtaining a map and a copy of the registration Al-Tawrat Dispensary His Excellency the President of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, the Respected After greetings Based on the request of the Israeli Hospitals Committee in its letter numbered L/487 and dated 1/6/1949, the requirements for the map and the registration copy for the mentioned dispensary have been completed. Many difficulties arose regarding the request, considering that the map previously obtained during the year 1922, which included two properties with two door numbers and two sequence numbers, contradicts the dispensary's registration which indicates one property with two courtyards and a guest room (Diwaniya) that are actually partitioned unofficially, and there is a wall standing between them. Accordingly, the inspection officer was instructed to pay extra attention to applying the property registration locally. It was found that the boundaries recorded in the registration match the status of the two properties perfectly. Therefore, a door and sequence number were deleted from the previous map, and the newly organized map was limited to one door and sequence number, which is 393/94 sequence 312 and the index of the previous map. For these reasons, the property inspection included repetitions to ensure the validity of the transaction, as understood from the attached list containing the expenses, fees, and labor costs required for the transaction. The completion of this transaction took a long time before reaching the truth, and it is difficult to imagine the labor and costs expended for the progress of the case, its fulfillment, and its final stage. The requested fees do not equal the actual labor of the transaction. Therefore, I request you to kindly approve the list of expenses and settle its contents. You will find attached a copy of the map and the registration copy. As for the second copy of the obtained map, it will be submitted to Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel as requested. Please accept my respects ⟦line⟧ Lawyer ⟦illegible signature⟧ Anwar Moshi Copy to — The Israeli Hospitals Committee — with reference to the letter mentioned above. 14 / 8 / 49
Property Assessment Committee Number 2772 Dated 8 / 3 / 949 8 / 3 / 1949 Submitted on 15 / 4 / 49 Petition for reconsideration of the rental value assessment Property No. 94 / 393 Torah General Revenue Directorate Baghdad Greetings, With reference to the property tax assessment ticket numbered 83 (Volume 1). It was stated in the aforementioned ticket, which we received on February 26, 1949, that the house at street number 94, door number 393, located in the Torah neighborhood, which belongs to the endowments of the Free Dispensary affiliated with the administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, that the esteemed committee for property assessment has decided the rental value of the mentioned house to be two hundred dinars annually, while the mentioned house is leased to Mr. Salman Ishaq Khamara for a rental value of only one hundred and ten dinars according to the official lease contract kept in the records of the Community Presidency, a copy of which is attached herewith, given that the tenant is adhering to the Rent Control Law. And since the yield of the mentioned house is spent on humanitarian purposes, as is not hidden from your esteemed directorate, and in view of the injustice caused to the endowment as a result of this assessment, we hope for a reconsideration of this assessment and its reduction to the actual rental value. Sincerely; Sassoon Head of the Community Dear Vice President For your kind review and request for deliberation On behalf of the Secretary Approved 14 / 4 / 49 Interested Party ⟦illegible⟧
Lease Paper Serial Number ⟦line⟧ Door Number 393/94 The contract has been concluded between Mr. Eliyahu Habib Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad, referred to hereafter as the Lessor, and Mr. Salman Ishaq Khamara, referred to hereafter as the Lessee, as follows: First - The Lessor has leased to the Lessee, and the latter has leased from the Lessor after inspection and review, the house located in Baghdad in the Taura neighborhood, numbered 393/94, for a period of one full year starting from the beginning of 1 Iyar, year 5708 Hebrew to the end of Nisan, year 5709 Hebrew for a rental amount of only one hundred and ten Dinars and no more. Second - The Lessor has received from the Lessee the sum of ninety Dinars in cash and in advance, and the remainder, amounting to twenty Dinars, shall be paid by a promissory note for a period of four months, due for payment on the tenth day of September 1948. Third - The Lessee has the right to reside in the leased property for the lease term of one full year, and at the end of the lease term, the Lessee is obliged to vacate the leased property and hand it over to the Lessor free of occupants. If he delays in doing so, he shall be obliged to pay for the period of delay a daily rent of 500/- Fils without the need for a formal notice. Fourth - The property tax is on the Lessor (the house owner), while the water, electricity, and security fees are on the Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly. Written in two copies, one in the hand of each of the two parties, on 1 Iyar year 5708 Hebrew. Witness | Witness | The Lessee | The Lessor | | Salman Ishaq Khamara | Eliyahu Habib Tawfiq | | | President of the Israeli Lay Council | | | in Baghdad (True Copy) Secretary ⟦illegible signature⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad 14
Imports / 18 Volume 1 Ticket Number 83 Property Tax Assessment Ticket District | Street No. | Door No. | Property Type | Taxpayer Name | Annual Revenue Assessment | Tax Amount | Remarks | | | | | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Tawrat | 94 | 393 | Rental House | Head of the Jewish Community | 000 | 250 | 000 | 25 | We inform you that the property belonging to you has been assessed as listed above and the tax has reached twenty-five dinars only on 1 / 1 / 1949 Chairman of the Property Assessment Committee 26 / 2 / 1949 A. A.
Imports / 18 Property Tax Assessment Ticket Volume 1 Ticket Number 83 Neighborhood | Street No. | Door No. | Property Type | Taxpayer Name | Annual Revenue Assessment | Tax Amount Tauraat | 94 | 393 | Rental House | Head of the Jewish Community | 200 Dinars 000 Fils | 25 Dinars 000 Fils Annex We inform you that the property belonging to you has been assessed as listed above and the tax has reached twenty-five dinars only on 1 / 1 / 1949 Chairman of the Property Assessment Committee 26 / 2 / 1949 A. A.
242 February 2, 1949 The Honorable Mr. Salman Khabbaza, respected Greetings and respect, It is not hidden from you that the house occupied by you, numbered 393/94 and located in the Torah neighborhood, was previously endowed to be a clinic where the poor and needy receive medical treatment. As there is a total need to open and organize this clinic at the present time due to the large number of applicants from the poor patients living in the neighborhoods adjacent to the aforementioned house, and because of what these patients endure of troubles and expenses by going to the hospital every day, which has forced us to take measures decisive in order to reach the commencement of opening the clinic at the earliest possible opportunity. Therefore, we ask you to ⟦take⟧ take measures to vacate this house and hand it over to us at the end of the lease term, i.e., at the end of Hebrew Nisan, year 5709. We have firm hope that you will take the initiative to support us in achieving this humanitarian project, which every individual of our honorable community takes pride in. We ask you to provide us with an answer at the earliest possible opportunity. Please accept our utmost respect. Sincerely, ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Lay Council In his capacity as the trustee of the endowment Y/A
241 1946/8/9 Department Copy His Excellency Senator Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel, Respected Greetings and respect, Further to this, we have received with much gratitude the three documents detailed below regarding the endowment of the Rifka Daniel Dispensary. Please accept our highest respect. The Documents 1 - Title deed for the two houses <del>mentioned above</del> with sequence 312 and door numbers 139/73 Haram and 94/393 Salamlek dated June 323 permanent. 2 - A certified copy of the endowment deed for the two houses mentioned above under number 1944/67. And dated 1944/4/30. 3 - Map numbered 1457 and dated 22/6/13. This copy was sent These attachments were sent On behalf of Medical ⟦illegible⟧ The Property Committee for the preservation of the mentioned documents. Sincerely, Vice President Copy to - ⟦illegible⟧
Ezra Menachem Daniel
12/34 Al-Mustansir Street
Telephone Number { 3044
6367
⟦Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad⟧
⟦Number 274⟧
⟦Date 21 / 1 / 1949⟧
⟦File Number⟧
Baghdad on January 31, 1949
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected
Greetings and respect,
Enclosed please find a certified copy of the endowment deed (Waqfiyah) for the two houses, sequence 312 in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood, numbered
67 / 1944 Sh and dated 4/30/944, along with the original title deed (Tabu) and the map for the mentioned property. Please
inform us of their receipt.
With highest respect to you,
Agent for Mr. Ezra Daniel
Attachments:-
Number | Details
1 | Title deed for the two aforementioned houses with sequence 312 and door numbers 73/139 (Haram) and 94/393 (Salamlek) dated June 323 permanent.
1 | A certified copy of the endowment deed for the two aforementioned houses under number 67 / 1944 Sh and dated 4/30/1944.
1 | A map numbered 1457 and dated 6/13/22.
D / Z
JEWISH HOSPITALS COMMITTEE BAGHDAD Established. 1884 Telephones 3006 / 7480 Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eyes Hospital Refouah Pharmacy Jewish Hospitals Committee Baghdad Established in 1884 Telephone Number 3006 / 7480 Baghdad Meir Elias Hospital Rimah Khedouri Eye Hospital Dar Al-Shifa Pharmacy No. / Number: ⟦287/1⟧ Date / Date: 1 / 1 / 1949 Very Urgent To the Honorable Mr. Gurji Heskel, Lawyer We request that you obtain copies of the deeds and maps for the two properties numbered 73/139 and 393/99, sequence 312, which were endowed by the benefactor Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel under the guardianship of the Lay Council to be used as a clinic for the community. We hope you will do this very urgently, and please submit the list of expenses and fees related to this to the Lay Council. Honorary Secretary Copy to - Presidency of the Lay Council - requesting payment of the list related to this. Sh/⟦.⟧
Israeli Property Committee Name of the Institution: Schools Committee Registry Sequence Number: 122 Cabinet Number: Type of Property: School Trustee: His Excellency Ezra Menachem Daniel and Saleh Shlomo Abdullah Land Registry Sequence: 66/6, 66/7, 66/8, 66/9, 66/10 66/11 and 210/1 Al-Bataween District Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Committee: A list showing the contents of folder number: Property of: Page | Nature of the paper and its contents | Number | Date | Remarks | No | | | General remarks: This list was organized by: On the date / / 19:
Saleh Shoushou 12/1 Al-Mustansir Street Telephone Number: 44 Baghdad on 12/24/1952 His Excellency the Acting Head of the Community, President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad The Respected After greetings and respect, Subject / Menahem Daniel School Playground With reference to your letter No. 1031/52 dated 12/22/1952 regarding the re- handover of the Menahem Daniel School playground located in the Al-Bataween neighborhood. 1) We have delegated Mr. Ibrahim Khalaschi to carry this letter to receive the aforementioned playground free of any encumbrances. 2) Your statement that the use of the mentioned playground ended on 10/1/1952 is a matter that concerns you and we were not aware of it; it was mandatory to hand over the playground to us free of encumbrances at that time. As for your claim against us for the amount of (136/336) Dinars for the guard's wages and electricity expenses for the period that will end on 12/31/1952, we are not responsible for them and I see no justification for your claim, especially since the mentioned playground was used by you on a loan basis according to the correspondence exchanged between us more than ten years ago and without any compensation other than service and assistance to the students of the community schools. I do not know now what is the reason that led you to claim expenses from us for the playground during the period of its occupation by you and before its handover to us, which you are obligated and committed to spending on. Do you have any assignment from us of any kind that authorizes you to perform such matters in which we have no purpose? Therefore, in this case, I hope you give your orders to hand over the playground to our representative Mr. Ibrahim Khalaschi free of encumbrances and the guard as soon as possible for the purpose of receiving it and commencing repairs on it, and you have our duty of thanks and gratitude. Saleh Shoushou Trustee of the Menahem Daniel Endowments D / The file is to be delivered to Mr. Saleh Shoushou Please review 1/1/1953 1/2 ⟦The Commission⟧ ⟦For registration and action⟧ ⟦(Please)⟧ ⟦From the playground⟧
T/ 52/1021 12/22/1952 Menahem Salih Daniel School Playground. 2 To - The Honorable Mr. Salih Shlomo Greetings, With reference to your letter dated 12/15/1952; 1 - We have no objection to your taking over the Menahem Salih Daniel School playground located in Al-Bataween. Accordingly, please send one of your employees to the Community Administration to take delivery of it. 2 - Since the use of the aforementioned playground for sports purposes ended as of 10/1/1952; this Presidency has spent on it from the aforementioned date until 12/31/1952 an amount of 136/336 Dinars for the guard's wages and electricity expenses. Please kindly send the amount to this Presidency. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on 15 / 12 / 1952 ⟦illegible⟧ 1018 16 / 12 / 1952 File Number His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected After offering respects In view of the lack of need of the Jewish community schools in Baghdad for the playground of the Menahem Salih Daniel School located in the Battaween neighborhood, which is occupied on loan by the community's school students, and because we need it at the present time for the purpose of establishing a school, we request you to kindly issue your orders to hand it over to us as soon as possible, vacant of any occupants. In this regard, we wish to inform you that the Property Tax Department is demanding payment of a tax for the mentioned playground in the amount of (393/750) Dinars for the period from the beginning of October 1948 to the end of March 1953, based on an annual assessment of (75/000) Dinars. We are seeking a request for its exemption from paying that tax given that it is occupied as an educational institute for school students. Thus far, we have not yet obtained the final decision of the Property Tax Department in this regard, With highest respects to Your Excellency ⟦signature⟧ Trustee of the Menahem Daniel Waqf Personnel Registration and Properties 16 / 12 / 52 The Accountant To state the amount of tax paid by the Community Presidency for the mentioned playground ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 12 / 52 The Accountant The total amounts paid by the Community Presidency for the mentioned playground is 29/226 Dinars, up until December of the year 1952, which covers the salary of the playground guard, water and electricity fees for the playground, and other miscellaneous expenses. The Accountant ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 12 / 1952 On behalf of / M