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.
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Property Committee (Midrash) Portfolio Number - 75 Record Number - Subject: A house from the Midrash properties Governorate: Baghdad District: Sub-district: Quarter and Street: Qanbar Ali Sequence Number: 472 Door Numbers: 127/79 Property Type: Pure ownership Property Category: House Land Registry Map Number: Notes: DIV & TAB NO. TO FROM 1/1/1949
Israeli Property Committee ⟦Israeli Property Committee⟧ ⟦Year 1950⟧ ⟦Number ⟦...⟧⟧ Name of the Institution :: ⟦Schools Committee⟧ Registry Sequence Number :: ⟦75⟧ Land Registry Sequence :: ⟦470⟧ Door Number :: ⟦937/79 Darb⟧ Type of Property :: ⟦Endowment for the education of children⟧ Trustee :: ⟦Hakham Bashi of Baghdad⟧ DIV & TAB NO. TO FROM NAME
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Agent IRAQ POSTAGE REVENUE 10 FILS ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ Secure the roof, the border point, and the old distances with the plan and stairs after correction, with a statement of the property value according to the payment of the competent official ⟦signature⟧ F ⟦illegible⟧ 25 199 ⟦circular stamp with date 1934⟧ Chief Engineer Please provide the necessary papers for review Organization of the plan ⟦illegible⟧ 29 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ Ali Hosni 8 / 12 / 29 ⟦faded text at bottom⟧
The Israelite Community in Baghdad Register of Immovable Property Serial Number 75 Name of the institution to which the property belongs or for which it is endowed: School Endowments 1 Type of property: House 11 Date of the endowment deed: 1326 21 Rabi' al-Awwal 2 Neighborhood and street: Tauraat - Sheikh Ishaq 12 Authority that issued the endowment deed: Baghdad Sharia Court 3 Modern door number: 127 / 79 13 Name of the current trustee and method of appointment: Ako Yusuf Akober according to the endowment notification 4 Type of property, i.e., is it absolute ownership or endowment: Endowment 14 Conditions of trusteeship: The trustee for the endowment affairs is Ako Yusuf Akober, and if he dies, the matter of trusteeship shall be in the hands of the Hakham Bashi who is appointed by the Sultan 5 Is it registered in the Land Registry Department or not?: Yes, registered 15 The entity for which the property is endowed: Talmud Torah School 6 In whose name is it registered?: The trustee Ako Yusuf Akober 16 Is the property registered under a pseudonym and how?: / 7 Date of the Land Registry title deed: 1286 September 17 Is there any other document regarding this property, its ownership, or the right of disposal over it, and if so, state its nature, date, and number: / 8 Land Registry serial number: 472 18 How it is used at the present time: For housing 9 Value recorded in the Land Registry title deed: ⟦line⟧ Dinars 19 The entity to which the revenues are spent: The poor and the weak needy residing in the Talmud Torah who are unable due to their poverty to provide alms 10 Endowment deed number: 2257 20 Is there any dispute regarding it?: Notes: -
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Tapu Form (37) This copy was extracted based on the request of the trustee of the endowments of the Shemesh Shlomo Torah School, Ezra Wakil, pursuant to the power of attorney dated ⟦...⟧ Special form for record copies Registration Number: 115 Volume: 268 Registration Date: 28 September ⟦...⟧ Province: Baghdad District: Baghdad Sub-district: Neighborhood or Village: Torat Street: Sheikh Ishaq Portfolio Number: Door Numbers: 472 Parcel Number: 79 / 127 District Number: District Name: Area Name: Area - Square Meters: Area - Olak: Area - Donum: Abstract Rights and Headquarters: Subject to the condition of disposal on behalf of the trustee according to the conditions written in the manner of the deed notification Boundaries - East: Endowment house of the property owners 569 Boundaries - North West: Private road Boundaries - South West: House of Issam daughter of Eliyahu ⟦...⟧ 474 and completed by ⟦...⟧ 97 / 127 Boundaries - South East: The mentioned lands ⟦...⟧ 490 ⟦...⟧ 569 ⟦...⟧ 79 / 127 ⟦...⟧ 440 Type: Land of the house with its building Category: Endowment (Waqf) Deed Ruling: Map Number: Descriptions: Mention the value for the endowment matter to be written ⟦...⟧ according to ⟦...⟧ records ⟦...⟧ that the house is pure property to Haron Khabour Saleh Elias and since her husband Rabbi Haron has, after performing the transaction of consent from the mentioned Haron, endowed, detained, and dedicated the mentioned house as a valid legal endowment and perpetual and observed detention for himself as long as he is alive, and after him to his wife Rifka daughter of Ishaq Hayyim then after him ⟦...⟧ Value - Dinars: 400 Value - Fils: Consideration - Dinars: Consideration - Fils: This copy is identical to its record and an amount of 200 fils has been collected for the inspection and registration fee, and it serves as revenue under number 825 and date ⟦...⟧ from the Tapu daily ledger ⟦...⟧ Officer of Records and Entries ⟦Baghdad Tapu Directorate⟧
Continuation: After that, the mentioned endowment (waqf) shall be leased after reconstruction and building for a period of one year, the proceeds of which shall be spent on its preparation, furnishing, and services. Thereafter, the revenue of the mentioned endowment shall go to the poor and needy children speaking in the Talmud Torah School of Rabbi Shmuel for learning the reading of the Torah and piety, upon the registration of that endowment as the right of Yusuf Shehat, and that is after the reconstruction and building. The endowment shall be managed by the guardians of the late Isaac, who shall be the first trustees. The Master Hakham Bashi, who is the head at that time, shall pay what is collected from the yield of the endowment to the supervising association for spending those expenditures on the poor children speaking in the mentioned school. After the end of the mentioned time, all of that shall be handed over to the appointed trustee for the late registered Isaac, free from encumbrances. Then the yield of the mentioned endowment shall return and continue as necessary. After the litigation and the weighing of the endowment's side, the judge of the illustrious Sharia ruled on the validity of the endowment and its necessity in its specific and general aspects, a ruling proceeding according to the pattern of the noble laws, acting upon the existing disagreement among the prominent Imams; and there is no disagreement regarding the validity of the judge's ruling in the dispute. The endowment is completed and binding, so it shall not be sold nor mortgaged. So whoever changes it after he has heard it, his sin is only upon those who change it; indeed, Allah is Hearing and Knowing. And that is according to the endowment notification issued by the Baghdad Sharia Court dated April 21, 1931, number 2457, and the statement on it by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice on 4/2/31. According to the notification and the court record dated 9/26/9, the endowment transaction was completed. ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Schools and Lands Committee Subject ⟦line⟧ Property Documents Register Number 75 ⟦line⟧ This copy was duplicated on 29 / 12 / 1949 and paid by the community secretary on ⟦line⟧ / 19 Notes ⟦line⟧ Signature Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Property Documents Register Number ⟦line⟧ Committee: Subject: ⟦line⟧ This copy was duplicated on / / 19 and submitted from program / / 19 Notes ⟦line⟧ Signature ⟦line⟧
The Israelite Community in Baghdad Serial Number Register of Immovable Property Name of the institution to which the property belongs or for which it is endowed 1 Type of property: 2 Neighborhood and street: 3 Modern door number: 4 Type of ownership, i.e., is it absolute ownership or an endowment (waqf): 5 Is it registered in the Land Registry (Tabu) office or not?: 6 In whose name is it registered?: 7 Date of the Land Registry deed: 8 Land Registry serial number: 9 Value recorded in the Land Registry deed: 10 Endowment (Waqf) document number: 11 Date of the endowment document: 12 Authority that issued the endowment document: 13 Name of the current trustee (Mutawalli) and method of appointment: 14 Conditions of the trusteeship: 15 The entity for which the property is endowed: 16 Is the property registered under a pseudonym and how?: 17 Is there any other document regarding this property, its ownership, or the right of disposal? If yes, state its nature, date, and number: 18 How is it currently used?: ⟦Prepared⟧ 19 The entity to which the revenues are spent: 20 Is there any dispute regarding it?: Based on the trustee's paper ⟦at the price⟧ that Mr. Fadhel Hay Khaddouri ⟦adds⟧ Baghdad to the current head of the community appointed by Royal Decree as a trustee ⟦How much⟧ N N Notes :-
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Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Committee for ⟦Liquidation of the Estate of Eliyahu Sassoon⟧ Portfolio Number: Registry Number: Subject: Province: ⟦Baghdad⟧ Sequence Number: District: Door Number: ⟦121 / 70⟧ Sub-district: Property Type: ⟦Freehold⟧ Neighborhood and Street: ⟦Souq al-Saray⟧ Property Category: Land Registry Map Number: Notes 1/1/1949 FROM TO & TAB NO.
50 / ⟦illegible⟧ 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1950 To the respected Mr. Heskel Ezra Moallem Moshe Tenant of the house numbered 141 / 36 Hanoun al-Saghir Baghdad After greetings We draw your attention to the fact that the lease term for the mentioned house ended on April 30, 1950, and since you have not renewed its lease until now, we warn you by this letter of the necessity to vacate it within two days from this date, while paying the due rent owed by you for the period from the rent due date until its delivery free of occupants, or you must renew its lease during the mentioned period; otherwise, we will be forced to take the necessary legal measures to preserve the rights of the Waqf. On this occasion, we draw your attention to the third paragraph of the lease agreement concluded between you and the Lay Council, which stipulates the obligation to pay a daily rent of five hundred fils for each day you delay in vacating it. Hoping that you will not force us to resort to taking legal measures. Awaiting your reply, please accept our respects; For the President P / 1 / 6
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Committee: List showing the contents of file number: For the property: Page | Nature of the paper and its contents | Number | Date | Remarks General remarks: This list was organized by: On the date of / / 19:
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Laura Kadoorie School Committee Portfolio Number: (3) Register Number: Subject: House attached to the Nuriel School (Nailiya) Province: Baghdad Serial Number: 2 District: Door Number: 141/22 Sub-district: / Property Type: Freehold property Neighborhood and Street: Hayoun al-Saghir Property Category: House Land Registry Map Number: 46971 dated 2/4/947 Notes: 1/1/1949 FROM TO & TAB NO.
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Lease Paper Serial Number: Door Number: 26 / 147 A contract has been concluded between His Eminence (Rabbi) Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, in addition to his official capacity, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor, And Mr. Haqqi Ezra Moallem Moshi, hereinafter 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 inspection and viewing of the property, the house Located in Baghdad in the Hanoun al-Saghir neighborhood, numbered 26 / 147, for a full year. From the beginning of 1 May 1949 (one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD) To the end of April 1950 (one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD) For a rental fee of only one hundred and forty Dinars and no more. Second - The Lessor has leased the house belonging to him to the aforementioned Lessee for a rental fee of one hundred and forty Dinars and no more, And has received from the Lessee the amount of seventy Dinars in cash in advance, and the remaining seventy Dinars shall be paid according to a promissory note for a period of four and a half months, due on 15 September 949. Third - The Lessee has the right of residence only in the leased property for the duration of the lease of one full year only, 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) five hundred Fils without the need for a formal notice. Fourth - Property tax is on the Lessor or the owner of the house, while water, electricity, guarding, and cleaning fees are on the Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly from his own money in addition to the rental fee written above, and to hand over the receipts to the Lessor upon request. He must also hand over all electric lamps, glass, and other installations mentioned in this paper intact as he received them. Written in two copies, one copy in the hand of each of the two parties on 1 May 1949. Witness Witness The Lessee Haqqi Ezra Moallem Moshi The Lessor Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad in addition to his official capacity ⟦stamp with portrait and text⟧ ⟦stamp with portrait and text⟧ ⟦stamp with portrait and text⟧ for his official capacity
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Lease Paper Serial Number: Door Number: 22 / 141 A contract has been concluded between His Eminence (the Rabbi) Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad, in addition to his position, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor And Mr. Haqqi Ezra Moallem Moshi, hereinafter 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 inspecting the property, the house Located in Baghdad in the Hanoun al-Saghir neighborhood, numbered 22 / 141 From the beginning of April 1, 1949 (one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD) To the end of March 31, 1950 (one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD) For a rental fee of only one hundred and forty Dinars and no more. Second - The Lessor has leased the house belonging to him to the aforementioned Lessee for a rental fee of one hundred and forty Dinars and no more And has received from the Lessee an amount of seventy Dinars in cash in advance, and the remaining seventy Dinars shall be paid according to A promissory note for a period of four and a half months, due on September 15, 1949. Third - The Lessee has the right of residence only in the leased property for the duration of the lease, which is one full year only, and at the end of the period Of the lease, the Lessee is obliged to vacate the leased property and hand it over to the Lessor free of occupants, and if he delays in doing so, he shall be Obliged to pay for the period of delay a daily rental fee of (500) Fils without the need for a formal notice. Fourth - The property tax is on the Lessor or the owner of the house, while the water, electricity, guarding, and cleaning fees are on The Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly from his own money in addition to the rental fee written above, and to hand over the receipts to The Lessor upon request, and he must hand over all electric lamps, glass, and other installations mentioned in this paper Intact as he received them. Written in two copies, one copy in the hand of each of the two parties on March 1, 1949 Witness Witness The Lessee Haqqi Ezra Moallem Moshi ⟦illegible⟧ The Lessor His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Mosaic Community In Baghdad in addition to his position
Lease Document Serial Number: Door Number: 121 / 49 A contract has been concluded between His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor And Mr. Haqqi Ezra Moallem Haqqi, hereinafter referred to 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 Hanoun al-Saghir neighborhood, numbered 181 / 26, for a period of one full year starting from the beginning of the first of May 1948 until the end of April 1949 for a rental fee of only one hundred and forty Dinars and no more Second - The Lessor has leased the house belonging to him to the aforementioned Lessee for an annual rent of one hundred and forty Dinars, and the Lessor has received from the Lessee the amount of twenty-five and a half Dinars And the remaining amount of one hundred and fifteen Dinars shall be paid according to two promissory notes: the first for forty-five Dinars for a period of three months ending at the end of July 948, and the second for seventy Dinars due at the end of November 948 Third - The Lessee has the right to reside in the leased property for the duration of the lease of one full year, and at the end of the lease period, 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 or the owner of the house, while the water, electricity, and guarding fees are on the Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly. Written in two copies, in the hands of each of the two parties, one copy on 8 May 1948 Witness Witness The Lessee Haqqi Ezra Moallem Haqqi The Lessor Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad In addition to his official capacity ⟦stamp with portrait and text 100 Fils⟧ ⟦stamp with portrait and text 40 Fils⟧
Lease Document Serial Number: Door Number: 141/27 The contract has been concluded between His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor And Mr. Subhi Ibrahim Hoshi, hereinafter referred to as the Lessee On the following terms: 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 Suq al-Sayid neighborhood, numbered 141/27, for a full year starting from the beginning of May 1, 1948 until the end of April 1949 for a rental amount of only one hundred and forty Dinars and no more. Second - The Lessor has leased the house belonging to him to the aforementioned Lessee for a rental amount of one hundred and forty Dinars. The right has been received from the Lessee in the amount of twenty-five Dinars in cash, and the remainder amounting to one hundred and fifteen Dinars shall be paid according to two promissory notes: the first for forty-five Dinars for a period of three months, due for payment at the end of July 948, and the second for seventy Dinars, due for payment at the end of November 948. Third - The Lessee has the right to reside in the leased property for the duration of the lease 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 ⟦illegible⟧ fils without the need for a formal notice. Fourth - Property tax is on the Lessor or the owner of the house, while water, electricity, and security fees are on the Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly. Written in two copies, in the hands of each of the two parties, one copy on May 1, 1948. Witness | Witness | Lessee | Lessor Subhi Ibrahim Hoshi | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad in addition to his position ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Revenue stamps with portraits and values 100 fils and 40 fils⟧
Record Date: 29 July 946 Volume Number: 406 Record Number: 25 Liwa (Province): Baghdad Sub-district: ⟦line⟧ Neighborhood: Hanoun Saghir Street: ⟦line⟧ House Number: 2 Modern Door Number: 26/141 Old Door Number: ⟦line⟧ Map Number: ⟦line⟧ District: ⟦line⟧ Tabu Deed Category: House land with its building Type: Absolute Ownership (Mulk Sirf) Equivalent Value | Auction Value | Improvement and Restoration | Evacuation and Fees | Stamps | Council | Telegram Number and Date Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Number | Date ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 250 | 150 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 200 | ⟦line⟧ | 5000 | 25150 | 1154 | 24/7/28 Emblem of the Kingdom of Iraq Method of Issuing the Deed: In view of the permanent Tabu entry dated above and numbered in volume 278, the house is the absolute property of the person named Hakim Saleh Safwat, and he sold it definitively for the amount of nine hundred and eighty Dinars to the Jewish Community in Baghdad (Head of the Rabbis) Sassoon Khedhouri in addition to his position according to the decision, our endorsement on the notice of this neighborhood dated 14/6/946 and the acknowledgment of both parties of offer and acceptance, it was registered in the name of the aforementioned Rabbi Northeast: House of Khedhouri Sassoon Murad 141/27 Northwest: Private road and ends at the house of Badawiya Abd al-Nabi 141/28 and 141/29 Southwest: The mentioned house No. 141/26 ends at the house of Elias 141/24 Southeast: Noura Shaul 141/22 and ends at the house of Zakia bint Daoud 141/19 Transfer to the Jewish Community From which transaction transferred | Record Date | Volume Number | Record Number Sale | 21/6/946 | 278 | 2 The request went on 26/7/946 to the Procedures Department Assistant This transaction is in accordance with the regulations Registrar Assistant Director Inspector General Audit Director 28/11/946