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IJA 3093

Legal Documents, Jewish Religious Courts; Property Documents

Description

This item contains legal documents that pertain to the Baghdadi Jewish community. May of the documents are correspondence between the Jewish Religious Courts and different third parties concerning legal matters of Iraqi Jewish citizens. Also included is a 1964 Iraqi government publication concerning land and agrarian reform laws, and requests for information from the Iraqi government regarding properties and endowments owned by the Baghdadi Jewish community.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3093
Item Number: 1588
Date: Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages: Multiple Languages
Keywords: Financial, Legal, Correspondence, Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, Letterhead, Baghdad Jail, Shamash Secondary School, Annotation, Iraqi Government, Iran, Handwritten, Eagle Crest, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Ink Stamps, Frank Iny School, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Court of Appeals – Baghdad, Ledger, Magistrate Court, President of the Jewish Community, Judeo-Arabic, Ministry of the Interior, Jewish Religious Court, Stamps, Typed, Endowment, Abrogation of Citizenship

AI en Translation, Pages 351-375

Page 351

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this school and occupied one of the buildings in Arsat al-Bahoushi. Is the intention
of the waqif's conditions this school or the defunct school?
7- To whom does the ownership of the building that the school used to occupy in Taht al-Takiya belong,
No. 3 / 34, along with the other properties partitioned from it, and what is the relationship of the heirs of Menachem
Daniel, whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked, to these properties? And who is the entity
that utilized them previously and at the present time? Also, clarify the relationship of the heirs of Menachem Daniel,
whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked, regarding the property currently occupied by the school
in Arsat Bahoushi?
Member | Member | Member | President
Sadiq al-Alousi | Muhammad Zainal | Ali Nihad Mustafa | Ali Mahdi Haidar
⟦illegible⟧
President
Tariq Mahmoud Younis
Ibrahim/

Page 356

⟦...⟧ Frank Aini
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number F / 647 / 55
Date 20 / 2 / 1955
Dwyer & Co.
Semiramis Building Baghdad
Greetings,
We have paid to Madame Compatin, wife of Mr. Compatin, an employee in your company,
an amount of (55/500) Dinars for her lecture fees at this school
for the months of January and February 1955 as detailed below. Please add this to
her husband's income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest thanks and respect.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
Fils | Dinar |
750 | 24 | January 1955
750 | 30 | February "
500 | 55 |
A copy to:
General Income Tax Directorate - for information
Madame Compatin

Page 357

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
No: SH / 28 / 55
Date: 20 / 2 / 55
Administration of Kadhimiya Secondary School for Boys - Baghdad
Greetings,
We have paid Mr. Yusuf Haddad an amount of 39/- Dinars
as fees for his lectures at this school for the months (November 1954 /
February 1955) as detailed below. Please add this to his income for the
purpose of calculating income tax. Please accept our great thanks and respect.
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 9 | November 954
⟦line⟧ | 10 | December 1954
⟦line⟧ | 12 | " January 955
⟦line⟧ | 12 | February 955
⟦line⟧
- / 39
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Muayyad
The Director
Copy to :-
General Directorate of Income Tax - for information
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Mr. Yusuf Haddad

Page 358

61091
Number: F / ⟦655⟧ / 1955
Date: 16 / 4 / 195⟦5⟧
D. Weir & Co.
Semiramis Building, Baghdad
Greetings,
We have paid to Madame Compatienne, wife of Mr. Compatienne, an employee
in your company, an amount of 24/750 Dinars for her lecture fees at this
school for the month of March 1955. Please add this to her husband's income
for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respects.
⟦illegible⟧
The Director
Abdullah Huwaid⟦iya⟧
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Income Tax - for information
Madame Compatienne.