Voices from the Archive

IJA 1285

Correspondence Regarding Leases and Rent Payments and Disputes

Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: a letter sent from a tenant to the president of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews regarding a dispute on a deposit amount for leased shops; a letter from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to a tenant regarding paying rent; a warning letter from the Directorate of the Department of Palestinians (part of Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs) to the governing body of Iraqi Jews regarding depositing money for a house lease at a Baghdad solicitor's office; letters of lease disputes from other tenants to a Baghdadi Jewish property management company regarding payments; a letter from the taxation office to estimate the amount of property tax belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 1285
Item Number: 16223
Date: Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages: Arabic
Keywords: Office of Income Tax, Financial, Stamps, File Folder, Rent, Typed, Iraqi Government, Tenant, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Ministry of Labor, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Crown Crest, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Palestinian, Letterhead, Lease, Management Committee, Tax, Personal Letterhead, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Stamp, Revenue Stamps

AI English Translation, Pages 26-50

Archival unit 26

Baghdad 25 / 8 / 1968
Honorable Mr. Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings :-
Reference No. ⟦...⟧
186 / 177
We had previously sent ⟦...⟧ Justice a warning to the occupant of the house ⟦...⟧
at the Souq al-Ghazal neighborhood regarding the ⟦...⟧ accumulated debts owed by him, and some of them were brought in.
And now other debts have accumulated on his part starting from June 1967
on the basis of 6 Dinars per month for a period of 15 months until August 1968. Please
issue him a warning once again and in your name; if he does not pay, the matter is up to you. Thank you.
Property Officer
The amount is 90 Dinars
Name of occupant: Muhammad Ali Habib
Final warning
Given
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 27

By Amani Rahim Nader ⟦...⟧ Number 21/128 Al-Tawrah neighborhood
Debtor ⟦...⟧
25 Dinars installment due on 1968/8/25
25 " installment due on 1968/6/15
50 Dinars
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Head of the Committee ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ the Jewish Community ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 28

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Directorate of
Rusafa Real Estate Tax
Number / Q / ⟦10/2/⟧ 87
Date ⟦12⟧ / 5 / 1968
Incoming
To the Presidency of the Special Assessment Committee
Subject / Assessment of the share of the General Secretariat for Property ⟦224⟧
⟦28⟧
Under liquidation
The General Secretariat for Frozen Assets has informed us by its letter No. 9197
Dated 24 / 4 / 1968, a copy of which is attached with all its enclosures
Please review and fix the shares amounting to 8276 out of
27648 shares belonging to the Jewish community for the period
1 / 4 / 964 until the date of sale for part of the shares on ⟦1/8/968⟧
And inform us.
Director of Rusafa Real Estate Tax
Hassan Kazim
A copy of it to the Israelite community to visit this directorate
Regarding the submission of the vacant land tax statement for the property
The subject of the research above.
⟦...⟧
⟦968⟧
⟦5/12⟧

Archival unit 29

221 7 69
⟦Republic of Iraq⟧
⟦Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs⟧
⟦Directorate of Palestinian Affairs⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Number: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 15 / 8 / 1969
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject: Rent of house number ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
in the area of ⟦illegible⟧
We request the deposit of the rental fees for the above house for the period
from the date of its occupancy until 31 / 12 / 1968 into the fund of
this Directorate, amounting to ⟦2728⟧ dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ fils
only ⟦illegible⟧ dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ fils no more, pursuant to
Article 8 of the Palestinian Welfare Law No. ⟦163⟧ of 1963
⟦line⟧ With appreciation ⟦line⟧
Administrative Committee
We inform you that the house mentioned above is rented
for Palestinians pursuant to your letter numbered ⟦illegible⟧ dated
⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1968
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 27 / 8 / 1969
⟦illegible⟧