AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
Copy of the letter
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Your letter No. 23393 ⟦illegible⟧ dated 10/29/957
Since the age of the student Diaa Hassan Al-Nahr, who failed three years in the first
intermediate grade, has not reached 18 years, he is entitled to attend a fourth year in private
schools. Please circulate this to all private intermediate and secondary schools affiliated
with you.
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Number: 22409
Center / Certificates Date: 12/24/1957
To /
Administrations of Private Preparatory, Secondary, and Intermediate Schools for Boys
Only
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We transmit to you above a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education - Examinations -
No. 58246 dated 12/16/1957. Please act accordingly.
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Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education - Examinations - for your information -
Assistant Mr. Ihsan Al-Mukhtar
Certificates Observation
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ Abdul Ahad Nano
Mahdi /
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - Center
Personnel
No. - 21972
Date - 12 / 14 / 1957
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To -
Administrations of Secondary and Intermediate Schools for Boys
and Girls, Official, Private, and Foreign
All
We transcribe below for you a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education - Examinations
Numbered 56529 and dated 12 / 8 / 1957, requesting compliance with its provisions:
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Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy of it to: -
Directorate of General Education - Examinations - Your above-mentioned letter - for your kind information
Personnel of Private and Foreign Education - for information
(Copy of the letter)
Your letter numbered 3 / 3 / 10901 and dated 12 / 1 / 1957.
Female students who attend with boys in official and private secondary schools
in the Literary Branch shall study the subject of Economics instead of Child Rearing. Please circulate
this to the schools concerned to act accordingly.
For the Director of General Education
Qaysar Ahmed
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To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Reference to your referral of the will dated 6/8/1955 submitted
by Mr. Abdul Mohsen Al-Khudairi regarding the ⟦...⟧ of Al-Abbas, I clarify
to you the following :-
First :- Official Land Registry (Tapu) Information :-
1- Tapu sequence number 148, total of the houses
2- Total area of the property is 192 cubits
3- The total consists of 284 shares :-
Held by Eliyahu Shlomo Daoud (endowed) 200 shares
Held by the Haham Bashi of Baghdad in addition to the synagogue 20 shares
Khalaf Al-Hayya Mosque 24 shares
And the remainder, amounting to 40 shares, is unknown.
4- The value of the total shares in the old Tapu is 5000 Rupees
Second :- The fixed shares of the community :-
1- The endowed shares amounting to 200 shares out of 284 shares
and these are registered in the name of the community at the Personal Status Court
2- The shares belonging to the community are 40 shares out of 284 shares
and these are of doubtful nature regarding the trust of their sale in the capacity of the Jews' houses
The first issued in 1954, the community's sale tax for its denial of the endowment
analyzing the house as an endowment, and I believe that the committee including
the mentioned house is kept in a new property account file at the beginning of
Khan Abba Thabit Street.
Third :- The value offered by the submitter of the will :-
This value is absolutely not proportionate to the location of the property, its area,
and its value in the Tapu deed.
With highest respect
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Mr. ⟦...⟧
To be filed according to the committee's decision
25/7/55
The copy is kept in the file of ⟦...⟧
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1/1/1949
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Committee:
List showing the contents of file number:
For the property of:
Page | Nature of the paper and its contents | Number | Date | Remarks
General remarks:
This list was organized by:
On date: / / 19
Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Rights
Baghdad
Number - 17202
Date - 27 / 11 / 1954
To -
Applicants for the establishment of the Hebra Qadisha Association
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri and his companions - Baghdad
Subject / Establishment of an association
With reference to your application submitted to us on 3 / 11 / 1954
Based on the authority vested in us pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article
Six of the Associations Decree No. 19 of / 1954, we authorize you to establish an association in Baghdad
under the name (Hebra Qadisha Association) provided that you follow the provisions of the aforementioned decree and the bylaws attached to your application
after implementing the following in it -
1 - Replacing the word (five) mentioned in Article 13 thereof with the word (seven).
2 - Replacing the word (three) mentioned in Article 15 thereof with the word (four).
3 - Replacing the phrase (four years) mentioned in Article 17 thereof with the phrase (one year).
4 - Deleting paragraph (b) from Article 25 thereof.
5 - Adding the phrase (The amendment shall not be effective until after the Ministry of Interior approves it) to the end
of Article 28 thereof.
In addition to the above, we request that you invite the members of the association to a general meeting within one month
from the date of this letter to elect an administrative board for it as required by Article Seven of the decree
and inform us.
Signature / Said al-Qazzaz
Minister of Interior
A copy of it to -
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of General Social Services
With reference to its letter No. 6427 dated 7 / 11 / 1954
Directorate of General Police
With reference to its letter No. 8500 dated 8 / 11 / 1954
Governorate of Baghdad Liwa
With reference to its letter No. 1019 dated 15 / 11 / 1954
Amanat al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
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Internal Bylaws of Hebra Qadisha
Introduction
Chapter One
Article One - These bylaws shall be called the "Internal Bylaws of the Hebra Qadisha Association."
Article Two - This association has absolutely no relation to politics.
Article Three - The purposes of this association are to carry out the preparation, shrouding, and burial of the deceased from
members of the Mosaic community, and to bring and provide the necessary supplies for that.
Article Four - The center of the association is the headquarters of the presidency of the Israelite community in Baghdad, and it has a special seal with which
all its transactions are stamped.
Article Five - The association consists of the following: ⟦line⟧
A - The General Assembly
B - The Administrative Board.
Chapter Two
The General Assembly
Article Six - A member of the General Assembly is considered to be:
A - Every Mosaic who has paid an affiliation fee of no less than 250 fils and an annual subscription fee
of no less than 500 fils.
B - Anyone who has provided assistance or service to the association and has been granted the right of
honorary membership by the Administrative Board.
C - The head of the Israelite community in Baghdad and the members of the Lay Council
or whoever takes his place or performs his duties is considered a permanent member of the General Assembly.
Article Seven - A person shall not be a member of the association if they are:
A - Under eighteen years of age.
B - Convicted of bankruptcy and has not been legally rehabilitated.
C - Under interdiction and the interdiction has not been lifted.
D - Sentenced to imprisonment for a period of no less than one year for a non-political crime or convicted
of a crime involving moral turpitude.
E - Insane or demented.
Article Eight - Membership of a member shall lapse when the conditions of membership are no longer met.
Article Nine - The General Assembly shall hold its ordinary meeting in January of each year upon an invitation
from the Chairman of the Administrative Board once to audit and approve its budget. A quorum is considered
achieved by the attendance of the majority of members in ordinary and extraordinary meetings. When
a quorum is not achieved the first time, the meeting is postponed for ten days, and at this time
the quorum is considered achieved regardless of the number of members present, provided their number is not less
than ten.
Article Ten - The General Assembly is chaired by the Chairman of the Administrative Board or his deputy, and in their absence, the members
present shall elect from among themselves someone to chair the meeting. Decisions are taken by a majority of votes, and in the event of
an equality of opinions, the Chairman shall have two votes.
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Article Eleven - The Board of Directors may call the General Assembly for an extraordinary meeting
when necessary or when it receives a written request signed by one-third of the members of
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Article Twelve - Functions of the General Assembly ⟦line⟧
A - Electing the Board of Directors.
B - Approving the annual budget.
C - Considering matters referred to it by the Board of Directors.
D - Considering matters related to amending or changing the internal bylaws of the association.
Chapter Three
Board of Directors
Article Thirteen - The Board of Directors consists of seven members elected by the General Assembly from among
its members or from the founding members, provided that its president is a rabbi.
Article Fourteen - The Board of Directors meets following its election to elect the Vice President, the Secretary,
and the Treasurer from among its members.
Article Fifteen - The Board of Directors meets under the chairmanship of the President or his deputy and is considered convened if attended by
four of its members, and decisions are taken by a majority of those present, and in the event of a tie,
the President has two votes.
Article Sixteen - The Board of Directors shall keep a special book in which its decisions and minutes of its meetings are recorded,
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Article Seventeen - The term of the Board of Directors is one year, and if the number of its members decreases due to the resignation
of some of them or for other reasons, the Board of Directors shall elect another member in his place
from those designated in Article Thirteen within a period not exceeding one month.
If three members of the Board of Directors resign at once consecutively, the
Board is considered dissolved, and the General Assembly meets to elect a new Board of Directors from
its members to complete the previous term.
Article Eighteen - If a member is absent for three consecutive sessions without a legitimate excuse, he shall be notified of the necessity
of attending the fourth session, and in case of non-compliance, he shall be considered resigned.
Article Nineteen - Functions of the Board of Directors ⟦line⟧
A - Carrying out the association's work in accordance with its objectives stipulated in these bylaws.
B - Appointing and dismissing workers and employees, and determining and increasing their salaries in accordance
with the approved budget.
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Chapter Four
Association Funds
Article Twenty - The financial resources on which the association relies ⟦line⟧
A - Member subscriptions.
B - What is paid by the relatives of the deceased for their children.
C - Its properties and endowments.
Article Twenty-One - The association may own such immovable property as it may take as its headquarters
and what is required for it to achieve its purposes and for its management.
to dispose of movable and immovable property
one of the banks decided by the administrative body
no more than [amount] shall remain in the association's fund
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The President of the Administrative Body and the Treasurer shall sign the ⟦line⟧ and withdrawal papers
jointly. As for the receipts, they shall be signed by the Treasurer alone,
and stamped, and withdrawals shall be made by a decision of the Administrative Body for the purposes of this association.
Chapter Five
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Miscellaneous Articles
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Article Twenty-Five - The association is represented by its President, who is authorized to sign all correspondence and conduct
official transactions in government departments, courts, and official councils
and unofficial ones of all kinds. In the absence of the President due to his absence
or the impossibility of his performing the presidency, his deputy shall act in his stead in the aforementioned matters.
Article Twenty-Six - The Administrative Body shall issue an annual report including revenues, expenditures, and activities
it has carried out, and copies of it shall be distributed to the members of the General Assembly.
Article Twenty-Seven - The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad or whoever takes its place
or performs its duties has the right to supervise all the association's activities and its revenues
and expenditures. The Administrative Body must comply with the decisions of the aforementioned Council.
Article Twenty-Eight - These bylaws are subject to amendment and change whenever necessity arises as
stated in paragraph - d - of Article Eleven of these bylaws
by a decision of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting held by the General Assembly,
provided that this amendment is supported by the Lay Council of the Community
or whoever takes its place or performs its duties. The amendment shall not be effective until after
the Ministry of Interior approves it.
Article Twenty-Nine - This association shall not be dissolved except by a decision of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting
held by the General Assembly, and this dissolution decision shall not be considered effective unless it is supported
by a decision by the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad or whoever
takes its place.
Article Thirty - Upon the dissolution of the association, whether this dissolution is voluntary or administrative, all
its properties, both movable and immovable, shall be handed over to the administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
This association was founded by the gentlemen | Iraqi Nationality | Age in years | Residence: Karrada Al-Pasha
1 - Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, Acting Head of the Jewish Community | ” | 74 | ”
2 - Elias Menashi Agayreb, Insurance Company Agent | ” | 56 | ” Bustan Al-Khass
3 - Naim Ishaq Amber (Company Manager) | ” | 42 | ” Alwiyah
4 - Dr. Albert Rabie (Doctor) | ” | 34 | ” Bustan Kubba
5 - Munir Menachem Mahlab (Merchant) | ” | 70 | ” Bataween
6 - Yusuf Shaul Khazzoum (Employee at the British General Supply Store) | ” | 54 | ” Orfaliyah
7 - Ibrahim Eliyahu Shashoua (Merchant) | ” | 57 | ” Alwiyah
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49814
North
East ⟦line⟧ West
South
Baghdad
Qanbar Ali Neighborhood
Scale 1/200
Land Registry Directorate of Baghdad Province
8/20/949
Public Road
9.80
11.00
54 / 102
56 / 102
58 / 102
60 / 102
62 / 102
Deduction
169/82
Deduction
471/29
48 / 105
4.45
8.20
2.90
Drawn according to the inspection report on 8/20/49
Scale 1/200
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Summary of the area of this map: the area of sequence 205 is one hundred and seventy-nine square meters
and eighty-two square decimeters only, and the area of sequence 207 is
four hundred and seventy-one square meters and twenty-nine square decimeters only.
Drawn from map number 408 Baghdad at the Land Registry Engineering Department of Baghdad Province
according to (14014) Area
Draftsman: 8/22/949
Auditor:
Engineer:
Inspection Officer:
First Assistant: 8/24/49
This copy was reproduced on 9/22/949 and paid by the community secretary on 10/4/949
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Signature
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North
Roofed
with brick
1/200 scale
30/200
First Sanctuary
15/200
Second Sanctuary
83/200
Inspection of the new building
31/8/33 AD
Scale 1/200
The building committee carried out ⟦...⟧ from the date of ⟦...⟧ located at the side of ⟦...⟧
Pursuant to ⟦...⟧ from the date of ⟦...⟧ tasked the same committee in ⟦...⟧
Tasked after the completion of the inspection by the committee pursuant to ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Entitlement of Mr. Muhammad Ali ⟦...⟧
Area (310.31) meters
First sanctuary ⟦...⟧ second sanctuary
Sanctuary 100 meters with two floors inspection 9.25 meters outside the construction area
⟦...⟧
Architect