AI en Translation, Pages 476-500
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number 627/
Date 1/7/1962
Subject
To - <del>⟦Mr. Heskel Setty⟧</del> Honorable
Member of the Cemeteries Committee
Greetings,
The Administrative Committee met on 1/5/1962 and reviewed your committee's report dated 12/28/1961
regarding your removal of graves from the old cemetery and transferring them to the new cemetery.
After auditing your expenses stated in the aforementioned report, totaling 4718/091 Dinars, it approved
it and considered it a realized and final expense.
The Administrative Committee expresses its deep gratitude to the members of your esteemed committee for the sacred duty
they performed toward the community.
Please accept the highest respect
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦signature⟧
A copy to -
The Accountant - for information
Lawyer Shaul Moussa
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦89⟧ / 62
Date :: 21 / 1 / 1962
Subject ::
To the respected Mr. Yaqoub Munshi Khammara
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 10 / 12 / 1961
The Administrative Committee has decided, in view of your financial situation and your need for assistance at the
present time, to allocate an amount of 25/- Dinars (twenty-five Dinars) monthly starting from
1/1/1962 as temporary assistance and until your financial situation improves, noting that the determination of this
assistance at this amount represents the maximum capacity of the Administrative Committee to assist you.
Please accept our highest respect.
The President
⟦signature⟧
A copy to -
Community Accountant - to act accordingly.
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 484 / 61
Date: 26 / 12 / 1961
Subject:
1 / 498
To the respected Mr. Yaqub Manshi Khmara
Greetings,
With reference to your letter dated 10 / 12 / 1961
The Administrative Committee has decided, in view of your financial situation and your need for assistance at the present
time, to allocate an amount of 25/- Dinars (twenty-five Dinars) per month starting from
1 / 12 / 1961 as temporary assistance until your financial situation improves, noting that the determination of this
assistance at this amount is the utmost capacity of the Administrative Committee to assist you.
Please accept our highest respect.
The President
⟦illegible⟧
A copy to the accountant to act accordingly
⟦illegible⟧
26 / 12
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number: 5452
Number: 62 /
Date: 1 / 3 / 1962
Subject:
⟦illegible stamp⟧
To - "Iraqi Trading Company Limited"
Greetings
With reference to your letter dated 27 / 2 / 1962, please note the following:
1 - We have authorized the Secretary of the Community to receive the keys for building sequence 34 / 39 from you.
2 - The furniture and cabinets (except for those attached to the building) belong to you and we have no objection to keeping them for a
short period of time in the building at your responsibility.
3 - We agree that the amount of compensation for damages to be paid by you (which was agreed upon between you
and the Community engineer, Mr. Salim Qahtan) shall be four hundred and fifty dinars.
4 - Accordingly, please be so kind as to pay the compensation amount referred to in the second paragraph above along with the rent for the period from
the end date of the previous contract until the end of the current month of February.
Please accept our highest respect
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦handwritten mark⟧
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BAGHDAD
MAIN OFFICE TEL.
85168 - 85169 - 85160
ORFALI BRANCH
TEL. 88331
TELEGRAMS : MERCANIRAQ
IRAQ MERCANTILE LIMITED
(BRITAIN)
IRAQ MERCANTILE LIMITED
INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND
LONDON, BAGHDAD AND BASRAH
DIRECTORS
W. M. MAYNARD A. C. A.
A. PETHER
W. H. PETERS O. B. E.
LORD JOHN CHOLMONDELEY
P. O. Box 11, BAGHDAD
Our Ref.: H. W. / K. N.
Date: 27 / 2 / 1962
To
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad .
Subject: Building Sequence 34 / 39
Sinak
⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. 429 / 61 dated 12/21/1961
and subsequent conversations, we are pleased to inform you that we have vacated the rented premises
today and we will hand over the keys to the entire building tomorrow, the twenty-eighth
of February 1962.
In this regard, we would like to confirm to you the following:
(1 Regarding the wood installations, shelves, barriers, and cabinets that remained in the building
we will wait for what will be agreed upon with the new tenant of the building regarding them
according to our agreement with you.
(2 Regarding the repairs or deficiencies that you pointed out, we have no objection to discussing them
with you and deciding the appropriate compensation for the damages by agreement of both parties.
Please provide us with a receipt for the keys of the building handed over to you, and thank you.
Sincerely
Iraq Mercantile Limited
Manager
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The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
No.: 502 / 62
Date: 27 / 3 / 1962
Subject:
To - His Excellency the Director of Al-Furat Cement Company, Respectfully
Greetings,
Pursuant to our telephone conversation, we agree to lease the upper floor of the building with sequence
number 189 / 39 / 34 Al-Sinak, which contains a commercial office and an annex, to your company
for an amount of ( ⟦600⟧ ) Dinars per year, provided that you pay the rent in advance.
Please accept our highest respect,
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible signature⟧
28 / 3 / 962
80404
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number ⟦85202⟧
No.: ⟦112⟧
Date: 27 / 3 / 1962
Subject:
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status, respected
After greetings
Please provide us with a certified copy of the endowment deed (Waqf) issued by your court on
14 / 7 / 1949, which is attached to the endowment deed issued by your court under number 33 / 45 Sh and dated
25 / 2 / 1945.
And please accept our highest respect
Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Trustee of the endowments of the late Ezra
Menahem Daniel
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 80452
Number 50 / 62
Date 27 / 3 / 1962
Subject / House 529 door number 30 / 109
Bab Al-Agha.
To Mr. Hamid Hussein Al-Tamimi, Respectfully
Greetings
With reference to the contract concluded between the Administrative Committee and you, dated 16 / 1 / 1962
1 - Permission has been issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad under number 10 / Sh / 1962 and date
26 / 2 / 1962 approving the sale of the house sequence 529 and door number 30 / 109 located in the neighborhood of
Bab Al-Agha (from the Ishaq Farha Charitable Endowments) for a sum of five thousand five hundred Dinars
( 5500 / - Dinars ).
2 - Since the deposit received by us amounting to five hundred Dinars according to the check numbered H 737159
and dated 15 / 1 / 1962 on the Arab Bank, the remaining balance to be paid by you is five thousand
Dinars.
Therefore, please kindly pay the remaining amount as quickly as possible to enable the registration procedures at the
Land Registry Department. With highest respect.
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦Salman⟧
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To the Honorable Judge of the ⟦Personal Status Court⟧
Greetings,
Please provide us with a certified copy of the endowment deed ⟦...⟧ issued by
your court on 1949/7/14 regarding the endowment issued by your court
under number 22 / 945 and dated 945/4/25 <del>in the name of the deceased</del>
<del>to correct the endowment of the late Ezra Menahem Daniel</del>
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee ⟦for Jews⟧ and Endowments
The Trustee of the Endowments of the late
Ezra Menahem Daniel
Page 487
⟦NEW YORK UNIVERSITY⟧
University College Of Arts And Science
University Heights, New York 53, N.Y.
Office of the Dean
Telephone: LUdlow ⟦4-0700⟧
4-0700
19 December 1961
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Ibrahim:
The Recorder of University College has just sent
me the list of students now in college who have, up to
June 1961, achieved such distinction in their studies that
they are placed on the current Honors List. I am happy to
find you represented on this list through your son. Please
convey my congratulations to him, and please accept my
felicitations to you. I know that you must be proud and
happy in this record of accomplishment; so is University
College.
Personally, and for the College, I express a warm
certainty that the signs of excellence your son has displayed
give us all confidence in his fine future.
Yours very trully,
J. W. Knedler, Jr.
Dean
Mr. and Mrs. Menashi Ibrahim
42-129 Kamber Ali
Baghdad, Iraq.
⟦red mark⟧
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 62 /
Date :: 5 / 4 / 1962
Subject ::
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its session held on 3 / 4 / 962
The resignation of the employee, the slaughterer Mr. Daoud Youssef, was accepted from his position as of 28 / 2 / 62
The committee decided to grant him a bonus of - / 90 Dinars for his services to the community.
The President
A copy to :-
The Accountant to act accordingly.
The aforementioned.
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Number: 62/
Telephone Number: 5452
Date: 5 / 4 / 1962
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its meeting held on 3 / 4 / 1962
A financial aid is allocated to the mission student, Mr. Ibrahim (Saadi) Munshi Ibrahim
Amounting to 350/- Dinars annually for a period of two years, with the cancellation of the previous aid granted to him
Amounting to 150/- Dinars for a period of two years, provided that this expenditure is from the endowment yields of the late
Heskel Menachem Daniel.
President
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A copy of it to -
1 - Secretary of the Schools Committee, referring to your letters numbered F/56/62 and F/59/62
Dated 2 and 11 / 3 / 962, attached are ⟦my two letters⟧ ⟦the special ones⟧ mentioned. Please inform the President of
New York University of that.
2 - The Accountant - to act accordingly.
3 - The student Ibrahim (Saadi) Munshi Ibrahim
4 - The student's guardian.
5 - Personal file (Frank Iny School).
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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Alwiyah Al-Jadida - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
Number F/ 59 / 62
Date 11 / 3 / 1962
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings,
Further to our letter numbered F/56/62 dated 2/3/1962 regarding the request of
the student Ibrahim Munshi Ibrahim for financial assistance to complete his studies at the University of
New York, I enclose herewith the original petition dated 6/3/1962 which I received
recently by mail from the aforementioned student regarding the same subject. I ask you to consider the
matter of his assistance, noting that I have previously indicated that the aforementioned student had
graduated from Shamash Preparatory School in the summer of 1958 with excellence and was the first student among
all the students of Iraq, and therefore deserves all possible assistance to complete his studies.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of the Schools Committee
Copy to / Schools Committee
Personal file
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 62 /
Date :: 5 / 4 / 1962
Subject ::
Administrative Order
Based on the approval of the Administrative Committee in its session held on 3 / 4 / 1962
Mr. Moshe Maslawi is granted a monthly financial aid of - / 25 Dinars on a temporary basis
effective from 1 / 2 / 1962 .
The President
⟦illegible⟧
Copy to -
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The aforementioned .
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 62 /
Date: 5 / 4 / 1962
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the Committee's decision taken at its session held on 3 / 4 / 1962
Mr. Naji Khedhouri is appointed as a slaughterer in the slaughterhouse with a monthly salary of 30/- Dinars including
cost of living allowances, starting from 1 / 3 / 1962.
The President
⟦signature⟧
Copy to: -
The Accountant - to act accordingly
The aforementioned.
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 62 /
Date: 5 / 4 / 1962
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its session held on 3 / 4 / 1962
Mr. Yaqub Haskil Robin is granted a monthly financial assistance of 12/- Dinars, and that
is effective from 1 / 2 / 1962 .
President
⟦Salman⟧
Copy to :-
Accountant - to act accordingly
The aforementioned .
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The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 02/
Date: 1962/4/24
Subject:
Honorable Mr. Hassan Al-Saadi
After greetings,
Please submit a report and a detailed schedule of all work, a breakdown of revenues, and
lease contracts for the endowments of the Prophet Ezekiel to this Presidency for review. Also, please provide
such information at the beginning of each month.
Please accept our highest respect.
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦Salman Daniel⟧
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 62 /
Date: 1962/5/2
Subject:
His Excellency the Managing Director of Al-Furat Cement Company, respected
After greetings
Further to the lease agreement signed by us on 1962/4/23, we authorize you through this
letter the right to lease the annex attached to the company office to third parties, provided that you inform us and provide us
with a copy of your lease agreement for the aforementioned annex.
Please accept our highest respect
Salman Daniel
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦signature⟧
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The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Number: 62 /
Telephone Number 5452 Date: 2 / 5 / 1962
Subject:
To - Hassan Sadiq Al-Douri and Youssef Faraj Company
Greetings,
Further to the lease agreement regarding the first floor of the building, sequence 34 and 39 /
189 Al-Sinak district, leased by your company. We inform you that the total rent amounting to
2500/- Dinars is divided as follows:-
1900/- Dinars rent for the showroom.
600/- Dinars rent for the warehouse.
Please be advised that the showroom and the warehouse are leased to your company as a single unit.
Respectfully yours,
Salman Daniel
Head of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
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To Mohammed Sadiq Al-Douri and Partners Co. W.L.L.
Respected,
Further to the lease agreement regarding the first building of the property
Sequence 24 and 29, Al-Sinak district, leased
2189
by your company, we inform you that the fixed annual rent
amounting to 2500 Dinars is divided as follows :-
1900/- Dinars rent for the showroom
600/- " rent for the warehouse
Please be informed that the showroom and the warehouse are leased to your company in a
unified manner
Please accept our highest respects
Head of the Administrative Committee for Jews
⟦Al-Sawaji⟧