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IJA 2734

Baghdadi Jewish Community Correspondence from Schools, Citizenship Laws, Employee Information

Description

These are different kinds of documents related to the Baghdadi Jewish Community, including letters from the Frank Iny School and the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, and other correspondence. Items include: a letter from the dean of New York University congratulating parents in Baghdad on their son making the honor list; announcements regarding school curriculum; a request from the Frank Iny School for renovations; negotiations with engineering contractors; budgets for several Jewish community organizations; information about new laws regarding citizenship and property rights; new employee contracts; a birth certificate; an auction house ledger; meeting agendas; official newspapers (Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah) announcing new laws, and records related to the disbursement of financial assistance to members of the Baghdadi Jewish community.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 2734
Item Number: 12824
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Arabic
Keywords: Hospital, Citizenship Laws, Imports, Financial, Envelope, Correspondence, School Material, Travel, Passport, Legal Codification Bureau, Revenue Stamp, Letterhead, Newspaper, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, Al-Waqā’i‘ Al-‘Irāqiyah, Thumbprint, Office of Education – Baghdad, University, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Shamash Secondary School, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Jewish Schools Committee, Annotation, Iraqi Government, Ink Stamp, English Language, President of the Mosaic Community, Handwritten, Burial Society, Sun Crest, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Engineering, Accounting, Frank Iny School, Bank of Iraq, Ministry of Justice, Budget, Ledger, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Ministry of the Interior, Administrative Council for Iraqi Jews, Stamps, Birth Certificates, Typed, General Certificate of Education, Meir Elias Hospital, Endowment

AI English Translation, Pages 501-525

Archival unit 501

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⟧

Archival unit 502

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