AI English Translation, Pages 51-75
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Community, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings,
It has ⟦illegible⟧ that ⟦illegible⟧ saw us ⟦illegible⟧ the community as an assistant
to the cooks as a cook ⟦illegible⟧ with a salary of eight dinars per month. Based on my services
and the current living conditions in this position of mine, I request your eminence to increase my salary
as I deserve, and the matter is for your excellence 29 / 12 / 959
Applicant
Moussa Menashi
Referred to ⟦illegible⟧ the head cook for review and to inform us of the situation 29 / 12 / 959
Sassoon Khedhouri
His Eminence the President,
The aforementioned Moussa Menashi is a cook in the island and assists us in all matters
entrusted to him, and he also handles ⟦illegible⟧ distribution to the poor ⟦illegible⟧ and management
as was previously practiced. Therefore, the trust now from ⟦illegible⟧ his character and the matter which
makes us recommend fulfilling his request ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Respected
After greetings ⟦illegible⟧
Mr. Moussa Menashi, who is in the island performing the duty of the fast, and the head cook
Mr. Naji is completely satisfied with him, so I request your esteemed committee to increase his salary.
Please accept my highest respect,
Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Community
To approve the increase
of the mentioned person's salary by 2 dinars starting
from 1 / 1 / 960
⟦signature⟧
10 / 1 / 960
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone No. 5452
Date: 16 / 11 / 1959
Subject:
Honorable President of the Administrative Committee
Based on the manual decision recorded in the twenty-third session of the Administrative Committee
dated 30 / 10 / 59 regarding the furnishing and painting of the residence of His Eminence the Head of the Community, please order
the disbursement of the amount of 364/278 Dinars according to the following details:-
According to the decision of the Administrative Committee
Dated
Fils / Dinar
230/000 | Sofa set with a table and four side tables according to receipt No. 1 and 2
30/000 | Value of painting the house, labor and paint " " " 3
25/000 | House repair fees according to the engineer's list " " 4
40/650 | " " " " " " " " 5
5/230 | Electrical installations " " " 6
22/638 | Value of curtains according to lists 7, 8, and 9
10/850 | Value of miscellaneous furniture according to lists 10, 11, 12 or 13, 14 or 15 or 16 and 17
⟦line⟧
364/368 |
Please accept our highest respect
Secretary
Approved
16 / 11 / 959
To the President of the Administrative Court ⟦illegible⟧
Based on the preliminary decision established in the core of the administrative regulation
The third, dated <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 20 / 7 / 59 regarding the furnishing
of the residence of His Eminence the Head of the Community, please order the disbursement of an amount of
278/265 Dinars according to the following details
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 220 | A set of sofas with a table and four chairs as per receipt No. (1)
⟦line⟧ | 70 | Value of painting the house and work and painting as per receipt No. (2)
⟦line⟧ | 25 | House renovation fees as per Council list No. (3)
650 | 40 | " " " " " " No. (4)
230 | 5 | Electrical installations " " " No. (5)
600 | 22 | Value of curtains as per lists (7, 8, and 9)
800 | 10 | Value of miscellaneous furniture as per lists 10, 11, 12, 13
280 | 264 | and 14, 16, and 17
Please accept our highest respect
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / 59
Date: 22 / 11 / 1959
229
Subject: Auditing the accounts of the Administrative Committee of the
Mosaic Community.
To -
Respected Gentlemen of Whinney Murray & Co.
Greetings,
As it is necessary to submit the Committee's accounts to the Ministry of Justice urgently,
we kindly ask you to instruct your auditors who are auditing the accounts of this Committee
to expedite the completion of the audits as quickly as possible. With respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible⟧
To the Management of Whinney Murray Company, Respected
Subject: Auditing the accounts of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Since it is necessary to submit the committee's accounts to the Ministry of Justice
urgently, we kindly request you to instruct your auditors who
are auditing the accounts of this committee to expedite the completion of the audits
as quickly as possible ⟦line⟧ with appreciation
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦10⟧/M
Date :: 24 / 11 / 1956
Subject ::
His Excellency, Director of Land Registry (Tabu) Baghdad - Rusafa, Respectfully
Greetings,
Please provide us with two copies of the registration and two maps for property sequence 2 / 52 and 2 / 54 located
in the Bab Al-Agha neighborhood, which are under our management.
Please accept our highest respect.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦Salman⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 59 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date :: 23 / 11 / 1959
Subject: House 38 / 142 Hanun Saghir
To -
Mrs. Olahan Malki
Mr. Abdullah Al-Sheikh Ali
Reference to the lease contract dated 27 / 11 / 1959 concluded between you and the Administrative Committee
for the Mosaic community.
We inform you that the Administrative Committee, in the event of your fulfillment of all the annual rent specified
in the contract referred to above, amounting to 291/500 dinars on the dates specified therein,
will reduce the annual fee for the next year starting on 22 / 11 / 1960
to one hundred dinars.
President of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible⟧
To:
Mrs. Adawiya Makki
Mr. Abdullah Al-Sheikh ⟦...⟧
Number - ⟦147/28⟧
Twentieth of Safar
Reference to the lease agreement dated ⟦1/1/59⟧ concluded between you and the Administrative Committee
for the Mosaic Community.
We inform you that the Administrative Committee, in the event of your fulfillment of all debts
of the annual rent stipulated in the contract referred to above
until 29/1/500 and starting at the dates specified therein, it
will reduce the annual fee for the coming year
starting on 1/1/55 by 10%, i.e., one hundred dinars.
⟦line⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / 961
Date: 25 / 11 / 1959
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its session held on
20 / 11 / 59, the salary of Mr. Yusuf Dangour is increased to 60/- Dinars (Sixty Dinars)
monthly, including cost of living allowances, effective from the first of November
year 1959, provided that his salary is distributed as thirty dinars monthly to the account of the Ezra
Menachem Daniel Endowments and thirty dinars monthly to the account of the Heskel Menachem Daniel Endowments.
The President
⟦signature⟧
A copy to:
1 - The Accountant to act accordingly
2 - The aforementioned
3 - The personal file
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 96
Date: 25 / 11 / 1959
Subject:
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken at its session held on
20 / 11 / 59, the salary of Mr. Yusuf Dangour is increased to -/60 Dinars (Sixty Dinars)
monthly, including cost of living allowances, starting from the first of November
1959, provided that his salary is distributed as thirty Dinars monthly to the account of the Ezra
Menachem Daniel Endowments and thirty Dinars monthly to the account of the Heskel Menachem Daniel Endowments.
President
⟦illegible⟧
Copy to: -
1 - The Accountant for action accordingly
2 - The aforementioned
3 - Personal file
Highlighted
Based on the decision of the Management Committee taken in its session
held on 20 / 11 / 59, it was decided to increase
the salary of Mr. Yusuf Dangoor to 60 Dinars
Sixty Dinars per month, including cost of living
allowances, starting from the first of
the month of November 1959, and
his salary shall be distributed as thirty Dinars
per month to the account of the Waqf of Menachem
Daniel and thirty Dinars per month to the account
of the Waqf of the Menachem Daniel Synagogue.
The President
To the Accountant to act accordingly
Agreed
The Blessed Management
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: ⟦10/1⟧
Date: ⟦29 / 11 / 1958⟧
Very Urgent
⟦line⟧
242
Subject:
To -
Engineer Mr. Saleh Youssef
" " Salim Qahtan
Property Officer Ishaq Ezra Abdullah
It has become necessary to conduct a census of the visible graves in the cemetery, so please count them
as soon as possible, provided that you distinguish in your count the number of graves built with cement and the number of graves built
with brick.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦Atif⟧
A copy of it to -
Secretary of the Community - for the same purpose and to monitor the work.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews:
Telephone Number: 5452
Number: ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧
Date: ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ / 197⟦...⟧
Very Urgent:
Subject:
To " Engineer Mr. Saleh Yusuf
" " Salim Qahtan
Property Officer Ishaq Ezra Abdullah
Necessity has required conducting a census of the visible graves in the cemetery, therefore please carry out the census
as quickly as possible, provided that you separate in your count the number of graves built with cement and the number of graves built
with brick.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible⟧
A copy to:-
Secretary of the Community - for the same purpose and to monitor the work.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 2 / 51
Date :: 28 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 195⟦illegible⟧
Very Urgent
Subject ::
To :-
The Engineer Mr. Saleh Yusuf
" " " Salim Qahtan
Property Officer Isaac Ezra Abdullah
Necessity has dictated that a census of the visible graves in the cemetery be conducted; therefore, please conduct the census
as soon as possible, provided that you distinguish in your count the number of graves built with cement and the number of graves built
with brick.
Head of the Administrative Committee
A copy to :-
The Secretary of the Community - for the same purpose and to monitor the work.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: ⟦617 / 13⟧
Date :: ⟦27 / 10 / 1971⟧
Subject ::
Very Urgent
To :-
The Engineer Mr. Saleh Yousef
" " Saleem Qahtan
Property Officer Isaac Ezra Abdullah
Necessity has dictated the counting of visible graves in the cemetery, so please conduct the count
as quickly as possible, provided that you separate in your count the number of graves built with cement and the number of graves built
with bricks.
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible⟧
A copy of it to :-
Secretary of the Community for his kind attention and monitoring of the work.
21
Mr. Saleh ⟦illegible⟧
In the name of the address
Property Officer in ⟦illegible⟧
The winter cycle for counting laying birds on the farm has ended
Therefore, please conduct a census of what is in your hands at its proper time, provided that you are prepared to separate
in your census the number of birds that died from obesity and the number of live birds in the other
Only
And thank you, the Management
Copy to the Directorate for approval ⟦illegible⟧ and technical supervision
86 | 20 | 8 | 5 | one
36 | 28 | 1 | 0 | two
35 | 28 | 0 | 2 | three
35 | 28 | 7 | 4 | four
36 | 28 | 7 | 5 | five
A copy of it
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number: 1/3
Date: 11 / 29 / 1956
Subject:
To the Honorable Director of the Land Registry of Baghdad Province - Rusafa
Greetings,
Please provide us with copies of the registration records and maps for the properties listed below, which belong to this presidency.
Please accept our highest respect.
Head of the Administrative Committee
⟦illegible⟧
Sequence | District
1 - | 979 | Kulat
2 - | 153 | "
3 - | 324 | " (Bani Said)
587
Ahmed Mahmoud
24 (11) Al-Yasar Private School
17 (10) Tawfiq Tobia Building, Al-Rashid Street
8 (9) Menashi (Bani) Zion School
8 (8) Shamash Private School
7 (7) Endowments of Shmuel Isaac
5 (6) (Al-Yasar Private) School, Abu Sifein
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
No.: M
Date: ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ / 19
Subject:
To the Honorable Director of the Land Registry (Tapu) of Baghdad Governorate - Al-Rusafa
Greetings,
Please provide us with maps for the properties listed below which belong to this presidency.
With highest respect,
Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦signature⟧
Sequence | Neighborhood
1 - | 142/336 Kawlat after division
2 - | 272 "
3 - | 274 "
4 - | 287 "
5 - | 321 Bani Said
6 - | 320 " "
7 - | 322 " "
8 - | 323 " "
The abolished paragraph
Paragraph (b) of Article 5 of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he does not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers,
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to revoke his Iraqi citizenship and his property
shall be disposed of in accordance with Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued thereunder.
The Minister may issue instructions determining the period for the purpose of applying this
article.
The Cancelled Paragraph
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he does not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to revoke his Iraqi citizenship, and his property shall be disposed of
in accordance with Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued thereunder.
The Minister may issue instructions specifying the period for the purpose of applying this
article.
The annulled paragraph
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, and if they did not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers,
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to revoke their Iraqi citizenship and their property shall be disposed
of according to Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued under it.
The Minister may issue instructions determining the period for the purpose of applying this
article.
The Repealed Paragraph
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he does not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to revoke his Iraqi citizenship and his property shall be disposed of
in accordance with Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued thereunder.
The Minister may issue instructions specifying the period for the purpose of applying this
Article.
The Cancelled Paragraph
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he did not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to revoke his Iraqi citizenship and his assets shall be managed
according to Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and which will be issued pursuant to it.
The Minister may issue instructions whereby the period for the purpose of implementing this
Article is determined.
The Cancelled Period
Paragraph (b) of Article Five of Law No. 12 of 1951.
Every Jew who left Iraq with a passport, if he does not return at the end of the period, the Council of Ministers
based on the proposal of the Minister, may decide to drop the Iraqi citizenship from him and his property shall be disposed of
in accordance with Law No. (5) of 1951, and the regulations issued and to be issued thereunder.
The Minister may issue instructions by which he determines the period for the purpose of applying this
Article.