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IJA 1432

Lawsuit Information Regarding Rent; Receipt from Furniture Dealer

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community regarding a lawsuit brought against a pharmacy for not paying rent. There is also a handwritten receipt from wicker furniture dealer.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 1432
Item Number
11438
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Invoice, Financial, Handwritten, Receipts, Contract, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

Page 2

Nassif Cheiban
Contractor for Cane Works, established in Iraq 1930
And the sole agent in Iraq for Singapore-origin cane materials
Al Rashid Street No. 443 gh 2-1 Daniel Quarter Sinak, Baghdad
NASSIF CHEIBAN
MANUFACTURER CANE WORKS ESTABLISHED - 1930
& SOLE AGENT IN IRAQ FOR CANE PRODUCTS OF SINGAPOOR
Al Rashid Street No. 443 gh 2-1 Danial Lane, Sinak, Baghdad
To:
To:
Baghdad on: 12 / 11 / 1957
Baghdad, the: 19
Quantity | P A R T I C U L A R S | Price | I.D. | Fils
444 | I received the supplied door | | |
| ⟦in apartment⟧ No. 2 ⟦First⟧ floor | | |
| ⟦complete⟧ ⟦with⟧ ⟦the lock⟧ | | |
⟦signature⟧

Volume Number 45224
State Money Collection Receipt
Accounting 38
Serial Number: 21
Department Name: Haram Jalal Al-Band
Fils | Dinar | Fee Type | Year the fees belong to | Installment
584 | 4 | Property deed number 40 / 222 / 792 | Hatim B. Qustantin |
I have received from: Presidency of the Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is: Four dinars and five hundred and eighty-four fils
On date: 11 / 8 / 55
Signature of receiver: ⟦illegible⟧
Job Title: ⟦illegible⟧

Page 5

Expenses of ⟦the Waqf⟧ ⟦...⟧ Nasem
Fils Dinar
Registration of ⟦...⟧ the rented property
4/1/24
by the hand of ⟦...⟧ Al-Rafidi
250 science ⟦...⟧
750 car ⟦...⟧
1000 writing for sorting the property
15000 inspection fee
5000 appraisal
5000 carriage to the court
45844 Verko
50000 advance for the Verko property
25000 ⟦...⟧ fees
⟦line⟧
210184 Tabu fees
125800
⟦line⟧
156984
24416 follow-up fees
⟦line⟧
181400
The Lands
5 Tundra
15 Tundra
10 Tundra
25
56400 Tundra
⟦line⟧
181400
156 984
24 416
The Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
I have received an amount of 181/400
amounting to one hundred and eighty-one dinars and four hundred
fils only, and that is for the fees and expenses of
registering the property
and for that reason I signed 24/1/4
The Guardian Ibrahim Obaid
1954
Ibrahim Obaid

Page 7

Dinars
175
Only one hundred and seventy-five dinars and no more
I, the undersigned, have received from Mr. Z. Dhakir, the general agent in
⟦Endowments⟧ of the ⟦Assembly⟧ of Qiyam, Uns, and Lawla, organizer of the land, a delivery
in original from 6/29/25 until 9/29/25 over past periodic intervals
of the year 29 for each year 175 dinars so the contract becomes dinars
And as a statement I have given this receipt
Baghdad
11 / ⟦...⟧ / 29
9/11/29
Iraq
10 fils

Page 10

First Party - Mr. Farid Dawood Samra, Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
(Acting as the Physical Council of the aforementioned community) trustee of the half-share of the
endowed pharmacy by Sasson <del>Hazoum</del> Saleh Daniel. In addition to the mentioned endowment.
Second Party - Lawyers Messrs. Mustafa Al-Ankarli and Ibrahim Hazoum.
By offer and acceptance between the two parties, this agreement has been organized between them according to the following conditions:
( 1 )
The first party has appointed the second party as counsel for the lawsuit filed by him against Mr. Jassim Nariman
regarding the collection of four thousand five hundred dinars as fair rent for the common half-share endowed by the late
Sasson Saleh Daniel from the pharmacy numbered by doors 158/246 located in the Souq al-Ghazal neighborhood
- Jalada Souq al-Attarin - .
( 2 )
The legal fees agreed upon between the two parties, which the second party is entitled to for the aforementioned lawsuit,
is two hundred and seventy dinars, on the basis of six percent of the amount claimed, half of which is paid in advance and the rest
later as specified in the following clause.
( 3 )
The second party has received from Mr. Meer Nekkor, the general agent of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad, the advance half of the legal fees amounting to one hundred and thirty-five dinars in cash, and the delayed half of -
the fee, amounting to one hundred and thirty-five dinars, shall be paid to him by the first party upon the conclusion of the lawsuit and obtaining
a judgment for the full amount claimed, four thousand five hundred dinars, and the judgment gaining final degree,
or if a settlement is reached between the litigating parties, or if the lawsuit is dropped based on the request of the first party.
However, if the judgment is issued for an amount of two thousand two hundred and fifty dinars or less, the second party -
is not entitled to claim more than what was collected in advance. But if the judgment is issued for more than two thousand two hundred and fifty -
dinars, the second party is entitled to collect six percent of the amount exceeding two thousand two hundred and fifty dinars.
( 4 )
Consent and acceptance have been established between the two parties in the manner explained above. This agreement was organized in two copies,
so that each party has one copy. Written in Baghdad on ⟦...⟧
Second Party ⟦line⟧ First Party ⟦line⟧
The Lawyers Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community
Ibrahim Hazoum Mustafa Al-Ankarli in Baghdad (Acting as the Physical Council
for the mentioned community) Trustee of the half-share of
the pharmacy endowed by Sasson Saleh
Daniel. In addition to the mentioned endowment.
50 Fils

Page 11

Cancellation
Cancellation of the appointment of ⟦Rahbinah⟧ from half of the pharmacy and the Indian properties