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IJA 1546

Correspondence between President of Baghdadi Jewish Community and Iraqi Government

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These documents contain correspondence between the Iraqi government and the President of the Jewish community regarding individuals within the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is also internal government correspondence between departments. Contents include: verification of religion, citizenship, addresses, death, student attendance, names of heirs, and physical exam forms. This item also contains correspondence between the Iraqi Jewish community and the Iraqi government concerning the maintenance of properties owned by the community. These documents reflect the Baghdadi Jewish community's name change to the Mosaic community.

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Archive Reference
IJA 1546
Item Number
8396
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Chart, Burial Society, Revenue Stamp, Ministry of Justice, Synagogue, Form, Medicine, Typed, Iraqi Government, Office for Oversight and Operation of Jewish Property, Accounting, Basrah, Office of Public Security – Frozen Assets, Sun Crest, Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works, Fragments, Ministry of the Interior, Legal, Ink Stamp, Torah, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Court of Personal Property, List, Ministry of Planning, Abrogation of Citizenship, Inheritance, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Ministry of Health, General Secretary, Property, Receipt, Office of General Citizenship, Bank of Iraq, Eagle Crest, Correspondence, Office of Identification Affairs, Annotation, State Crest

AI en Translation, Pages 551-575

Page 552

General Secretariat
for the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Liquidation Secretariat
Section ⟦line⟧
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
Number / 75 - 9
Date 29 / 4 / 1964
To / Directorate of General Citizenship
Subject / Inquiry
Please inform us regarding the deceased Jew Yaqub Shuh Yaqub, residing in the house
numbered 1/4/18, Al-Bataween neighborhood, whether he still retained his citizenship until his death or not, please.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Secretary General
A copy to:
Personal Status Court - regarding your letter 601 on 17 / 4 / 1964, does the aforementioned
have heirs and who are they, please.
The Jewish Community - to provide your information about the heirs, please.
Liquidation Secretariat - for follow-up, please.
Administration Secretariat - for information, please.
Yaqub Shuh Yaqub died
on the date 15 / 2 / 1964
⟦illegible⟧
Khalid / 28 / 4

Page 553

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T / ⟦illegible⟧ 66
Date 3/26/1966
Subject / Rent amount.
37
The Honorable Mayor of the Capital
Greetings:
For the purpose of calculating the profession tax, we inform your honorable municipality that the property belonging to this
Presidency, numbered 1/505 Senak, is leased to the Orient Trade Company W.L.L. starting from
1/1/1966 for a period of one year at an annual rent of 1200/- Dinars
(One thousand two hundred dinars). We attach herewith a copy of the lease contract.
Please accept our highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Mosaic Community
⟦signature⟧
A copy to:
Orient Trade Company W.L.L. / for information and follow-up
⟦illegible⟧

Page 554

⟦Notification⟧ 2/17
Special Form No. 10
76
Number: ⟦...⟧
Baghdad: Date 2 / 2 / 1969
To the Orient Trade Company for Construction Materials
Residing in Al-Sinak neighborhood ⟦...⟧
Since you have delayed in paying the amount due from you to the Secretariat regarding ⟦...⟧
amounting to ⟦600⟧ / - Dinars, we warn you that if you do not pay the mentioned amount within ten
days from the date of your notification of this, we will seize your assets and sell them to settle it from their price according to the provisions of the Collection of
Debts Owed to the Government Law No. 43 of 1931 as amended.
Fils | Dinar
| 400 January until March 69
| 200 National Defense
| 600
On behalf of the Mayor of the Capital
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Amer Abdullah

Page 555

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Ownership Verification Division
Number / 2621
Date 8 / 2 / 1969
23
25
To -
Presidency of the Iraqi Jewish Community
Subject / Property No. 76 / 125 and 76 / 143 Hanun Al-Saghir
Please inform us of any information you have regarding the property described above, hoping to receive
the answer as soon as possible.
Muhammad Ajil
Acting Secretary General
A copy to -
Secretariat of Immovable Property Inspection / For information
Mr. Haj Ibrahim Al-Haj Khalaf - Tenant of the above property - For information
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Ownership Verification - With attachments - For investigation
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Iraq
Number 166
Date 10 / 2 / 1969
Zuhair / 6 / 2 / 1969

Page 556

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T / ⟦...⟧ / 69
Date 10 / 3 / 1966
Subject / Property No. 76 / 125 and 76 / 143 Hanoun
25
The Honorable Secretary General for the Supervision and Administration of the Property of Jews Deprived of Iraqi Citizenship
Greetings:
With reference to your letter No. 3631 dated 10 / 2 / 1966 regarding the ownership of property doors
76 / 125 and 76 / 143 Hanoun al-Saghir. Addressed to the Administrative Committee.
The aforementioned property is a synagogue endowment under Tabu sequence 1 / 143 Hanoun al-Saghir.
The aforementioned endowment is registered in the Tabu records under the sequence referred to above, and your honorable
Secretariat can verify that.
Please accept our highest respect
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
President of the Mosaic Community
Copy to:-
Mr. Haj Ibrahim al-Haj Khalaf / Tenant of the aforementioned property.
⟦illegible⟧

Page 557

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Secretariat of Immovable Property
Ownership Verification Division
Number /: 7621
Date: 10 / 8 / 1964
Republic of Iraq
⟦illegible⟧
To -
Presidency of the ⟦Iraqi⟧ Jews Commission
Subject / Property No. 76 / 125 and 76 / 143 Hanun Al-Saghir
Please inform us of any information you have regarding the property described above, hoping that we receive
the answer as quickly as possible.
Muhammad Ajil
Acting Secretary General
A copy to -
Secretariat for Inspection of Immovable Property / For information
Mr. Al-Haj Ibrahim Al-Haj Khalaf - Tenant of the above property - For information
Secretariat of Immovable Property - Ownership Verification - With attachments - For follow-up
Zuhair / 6 / 2 / 1964

Page 558

Ministry of Municipalities
Secretariat of the Capital
Second Technical Division
Republic of Iraq
Number 1950
Date 21 / 8 / 1966
Warning to Level a Vacant Lot
Secretariat of the Capital
Technical Secretariat Unit
Engineering Division
Number 2741
Date 22 / 8 / 1966
To ⟦...⟧ son of ⟦...⟧
Owner of the property numbered 1 / 2 / 27 located in Al-Bataween district (Rawan Street)
Based on what was included in the Health Department report, the Secretariat Council decided in its session held
on 17 / 8 / 66 to warn you of the need to take the initiative to level the vacant lot numbered 1 / 2 / 27
located in Al-Bataween district belonging to you to eliminate its health hazard; therefore, you must carry out the leveling
provided that the work is completed within seven days from the date of your receipt of this warning. If you delay, the
Secretariat will do so directly and collect the expenses from you in accordance with the provisions of Article Three of the Law of Health-Hazardous Places No.
11 of 1936. A building permit for leveling must be obtained before starting the work.
(( Enclosed is a copy of the Health Department report and a copy of the Council's decision ))
Copy to:-
Technical Observer
Head of Unit
For follow-up and to inform us of the result after the end of the specified period.
Secretariat of the Capital - Permits Division
District Administration - The station with the priorities
Discipline Inspector - for the Secretariat - ⟦those present at the Discipline Council session⟧
To notify the person concerned according to the procedures
Signature of the lot owner
Signature of the notification officer
Acting Mayor of the Capital
Abdul Wahab Rajab
Date
Date

Page 559

Copy of Article Three of the Law on Establishments Harmful to Health
No. 11 of the year 936
Article Three - If the person legally warned does not carry out the required works within the period specified in the warning
without a compelling reason, the local administrative authority "1" has the right to remove the harm
on its own behalf, and in this case, it or its authorized representative has the right to enter the establishment and remove the harm
and the owner of the establishment shall be obligated to pay the expenses incurred by the administrative authority
local.
"1" The local administrative authority is the municipal council within the municipal boundaries and the council
of administration outside of them according to paragraph (b) of the first article of the Law on Establishments Harmful
to Health No. 11 of the year 1936
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Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number: 83531 President / 80452 Secretary
Number T/: 67
Date: 22 / 9 / 1967
Subject/: Endowments of Al-Kifl District
To -
The Honorable Secretary General of Frozen Assets
Greetings
Reference to your letter numbered 13298 and dated 26 / 8 / 1967
1 - Regarding the properties listed in the list attached to our letter numbered 831 / 66 and dated 26 / 8 / 1967
160 shares out of 260 shares belong to it, while the remaining shares belong to other persons
with whom we have no connection.
2 - Based on our guardianship, we utilize only the shares belonging to us, excluding the rest of the shares, as their rental
payments remained with the tenants.
3 - The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews is composed of Messrs. Meer Basri as President, Daoud Nassim Khalaschi
as Vice President, and Yusuf Zilkha, Menashi Shaul Shashoua, and Maurice Menashi Khalaschi as members, all of whom
retain Iraqi nationality. We attach herewith a copy of the ministerial order regarding its formation.
From all this, it is clear to your esteemed General Secretariat that our utilization of the endowed shares under our guardianship, amounting to 160 shares
out of 260 shares, is a legal matter. We attach herewith a copy of the power of attorney requested in your above-mentioned letter.
Therefore, we kindly request you to instruct the competent authorities not to include the seizure of the mentioned shares
and not to oppose our utilization of them. With highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Mosaic Community
A copy to -
Governorate of Hilla Province
The Administrative Committee

Page 561

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T /: 68 /
Date: 2 / 8 / 1968
Subject /:
21
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
Greetings and respect:
Reference to your letter numbered 18470 and dated 17 / 9 / 1967 and following up on our letter numbered T / 67 / 905
and dated 31 / 8 / 1967 and as a result of the discussion and deliberation with your respected secretariat, the Presidency of the Community announces
1 - Its approval to be compensated (by way of exchange) for the plots of land of the old cemetery belonging to it
and endowed to it and which are under its guardianship with suitable plots of land to be agreed upon.
2 - It prefers that the compensated plots be located in Al-Bataween or the Karrada Al-Sharqiya area
including the plot of land opposite Faidhi Hospital and the plots of land opposite Al-Wahda Park.
3 - Until the exchange and compensation are completed, this Presidency reserves its right to the rental fees of the plots
mentioned above.
Please accept the highest respect
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khidhouri
President of the Mosaic Community
⟦illegible⟧

Page 562

Ministry of Municipalities and Works
Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Directorate of Properties
Number 18270
Date 17 / 9 / 1967
Iraqi Republic
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Special Number 204
Date 18 / 9 / 1967
⟦The announcement is published in Baghdad Trade⟧
Relation
To
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Iraq
Subject / Deliberation
Please attend the office of this Secretariat at nine o'clock in the morning on
Thursday 21 / 9 / 1967 to deliberate regarding the properties included within the community cemetery
in the Sheikh Omar area previously.
Mayor of the Capital
Midhat Al-Haj Sirri
The Secretary
For review please
⟦signature⟧
Morning of 16 / 9

Page 563

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
83531 President
80452 Secretary
Telephone Number {
Number T/: 67
Date:
Subject /:
29
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
Greetings and respect
Your respected municipality announced in the local newspapers its offer for lease
20,000 m2 of the old Mosaic cemetery site.
Since our community has sites, some of which are absolute property and some of which are endowed to it
and under its guardianship, and these sites are adjacent and contiguous to site sequence 142 / 236
Kolat Al-Amiriya, which is the cemetery site announced for leasing.
We request your Excellency to kindly alert the tenants so that no
encroachment occurs by them on these adjacent sites.
Please accept the highest respect
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting Head of the Community
Sassoon
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Page 564

⟦See record no. ...⟧
Land Registry Sequence | Area
Kolat 274 | Not mentioned 1175/- m2
273 | X 176/64 m2
278 | X 680/48 m2
320 | X 1040/- m2
276/1 | ✓ 943/81 m2
287 | ✓ 1585/62 m2
275 | Creditor

Page 565

The pieces that ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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Tabu Sequence | Owner | Area
321 | Munir Eliyahu Shlomo David | 1208 m
322 | Saliha daughter of Ezra | 1215 m
323 | Menachem Abdul Nabi | 1126 m
324 | Sassoon and Ibrahim sons of Hesqel Tweig | 1490 m
316 | Yamin Moshi Shasha | 167/68 m
276/2 | Aliyah Moallem Hesqel Shlomo David | 100/01 m
267 | Moshi Sadqa | It has no map
272 | Murad Salman Naqqar | " " "
326/20 | Sassoon Shlomo Murad | " " "
←
X Waqf
←
← Waqf
X
⟦line⟧
←
X
⟦line⟧
Map ⟦...⟧

Page 566

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Municipalities and Works
Amanat al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
Directorate of the Center Unit
Inspectorate
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Special Number 27
Date 11/16/62
Amanat al-Asima
City of Peace
Warning
To / The Israelite Community
Number 5781 / 10
Date 11/14/1962
There is a very large amount of debris in the vacant lot numbered (61 / 137) in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood
belonging to you. Considering that this debris has been there for a long time and has become a place for the accumulation
of trash and filth and the spread of flies and germs, all of this may result in serious health damage
to the residents of the area. Therefore, we have decided to warn you of the necessity of removing it within a period of one week from
the date of your notification of this warning; otherwise, this directorate will seize the mentioned lot, remove
the debris, and charge you for all the costs resulting from that.
Director of the Center Unit
Rashad al-Yawar
A copy of it to / -
Director of Unit Affairs / For your kind information
Technical Body / Buildings Division
= = / = Maintenance
Unit Inspector / For follow-up, notification, and informing us of the result.
Sattar 11/11
Property Officer
Statement of the amount to be spent
1- To remove debris
2- For secure fencing
⟦illegible⟧
11/17
Mr. Salim Qahtan
For inspection and statement of cost, please
⟦illegible signature⟧
Notified on ⟦illegible⟧

Page 567

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
Number T/: 68
Date: 21 / 3 / 1968
Subject /:
His Excellency the Honorable Mayor of the Capital
Greetings and respect:
We have been notified of your warning numbered Center Unit 1236/10 and dated 3 / 3 / 1968 regarding the necessity of fencing
and removing debris from the vacant lot number Doors 137/61, Al-Tawrat neighborhood.
I would like to present to your Excellency the following information:-
1 - This vacant lot is included within the site of the Civic Center and is scheduled for expropriation by your esteemed Municipality.
2 - The area of this plot exceeds -/3000 m2 (thirty thousand square meters).
3 - This large vacant lot is located in a densely populated area and is bordered by more than fifty houses in addition to
public streets.
4 - This Presidency has previously fenced this lot several times, but its fence was subsequently demolished, in addition to it being filled
with debris and waste thrown into it by neighbors and from the roofs of their houses.
Accordingly: Given the size of this lot and its location in a very crowded area, fencing it and removing the debris
from it does not solve the problem, as it will be filled with debris again by neighbors and residents in a short period
⟦illegible⟧
127

Page 568

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
80452 Secretary
68
7
Number T / 7 / 68
Date 21 / 3 / 1968
Subject / ⟦line⟧
⟦blue ink signature⟧
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
Greetings and respect:
We have been notified of your warning numbered Center Unit 1236/10 and dated 3/3/1968 regarding the necessity of fencing
and removing debris from the vacant lot number Doors 137 / 61, Al-Tawrat neighborhood.
I would like to present to your Excellency the following information:-
1 - This lot is included within the site of the Civic Center, which is scheduled for expropriation by your respected municipality.
2 - The area of this plot exceeds 3000 m2 (three thousand square meters).
3 - This large lot is located in a densely populated area and is bordered by more than fifty houses, in addition to
public streets.
4 - This Presidency has previously fenced this lot several times, but its fence was subsequently demolished, in addition to it being filled
with debris and waste thrown into it by neighbors and from the roofs of their houses.
Accordingly: Given the vastness of this lot and its location in a very crowded area, fencing it and removing the debris
from it does not solve the problem, as it will be filled with debris again by neighbors and residents in a very short period
that may not exceed one month.
Therefore, either your respected municipality lifts the disposal ban and permits us to dispose of this lot by subdividing,
partitioning, and developing it, or it instructs its competent departments to remove the debris from this lot
and level it at the expense of your municipality, as it has practically laid its hand on this lot.
Please accept our highest respect.
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
President of the Mosaic Community
A copy to:-
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews - for your kind information.

Page 569

Ministry of Municipalities
Secretariat of the Capital
Second Technical Division
Directorate of the Center Unit
Republic of Iraq
⟦Emblem of the Republic of Iraq⟧
Number ⟦1243/18/10⟧
Date 3 / 3 / 1968
Warning to fence a vacant lot
Copy to: - Execution Department - Buildings - for information, and we will inform you of the result, please.
The competent inspector
<del>Head of Unit</del> for notification and follow-up and to inform me of the result after the specified period ends.
On behalf of the Mayor of the Capital
Rashad Al-Yawar
Signature of the lot owner | Signature of the notification officer
Date 17 / 3 / 68 | Date

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Copy of Article Three of the Law on Establishments Harmful to Health
No. 11 of the year 936
Article Three - If the person legally warned does not perform the required works within the period specified in the warning
without a compelling reason, the local administrative authority (1) has the right to remove the harm
on its own behalf, and in this case, it or its authorized representative has the right to enter the establishment and remove the harm
and the owner of the establishment shall be obligated to pay the expenses incurred by the administrative authority
local.
(1) The local administrative authority is the municipal council within the municipal boundaries and the council
of administration outside of them, according to paragraph (b) of the first article of the Law on Harmful Establishments
to Health No. 11 of the year 1936
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number
President 83531
Secretary 80452
Number T /: 67 / ⟦117⟧
Date: 21 / 12 / 1967
Subject /:
26
His Excellency the Respected Mayor of the Capital
Greetings,
We have been notified of your warning No. 6139/10 dated 27 / 11 / 1967 regarding
the removal of dangerous buildings from the property numbered doors 130 / 115.
We wish to inform you that the aforementioned property had been immediately expropriated by
your respected Municipality pursuant to its letter No. 1502 dated 10 / 3 / 65 and the
expropriation of the building has been completed.
Therefore, if there is a danger, its removal is the responsibility of the Capital Municipality, and the debris
of the property belongs to your Municipality.
Please accept our highest respect.
Sassoon
Rabbi Sassoon Khazzouri
President of the Jewish Community

Page 571

12/17/1964
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Previously, the Capital Secretariat had expropriated this ⟦house⟧
two years ago and did not demolish all of it, and the land remained ⟦almost completely⟧
as the Capital Secretariat demolished it and a small part of it remained, i.e.
a small room with a staircase and a small shop they say remained for us
and in a filthy condition, and we previously informed the engineer Mr. Salim Kattan
according to the map, as well as with the honorable photographer Mr. Polo Zilkha, and we
did not know if a non-expropriated part remained for us or not, but now it has become clear
from the notice that a small piece remained for us.
Note: The request is for the opinion of the Awqaf to be demolished by the Capital Secretariat
This is with highest respect
Real Estate Manager
⟦illegible⟧

Page 573

⟦illegible⟧
Article (59) A - If it is verified by the technical employee of the municipality after inspection that a building, in whole or
in part, has become prone to collapse, either due to its age or because it was constructed in an
unstable manner or due to another incident, he shall bring with him two experts from the permanent board of experts
appointed by the municipality, provided that their number is not less than six and
does not exceed twelve experts. These two experts, along with the technical employee
of the municipality, shall issue their decision by majority or consensus as to whether the building
is prone to collapse. This decision shall be submitted to the municipality, which must warn
its owner of the necessity of demolishing it entirely or partially as specified in the decision within
three days from the date of notification. If he refuses or the specified period elapses
without him filing an objection, the municipality must implement what was stated in the report
and collect the expenses from him.
⟦Given⟧ ⟦According to⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
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Capital Secretariat
Number 2122
Date 26 / 11 / 967
Administrative Committee for the Al-Musawi Funds
Number 22 / 1 / 67
Date 17 / 12 / 1967
Report
Upon inspection, we have verified the danger of the house numbered 20 / 115
located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood. In accordance with the provisions of Article 59 - of the Roads and Buildings Regulation No. 44 of the year
935 and its amendments, we have submitted this report in three copies to take the necessary action.
Expert | Expert | Section Officer ( )
Atta Salman Al-Younis | Muhammad Sabri Mulla Obeid |
The hazardous sections that must be demolished
Demolish the dangerous buildings overlooking the public street until the danger is removed

Page 574

File Number
1144/67 Sh
Judge: - Mr. Abbas Shikara
Endower / - Ezra Menachem Daniel
⟦illegible stamp⟧
On this day, Ezra Menachem Daniel appeared, and after being identified by the identification witnesses Meir Hakham Moshe Doctor and Ezra Meir
Baron, he stated the following: -
I, by my own will and choice, and in full mental capacity and maturity, have endowed the house located in the Taura neighborhood in Baghdad, which is divided into
two houses by unofficial division and signed with door numbers 139/73 and 14/313 according to the Tabu deed dated June 323 and sequence 312
and registered in the name of my late father Menachem Salih Daniel and transferred to me as inheritance according to the two distributions from the Judge of Personal Matters under number
40/136 on and dated 12/11/40 and 43/34 on and dated 3/29/43 from my own property, and I have endowed it as a valid, final, and perpetual endowment
for the rest of the soul of my late mother Rifka daughter of Abdullah Shlomo, provided that it be used as a clinic for the medication and treatment of the sick among the poor of
the Mosaic community, and that this clinic be named after my late mother Rifka Menachem Daniel. The trustee of this endowment has full right
and absolute opinion in what he deems appropriate regarding the use of the entire endowed property as a clinic or a part of it, and the surplus that he obtains, he may rent it out
and spend the yield obtained from it, first on paying taxes, restoration, and necessary construction for the endowed property, and secondly on the medication and treatment of
the patients who visit that clinic. In the absence of visitors from the poor to the aforementioned clinic, it shall be spent on the poor sick
Israelites in Baghdad.
Then I have endowed, detained, and delivered into the hand of the trustee of this endowment a sum of money amounting to three thousand dinars, of which two thousand
and five hundred dinars are for the purpose of spending them on building the clinic endowed by this endowment deed, furnishing it, and preparing it to be suitable for the mentioned purpose, and that
at the earliest time the trustee deems appropriate. Until the commencement of construction, the trustee may utilize the mentioned amount by purchasing government bonds
or similar guaranteed methods. The interest obtained from those funds shall be added to the endowed amount and used for the same purpose of
construction. As for the remaining five hundred dinars, they shall be spent for the necessary restoration of the endowed property from time to time until the commencement of building the required clinic
and furnishing it.
I have assigned the trusteeship of this endowment to the Lay Council of the Israelite community in Baghdad, and in the absence of such a council
at any time, then the trusteeship shall transfer to the authority that takes its place.
The trustee must entrust the matter of managing and liquidating this clinic, including the spending of the endowed amount for the purposes for which it was endowed, to
the person or body that manages the Meir Elias Hospital within the limits set for it.
The person named Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, the current president of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad, appeared according to the certificate paper
presented, stating that he is the president of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad at the present time, issued by the Presidency of the Israelite Community
on 4/26/1944. After being identified by the two identification witnesses mentioned above, he stated: I have received in full and complete
the endowed amount of three thousand dinars from the endower, the aforementioned Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel, and I pledge to preserve it and spend it
according to the conditions mentioned in the endowment deed listed above.
Based on the above, they requested the issuance of a deed for the mentioned endowment.
The Decision: - In view of the above, the endowment has been completed, become binding, and adjudicated according to the conditions listed above, and it has become a valid
legal endowment. What occurred was recorded upon request, written on 4/30/1944 AD.
Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad

Page 575

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
General Secretariat
For the Supervision and Management of the Property of Jews
Whose Iraqi Citizenship Has Been Revoked
Immovable Property
Rent Secretariat
Section ⟦line⟧
⟦emblem⟧
Number / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: June 21, 1967
Very Urgent
To:-
Rosa Haroun Ezra
Nona Abdullah
Rachel
Isaac
Occupants of the house numbered 391/94
Al-Tawrat neighborhood
Subject - Request for Attendance
Please attend the office of this General Secretariat - Rents - within a period of
three days from the date of your notification of this letter, in order to discuss with you how you occupy
the house mentioned above; otherwise, legal measures will be taken against you to preserve
the rights of this General Secretariat.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary General
6/21
A copy to:-
Immovable Property Secretariat - Rents
Accounts Secretariat - Center Revenues - for information
Papers (for filing)
House Follow-up Committee - with reference to your report No. 9109 on June 17, 1967, for information
Mr. Abdul Karim Hussein Al-Samarrai - to follow up on the review of the aforementioned persons.
Raouf / 6/21