Correspondence to the President of the Jewish Community and the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Regarding Rental Properties
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included is correspondence to the President of the Jewish Community and to the members of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews. Correspondence includes issues regarding rental properties owned by the Jewish community such as requests for maintenance, upkeep, reduction of rent, potential tenants for shops and houses, and lists of renters behind on rent. There are also government requests for tax on leased properties and notifications of building demolitions, and an electricity bill.
To The Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Board Khulusi and Wasim I am residing in the house belonging to you located in Al-Bayat neighborhood ⟦numbered⟧ 149 near the Third Section. I wish to rent it according to what you desire and I am ready for your conditions. With my utmost thanks to you. The Petitioner Jaafar Al-Hajj Ali 1/1/55 (The Toilet)
Previously, we searched all the shops and houses in this manner.
When we took over the building's affairs, Mr. Muqbil gave us a list like the previous one, and we have followed this plan until now.
If we do not change this, all claims will slip from our hands because we have no assistant to collect
these accumulated amounts by force, as has happened in many similar cases where some of the owners of
shops and houses rebelled against paying. We, in turn, wrote to your esteemed committee, and you referred ⟦18⟧ cases to the lawyer Yaqub Abdul Aziz.
There are six people with lawsuits against (a lawsuit for a house usurper for a period of three years or more without
paying anything; rather, he occupied it by force). The lawyer finished ⟦by dropping⟧ the lawsuit against any one of them, and they remained in this state.
As for the lawsuits filed by some of them, he reached an agreement with them, so they postponed for several months, ⟦and then⟧ in the end, he advised us to reconcile with them.
If we do not reconcile with them, they leave the house vacant, and the debt remains their responsibility after they stayed in the house for a long time and enjoyed it
without paying anything because they are in agreement with the lawyer. When we demanded that he file lawsuits against all these claims,
he tells us, "Search for the new Ibn Kahla," for example, the case of Munira Qasim, where he agreed with ⟦the lawyer⟧ and the lawsuit was dismissed.
When we forced him to file the lawsuit a second time, he fled, and there is no house in his name for an amount of sixty dinars after the house was completely
ruined. He told us, "Search in any hotel where she is dancing." This was the lawyer's answer.
When the previous Property Committee reviewed these cases and the results of filing lawsuits, fearing the loss of money
and the occurrence of much confusion in the community's financial affairs, it decided to act as follows:
Whoever brings any part of the debt, you take it. For whoever wants to renew the contract, first we threaten him; if he becomes afraid, we are able to increase
his rent by an amount. If we are unable, we take from him as before. If he wants to reduce his rent during the legal period
according to the reduction law, we speak to him with kind words because this belongs to orphans, the poor, and the needy. We convinced some
of them not to reduce. When ⟦I⟧ submitted a report last week about two cases for filing a lawsuit and informed
the lawyer Ibrahim Azoum, I reached an understanding with him, but he became afraid and said, ("I do not take on eviction lawsuits for Karkhiya property and others.")
So please guide us to another method ⟦so that⟧ I may follow it to rid myself of all responsibilities,
because I always like to obey my superiors and obey all the orders of the esteemed committee.
So please ⟦inform me⟧, I ask you: should I collect money for the previous months, or should I consider these
properties and shops required for the previous months as I mentioned to you above, for example, regarding Daoud Salman?
Hassan Rasoul Sabbagh 15 Dinars remaining 2/31
Khalaf Badr 106/14 lease ended on 1954/1/21 annual rent 63 Dinars
Kadhim Jawad 65 Dinars rent amount, owes five Dinars 58/12
Muhammad Nazim Jarjis 41 Dinars owes for June 11/21
Redha Al-Hassan 94/217 18.500 until the end of month 54/12
Ibrahim Ahmed 94/219 September October November 4.5 total
Muhammad Amin 94/225 on account
Salman Abdul Amir (29) 94/194 June July August September October November 6 months
Abdul Amir Moussa (43) 94/246 (and 94/244) August September October November
Fattoum Jawad (49) 147/78 June July August September October and November
Abdul Kadhim Farhan (62) 104 ? October and November (4) Dinars
Kadhim Rustum 142 B / 148 November ⟦illegible⟧
Kadhim Mohsen (65) 148 S / 148 June July August September October and November 7 Dinars
Farha Salman (68) 152/12 September October November
Karim Attia (72) 147/67 September October and November
Zakiya Wahid (73) 148/67 October and November 4 Dinars
Attia Ismail (79) 140/254 September October and November 9 Dinars
<del>Ali Jumaa 79 147/25 September October and November 9 Dinars</del>
Aklah Dwair August September October and November
Muhammad Ali (85) 140/158 August September October and November
Kadhim Issa (86) 140/160 September October and November
Tawfiq Aziz 87 164/140 October and November
Abdul Hussein Faraj (90) 172 A and 172 B
Sabri Hussein (91) 217 C / 144 8 Dinars promissory note due on 54/9/15
Majid Saeed 94 217 C / 144 May June July August September October 6 Dinars
172 C shop second installment
Baghdad 9 / 10 / 1954 Honorable Secretary We request submitting this report to our esteemed committee for clarification Mr. Jassim Jabr, residing in Bayt Dahan circles, visited us Daoud Salman (95) June July August September October Jassim Mohammed Al-Jamil promissory note due 9/20/54 five dinars Hassan Ali Qandarji (96) 11/8/54 November (2) Hassan Ali Al-Saffar (100) 9.570 / 114 9.570 dinars Faiq Abbas 164 and 165 / 140 promissory note due 9/25/54 17 dinars Abdullah Khalid Raheel Kammoun 7.5 / 102 September and October Abdullah Al-Sheikh Saleh 7.5 / 102 September and October Ahmed Nouri 7.5 / 102 September October and November Fadel Al-Jubouri 7.5 / 102 September October and November Jassim Mohammed 7.5 / 102 September October and November Number ⟦9/1⟧ On March 15, 1952 Due Date 1 / 8 / 952 Fils | Dinar --- | 8 Only eight dinars and no more I, Abed Ataki, by virtue of this promissory note and after the passing of four and a half months from its date above, am obligated to pay in cash in Baghdad to the order of the Trustee of the Al-Musawi Endowments the amount stated above, only <del>eight dinars and no more</del>, and the consideration has reached me for the fourth installment of the rent for shop 70 / 72 / 74 in 145 in Tawa Abed Ataki ⟦decorative border⟧
Names of the claimants Khalaf Badr Abdul Jalil Abdul Hussein Younis Saeed ⟦illegible⟧