Jewish Schools Committee Documents
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad and includes: the endowment information; expenses for the schools; a ledger recording names of individuals renting properties; handwritten correspondence to/from the president of the Jewish community regarding property issues.
Israeli Property Committee Name of the Institution :: Schools Committee Registry Sequence Number :: 2 Tabu (Land Registry) Sequence :: 481 Door Numbers :: 87 Tatran 147 Property Type :: House Trustee :: President of the Schools Association
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Baghdad 2 / 7 / 1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Respected After greetings Mohammed Nazem is the ⟦tenant⟧ of the house numbered ⟦94/24⟧ in Souq Hanoun above the shop of Aziz the Grocer for an amount of 36 Dinars annually, and its current rental value is estimated at 120 Dinars annually, paid in installments monthly in the amount of 3 Dinars at the beginning of each month. When he was late in payment for one month and came to pay what he owed for two months, I did not receive it from him on the pretext that his rental replacement is monthly and he did not renew it And it is known that he has a previous lease agreement that expires on 1 / 2 / 1953 And he did not agree to renew the contract, but rather started paying the rent monthly without delay, and when he was late for one month I did not receive it from him in order to present the case to your esteemed committee to inform us how to act accordingly Property Officer ⟦signature⟧
Baghdad 26 / 10 / 1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Respected Since our esteemed community has leased the section of dark shops located in ⟦...⟧ near Ezra the Grocer for the amount of ⟦...⟧ Dinars annually starting from 1 / 4 / 55 on the condition that it be ⟦...⟧ a warehouse, and this section is not suitable ⟦...⟧ as a warehouse as its ceiling is damaged ⟦...⟧ the salty roof and the bringing of water and electricity and in winter and in ⟦...⟧ and it appeared to Mr. Saleh Joshua, the engineer and the neighborhood ⟦...⟧ only it needs a ventilation shaft (badgir) for the smoke to exit ⟦...⟧ the ventilation shaft next to the street and our community's wall, for the policeman ⟦...⟧ our community that the passage pavement has decreased by one door and by fear of our community ⟦...⟧ and he wants to occupy instead of the bakery rent as the ⟦...⟧ the committee and damage, soldiers stood as one in the police So, Your Excellency the President, we hope for your grace to order us to print this copy of the warning ⟦...⟧ You ordered us to send a warning signed by Your Excellency in this form which I will inform He did not pay attention to it This case to the lawyer Nuri Abdul Wahab, for this tenant if Damaged the property of the community To His Honor the Judge, Mr. Nazem Sabri, tenant of the house numbered 24 / 94 T in Suwakiyah Since the period of the bakery numbered ⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧ T has expired, the wall belonging To our community by ⟦...⟧, then this action of yours is contrary to the laws and causes damages Therefore, our esteemed community warns you a warning ⟦...⟧ Due to the failure to repair the bakery by its owner, this bakery was leased for an amount of 96 Dinars annually, and since you have opened a hole in the ceiling of the bakery and the wastewater house Inside the bakery and caused damages to the property of the community, therefore it warns you Of the necessity to retract this opinion of yours within three days from the date this warning reaches you Otherwise we will be forced to resort to legal methods and charge you the bakery rent and all Damages that may result from this behavior of yours while charging you all lawsuit expenses and fees
1/⟦illegible⟧/1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Honorable Subject: Budget of the endowments of the late Saida Salman For the fiscal year 954 - 955 Listed below is the income budget of the Saida Salman endowments for the fiscal year 954 - 955 Amount Fils Dinar | Details of Income | Amount Fils Dinar | Expenses | Receipt No. | Deposit Date | Entry No. 000 | 85 | From Gadwah bint Girgis, tenant of the house numbered (28/177) | 600 | 15 | Tax paid for these numbers | | | | | | | | Receipt number and quantity | | | | | | | | 42412 42412 42412 44827 | | | | | | | | 41 42 47 48 | | | 000 | 30 | From Yahya Muhammad, tenant of the shop numbered 26/177 | | | | | | 000 | 48 | From Krikor Mekerdich, tenant of the shop numbered ⟦illegible⟧ 24/177 | | | Stamps for the lease contract of house No. 28/177 | | | | | | | | Fils and they have been deposited into the fund as follows | | | | | | 000 | 28 | | 75 | 14/7/54 | 10 | | | | | Balance ⟦illegible⟧ 85000 | | | | | | 000 | 80 | | 224 | 14/2/55 | 31 | | | 445 | 42 | | | | 163,000 Only one hundred and sixty-three dinars only 119,445 in cash
List of names of the community property tenants and their house and shop numbers Tenant Name | House or Shop Number | Neighborhood | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ Razzouqi al-Allawi | 11/48 Shop | Souq Jadid Sabbaghin | Khalaf Ali Hussein | 147/25 | Tatran House Badil Jibrail | 1/46 Shop | Al-Rashid Street | Min Ali | 147/22 | Tatran House Abdul Mun'im al-Samarrai | 1/44 Shop | Jadid Hassan Pasha | Fadhel Abboud | 146/42 | Tatran House Habib al-Hajj Wannas | 29/12 Shop | Jadid Hassan Pasha | Aklah Duwayr | 146/2 156 | Tatran House Ali Ramadan | 12/12 Shop | Jadid Hassan Pasha | Hassan Ismail | 140/156 | Tatran Shop Hannah Rasoul Sabbagh | 15/42 Shop | ⟦line⟧ | Shakir Mahmoud al-Saffar | 146/121 | Tatran House and Shop Lawyer Muhammad Labib Abdul Karim | 25/121 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Muhammad Ali | 140/158 | Hassan Baqir | 12/21 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | | | Muhammad Qadir | 12/19 Shop | ⟦line⟧ | | | Omran Issa | 12/17 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | | | Hadrat al-Din al-Uqayli | 15/15 House | Qanbar Ali | | | Sabi Ali al-Mu'min | 111/4 House | Bayt al-Agha | | | Salman Issa Fallu | 114/22 House | Taht al-Takiya | | | Khalaf Badr | 106/14 House | Qanbar Ali | | | Kadhim Jawad | 40/58 House | Ghazi Street | | | Abdul Majid Majid al-Obaidi | 60/140 House | Ghazi Street | | | Youssef Said | 187/280 | Souq al-Ghazl | | | Khadija al-Talib | 94/469 House | Qanbal | | | Abdul Razzaq Saleh | 125/62 House | Obeid | | | Salman Abbas | 94/219 Shop | Hanoun | | | Fawzia ⟦illegible⟧ | 94/214 House | Hanoun | | | Muhammad Nazim Sabih | 94/44 House | Hanoun | | | Habib Muhammad | 94/221 Shop | Hanoun | | | Reda al-Hassan | 94/217 Shop | Hanoun | | | Ibrahim Ahmed | 94/218 Shop | Hanoun | | | Muhammad Anis | 94/220 Shop | Hanoun | | | Salman Abdul Amir | 94/194 | Hanoun | | | Ezra the Grocer | 94/222 | Hanoun | | | Abdul Amir Makki | 94/226 | Hanoun | | | Yona Eliyahu | 127/86 House | Qanbalat | | | Fattoum Jawad | 127/79 House | Nuri Pasha | | | Salman Abbas | 126 196 | Obeid | | | Abd Hanani | 70 22 Shop | Obeid | | | Khatoun Ragha'ib | 144/200 | Kawlat House | | | Fakhri Sabi | 144/54 | Kawlat House | | | Hamid Abbas | 144/202 | Kawlat House | | | Abdul Kadhim Farman | 148/214 House | Tatran | | | Kadhim Rustam | 148/122 House | Tatran | | | Shamma daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ | 148/123 House | Tatran | | | Kadhim Hassan | 148/121 House | Tatran | | | Sulaiman Jayyid | 148/208 House | Tatran | | | Zahra Sadiqa | 148/122 House | Tatran | | | Farid Salman | 152/12 House | Faraj Allah | | | Alwan Muhammad | 147/56 House | Tatran | | | Saleh al-Sayyid | 152/11 Shop | Faraj Allah | | | Mubarak Jawdah | 147/58 | Tatran | | | Karim Ali | 147/60 | Tatran House | | | Zakiya Wahba | 148/67 House | Tatran | | | Ali Ismail | 148/254 House | Tatran | | | 49
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
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Baghdad 8/2/1955 His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, the Honorable Sassoon Khadduri Greetings: You had requested from me details about Mahdi al-Hussein, the usurper of the house numbered 151/70 Faraj Allah And here are the details for Your Excellency The previous secretary had leased this house on 5/10/1951 for an amount of 20 Dinars annually to Mahdi al-Hussein, and the tenant paid only two and a half Dinars and remained in it for a long time, and later he paid 12.500 Dinars and refused to pay. If we calculate it based on the same previous rent amount there will be a debt of 114.500 Dinars against him until the end of the eighth month of 1955 As for my estimation of the current rental value, it is estimated at five Dinars per month, i.e., sixty Dinars annually or more if this house is vacated. The matter is yours to decide. Property Officer Isaac ⟦Ezair⟧
His Eminence, the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected Greetings and respect, There is a small corner-shaped plot of land, estimated at approximately seven meters, adjacent to my house numbered 29 / 123 in the Al-Bushibl neighborhood, belonging to (the Association - the Jewish Community in Baghdad). It is exposed and subject to urination, defecation, and the dumping of filth, emitting foul odors that harm public health and our health in particular, in addition to becoming a refuge for various criminals and perpetrators of thefts. What I fear and scares me most is that anyone can climb from the aforementioned plot and enter my house, and thus I no longer feel safe for myself and my property. Since the plot is small and your respected association does not benefit from it, I have come to you with this petition of mine, hoping your Eminence will be so kind as to approve selling it to me at the price you estimate and replacing it with something else the association can benefit from, so that I may unify it with my house to be rid of its evil. Please accept my utmost thanks and respect. The Petitioner Salah Al-Bayati Owner of house number 29/123 Al-Bushibl. ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 10 / 1955
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Date ⟦...⟧ Copy of the Warning To Mr. Mohammad Nazem Jarjis, tenant of the house numbered 224/94 T Hanoon Kabeer Since you have prevented the tenant of the warehouse numbered 224/94 B from opening a smoke outlet in the wall belonging to our respected community, your action has caused damage estimated at an amount of 96 dinars, which is the annual rent of the warehouse, in addition to the damages that we will claim from you because of your openings of apartments also overlooking our property and by your dumping of sewage inside the warehouse as well. Therefore, we warn you within three days from the date of your receipt of this warning of the necessity to retract your position, otherwise we will be forced to resort to legal measures against you while holding you liable for the entire annual rent of the warehouse and all lawsuit and trial expenses. Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Baghdad 9/7/1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, respected Greetings: I have searched for a tenant for the abandoned ruin located near Khan Abi Thabit Street, and this tenant's name is Ismail Abdul Ghafour, a man of good character and fair, and he has paid a reasonable price after negotiating with him. It is known that this ruin has an open door and shop owners use it as their latrines, and the community has not benefited from it at all during this entire period. As for now, the aforementioned tenant is ready to take it as-is for one year; we will make a contract for him and he will pay an amount of 80 Dinars annually, and if he wants to do any work in it, he will do so at his own expense and from his own private funds. We request your Excellency to authorize us to receive the money from him, and we thank you greatly because by your acceptance of this, the revenues will increase. Property Officer Ahmed ⟦Abdullah⟧ We approve the lease provided that all structures belong to the community upon vacating the premises ⟦signature⟧ 9/12/55
Date 10 / 13 / 1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee Subject: The house numbered 12/96 Based on the report submitted to the community and on your wise instructions I inspected the aforementioned house and found it contains two cows and a sheep. Sincerely ⟦illegible⟧ Saleh
Baghdad 14 / 8 / 1955 His Eminence the Head of the Jewish Community, Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri, Respectfully After greetings: We ask your Eminence to convey my sincere thanks to His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee and all its members, and especially your Eminence, because with full gratitude I have obeyed your Eminence's orders and the orders of His Excellency the respected Chairman, and all the properties in the possession of the accountant were received on 14 / 8 / 1955, and at the same time I began organizing new records and also began increasing their rental value Property Officer ⟦Isaac Shamil⟧ The committee has reviewed and thanks the custodian for his efforts in this work ⟦illegible⟧
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Baghdad 2 / 8 / 1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israelite Community, the Respected After greetings: I have been informed that the ruins called the House of Khoja Abdullah have been vacated by their occupants and I went down to inspect them and found them empty. If they remain empty for a day or two, the Sharoukia will occupy them by force and we will not be able to do anything. A Sharouki man came offering seventy Dinars annually to let Arabs live in it, meaning hair tents. As for Abboudi Abboudi Abu al-Jassim, he is ready to pay an annual rent of one hundred Dinars in cash, so we request your Excellency to give us your orders lest the property be lost. Property Officer ⟦signature⟧ Note: We request your Excellency to authorize us to bring a guard with daily wages and in an urgent manner for these ruins lest they be occupied by the Sharoukia without our knowledge, and many thanks to you. ⟦...⟧ that ⟦...⟧ be ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ (100) Dinars ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Date 2 / 8 / 1955 To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community Subject: The Torah of Rabbi Sassoon Based on your verbal order, I have inspected the Torah mentioned above. I found a section of the ⟦illegible⟧ in danger and we asked the workers present there to support it, and they complied. As for the wall of the Torah, it is not in danger, but to preserve it in the future I suggest performing a reinforcement costing about fifteen dinars (15 Dinars). This is for your order. The Engineer ⟦line⟧
Lawyer
Nouri Abdul-Wahab Al-Alouk
Khan Al-Barzali Al-Saghir - Al-Samawal Street
Telephone { Office 4548
Residence 2272
Baghdad on 8 / 6 / 1955
The Honorable Mr. Isaac Abdullah Al-Kabir
Property Officer of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Greetings.
The lawsuits that were recently completed by me are -
Shaul Levi case - Salman Qanbar Agha - Mahdi Al-Hussein - Jassim Muhammad - Yusuf Saeed - Jamil Latif -
Majid Lahaj Wannas - Al-Haj Ahmed Saleh, against whom we have two cases, one of which has been resolved -
Thus, the total number of cases is eight. Please send our entitled fees, and I thank you in advance.
X Also the case of the Ministry of Social Affairs
which we won. And the Faw case. X
which we also won.
⟦...⟧ by - X
Sincerely,
General Agent for the Presidency of the Community
Baghdad 8 / 8 / 1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, the Honorable After greetings: We went with Mr. Saleh the Engineer, Mr. Alwan Oweidiyah, and a group of bidders for the old iron or the I-beams located in the Laura Kadoorie School for Girls And it became clear to us that the rubble consists of: - 4 | I-beams of four inches 40 | Pipes of five inches 44 | Iron rails of 2 inches The bidding value for this rubble reached sixty-five dinars only for the bidder Khodadad Ali So we request your Excellency to state your orders Property Officer Engineer Alwan Oweidiyah Isaac ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ If there was an auction according to the procedures the final bids are accepted upon commencement awarded to ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in the (Hanoun) neighborhood 972 | 989 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ 2/12/17 | 2/12/16 987 ⟦line⟧ 2/12/17 986 | 968 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ 2/12/17 | 2/12/17 985 | 984 ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ 2/12/17 | 2/12/17 983 ⟦line⟧ 2/12/17 980 ⟦line⟧ 2/12/17
Number 34 S Date 4 / 7 / 1955 His Excellency the Head of the Community, the Respected Subject: House 38 inhabited by Salem 142 The contractor has completed the necessary repairs; please pay the amount of seventeen dinars (17 dinars) The Engineer ⟦illegible⟧
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Baghdad 24 / 6 / 1955 To the Honorable Head of the Jewish Community Greetings: We present to your Excellency the contents of the Torah rooms of the Zilkha House for the teacher 1- ⟦Neem⟧ number one: 5 sofas 2- " " : 2 beds 3- The hallway: 1 bed 4- Sami's room: 2 beds 4 chairs 5- Salman Makhlouf's room: 2 sofas 6- In the downstairs courtyard: 1 cabinet 7- Shaul's house: 5 beds 1 ⟦table⟧ 8- ⟦Um Marigh's⟧ room: 2 sofas 9- Sarah's room: 2 sofas 2 beds 1 cabinet 10- In the courtyard: 6 beds 1 ⟦table⟧ 11- The Torah room: 1 ⟦table⟧ 1 cabinet 14 sofas 12- Slon's room: 2 sofas 3 beds 2 cabinets 13- Aaron's room: 2 sofas 1 cabinet 14- ⟦The mute woman⟧: 4 beds 1 sofa 15- On the roof: 8 beds 72 sofas and beds | Total 12 cabinets and chairs | Total sofas and beds
⟦80D⟧ To the Honorable Head of the Israelite Community Baghdad The Ma'dan (marsh dwellers) residing in the ruins located in the Torah neighborhood have begun to cause harm and evil to the residents of the neighborhood to the point that they are hurting passersby and commuters with indifference, and their presence is not suitable in these ruins given their lowliness and ferocity, in addition to the filth resulting from their livestock present in the ruins. Since the property belongs to the aforementioned community, we come seeking your Excellency's help in evicting these evildoers to save the people from their evils, and may you remain With respect | The Petitioner Khadija Abdul Latif ⟦thumbprint⟧
Baghdad 6 / 5 / <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Respected After greetings: Hussein Mahmoud has renewed his lease agreement and paid me in cash the first installment amounting to ten dinars, and he received it on its due date which was 1 / 4 / 55, and I have organized a contract for him accordingly. Your Excellency is requested to kindly sign the contract, and with much thanks to you. Property Officer ⟦signature⟧