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Special form for registration record copies
Extracted based on the request of the Personal Status Court No. 2652 dated 12/3/956
Details of Tapu Records
Registration Number | Volume | Registration Date
27 | 472 | May 945
Province: Baghdad | Neighborhood or Village: Qanbar Ali | Portfolio No.: 138 | Door No.: 150/113
Disposal Column - Endowment of the endowments of Meir bin Yaquob Rubin the Goldsmith Charity
From which book transferred
Registration Number 4 | Volume 463 | Date: October 944
Method of Disposal - Based on the statement dated 14/5/945 and the Sharia deed issued by the court of
First Instance of Baghdad dated 25/4/945 numbered 126/44 Sh and the current decrees upon it, the
endowment correction transaction was registered here and ownership and descriptions were listed in their columns.
Category - House
Type - Endowment
Value - Fils | Dinar
4500 | 000
Boundaries - Northeast: House of the property owner 148/113 sequence 137 and from above the house of the heirs
of Jouri 146/113 sequence 136. Northwest: from below the mentioned house sequence 137 and from
above the mentioned house sequence 136. Southwest: House of the endowment of the Milla Musawiya 122/113 sequence
139. Southeast: The public road.
Notes - The passage of house number 148/113 belongs to this house at a height of 3.80 m
excluding the ground; also the lower room of this house is located above the half-floor of house 148/113 at a height of
2.80 m; and the upper room of the mentioned house is located above the room and lower roof belonging
to this house 150/113, it belongs to house 148/113 while its roof belongs to this house at a height of 3.30 m.
This copy is identical to its record and an amount of 50 fils has been collected as examination and entry fee and recorded as revenue
under number 329 and date 12/3/956 from the Baghdad Tapu daily book.
Director of Baghdad Tapu - Rusafa
Abdul Razzaq al-Mahdawi | Qassim Muhammad al-Janabi
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Baghdad Court of First Instance, Personal Matters in Baghdad
Issuance Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: 20 / 7 / 1954
Case File Number: - / / 195
To: - The Respected Director of Travel and Nationality
Nationality Revocation Section
Baghdad
Meir Yaqoub Rubin Al-Sa'igh was a trustee over some endowments of the Jewish community in Baghdad, and based on
the request submitted to us to appoint a successor for him in the trusteeship, we request that you inform us whether the Iraqi nationality
has been revoked from the aforementioned person and the date of revocation.
Judge
Sadiq Haidar
⟦Baghdad Court of First Instance⟧
⟦Personal Matters⟧
A copy to
Baghdad Land Registry Directorate - Rusafa
We request that you send us a copy of the registry for each of the two houses numbered with door numbers 148 / 113
and 150 / 113 personal sequence 137 and 138 located in Qanbar Ali neighborhood
Head of the Jewish community in Baghdad
To follow up and pay the required fees
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North-east
126 / 112
126 / 112
South-east public road
Building for structure completion ⟦...⟧
127 / 150
128
Widad 24 / 483
North-west the mentioned house
148
112
127
South-west Ibrahim Endowment Khan
452 / 112
129
150 / 112
828
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Number ⟦illegible⟧ / 2225
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / 2 / 22 / 55
His Excellency the Honorable Judge of Personal Matters
Baghdad
According to the endowment deed issued by your esteemed court on 4/25/1945, number ⟦illegible⟧
44 / 126, Mr. Meir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh had endowed his two houses numbered 148 / 113 and
150 / 113 located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood, and stipulated that the trusteeship of the mentioned endowment
shall be for himself as long as he lives, and after him to the head of the management committee of Meir Elias Hospital, and overseen by
the head of the Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. If Meir Elias Hospital ceases to exist, the
trusteeship returns to the head of the Lay Council in Baghdad.
As for the endower who stipulated the trusteeship for himself, named Meir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh,
he has traveled outside Iraq and settled in Israel, and his Iraqi citizenship has been revoked. The
trusteeship of the mentioned endowment has become vacant due to the inability of the aforementioned person to exercise the trusteeship. Since the matter of the revocation
of Iraqi citizenship for the trustee is considered a legal death, the trusteeship in such cases devolves to whoever
succeeds him in the trusteeship, which is the head of the management committee of Meir Elias Hospital under the oversight of the Spiritual Council. Given
the transfer of the community's formations and the occupation of the mentioned hospital by the Ministry of Health, there is no longer a committee
to manage the mentioned hospital, nor a Spiritual Council for the Jewish Community in Baghdad in the manner prescribed
in the Jewish Community Law in Baghdad No. 77 of 1931. Therefore, ⟦illegible⟧ the trusteeship has devolved
to Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, head of the administrative committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, which is currently managing what
was entrusted to the Lay Council to perform in accordance with the Jewish Community Law No. 77 of 1931, as per
the order issued by the esteemed Ministry of Justice numbered 1944 and dated 11/24/1953. Accordingly,
we request the issuance of a decision appointing the aforementioned Mr. Farid Daoud Samra as the trustee of the two houses endowed
by Mr. Meir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh according to the deed mentioned above and issuing the necessary deed
for that.
With our utmost respect to Your Excellency;
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Acting Head of the Community
Chief Clerk
Submitted for consideration of the request
1- That Mr. Farid Daoud Samra confirms this request in his capacity as the head of the administrative committee ⟦of the community⟧
on behalf of the Lay Council
2- Reviewing the endowment deed to understand its ⟦conditions⟧
3- Obtaining a copy of the registration for the two endowed houses
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1956 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
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His Excellency the Judge of Personal Status, the Respected
Baghdad
According to the endowment deed issued by your respected court dated 25 / 4 / 1945 and number ⟦no⟧
126 / 44, Mr. Mir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh had endowed his two houses numbered 148 / 113 and
150 / 112 located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood and stipulated that the trusteeship of the mentioned endowment
shall be for himself as long as he lives, and after him to the Chairman of the Management Committee / Mir Elias Hospital, with the
Head of the Spiritual Council of the Jewish community in Baghdad as supervisor. If the Mir Elias Hospital ceases to exist, the
trusteeship shall devolve to the Head of the Lay Council in Baghdad.
As for the endower who stipulated the trusteeship for himself, namely Mir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh,
he has traveled outside Iraq and settled in Israel, and his Iraqi citizenship was revoked, and the
trusteeship of the mentioned endowment became vacant due to the inability of the aforementioned person to exercise the trusteeship. Since the matter of the revocation
of Iraqi citizenship from the trustee is considered a legal death, the trusteeship in such cases passes to whoever
succeeds him in the trusteeship, which is the Chairman of the Management Committee of the Mir Elias Hospital under the supervision of the Spiritual Council. Given
the reduction of the community's formations and the occupation of the mentioned hospital by the Ministry of Health, there is no longer a committee
to manage the mentioned hospital, nor a spiritual council for the Jewish community in Baghdad in the manner prescribed
in the Jewish Community Law in Baghdad No. 77 of 1931. Therefore, ⟦then⟧ the trusteeship has devolved
to Mr. Farid Daoud Samra, Head of the Management Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, which is currently managing what
was entrusted to the Lay Council to perform according to the Jewish Community Law No. 77 of 1931, as per
the order issued by the esteemed Ministry of Justice numbered 1944 and dated 24 / 11 / 1953. Accordingly,
we request the issuance of a decision appointing the aforementioned Mr. Farid Daoud Samra as the trustee over the two houses endowed
by Mr. Mir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh according to the deed mentioned above, and the issuance of the necessary deed
to that effect.
With our highest respects to your Excellency,
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting Head of the Community
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Request for copies of the house registration record sequence
137 Qanbar Ali
His Excellency the Director of Tabu for the Baghdad Liwa
Al-Rusafa
In view of the necessary requirement, I request your order to provide me with two certified copies of the house registration record
sequence 137 Qanbar Ali.
With highest respect for your presence
19/1/52
Farid Daoud Samra
Chairman of the Management Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Acting Chairman of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
The Trustee of the aforementioned Waqf house
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Request for two copies of the endowment deed
126 / 44 Sh
⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Judge of Personal Matters in Baghdad, respected
Baghdad
Due to the current necessity, I request your order to provide me with two certified copies of the endowment deed issued
by your respected court dated 4/25/1945 and number 126 / 44 Sh pertaining
to the endowment of the house with sequence number 137 Qanbar Ali
With my utmost respect to Your Excellency;
⟦2/21/56⟧
Farid Daoud Samra
President of the Jewish Community Management Committee
in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
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Number 44/126
The Judge - Mr. Hamid Ahmed Al-Omar
The Applicant - Meir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh
On this day, the applicant appeared in person and confirmed the contents of his petition dated 1945/2/20
and requested the amendment of the terms of the endowment (waqf) deed issued by this court on 44/8/24 under number 44/126
so that the terms of the amended endowment shall be in the following form, and he stated the following:-
I have endowed the two houses which are my property and under my disposal until the issuance of this endowment by the endowers
in the city of Baghdad in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood <del>on</del> one of them is numbered with the western number 148 / 113 and bounded from
the south-east by the public road and is completed by the house of Rachel daughter of Shmail Hatayat 150 / 113 and sequence 138
and in the north-east by the house of Atiya Khanum daughter of Al-Hajj Saleh and partners 146 / 113 sequence 136 and is completed
by the house of Ezra Salman Jouri 12 / 113 sequence 477 and from the south-west by the Khan of the endowment of the Jewish community
152 / 133 sequence 139 and the north-west the mentioned house and is completed by the house of Salem bin Murad Ashir
and partners 8 / 113 sequence 172 and the other is numbered with doors number 150 / 113 and bounded from the south
east by the public road and from the north-east from below by the house of the property owners 148 / 113 sequence
137 and is completed from above by the house of the heirs of Jouri 146 / 113 sequence 136 and from the south-west the endowment of the community
of the Jews 152 / 113 sequence 139 and the north-east the house of the property owners 148 / 113 sequence
137 and is completed from above by the house of the heirs of Jouri 146 / 113 sequence 136 according to the terms mentioned below
that each of the two mentioned houses be leased separately at its fair rent provided that its lease period does not exceed
each time one year and to start spending the rent of each of them on what is required for its restoration
repair and construction and what remains after that, all of it returns to me as long as I am alive and after me it returns
half of it to my wife Maryam daughter of Yuna bin Ibrahim Al-Sayegh and the other half returns to the poor sick
Israelites in Baghdad whether they are in the Meir Elias Jewish Hospital in Baghdad or elsewhere
located in Iraq as well and after my aforementioned wife Maryam, all the remainder after spending from the rent
on the aforementioned manner returns to the poor sick Israelites in the manner explained above and if it ceased
the mentioned Meir Elias hospital and there was no other hospital in Iraq, then the remainder after spending from
the rent returns to the poor sick Israelites in ⟦Baghdad⟧ Baghdad absolutely and I stipulated the guardianship over the endowment
mentioned for myself as long as I am alive and after me the trustee over it from whoever is the head of the management committee of the hospital
of Meir Elias mentioned above and as a supervisor over it the head of the Spiritual Council of the Jewish community in Baghdad and if
the committee of the Meir Elias hospital ceased, the guardianship over it returns to the head of the Physical Council of the Jewish community
and this copy shall be kept in a special folder in the administration of the mentioned council.
50 Fils
True copy
Personal Status Court
First Clerk
Mahmoud Al-Qustantini
And I request the judgment to cancel the terms I receded from included in the endowment deed issued on
44/8/24 and the binding of the mentioned endowment on the explained terms and notifying the Land Registry Department to correct the record
of the Land Registry with the endowment of the two mentioned houses according to the aforementioned legal terms 45/4/25
The Endower The Judge
Decision: Based on the above, it has been judged the validity of the endowment on the terms listed above and the cancellation of the endowment deed
issued from this court on 44/8/24 and number 44/126 and what is the reality of the request was written in writing on
45/4/25 and understood 4 The Judge
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Accounting 37 A
Volume Number 176328
Receipts for Dirhams Collected for the Government
Serial Number: 69
Fils/Dinar: 1200 only and its amount
Department Name: Baghdad Land Registry (Tapu)
Received from: Lawyer Sahyoun Hayyim on behalf of the Israeli community
Amount: Dinar and Fils only
On account: Real estate registration fee
Signature of the Receiver: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 12 / 2 / 952
Job Title: Cashier 204
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Tabu Form (37)
Extracted at the request of the Israeli Community
Special form for record copies
Government Press 618 - 7 - 1955
100 Fils
Details of Tabu Records | Province | District | Sub-district | Quarter or Village | Street | Portfolio Number | Door Number | Plot Number | Section Number | Section Name | Area Name
Registration Number: 26 | Volume: 472 | Registration Date: 5/1/1935 | Baghdad | | Qanbar Ali | | 127 | 148 / 112 | | |
Area: Square Meters: | Olak: | Donum:
Disposal Column: Endowment (Waqf) from the endowments of Sayyid Bih Yaqub and the house of Al-Haj who ⟦illegible⟧
Abstract Rights and Real Estate: North of the house is the house of Afifa daughter of Haj Salih ⟦...⟧ / 126 and the house of Aziza Salman Jouri ⟦...⟧ the remainder / which the mentioned house 477 and the house of Salim Bih Rad Asir / ⟦...⟧ 974 West which was the endowment of the Musawiya quarter / East side is the public house
Boundaries:
Type: Preference sale
Category: Endowment (Waqf)
From which book transferred: Registration Number: 5 | Volume: 464 | Registration Date: ⟦...⟧
Descriptions: ⟦...⟧
Method of Disposal: Based on Statement No. 94 on 5/8/1941 and the legal confrontation issued by the Baghdad Court of First Instance dated 25/9/1941 and Article 126 of the decrees processed under register ⟦...⟧ leased from the Department of Property Paradise and Corridors in Iraqi
Value: Fils: | Dinar:
Fee: Fils: | Dinar:
Notes: Note: This house was registered under the number for the owner of the title deed 112 / 148 according to ⟦...⟧ as the mentioned property tax increased on 8/10/1940 as the mentioned property tax ⟦...⟧ requests the house for its portion from which a number appears from the house ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧
This copy is identical to its record and a sum of 200 fils has been collected for the examination and recording fee, and it was recorded as revenue under number ⟦...⟧ and date 20/10/1958 from the Tabu daily journal ⟦...⟧
Registrar of Records and Entries
⟦...⟧
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Number 44/126
The Judge - Mr. ⟦Muhammad⟧ Hamid Ahmad Al-Samar
The Petitioner - Meir Yaqub Rubin Al-Sayegh
On this day, the petitioner appeared at the court and confirmed the contents of his petition dated 2/20/945
And requested to amend the terms of the Waqf deed issued by this court on 8/24/44 under number 44/126
So that the terms of the amended Waqf shall be as follows, and he stated the following -
I have endowed the two houses which are my property and under my disposal until the issuance of this Waqf by the grantors
In the city of Baghdad in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood, one of them marked with West Number 113/148 and bounded on
the Southeast by the public road and ends at the house of Rahil bint Shamil Janayat 113/150 and sequence 138
In the Northeast by the house of Atiya Khanum bint Al-Hajj Salih and partners 113/146 sequence 136 and ends
at the house of Ezra Salman Juri 113/12 sequence 477, and from the Southwest the Waqf Khan of the Musawi sect
133/152 sequence 139 and the Northwest is the aforementioned house and ends at the house of Salim bin Murad Ashir
and partners 113/8 sequence 172, and the other marked with doors number 113/150 and bounded from the South
east by the public road and from the Northeast from the bottom by the house of the property owners 113/148 sequence
137 and ends from the top at the house of the heirs of Juri 113/146 sequence 136 and from the Southwest the Waqf of the Musawi
sect 113/152 sequence 139 and the Northeast the house of the property owners 113/148 sequence
137 and ends from the top at the house of the heirs of Juri 113/146 sequence 136 according to the terms mentioned below
Each of the two aforementioned houses shall be leased separately at its fair rent provided that the duration of its lease
does not exceed one year each time, and the expenditure of the rent substitute of each shall begin on what is required for restoration,
repair, and renovation, and whatever remains of it after that shall all return to me as long as I live, and after me,
half of it shall return to my wife Maryam bint Yuna bin Ibrahim Al-Sayegh and the other half shall return to the poor sick
Israelites in Baghdad, whether they are in the Meir Elias Israelite Hospital in Baghdad or in others
located in Iraq as well, and after my aforementioned wife Maryam, all that remains after the expenditure of the rent
substitute in the aforementioned manner shall return to the poor sick Israelites in the manner described above, and if the
aforementioned Meir Elias Hospital ceases to exist and there is no other hospital in Iraq, then the remainder after expenditure from
the rent substitute shall return to the poor sick Israelites in ⟦Baghdad⟧ absolutely, and I have stipulated the guardianship of the
aforementioned Waqf for myself as long as I live, and after me the guardian over it shall be the person who is the head of the management committee of
the aforementioned Meir Elias Hospital and its supervisor shall be the head of the Spiritual Council of the Israelite community in Baghdad, and if
the Meir Elias Hospital committee ceases to exist, then the guardianship over it shall return to the head of the Lay Council of the Israelite community
and this copy shall be kept in a special file in the administration of the aforementioned Council.
And I request the ruling to nullify the conditions I have retracted which were included in the Waqf deed issued on
8/24/44 and the bindingness of the aforementioned Waqf according to the explained conditions and to notify the Tabu Department to correct the Tabu
record with the endowment of the two aforementioned houses according to the aforementioned judicial conditions 4/25/45
The Endower The Judge
The Decision - Based on the foregoing, it has been ruled that the Waqf is valid according to the conditions listed above and the Waqf deed
issued by this court on 8/24/24 number 44/126 is nullified, and what is the reality was written upon request on
⟦4 / 25 / 945⟧