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FOREIGN FIRE.
No.: 91687
Agency.: Iraq
Guardian Assurance Company Limited.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND).
Head Office:—68, King William Street, London, E.C.4.
Received the: Seventeenth day of March 19 47.
of Messrs.: The Jewish Lay Council.
the sum of: ID. 18/750.
being for: Twelve Months' Premium on
Blg.khan No.: 158/158, Shorja,.
insured in this Company by Policy No.: 7676189.
which is hereby renewed from: 5th March 19 47 to 5th March 19 48.
Sum Insured:-: ID. 1500/-.
Iraq
40 Fils
Fils
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧ Agent.
—8/42.
The Iraq Insurance Office Company Limited
(Incorporated in Iraq)
The Iraq Insurance Office Ltd.
( INCORPORATED IN IRAQ )
Directors :-
EZRA E. ANI (Chairman)
E. D. H. HAIM
Y. Y. NOONOO
S. D. TAWFIK
N. I. AMBER
PHONE NO. 7807
HEAD OFFICE : 111-9 MUSTANSIR STREET
Baghdad 5th March 1947
(POST BOX NO. 129)
To: The Jewish Lay Council | To the Honorable Jewish Lay Council
Dear Sir(s),
We have to inform you that
your fire Policy No. 7676189
with the GUARDIAN ASSURANCE Co.
Ltd. for the sum of I. D. 1500/-
covering Old Khan No. 158/158,
24 shops, Shorja
expires on the 5th March 1947
The premium for renewal for 12
months will be I.D. 18/750 and we
shall be glad to receive your instructions.
Yours faithfully,
For THE IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.
We inform you that the insurance policy numbered
for the Guardian Assurance Company Limited
in the amount of 1500 Dinars for insurance on
the building of Khan No. 158/158 with four shops
is due in Shorja on 5/3/47
The insurance premium for its renewal for a period of twelve months
amounts to 18/750 Dinars, so please provide us with your instructions
regarding that.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
NOTE :- If the nature of the risk be in any respect changed,
it is necessary for your security that the circumstances
are made known to this office.
Please estimate the present value of the property to be
insured as the insurance Company takes no
responsibility in the matter.
1 - It is necessary that you inform us of all changes that
occur in the type of risk to your insured property.
2 - Please estimate the current value of your property because the insurance
company is not responsible in this regard.
Under this contract, Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Jewish Lay Council in
Baghdad, in addition to the Fund of the Jewish Community in Baghdad (hereinafter referred to as the Lessor),
has leased to Mousa Ahmed Al-Rawi (hereinafter referred to as the Lessee) the Khan numbered 158 - 158a located
in Souq al-Shorja, with the shops belonging to it, which are part of the properties of the aforementioned Jewish community,
for a period of two full years starting from the first of April of the year 943 (forty-three) until the end of March
of the year 1945 (forty-five) for a rental amount of five hundred and sixty dinars (two hundred and eighty
dinars for each year), of which the Lessee paid one hundred and sixty dinars in cash, and the Lessor took from him for the remainder five
promissory notes dated April 1, 943, signed by Mousa Ahmed Al-Rawi to the order of the Jewish Lay Council
in Baghdad as follows:-
Dinar |
80 | Promissory note due August 1, 1943
80 | Promissory note due December 1, 943
80 ⟦/⟧ | Promissory note due April 1, 1944
80 | Promissory note due August 1, 1944
80 | Promissory note due December 1, 1944
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
400 |
160 | Amount received in cash
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
560 | Total consideration
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
It has been stipulated that the Lessee shall not store hazardous materials such as explosives, inflammables, and the like,
and shall not store heavy materials on the upper floor, and shall use the Khan for commercial trade only.
As for the property tax, the Community Fund is responsible for paying it, and any other fees are the responsibility of the Lessee.
And I, Mousa Ahmed Al-Rawi, have leased the aforementioned Khan as described above and have received it
and I pledged to hand it back to the Lessor upon the due date.
This contract was drawn up in two copies and exchanged between the parties in due form.
Baghdad, April 9, 943
Lessee
Lessor
Iraq
Finance
Iraq
Dinar 1 Dinar
943/4/9
Iraq
Finance
Iraq
Fils 100 Fils
943/4/9
⟦illegible⟧
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
True Copy
IRAQ REVENUE 10 FILS
The Republic of Iraq 20 Fils
The Republic of Iraq 20 Fils
Sequence Number
Doors Number
The contract has been concluded between the President of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Mr. Eliyahu Hayim
Tawfiq, in addition to the treasury of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor,
and the Managing Director of the Euphrates Industry and Trade Company Ltd., Mr. Shukri al-Tawil, in addition to the
mentioned company, hereinafter referred to as the Lessee, on the following -
First - The Lessor has leased to the Lessee, and the latter has leased from the Lessor after viewing and inspection, the Khan
(The commercial premises) located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood No. ⟦...⟧ adjacent to Khan al-Shabandar with
the ground warehouse (the basement) belonging to the mentioned Khan, excluding the two shops overlooking the road, for a period of three
years starting from March 24, 1947, until the end of March 23, 1950,
for a rental fee of (2250/-) two thousand two hundred and fifty Dinars for the entire mentioned three years.
Second - The Lessor has received the rental fee as follows -
1250/- One thousand two hundred and fifty Dinars by a check on the Iranian Bank
No. 941346 dated 1/22/1947
1000/- One thousand Dinars by a check on the Iranian Bank
No. A000328 dated March 24, 1947
2250/- Dinars
Third - The Lessee has the right to occupy the leased premises for his commercial purposes and has the right to lease the entire mentioned
premises or a part of it to whomever he wishes without having to notify the Lessor or obtain his written consent,
provided that it is occupied by the new lessee as a commercial premises as well. At the end of the lease term, the Lessee must
vacate the leased premises and hand it over to the Lessor free of occupants and in full as he received it with all its contents of doors,
windows, window glass, electrical installations, etc. He must repair and restore all damages that occur
during the lease term in the leased premises. If he delays in handing over the premises free of occupants at the end of the term,
the Lessee must pay for the period of delay a daily rental fee of five Dinars without the need for a formal notice.
Fourth - The Lessee is not allowed to make any change or demolition in the leased premises, such as erecting a barrier or demolishing a barrier
or a wall, before obtaining written consent from the Lessor.
Fifth - Property tax on the leased premises shall be the responsibility of the Lessor, while the water, electricity, and security fees are
the responsibility of the Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly.
Written in two copies, with each party having one copy, in Baghdad.
Sixth - Furthermore, the Lessor is not allowed to construct an upper floor or an additional building in the leased premises without the
written consent of the Lessee.
The Lessee | The Lessor
Mr. Shukri al-Tawil, Managing Director | Mr. Eliyahu Hayim Tawfiq, President of the Lay Council
of the Euphrates Industry and Trade Company Ltd. | of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
List of Bidding Conditions for the Commitment of the Gabelle and Entrails
Statement of the bidding list for the gabelle and entrails for a full year from April 1, 1949, to the end of March
1950, concerning sheep and goats slaughtered in the Jewish slaughterhouse in Baghdad according to the following conditions:
First – The Lay Council in Baghdad may grant the commitment of the gabelle and entrails together, or the gabelle alone, or
the entrails alone, whether by count or in bulk.
Second – The gabelle is a fee of <del>fifteen fils</del> ⟦ten fils⟧ per kilogram of Kosher meat, eggs,
kidneys and their fat, and the fetus (Al-Qozi) found inside its mother and entrails according to current practice, provided that
the fetus is excluded from the gabelle fee if the slaughter of pregnant ewes is not permitted by any government authority.
This fee is collected from the slaughters of the slaughterhouse belonging to the Jewish community in Baghdad, Adhamiya, and Karrada that
are offered for sale to Jews.
Third – The entrails are taken in kind from the sheep, goats, and cattle, both Kosher and Treif, slaughtered in the community's slaughterhouse
mentioned in the center of the Baghdad Brigade, provided that the contractor receives them at the slaughterhouse where he is responsible for the cost of collecting
and transporting them without any prior objection from him if they appear cut, small, or black.
Fourth – Cash security must be paid at a rate of ten percent 10% to the Lay Council's fund toward the commitment
fee, provided it is calculated for the last two remaining months of the commitment period, and the remainder of the
fee shall be collected in twenty installments, each linked to a promissory note issued to the order of the Lay Council.
The note for the first installment is due on April 15, 1949, and so on the maturities of the notes linked to
successive installments follow every fifteen consecutive days, so that the last installment ends on January 30, 1950.
Fifth – A reputable guarantee shall be taken from the contractor ensuring the execution of the commitment contract and the payment of the notes when
they fall due in sequence. If this is not done, the cash security shall be increased to twenty percent 20% instead
of the aforementioned guarantee.
Sixth – The maturity of each of the aforementioned bills of exchange implies the obligation of immediate and instant payment.
In the event of refusal to pay as mentioned, the Council alone has the right to terminate the commitment without the need for prior
warning and to grant it to others at the fee it deems appropriate for the account of the original contractor, with the right to claim against the latter for the
shortfall in the fee and the legal interest starting from the date the right of termination arises.
Seventh - The strike of butchers and their refusal to slaughter sheep for any reason whatsoever, and their monopoly of sheep with the intent of reducing
what is offered for sale of meat and increasing its price, all of this leads the contractor alone to the obligation of bringing a sufficient number of sheep
for slaughter to meet what the Jewish community in Baghdad needs of Kosher meat at a rate of 4800 kilos every day and 5200
kilos for every Friday, excluding Saturdays, as long as the strike and monopoly persist. In the event that the contractor fails to do so,
the Council alone has the right to terminate the contract immediately and give it to others, and demand compensation from the contractor in accordance with what was stated in
the previous paragraph regarding taking the necessary measures to meet the community's needs for meat at the expense of the mentioned
contractor and demanding the difference resulting from the decrease in the consideration along with the legal surplus starting from the date of the occurrence of
the strike and monopoly.
Eighth - The Physical Council shall not be charged with any compensation whatsoever for an incident or incidents that may have arisen from
force majeure causes such as the occurrence of heavenly disasters or earthly accidents or the issuance of government orders or other cases related
to the shortage of Kosher meat or the interruption of slaughter within a legitimate excuse or facing difficulty in selling Taref meat or the strike
of butchers or their monopoly of sheep and other reasons that were not within the possibility of prevention.
Ninth - The exempted days excluded from the duration of the contract are the first nine days of the Hebrew month of Av,
Yom Kippur (Atonement), i.e., the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and one of the first and last two days
for each of the Sukkot festivals (Tabernacles), i.e., the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-third
of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and Passover (Pesach), i.e., the fifteenth, sixteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second
of the Hebrew month of Nisan, and Shavuot (Revelation of the Torah), i.e., the sixth and seventh of the Hebrew month of Sivan,
and all Saturdays.
Tenth - All expenses required for the slaughterhouse during the contract period, including lighting, cleaning, guarding,
water fees, and others, are the responsibility of the contractor, and the Council is not obliged to pay any of them.
Eleventh - The contracting process, organizing the bonds and delivering them to the person in whose name they are written, providing the aforementioned
guarantee, and ensuring the payment of the remaining deposit and brokerage fees mentioned in paragraph (b) of Article 14, all of this
should be completed within one week starting from the date of the Council's decision on the final award of this contract. If the
contractor fails to fulfill any of the mentioned conditions, the Council may terminate the contract and hold the contractor liable for all resulting
damage, loss, compensation, and surplus as stated in items six and seven of this contract.
Twelfth - The matter of Kosher and Taref discipline and the religious procedures branching from it belongs to
the specialized Rabbis only. The contractor has no right to raise any objection or opposition against any measure or procedures
carried out by the aforementioned Rabbis, as they alone have the right to decide what relates to discipline without the intervention of anyone else at all.
Thirteen - If the slaughterers of the slaughterhouse go on strike and refrain from slaughtering based on sectarian differences, and
the Council takes upon itself the slaughtering process in the slaughterhouse based on the strike arising from the aforementioned sectarian differences,
the contractor has the right to claim from the Council the daily commitment fee for the duration of the strike only (the daily commitment fee is
the quotient of the total commitment fee divided by the number of days on which slaughtering is carried out during the year).
Fourteen - The Lay Council reserves the following points:
(a) The Council may organize the contract on the bases mentioned above within the regulations in order to secure its rights on the bases of
the commitment.
(b) All necessary expenses such as the half percent brokerage fee, the authentication of the commitment contract by the notary public, the value of stamps,
and other fees shall be the responsibility of the contractor only, and the Council shall not participate in them.
(c) What is relied upon regarding this commitment is the written contract only.
(d) The Council has the option to extend the period of the final referral if it deems it necessary, and it alone has the right to confirm the final
referral, cancel it, or accept other additions within three full days starting from the day following the aforementioned
referral.
(e) Half of the brokerage fee mentioned in paragraph (b) of this article is due to the broker appointed by the Council, who is
⟦...⟧, and the other half to the broker who brings the final bidder and through whom the commitment contract is concluded
and referred to him in a final manner. The full brokerage amount shall be collected from the contractor and given to the two aforementioned brokers
by the Council.
Appendix: Slaughtering must be restricted to the city of Baghdad alone, and no slaughtering may take place in
Karrada or Adhamiya except after the approval of the Council.
⟦illegible⟧ If the contractor wants to open ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The emergency footnote containing the arts of the commitment year ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The salary of the employee appointed by the esteemed Council ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The emergency footnote in the slaughterhouse
(f) The contractor has no right to claim from the lessee of the coffee shop
located in the slaughterhouse building any rent for the premises
occupied by the coffee shop owner, nor does he have the right to claim water or electricity fees from him.
IRAQ POSTAGE 15 FILS
Iraq 5 Fils
President of the Lay Council
LAY COUNCIL
The auction opened at an amount of twenty-five thousand dinars (25,000/-)
And (warbat) insurance deposits were handed over in the amount of one thousand dinars (1,000/-)
According to a receipt from the Eastern Bank ⟦...⟧ dated 2/29/92
⟦line⟧
Ahmed Al-Barari
Lay Council
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
LAY COUNCIL, BAGHDAD
Fils Dinar
26000/- only twenty-six thousand dinars from Mr. Majeed Mulla Hassan and Partners
⟦signature⟧
28000/- only twenty-eight thousand dinars to be received from Mr. Salam ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
28500/- only twenty-eight thousand five hundred dinars from Mr. Abdullah Saleh Effendi
⟦signature⟧
29000/- only twenty-nine thousand dinars from Mr. Khalid and Al-Hajj Taha Al-Hajj ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
29100/- only twenty-nine thousand one hundred dinars from Al-Hajj Razzouqi Al-Mulla Khudad
⟦signature⟧
29200/- only twenty-nine thousand two hundred dinars from Ahmad Al-Wadi
⟦signature⟧
29300/- only twenty-nine thousand three hundred dinars from Salam ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
29400/- only twenty-nine thousand four hundred dinars from Mr. Ali Al-Baja
⟦signature⟧
29500/- only twenty-nine thousand five hundred dinars from Khalid Al-Hajj ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
29550/- only twenty-nine thousand five hundred fifty dinars from Mr. Salam ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
29600/- only twenty-nine thousand six hundred dinars from Mr. Abdullah Saleh Effendi
⟦signature⟧
29650/- only twenty-nine thousand six hundred fifty dinars from Al-Razzouq Al-Mulla ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
30000/- only thirty thousand from Mr. Ahmad Al-Wadi
⟦signature⟧
30050/- only thirty thousand fifty dinars from Mr. Abdullah Saleh Effendi
⟦illegible stamp top right⟧
Fils | Dinar
31000/- Only thirty-one thousand Dinars against Mr. Najib Mulla Khawi, the seller
Muhammad Jawad
31100/- Only thirty-one thousand one hundred Dinars against Mr. Ghalib
Ahmed and Al-Haj Taha Al-Haj Salim
⟦signature⟧
31500/- Only thirty-one thousand five hundred Dinars against Mr. Ali the seller
Ali Al-Bareh
32000/- Only thirty-two thousand Dinars against Mr. Ahmed Al-Wadi
Ahmed Al-Wadi
32100/- Only thirty-two thousand one hundred Dinars against Mr. Bin Khalid Muhammad
and Al-Haj Al-Haj Salim
Khalid Muhammad
32200/- Only thirty-two thousand two hundred Dinars against
Al-Mulla Razzuqi Al-Mulla Falati
⟦signature⟧
32500/- Only thirty-two thousand five hundred Dinars against Mr. Ghalib Ahmed
and Al-Haj Mahmoud Salman and Ali Al-Chalabi
⟦signature⟧
32600/- Only thirty-two thousand six hundred Dinars against Mr. Abd al-Salam Mahdi
Abd al-Salam Mahdi
32700/- Only thirty-two thousand seven hundred Dinars against Mr. Khalid Muhammad
and Al-Haj Al-Haj Salim
Khalid Muhammad
32900/- Only thirty-two thousand nine hundred Dinars against Muhammad Fallah
Hassan Al-Bareh
⟦signature⟧
33000/- Only thirty-three thousand Dinars against Mr. Ahmed Al-Wadi
Ahmed Al-Wadi
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Fils | Dinar
33200/- Only thirty-three thousand and one hundred dinars against Mulla Razzuqi Al-Mulla Qadu
33150/- Only thirty-three thousand one hundred and fifty dinars against Mr. Ahmed Al-Wadi
33250/- Only thirty-three thousand two hundred and fifty dinars against Mulla Razzuqi Al-Mulla Qadu
33300/- Only thirty-three thousand three hundred dinars against Mr. Ahmed Al-Wadi
33350/- Only thirty-three thousand three hundred and fifty dinars against Mr. Majeed Mulla Hani on behalf of Al-Bareh
⟦signature⟧
33400/- Only thirty-three thousand four hundred dinars against Mr. Mulla Ibrahim Shihab
To Mulla Ahmed and Mulla Taha Al-Mulla Qadu, we have ceased bidding
and we have recovered the cash security in the amount of two thousand dinars and for that reason
we signed below
⟦signature⟧
33450/- Only thirty-three thousand four hundred and fifty dinars against Al-Haj Abdul Razzaq Al-Mulla Qadu
To Mr. Majeed Mulla Hani ⟦pursuant to⟧ we have ceased bidding and we recovered
the cash security in the amount of three thousand dinars and for that reason
we signed below
⟦signature⟧
To Mr. Abd Rabbo Saleh Effendi, we have ceased bidding
and for that reason we signed below
To Ahmed Al-Wadi, we have ceased bidding and I recovered
the security in the amount of 1000/- one thousand dinars by a check on the Eastern
Bank and for that reason we signed below
1000 Dinars
⟦faded circular stamp⟧
I, ⟦Mohammed⟧ Hassan Al-Bareh, have guaranteed Al-Badri Al-Zaida and received
an amount of three thousand dinars for the cash security
and for that, I have signed
Makhzoumi
I, Ali Al-Bareh, have guaranteed Al-Badri Al-Zaida and was entitled to
the cash security of two thousand dinars, and for that, I have signed
Ali Saleh
⟦faded circular stamp⟧
I, Mahmoud Salman and Ghalib Ahmed, have guaranteed Al-Badri Al-Zaida
and we were entitled to the security by a check on the bank
in the amount of two thousand dinars, and for that, we have signed .
Mahmoud Salman
Ghalib Ahmed
/- 33460 Only thirty-three thousand four hundred and sixty dinars
Abdul Salam Mahdi
Abdul Salam Mahdi
/- 33500 Only thirty-three thousand five hundred dinars to
Mr. Salam Mahdi
Abdul Salam Mahdi
/- 33560 Only thirty-three thousand five hundred and sixty dinars
Haji Abdul Razzaq Al-Mulla Qader
Abdullah ⟦...⟧
Abdullah ⟦...⟧
/- 33600 Only thirty-three thousand six hundred dinars to
Haji Abdul Razzaq Al-Mulla Qader, I have guaranteed Al-Badri
on behalf of Al-Zaida and I was entitled to the security by a check
on the Arab Bank, and for that, I have signed
Abdullah ⟦...⟧
Ten thousand dinars
Received in cash
Based on the awarding of this public auction to the final bidder Mr. Salam Mahdi and the
absence of another interested party, the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad has decided to award the contract for the weighbridge and grain-handling services
finally to the aforementioned person for the year beginning February 1st, 1949, until the end of March 1950
(twelve months and fifty days) for a sum of thirty-three thousand six hundred and ten Dinars
only (33610) Dinars according to the conditions listed in this list. I, Mr.
Salam Mahdi, have handed over for security deposits a check drawn on the Edward Aboudi Bank in Baghdad numbered
20881 dated 12/2/1949 ⟦...⟧ signed by the authorization of the Director of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad.
I have accepted the contract for the weighbridge and grain-handling services for the aforementioned sum and duration according to the listed conditions
and accordingly I have signed.
Baghdad on 12/2/1949
Jewish Lay Council
Lay Council
of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
1930
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
Member Member Vice President
Mr. Salam Mahdi
This auction was conducted under my supervision
Head of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Deposit Account
Statement | Fils Dinar
From Ahmed Al-Wadi, check on the Eastern Bank No. D526048 dated 12/2/49 | <del>1000/--</del>
In cash from ⟦Al-Hajj⟧ Majeed Mulla Hammoudi and on behalf of Al-Bareh | <del>2000/--</del>
" " Khalid Yuka Taha ⟦Al-Hajj⟧ Mehdi | <del>200/--</del>
From Salam Mehdi, check on ⟦Edu Gyordi⟧ bank No. 20881 dated 12/2/49 | 2000/--
From Al-Hajj Abdul Razzaq Mulla Qaddo " the Imperial No. A175653 " 13/2/49 | 1000/--
In cash from Ali Al-Bareh | 2000/--
From Al-Hajj Muhammad Salman, Ali Al-Bareh and Ghalib Al-Hamad, check on the Arab Bank No. 762874 12/2/49 | 2000/--
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Nose Department
⟦line⟧
Is the original of this
contract kept with you?
A ⟦illegible⟧
20 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧
19
Entrusted to God
To be kept by you as a trust
Comparison of a thousand bundles
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50
⟦signature⟧
Written in the name of ⟦illegible⟧
Contracting by handing over a file
General Manager
2/15
2/15
This agreement was concluded on the twenty-first day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine (1949)
between the first party, Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad, on behalf of the mentioned
Lay Council (referred to in this agreement as the mentioned Lay Council), and the second party, Mr. Salim Mahdi, who accepted
to be responsible for the implementation of this agreement (referred to as the Contractor). In view of what the Lay Council decided on
October 13, 1949, to assign the collection of fees belonging to the mentioned Council to the Contractor based on his acceptance of that as stated in his request
dated October 13, 1949, an agreement has been reached between the two parties mentioned above pursuant to this agreement according to the following articles:-
First - The Council has granted the collection of fees belonging to it by contract to the Contractor for the amount of thirty-three thousand seven hundred and ten Dinars
(-/33710 Dinars) for a full year starting from April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine (1949) until
the end of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1950), and accordingly, the Contractor is authorized to receive this specific contract
for the Council by the mentioned hand and the mentioned fees.
Second - The right of collection consists of collecting ten fils for every one kilogram of meat slaughtered in the slaughterhouse of Baghdad,
Kadhimiya, and Karrada for the purpose of consumption (Kosher), which is stamped with a special stamp prepared for this purpose, and the mentioned fees and the work in progress
from God ⟦line⟧
Third - The right of collection pertains only to meat slaughtered in the (Khanka) slaughterhouse, the slaughterhouse belonging to the Israeli community in Baghdad,
Adhamiya, and Karrada for the purpose of consumption by Jews who are permitted to consume it according to the provisions of religious law and due to allocation
in the Israeli slaughterhouse in the city of Baghdad if the two parties agree otherwise.
Fourth - The price (weight) is considered outside the scope of the fee mentioned above if the Contractor does not allow payment to the slaughterhouse at
any government authority, and the Contractor shall be responsible for paying any fees or taxes imposed by the government and the municipality in the mentioned community slaughterhouse
or any other municipal or government fees that the Contractor is obligated to pay according to the laws, regulations, and instructions in force without any
objection from him. If any tax, fees, blackness, or performance appears that the Contractor wants to be supplied with, the number of tons slaughtered
for the mentioned Council and recorded in the registers during the year of the contract shall be taken, and he shall pay alone or be paid the suspended salary spent by the Council to supervise
the process of collecting the mentioned fees in the slaughterhouse at the butchery.
Fifth - The Contractor has no right to claim any reductions or compensations for an accident, calamity, or incident that prevents the consumption of meat,
such as the occurrence of infectious or epidemic diseases, the issuance of government orders, or other cases that prevent the slaughter of meat or its consumption, or a shortage of meat
yields, or for any other reason, or the interruption of slaughter continuously or partially in any form whatsoever in the mentioned slaughterhouse.
The Contractor is considered responsible for paying the installments at their specified times for any reason whatsoever; it was not possible to not pay them, rather the Contractor must
pay what is due from the installments throughout the duration of the contract even upon the occurrence of such accidents and conditions.
Sixth - The Contractor is obligated to perform all the conditions and obligations incumbent upon him under this transaction without any objection
thereto, as his right to object for any reason whatsoever or to claim any compensation, reduction, or to conduct any settlement or reconciliation with the competent Council,
the Hakham Bashi, or the Lay Council, or whoever represents them in implementing these conditions and deciding them regarding persons who fail
to pay the mentioned fees, has been forfeited. The Council has the right to take all measures it deems appropriate against the Contractor who does not adhere to the conditions
mentioned above. The Council also has the right to decide what it deems appropriate against the Contractor who does not adhere to paying the installments on their scheduled dates,
and the Council has the right to decide to cancel the contract if the Contractor fails to pay one of the installments on its scheduled dates without the need for a formal
notice or recourse to the courts, and the Contractor in this case shall be obligated to pay the remaining installments until the re-assignment of the
contract or the payment of compensations to the Council for that according to the review carried out by the mentioned Council.
In the name of God
In your handwriting, O dearest
aunt, a thousand thanks
⟦illegible⟧
Leila
A souvenir on the occasion of Christmas
and a Happy New Year
12/25/1945
O dearest
aunt
Seventh - The Council may issue the necessary instructions to the clergy entrusted with the matter of slaughter in the slaughterhouse regarding
their regular attendance at work and the manner in which they carry out the slaughter order in the slaughterhouse as customary, and the form of managing that according to the interest
provided that the Council is not held responsible for anything related to that, but it alone has the right to assess that attendance at work and the manner of conduct
successively for the employees when it is convinced that they do not have a legitimate legal excuse.
Eighth - The contractor undertakes to provide every day a sufficient number of sheep for slaughter and to satisfy the needs of the Israelite community in
Baghdad for Kosher meat at a rate of five thousand two hundred kilos on each day of the week and five thousand five hundred kilos every
Friday, excluding Saturdays, and that is in the event of a butchers' strike and their refusal to slaughter sheep for any reason whatsoever or their hoarding of sheep with the intent
of reducing the amount of meat offered for sale to increase its price, throughout the duration of the strike and hoarding. In the event the contractor fails to do so, the Council
alone may terminate the contract immediately without prior notice and award it to others, and shall demand compensation from the contractor in accordance with what was stated in the previous paragraph
regarding taking the necessary measures to fulfill the needs of the Israelite community for meat at the expense of the aforementioned contractor and demanding from him
the difference resulting from the decrease in the contract value along with the legal surplus starting from the occurrence of the strike and hoarding. It may also choose
another method, which is to terminate the contract immediately and take necessary measures directly by providing sufficient sheep for slaughter in an amount enough
to satisfy the community's need for Kosher meat, without the need to grant the contract to others, while its right of recourse
against the contractor remains reserved regarding the settlement, price difference, profit, and employee wages to carry out this purpose without the need for any
prior notice.
Ninth - If the slaughterers of the slaughterhouse go on strike and refrain from slaughtering based on sectarian differences and the Council prepares on
its own responsibility the slaughter process in the slaughterhouse based on the slaughterers' strike resulting from the aforementioned differences, the contractor has the right to demand from the Council
the value of the daily contract installment, which is the quotient of dividing the total contract value by the number of days on which slaughter takes place during
the year, for the duration of the strike only.
Tenth - The days excluded and exempted from inclusion in the contract period are the first nine days of the Hebrew month of Ab,
one of the two days of the New Year (Rosh Hashanah), i.e., the first and second days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur),
i.e., the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and one of the first and last two days of each of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), i.e., the fifteenth,
sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-third of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and Passover (Unleavened Bread), i.e., the fifteenth,
sixteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second of the Hebrew month of Nisan, and the Revelation of the Torah (Shavuot), i.e., the sixth
and seventh day of the Hebrew month of Sivan, and all Saturdays.
Eleventh - All necessary slaughterhouse expenses for guarding, cleaning, and water fees are paid according to the existing meter
in the slaughterhouse, and the expenses for lighting the slaughterhouse with electricity are paid by the contractor alone, who must act according to the Council's instructions in
matters related to organizing that as required by interest. The contractor must pay to the Council's fund sixty Dinars on account of water and electricity fees
in the slaughterhouse, and the Council is the one that handles the payment of these expenses in a timely manner, provided that the account is settled between the Council
and the contractor at the end of the contract period.
Twelve - The Council acknowledges that it has received from the contractor in cash the amount of three thousand three hundred and sixty Dinars (3360/- Dinars)
as cash security on account of the contract value, which is the total of payments of approximately ten percent (10%), provided that this is calculated from
the last remaining two months of the contract period. The second party acknowledges that the mentioned amount is from the private funds of Mr. Salam
Mehdi, and the contractor undertakes to pay the remainder of the contract value, which is thirty thousand two hundred and fifty Dinars (30250/- Dinars),
in twenty installments, each of which is linked to a promissory note for the amount of one thousand five hundred and twelve and a half Dinars (1512.500/- Dinars) to be drafted
The Council [decided] that the first promissory note <del>shall be</del> due on April 15, 1949, and thus the remaining notes shall fall due consecutively
every fifteen consecutive days, with the last installment due on January 30, 1950.
Thirteen - The commencement of the legal interest for each promissory note shall be considered from its due date without the need for prior notice, and the non-payment
of any of the other promissory notes mentioned in the previous clause shall give the Council the choice between collecting the fees for the midwife for the account of the contractor
from his current expenses at the time of collection, provided that this is calculated from the value of the promissory notes without prejudice to the right to claim compensation,
interest, and expenses related to the deficiency in the contract value, without the need for prior notice thereof, or the termination of the contract and granting it to
others while reserving the claim for compensation, interest, and the deficiency in value from the contractor without the need for prior notice.
Fourteen - The contractor must consult the Council regarding any potential dispute occurring under the provisions of this agreement in writing,
and the Council must resolve the dispute within one month from the date of receiving the contractor's letter containing his viewpoint on the
nature of the dispute. He has no right to resort to any official or judicial method without first consulting the Council; otherwise, he alone shall be responsible
for all legal costs and any other expenses incurred.
Fifteen - The contractor undertakes to accept the account provided to him by the Council regarding compensation, interest, and expenses
incurred to secure the payment of the contract value plus interest and expenses, without prior objection when the Council exercises
its powers set forth in this agreement during the contract period.
Sixteen - Any right or liability arising from any contract or undertaking between the contractor and a third party is not accepted, being a matter between him and
that third party in which the Council has no involvement, provided that the contractor must maintain the duties incumbent upon him under this agreement
towards the Council.
Seventeen - The provisions of this contract shall take effect as of April 1, 1949, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, which is the start of the contract
in which the contractor commenced collecting the midwife's fees.
This agreement was concluded and signed by both parties in Baghdad and exchanged between them duly certified.
The Second Party ⟦line⟧ The First Party
Seventh - The Council may issue the necessary instructions to the clergy entrusted with the matter of slaughtering in the slaughterhouse regarding
their attendance at work and the manner in which they carry out the slaughter order in the slaughterhouse as per custom and the form of managing that according to the interest,
provided that the Council is not questioned about anything related to that, except that it alone has the right to assess that attendance at work and the manner of attendance
consecutively for the employees when it is convinced of the absence of a legitimate excuse for them.
Eighth - The contractor undertakes to provide every day a sufficient number of sheep for slaughter and to meet the needs of the Israeli community in
Baghdad for kosher meat at a rate of five thousand two hundred kilograms every day of the week and five thousand five hundred kilograms every
Friday, except for Saturdays, in the event of a strike by the butchers and their refusal to slaughter sheep for any reason whatsoever, or their monopolization of sheep with the intention of
reducing the meat offered for sale to increase its price, throughout the duration of the strike and monopoly. If the contractor fails to do so, the Council
alone may terminate the contract immediately without prior notice, give it to others, and demand compensation from the contractor in accordance with what was stated in the previous paragraph
regarding taking the necessary measures to meet the needs of the Israeli community for meat at the expense of the aforementioned contractor and demanding from him
the difference resulting from the decrease in the consideration along with the statutory surplus starting from the occurrence of the strike and monopoly. It may also choose
another method, which is to terminate the contract immediately and take the necessary measures directly by providing sufficient sheep for slaughter in an amount sufficient
to meet the community's need for kosher meat, without the need to give the contract to others, provided that its right of recourse
against the contractor is reserved in terms of compensation, price difference, surplus, and employee wages to implement this purpose without the need for any
prior notice.
Ninth - If the slaughterers of the slaughterhouse go on strike and refuse to slaughter based on sectarian differences, and the Council takes upon
itself the slaughtering process in the slaughterhouse based on the strike resulting from the aforementioned differences, the contractor has the right to demand from the Council
the daily contract installment amount, which is the quotient of the total contract amount divided by the number of days on which slaughtering takes place during
the year, for the duration of the strike only.
Tenth - The days exempted and excluded from inclusion in the contract period are the first nine days of the Hebrew month of Av,
one of the two days of the New Year holiday (Rosh Hashanah), i.e., the first and second days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur),
i.e., the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and the first and last two days of each of the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot), i.e., the fifteenth,
sixteenth, twenty-second, and twenty-third of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and Passover (Unleavened Bread), i.e., the fifteenth,
sixteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second of the Hebrew month of Nisan, and the Revelation of the Torah (Shavuot), i.e., the
sixth and seventh days of the Hebrew month of Sivan, and all Sabbath days.
Eleventh - All necessary slaughterhouse expenses for guarding, cleaning, and water fees shall be paid according to the existing meter
in the slaughterhouse, and the expenses for lighting the slaughterhouse with electricity shall be paid by the contractor alone, who must follow the Council's instructions regarding
organizing that as required by the interest. The contractor must pay sixty dinars to the Council's fund for the account of water and electricity fees
in the slaughterhouse, and the Council is the one that handles the payment of these expenses in a timely manner, provided that the account is settled between the Council
and the contractor at the end of the contract period.
Twelfth - The Council acknowledges that it has received from the contractor in cash the sum of three thousand three hundred and sixty dinars (- / 3360 dinars)
as cash security for the contract consideration account, which is a total of approximately ten percent (10%), provided that this is calculated from
the last two remaining months of the contract period. The second party acknowledges that the aforementioned amount is from the private funds of Mr. Salam
Mahdi, and the contractor undertakes to pay the remainder of the contract consideration, which is thirty thousand two hundred and fifty dinars (- / 30250 dinars),
in twenty installments, each installment of which is linked to a promissory note in the amount of one thousand five hundred and twelve and a half dinars (1512.500 dinars) written to the order of
The Council provided that the first promissory note shall be due on April 15, 1949, and the subsequent due dates of the successive bonds shall follow
every fifteen consecutive days, and the last installment thereof shall be due on January 30, 1950.
Thirteen - The commencement of the legal interest for each promissory note is considered from its due date without the need for a prior notice, and non-payment
of any of the other promissory notes mentioned in the previous clause, the Council shall have the choice between collecting the gabella fee for the account of the contractor
at its current market price at the time of collection, provided that this is calculated from the value of the promissory notes without prejudice to the right to claim compensation,
delay, and expenses related to the decrease in the value of the obligation and without the need for a prior notice thereof, and between terminating the obligation and giving it to
others while reserving the claim for compensation, delay, and the decrease in the value from the contractor without the need for a prior notice.
Fourteen - The contractor must refer to the Council for any potential dispute occurring under the provisions of this agreement in writing,
and the Council must resolve the dispute within one month from the date of receiving the contractor's letter containing his viewpoint on
the nature of the dispute, and he has no right to resort to any official or judicial method without first referring to the Council, and otherwise, he alone shall be responsible
for all legal expenses and any other expenses incurred.
Fifteen - The contractor undertakes to accept the account given to him by the Council regarding compensation, delay, and expenses
incurred as security for the payment of the obligation value plus interest and expenses without prior objection to it when the Council uses
its powers set forth in this agreement during the obligation.
Sixteen - No right or liability from any contract or undertaking between the contractor and a third party shall be accepted, which is between him and
that third party in which the Council has no involvement, however, the contractor must maintain the duties incumbent upon him under these regulations
towards the Council.
Seventeen - The provision of this contract shall be effective as of April 1, 1949, nineteen hundred and forty-nine, which is the start of the obligation
in which the contractor began collecting the gabella fee.
This agreement was concluded and signed by both parties in Baghdad and exchanged between them duly certified.
The Second Party | The First Party
⟦Multiple revenue stamps with portraits of King Faisal II, denominations in Dinars and Fils⟧
⟦Handwritten signatures/scribbles over the stamps⟧
This agreement was concluded on the twenty-first day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
(1949) between the first party, Mr. Eliahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Lay Council in Baghdad, on behalf of the said
Lay Council (referred to in this agreement as the Council), and the second party, Mr. Salam Mahdi, who accepted
to be responsible for the outcomes of this agreement (referred to as the Contractor). In view of what the Lay Council decided on
March 13, 1949, by granting the right of Ghabila by contract to the Contractor, and based on the latter's acceptance of that as stated at the bottom of the
auction list dated March 13, 1949, both parties have therefore decided to conclude an agreement in this regard according to the following articles: -
First - The Council has granted the right of Ghabila by contract to the Contractor for an amount of thirty-three thousand six hundred and ten Dinars
(33,610 Dinars) for a full year starting from the first of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine (1949)
to the end of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1950), and the Contractor acknowledges the acceptance of this commitment related to the right
of Ghabila for the mentioned consideration and for the mentioned period.
Second - The right of Ghabila consists of collecting ten fils per kilogram of Kosher meat and taking in kind the eggs,
kidneys and their fat, and the fetus (unborn lamb) that appears inside its mother, and the intestines of Kosher and Taref according to the current practice
from of old.
Third - The right of Ghabila pertains to sheep, goats, and cows slaughtered in the slaughterhouse (abattoir) of the Israeli community in Baghdad,
Adhamiya, and Karrada, for the purpose of securing the needs of Israelis from the meat offered for sale. The slaughter must be confined
to the Israeli slaughterhouse in the city of Baghdad unless the two parties agree otherwise.
Fourth - The fetus (unborn lamb) is considered outside the scope of the Ghabila fee if the slaughter of pregnant ewes is not permitted by
any government authority, and the Contractor takes the intestines in kind from the Kosher and Taref sheep and goats slaughtered in the community slaughterhouse in the center of
the Baghdad Province, provided that the Contractor delivers them laid out in the slaughterhouse where he shall be responsible for the costs of collecting and transporting them without prior any
objection from him if they appear cut, small, or black. However, if the Contractor wishes to be provided with a certificate confirming the number of intestines,
Kosher and Taref, obtained during the year of the contract, he alone must pay the salary of the official appointed by the Council to supervise the
process of separating Kosher intestines from Taref in the slaughterhouse.
Fifth - The Contractor has no right to claim any reduction or compensation whatsoever for an incident or incidents resulting from force majeure
such as the occurrence of celestial pests or terrestrial accidents or the issuance of government orders or other cases related to the shortage of Kosher meat or the shortage of intestine yields
or any part of the Ghabila components, or the interruption of slaughter within a legal excuse, or facing difficulty in selling Taref meat,
or the strike of butchers and their monopoly on sheep or other reasons that were not possible to prevent; rather, the Contractor must
pay what is due from him of payments throughout the duration of the contract even when facing those circumstances and incidents.
Sixth - The matter of Kosher and Taref discipline and the resulting slaughter transactions belongs to the Rabbis specialized
in that only. The Contractor has no right to raise any objection, opposition, or violation against any measure, procedure, or reservations taken by
the aforementioned Rabbis, who alone have the right to assess and implement them and decide on what relates to discipline without the interference
of anyone else whatsoever. The Head of the Community, based on a request from the Council, may stop the slaughtering hand of butchers who are found to have bad
dealings or behaviors in the slaughterhouse without the interference of the Contractor, who has no right to claim that such prevention caused a shortage
in slaughtering or a shortage in intestine yields. However, if a butcher in the slaughterhouse misappropriates an amount of Kosher or Taref intestines
or other parts of the Ghabila and neglects to deliver them to the Contractor, the Head of the Community may prevent the misappropriator from slaughtering until the return of
the misappropriated items or the payment of their price to him, based on the referral of the Contractor, who has no right to claim any compensation or reduction as a result of that incident.
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Sixteenth - No right or responsibility is accepted from any contract or pledge made between the contractor and a third party
which is between him and that third party and in which the Council has no involvement, except that the contractor must maintain
the duties incumbent upon him under this agreement toward the Council.
Seventeenth - The provisions of this contract shall be implemented starting from April 1, 1948, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight,
which is the start of the commitment in which the contractor began collecting the Ghabila right.
This agreement was concluded and signed by both parties in Baghdad and exchanged between them, duly certified.
The Second Party | The First Party
IRAQ REVENUE 5 DINARS | 5 Dinars
IRAQ REVENUE 1 DINAR | 1 Dinar
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I, the undersigned, Mr. Hussein Abdul Qadir al-Ani, guarantee to the Israeli Lay Council
in Baghdad the liability of Mr. Abdullah Saleh Effendi and I undertake to be responsible for
the implementation of the contract concluded with the aforementioned regarding the commitment of the gabelle and intestines for the fiscal year 1948/1949
starting on April 1, 1948, and ending on March 31, 1949 (nineteen hundred
and forty-nine) literally, and I undertake to pay from my own money everything that is owed by the aforementioned
of money, indemnities, etc., according to the provisions of that contract, and accordingly I have signed below.
Baghdad on 14 / 3 / 1948
On the guarantor's acknowledgement
Mr. Hussein Abdul Qadir al-Ani
75 fils
75 fils
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And reservations made by the aforementioned Rabbis who alone have the right to assess, implement, and decide
matters related to discipline without the intervention of anyone else. The head of the community, upon request from the Council,
may suspend from slaughtering those butchers whose misconduct and behavior in the slaughterhouse are proven, without
the intervention of the contractor, who has no right to claim that such a prohibition has caused a decrease in slaughtering or a decrease in the yield of
intestines. However, if one of the butchers in the slaughterhouse seizes a quantity of Kosher or Taref intestines or
other parts of the carcass and neglects to deliver them to the contractor, the head of the community may prevent the usurper from
slaughtering until the stolen items are returned or their price is paid to him, based on a request from the contractor who has no
right to claim any compensation or reduction as a result of those incidents.
Seventh — The Council may issue the necessary instructions to the religious men entrusted with the matter of
slaughtering in the slaughterhouse regarding their regular attendance at work and how they perform the slaughtering order in the slaughterhouse
as is customary, and the form of managing that according to the public interest, provided that the Council is not questioned for anything related
to that, but it alone has the right to assess that attendance at work and the manner of shifts for the
employees when it is convinced that they have no legitimate excuse.
Eighth — The contractor undertakes to provide every day a sufficient number of sheep for slaughter and to cover the needs of
the Israelite community in Baghdad for Kosher meat at a rate of four thousand eight hundred kilograms on every day of
the days of the week and five thousand two hundred kilograms on every Friday, except for Saturdays, in the event of a strike by butchers
and their refusal to slaughter sheep for any reason whatsoever, or their monopoly on sheep with the aim of reducing what is offered for sale of meat
to increase its price, throughout the duration of the strike and monopoly. If the contractor fails to do so, the Council alone may
terminate the contract immediately without prior notice and give it to others and demand compensation from the contractor in accordance with what was stated in
the previous paragraph regarding taking the necessary measures to meet the needs of the Israelite community for
meat for the account of the aforementioned contractor and demanding the difference resulting from the decrease in the fee along with the statutory surplus
starting from the occurrence of the strike and monopoly. It also has the option to choose another method, which is to terminate the contract immediately
and take the necessary measures directly by providing sufficient sheep for slaughter in an amount sufficient to cover the community's needs
for Kosher meat without the need to give the contract to others, while reserving its right to claim against
the contractor for compensation, price difference, surplus, and wages of employees to carry out this purpose
without the need for prior notice.
Ninth — If the slaughterers of the slaughterhouse go on strike and refuse to slaughter due to sectarian disputes,
and the Council takes upon itself the slaughtering process in the slaughterhouse based on the strike arising from the aforementioned
disputes, the contractor has the right to demand from the Council the equivalent of the daily contract installment, which is the quotient of dividing the
total contract fee by the number of days on which slaughtering takes place during the year, for the duration of the strike only.
Tenth — The days exempted and excluded from entering the contract period are the first nine days of
the Hebrew month of Ab, one day for the New Year's Day (Rosh Hashanah), i.e., the first and second days of the Hebrew month of Tishrei,
and the Day of Atonement (Kippur), i.e., the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and one of the first two days
(To be continued)