AI English Translation, Pages 351-375
Lease Agreement
Serial Number ⟦line⟧
Door Number ⟦line⟧
The contract has been concluded between ⟦...⟧ hereafter referred to as the Lessor
And ⟦...⟧ hereafter referred to as the Lessee
As follows:—
First — The Lessor has leased to the Lessee, and the latter has leased from the Lessor after viewing and inspection ⟦...⟧ located
in ⟦...⟧ in the district of ⟦...⟧ numbered ⟦...⟧ for a period of ⟦...⟧
from the beginning of ⟦...⟧
to the end of ⟦...⟧
for a rent amount of only ⟦...⟧
Second — The Lessor has received ⟦...⟧
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Third — The Lessee has the right of residence ⟦...⟧ in the leased premises during the lease period ⟦...⟧ and at the end of the
lease period, the Lessee is obliged to vacate the leased premises and deliver it to the Lessor free of occupants. If he delays in doing so, he shall be
obliged to pay for the period of delay a daily rent amount of ⟦...⟧ fils without the need for a formal notice.
Fourth — Property tax is on the Lessor (the house owner), while water, electricity, and guard fees are on the Lessee
and he is obliged to pay them regularly. Two copies were written, with each
of the parties holding one copy on ⟦...⟧
Witness | Witness | Lessee | Lessor
⟦illegible signature⟧ | ⟦illegible signature⟧ | ⟦illegible signature⟧ | ⟦illegible signature⟧
President of
the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
Salman Lahaf Hamara
Iraq
Finance
10 Fils
100 Fils
This contract has been concluded between the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor, and
Mr. Salman Ishaq Khamara, hereinafter referred to as the Lessee, as follows: -
First - The Lessor has leased to the Lessee, and the latter has leased from the Lessor after inspection and review,
the house located in Baghdad in the Shorja neighborhood, numbered ⟦392/4⟧, from the beginning of 1 May in the year
five thousand seven hundred and four (5704) until the end of 30 April in the year five thousand seven hundred
and five (5705) for a rental fee of ninety Dinars only.
Second - The Lessor has received the rental fee from the Lessee in its entirety, amounting to ninety Dinars ⟦in cash⟧.
Third - The Lessee has the right to reside in the leased premises for the duration of the lease and may not sublet it to others without written consent
from the Lessor. Upon the expiration of the lease term, the Lessee is obligated to vacate the leased premises and deliver it to the Lessor free
of any occupants.
Fourth - Property taxes on the leased premises shall be the responsibility of the Lessor, while water, electricity, and security fees
shall be the responsibility of the Lessee, who is obligated to pay them regularly.
Written in two copies, with one copy held by each party, in Baghdad, 22 May 944.
The Lessee | The Lessor
| ⟦Heskel Shemtob⟧
| President of the Jewish Lay Council
| in Baghdad
IRAQ
100 FILS
POSTAGE & REVENUE
100 Fils
The Kingdom of Iraq
Salman Ishaq Khamara
Through the Honorable Notary Public of Baghdad
To "
The Honorable Presidency of the Israeli Physical Council in Baghdad
Greetings -
I have rented from you the house located in Baghdad in the Taura neighborhood numbered 393/94
Starting from the date of 1 Hebrew Iyar in the year 5704 until the end of the Hebrew month of Nisan in the year 5705 for a rent
of ninety dinars and no other, for residential ⟦and residential⟧ purposes. Since the period has ended and in view of my numerous reviews
with you regarding the renewal of the mentioned contract for another year under the same conditions and the agreed-upon amount, you still refrain from
renewing the mentioned contract. Therefore, according to the Rent and Lease Control Law No. 22 / 43, I have today deposited
for you as a trust with the mentioned Notary Public an amount of ninety dinars in cash, and I consider this payment for the coming
year starting from the date of 1 Hebrew Iyar in the year 5705 until the end of the Hebrew month of Nisan in the year 5706. I invite you
to appear before the referred department to receive the amount whenever you wish, and I consider the lease effective for the renewed
year starting from the date of 1 Hebrew Iyar in the year 5705 until the end of the Hebrew month of Nisan in the year 5706. Thus
he who warns is excused. Peace be upon you. - Baghdad on April 27, 1945
The Warner
The Tenant
Salman Ishaq Khamara, Taura neighborhood 393/94
On the first day of May 945, Salman Ishaq presented
this notice and requested its notification to the Presidency of the Israeli Council.
He has deposited with us an amount of ninety dinars
for the rent of the house mentioned above, and we have received
the fee, so it was reached for the original, and the second copies of the amount were calculated
and access was completed
Iraq
40 fils
Salman Ishaq Khamara
3260.
EXPIRY NOTICE.
TELEPHONE Nos.
Office 3910.
Residence 4557.
THE
SOUTH BRITISH
INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND
Messrs. H. D. SHOHET & E. AKEREB, LTD.—Chief Agents.
Samawaal (Banks') Street,
BAGHDAD, ⟦line⟧ 194 .
M/s. The Jewish Lay Council,
Sir,
For your security I beg to remind you of the expiry of your policy as
described below.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
⟦signature⟧
Agents.
Policy No. 42/: 13495
Expiry Date at 4 p.m. (S.T.): 1 - 1 - 1949.
Insured I. D.: 1,100/-
Premium I. D.:
on building of dwellings only, bearing Mpl.
No. 393/94, at Towrat (Abdul Saad) Quarter, Baghdad.
From the Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
N. B. 1. If any alteration has been made by which the risk has been increased or otherwise
changed the circumstances should be made known to the Company's Agent.
N. B. 2. The rates in respect of this policy are subject to alteration in the event of the
Tariff ratings being revised at the time of the renewal.
Form No. 62. B.L.P.—2039—12-47.
Baghdad Agency.
Renewal No. 3565
The South British Insurance Company, Limited.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL £ 2,000,000
SUBSCRIBED & PAID-UP CAPITAL £ 1,031,640.
THE LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY IS LIMITED
THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND
BOMBAY BRANCH : CANADA BUILDING, HORNBY ROAD, FORT,
IRAQ POSTAGE
25 FILS
25 Fils
Iraq
⟦THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO. LTD.⟧
⟦JAN 1949⟧
⟦BAGHDAD⟧
Baghdad, 6th January 1949.
Sum Insured ID .1100/- Premium ID .2/063
Certified to
M/s. The Jewish Lay Council, Baghdad.
that the Renewal of Policy No. 42/ 13495 has been effected from the First
day of January 19 49 to the First day of January
19 50 at 4 p.m. (Standard Time.)
This Renewal is subject to such Tariff Rates and Regulations as may be in force at the date from which the policy is renewed.
⟦signature⟧
Agent.
* * If any Stove, Steam-Engine, Furnace or other Implement for producing heat has been erected on the premises, if they are unoccupied or if the nature of the risk be in any other respect changed, it is necessary (for your security) that the circumstance should at the time be made known, in writing to the Company's Manager or Agent.
Form No. 340.
Baghdad Agency.
Renewal No. 3260
The South British Insurance Company, Limited.
THE LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY IS LIMITED
INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND
AUTHORISED CAPITAL £ 2,000,000.
SUBSCRIBED & PAID UP CAPITAL £ 1,031,640.
BOMBAY BRANCH: CANADA BUILDING, HORNBY ROAD, FORT,
Baghdad, 3rd January 194 8.
Sum Insured: ID . 1100/-
Premium: ID . 2/063
Certified to
Messrs. The Jewish Lay Council, Baghdad
that the Renewal of Policy No. 42/ 13495 has been effected from the First
day of January 19 48 to the First day of January
19 49 at 4 p.m. (Standard Time.)
This Renewal is subject to such Tariff Rates and Regulations as may be in force at the date from which the policy is renewed.
⟦illegible⟧ The South British Insurance Co. Ltd
⟦illegible⟧
CHIEF AGENT
⟦illegible signature⟧
Agent.
* * If any Stove, Steam-Engine, Furnace or other Implement for producing heat has been erected on the premises, if they are unoccupied or if the nature of the risk be in any other respect charged, it is necessary (for your security) that the circumstance should at the time be made known, in writing to the Company's Manager or Agent.
Form No. 340.
Kingdom of Iraq
30 Fils
2970.
TELEPHONE Nos.
OFFICE 946.
RESIDENCE 1457.
EXPIRY NOTICE.
THE LIABILITY OF MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY IS LIMITED
INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND
THE
SOUTH BRITISH
INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
H. D. SHOHET—Chief Agent.
BAGHDAD, ⟦line⟧ 194 ⟦line⟧
M/S.: The Jewish Lay Council.
Sir,
For your security I beg to remind you of the expiry of your policy as
described below.
I am, Sir,
Yours faithfully,
Agent.
Policy No.: 42 / 13495
Expiry Date at 4 p.m. (S.T.): 1 - 1 - 1948
Sum Insured I. D.: 1,100/-
Premium I. D.:
on: building occupied as dwellin only, situate at Towrat (Abul Saad) Quarter, Baghdad.
N. B. 1. If any alteration has been made by which the risk has been increased or otherwise
changed the circumstances should be made known to the Company's Agent.
N. B. 2. The rates in respect of this policy are subject to alteration in the event of the
Tariff ratings being revised at the time of the renewal.
Form No. 62.
B.I.P.—2786—6-44.
Dinars
250 Only two hundred and fifty dinars and no more
This contract was concluded between the first party, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad (referred to here as the Tenant) and the second party, Ezra Heskel Menashe, acting as agent for the heirs of the late
Shaul Hakham Heskel (referred to here as the Lessor) according to the following conditions.
1 - The second party has leased to the first party the house located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood belonging to the heirs of the late
Shaul Hakham Heskel numbered 6 / 118 to be the headquarters for the administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, and that is
against a rental fee of two hundred and fifty dinars for a full year starting from the first of May 5703 until
the end of April 5704
2 - The second party shall pay the property tax mentioned
3 - The first party is not permitted to use any room of the house's rooms as a headquarters for the Jewish Religious Court
4 - The second party acknowledges that he has received the full rental fee from the Jewish Community fund in Baghdad
pursuant to check number 321745 dated 20 May 943 drawn on the Ottoman Bank
signed by the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad to the order of the tenant
5 - The tenant must, fifteen days before the end of the contract, take the necessary measures to renew the lease of
the house if he wishes. If the two parties do not agree, the tenant must vacate the premises without delay on
the date stipulated for him
6 - Mutual agreement was reached between the two parties according to the aforementioned conditions; therefore, this contract was drawn up in two copies,
with each of the contracting parties holding one copy.
IRAQ REVENUE 75 FILS
Iraq 100 fils
IRAQ REVENUE 75 FILS
Received
Lessor
Tenant
Dinar
⟦line⟧
325
Three hundred and twenty-five Dinars only
This contract was concluded between the first party, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad (referred to here as the Tenant), and the second party, Ezra Heskel Menashi, acting by proxy
on behalf of the heirs of the late Shaul Hakham Heskel (referred to here as the Lessor) according to the following conditions.
1 - The second party has leased to the first party the house located in the Tabar Ali neighborhood belonging to the heirs of the late
Shaul Hakham Heskel, numbered 16/118, to be the headquarters for the administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad,
for a rent amounting to three hundred and twenty-five Dinars for a full year starting from the first of Iyar
5704 until the end of Nisan 5705 Hebrew.
2 - The second party must pay the property tax for the aforementioned property.
3 - The first party is not allowed to use any of the rooms of the house as a headquarters for the Jewish Religious Court.
4 - The second party acknowledges that he has received the full rent from the treasury of the Jewish Community in Baghdad.
5 - The tenant must, fifteen days before the end of the contract, take the necessary measures to renew the lease of
the house if he so wishes; if the two parties do not agree, the tenant must vacate the premises without
delay on the stipulated date.
6 - Mutual consent has been reached between the two parties according to the aforementioned conditions, therefore this contract was drafted in two copies,
with each of the contracting parties holding one copy.
⟦Three revenue stamps with portrait, text: Finance / Iraq / 75 Fils⟧
⟦Signature across stamps⟧
Lessor
⟦One revenue stamp with portrait, text: IRAQ / REVENUE / 100 FILS / Iraq⟧
⟦Signature across stamp⟧
Tenant
This contract was concluded between the first party, His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, President of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad, in addition to the Jewish Community Fund (referred to herein as the Tenant),
and the second party, Ezra Heskel Sheshee, acting on behalf of the heirs of the late Shaul Hakham Heskel (referred to
herein as the Lessor), according to the following conditions.
1 - The second party has leased to the first party the house located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood belonging to the heirs
of the late Shaul Hakham Heskel, numbered 6/118, to be the headquarters for the administration of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, for a rent of four hundred dinars per year for a period of two full years
starting from May 1, 5705 to the end of April 5707 Hebrew.
2 - The second party must pay the property tax for the aforementioned property.
3 - The first party may not use any room in the house as a headquarters for the Jewish Religious Court.
4 - The second party acknowledges receiving the full rent for one year from the Jewish Community Fund
in Baghdad, provided that the first party pays the rent for the second year, amounting to four hundred
dinars, on May 1, 5706.
5 - The tenant, fifteen days before the end of the contract, must take the necessary measures to renew the lease
of the house if they wish. If the two parties do not agree, the tenant must vacate the premises without delay
on the date stipulated.
6 - If the first party vacates the house before the end of the lease period, they may recover what they paid of
the rent in proportion to the remaining lease period.
7 - Agreement has been reached between the two parties according to the aforementioned conditions; therefore, this contract was drawn up <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
in two copies, one copy in the hands of each of the contracting parties.
The Lessor
The Tenant
Fiscal 100 Fils Iraq
Fiscal 100 Fils Iraq
Fiscal 100 Fils Iraq
Fiscal 100 Fils Iraq
⟦Ezra Heskel Sheshee⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Rental Document
Serial Number ⟦line⟧
Door Numbers ⟦line⟧
The contract was concluded between: Jamila bint Abdul Wahab
referred to hereinafter as the Lessor:
And: The Acting Head of the Jewish Community
referred to hereinafter 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 inspecting the property
located in Al-Batawin in the Al-Saadoun district numbered 56/72
from the beginning of September 4, 1950, nineteen hundred and fifty AD
to the end of September 3, 1951, nineteen hundred and fifty-one AD
at a rental amount of only one hundred and fifty Dinars, nothing more
Second - The Lessor has leased the house belonging to her to the aforementioned Lessee at the rental amount mentioned above with its contents and its garage
amounting to one hundred and fifty Dinars, and the Lessor acknowledges by this that she has received the rental amount
in the form of cash on its date
Third - The Lessee has the right of residence and to house others in the leased premises for the duration of the lease with the written consent of the owner of the property, and at the end of the term
of the lease, the Lessee is obliged to vacate the leased premises and hand them over to the Lessor free of occupants, and if he delays in doing so, he shall
be obliged to pay for the period of delay a daily rental amount of only two Dinars without the need for an official warning.
Fourth - Property tax is on the Lessor or the house owner, while the water, electricity, guarding, and cleaning fees are on
the Lessee, and he is obliged to pay them regularly from his own funds in addition to the rental amount written above, and to hand over the receipts to
the Lessor upon request, and he must hand over all electric lamps, glass, and other installations mentioned in this document
intact as he received them. Written in two copies, one copy in the hand of each of the two parties on 2/9/50 - Baghdad
5 - The Lessee undertakes to take care of the garden and pay the wages of the gardener who tends to it from his own funds.
Witness
Witness
The Lessee
The Lessor
Note - The Lessor has agreed to the use of the mentioned house as an office for the Nationality Renunciation and Travel Committee
along with sublease permission and its witnesses and employees, and the Lessee acknowledges that he has received the house complete in its electrical
installations along with curtain rods except for one only, and likewise received the following items present in the house's
installations with two glass pieces for a wall cupboard.
Jamila Abdul Wahab
Number | Type
2 | Two ceiling electric fans
1 | One only desk electric fan, broken without a ceiling mount
11 | Eleven electric chandeliers hanging from the ceilings
1 | One only shop chandelier
⟦Three purple revenue stamps with portraits⟧
⟦Handwritten cancellation across stamps⟧: Jamila bint Abdul Wahab
⟦Handwritten date⟧: 2 / 9
The Lessee
The Acting Head of the Jewish Community
⟦Image of a contract⟧
An agreement has been reached between Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad, in addition
to his position, hereinafter referred to as the Lessor, and Mr. Abbas Muhammad, hereinafter referred to as the Lessee, according to the following
conditions :-
The Council has agreed to grant the gut factory belonging to it and adjacent to the Israelite slaughterhouse in Baghdad to the Lessee
by way of lease for a full year starting from the first of April 1949 (the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine)
to the end of March 1950 (the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty) for an annual rent of fifty Dinars.
The Lessor has received in cash and in advance the sum of twenty-five Dinars, and the remainder, amounting to twenty-five Dinars, shall be paid by
a promissory note to the order of the Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad for a period of four months starting from the date of the lease. The
Lessee has been authorized to use the aforementioned place as a gut factory in accordance with the instructions of the health authorities, provided that
the costs of its repair and making it compliant with health conditions shall be the responsibility of the Lessee only. Likewise, the Lessee must pay
any fees or other expenses required to be spent on the aforementioned factory during the lease term.
The Council acknowledges that it has received from the Lessee half of the rent, amounting to twenty-five Dinars, and has permitted
the Lessee to use the leased property according to the conditions mentioned above, provided that he vacates the leased property upon maturity and delivers it
to the Council free of occupancy.
Accordingly, this contract was drawn up in original and copy; the Lessor kept the original and the Lessee the copy.
Baghdad on 14 / 3 / 1949
The Lay Council
of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
1940
⟦Revenue Stamps⟧
The Lessee
Abbas Muhammad
The Lessor
Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq
President of the Israelite Lay Council
in Baghdad
Eliyahu Hayyim
President
SH/1
True Copy
The First Party - Mr. Meer Basri, Deputy Chairman of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad
In addition to his position
The Second Party - Mr. Daoud Danal
An agreement has been reached between the two parties on the following:
1- The Second Party undertakes to supply one thousand cubic meters of red soil for burial in
the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad located on Sheikh Omar Street in the locations specified by the engineer
Mr. Yusuf Meer at a price per cubic meter of 150 fils (one hundred and fifty fils).
2- Measurement shall be on the back of the transport vehicle (the lorry) by an employee appointed
by the First Party.
of red soil ⟦...⟧
3- The Second Party undertakes to complete the supply of the mentioned quantity within one month
starting from the date of signing this contract.
4- The Second Party undertakes to pay cash compensation amounting to fifty dinars in case
the supply of the mentioned quantity of soil is not completed within the time specified above.
An agreement was reached between the two parties in accordance with the conditions mentioned above, and this contract was drafted
in an original and a copy. The First Party kept the copy and the Second Party kept the original.
Baghdad on 30 / 8 / 1948
The Second Party
Mr. Daoud Danal
The First Party
Mr. Meer Basri
Deputy Chairman of the Lay Council
Jewish in Baghdad in addition to his position
Incoming
50 fils
⟦Daoud Danal⟧
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD
Certified True Copy
First Party - Mr. Meer Basri, Vice President of the Jewish Community Council in Baghdad
in addition to his position
Second Party - Mr. Khalaf
It has been agreed between the two parties on the following:
1- The Second Party undertakes to supply one thousand cubic meters of red soil for filling
the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad located on Sheikh Omar Street in the areas designated by the engineer
Mr. Yusuf Meir at a price of /150/ fils (one hundred and fifty fils) per cubic meter.
2- The measurement shall be taken on the back of the cargo vehicle (lorry) by an employee appointed
of red soil ⟦illegible⟧
the First Party.
3- The Second Party undertakes to complete the supply of the mentioned quantity within one month
starting from the date of signing this contract.
4- The Second Party undertakes to pay cash compensation amounting to fifty dinars
if the supply of the mentioned quantity of soil is not completed within the time specified above.
Agreement was reached between the two parties according to the terms mentioned above, and this contract was written
in original and copy; the First Party kept the copy and the Second Party kept the original.
Baghdad on 30 / 8 / 1948
Second Party | First Party
Mr. Khalaf | Mr. Meer Basri
| Vice President of the Jewish Community Council
| in Baghdad in addition to his position
40 fils
1948
⟦illegible⟧
Since an agreement was reached between Yehuda Saleh Zelouf, President of the Lay Council of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad in his official capacity on one hand, and Reuben Zelkha and Ephraim Moshi Abed
on the other hand, for the purpose of holding a lottery for the benefit of the hospitals and schools of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad according to the conditions set forth in the contract dated 29/2/937 concluded between
the two parties at the time, agreement and mutual consent has now been reached between us, the undersigned, President
of the Schools Committee and President of the Hospitals Committee on one hand, and the lottery contractors for the hospitals and schools
of the Jewish Community, Reuben Zelkha and Ephraim Moshi Abed on the other hand, on the following:
Since the number of tickets for the second draw of the aforementioned lottery offered for sale in
the markets was fifty thousand tickets, while the tickets sold from them do not exceed two-thirds
of the mentioned number, and since entering all tickets into the draw causes harm to the contractor,
mutual consent has occurred between the two parties that the number of tickets entering the draw shall be limited
only to the amount of what was sold, which is equivalent to 66% of the total tickets. By this percentage,
all allocated prizes shall be reduced, meaning that 34% shall be deducted from every prize, as well as the shares
of the schools, hospitals, the Secretariat, and the share of the contractors, who are Reuben Zelkha and Ephraim Moshi Abed,
provided that this agreement is limited to the second draw only of the lottery explained in
the contract mentioned above, and that all provisions of the said contract remain valid and binding
except for what has been modified by this, provided that our position is also subject to the approval of the Secretariat of the Capital
upon it, and for this reason the statement was drafted.
30 / 5 / 937
The Second Party
Lottery Contractor
⟦signature⟧
The First Party
⟦signature⟧
President of the Hospitals Committee
⟦signature⟧
President of the Schools Committee
An agreement was reached between Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Lay Council in
Baghdad on behalf of the aforementioned Lay Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council, and Messrs. Mukamal
Brothers, hereinafter referred to as the Lessee, as follows.
The Council agreed to grant the gut factory belonging to it, adjacent to the Israeli slaughterhouse
in Baghdad, to the Lessee by way of lease for a period of nine months starting from the first of July 1942
one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD until the end of March 1943 one thousand nine hundred and forty-
three for a cash rent of twenty-five Dinars for the mentioned period, and the
Lessee has been authorized hereby to take the mentioned place as a gut factory in accordance with the instructions of the health authority
provided that the costs for its repair and making it compliant with health conditions are the responsibility of the Lessee only,
and likewise, the Lessee must pay any fees or other expenses required to be spent on the mentioned factory
during the lease period.
The Council acknowledges that it has received from the Lessee the full rent amounting to twenty-five
Dinars in cash, and allowed the Lessee to use the leased property according to the conditions mentioned above, provided that he
vacates the leased property upon maturity and hands it over to the Council free of encumbrances. Accordingly, this
contract was drafted in two copies, Baghdad, June 12, 1942.
⟦signature/stamp⟧
Lessor
⟦signature⟧
President of the Council
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 531
Summary of Subject ::
Number :: ⟦188⟧
Date :: 3 / 4 / 943
Messrs. ⟦Mutasil⟧ Brothers, Respectfully
After Greetings
The council has approved the granting of the casing factory rented by you for another year
starting from 1 April 943 until the end of March 944 for a rent of fifty Dinars
in accordance with the same conditions listed in the contract under discussion, and please note
that we have received the rent for the contracted year, amounting to fifty Dinars in cash from you
and by this, the rental contract is considered limited until the end of March 944.
President of the Lay Council
Receipt signed by Wechsler
An agreement was reached between Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Jewish Lay Council
in Baghdad, on behalf of the aforementioned Lay Council, hereinafter referred to as the Council, and Messrs.
Mukammal Brothers, hereinafter referred to as the Tenant, on the following:
The Council has agreed to grant the gut factory belonging to it, adjacent to the Jewish slaughterhouse
in Baghdad, to the Tenant by way of lease for a full year starting from the first of April 945 until the end of
March 946, nineteen hundred and forty-six, for a cash rent of fifty Dinars. The
Tenant is hereby authorized to use the aforementioned premises as a gut factory in accordance with the instructions of the health authorities,
provided that the costs for its repair and making it compliant with health conditions shall be the sole responsibility of the Tenant, and likewise
the Tenant must pay any fees or other expenses required to be spent on the aforementioned factory during
the lease term.
The Council acknowledges that it has received the full rent from the Tenant, amounting to fifty Dinars
in cash, and has permitted the Tenant to use the leased property according to the conditions mentioned above, provided that he vacates
the leased property upon maturity and hands it over to the Council free of encumbrances. Accordingly, this
contract was drawn up in two copies.
Baghdad, April 15, 1945
⟦illegible⟧
The Tenant
⟦illegible⟧
President of the Council
Eliyahu Hayyim
Mutual agreement has been reached between Mr. Eliyahu Hayyim Tawfiq, President of the Israeli Lay Council
in Baghdad on behalf of the aforementioned Council, and the ⟦...⟧ hereafter residents of ⟦...⟧ brothers
known hereafter as the tenants, regarding the following:
The Council has agreed to ⟦...⟧ residing in the annexes of the Israeli slaughterhouse
in Baghdad for the tenant by way of ⟦...⟧ a full year starting from the first of April 946 until
the end of March 947, nineteen hundred ⟦...⟧ and forty, for a cash rental value of fifty
dinars, and the tenant has been authorized to ⟦...⟧ use the mentioned place as a factory for the afflicted ⟦...⟧ instructions
of the health authorities, provided that the costs for repair and making it compliant with the ⟦...⟧ conditions are the responsibility of
the tenant only, and also for ⟦...⟧ a second lease for any fee or other expenses required to be spent on
the mentioned place during the lease period.
The Council acknowledges that it has received from the tenant the full rental amount of fifty
dinars in cash and has permitted the tenant to use the leased property according to the conditions mentioned above, provided that
he vacates the leased property upon maturity and hands it over to the Council free of occupancy, and upon this
this contract was written in two copies.
Baghdad on November 22, 1946
The Tenant | President of the Council