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10/50 Stairs Kitchen Lightwell Hall 4/00 12/00 3/50 5/00 1/50 7/00 Corridor Room Room Room Facade Scale 1/100 Al-Wajeeh House ⟦...⟧ Sixth District
IJA 3326
Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community; Correspondence and School Records, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community including financial records; blueprints; correspondence regarding charitable donations, synagogues, and Torah scrolls; lease agreements, taxi receipts, utility bills, and stationary receipts. There are also documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad, including correspondence regarding student affairs, teachers, lists of students sitting for exams, school administration and financial matters, curriculum development; schedules; and chemistry notes from the Frank Iny School.
AI en Translation, Pages 26-50
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(What precedes it) Seventh - Upon the expiration of the lease term, the lessee must hand over the plot of land along with the building constructed thereon with all its fixtures to the lessor or to his successor in office in a condition suitable for exploitation as the property of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, and the lessee shall not have at that time any right to claim anything whatsoever. Eighth - The lessee must pay the fees, taxes, and charges imposed by the laws in force and those decided by the government in the future on the building and the plot, including the property tax and paving fees and other municipal fees, as well as water and electricity charges. Ninth - Based on the above, agreement has been reached between the two parties by offer and acceptance, and the lessee has received the aforementioned leased plot under the conditions mentioned above. Tenth - This contract has been drawn up in an original and a copy; the lessee has kept the original and the lessor has kept the copy. Drawn up in Baghdad on (August 1, 1949). Lessee | Lessor Mr. Muzahim Ahmed | Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Signature | In addition to his position | Stamp and Signature Notary Public of East Baghdad Number - 2256 Fee - 150 fils Date - 4 / 8 / 1949 Witness | Witness Salim Murad Khabbaza | Rabbi Daoud Sh⟦...⟧ul Secretary to the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad | From Al-Bataween neighborhood, member of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad Signature | Signature Notary Public of East Baghdad Signature
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Baghdad Committee Page No. (24) Properties (Churches) Subject Volume No. (612) A plot of land belonging to the Jewish Synagogue Number and date in registration language | Boundaries: South West Public Road | Method of ownership: Based on the certificate of the Presidency of the Mosaic Sect No. 946/7/6 dated 7/9/946 and the Sharia Court Number Date Volume | North East in the orchard of the waqf of the descendants of Muhammad al-Wattar | Deed No. 81 dated 8 November 946 and confirmed by a certificate from the Presidency of the Mosaic Sect in Baghdad No. 946/7/6 dated 7/9/946 17 17 January 612 | and his partners, called the orchard of Yusuf al-Mulla Khudayr | and according to the transaction registered in this department under No. 42 on 1/14/1949 Number and date in the previous record | Owner of the property 171/1 Yahya South | and according to this document delivered to the Survey Directorate in Baghdad Land Registry. Number Date Volume | East the orchard belonging to the heirs of Yusuf al-Mulla Khudayr | 1/14/1949 15 15 May 940 270 | 1/14/1949 | Disposition and Affiliation: - Endowment (Waqf) from the endowments of the Mosaic Sect in Baghdad Number and date in the record transferred to | | Number Date Volume | | Liwa (Governorate) | Baghdad | Dunum Meter Olak Dirham Qadaa (District) | Rusafa | Area Nahia (Sub-district) | Karrada Al-Sharqiya | Quarter and Village at the date of registration | Orchard of Yusuf al-Mulla Khudayr | Address Scale Map Number Street or Alley | | Side Length | - | - Parcel sequence 171/174 | 171/174 | Area | - | - Door number in the road | | Construction | - | - Old door number | | Total | - | - Parcel number | | Total | - | - District number | | Total | - | - District name | | Tapu | - | - Type of property and its descriptions: - Empty plot of land (Arsa) Category (Class): - Endowment (Waqf) Abstract and coupled rights: - Acknowledgment explanation Acknowledgment was made in my presence outside the department on 1/18/1949 Assistant Notes: - Seizure sign Mortgage sign | Consideration | Value | Fee Number Date Number Date | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar 1117 1/18/1949 | | 485 | 197 1/18/949 Registration fee | Stamps | Total Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar 4850 | 150 | 5000 This transaction has been approved Land Registry Accounting Staff | Audit Staff Official Seal | Register Writer | Assistant | Land Registry Director | Auditor | Audit Director | 1/15/1949 | 1/15/1949 | 1/15/1949 | 1/15/1949 | 1/15/1949 This copy was extracted on date / / 19 and stopped from / / 19 on date / / 19 Notes ⟦illegible⟧ Signature ⟦illegible⟧
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Committee ⟦...⟧ Number Subject: Received this image on / / 19 and submitted from / / 19 on / / 19 Signature Notes Back side back
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7 / 11 / 1969 Condolence and Talqin expenses spent on the late Haroun Nassim Al-Sahouri, deceased on 25 / 10 / 1969 Fils | Dinar | 000 | 5 | Hai Daoud 000 | 5 | Meshi Qarya 000 | 4 | Zallah Shaul 500 | 1 | Additional expenses 500 | 15 | Fifteen dinars and five hundred fils only ⟦Only⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Passed away Stillness
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Travel and telephone expenses paid to Naeem Suhit Dated 27 / 12 / 1969 | Dinar | Fils Jai Dawood | 5 | - - - Hishmat Noussia | 5 | - - - Zaki Shaul | 4 | - - - Extra worker | 1 | - - - Fifteen Dinars only ⟦signature⟧ Latif ⟦signature⟧
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11/7/1929 Expenses spent on the condolences for the telephone of the late Saleh <del>Saleh</del> Sayon Darwish, deceased on 11/2/1929 | Dinar | Fils Hai Daoud | 5 | — Munshi Tobia | 5 | — Zakia Shaul | 4 | — | 14 | With its amount of only fourteen Dinars and no more To be paid ⟦Because⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Number ⟦line⟧ Date 7 / 1 / 1969 Disbursement Voucher Cash Book Page Fils 610 Dinar 9 Secretary of the Community I have received from the Accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad The amount written above, totaling nine dinars and six hundred and ten fils In cash Cheque No. ⟦line⟧ on Bank ⟦line⟧ And that is for ⟦therein⟧ cleaning Al-Heira house and painting and repairing the coffin and transportation fees ⟦signature⟧ Recipient Paid
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Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Number: Date: 7 / 11 / 1969 Disbursement Voucher: Fund Page: Fils: 540 Dinar: Received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad: The amount written above, totaling: ⟦Five hundred and forty fils⟧ Cash: Check No.: On Bank: For: ⟦Transportation fares⟧ Recipient ⟦signature⟧
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Number 000463 Baghdad on: / / 19 Mister: Al-Musawi Community Respected: Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Dozen | Price | Notes 500 | 2 | Indian Lux | 1 | | | 100 | 1 | ⟦illegible⟧ | | | | 600 | 3 | | | | | | | Tuff | | | | Errors and omissions excepted
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Al-Zawraa Place for Taxis Owners: Talib al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi Al-Rashid Street Baghdad Telephone Number 4619 Fils | Dinar 750 | 29 Received from: Messrs. Flour Distribution Association Only: Twenty-nine Dinars and 750 Fils, nothing else And that is for car fees: for the use of cars and pickups Written on: ⟦illegible⟧ October 1949 Signature
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ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE Prop. ⟦M.⟧ El-Dabbagh & Ibrahim Muslawy Al-Rashid Street Sinak-Baghdad Tel. No. 4619 80809 THE LION OF BABYLON THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON Telephone 4619 To the esteemed ⟦Secretary⟧ of the Charitable Society, Respected M. Date | Details | Dinar | Fils 4/1/1969 | From our garage to the cemetery with the inspection committee for filling sand at the cemetery. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare from (8) AM until eight PM | 2 | 500 1/6 | From our garage to the house of the personage with the committee to the apartment to bring workers to the cemetery. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare for it from (10) AM to four PM. | 2 | 500 1/11 | From our garage to the house of the personage of the cemetery to the apartment to notify the police and bring workers. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare until Saturday. | 4 | 750 1/14 | From our garage to the personage of the cemetery to the Shura apartment for repairs in the cemetery. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare | 1 | 500 1/18 | From our garage to the cemetery to notify Personage Kahla. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare (5) hours on the holiday. | 2 | 500 1/20 | From our garage to the house of Hai regarding the complex in the house of Kahla with the house of Nasser and the house of Kahla | 1 | 500 // | From our garage to the cemetery to notify Personage Hai to the committee house with the house of Nasser and the house of Hai. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare (5) hours. | 2 | 500 1/24 | From our garage to the house of the personage of the cemetery to notify the personage. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare. | 1 | 500 1/31 | From our garage to the clinic to the personage of the cemetery to notify the personage. | 1 | 500 // | Pickup truck fare (3) hours. | 1 | 500 29 / 750
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19/10/69 Condolence and instruction expenses paid for the late ⟦Sira⟧ according to the list dated 10/14/1969 | Dinar | Fils Meters of Tothia | 5 | - Hai Daoud | 5 | - Shaul Telephone | 4 | - The lost family | 1 | - | 15 | - Fifteen Dinars only ⟦signature⟧ Nouri Shaul
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19 / 10 / 69 Fatiha expenses ⟦illegible⟧ for the late Yehuda Hashil Day of mourning for the deceased on 10 / 11 / 1969 | Dinar | Fils Dawood Tea | 5 | .. Tutiya Grass | 5 | .. Shaul Burial | 4 | .. Additional expenses (ice, tea) | .. | 500 | 14 | 500 In the amount of fourteen dinars and five hundred fils only Raouf Shaul ⟦signature⟧