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IJA 2744

Legal Documents Related to the Disbursement and Management of Endowments, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing legal documents related to the disbursement and management of several different endowments for Baghdadi Jewish institutions such as the Albert David Sasson School, Meir Elias Hospital, and Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital. There are original deeds and contracts regarding property distribution, the distribution of waqfs (endowments), and tapu sanad deeds (state-owned land granting occupancy).

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2744
Item Number
5624
Date
Approx. January 1, 1911 to December 31, 1920
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Chart, Illustration, Bills, Legal Document, Revenue Stamp, Ledger, Deed, Baghdad Light and Power, Form, Charity, Contract, Typed, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Iraqi Government, Endowment, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Albert David Sasson School, Crown Crest, Legal, Ink Stamp, Torah, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Meir Elias Hospital, Jewish Law, Letterhead, Invoice, Jewish Lay Council, Fragment, Heskel Menahem Daniel, President of the Jewish Community, Waqf, Property, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Architectural Plans, British Occupation, Annotation, Handwritten, Reemah Kadoorie Eye Hospital, Printed Text, Land Registry

AI English Translation, Pages 201-225

Archival unit 201

18
Correct
Transfer, even if it occurred, and the right is accurately verified
Precision in ⟦...⟧
On the face
Transaction signed according to the procedures
Clarifications of the mortgage and its release that are carried out on this deed
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Registry date | Registry number | Registry part | Type of transaction | Director's signature | Registry date | Registry number | Registry part | Type of transaction | Director's signature

Archival unit 202

71
Compared and organized according to the contract registers in Basra
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Transaction in accordance with the regulations
⟦signature⟧
Clarifications of mortgage and its release that are carried out on this deed
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Director's signature | Type of transaction | Register number | Register date | Director's signature | Type of transaction | Register number | Register date
⟦circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 203

This dirt
Wherever ⟦i⟧t is stable
In prison twice
Bakr ⟦J⟧ew
⟦Victory to him⟧ ⟦Z⟧iyad

Archival unit 204

Tapu Form 33
Extracted from the Real Estate Register of the town and Karbala, Karkh ⟦Karkh⟧ side, dated 28/7/15
Government Press 1330 - 10 - 46
Registration No. | Registration Date | District | Neighborhood or Village | Street and Old Door Number | Type and Gender | Boundaries and Area | From which book transferred | Method of issuing the deed | Possessor | Consideration and Value | Remarks
6 | February 926 | Baghdad | Jadid Hassan Pasha | Al-Bazzazin Market | Sayer Khanum Nubani containing seven shops and an upper floor above | The southern side is the public road built from the second partitioned shop for the deed holders 299/2 and the remainder of a shop in the name of the daughter of Ali Al-Qadi and the remainder of the room left to the heirs of Muhammad Effendi and the house of Aziza bint Khoury and the left from the alley and it was the road and from the power in the house of the aforementioned ⟦...⟧ to the south following the file and the shop of Salim bin Yusuf ⟦...⟧ house of the heirs of Kamal al-Din, the general partitioned area for the deed holders 299/2 | February 926 Volume 71 | According to the list prepared by the Baghdad Tapu Partitioned Property Department and based on the decision of the Baghdad Province Administrative Council No. ⟦...⟧ and number ⟦...⟧ and considering the share as shares from the small forty thousand six hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two shares out of ⟦...⟧ shares from the original share of the mentioned deceased according to the Sharia inheritance certificate issued by the ⟦...⟧ Court of Baghdad number ⟦...⟧ and date ⟦...⟧ and according to the list prepared by the Baghdad Tapu Partitioned Property Department and based on the decision of the Baghdad Province Administrative Council No. ⟦...⟧ and number ⟦...⟧ and considering the share as shares from the small forty thousand six hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two shares out of ⟦...⟧ shares from the original share of the mentioned deceased according to the Sharia inheritance certificate issued by the ⟦...⟧ Court of Baghdad number ⟦...⟧ and date ⟦...⟧ | Khanum Hizqeel Rabbi Haroun, Director of the Nawz School, Trustee for the Nawz Nourah Association of Iraqis | 10000 Rupees Value 10000 Consideration | 299/4
Transferred from the color in Al-Faruqiya, loss or oversight, in accordance with Article 8 of the Property Registration Law and the statement ⟦...⟧
The height of the house distance from the ground surface is four meters, passing between one of them number 44 and the second number 46, and that serves in the types of road before the girls' school and the above statement.
⟦...⟧ | February 926 | Baghdad | Ditto | Ditto | Coffeehouse | The southern side is the public road built from the partitioned area from the list for the deed holders 299/2 and 299/4, the partitioned shop and the remainder of a shop house in the name of the daughter of Ali Al-Qadi and the remainder of the room left to the heirs of Muhammad Effendi | February 926 Volume 71 | According to the list prepared by the Baghdad Tapu Partitioned Property Department and based on the decision of the Baghdad Province Administrative Council No. ⟦...⟧ and number ⟦...⟧ and considering the share as shares from the small forty thousand six hundred and eighty-two thousand seven hundred and eighty-two shares out of ⟦...⟧ shares from the original share of the mentioned deceased according to the Sharia inheritance certificate issued by the ⟦...⟧ Court of Baghdad number ⟦...⟧ and date ⟦...⟧ | Ditto | 16500 Rupees 16500 Value | 299/1
Transferred number ditto
Rupees | Anna | Statement
16500 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 299/1
16500 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Ditto
The remaining partitioned parts in the above grants
Number 19
299/2 and 299/3
Partitioned shop ⟦illegible⟧ and ⟦illegible⟧ in a passage
House ⟦illegible⟧ established on ⟦illegible⟧
And it is completed instead of the heirs of Muhammad Effendi ⟦illegible⟧
And it is completed instead of Aziza bint Aboudi ⟦illegible⟧
Previously occurred in the partitioned ⟦illegible⟧
And it is completed instead of number ⟦illegible⟧ first first
⟦illegible⟧ the two living in
Yaqub ⟦illegible⟧ the file and the neighbor
Salim ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ the oil ⟦illegible⟧
The partitioned house belonging to Yaqub ⟦illegible⟧
299/4
Number 19 that the partitioned
A letter path considering it
For the amount of sixteen thousand five hundred
Rupees
Apply number ditto
The height of the coffeehouse from the ground surface is four
meters, and that was understood in the explanation written here
by the department engineer and the above statement is correct
That this copy matches the record and what is in its pages 200, regarding the inspection and registration fee, and it was recorded as revenue under number 1071 and date 43/7/18 in the daily book of the Baghdad Province Tapu.
Records Officer
⟦signature⟧
Director of Baghdad Province Tapu
⟦stamp⟧

Archival unit 206

Deed
Iraqi Government
Tapu
Registration Date:
Register Number: 25
Volume Number: 71
Register Page Number: 15
Tapu Portfolio Number: 299/4
Pipeline Number (Account): 5/2
Old Pipeline Number: /
Werko Ledger Number: 1
Governorate: Baghdad
District: /
Sub-district: /
Village: /
Location: /
Quarter: Jadid Hassan Pasha
Street: Souq al-Yahoudiya (Jewish Market)
Remarks: The utilization of the shop from the ground surface is four meters and nothing else
Gender and Contents: Shop
Type: Private Property (Mulk)
Boundaries and Corners
Public road on the right and behind it is the coffee house of the detached unit belonging
to the owners of the property ⟦illegible⟧ the door and the sale of the detached traveler-house
belonging to ⟦illegible⟧ the property ⟦illegible⟧ and it is occupied by Yaqoub
Shamash ⟦illegible⟧ above it is the detached traveler-house belonging
to the owners of the property ⟦illegible⟧ 299/4
Allocations / An annual fee of half a Rupee per thousand Rupees is given, according to Article 8 of the Wise Tapu Law
Original Owner
According to the Tapu deed dated ⟦illegible⟧ 299/4 and thereafter ⟦illegible⟧ that the mentioned shop is private property considering five shares of the original Safaa al-Din Endowment Giver
to Mahall al-Din Endowment and one share for Safiya and Wad Abdul Razzaq Endowment and two grains for the aforementioned Muhi al-Din Effendi who has acted on his own behalf originally for Safaa al-Din Effendi
according to the general power of attorney dated ⟦illegible⟧ and after the occurrence of ⟦illegible⟧ certified by the Notary Public of Baghdad, the aforementioned agent according to the power of attorney
on behalf of his mentioned brother and in his own capacity, just as the aforementioned Safiya Baqa in her own capacity, they have sold the mentioned shop with all its pieces to Rabbi
Safi bin Rabbi Haroun, Director of the Reem Kadoorie School, in addition to the Reem Kadoorie Schools Association, for the amount of three thousand Rupees, and they have accepted the sale
according to the general [rules] and this deed dated in ⟦illegible⟧ Sultani, the sale transaction took place
Consideration and Value | Brokerage and Auction | Plate Fee | Recording Fee | Fee | Allocations | Total
3000 | | | | | | 3000
The shop whose boundaries and sale transaction image are described above has been registered at the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name of Rabbi
Safi bin Rabbi Haroun, Director of Reem Kadoorie School, thus he has the right of disposal over it by virtue of ownership, and this Tapu deed was organized and issued
7 April 1926
21 Ramadan 1344
Baghdad Region Tapu Director
Real Estate Deed Title
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 207

Title Deed
Tabu
Iraqi Government
Registration Date: February 1927 Permanent
Register Number: 24
Volume Number: 71
Register Page Number: 14
Tabu Portfolio Number: 299/1
Calculated Door Number: 48
Uncalculated Door Number:
Warqa Book Number:
Liwa | Qada | Nahiyah | Village | Location | Quarter | Street
Baghdad | / | / | / | / | Haditha Pasha | Souq al-Walaijiyah
Remarks
The height of the room from the ground
surface is four and a half meters
This was understood from the description edited by
the department engineer and the statement
given for the description
Gender | Sequence | Its Type | Type
Shop | / | / | Pure Property
Boundaries and Measurements: The right side belongs to the heirs of Abd al-Karim al-Qazwini returning
to the owners of the property sequence 299/1
The left side for its neighbor is an endowment shop
under the disposal of the heirs of Muhammad Sharif and Abd al-Aziz
and Tayyim and Abd al-Razzaq the sons of Hajj Muhammad Sharif
sequence 299/4
The watercourse for its neighbor is an endowment shop under
the disposal of the heirs of Muhammad Sharif and Abd al-Aziz
and Tayyim and Abd al-Razzaq the sons of Hajj Muhammad Sharif
sequence 299/3
The front for its neighbor is an endowment shop under
the disposal of Abbas al-Khalaf and Abd al-Karim
al-Hajj Mustafa al-Qassab returning to the owners of
the property sequence 299/2
Share: /
Remarks: An annual fee of half a Rupee per thousand Rupees is given in accordance with Article Five of the Juridical Persons Law
First Owner: Hacham Hezekiah Effendi
and Abd al-Razzaq Effendi
and Safiya, children of
Abd al-Razzaq Effendi
Deed Issuance Reason: Pursuant to the permanent Tabu deed dated February 1927 under number 9, the mentioned wealth is pure property considering five shares of it, two shares for Safaa al-Din
Effendi and two shares for Muhi al-Din Effendi and one share for Safiya, children of Abd al-Razzaq Effendi. Given that Muhi al-Din Effendi has authorized on his own behalf his brother
Safaa al-Din Effendi mentioned, according to the general power of attorney certified by the Notary Public of Baghdad on January 8, 1927, under case number 575
So the aforementioned agent, according to the power of attorney for his brother and in his own original capacity, as well as the aforementioned and Safiya also according to their original capacity, have sold the mentioned wealth
a final sale for the amount of sixteen thousand five hundred Rupees to Hacham Hezekiah son of Hacham Haron, director of the Talmud Torah school and
in addition to the Talmud Torah School Association, and they have received the sale proceeds in accordance with the transaction and the quarter's portion dated February 11, 1927, the sale transaction was registered
The Disposer and Remainder: Hacham Hezekiah son of Hacham Haron
Director of the Talmud Torah school in addition to the association of
the Talmud Torah school of Iraqi nationals
Proceeds | Value | Proportional Value | Auction Price | Paper Price | Custody Fee | Fee | Total | Total
Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | God Rupee
16500 | 16500 | / | / | 2 | / | 220 | / | 222
The edited plot, its boundaries and the image of the sale transaction above have been registered in the Baghdad Tabu Department in the name of Hacham
Hezekiah son of Hacham Haron, director of the Talmud Torah school. Based on the disposal thereof by way of ownership, this Tabu deed was organized and given
on April 7, 1927
11 Ramadan 1344
Director of Tabu District
Baghdad
⟦stamp illegible⟧

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15
Transfer to Tabu fifteen days for the purpose of preservation
14 April 949
⟦signature⟧
The mortgage transaction
In the name of Mr. ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
Clarifications of mortgage and its release that are carried out on this document
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Record Date | Record Number | Record Volume | Type of Transaction | Manager's Signature | Record Date | Record Number | Record Volume | Type of Transaction | Manager's Signature
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 209

⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Mortgage and release | Date of register | Register number | Mortgagee | Transaction type | Director's signature | Mortgage and release | Date of register | Register number | Mortgagee | Transaction type | Director's signature
Explanations of mortgage and release to be included on the back of the deed
That the transaction of the mentioned endowment
is subject to audit
⟦Signature⟧
821
Table on the back of legal deeds regarding the required certification
14 April 934
⟦Signature⟧
⟦Circular stamp with number 14⟧

Archival unit 210

71 Volume 22/2
General Number ⟦...⟧
Behind sequence 4 of the month of November 929
Occurring on <del>2</del> September 929
Notes | Replacement
and value | Disposition | Method of issuing the deed | Ledger of
Registration | Boundaries and area | Type | Number of
doors
and rooms
etc. | Sequence | Quarter
or village | District | Date of
registration | Registration Number
See the transaction
current in
the Waqf file
No. 48 - 53 | Rupees
3000
Three
Thousand | Khatun daughter of
Harun Yusuf
and Khatun daughter of
Salih Yusuf
half each | According to the Sharia proclamation dated
24 Safar 341 and number 48
and the Sharia deed dated
27 Rabi' al-Awwal 341 and number 71
issued by the Sharia Court of
Baghdad that the legator Harun
Yusuf died and his inheritance was limited
to his wife Mas'uda daughter of
Yusuf and his two daughters Khatun
and Khatun the aforementioned and that
the said Mas'uda died
and her inheritance was limited to her two daughters
the aforementioned, accordingly
the total was registered in their names
half each as inheritance and transfer | Volume
71
Page
22 | Boundaries
1. Right, the public road
2. Left, the property of the heirs of
Ya'qub Sham'un
3. Front, the road
4. Back, the property of
the heirs of Sham'un
Area
Dira'
112
and fractions | Shop
Endowment
of Dhari | 43 | Under the Tekke
12 | New
Hassan
Pasha | Baghdad | 22
September
929 | 22
43 - 10 - 1330, K 1, L 1
Permanent Khaqani deed certifying disposition and double-leasing, issued according to the Khaqani ledger
Tabu Form 23
General Land Registry Directorate
Baghdad
Khaqani Ledger Officer
⟦illegible⟧
Written on 22 September year 929 corresponding to 18 Rabi' al-Awwal year 1348
Coinciding with the date of the registration above
Notary
Abdul Majid
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 211

Document
Title Deed (Tabu)
Iraqi Government
Registration Date: 21 September 29
Registry Number: 22
Volume Number: 72
Registry Page Number: 68
Tabu Portfolio Number: 220
New Door Number: 204 / 154
Old Door Number: -
Property Book Number: -
Province | District | Sub-district | Village | Site | Neighborhood | Street | Sequences
 |  |  |  |  | Karradat |  | 
Category: Plot of land
Sequences: Owned
Type: Pure (Sarf)
Its boundaries and sides
North: Public road, South: The Holy Prayer Hall
Belonging to the Shamash School Endowment
East: Public road and the stream, West: Khan
of the Holy belonging to the endowment of Rabbi ⟦...⟧ Shamash
And this side is the exterior of the wall, twelve cubits and twenty centimeters; the length of the wall is twelve meters and twenty-three centimeters; the left length is eleven meters exactly.
Area
Donums
Meters
Olk
Authority for granting the deed
That the orchard located in the Karradat neighborhood with sequence 204 / 154, and now its trees no longer remain in the Tabu registers and no deed was registered for it, it is necessary for possession,
disposal, and verification registered in the name of Khayyu Sassoon, nicknamed Shamash, and the right was established that this plot is registered as a valid legal endowment attached to the Shamash School Endowment,
the Israeli Midrash Talmud Torah, Heqbo Hakham Aaron Ladi Al-Waq, in addition to the mentioned association, for a period exceeding forty
years without dispute or opposition, and that the mentioned orchard devolved through seeding and development previously and was divided into two Khans and
a shop and an antique house. This plot, by decision of the Tabu Audit and Registration Council in Baghdad, numbered
228 / 228 / 228 / 228 / 228
provided that its record be registered on a permanent registration basis. It was decided as property of Sana from the renewal, and in addition to the attachments and minutes,
announcements were published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' newspaper issues 780, 781, and 782 on dates 24, 25, and 26 / 8 / 929 and the Iraq
newspaper issues 1940, 1941, and 1942 on dates 24, 25, and 26 / 8 / 929, and no opponent appeared
during the specified period. Also, the Provincial Administrative Council has approved its registration by its decision No. 904 dated ⟦...⟧
Refer to the renewed transaction No. 40, Volume 72, on 21 September 929.
The Disposer: President of the Midrash Talmud Torah Association
The Share: Israeli Heqbo Hakham Aaron Ladi
Al-Waq in addition to the mentioned association
The whole of it
Fee | Value | Equivalent or Auction Price | Paper Price | Settlement Fee | Tax | Collections | Total
Rupees | Annas | Rupees | Annas | Rupees | Annas | Rupees | Annas | Rupees | Annas | Rupees | Annas | Rupees | Annas
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 400 |  |  |  | 400 | 
That the plot described by its boundaries and the image of the above renewed companion has been registered in the Baghdad Tabu Office in the name of the Director
President of the Israeli Midrash Talmud Torah Association, Heqbo Hakham ⟦...⟧
Aaron Ladi Al-Waq in addition to the mentioned association, this Tabu deed was organized and given
On 21 Jumada al-Ula, Year 1348 and 21 September, Year 1929
Tabu Officer of the Region of
Baghdad
⟦stamp illegible⟧

Archival unit 212

Title Deed (Tapu)
Iraqi Government
Registration Date | 1 Rabi' al-Thani 1353 | Tapu Portfolio Number | 449
Register Number | 41 | Modern Tapu Number | 454 / 444
Volume Number | 74 | Old Tapu Number | 
Register Page Number | 68 | Wirko Book Number | 
Liwa (Province) | Qada (District) | Nahiya (Sub-district) | Village | Site | Mahalla (Quarter) | Street | Notes
Baghdad |  |  |  |  | Kawlat | ⟦line⟧ | 
Type and Description: A Khan containing sixteen shops, a second floor, and an authorized bathhouse at the back.
Category: Pure ownership (Mulk Sarf)
Boundaries and Connections: Northwards the public road ending at the mentioned place, southwards the Endowment (Waqf) owner of property 444 and 445 and the mentioned exit, eastwards the Endowment owner of property 444 and 445 and the mentioned exit, westwards the Khan of the mentioned Endowment previously cited and ending at the mentioned place.
Area: The area of property 444 and 445 ending at the mentioned place 444 and 445 square cubits 408 / 949
Shares: In its entirety
Original Owner: Mansur 949 / 408
The orchard located in the Kawlat quarter with number 449, which has not previously been registered in the Tapu registers and no deed of ownership has been issued for it.
An inspection and investigation were conducted as ordered by the inspector and the engineer, and during the inspection and search it appeared that it is the pure property of the Rabbi,
Head of the Israelite Rimmon Qura Schools Association in his capacity as Rabbi Aaron, for the Endowment in addition to the mentioned association, according to the testimony of
experts who know, without hindrance or opponent. The mentioned orchard, through construction and reconstruction, has now been built up and has resulted in
eight and a shop and a built house and others, there is not and there is not and there is not and there is not and there is not and there is not and there is not as recorded
in the inspection and engineer's report. Based on the review of the registers and obtaining information from the volume and preserving the inspection and investigations,
announcements were published in the Iraqi Gazette issue 907, 917, and 944 on dates 4, 14, and 24 May, and the
Al-Iraq newspaper issue 8400, 8418, and 8457 on dates 24, 24, and 24 May 934, and no opposition appeared during
the specified period. Furthermore, the Liwa Administrative Council also approved its registration by its decision number 904.
Name: Masbah Rimmon Qura
Israelite Rimmon Qura Schools
Mansur Rabbi Aaron
for the Endowment in addition to the mentioned association
Fee | Value | Equivalent Exchange and Auction | Paper Price | Entry Fee | Fee | Allocations | Total
8000 | 400 | 400 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 408 | 408
The Khans defined by its boundaries and area described above have been registered in the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name of Mansur,
Head of the Israelite Rimmon Qura Schools Association in his capacity as Rabbi Aaron, therefore he may dispose of it as ownership. This Tapu deed was received and given
to the Endowment in addition to the mentioned association on the eleventh of Rabi' al-Thani year 953.
Director of Baghdad Area Tapu
⟦illegible⟧
The area of property 444 and 445 ending at the mentioned place 444 and 445 square cubits 408 / 949

Archival unit 213

12
Recorded in the Tabu of Abi Sayfan
Under number ⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧
⟦Jamil⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Clarifications of mortgage and its release carried out on this deed
Mortgage and release | Mortgage and release | Registry date | Registry number | Place of seizure | Transaction type | Director's signature | Registry date | Registry number | Place of seizure | Transaction type | Director's signature

Archival unit 214

Deed
Tabu
Iraqi Government
Record Date: 10 August 1927
Record Number: 20
Volume Number: 72
Record Page Number: 68
Tabu Portfolio Number: 228
New Door Number: 4/4
Old Door Number:
Paper Ledger Number:
Province | District | Sub-district | Village | Site | Neighborhood | Street | Annexes
Baghdad | . | . | . | . | Kolat | . | Right of elevation for the latrine above ground level three cubits only
Type and Sequences | Category | Outer Boundaries
Plots | Absolute Ownership | North: Public Road; East and South: Partitioned Khan belonging to the Menahem Waqf; West: The second Partitioned Khan, property 4/4, also belonging to the Menahem Waqf 4/4
Area | Shares | Original Owner
Reason for Issuing the Deed
The construction located in the Kolat area with the sequence above was requested for registration in the Tabu ledgers as no deed of possession existed for it.
The inspection and investigation were conducted locally by the inspection and engineering officer and the neighborhood mukhtar, and the neighbors testified that it is absolute ownership belonging to
The Director and President of the Israeli Midrash Talmud Torah Association, Segio Nahum Harun Lawi, the Iraqi, in his capacity for the aforementioned association.
For a period exceeding forty years without dispute or opposition, and the mentioned construction was acquired through building and development.
In the record, it was partitioned into two Khans, a shop, a washing house, and others, marked with sequences 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, and 228, and no
And the boundaries officer has no right in the presented locations sold on a registration paper, and deed undertakings were taken from the renewer and verified.
Regarding the inspection and investigations, advertisements were published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai newspaper, issues 470, 475, and 479 dated 24 and 29
May, and the Iraq newspaper, issues 1940, 1944, and 1957 dated 24 and 29 May 1927 and 4 June 1927, and no
Opponent appeared during the designated period, and the Provincial Administrative Council also decided to approve its registration; thus, the numbering was decided.
Name of the Director and President of the Israeli Midrash Talmud Torah Association, Segio Nahum Harun Lawi, the Iraqi, in his capacity for the aforementioned association.
Price and Receipt
Equivalent Value and Bidding | Paper Price | Specification Fee | Tax | Annexes | Total
Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna
3000 | 3 | 12 8 | 75 | 75 8
The plots whose boundaries and the image of the renewer companion are edited above have been registered in the Baghdad Tabu Department in the name of the Director
And President of the Israeli Midrash Talmud Torah Association, Segio Nahum Harun Lawi, the Iraqi, in his capacity for the aforementioned association on 10 Jumada al-Ula year 46 and 10 November 1927.
This Tabu deed has been organized and issued.
Tabu Officer of the Region
Baghdad
Tabu Commission
Baghdad Region
1924
This deed’s sale transaction was registered on 20 September 1931 under number 40

Archival unit 215

Explanations of the mortgage and its release that take place on this deed
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Registry date | Registry number | Registry location | Type of transaction | Manager's signature | Registry date | Registry number | Registry location | Type of transaction | Manager's signature

Archival unit 216

Title Deed
Iraqi Government
Register Date: 946
Register Number: 9
Volume Number: 66
Register Page Number: 79
Tapu Portfolio Number: 588
Modern Pipe Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Old Pipe Number:
Journal Number:
Province | District | Sub-district | Village | Location | Quarter | Street | Incidents
Baghdad | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Waziriyah | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Type and Contents: A house containing upper and lower rooms, sanitary facilities, a courtyard, and passages
Category: Absolute Ownership (Mulk Sirf)
Boundaries and Differences: North and West: Public thoroughfare
East: Property No. ⟦illegible⟧
South: House of Ibrahim Khader Land
Area: ⟦illegible⟧
Allocations: Equivalent value of five thousand rupees distributed according to Article 5 of the Settlement Law
Completed by Decision No. 187 on 18 / 8 / 946
Registered on 22/9/946
Original Owner
This house is the absolute property and under the disposal of the Director and President of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association in his capacity as
Rabbi Haron Levi the Iraqi, and since it has not been registered in the Tapu registers until now and no deed has been taken for it, based on the review of
the aforementioned for its new registration, a local inspection and investigation were conducted by the inspection officer and the house inspection committee, which is
the expert opinion stating that it is under the ownership and disposal of the Director and President of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association in his capacity as
Rabbi Haron Levi in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad, and that he disposes of it without hindrance or opposition.
In addition to the inspection and investigations, advertisements were published in the Iraqi Gazette, Issue 1498 on
15 / 4 / 946, dated 29 / 4 / 946, and 8 and 19 / 5 / 946, and no objector appeared during the legal period.
Furthermore, the Provincial Administrative Council also approved its registration by its decision No. 668 dated 20 August 946.
Consideration | Value | Equivalent Value and Auction | Endowment Price | Value Fee | Fee | Allocations | Total
Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna
50 | 0 |  |  | 50 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 50 | 0
The house whose boundaries are defined and the image of the renewal transaction above has been registered in the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name of the Director and President of
the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association in his capacity as Rabbi Haron Levi the Iraqi in addition to the aforementioned association in ⟦illegible⟧ and this Tapu deed was issued.
Director of the Regional Tapu
Baghdad
⟦circular stamp with illegible text⟧

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Number 518/15
H/3
⟦illegible⟧
One official exit stamp
Affix this record to it R ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Authority of the ⟦illegible⟧ region
Erbil
Clarifications of mortgage and its release performed on this deed
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Record date | Record number | Record location | Transaction type | Director's signature | Record date | Record number | Record location | Transaction type | Director's signature

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Title Deed
Registration Date: 29 March 936
Record Number: 44
Volume Number: 72
Record Page Number: 16
Tapu Folder Number: 48
General Door Number: 701
Private Door Number: --
Daily Ledger Number: --
Iraqi Government
Liwa | Qada | Nahiya | Village | Location | District | Street
Baghdad | -- | -- | -- | -- | Taht al-Takiya | Al-Abakhana Avenue
Type | Sequences | Classification | Specific Boundaries | Remarks
Newly constructed house | -- | Absolute Ownership | Right side to the house of the heirs of Khadduri
Left side to the house of the heirs of Yusuf
Salman ⟦...⟧ the door and the facade
To the public road | The total shares of the district
Numbered 68/151 belong
to the aforementioned school by purchase of
three and a half carats
and that is less than the value of the shares
of the heirs and for its explanation
That this house is the right of ownership and disposal of the manager and president of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association, Hazqil Menachem Harun Lawi, in addition
to the aforementioned association, and it was stated in the regulation for it as it has not been previously registered in the Land Registry Department and no Khakani deed was taken, in addition to the loss of
a judicial decision, so it was necessary to inspect its registrar by the inspection officer, the engineer, the district mukhtar, and experts, and it was found that the property is absolute ownership
under the ownership and disposal of the manager and president of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association, Hazqil Menachem Harun Lawi, in addition to the association
mentioned in Baghdad without dispute or opponent. Accordingly, the inspection and investigations were announced and notices were published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' Gazette
under numbers 290, 294, and 299 dated 17 December 934, 24 December 934, and 7 February 935, and Al-Istiqlal newspaper
under numbers 757, 761, and 771 dated 24 and 24 January 935 and 4 February 935, and no opponent appeared during the designated period, just as
the Administrative Council of the Liwa also approved its registration in the name of the manager and president of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association, Hazqil Menachem
Harun Lawi, in addition to the aforementioned association, by its decision number 157 dated 6-3-936 and delivered in the area dated the 7th of it
The renewal transaction was carried out.
Upper part of the deed
In the name of the manager and president of the Talmud Torah Schools Association
the Israeli Hazqil Menachem Harun
Lawi in addition to the aforementioned association
in Baghdad and a number of successors
Value | Equivalent or Auction Price | Price of Oqquiyya | Engineer's fee | Fee | Collections | Total
2000 | -- | -- | 5 | 75 | -- | 80
The house whose boundaries and image of registration are renewed above has been registered in the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name of Hazqil
Menachem Harun Lawi
Based on this party, the ownership aspect has been organized and this Khakani deed was given
On 29 March 936
Director of the Tapu District of
Baghdad
And that for a period of more than forty years, and that the mentioned house
is not restricted by purchase to any others under the disposal of the manager
and the president of the association
The Director
Directorate of Baghdad Tapu District

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⟦illegible⟧
It was decided that a two-rubiya stamp was affixed
by taking the installment
946 | 1
8/11
⟦signature⟧
9
⟦illegible⟧
Land Registry Office ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Clarifications of the mortgage and its release which are performed on this deed
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Record Date | Record Number | Record Volume | Type of Transaction | Signature of the Director | Record Date | Record Number | Record Volume | Type of Transaction | Signature of the Director

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Deed
Tapu
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Justice
Registration Date: May, year of the claimant
Record Number: 18
Volume Number: 77
Record Page Number: 29
Tapu Folder Number: 590
General File Number: 2156 / 148
Private File Number:
Journal Entry Number:
Liwa | Qada | Nahiyah | Village | Location | Quarter | Street | Serial Numbers
Baghdad |  |  |  |  | Tatran |  |
Category: Purely state-owned land containing ⟦...⟧, an entrance hall, a kitchen, and a lower hallway
Serial Numbers:
Type: Private property (Mulk Sirf)
Boundaries and Parties: To the right, the private road containing the house door and from ⟦...⟧ the heirs of Azar bin Eleazar, and to the left the Endowment of Talmud Torah 148A and 148B to the west, and the law of Banna Moussa Mujarrad 156B containing a door with a joist ⟦...⟧ to the north the house of Shaul bin Murad 148 / 148
Area:
Shares:
Original Owner:
Document Proof
This house is private property (Mulk Sirf) and it is 'Nun' which was not placed for collection, just as the footprint of the foundation of its location is among the missing records. Due to the request of the
aforementioned blessed Science and Darkness Society belonging to the director and founder of the Talmud Torah Schools Society, Ezekiel Hakham Aaron Lody, in addition
to the aforementioned society, because a local inspection was carried out, it was revealed that the house and the founder of the Talmud Torah Schools Society, Ezekiel Hakham Aaron Lody
in addition to the aforementioned society, has no partner or associate, and that for a period of more than twenty years he has been disposing of it and is the possessor of it
without any dispute or opposition. Based on the inspection, investigation, and decision of the details in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' Gazette numbers 512,
513, and 514 dated 6, 15, and 27 February 934, and the Iraq Gazette numbers 2060, 2069, and 2077 dated
12, 21, and 30 February 934, no opponent appeared during the specified period. Furthermore, the Liwa Administrative Council also approved its registration
by its decision No. 227 dated April 18, 934, and the local neighborhood Mukhtar's certificate dated June 4, 934, the renewal transaction was registered.
The person in possession and his status: Director and head of the Talmud Torah Schools Society, Ezekiel Hakham Aaron Lady, in addition to the aforementioned society of Iraqis
Equivalent value or auction | Paper fee | Registration fee | Fee | Shares | Total
Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna | Rupee | Anna
2000 | . | < | . | 5 | . | 50 | . | . | . | 57 | .
The house ⟦line⟧ whose boundaries are written and the image of the renewal transaction ⟦line⟧ above have been registered in the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name of the director and head
of the Talmud Torah Schools Society, Ezekiel Hakham Aaron Lady, in addition to the aforementioned society, so this deed was given for it as ownership. This Tapu deed was organized and given
on 4 May 934 and 18 Muharram 53
Director of Tapu District
Baghdad

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⟦illegible⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Certification that the ⟦Jewish⟧ community ⟦...⟧ deserved by the installment ledger
On November 9, year ⟦1927⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Clarifications of mortgage and its release which are performed on this deed
Mortgage and its release | Mortgage and its release
Register date | Register number | Register volume | Transaction type | Director's signature | Register date | Register number | Register volume | Transaction type | Director's signature

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Tabu Form 33
Certified copy of the record of the Karkh Land Registry Office in Baghdad
Government Press - 10 - 1933 - 46
Volume 77
592
Registration Number | Registration Date | District | Neighborhood or Village | Street and Old Door Number | Type and Category | Boundaries and Area | Transferred from which book | Method of issuing the deed | Disposition | Consideration and Value | Remarks
19 | January 1938 | Baghdad | Talat | 841 B 148 | Property, house and residence | East: Road passing through the house; South: Property of the heirs of Salim bin Daoud; West: Property of the heirs of Salim bin Daoud; North: Road passing through the house; and its area is 148 square meters and 45 square decimeters | ⟦illegible⟧ | Originality and guardianship over the minors according to the guardianship deed numbered 463 and dated 24 November 1937 issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad | Director, Head of the Church of Meir Levi Haron Sfeir, in his capacity as guardian and representative of Haron Levi bin Isaac, the minors mentioned in the field of the method of issuance mentioned above | ⟦illegible⟧ |
This copy is identical to its original kept in the records of this department. Note that the property mentioned above has been registered in the name of the Director, Head of the Church of Meir Levi Haron Sfeir, in his capacity as guardian and representative of Haron Levi bin Isaac, the minors mentioned above, according to the guardianship deed numbered 463 and dated 24 November 1937 issued by the Personal Status Court in Baghdad.
The transfer was executed upon it according to the non-objection and its transfer and registration in the name of Rafidain Bank according to the insurance mortgage deed numbered 588 and dated 22 November 1938.
The real estate mentioned above has been registered in the name of ⟦illegible⟧ under number 582 on 10 / 5 / 1951, date ⟦illegible⟧.
Based on the request of the Directorate of Frozen Assets in its letter numbered 5028 on 22 / 5 / 1951, date ⟦illegible⟧.
This house was registered in the Frozen Assets Register in the name of the Directorate of Frozen Assets according to Article Two of the Frozen Assets Law No. 5 of 1951.
Written on 24 / 5 / 1951
Director of Karkh Land Registry
⟦signature⟧
Land Registry Clerk

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Clarifications of mortgage and its release occurring on this deed
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Transferred and matched - Awqaf Bureau at the Conservation Directorate
⟦signature⟧
General Directorate of Awqaf
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
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Deed
The Iraqi Government
Tabu (Land Registry)
This house is a pure property under the disposal and management of the Director and President of the Israeli Tahor Torah Schools Association in their official capacity
Based on the decision of the Iraqi Council of Ministers, and it is currently not registered in the Land Registry Department and no title deeds have been issued for it regarding the validity of
the aforementioned for its new registration, an inspection and investigation were conducted, and based on the rest of the inspection, the engineer, the Land Registry departments,
and the experts, it was found that this property is in the possession and disposal of the Director and President of the Israeli Tahor Torah Schools Association in their capacity
as the silent owner, and by adding the aforementioned association in Baghdad and through building and reconstruction, it was divided from it
and partitioned informally, and it has been disposed of without hindrance or opposition, and it is free of costs and expenses
Advertisements were published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' gazette in issues 668, 958, and 955 dated 9-12-946
and 8 and 19 Tishrin, and in Al-Iraq newspaper in issues 8774 and 8892 dated 29 and 946 and ⟦...⟧
No opponent appeared during the designated period, and the Board of Directors approved its registration by its decision dated ⟦...⟧
Consideration | Value | Equivalent Value | Budget | Price of Luffia | Registration Fee | Tax | Shares | Total
 | 2000 |  |  |  | 150 |  |  | 157
The house, whose boundaries and description are defined in the renewal transaction above, has been registered in the Baghdad Land Registry Department in the name of the Director and President
of the Israeli Tahor Torah Schools Association in their capacity as the owner, so this deed was given to be a proof in their hands
Based on the decision of the Iraqi Council of Ministers No. ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧
Director of the Baghdad District Land Registry
In the name of the Director and President of the Israeli Tahor Torah Schools Association in their capacity as the trustee of the endowments of the aforementioned association in Baghdad
Under Article ⟦...⟧ Rima Torah Ashkenazi Kadoorie
Baghdad Land Registry

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Deed
Tabu (Title Deed)
Kingdom of Iraq
Date of Register: May 1344 Rumi
Register Number: 20
Volume Number: 77
Register Page Number: 29
Title Deed Portfolio Number: 591
Sequential Pipeline Number: 148 / 148
Old Pipeline Number:
Werko (Property Tax) Book Number:
Liwa (Province): Baghdad
Qadha (District):
Nahiyah (Sub-district):
Village:
Location:
Quarter: Tatran
Street:
House:
Type: House used as a school
Contents: It contains upper and lower rooms, a courtyard, a porch, a kitchen, a passage, and a toilet
Classification: Pure Ownership (Mulk)
Boundaries and Dimensions
East: Private road passing to Al-Shawi house
West: House of the heirs of Kahin 148 Baghdad
North: Jewish Endowment and the house of the heirs belonging to ⟦...⟧
South: House of the heirs belonging to ⟦...⟧
Area
Manner of Acquisition
As this house is pure ownership and since no original deed was found for it, and as the basic register for its quarter is among the lost registers, and in view of the proof of ownership and sequestration of this mentioned house belonging to the Director and President of the Talmud Torah Schools Association, Ezekiel Rabbi Aaron Levy, in the capacity of the mentioned association, it is known that an inspection was carried out with the knowledge of the Administrative Board of the Director and President of the Talmud Torah Schools Association, Ezekiel Rabbi Aaron Levy, in the capacity of the mentioned association, and it has no partner or associate, and that for a period exceeding twenty years it has been disposed of and held by quiet possession without hindrance or opposition. In verification of the established inspection, advertisements were published for it in the Iraqi Waqayi’ Gazette in issues 518, 519, and 516 dated 8, 13, and 17 February 1927, and Iraq Newspaper in issues 2060, 2069, and 2077 dated 8, 17, and 24 February 1927. No opponent appeared during the designated period, and the Board of Administration of Lost Property approved its registration by its decision No. 259 dated 18 May 1927 and according to the status of the journal dated 4 April 1927 in the volume agency registers.
Original Owner
Director and President of the Talmud Torah Schools Association, Ezekiel Rabbi Aaron Levy, in the capacity of the mentioned association from the Mosaic community.
Value | Brokerage and Auction | Loyalty Price | Registration Fee | Tax | Shares | Total
1500 |  | 4 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 40
 |  |  |  |  |  | 458
The house whose boundaries and description are defined above has been registered at the Baghdad Title Deed Department in the name of the Director and President of the Talmud Torah Schools Association, Ezekiel Rabbi Aaron Levy, in the capacity of the mentioned association, in the pure ownership register, and this title deed was given on 24 May 1927 and 18 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1345.
Director of Title Deed Region
Baghdad