Legal Documents Related to the Disbursement and Management of Endowments, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThis 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).
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Document Tapu (Title Deed) Kingdom of Iraq Province | District | Sub-district | Village | Site | Quarter | Street | Remarks Baghdad | - | - | - | - | Tawat | - | - First Owner This land is absolute freehold property (Mulk Sirf) which used to be an endowment (Waqf) in the hands of the trustee of the Jewish Community Schools Association in Baghdad, Rabbi Harun Levi of the Tabak; and from now on it no longer remains an endowment as its registration has been definitively extinguished based on the government's approval of its re-titling to Daoud Levi Asif and the authorized person for this on behalf of Mar Asif, Rights and Kar Al-Mehna and its charitable people by a statement of its permissibility that it was an endowment in the hands of the trustee of the Jewish Community Schools Association in Baghdad, Rabbi Harun Levi, in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad, and that he disposes of it without any hindrance or objector; and in addition to the inspection and investigations, advertisements were completed in the Iraqi Gazette, issue 2584 on 9/25/1945, 2586 on 10/1/1945, and 2589 on 10/8/1945, and in Al-Iraq newspaper, issues 7874, 7882, and 7892 on 9/24/1945, 10/1/1945, and 10/8/1945, and no objector appeared during the specified period, just as the community's administrative council also ratified its settlement by its decision No. 228 dated August 10, 1945, and accordingly this documentation was carried out. Consideration | Value | Tapu and Mandatory Fees | Plate Price | Inspection Fee | Fee | Allocations | Total 2000 | 2000 | 100 | 10 | - | - | - | 2110 The house whose boundaries and descriptions are recorded on the edge of the above register has been registered at the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name of the Directorate of the Jewish Community Schools in Baghdad, Rabbi Harun Levi, in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad. For this purpose therein, please sign and deliver; and this Tapu deed was issued by Levi of the Tabak in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad on May 21, year 1946 AD. Director of Baghdad Province Tapu ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Type ⟦...⟧ Registry ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ An entry in the mortgage register has been attached to this deed ⟦signature⟧ Dresser 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 volume | Type of transaction | Director's signature | Registry date | Registry number | Registry volume | Type of transaction | Director's signature
Title Deed Tapu Iraqi Government Registration Date: 2 September 946 Registration Number: 7 Volume Number: 66 Register Page Number: 78 Tapu Portfolio Number: 411 New Door Number: 87 Old Door Number: 197 Werko Book Number: Governorate | District | Sub-district | Village | Site | Neighborhood | Street | Notes Baghdad | -- | -- | -- | -- | Under the Tekiya | -- | Type and Appurtenances | House containing rooms, courtyard, tarma, floor, basement, and utilities Type | Pure Property (Mulk) Boundaries and Directions | North: Isaac bin Eliyahu house 197/48; East: dead-end road; West: Eliyahu Kashi house 197/46; South: Naima bint Heskel house 198 Area | ⟦illegible⟧ Shares | Full Transactions | An annual fee is given for every thousand degrees half a degree, according to Article Five of the Waqf Law No. 27 First Owner Issuing Authority of the Deed This house is registered as a Waqf under the trusteeship and supervision of the Director and President of the Talmud Torah Jewish Schools Association, and whereas Hakham Haron Lawi Al-Dallal's Waqf has not yet had his death proven in the Tapu nor was a deed taken for it; therefore, based on the administration's request for its re-registration, the preliminary inspection and practical investigation by the inspection officer, the engineer, the neighborhood mukhtar, and the neighbor whose signatures are shown indicates it is under the disposal and management of the Director and President of the Talmud Torah Jewish Schools Association in his capacity as trustee for Haron Lawi in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad, and that he manages it without dispute or opposition, and indeed for the Waqf and expenditures for the registered Waqf charities according to these events dated No. 824 and dated 25/5/945 and on 24/8/946 and 18 and 19/8/946 and in the Waqf register under numbers 1874 and 1898 on 28 and 29/8/946 and 10, 11, and 12/8/946 they understood by the transaction entry within the specified period, as the Governorate's Administrative Council also ratified its registration by its decision Number 261 dated 20 August 946, and accordingly the neighborhood organization No. 154 dated 2 September 946 organized the renewal transaction Instead of The empty And by value Necessary for the teaching of this house Jewish Talmud Torah Hakham Haron Lawi Al-Dallal in addition to the Waqf side in Baghdad Registration Fee | Value | Fee for Similar or Auction | Paper Price | Inspection Fee | Fee | Collections | Total Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna -- -- | -- -- | -- -- | -- -- | 2 -- | 120 -- | -- -- | 128 -- The house whose boundaries and images are described in the renewal map above has been registered in the Baghdad Tapu Department in the name and description of the Jewish Talmud Torah Schools Association in its capacity as Hakham Haron Lawi Al-Dallal in addition to the Waqf side in Baghdad Haron Lawi Al-Dallal in addition to the aforementioned association on 2 September year 946 Signature and seal of the competent official Baghdad Tapu Officer Fuad ⟦stamp illegible⟧
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 part | Transaction type | Manager's signature | Registry date | Registry number | Registry part | Transaction type | Manager's signature
Document Tabu (Land Registry) Iraqi Government Registration Date: 25/2/36 Registration Number: 8 Volume Number: 66 Registry Page Number: 79 Tabu Portfolio Number: 427 Compound Door Number: 22 Muharram Door Number: Warqu Book Number: Liwa | Qada | Nahiyah | Village | Location | Mahalla | Street | Attachments Baghdad | | | | | Khatun | | Type and Contents: Vacant land, absolute ownership (Mulk Sarf) Upper and lower And with shared lower hand Type: Absolute ownership (Mulk Sarf) Boundaries and Sides: North: House belonging to the plot ⟦...⟧ South: Public road; East: Original Tabu West: House belonging to the Association of Khadhuri Torah Schools Sequence 4/178 West: House of Dawood and Salih, sons of ⟦...⟧ Area: Shares: An annual fee of half a rupee is given for every thousand rupees, in accordance with Article Five of the Sharia Endowments Law First Owner: Issuing Authority of the Deed: This house is absolute ownership under the possession and disposal of the Director and President of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association, Safook Hakham Haroon Levi, the claimant, and until now it has not been registered in the Tabu books nor has a deed been taken for it. Based on the aforementioned's request to register it anew, the inspection and investigation were conducted locally by the inspection officer, the engineer, the neighborhood Mukhtar, and experts. It was found that it is under the possession and disposal of the Director and President of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools Association, Safook Hakham Haroon Levi, in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad, and that its value is without hindrance or opposition. Furthermore, following the inspection and investigations, advertisements were published in the Iraqi Al-Waqai' Gazette in issues 448, 451, and 455 dated 21, 24, and 28 / 1 / 936, and no objection occurred during the period in issues 187 and 188 and 189 dated 28, 29, and 30 / 1 / 36; no opponent appeared during the designated period. Also, the Liwa Administration Council also approved its registration by its decision No. 668 dated 24 / 2 / 36. Accordingly, the mentioned was registered in the department as a renewal transaction New Half and Satisfaction: Director and President of the Association of Schools Israeli Talmud Torah, Safook Hakham Haroon Levi, the respected, in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad Exchange | Value | Equivalent Exchange | Auction | Neck Price | Recommendation Fee | Fee | Shares | Total Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna | Rupee Anna The one whose boundaries and renewal transaction image are edited above has been registered in the Baghdad Tabu Department by the decree of the Director and President of the Israeli Talmud Torah Schools, Safook Hakham Haroon, in the place defined hereafter by ownership. This Tabu deed was organized and given to the respected Levi in addition to the aforementioned association in Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ 25 February 936 Acting Tabu Officer Baghdad
Number ⟦...⟧ Estimated Land Registry revenue five rupees Thousand ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ Clarifications of mortgage and its release which are carried out on this deed Registration Date | Register Number | Mortgage Value | Transaction Type | Director's Signature | Registration Date | Register Number | Mortgage Value | Transaction Type | Director's Signature Mortgage and its release Mortgage and its release
Number one land registry four rupees ⟦The commission⟧ in the control 526 | 1334 ⟦illegible⟧ Clarifications of mortgage and its release carried out on this deed Date of registry | Registry number | Registry location | Transaction type | Director's signature | Date of registry | Registry number | Registry location | Transaction type | Director's signature