Correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community Regarding Property in al-Hillah and Zul-Kifl
View interactive document pageThese are folders from the President of the Jewish Community titled "Property of al-Hillah Community." Included are: and an official document of property ownership for the Zul-Kifl endowment, correspondence from the President of Jewish community to Iraqi Property Registration Office requesting approval to sell a house belonging to the Jewish community in al-Hillah, official proof of property ownership, letters between the President of the Jewish community and Ezra Manheim Daniel regarding a list of endowment properties in Zul-Kifl district area, and an official government registration of an endowed stable.
2522 / 52 22 / 5 / 1952 Receipt of Title Deed ⟦4⟧ To the Honorable Mr. Yaqub Shlomo Abdullah Greetings, With reference to your letter dated May 22, 1952, We inform you of our receipt of the title deed for the property numbered 4 / 141 located in the Al-Jabawiyyin district, which belongs to the Jewish community in Hillah. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
Baghdad on 22 / 5 / 1952 ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ Incoming Number 1825 Date 22 / 5 / 1952 His Excellency, the Acting Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respectfully After greetings Per your request, we provide you herewith the deed for the property numbered 141/4 located in the Al-Jibyaween neighborhood in Hilla, belonging to the Jewish community in Hilla, which you had previously sent to the late Ezra Menahem Daniel. Please inform us of its arrival And please accept our highest respect ⟦signature⟧ Yaqub Shlomo Abdullah Clerk For registration and return ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 5 / 52
51 / 2070 1951/8/14 Department Copy 4 His Excellency Senator Ezra Menachem, Respectfully Greetings, Reference to the telephone conversation on the morning of 1951/8/14 We attach herewith the deed for the property numbered 141 / 4 located in the Al-Jibawin neighborhood in Hilla belonging to the Jewish Community in Hilla. Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances of my highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Attachments Number 1 Tapu deed " Portfolio sequence 184 modern door number 141 / 4 for the property located in the Al-Jibawin neighborhood in Hilla. Now ⟦illegible⟧ 14 / 8
T/ 51/8750 5 / 3 / 1951 ⟦Department Copy⟧ The honorable Mr. Teacher Moshe Hoki Abboudi Hilla After greetings, With reference to your oral conversation with us on 2 / 3 / 951, we inform you that we presented the issue of the sale of the property to His Excellency the Vice President of the Community, who suggested referring it to the Community's lawyer. Therefore, the matter is proceeding in its legal path regarding the Community Presidency in Baghdad selling this property and registering it in the Land Registry Department, and we will inform you of the result. Please accept our highest respect; ⟦signature⟧ Secretary Ibrahim / 5
Department Copy T / 8748 / 51 4 / 2 / 1951 His Excellency the Director of the General Land Registry (Tapu) respected After greetings We report that there is a house from which five shops have been unofficially partitioned, located in the Al-Jibawiyyin neighborhood in Hilla, with serial number 184 and modern door number 141 / 4, registered in the name of the Jewish community in Hilla, according to permanent record 47 dated November 1947. Since the Jewish community in Baghdad wishes to sell it, and since the Jewish community in Iraq consists of several groups, and the Baghdad group is composed of the governorates of Baghdad, Hilla, Diwaniya, Kut, Dulaim, and Karbala according to Article One of the Regulation for amending the Jewish Community Regulation No. 48 of 1932, and in order to enable the transfer of the house by this community, it was necessary to notify the Ministry of Justice to certify a certificate of the entity of this community in accordance with the provisions of the Law for Registration of Immovable Property in the Name of Juridical Persons No. 34 of 1929. With respect to Your Excellency. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 4