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IJA 646

Expenses and Operating Costs, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

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Description

This lists the expenses and the operating costs of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, for 1954 in Baghdad.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 646
Item Number
11240
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Baghdadi Jewish Community, Burial Society, File Folder, Financial, Handwritten, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Ink Stamp, Spiritual Council

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

Archival unit 1

Furniture and other items located at the headquarters of the Hebra Kadisha Society
Quantity | Item Name | Quantity | Tool Box (Coffin)
1 | Iron safe | 2 | Iron
1 | Iron cabinet for keeping papers |  | 
6 | Sofa chairs |  | 
1 | Desk chair |  | 
1 | Writing desk with its cover |  | 
1 | Wooden shelf |  | 
2 | Wooden cabinet |  | 
2 | Lockers |  | 
1 | Kerosene heater |  | 
7 | Empty medium-sized jars |  | 
1 | Large |  | 
4 | Rose water bottles |  | 
2 | Large copper pots |  | 
2 | Small jugs |  | 
2 | Large towers |  | 
4 | Old benches |  | 
1 | Old table |  | 
1 | Iron tank |  | 
500 Envelopes for letters
500 Letterhead papers of the society
Old notebooks
Dossiers
1 a - Old receipts and lists
b - Expense receipts
c - Revenue lists
2 a - Presidency of the community
b - The Physical Council
c - Syndicates
3 Secretariat papers, meeting minutes, decisions, and receipts
4 Society affairs
Salaries
Employees
Old files for years, Eastern Bank decisions, and lease contracts

Archival unit 2

⟦Properties of the Association (Hevra Kadisha)⟧
Number | Property No. | Property Type | Property Location | Monthly Rent | Annual Rent | Notes
1 | 317 M / 141 | House | Torat | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Headquarters of the Grand Association, four rooms with a hall, a bedroom and a kitchen upstairs, a kitchen and a bathroom
2 | 317 M / 141 | ~ | ~ | 100 | --- | 
3 | 227 / 234 | ~ | Al-Boushibl | 7000 | 84000 | 
4 | 227 / 234 | Shop | ~ | ~ | ~ | Residential apartment
5 | 229 A / 144 | House | Tatran |  | 60000 | 
6 | 229 / 94 | Shop | Souq Hanoun |  | 20000 | 
7 | 229 B / 144 | ~ | Tatran |  | 26000 | . Raqqa Hotel, vacated by the tenant, and he has not paid what he owes since 24/2/54
8 | 229 / 144 | ~ | ~ |  | 50000 | 
9 | 229 A / 144 | ~ | ~ |  | 55000 | 
10 | 229 C / 144 | ~ | ~ |  | 50000 | 
11 | 747 | Title Deed | Kolat Court Open Land |  | 60000 | 
12 | 210 | Title Deed | ~ |  | 48000 | 
13 | 2277 / 9 | House | Ras Al-Qarya | 6300 | 75600 | Rent required from month ⟦8 / 54⟧. The case was handed over to the lawyer Mr. Yaqoub Abdul Aziz, and we have not received the result yet.
638/600

Archival unit 3

Hevra Kadisha Association - Baghdad
Treasurer
President
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
1954
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
1954

Archival unit 4

Revenues
⟦line⟧
Orphans
Subscriptions
Donations
Subscribers
Rents
Miscellaneous
Expenses
⟦line⟧
Salaries
Telephone <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> (Saving government money)
Soap } with soap, fund balance
and additional workers
The car } driver's fare and gasoline
and garage and lubrication
Construction, restoration of ruins and painting
and work
Miscellaneous electricity and water costs and others
Petty expenses
⟦line⟧
Article Six - Paragraph B: Right of Membership ⟦illegible⟧
Honorary
22 Keeping money in the fund
Wrote to the bank about
changing the checks

Archival unit 5

To                                 Sh.
150/924                             Saleh Afam price of pepper
10/000                              Balance price of chickens
20/000                              Delivered to Shallum rent for Bar No. ⟦131⟧ Torah
for 5/8/721 in the amount of 20/000 Dinars
19/705                              In the name of Chemical Materials Abdul Karim Sheikh
⟦line⟧
160/924                             29/705
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦circular stamp⟧
⟦circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 6

The patient Naeem Aw ⟦wrong⟧
The shop is on Ghazi Street

Archival unit 7

444/718 available in the Eastern Bank
147/555 available cash in the safe at the end of November
591/273 ⟦line⟧
68/200 remaining rents from revenues
⟦line⟧
The Spiritual Council.
Hebra Qaddisha Baghdad
The Spiritual Council Hebra Qaddisha - Baghdad