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IJA 3759

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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This item is from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are documents concerning employee salaries of Baghdadi Jewish social organizations, telephone and utility bills, receipts, and income and expense reports.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3759
Item Number
10274
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Annotation, Financial, Handwritten, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Ledger, Letterhead, Office of Telephone Administration, President of the Jewish Community, Property, Receipts, Revenue Stamps, Telegram, Typed, Utility Bills

AI English Translation, Pages 651-675

Archival unit 651

71
Accounting 38:
Book Number: 45158 State Funds Collection Receipt
Serial Number: 14
Department Name: ⟦Duhok⟧ Land Registry ⟦Office⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
400 | 4 | Oral Doctors ⟦29⟧ Y ⟦S⟧ / ⟦144⟧ ⟦29⟧ Y ⟦S⟧ / ⟦144⟧ | 1955 | ⟦Train⟧
500 | 2 |  |  | 
900 | 7 |  |  | 
I have received from: ⟦Khalil Al-Rashid⟧
The amount written above, totaling: Seven Dinars and Nine Hundred Fils
On date: 8 / 7 / 955
Signature of the Collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦Treasurer⟧

Archival unit 652

45158
70
Volume Number ⟦line⟧
State Funds Collection Receipt
Accounting 38
Serial Number 13 / Department Name ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Property Tax
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
500 | 2 | Article No. 29 / 144 ⟦line⟧ 257 | 1955 | First Installment
500 | 2 | " " 29 / 144 ⟦line⟧ 258 | " | "
500 | 3 | " " 29 / 144 ⟦line⟧ 259 | " | "
500 | 8 | ⟦line⟧ |  | 
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is: Eight Dinars and 500 Fils
Date: 5 / 7 / 1955
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Job Title ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 653

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | ⟦line⟧ Allowance | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar |  |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 654

17
500 fils
Only fifty fils and no more
⟦illegible⟧
Value of an electric lamp for the
association headquarters ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Drinking soap
Taffeta soap

Archival unit 655

HILAL PRESS
PRINTING BINDING, RULING
PROPRIETOR:
Haron M. Shasha
Tel. : 6379
Mutanabbi Street No. 6/26
BAGHDAD
№ ⟦line⟧ 181
Al-Hilal Press
For printing, binding, and paper ruling
Proprietor: Haron Murad Shasha
Telephone Number 6379
Mutanabbi Street No. 6/26 Baghdad
Baghdad on: 19 / 6 / 1955
To: ⟦illegible⟧ Sabra Kaddouri
Respectfully:
Date | Particulars | I. D. | Fils
 | Value of one book of printed receipt vouchers
Each book contains 100 sheets
Only one dinar and one hundred fils
Amount received | 1 | 100
Haron Shasha
Haron ⟦illegible⟧
Total
Press Management

Archival unit 656

Baghdad Light & Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
593
Old Charity Association
Association 141/17M
Opposite 141/27
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who considers their deposited security to be excessive after continuous consumption in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
I. 2½ 6607960 I4049
29206 24 22 860 G CSH
27-JUN-55 00316
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee for Fixed | Fils | Dinar
860 22 24 | 27/6/55 | Sequence No. 7960 | | | 
Various Charges | | To 611 55 4096 | For Meter | | 
1- Arrears | | From 510 55 2065 | | 35 | 
2- Special Reading Fee | | Units Supplied 21 | | 558 | 
3- Cost of Damage to Meter | | At 18 Fils | | | 
4- Carried from your account | | At 12 Fils | | | 
 | | At 10 Fils | | | 
 | | Various Charges - See Side | | 593 | 
 | | Total | | 593 | 
This bill is not
considered paid unless
stamped above by
the cashier
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 657

Hevra Kadisha Society
Baghdad
Number: 64
Date: 19 / 6 / 1950
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Society in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦illegible⟧
For: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 658

No. 581469 (Form SP-52 ٥٢ .استمارة م. م)
Khanaqin Oil Co., Ltd.
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain) (Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt. for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO:
Fill. Stn: ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
Date: ⟦illegible handwriting⟧ 60
I.D. | Fils
⟦illegible handwriting⟧ | ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
⟦blue circular ink stamp, illegible⟧
Sig. ⟦line⟧ Sig.

Archival unit 660

1/250 Dinars
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty
I received the above-mentioned amount ⟦by God⟧
My fee for inspecting the Mushaf with ⟦Khalid⟧
⟦In the name of⟧ 7/11
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦Comprehensive⟧

Archival unit 661

1/250 Dinars
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils
⟦line⟧
I have received the above-mentioned amount
And that is for the medical sick leave of my daughter Raphael
⟦fingerprint⟧
Shaul ⟦illegible⟧
2/6/55

Archival unit 662

59
Expenses on behalf of Yusuf Dawud during the month of May 55
⟦line⟧
Driver's fee for the late Masouda Hashil Jadaa | 7/-
Expenses for porter, sewing, additional license, and a drink | 250 750 500 500 250
and milkman for the house at night | 150
I received the amount of three dinars and one hundred and fifty fils
⟦signature⟧
3/150

Archival unit 663

5/000 Dinars
Only five dinars
I received the above-mentioned amount
for my salary for the month of March 955
⟦illegible⟧
Iraq
Finance
10
Fils
Al-Rawda
Badia Mubashir

Archival unit 664

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees in ⟦illegible⟧ for the month of ⟦illegible⟧
19
Nominal Salary (Dinar Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar Fils) | Allowances (Dinar Fils) | Total (Dinar Fils) | Deductions (Dinar Fils) | Received (Dinar Fils) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  | 15/000 | Salim Abdullah Kabbay | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  | 8/000 | Daoud Youssef | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  | 8/000 | Shaul Meir | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  | 7/000 | Munir Munshi Yashua | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  | 7/000 | Daoud Nassim | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  | 5/000 | Esther Mordechai | Attached receipt | 
 |  |  |  |  | 60/000 | Only sixty Dinars and nothing else |  |

Archival unit 665

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
21

Archival unit 666

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
Note ::
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.:
2- A subscriber who considers that their deposited security is excessive after having a continuous supply in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.:
Association: Habr Qadisha
Association: 141/17 M
Opposite: 141/27
I. 2½ 6607960
I4049
FILS fils
I.D. Dinar
Account No. | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fixed Charge | Fils | Dinar
86 22 32 | ⟦illegible⟧ | To 57 55 ⟦illegible⟧ 7960 |  |  | 
Various charges |  | From ⟦illegible⟧ 2060 | For the meter | 35 | 
1- Arrears |  | Units supplied 55 2035 |  | 540 | 
2- Special reading fee |  | At 18 fils 20 |  |  | 
3- Cost of damage to meter |  | At 12 fils |  |  | 
4- Carried forward from your account |  | At 10 fils |  |  | 
Various charges - see side |  |  | Total | 575 | 
575
A -
00210
22 MAY 55
This bill is not valid unless ⟦illegible⟧ above by ⟦illegible⟧ the cashier
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 667

55
2/- Dinars
Only two Dinars and no more.
⟦line⟧
I have received the amount mentioned above,
as assistance for paying the cash allowance
for my adult son on the occasion of the allowance increase
from 50/- Dinars to 100/- Dinars
by order of His Excellency the President of the Association.
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Shaul Hayyim

Archival unit 668

No. 504312 (Form SP-52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO:
Stn.: Ghazi Street
Date: 12 / 5 / <del>55</del> 54
I.D. | Fils
Four | 416
Gallons | -
Benzine | 
⟦illegible⟧ | 
Sig. ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 669

52
1/250 Dinars
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils
⟦line⟧
I have received the amount mentioned above
And that is for the Eastern Bank
The deceased Masouda Aqeel Badah
⟦fingerprint⟧
Shaul Jaber

Archival unit 670

52
2/368 Dinars
Only two dinars and three hundred and sixty-eight fils
⟦line⟧
I have received the above-mentioned amount
for the lawsuit fee of Ashjan Ali regarding the eviction
of the house ⟦occupied⟧ by him and belonging
to the endowments of the Haba Khabitha Association.
Lawyer Nouri Abdul Hamid
Iraq
Financial
10 Fils
⟦signature⟧
5 / 5 / 35

Archival unit 671

51
Fils   Dinar
⟦line⟧
300   3   Only three dinars and no more
I, Mahdi Haji Said, have spent the length of
a roll of Indian curtain at the price as written above
Only three dinars to the Hebra Qaddisha Society
And for this reason I gave this receipt
2/5/95
The amount was paid by
Daoud ⟦illegible⟧
Mahdi Haji Said
<del>Mahdi Haji Said</del>

Archival unit 672

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 5/
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦five dinars only and nothing else⟧
And that is for ⟦my salary with cost of living allowances for the month of September⟧
⟦Year 1950⟧
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
Signature of the Recipient
Bashir Radif
55/5

Archival unit 673

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary Dinar Fils | Cost of Living Allowance Dinar Fils | Allowances Dinar Fils | Total Dinar Fils | Deductions Dinar Fils | Received Dinar Fils | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  | Salim Abdullah Kabbay | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Shaul ⟦...⟧ Najjar | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ Shamash | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Asher ⟦...⟧ | Receipt attached | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ |  | 
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 674

⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
M

Archival unit 675

Sheet 49
57
Water Supply Committee for Baghdad District
Subscriber Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Register Number: 6
Property Number: 217 / 141
Page Number:
District Name: Sabikh
Subscription Sequence Number:
Date:
Installment | Installment Period | Amount | Remarks
First | April . May . June 55 | 975 |
Second | July . August . September 55 | |
Third | October . November . December 55 | |
Fourth | January . February . March 56 | |
Paid
28 April 1955
Water Supply Committee for Baghdad District
Notice: - The installment is due starting from the beginning of the first month of the installment period
Therefore, this bill should be paid during the first month of the installment period
Form L. M. A. (40)