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IJA 3079

Financial Transaction, Insurance Policies, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These are financial documents from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews including financial transaction receipts, bills, and tax records. Receipts are for newspaper and journal advertisements, pharmacies and doctors, taxis, books and stationary, utilities, accountants, plane and train tickets, and insurance policies. There is also correspondence from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews to various Jewish schools, reports on Jewish community holdings, such as the synagogues and charitable endowments, and the distribution of charitable funds, and correspondence with the government regarding property taxes.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3079
Item Number
2778
Date
Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Accounting, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Advertisement, Al-Rāfadīn Bank, Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Bank Note, Bank of the East, Britain, Charity, Correspondence, Doctors, Endowment, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Financial, First Court of Baghdad, Frank Iny School, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Handwritten, Heskel Menahem Daniel, Hospital, Ink Stamp, Insurance, Invoice, Iraqi Government, Iraqi State Railways, Ledger, Letterhead, Medicine, Meir Eliyahu Synagogue, Menahem S. Daniel, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Justice, Office of Education – Baghdad, Office of Telephone Administration, Personal Letterhead, Pharmacy, Printed Text, Property Tax, Railways, Receipts, Revenue Stamp, Shamash Secondary School, Society of Water, Stamps, Sun Crest, Synagogue, Tax, Taxi, Thumbprint, Typed, Waqf

AI en Translation, Pages 176-200

Page 176

Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
3/10 | Previous balance | 7 | 200
3/10 | From repair (the house) ⟦...⟧ |  | 400
3/11 | From Al-Alawiya to the house ⟦...⟧ items |  | 300
3/12 | From repair to the stationery warehouse at the house on behalf of Mrs. Al-Radhiya |  | 300
3/12 | From the house on behalf of Doctor ⟦...⟧ Samra's clinic at the police ⟦...⟧ |  | 500
3/13 | From ⟦...⟧ from Al-Alawiya to the house ⟦...⟧ |  | 400
3/14 | From ⟦...⟧ at the house ⟦...⟧ street ⟦...⟧ |  | 750
3/14 | From the house to the house (1/2) hour |  |
3/15 | From repair to the stationery warehouse at the house on behalf of Mrs. Al-Radhiya |  | 250
3/15 | From and to the house (1/2) hour |  |
3/16 | From repair to Rashid town at the storage in the house on behalf of Mrs. Al-Radhiya |  | 500
3/16 | For ⟦...⟧ one hour |  |
3/17 | From ⟦...⟧ Al-Alawiya stationery warehouse Al-Radhiya ⟦...⟧ |  | 500
3/17 | From the house in the milk structure to the house one hour at the house |  |
3/18 | From Al-Alawiya to the house |  | 250
3/18 | From ⟦...⟧ storage at the house on behalf of for ⟦...⟧ old house at the house (2) |  | 250
3/18 | The house (1/2) hour |  |
3/19 | From the house to Al-Radhiya at the house on behalf of Mrs. Naeem Daniel ⟦...⟧ |  | 400
3/19 | From repair to the insurance house Al-Alawiya house warehouse at the house on behalf of Mrs. ⟦...⟧ |  | 500
3/19 | House of ⟦...⟧ Al-Radhiya for ⟦...⟧ |  |
3/20 | From repair to insurance ⟦...⟧ |  | 300
3/20 | From the new house to the old house for coffee one hour |  | 500
3/20 | From the old house to ⟦...⟧ car (1/2) hour |  | 750
| Total ⟦...⟧ | 14 | 851

Page 178

(Al-Saud Furniture Exhibition)
Owned by Tawfiq Hussein Al-Hamad
Next to the Central Post Office
No. 000854
Shop No. 2/86
Telephone 87578
Baghdad: / / 19
Dear Mr:
Respectfully:
Quantity | Description of Contents | Dinar | Fils
⟦illegible⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties; sold items cannot be returned, and if the buyer withdraws after the agreement, they are not entitled to a refund of the deposit.

Page 181

The Honorable <del>In'am</del> ⟦Haroun⟧ ⟦Qashour⟧
President of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad, Honorable
After greetings
Please kindly approve the payment of seven dinars and six hundred
fils for the value of wood used for heating in the slaughterhouse
for a period of ⟦six⟧ ⟦months⟧ from November 1963 until March 964
which was supplied by Mr. Shmuel Bakr Ezra
Please accept the highest respects, Baghdad on 4/5/1964
Naji Yusuf Levy
Head of the Slaughterhouse
924
I received the aforementioned amount
above, totaling 7.600 dinars
Bakr Ezra
⟦signature⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 182

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad:
Number:
Date: 8 / 4 / 1964
Fils / Dinar: 250 / 21
Received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, which is: Twenty-one Dinars and Two Hundred and Fifty Fils
For: Prices of (Newspapers) according to the attached list for the month of March 1964
Signature of Recipient: ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad:
Number:
Date: 8 / 4 / 1964
Fils / Dinar: 200 / 11
Received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, which is: Eleven Dinars and Two Hundred Fils
For: Prices of (Newspapers) according to the attached list for the month of March 1964
Signature of Recipient: ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad:
Number:
Date: 8 / 4 / 1964
Fils / Dinar: 275 / 28
Received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, which is: Twenty-eight Dinars and Two Hundred and Seventy-five Fils
For: Prices of (Newspapers) according to the attached list for the month of March 1964
Signature of Recipient: ⟦signature⟧

Page 185

List of names of those in need for the month of ⟦...⟧
Abdul Nafee
No. | Name and Father's Name | Number of Family Members | Amount | Remarks
1 | Najma Khudhouri | 6 | 120 | Her husband and 4 children / card coming
2 | Sion Mordechai | 2 | 40 | His wife / cut off
3 | Naima Daoud | 1 | 20 | With her mother and sister / cut off
4 | Naeem Haroun | 1 | 20 | cut off
5 | Yaqub Moshi | 1 | 20 | cut off
6 | Tarba Yaqub | 5 | 100 | Lives with her daughter and 4 children / cut off
7 | Naima Shaul | 3 | 60 | With her mother and sister
8 | Pauls Yehuda | 2 | 40 | With his wife Souad ⟦...⟧ / coming
9 | Farha Ezra | 5 | 100 | Lulu, Mashi, Siham, Samira and Edward / coming
10 | Sabiha Murad | 1 | 20 | coming
11 | Hayyim Shimon | 9 | 180 | Family of Dayim Hazqeel Abed (Halawani)
12 | Regina Isaac | 14 | 280 | cut off
13 | Salima Hay | 12 | 240 | Pauls
14 | Maryam Ibrahim | 1 | 20 | Deceased
15 | Maryam Sasson | 2 | 40 | Pauls
16 | Muna Shaul | 7 | 140 | Pauls
17 | Hesqeel Ibrahim | 7 | 140 | With their brother, Saliha and Samira ⟦...⟧
18 | Salim Naji | 3 | 60 | cut off
19 | Khudhouri Ezra | 6 | 120 | Pauls
20 | Shimon Hayyim | 1 | 20 | coming
21 | Youssef Sion | 2 | 40 | coming
22 | Salim Abboud | 6 | 120 | coming
23 | Rosa Eliahu | 2 | 40 | Youssef
24 | Mary Isaac | 5 | 100 | Also / coming
25 | Sarah Shaul | 4 | 80 | cut off
26 | Munshi Tawfiq | 1 | 20 | Deceased
27 | Ibrahim Daniel | 3 | 60 | Deceased
28 | Rosa Ibrahim | 2 | 40 |
| Bert ⟦...⟧ | 4 | 80 |
2140
104

Page 188

TALIB TAXI CARS
TALIB HAJ YASS
Al-Ferdos Sq. Alwya
☎ 88544
Talib Taxi Cars
Owner: Talib Haj Yass
Al-Ferdous Square - Alwiya
☎ 88544
Talib
Date:
No: 0857
Date: 1973/7/30
Mr.:
Mr.: The Respectable Senior
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
7/2/73 | Hospital car fees ⟦Nuns⟧ Talib with waiting | 8 | 250
7/3/73 | Car fees ⟦...⟧ Mr. ⟦...⟧ to the club | 1 | -
7/22 | Donation car fees ⟦...⟧ with waiting | - | 500
| Only ten dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils and nothing else | 10 | 750
Signature
⟦signature⟧
30/7/73

Page 189

⟦...⟧ CARS
⟦...⟧B HAJ YASS
Al-Ferdos Sq. Alwya
☎ 88544
Talib
Talib Cars for Rent
Owner: Talib Haj Yass
Ferdous Square - Alwiyah
88544 ☎
No: 0856
Date: ⟦...⟧
Mr.: ⟦...⟧
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
10/1 | From the house to near the house ⟦...⟧ | | 200
10/2 | From the house to Bataween then to the house | | 400
10/4 | From the house to Sadoun then to the house | | 400
10/7 | From the house to behind the American Embassy then to the house | | 400
10/8 | From the house to ⟦...⟧ then to the house | | 800
10/9 | From the house to Bataween | | 150
10/10 | From the house to Karrada ⟦...⟧ then to the house | | 500
10/11 | From the house to Qasr Al-Nasr Hotel in Karrada then to the house | | 400
10/12 | From the house to ⟦...⟧ then to the house | | 750
10/15 | From the house to ⟦...⟧ cars then to the house | | 500
10/15 | Waiting for a lady | | 800
10/16 | From the house to Bataween then to the house | | 400
10/17 | From the house to ⟦...⟧ | | 200
10/18 | From the house to Bataween then to the house | | 300
10/19 | From the house to ⟦...⟧ (Mission ⟦...⟧) then to the house | | 750
10/20 | From the house to Bataween then to the house | | 400
| | 8 | 150
What follows

Page 190

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Talib Al-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
THE LION OF BABYLON
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
Al-Zawraa Place
For Taxis
Owners
Talib Al-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
To the Honorable Secretary of the Community Council
History
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
3/1 | From the house to near the bridge and from there to the house of Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri for a funeral wake and to Al-Shorja then to the house (1/2) an hour |  | 750
3/1 | From Al-Shorja to the Civil Hospital and to Al-Battaween and to the house while waiting from Al-Shorja to Al-Shorja |  | 500
3/2 | From Al-Shorja to the Indian Arsat and back with an hour waiting from Al-Shorja to the house |  | 400
3/2 | From the house to Al-Battaween for a funeral wake and to Al-Shorja then to the house (1/4) an hour from Al-Shorja to the house and to Al-Shorja |  | 750
3/4 | From the house to the house of Naeem Masri and to the house of Shaul Shashua and to Al-Shorja with time (1/4) an hour |  | 750
3/4 | From Al-Shorja to the house of Ezekiel Sheit and to Karradat Maryam and to the station and to Meir Elias Hospital for a funeral wake and to Al-Shorja then to the house (1/2) an hour |  | 750
3/5 | From Al-Shorja to the house with waiting |  | 200
3/6 | From the house to Al-Shorja with waiting |  | 200
3/6 | From Al-Shorja to the house and to Al-Alwiyah |  | 200
3/7 | From the house to Al-Alwiyah and to a visit and to Al-Shorja and to the house for one hour from Al-Shorja to the house |  | 750
3/8 | Total (previous) | 5 | 200

Page 193

⟦...⟧ate details Dinar Fils
Details Dinar Fils
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
| Preceding | 27 | 650
2/27 | From Mr. ⟦Albert⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  | 200
| From Mr. (⟦...⟧) ⟦water⟧ seller at the house ⟦...⟧ |  | 650
2/27 | To the house of Saul ⟦...⟧ the house (⟦...⟧) hour |  |
| ⟦...⟧ |  |
2/27 | From Mr. ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  | 500
| To ⟦...⟧ |  |
2/27 | From Mr. ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  |
| To Mr. ⟦...⟧ the tailor's house ⟦...⟧ |  |
2/30 | From Mr. ⟦...⟧ |  |
| Collection for selling (4) hours ⟦...⟧ |  |
| Witnesses |  |
2/30 | From Mr. (⟦...⟧) the house ⟦...⟧ |  | 500
2/31 | From Mr. ⟦...⟧ the house ⟦...⟧ |  | 750
| Transfer to the house ⟦...⟧ |  |
| ⟦...⟧ |  |
| Saturday (⟦...⟧) hour |  |
2/31 | From Mr. ⟦...⟧ the house ⟦...⟧ |  | 500
Grand Total
34850
⟦signature⟧
44/4/1

Page 195

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
No.
Date / / 196
850 Fils 749 Dinars
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is
Seven hundred forty-nine dinars and eight hundred fifty fils
And that is for the payment of invoices for maintenance fees for the elevators and the Meir Tweg Committee building
866
Republic of Iraq
10 Ten Fils
Revenue Stamp
Signature of the Recipient
Lawyer Saib ⟦...⟧
Booklet No. 323489
Accounting 37 A
Administrative Committee
Receipts for sums collected for the government
Name of the department: Municipality
No. 43 Fils/Dinar - 1840
Received from Haj Mahdi Abdul Nabi
An amount of one dinar and eight hundred forty fils
On account of brokerage fees
Signature of the Recipient ⟦signature⟧
Dated 8 / 8 / 1964
Job Title
867
Booklet No. 323489
Accounting 37 A
Administrative Committee
Receipts for sums collected for the government
Name of the department: Municipality
No. 44 Fils/Dinar - 1800
Received from Sayyid Abdul Nabi
An amount of one dinar and eight hundred fils
On account of brokerage fees
Signature of the Recipient ⟦signature⟧
Dated 8 / 8 / 1964
Job Title
868

Page 196

Book Number: 334698
Accounting: 37 A
Receipts for funds collected for the government:
Department name: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils/Dinar: 725 / 2
Number: 02
Received from: Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Amount: Seven hundred and twenty-five
Dinar and: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
On account of: Paper fees
Signature of receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Dated: 15 / 7 / 64
Job Title:
The Iraqi Republic
Notary Public of North Baghdad
Book Number: 323492
Accounting: 37 A
Receipts for funds collected for the government:
Department name: Notary Public of North Baghdad
Fils/Dinar: 180 / 4
Number: 04
Received from: Protest account to 882
Amount: Four Dinars and one hundred and eighty
Dinar and: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
On account of: Initial fees
Signature of receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Dated: 10 / 12 / 63
Job Title:
881
882
Book Number: 327011
Receipts for funds collected for the gov⟦ernment⟧:
Department name:
Fils/Dinar: 100 / -
Number: 97
Received from: Hesqel Abdullah
Amount: ⟦line⟧
Dinar and: ⟦line⟧
On account of: ⟦line⟧
Signature of receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Dated: 10 / 12 / 63
Job Title:
Notary Public of North Baghdad

Page 197

332543
Accounting 27
Book Number
Receipts for funds collected for the government
Name of Department: ⟦...⟧
Fils/Dinar: 12/000
Number: 46
Received from: ⟦Sadiq Abdul Razzaq⟧
Amount: ⟦Twelve⟧ Dinars and ⟦...⟧ Fils
On account of: ⟦...⟧
Date: ⟦26/9/1966⟧
Receiver's Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦...⟧
332548
Accounting 27
The Committee
Book Number
Receipts for funds collected for the government
Name of Department: ⟦...⟧
Fils/Dinar: 15/000
Number: 34
Received from: ⟦Sadiq Abdul Razzaq⟧
Amount: ⟦Fifteen⟧ Dinars and ⟦...⟧ Fils
On account of: ⟦...⟧
Date: ⟦26/9/1966⟧
Receiver's Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦...⟧

Page 198

Al-Furat Office
For Engineering Works
Surveying — Sorting — Land Division — Contracting — Transactions Follow-up — Map Printing
Managed by Abu al-Shu'un Abd al-Hajj Ali
Number 0008
Al-Furat Office
Baghdad - Adjacent to the ⟦Governorate⟧
⟦Al-Rashid⟧ Street
To Mr.: ⟦Committee⟧
Received: ⟦from you⟧
The amount recorded below in the sum of: ⟦Eight Dinars⟧
Only for: Printing ⟦map⟧
Fils | Dinar | Statement | Number | Date | Remarks
800 | 8 | ⟦Map Eight⟧ | | ⟦11/12⟧ | For printing the map of Khawaja's building
800 | 8 | | | |
Eight Dinars
For printing the map
⟦signature⟧

Page 199

Al-Furat Office
For Engineering Works
Surveying — Parceling — Land Subdivision — Contracting — Transaction Processing — Map Printing
Managed by Abu Al-Shoun Abd Al-Haj Ali
Baghdad - Next to the Mutasarrifiya
Courts Street
No. 0006
The Committee
Dear Mr.: ⟦The Committee⟧
Respected:
Received from: ⟦The Committee⟧
The amount written below, being: Three Dinars
Only for: Fees for consolidating maps
With printing
Fils | Dinar | Description | Quantity | Date | Remarks
- | 3 | Only three dinars and no more |  | 8/10 |
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Amir
24/10/9

Page 200

The Attorneys
Hassan Abdullah Mazhar
Shaul Moussa
No. 91 K / 64
Date 22 / 3 / 1964
The Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings
We list for you our account for the lawsuits you entrusted us with, along with the fees we are entitled to up to
21 / 3 / 964, which amount to 349/085 Dinars (three hundred and forty-nine Dinars and eighty-five Fils)
As detailed below:-
1 - Mr. Hashim al-Musawi, Case No. 54 / 64 (Church Endowments):-
Fils | Dinar
750 | 28 The remaining overdue fees.
2 - Al-Hajj Hussein Baqir and Ahmed Ali, Case No. 1662 / 64 (Hospital Endowment):-
Fils | Dinar
840 | 00 First fee / 43 8 / 3 / 64
100 | 00 Notification fee / 44 8 / 3
500 | 12 Advance fees
440 | 13
3 - Kamil Salih al-Umar, Case No. 803 / 64 (Ezra Menahem Endowment) claim for - / 183 Dinars
Fils | Dinar
050 | 00 Petition stamp 14 / 3 ⟦A.A.⟧
745 | 02 First fee / 2 15 / 3
150 | 59 Advance fees
945 | 11
4 - Kamil Salih al-Umar, Case No. 1881 / 64 (Ezra Menahem Endowment) eviction of shop 32 / 247
Fils | Dinar
695 | 01 First fee / 4 15 / 3
500 | 12 Advance fees
195 | 14
To be continued
⟦Ezra⟧
⟦21 / 3⟧
⟦illegible⟧