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Please pay the amount of thirty-one fils as the price of ⟦illegible⟧ to Mr. Yaqut Adida 1/10 264 964 2/8 Hussein Mallo To be paid ⟦signature⟧
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.
AI English Translation, Pages 1-25
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The Eastern Bank Limited, (Incorporated in England) WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE CHARTERED BANK (Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853) HEAD OFFICE IN U.K. AT 2/3 CROSBY SQUARE, LONDON E. C. 3 PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN IRAQ AT NEW BANKS' STREET, BAGHDAD REGISTERED WITH THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE BAGHDAD UNDER No. 566/58 Other Branches in Iraq : Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, Amarah, Baghdad South Gate & Baghdad Alwiyah TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : EASTERTIDE The Eastern Bank Limited (Incorporated in England) Wholly owned by The Chartered Bank (Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1853) Head office in London at No. 2/3 Crosby Square E.C.3. Principal office in Iraq located at New Banks' Street in Baghdad Registered in the Baghdad Court of First Instance under No. 566/58 Other branches in Iraq: Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, Amarah, Baghdad South Gate branch and Baghdad Alwiyah branch Telegraphic Address: Eastertide Baghdad: 28th May, 1964 Baghdad: Administrative Committee of Iraqi Jews. BAGHDAD. Dear Sir/s. ⟦line⟧ Greetings Your current account has to-day been We have debited your current account the sum of ⟦line⟧ debited with the sum of I.D. 137-229 Dinars ⟦line⟧ (Iraq Dinars One hundred thirty seven and ⟦line⟧ fils for the surplus due on your remaining balance and fils 229 only) up to and including this date. being interest on your debit balance up to and including this date. Yours faithfully, ⟦signature⟧ P. Controller For the Controller ⟦signature⟧ 7/6
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Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number: 64 / Date: 1/7/1964 Subject: ⟦line⟧ Director of Menahem Salih Daniel School Reference to your letter numbered 2039 and dated 1/7/1964 In view of the reasons stated in your letter referred to above, we approve the disbursement of the school salary for the month of July 1964. Please send the receipt for that. ⟦signature⟧ The President Copy to: - The Accountant for information ⟦July salary⟧ ⟦1964⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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64/ Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Telephone Number 5452 Number: 10/7/1964 Date: Subject: Principal of Menahem Salih Daniel School Reference to your letter No. 2028 dated 1/7/1964 In view of the reasons stated in your above-mentioned letter regarding the travel of the teacher, Mrs. Eileen Marcuit Al-Khalidi, outside of Iraq, we agree to pay her salary for the months of July and August of the year 64. Please inform us of receipt. ⟦signature⟧ The President A copy to:- The Accountant for information. 94 copies ⟦faint blue stamp/text⟧
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Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad ★ Number: Date: 6 / 7 / 1967 Fils: 570 Dinar: 94 I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is Only ninety-four dinars and five hundred and seventy fils And that is for the list of expenses for legal fees for the month of June 1967 Accountant ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant Heskel ⟦illegible⟧ Khalid Abdul Wahid Signature of the Recipient
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Lawyers Hassan Abdullah Mazhar Shaul Moussa Number 241 k / 64 Date 30 / 6 / 964 Mr. Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Respectfully Greetings and respect,, We list for you our account with you for the lawsuits you assigned to us with the fees we deserve, which amount to (95/570) Dinars, ninety-five dinars and five hundred and seventy fils until 30 / 6 / 64 1 - Muftan Jarallah (Jewish Church) Fils | Dinar | Description | Date 200 | | Advertisement stamp | 22 / 6 / 64 100 | | Notification fee / 79 | 23 / 6 / 64 300 | | | 2 - Abed Youssef and Boutros Youssef (Heskel Menachem Daniel Waqf) Fils | Dinar | Description | Date ⟦line⟧ | 3 | Fees of the expert lawyer Adnan Izzat | 18 / 6 / 64 400 | 1 | Additional fees 66 / | 18 / 6 / 64 500 | 1 | Car fees for the judge with the experts and bailiff fees | 18 / 6 / 64 350 | | Duplicating copies of the Waqf deed and 100 fils stamp | 20 / 6 / 64 250 | 6 | | 3 - Abdul Jabbar Hassoun (Menachem Daniel Waqf) Fils | Dinar | Description | Date 100 | | Stamp for the brief (No. 2) | 10 / 6 / 64 4 - Emil Saleh (Menachem Daniel Waqf) Fils | Dinar | Description | Date 50 | | Brief stamp | 16 / 6 / 64 To be continued. Correct Detailed Correct ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 30 / 6 / 64
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- 2 - Dinar | Fils | Khalil Ibrahim Habba (Waqf Menachem Daniel) | 200 | Media stamps 5 | ⟦line⟧ | Arrears fees 5 | 200 | ⟦line⟧ 16/6/64 Dinar | Fils | 6 - Heirs of Muhammad Salim (Waqf Heskel Menachem) 11 | 250 | Second fee for lawsuit / 48 | 250 | Printing and copying of the Waqf deed photos 11 | 500 | ⟦line⟧ Received 8/6/64 20/6/64 Dinar | Fils | 7 - Ahmed Al-Sayyid Jassim (Waqf ⟦illegible⟧) 12 | 500 | Advance legal fees | 495 | Second fee for lawsuit / 94 12 | 995 | ⟦line⟧ 29/6/64 Dinar | Fils | 8 - Rashid Muhammad Al-Dulaimi (Waqf Heskel Menachem) 2 | 025 | Lawsuit fee / 68 12 | 500 | Advance legal fees 14 | 525 | ⟦line⟧ Received 16/6/64 Dinar | Fils ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 9 - Salaries 40 | ⟦line⟧ | Dinar | Fils ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 10 - Printing, notifications, and publications 2 | 650 | Audited 2/7/64 Approved 4/7/64
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Summary ⟦line⟧ | Fils | Dinar 1 - Muftan Jarallah ⟦the Lebanese⟧ | 300 | 2 - Abed Youssef and Boutros Youssef | 250 | 6 3 - Abdul Jabbar Hassoun | 100 | 4 - Emil Saleh | 050 | 5 - Khalil Ibrahim Habba | 200 | 5 6 - Heirs of Muhammad Salim | 500 | 11 7 - Ahmed Al-Sayyid Jassim ⟦the Lebanese⟧ | 995 | 12 8 - Rashid Muhammad Al-Dulaimi | 525 | 14 9 - Salaries | 000 | 40 10 - Printing, notices and sundries | 650 | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | 570 | 94 Only ⟦ninety-four⟧ <del>ninety-five</del> dinars and five hundred and seventy fils, no more. ⟦signature⟧ Lawyer Shaul Moussa ⟦signature⟧ Lawyer Hassan Abdullah Muzaffar Paid ⟦...⟧ 24/12
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Accounting 37 A Book Number Receipt for Dirhams collected for the Government Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Fils/Dinar: 1495 / - Number: 94 Received from: Head of the Administrative Committee for Jews Amount: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils On account of: Second fee Dated: 29 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1941 Signature of the Receiver ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: Chief Accountant
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Accounting 37 A Volume Number ⟦illegible⟧ Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government Department Name: ⟦line⟧ Fils/Dinar: 2/040 Number: 68 Received from: Al-Hajj Hanan Abdullah Khader ⟦illegible⟧ Amount: Two Dinars and ⟦twenty-five⟧ F On account of: First Fee Date: 2/24/1960 Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: ⟦illegible⟧
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Accounting 37 A Volume Number 334738 Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Fils/Dinar: 1/400 Number: 66 Received from: Head of the Administrative Committee for Jews in Basra Amount: Dinar and Fils On account of: Publication fees in the Official Gazette Signature of the receiver: ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: Date: 18 / 7 / 1944 ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
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335933014 Book Number Accounting 37 A Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Fils/Dinar: 7/250 Number: 48 Received from: ⟦Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri⟧ Amount: Eleven Dinars and two hundred and fifty Fils On account of: ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 8 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 54 Signature of Receiver: ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: ⟦signature⟧
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Commercial Advertising Bureau - Baghdad Commercial Advertising Bureau - Baghdad № 324 Received from: The respected Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews the sum of: Sixteen Dinars and two hundred Fils in settlement of: Payment of our invoice No. 522 dated 5/2/64 regarding the advertisement for setting the date of the auction for leasing vacant plots By: Check No. 5715 dated 6/26/1964 on the Credit Bank of Iraq Republic of Iraq Revenue Stamp Republic of Iraq Revenue Stamp Office 7/12/1964 Fils | ID. 200 | 16 Accountant COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING BUREAU
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Gailany Building Rashid Street BAGHDAD IRAQ Al-Gailani Building Rashid Street Baghdad - Iraq Commercial Advertising Bureau COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING BUREAU No 495 Newspaper / Cinema / Station | Space / Time | Insertions / Exhibits Dates | Total Space / Time | @ Price Fils | Amount I.D. / Fils | Total I.D. / Fils Al-Jumhuriyah | 3 x 2" | 17 & 4/22 | 2 | 12" | 400 | 4 | 800 | Al-Arab | 4 x 2" | 16 & 4/20 | 2 | 16" | 250 | 4 | ... | Al-Fajr Al-Jadeed | 3 x 2" | 21 & 4/29 | 2 | 12" | 250 | 3 | ... | Al-Manar | 2 x 2" | 21 & 4/27 | 2 | 8" | 250 | 2 | ... | Al-Bilad | 3 x 2" | 19 & 4/29 | 2 | 12" | 200 | 2 | 400 | 16 | 200 16 200 Sixteen Dinars and Two Hundred Fils Kindly arrange settlement of the amount of I.D. 16/200 mentioned above. Yours faithfully, COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING BUREAU Commercial Advertising Bureau Manager Manager Enclosures / Copies of Newspapers The amount has been paid according to the procedures 9/5/1964 Supporting the committee's decision ⟦illegible⟧ 7/5/64 ⟦signature⟧
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Iraqi Economy Newspaper Owner and Editor-in-Chief: Qasim Muhammad Fakhri Baghdad - Jadid Hassan Pasha, Al-Azhar Press - Telephone No. 85737 Fils: 800 Dinar: 4 Number: 000062 Received from Mr.: The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Respected The sum of: Four Dinars and Eight Hundred Fils only For: Publishing a profit announcement according to the list Numbered: 424 and dated 2/13/1964 Date: 2/24/1964 according to the check numbered Accountant ⟦signature⟧ 738042 ⟦illegible⟧
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The Iraqi Economy An Economic Weekly Newspaper Owner and Editor-in-Chief Qasim Muhammad Fakhri Al-Azhar Press - Jadid Hassan Pasha Telephone: 85737 Request List Fils | Dinar | Details 800 | 4 | Only four dinars and eight hundred fils for publishing your advertisement regarding the rental of property sequence 559 with a size of 12 knots at a price of 200 per single knot in the issue of the Iraqi Economy newspaper No. 24 on 8/6/964 And we thank you Payable Committee decision 6/22 ⟦illegible⟧ 6/24 Accountant ⟦signature⟧
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List Number 122 on 8 / 2 / 1964 Labor and Workers Weekly Newspaper Jadid Hassan Pasha Telephone 82794 No. 000174 P.O. Box 309 Fils: 800 Dinar: 5 Received from: The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Only: Five Dinars and Eight Hundred Fils For: Publishing an advertisement and annual subscription Date: 21 / 2 / 1964 Accountant: ⟦signature⟧ ⟦two fiscal stamps⟧ Instead of shop rent Task 559 | Job No. 41 B / 129 in the neighborhood | The Torah published in issue 10 | Rent installment until February | 4 800 Based on the court decision | 2 21 / 2 | 7 800 Accountant ⟦signature⟧
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Labor and Workers A weekly newspaper Owner and Editor-in-Chief Ghazi Al-Abdali Number 000162 Administration: Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Jadid Hassan Pasha. Al-Hawadith Press Telephone 82794 P.O. Box 309 To <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Respected Please pay the amount whose details and value are mentioned below, and thank you. Accountant. 24/6/60 Amount | Details 4 800 | Fees for publishing two advertisements, one regarding the non- | departure of Abu Al-Sfaira from Iraq ⟦line⟧ for the account of | Paul Emma, shop sequence 559 | Arboub number 41 B 129/ in the magazine | Al-Thawrat published in issue 60 4 800 | Only four dinars and eight hundred fils 2 900 | Subscription for three issues of Al-Hulm 7 700 | Total ⟦illegible⟧ | 6/24 Accountant ⟦signature⟧
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AL-BILAD PHARMACY Rashid Street, Baghdad Tel. No. 81235 Date / /196 M.: The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Fils | Dinar | Details 846 | 34 | Only thirty-four dinars and eight hundred forty-six fils I received from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews an amount of thirty-four dinars and eight hundred forty-six fils according to the check numbered 768044 ⟦in⟧ dated 6/26/1964 as payment of our account for the month of April 1964 Al-Bilad Pharmacy ⟦signature⟧ Republic of Iraq 10 Fils Revenue Stamp
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1 ⟦Al-Bilad Pharmacy⟧ Rashid Street - Baghdad Telephone Number 81235 AL-BILAD PHARMACY Rashid Street, Baghdad Tel. No. 81235 | Details | Dinar | Fils 1.4.64 | Prescription No 1 | | 730 " | 2 | | 800 " | 3 | | 870 " | 4 | 1 | 670 2.4.64 | 5 | | 570 " | 6 | 1 | 590 " | 7 | | 620 " | 8 | | 260 3.4.64 | 9 | | 200 4.4.64 | 10 | 1 | 140 " | 11 | 1 | 360 5.4.64 | 12 | | 550 7.4.64 | 13 | | 420 " | 14 | | 900 8.4.64 | 15 | | 740 " | 16 | | 400 | | 12 | 820 Expenses Church House ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 4 C-IF.
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AL-BILAD PHARMACY Rashid Street - Baghdad Telephone Number 81235 AL-BILAD PHARMACY Rashid Street, Baghdad Tel. No. 81235 2 Date / / 196: Date: 30 / 4 / 1964 M.: Mister: The Administrative Committee for Jews in Iraq | Details | Dinar | Fils 9.4.64 | B-IF. Prescription No 17 | 12 | 820 " | 18 | 1 | 800 " | | | 150 " | 19 | 1 | 240 14.4.64 | 20 | | 260 15.4.64 | 21 | | 340 16.4.64 | 22 | | 420 " | 23 | | 580 | 24 | | 720 19.4.64 | 25 | | 240 " | 26 | | 580 " | 27 | 3 | 320 " | 28 | | 160 21.4.64 | 29 | | 560 22.4.64 | 30 | | 250 C-IF. 23 440
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3 Al-Bilad Pharmacy Rashid Street - Baghdad Telephone Number 81235 AL-BILAD PHARMACY Rashid Street, Baghdad Tel. No. 81235 Date / / 196: Date 2 / 4 / 1964 M.: Mr. The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Details | Dinar | Fils | B. /F. | 23 | 770 23.4.64 | Prescription No 31 | 2 | 210 24.4. | 32 | | 360 " | 33 | 1 | 710 26.4. | 34 | 1 | 280 " | 35 | | 450 27.4. | 36 | | 350 " | 37 | | 800 | 38 | | 490 28.4. | 39 | 1 | 000 29.4. | 40 | | 510 " | 41 | 2 | 440 " | 42 | | 150 " | 43 | | 400 30.4.64 | 44 | | 540 | C. /F. | 36 | 130
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Al-Bilad Pharmacy ⟦Rashid⟧ Street - Baghdad Telephone Number 81235 AL-BILAD PHARMACY Rashid Street, Baghdad Tel. No. 81235 Date / History: 20 / 4 / 1964 M. / Dear Sir: The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Details | Dinar | Fils B. IF. | 36 | 130 Prescription No 4/5 | | 550 | 36 | 680 Less 5% Discount | 1 | 834 | 34 | 846 30.4.64 4
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Al-Awtar Pharmacy THE IRAQ DRUG Co. Ltd. THE IRAQ DRUG Co. Ltd. 300/1 Rashid Street 300/1 Rashid Street Phone No. 7933 Phone No. 7933 Baghdad Baghdad 2 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ Received from the Jewish Community in Baghdad A check for the amount of Fils Dinar 890 / 19 and that is For the account of medicines supplied to them Republic of Iraq Republic of Iraq 10 Revenue Stamp Fils 10 Revenue Stamp Fils ⟦illegible⟧
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⟦illegible⟧ THE IRAQ DRUG Co. Ltd. 300/1 Rashid Street Phone No. 7933 The Honorable ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad 2 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧ Number | Date | Name | Dinar | Fils 1 | 4/1/64 | Hay | | ⟦490⟧ 2 | | Fuad Salim | | 400 3 | 4/4/64 | Munshi Ahmed | | 600 4 | 4/7/64 | Edoris Salman | | 600 5 | 4/8/64 | Fawzi Kamal | | 20 6 | " | Lulu Moshi | | 75 7 | " | Sami Salim | | 65 8 | 4/8/64 | Jaafar Munshi | | 550 9 | " | Hamid Nasser | | 250 10 | " | Yaqub Ahmed | | 150 11 | 4/11/64 | Shafiqah Ibrahim | 1 | 500 12 | " | Widad Sabri | 1 | 190 13 | " | Sabah Munshi | 1 | 700 14 | " | Lulu Maimon | 1 | 100 15 | 4/12/64 | Widad Saleh | 1 | 200 | | S | 9 | 890 Half Fuad Salim 4/2/64 ⟦illegible⟧