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IJA 3079

Financial Transaction, Insurance Policies, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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Description

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 English Translation, Pages 226-250

Archival unit 226

Republic of Iraq
⟦illegible⟧
Book Number 334698
Accounting 37 A
Receipts in Dirhams obtained for the government
Department Name: ⟦line⟧
Fils/Dinar: 2/745
Number: 02
Received from: Layan Sadqa Abdullah for ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: Two Dinars and 745 Fils
On account of: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 15 / 7 / 64
64/802
Signature of the Receiver ⟦signature⟧
Job Title ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 227

323492
Volume Number
Accounting 37 A
Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils/Dinar: 4/840
Number: 04 - ⟦illegible⟧ 881 ⟦illegible⟧ 882
Received from: Account of Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: Four dinars and eight hundred and forty fils
On account of: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title:
Dated: 15 / 12 / ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 228

Notary Public of Northern Baghdad
327011
Volume Number
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government
Department Name:
Fils/Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Number: 97
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧ Abd ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧
On account of: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the Receiver:
Job Title:
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 230

332543
Volume Number
Accounting 27
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government
Department Name: ⟦line⟧
Number: 46
Fils/Dinar: 12/ ⟦illegible⟧
Received from: ⟦Hazim Abdul Razzaq Al-Mulla⟧
Amount: ⟦line⟧ Dinars and ⟦line⟧ Fils
On account: ⟦66/9 ⟦illegible⟧ 66/11⟧
Signature of the Receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦line⟧
Dated: ⟦22/2/1966⟧

Archival unit 231

Accounting 37
332548
Volume Number
Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government
The Committee
Department Name: ⟦line⟧
Fils/Dinar: 150 - ⟦illegible⟧
Number: 34
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: ⟦line⟧ Dinars and ⟦line⟧ Fils
On account of: ⟦line⟧
Signature of the collector: ⟦line⟧
Dated: ⟦line⟧
Job Title: ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 232

Al-Furat Office
For Engineering Works
Surveying — Partitioning — Land Division — Contracting — Transaction Processing — Map Printing
Managed by Abu Al-Shoun Abd Al-Hajj Ali
Number 0008
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad - Next to the Governorate
Al-Hakim Street
To Mr.: Muhammad ⟦illegible⟧
Respectfully:
Received: from you
The amount written below, totaling: eight dinars
Only, for: printing a map
Fils | Dinar | Statement | Number | Date | Notes
800 | | Only eight dinars | | ⟦illegible⟧ | From the share of printing a map
800 | | | | | Map construction
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 233

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

Archival unit 234

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⟧

Archival unit 235

— 2 —
5 — Kamel Saleh Al-Omar, Case No. 64/1882 (Ezra Menahem Endowment) Eviction 247/132:
Dinar | Fils
695 | 01 | Primary Fee /4
12 | 500 | Advanced Fees
14 | 195 |
3/15 Ezra
6 — Kamel Saleh Al-Omar, Case No. 64/1883 (Ezra Menahem Endowment) Claim for —/50 Dinars
Dinar | Fils
750 | 00 | Primary Fee /4
05 | 000 | Advanced Fees
05 | 750 |
3/15 Ezra
7 — Additional Tax Cases (Attorney Fees):
Dinar | Fils
05 | 000 | Fees for Al-Midrash Endowments
20 | 000 | " " The Community
25 | 000 | " " Naeem and Twayba
05 | 000 | " " Masouda Youssef
05 | 000 | " " Munshi Saleh
10 | 000 | " " Eliezer Khadouri
20 | 000 | " " Church Endowments
10 | 000 | " " Isaac Saleh
35 | 000 | " " Ezra Menahem
35 | 000 | " " Hesqel Menahem
170 | 000 |
Ezra
Mudhar
8 — Warning to Ahmed Al-Sayed Jassim Al-Samarrai:
Dinar | Fils
250 | 00 | Warning Fee /97
100 | 00 | Warning Stamps
350 | 00 |
2/26
=
Mudhar
To be continued

Archival unit 236

- 3 -
9 - The issue of receiving the Alyans Market and organizing contracts:
Fils | Dinar | Statement
400 | ... | Legal fees for organizing contracts and receiving.
10 - The case of the Al-Rawaf Endowment (Ezra Menachem Endowment):
Date | Fils | Dinar | Statement
2/27 | 100 | .. | Stamp for testimony
3/10 | 000 | 03 | Consolidation of maps / 6
3/10 | 000 | .. | Printing maps / 34
3/12 | 800 | .. | Drawing two maps / 8
 | 400 | 4 |
11 - The stadium case (Ezra Menachem Endowment):
Date | Fils | Dinar | Statement
2/23 | 300 | .. | Examination fee / 46
12 - Salaries:
Fils | Dinar | Statement
000 | 40 | Salary for the month of March / 64
13 - Sundries:
Fils | Dinar | Statement
740 | 5 | Miscellaneous sundries
To be continued
Ezra
Ezra
Examination record
Ezra
Document
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 237

- 4 -
⟦line⟧ Summary ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Fils | Dinar |
750 | 28 | Talib Al-Sayyid Hashim Al-Musawi
440 | 13 | Al-Hajj Hussain Baqir and Ahmad Ali
945 | 11 | Kamil Salih Al-Umar
195 | 14 | = = =
195 | 14 | = = =
750 | 05 | = = =
000 | 170 | Additional tax matters
350 | 000 | Ahmad Al-Sayyid Jassim Al-Samarrai
000 | 40 | Lottery market receipts
400 | 04 | Al-Rawaf endowment case .
300 | 00 | Stadium case
000 | 40 | Salaries
760 | 05 | Sundries
085 | 349 | ⟦line⟧
Meeting
7-4-64
Exactly three hundred forty-nine dinars and eighty-five fils only .
The Lawyer
Shaul Moussa
The Lawyer
Hassan Abdullah Muzaffar
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 238

Cases
Legal fees / Additional salaries
Fils | Dinar
500 | 5
200 | 1
450 | 1
500 | 5
500 | 5
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
200 | 1
200 | 1
350 | 3
350 | 3
250 | 27
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Approved 8/10/964
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 239

Hospital | Medication | Amazing | Coming | List | Settlement
13.440 | 11.945 | 5.000 | 35.000 | 28.750 | 13.440
 | 14.155 | = | 20.- | 95.- | 105.785
 | 14.195 |  | ⟦line⟧ | 350 | 5.000
 | 5.750 |  | 55.000 | 40.000 | 55.000
 | 35.000 |  | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 169.860
 | 4.400 |  |  | 164.100 | ⟦line⟧
 | 300 |  |  | 5.760 | 349.085
 | 20.- |  |  | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
 | ⟦line⟧ |  |  | 169.860 | 
 | 105.785 |  |  | ⟦line⟧ | 
 | ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  | 
⟦faded text visible in background/reverse side⟧

Archival unit 240

8/200 eight
I want to pay seven eight dinars number 8/200 ⟦illegible⟧
To Abdul Razzaq Muhammad Ali Al-Salaf
Approval
Saif ⟦illegible⟧
I received the amount of eight dinars only
Meeting
27-4-64
Republic of Iraq
10 fils revenue stamp
Dinar
4/500 on Endowments ⟦illegible⟧
3/700 on ⟦illegible⟧ Ghaza
⟦line⟧
8/200

Archival unit 241

Volume Number: 65287
Number: 49
Accounting: 38
State Funds Collection Receipt:
Department Name: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ The Sect
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
548 | 220 | Property Tax ⟦illegible⟧ No. 1 Radhiya No. 497 Request 7711 Iraqi Credit 12/7/964 | 961 | 
I have received from Ibrahim Hazqeel Sayim Daniel
The amount written above, which is two hundred and twenty dinars and five hundred and forty-eight fils only.
On the date 21 / 2 / 964
Signature of the Receiver
Job Title
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 242

65287
Ledger Number
State Funds Collection Receipt Accounting 3
No. 50 Department Name ⟦Rusafa Customs⟧ /
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
548 | 220 | Formerly Additional Real Estate Tax Map No. 497 | 962 |
 |  | Request 2711 Iraqi Federation | 2 / 8 / 964 |
I have received from: Endowments of Ezra Menachem Daniel
The amount written above, which is: Two hundred and twenty dinars and five hundred and forty-eight fils
On date: 10 / 2 / 964
Signature of the Receiver
Job Title
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 243

Volume Number 65287 State Funds Collection Receipt Accounting 38
Number 51 Department Name ⟦Rusafa Real Estate⟧ /
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
920 | 20 | Property Tax - Additional August ⟦wet⟧ File Number 497 | 964 |
 |  | Check ⟦2711⟧ Iraqi Credit 14/2/964 |  |
I have received from: A. W. H. F. Kh. Ibrahim Daniel
The amount written above, which is: Twenty Dinars and Nine Hundred and Twenty Fils
On date: 20 / 2 / 964
Signature of the Collector ⟦Signature⟧
Job Title ⟦Accountant⟧

Archival unit 244

1080/ - To the fund
To the following below - walked ⟦illegible⟧ on
⟦illegible⟧ 20/ - ⟦illegible⟧
Date 7 / 4 / 1934
270/ -
⟦line⟧
1350/ -
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
450/ - ⟦illegible⟧ / 2 /
450/ - ⟦illegible⟧ / 8 /
450/ - ⟦illegible⟧ / 15 /
⟦line⟧
1350/ -
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Amount ⟦illegible⟧
To ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
7/24/34

Archival unit 245

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: 27th February, 1964
Baghdad:
M/S.: Administrative Committee of Iraq Jews.
BAGHDAD:
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Dear Sir/s. After greetings
Your current account has to-day been | We have debited your current account with the sum of ⟦line⟧ Dinars
debited with the sum of I.D. 79-839
(Iraq Dinars Seventy nine and fils 839 | fils for the interest due on your remaining balance ⟦line⟧ and
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⟧
2/27

Archival unit 246

No. 19842
No. 19842
DOURY & FARAGE
Doury & Farage
SOUTH GATE
South Gate
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
81274
81274
82740 Showroom & Accounts
82740 Showroom & Accounts
98780 Stores
98780 Stores
Receipt
CASH RECEIPT
Received From / Received from: Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews ⟦illegible⟧
The sum of / The sum of: ⟦illegible⟧
On a/c / For: ⟦illegible⟧ in the building ⟦illegible⟧
I. D. / Dinars:
Baghdad / Baghdad: ⟦illegible⟧
CASHIER
MANAGER
Manager
Cashier
Republic of Iraq
10
Revenue Stamp
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 247

Telegraphic Address (Capital)
P.O. Box 137
Douri & Faraj
Household Electrical Appliances
Tahrir Square - Bab Al-Sharqi
Telephone { Showroom 81274
Office 82740
Factory 98780
Baghdad on: 29 / 12 / 63
19:
Mr. Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings
Due to urgent necessity and to preserve the property, we were forced to carry out some repairs
and renovations according to the attached documents amounting to 341/- Dinars, requesting your kindness to approve
disbursing them, and to you our sincere thanks and further respect.
Douri and Faraj Company
⟦illegible⟧
Approval with ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Douri and Faraj Company
Date ⟦15/4/964⟧
Meeting
7-4-64
Approval with the necessity of establishing
the above company in the name of Investment
necessary for the company to ⟦be placed⟧
decided without taking prior approval
or instead of it.
Heskiel Benin
Chairman of the Committee

Archival unit 248

⟦illegible⟧
Republic of Iraq
Telegraph - Telephones
Republic of Iraq
Name: Administration of the Community Presidency
Telephone Number: 80950
Address: Israeli
Insurance: 3/-
Telephone Charges Bill
General Directorate of Post and Telegraph
Equipment Used | Telephone | Internal Extension | External Extension | Jack | Bell | Total Charges
Charges | | | | | | Dinar
Bill Number | Bill Date | Local Telephone Calls | Telephone Call Charges | Telephone and Accessories Charges | Additional Insurance | Amount Due
Number | Charges | Inside Iraq | Outside Iraq
18224 | 5/10/62 | 562 | 2/810 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 8/100 | -/152
1- Please pay this bill within 15 days of its date, otherwise the telephone connection will be disconnected.
2- A certified check from the bank drawn upon for the amount of this bill is accepted to the order of the Central Telephone Directorate, provided it is sent
with this bill by registered mail, and the above coupon will be returned stamped with the receipt stamp to the sender ⟦...⟧
Printed at the Telegraph and Post Press
Director of Central Telephones
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 249

Central Telephone Department
Calculator Division
Final Warning
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number / Calculator /
Date / / 1964
To / Mr.: Administration of the Israelite Community
Telephone Subscriber Number: 80452
Please pay the telephone bill numbered <del>1442</del> and dated 1 / 5 / 967 in the amount of
21.144 Dinars within a period of seven days. In case of non-payment within the mentioned period, we will be forced to disconnect
your telephone and remove it after the legal period has passed.
For the Central Telephone Director ⟦line⟧
Mahmoud Salman Al-Husseini
Mr. President
Please approve the payment of the amount of
21/144 Dinars to the Telephone Directorate
for the department's telephone fees number 80452
With appreciation
17 / 5 / 67
Nasser / 3
Paid according to receipt number 768005
⟦illegible⟧
17 / 5 / 1967
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 250

Volume Number ⟦illegible⟧ 65287
State Funds Collection Receipt Accounting 38
Number 26 / Department Name ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
481 | 195 | Additional Consular Fees ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 96
145 | 211 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 96
260 | 211 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
986 | 627 | Total | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is: Six hundred twenty-seven dinars and nine hundred eighty-six fils
Date: 19 / 2 / 1964
Signature of the Receiver ⟦signature⟧
Job Title ⟦illegible⟧