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IJA 2731

Financial Records and Receipts, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) and President of the Jewish Community

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These are documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Baghdadi Jewish community’s Burial Society. They are primarily receipts from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah. There are also receipts from Iraqi government agencies and various local merchants for utilities, vehicle upkeep, wire transfers, taxis, textiles, building supplies, and newspaper advertisements; rosters of salaries of officials and employees from the President of the Jewish Community; and correspondence regarding water prices.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2731
Item Number
9494
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Society of Water, Financial, Chart, Illustration, Employment, Burial Society, Newspaper, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, File Folder, Thumbprint, Typed, Accounting, Ministry of Petroleum, Electricity Bill, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Office of Telephone Administration, Receipts, Ink Stamps, Letterhead, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, President of the Jewish Community, Burial, Al-Zamān, Correspondence, Annotation, Khanaqin, Handwritten, Revenue Stamps

AI en Translation, Pages 576-600

Page 579

Shop Phone 87240
Book 293
Construction Materials Shop
Owned by Haj Kazem Taher and Haj Abdul Amir Jaafar
Nuri al-Said Street, Al-Sour neighborhood, opposite the new Government Press building
Baghdad on: 20-4-1958
Work site: Jewish Cemetery
Dear Virtuous: Master Alwan al-Hamoud, Respected
We present the account list of materials supplied to you as explained below, please kindly settle it, and stay well:
Date | Details | Price Fils | Price Dinar | Cost Fils | Cost Dinar
| Sand 4 suction trucks | 500 | 1 | ⟦line⟧ | 6
| Gravel 12 lorry suction trucks - 12 meters | 200 | 1 | 400 | 14
| 5 tons Kent cement | 750 | 7 | 750 | 38
| Only fifty-nine dinars and one hundred and fifty fils |  |  | 150 | 59
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties
Recipient's signature

Page 581

Isaac Ezra
"Brick Factory ⟦...⟧"
Factory 6
Administration 6
Date 29 / 4 / 1958
To: Old Charity Committee
Fils | Dinar | Yellow | White and Glazed | Grayish | Broken
--- | 12 |  | White brick, 1 lorry |  |
--- | 15 |  |  |  | Broken, 2 lorries
| 28 |  |  |  |
--- | 5 |  | Car fare |  |
| 33 |  | Only thirty-three Dinars |  |
--- | 25 |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
| 8 |  |  |  |
⟦...⟧

Page 585

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of officials and employees for the month of
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Guards of the new cemetery | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 fils⟧ |

Page 587

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days
of its date.
2 - The subscriber who believes that ⟦...⟧ the amount
is excessive after taking the course of ⟦...⟧
interruption in one place for a period of no less than ⟦...⟧
12 months should apply for a second assessment.
Habr Qadisha Association
Association 141/017
Opposite 141/27
14049
6607960
I. 21 660
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee for Fixed | Fils | Dinar
32 22 860 | 12 5 28 | Sequence | Numbered | 7960
To | ⟦3584⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
From | 3544 | 58 4 58 | 25
Units supplied: 40
At a price of 16 fils ⟦line⟧
At a price of 12 fils ⟦line⟧
At a price of 10 fils ⟦line⟧
Various prices - see side
Total 755
Various prices
1 - Arrears
2 - Special reading fee
3 - Cost of damage to the meter
4 - Transferred from your account
755
I. 21 660
29206
00412
27-MAY-58
This bill is considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier

Page 588

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number: 89
Date: 29 / 5 / 195
Fils: 750
Dinar: 1
Only: One dinar and seven hundred and fifty fils only
For: Fare in the name of the Chief Rabbi's car
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
10 FILS
REVENUE
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧
577
457
1010
78
Road
Once

Page 589

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
88
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: / / 195
Fils: ⟦494⟧
Dinar:
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦seven hundred and ninety-four fils⟧
And that is for ⟦wages for sweeping the corridor (corridor) of the Hevra house⟧
⟦Cleaning workers and washing and sweeping the headquarters of the commission⟧
Signature of the recipient ⟦Shukrat⟧

Page 590

Baghdad District Water Supply Service
Consumption Bill
First Installment 1958
First | April, May, June | Third | October, November, December
Second | July, August, September | Fourth | January, February, March
Name:
Amount: 990
Subscription Number: 9478
Address: M/141 Rusafa
The installment is due at the beginning of the first month and must be paid during the first month
And upon its expiration, a notice is given to pay within 7 days, after which the supply will be cut if
payment is not completed.
Baghdad District Water Supply Service

Page 591

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 12 / 5 / 1956
Fils: 550
Dinar:
Signature of the Collector
⟦signature⟧
⟦person⟧
⟦cold⟧

Page 592

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number 85
Date 5 / 5 / 195
400 Fils - Dinars
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only four hundred fils
And that is for the renovation fees of the kindergarten ⟦...⟧
Disbursement
⟦...⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Hussein Shabib⟧

Page 593

Baghdad on 5 / 10 / 195⟦...⟧
Al-Umran Garage
Managed by
Sheikh Omar Street
No. 215 / 240
And supplying all spare parts for American and English cars
Muhammad Al-Haj Kadhim Al-Umran
Management 5230
Public Telephone Number 83519
Garage 7337
Account statement for car number:
To the honorable Mr.: The Mosaic Community
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Notes
- | 2 | Garage fees for car No. 4852 Baghdad for the month of April
- | 2 | ” ” ” 22525 Baghdad for the month of April
- | 2 | ” ” ” ⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧ | 6 | Only six dinars and nothing more
10 Fils
I received the amount of six dinars only
Ali ⟦...⟧
10 / 10

Page 595

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number: 82
Date: 10 / 5 / 1958
Fils: 700
Dinar: 7
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: Seven Dinars and Seven Hundred Fils
For: Fees for ⟦...⟧
Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧

Page 597

⟦Presidency⟧ of the Israe⟦lite⟧ Community
List of salaries for officials and employees in
Name | Nominal Salary (Dinar Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar Fils) | Allowances (Dinar Fils) | Total (Dinar Fils) | Deductions (Dinar Fils) | Net Received (Dinar Fils)
Salaries of ⟦...⟧ the ⟦...⟧ Cemetery

Page 599

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Shaker El-Janabi
AL-RASHID STREET
Sinak - Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
Al-Zawra Establishment
For Taxi Cars
Owner: Shaker El-Janabi
Al-Rashid Street - Sinak - Baghdad
Telephone 4619
M: To
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Incidents⟧ |  |
| Car trip to inspect the properties |  |
| and furnishing the tent in the cemetery |  |
| Nov |  |
| Dec |  |
Paid according to receipt
4/12

Page 600

Al-Zawra Shop
ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
79 for Taxis
Prop. Shaker El-Janabi
Owner: Shaker El-Janabi
AL-RASHID STREET
Al-Rashid Street - Sinak - Baghdad
Sinak - Baghdad
Telephone 4619
Tel. No. 4619
To: ⟦Account of the Jewish Community⟧
M:
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
5/15 | Previous month's account | 1 | 500
5/16 | Sending off the body of the late Rahim Al-Saadoun | 1 | 750
| to Naiji Mosque |  |
5/20 | At a rate of one car for one hour for charity | 1 | ---
To the Gentleman
The amount of 750 fils is the car fare
to obtain the permit for the new car
7000 car capacity but civilian
large for the sake of the neighbors
Telephone
750
Shaker
I received the amount of one dinar and four hundred
and fifty fils only
for ⟦illegible⟧
Shaker