Description
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.
AI en Translation, Pages 651-675
Page 652
61
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers for the month of 19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | 400 | 4 | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | ⟦stamp⟧ |
Page 654
Al-Shaab
An independent daily political newspaper
No 7160 A
60
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
Received from: The Jewish Community
An amount of: Only two Dinars ⟦and skirts⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
For: ⟦Advertisement⟧ List 7719
Date: 24 / 3 / 1958
Note: The receipt is not accepted unless it is stamped with the administration's seal
Iraq
2 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ 24 ⟦illegible⟧ 58
Page 655
AL-SHA'AB
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL DAILY
PROP-EDITOR
YAHYA QASSIM
AL-SHA'AB BUILDING, SINAK ST.
BAGHDAD - IRAQ
PHONE { 89777 - 89778
83005
ACCT. & AD. : 4994
Al-Sha'ab
Political Daily Newspaper
Owner and Responsible Editor-in-Chief
Lawyer Yahya Qassim
Administration: Al-Sha'ab Newspaper Building - Sinak
Telephones:
Two-line switchboard: 89777 - 89778
Private phone: 83005
Accounting and Advertising phone: 4994
No 07719
DEBIT NOTE
DEBIT NOTE
Date / Date: 1958/2/28
To / To: The Israelite Community
Ref. / With reference to: Expulsion ⟦...⟧ 60 Mir Ammouri and the road
DATE | INSERTIONS | RATE | SIZE | I. D. | Fils | I. D. | Fils
| 2 | 300 | 4 x 2 | | | 2 | 400
| | 400 | p | | | |
| | 300 | 12 x 2 | | | |
| | 400 | p | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | 400
Three Dinars and four hundred Fils
Accountant
Certification
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 656
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000748
59
Fils Dinar
9 —
Received from Mr. Hebra Kadisha Association - Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
amounting to nine dinars only dinar and fils
and that is for the allocations of the three deceased for the month ending on 31/8/58
at a rate of three dinars per month
Baghdad on 21 / ⟦9⟧ / 1958
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant
Page 657
58
Al-Akhbar
A daily political newspaper founded in 1938
Received from: ⟦Head⟧ of the Mosaic Community
An amount of: One Dinar
For: Advertising fees
Baghdad: 1/10/1955
Fils
⟦Iraq⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Page 658
58
Al-Akhbar
A daily political newspaper founded in 1938
Baghdad - Iraq
Telegraph: New Al-Akhbar - Baghdad
P.O. Box No.
Telephones: Two lines
89701
89702
Editing and Administration
5845
City Reviews
Number: 580
Date: 1958/2/22
To: The Honorable Presidency of the Jewish Community
Greetings:
Reference to the letter: To you
We kindly request payment for the publication fee of the advertisement published: Thanks
On dates: 19, 20, and 21 / 2 / 958
Per unit: 12
At a price of: 250 fils per unit
Regarding the advertisement: Lease of a vacant lot in the Al-Kulat neighborhood
Dinar: 3
Fils: ⟦line⟧
The Manager
⟦signature⟧
Page 659
57
Al-Hawadith
A Political Daily Newspaper
Owner: Adel Awni
Number: 00946
Record Number:
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils: 200
Dinar: 1
Received from: Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Only: One Dinar and two hundred Fils
For: Fees for publishing advertisements according to the attached list
Date: 17 / 2 / 1954
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Newspaper Accountant
⟦signature⟧
Al-Hawadith
Page 660
Al-Hawadith
A Political Daily Newspaper
Owner: Adel Awni
Telephone 5228
Number: 1225
Date: ⟦1/21/1951⟧
To: The Administration of the Mosaic Community
Respectfully:
57
Fils | Dinar | Details
| | Reference to letter ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ Dated ⟦line⟧
| | We kindly request payment of subscription fees for an advertisement
| | Building a second floor in the Al-Sinak neighborhood
| | Offered for rent
Number of Issues | Contract | Total Contract | Contract Price | Publication Dates
2 | 5 | 10 | 250 Fils | 1/19
2 | 5 | 10 | 250 Fils | 1/20
750 | 2 | Two Dinars and seven hundred fifty Fils
750 | ⟦2⟧ | Fifty Fils
Newspaper Owner
Page 661
Al-Zaman Newspaper
No: 001016 ⟦56⟧
Baghdad on: 10 / 2 / 958
Fils: —
Dinar: 2
Received from the honorable: The Jewish Community in Baghdad
The sum of: Two Dinars only
For: Fees for publishing the advertisement of the concert for Zahir and Bushra published in 549 on 20 / 2 / 958
The Manager
⟦signature⟧
Iraq
10 Fils
Page 662
56
07
No. 000529
Al-Zaman Newspaper
(Order List)
Date: 22 / 2 / 1958
To: The Honorable Jewish Community
Fils | Dinar
In reference to letter ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ dated ⟦line⟧
Please kindly pay the publication fee for the rental advertisement
Tapu Plot 217, Karrada District
Sheikh for 18, 19, and 21 / 2 / 58
Total | Per Issue | Price | Per Node | Node | Fils
4 | | 12 | | 250 |
3 - Only three Dinars and nothing else
Al-Zaman Newspaper
The Manager
Baghdad
Page 664
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ / 195⟦...⟧
Fils: ⟦...⟧
Dinar: 1
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦One Dinar⟧
For: ⟦Driving fees for transporting the late ...⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
Page 665
⟦General Automobile Company⟧
⟦By Voucher⟧
Date ⟦...⟧ Number ⟦...⟧
Received ⟦...⟧ Ali Naseem
An amount of ⟦...⟧
And that is for ⟦...⟧
⟦Accountant's Signature⟧
Page 666
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦1⟧ / ⟦1⟧ / 195
Fils: 250
Dinar: —
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦two hundred and fifty⟧ fils
And that is for ⟦the purpose of fees, a gift for the poor, Shlomo Ibrahim Shaker⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Yaqub Babai⟧
Page 667
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 11 / 1 / 1950
Fils: 250
Dinar: —
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦two hundred and fifty⟧ fils
And that is for ⟦the washing fee of the late Ephraim Shaul⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Eliyahu Shaul⟧
Page 668
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / / ⟦50⟧
Fils: 250
Dinar: 1
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils only⟧
And that is for ⟦fees for repairing the door of the health workshop for the deceased⟧ ⟦...⟧
Signature of the receiver
⟦...⟧
Page 670
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 1 / 1 / 80
Fils:
Dinar: 2
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦two dinars only and nothing else⟧
And that is for ⟦ambulance driving wages for the month of November 80⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Ali ...⟧
Page 672
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / / 195
Fils: 250
Dinar: -
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦three hundred and twenty fils⟧
And that is for ⟦fees for the labor of bringing and transporting the deceased⟧
⟦18/2/53⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Page 673
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / /
Fils: 850
Dinar:
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: ⟦eight hundred and fifty fils only⟧
For: ⟦transportation fees for the late Samiha⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Salman Muhammad⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧
Page 674
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / / 195
Fils: 350
Dinar: -
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only three hundred and fifty fils
And that is for the transport of the late Samira Shamoun on the date 2/8/57
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
Ezra Shalom
⟦illegible⟧
Page 675
Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦10⟧ / / ⟦...⟧
Fils: 250
Dinar: -
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦two hundred and fifty fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦our labor fees in bringing the health paper for the patient⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Farouk Saleh⟧