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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 English Translation, Pages 501-525

Archival unit 501

Baghdad District Water Supply Service
Cut-off List
Installment | Second 1958
First | April, May, June | Third | October, November, December
Second | July, August, September | Fourth | January, February, March
Name:
Amount: 1500
Address: 141/ Rusafa
Subscription Number: 1478
From: 3
The installment is due at the beginning of the first month and is paid during the first month
And upon its expiration, a notice is given for the necessity of payment within 7 days, otherwise the flow will be cut off by ⟦...⟧ if
payment is not completed.
Baghdad District Water Supply Service

Archival unit 502

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 195
Fils Dinar
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Recipient's Signature
⟦Sarah⟧
⟦12⟧

Archival unit 503

Baghdad on 5 / 8 / 1958
Al-Umran Garage
Under the management of
Sheikh Omar Street
No. 215 / 240
Administration 5230
Public Telephone No. 83519
Garage 7337
Repair of all types of cars, machinery, electric and oxygen welding
Muhammad Al-Haj Kadhim Al-Umran
Account statement for car number:
To the honorable: The respected Israelite Community
Fils | Dinar | Remarks
- | 2 | Garage fees for car No. 485 Baghdad ⟦for the month of July⟧
- | 2 | " " " 2565 Baghdad " "
- | 2 | " " " ⟦585⟧ Baghdad " "
 | 6 | Only six dinars and nothing more
485
2565
585
⟦line⟧
6
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Received the amount and his signature
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 504

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
114
Number:
Date: 1 / 7 / 15
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the aforementioned amount
Only ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 505

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers in           for the month of           19
Nominal Salary (Fils) | Nominal Salary (Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar) | Allowances (Fils) | Allowances (Dinar) | Total (Fils) | Total (Dinar) | Deductions (Fils) | Deductions (Dinar) | Received (Fils) | Received (Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Salim Sahyoun Al-Babawi | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Naji Ayad | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shaul ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | Sahyoun's salary was not withdrawn because he left the service
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Zuhdi ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | On behalf of his wife Amal Yashua
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Heskel Shasha | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Archival unit 506

⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧
in ⟦illegible⟧
Status of ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ and name | Notes | Number ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 507

No 451664
(Form SP-52)
Khanaqin Oil Co., Ltd.
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
Cash Memo
Stn. Station: ⟦Baghdad⟧
Date: ⟦10/1/1954⟧
 | I.D. Dinar | Fils
⟦Gallons of Petrol⟧ |  | 
⟦Number 5⟧ |  | 
 |  | ⟦500⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> |  | 
⟦Petrol⟧ |  | 
⟦⟦illegible⟧⟧ |  | 
 |  | ⟦500⟧
Sig. ⟦signature⟧ Signature

Archival unit 509

111 Amounts spent for the late Zakiya Fati Youssef Al-Sharbani
Fils Dinar
⟦illegible⟧ Fare for the car driver Ali Najm
14500 Fee for Doctor Charles Edward for performing the surgery
from the uncle Salman Qaddouri
⟦illegible⟧ the uncle Ezra Shalom
1000 Fee for the washer of the dead ⟦illegible⟧
200 Price of incense and myrtle
15700 Total six hundred fils and ⟦illegible⟧
<del>I received the amount</del>
⟦signature⟧
out
Number
Sarah
I received the amount
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 510

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / / ⟦illegible⟧
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 511

Hevra Kadisha Society
Baghdad
Number:
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Society in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦line⟧
And that is for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Salman ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 512

Hevra Kadisha Society
Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦195⟧ / /
Fils: 250
Dinar: ⟦-⟧
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Society in Baghdad the aforementioned amount
Only ⟦two hundred and fifty fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦the transportation fee of the deceased Zakia Munshi Yusuf⟧
⟦Fingerprint stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
Ezra Shalom

Archival unit 513

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 195 / /
Fils: 250
Dinar: 1
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils only⟧
For: ⟦fees for the ritual washing of the corpse⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Shaul⟧
⟦thumbprint⟧

Archival unit 514

Hevra Kadisha Society
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / / 195
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Society in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: ⟦one and a half dinars⟧
For: ⟦repair fee for the grinder of Zakia Fatiha⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Munira Sahyoun⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 515

Amounts spent on the late Daoud Ishaq on their dates
Fils | Dinar
700 | 1
050 | ⟦illegible⟧
250 | 1
450 | ⟦illegible⟧
750 | 2
500 | 4
Disburse
Haroun
I received the amount
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 516

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Number:
Date: 1 / 1 / 1950
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: 1
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦One Dinar only⟧
For: ⟦Car driving fee for transporting the late Daoud Hanina⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 517

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils: 250
Dinar: -
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the mentioned amount
Only ⟦two hundred and fifty fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦membership fees regarding the driving license⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Shaul⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 518

Hevra Kadisha Society
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / /
Fils | Dinar
250 | —
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Society in Baghdad the mentioned amount
Only ⟦two hundred and fifty fils only⟧
And that is for ⟦fees for the labor of washing the deceased Rashid Tawfiq⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Salman Hammoud⟧
⟦thumbprint⟧

Archival unit 519

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number:
Date: / /
Fils: 750
Dinar: —
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦seven hundred and fifty fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦cleaning fees for transporting the deceased to the hospital⟧
⟦Fingerprint in blue ink⟧
Signature of the recipient
Ezra Shalom

Archival unit 520

No. 403766
( Form SP-52 ⟦illegible⟧ ( Form M.M - 52 )
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
Khanaqin Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
( Incorporated in Great Britain )
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
Agent for the Iraqi Government
⟦line⟧
CASH MEMO
Cash Ticket
Fill. Stn. ⟦illegible⟧ Station: ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧ Date:
Fils Fils | I.D. Dinar
660 | ⟦illegible⟧
Sig. ⟦illegible⟧ Signature

Archival unit 521

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number: ⟦108⟧
Date: / / 195
Fils: 750
Dinar: 4
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦line⟧
And that is for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
Yaden ⟦Nasri⟧

Archival unit 522

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number: 107
Date: 10 / 7 / 1958
Fils: —
Dinar: 1
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and no more
And that is for aid to Shaul Hayyim Al-Ruwaidi by order of His Excellency the President
And the amount was paid by Mr. Daoud Youssef
By order of disposal
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 523

Baghdad on 7 / 7 / 1958
Al-Umran Garage
Sheikh Omar Street
Managed by
No. 215 / 240
Administration 5230
Public Telephone No. 83519
Garage 7337
Supplying and repairing all cars, lorries, and machinery
Muhammad Al-Haj Kadhim Al-Umran
Account statement for car number:
To the honorable: The respected Israelite Community
Fils | Dinar | Remarks
- | 3 | Licenses for car No. 22565 Baghdad for the month of June 1958
- | 3 | " " " 4852 Baghdad
- | 6 | Only six dinars and nothing more
10 Fils
The Kingdom of Iraq
I received the amount of six dinars
On behalf of the garage
Al- ⟦Umran⟧ Ali Sheikh

Archival unit 524

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number: 105
Date: 10 / 6 / 195
Fils: 200
Dinar: —
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦three hundred fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦cleaning fees for the garden of four from Washi and for⟧
⟦at the association's headquarters with spraying precautions⟧ by request
Signature of the recipient
Al-Khawwar Naeem Faraj
Disburse
To

Archival unit 525

Hevra Kadisha Association
Baghdad
Number: ⟦104⟧
Date: ⟦6 / 1 /⟧ 195⟦⟧
Fils: 140
Dinar: —
I received from the Hevra Kadisha Association in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: ⟦one hundred and forty fils only⟧
For: ⟦car fare to Karkh and Sheikh Ma'ruf on the occasion of the funeral service⟧
⟦Abdul Mubarak⟧
Signature of the recipient