Financial Records and Receipts, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society) and President of the Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Accounting 137 Notary Public of South Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Soldier Number: 308515 Serial Number: 46 Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government Fils/Dinar: 750 / - Department Name: 74 Received from: Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri on behalf of the community Amount: One Dinar and seven hundred and fifty Fils On account of: Stamp duty Date: 2 / 12 / 1958 Signature of the collector Job Title 69 1449
Volume Number 208509 Accounting 7 Receipts in Dirhams obtained for the government ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 29
Baghdad on 1 / 1 / 195 Al-Umran Garage Sheikh Omar Street Managed by No. 215 / 240 Muhammad Al-Haj Kadhim Al-Umran Administration 5230 Public Telephone No. 83519 Garage 7337 Account statement for car number: ⟦illegible⟧ To the honorable Mr.: Head of ⟦illegible⟧ Respectfully: Fils | Dinar | Notes - | 3 | ⟦illegible⟧ March 1958 - | 3 | ⟦illegible⟧ March 1959 - | 6 | Only six dinars and nothing else 10 Fils ⟦illegible⟧
Form No. M. A. M. (2) B Directorate Baghdad District Public Water Supply Service Number 15/14 Date 18 / 3 / 1958 Telegraphic Address: Baghdad Water <del>67</del> 8-line switchboard 89761 Presidency of the Jewish Community Subject / Repair fees for ⟦water meter⟧ Please kindly pay 825 fils according to the attached list numbered 19/1874, for the repair fees of the water meter numbered 6511882 installed on the cemetery water line, whose external parts were found broken, which forced us to replace it with meter number 6512481 on 25 / 1 / 1958. The reading of the new meter at the time of installation was zero. Please note this and advise the competent authorities not to allow anyone to tamper with it. ⟦151⟧ Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors Copy to: - Chief Revenue Observer, Serial 916 / H Attachments - 1 List ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ DA
Form No. 0010 M. (52) Paper 67 No. 1874 Directorate 19 Baghdad District General Water Supply Administration To: The Jewish Cemetery As a result of the inspection carried out on the meter numbered: ⟦illegible⟧ Of type: Installed in the premises registered with us in your name, numbered: 6 Located in the neighborhood of: Bab al-Sheikh According to the inspection report numbered: 726 Dated: 19 / 2 / 1958 It was found that some of its parts need replacement as they have become unfit for use as a result of neglect in maintaining it, and the repair fees amounted to ⟦line⟧ Dinars and 800 Fils Please take the necessary steps to pay them within fifteen days from the date of this notification while taking the necessary measures to maintain the meter and not allowing any tampering with it. 26 March 1958 On behalf of the Baghdad District Water Supply Administration The amount will be recorded in the register ( ) on page ( )
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad List of salaries for employees and workers in Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | | Salaries of the Old Cemetery Guards ⟦Seven revenue stamps, each featuring a portrait and the text '10 Fils'⟧ ⟦illegible markings in top right corner⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible blue ink text⟧
Record Number 50772 Serial Number 57 State Funds Collection Receipt ⟦illegible⟧ Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment - | 75 | Property Tax No. 1/14 | Previous | - | 15 | 191 | Previous | - | 90 | According to check 860380 dated 20 / 2 / 1957 | Current 1957 | I have received from: The Jewish Community The amount written above, totaling: Ninety Dinars and - Fils Date: 20 / 2 / 1957 Signature of the Collector: ⟦Signature⟧ Job Title: ⟦Signature/Stamp⟧ ⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
Volume Number 50772 State Funds Collection Receipt Serial Number (56) Department ⟦illegible⟧ Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment 450 | - | Income Tax No. 17 / 141 on 2 / 2 / 81 | Previous | 150 | - | = = = = Case ⟦illegible⟧ | | 600 | - | According to receipt 16185 on 21 / 2 / 1981 | | I have received from: The Israelite Community The amount written above, totaling: Six hundred fils Date: 21 / 2 / 1981 Signature of the collector ⟦signature⟧ Job Title ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant Number ⟦...⟧
67705 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
65 ⟦illegible⟧ / - Tax due on ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ number ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ / - ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ / - ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ / - ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 7 / - ⟦illegible⟧ 15 / - ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Total ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Hevra Kadisha Association Baghdad Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 195 Number: 64 Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧ Fils: ⟦illegible⟧ I received from ⟦illegible⟧ Hevra Kadisha in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦line⟧ And that is for ⟦line⟧ 10 Fils Faris Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad Electricity Services BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES 62 Association ⟦illegible⟧ formerly Association 141/17M Opposite 141/27 I4049 I. 2½ 6607960 22860 22 29206 Note: 1 - This ⟦illegible⟧ bill must be paid within 15 days from its date. 2 - The subscriber who believes that their deposited insurance is more than necessary after having a continuous supply without interruption in one location for a period of not less than 12 months should apply for a second assessment. Account Number | Date | Meter Registration | Monthly Fee 860 22 32 | 28310 Sequence | Numbered 7960 | Fixed Various prices | To | ⟦illegible⟧ | for the meter 1 - Arrears | From | 8 2 2 58 3454 | 35 2 - Special reading fee | Supplied units | | 3 - Cost of damage to the meter | at 16 fils | | 4 - Transferred from your account | at 12 fils | | | at 10 fils | | | Various prices - see side | | Total | | | 825 00182 OK M 30-MAR-58 .835 This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the cashier
62 ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ Approval of the Administrative Committee of the Association in its session ⟦illegible⟧ Name | Address or Occupation | Remarks Kol Muhammad | Guard | ⟦illegible⟧ Ephraim Sheikh Shukr | Servant | Ephraim Nouri Rahmin | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Aziz Salem | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Bashir Shafti | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Khalaf Saleh | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 80 875
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⟧ |
61 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Primary Staff Record ⟦illegible⟧ Professorship Grade | Net Old Service 80% | Salary | Deduction and Savings | Deduction | Net Salary | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Combat and Cost of Living Allowance Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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
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⟧
The Israeli Lay Council Baghdad № 000748 59 Fils: ⟦line⟧ Dinar: 9 Received from Mr.: Jumaa Sabba Qarsha - Baghdad The amount of: Only nine dinars, nothing more For: The mentioned person's share for the three months ending on 31/12/57 The above-mentioned amount: At a rate of three dinars per month Baghdad on: 21 / 2 / 1958 ⟦signature⟧ Accountant
58 Al-Akhbar A daily political newspaper founded in 1938 1320 Fils / Dinar: 750 / - Received from: Mr. Salim Eliyahu, House No. ⟦illegible⟧ The sum of: Seven hundred and fifty fils only For: Subscription to Al-Akhbar newspaper until 5 / 8 / 50 Baghdad: 7 / 7 / 1950 The Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils ⟦signature⟧
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⟧
Number 00946 Shop Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Hawadith A Political Daily Newspaper Owner: Adel Awni Fils: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧ Received from: Presidency of the Mosaic Community Only: Five Dinars only For: Advertisement publication fees According to the numbered list: 122 Iraq 10 Fils Mohsen Fawzi 17 / 2 / 1957 57 21 / 2 / 57
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
Number 001016 56 Al-Zaman Newspaper Baghdad on: 10 / 2 / 1958 Fils: — Dinar: 2 Received from the honorable: The Jewish Community in Baghdad The sum of: Two Dinars only For: Advertising fee for the Muwashahat troupe's musical concert on 549 20 / 2 / 58 The Manager ⟦illegible stamp⟧ 10 Fils