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IJA 3076

Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: financial records of the Iraqi Jewish Community with receipts for financial transactions; payment of bills; purchase of materials and services; financial disbursements to the poor.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3076
Item Number
15742
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Office of Income Tax, Financial, Bills, Stamps, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, Thumbprint, Typed, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Meir Elias Hospital, Receipts, Letterhead, Income Tax, Jewish Lay Council, President of the Jewish Community, Insurance, Typed: Revenue Stamps, Annotation, Handwritten, Taxes

AI en Translation, Pages 151-175

Page 151

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 12 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 250
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred and fifty fils and no more.
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Karima Daoud
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 152

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 12 / 9 / 1952
Fils / Dinar
500 / 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Sara Rael
⟦thumbprint⟧

Page 153

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 11 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 500
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: five hundred fils and no more
For: the aid of the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952 to Ghazala
Ashir Israel
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
Signature of the recipient
Rosa Ibrahim
on behalf of Ghazala Ashir Israel

Page 154

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 11 / 9 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
250 | —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for the wages of the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Sabouna Warqa
⟦purple thumbprint⟧

Page 155

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Date: 11 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 400
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only four hundred fils and no more
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952 to Charles
Haroun Zangi
Signature of the recipient
Farha Salman ⟦...⟧
on behalf of Charles Haroun Zangi

Page 156

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 11 / 9 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
500 | 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦one dinar and five hundred fils⟧
And that is for ⟦aid for the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Mohammad Azza⟧
⟦Thumbprint⟧

Page 157

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 11 / 9 / 1952
Dinar: 1
Fils: 750
⟦thumbprint⟧
Signature of the Recipient
Badriya Ghazal

Page 158

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 11 / 9 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
500 | 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five hundred fils and nothing else
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Nouri Ibrahim
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 159

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 10 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 750
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦seven hundred and fifty fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦the aid for the week ending on 12 / 9 / 1952⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Naama Yahya⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 161

Spent on the administration of the Israeli Community in Baghdad
as follows :-
Fils | Dinar |
500 | 2/ | Price of ⟦Fox⟧ (Corona) quantity 2
45 |  | Notebook of 60 sheets
545 | 2/ | Only three dinars and five hundred and forty-five fils
The amount was paid from the Community Administration fund
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Accountant
To receive the amount
⟦signature⟧
10 / 5 / 52
⟦That⟧

Page 162

Number ⟦illegible⟧
Receipt ⟦illegible⟧
Registered ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to J. A. ⟦illegible⟧
BAGHDAD-SAM⟦...⟧
10 SEP 52
Value of affixed stamps (if it is a package) | Dinar | Fils
| - | 10
For insured items
Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures) ⟦line⟧
In words ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee ⟦line⟧
Weight in words ⟦line⟧
* Entry (letter) bundle or (package) as the case requires
Receiving officer
⟦scribble/signature⟧

Page 163

Number 90
⟦illegible⟧
Arrived ⟦Salem⟧ registered
Addressed to ⟦Bahrain⟧
22 Fils Dinar value of the affixed stamps (if it was a parcel)
* Entry (letter) bundle or for insured materials
(parcel) as the case requires. Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures)
In words ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee ⟦line⟧
Weight in words ⟦line⟧
Receiving Officer
⟦signature⟧

Page 164

Number ⟦157⟧
BAGHDAD
10 MAY 52
Baghdad
Arrived: ⟦A-L-e...⟧
Addressed to: ⟦S. D. Kh...⟧
Date stamp:
Fils: 117
Dinar:
Value of stamps affixed (if it is a package):
* Entry (letter) bundle or (package) as the case requires:
For registered items: Paris
Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures):
In words:
Insurance fee: ⟦scribble⟧
Weight in words: ⟦scribble⟧
Receiving officer: ⟦signature⟧

Page 165

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 1952/9/9
10
Fils / Dinar
250 / 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty ⟦fils⟧
And that is for the transportation fees of an iron ⟦safe⟧ from Hassoun and Salman Company
To Al-Birr and Al-Irshad School
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
Shamsi Ali

Page 166

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 8 / 9 / 954
Accountant
Half a dinar and two hundred and fifty
fils, for the fee of opening the iron
safe in the ⟦Masouda⟧
Salman School and the Albert David Sassoon School
on the occasion of leasing the first to the Ministry of Education
Secretary
⟦Signature⟧

Page 167

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 10 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 250
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for the price of two slaughtering knives with sharpening and hangers
⟦illegible⟧ fils
Signature of the recipient
10 / 9
Ibrahim Shua

Page 168

80/
Value of a knife with its sheaths | 1/
Value of a fine whetstone | -/250
| 1/250
Only one dinar and two hundred
and fifty fils, no more
⟦signature⟧
9/9/952

Page 169

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 8 / 9 / 1954
Fils: 070
Dinar: 2
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦two dinars and seventy fils and no more⟧
And that is for the price of materials and labor wages for repairing the clerk's room as explained
on the back of the receipt
Fils
Signature of the recipient
Master Nouri Al-Haj Ali
8/9

Page 170

Explanation
Date: 9 / 9 / 1952
Dear Respected: Mr. Nour Ali
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price | Notes
875 |  | Value of ⟦Tibi⟧ grease for the machine | 4 | 250 |
120 |  | Amount not received |  |  |
080 |  | Value of a wild land |  |  |
|  | Half a kilo of nails |  |  |
075 | 1 | Total |  |  |
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Page 171

Car fees for the Directorate of Education | ⟦illegible⟧
Car fees for the Directorate of ⟦Agrar⟧ | 20
Car fees for the Directorate of Telephones | 20
Electricity Company check | 20
Letter from Mosul Post | 14
A rotl of Asfenic | 120
A bar of Lux soap | 25
Moving furniture of the Presidency House | 40
Only two hundred and eighty-nine fils | 289
I received the above amount from the community accountant
Zayan Moallem Reeel
7 / 9 / 1954
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Page 172

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 7 / 9 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
650 | ⟦/⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only six hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for the value of 26 quarters of ice at a price of 25 fils supplied to the Presidency of the Community
During the month of August 1952
Signature of the recipient ⟦Hussein Zahid⟧
Hussein Zahid

Page 173

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 7 / 9 / 1954
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for aid to complete the ID card transaction
Signature of the recipient
Isaac Aziz Ibrahim
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 174

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 7 / 9 / 59
Accountant
Please ⟦disburse⟧ ⟦amount⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary
7 / 9 / 59

Page 175

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 1952/9/7
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 5
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five dinars and no more.
And that is for the fees of reading religious ceremonies for the soul of the late ⟦Al-Nurael⟧
for the month of August 1952, and for that reason I signed this receipt.
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦Revenue stamp: 10 Fils, Kingdom of Iraq⟧
7 / 9 / 52