Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 11 / 8 / 1952 Fils: 500 Dinar: 11 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only eleven dinars and five hundred fils and no more And that is for my salary from 1 / 2 / 52 until 15 / 2 / 1952 at the Presidency of the Community And the honorary grant awarded on the occasion of the visits 10 fils Signature of the recipient Ziyana Mu'allim Rashid ⟦fingerprint⟧ 14 / 8
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Date 24 / 2 / 1952 Amount | Details | Remarks ⟦line⟧ | 3 | Salary of Lawyer Zabana, acting teacher from 1 / 2 / 52 until 15 / 2 / 1952 | His fee ⟦was enough for me⟧ in the community presidency 500 | 2 | Fee for cleaning the above street | Cook in the slaughterhouse ⟦line⟧ | 6 | Fees due for the work performed by the aforementioned lawyer on behalf of the administration according to administrative decision No. 814 dated 1 / 2 / 1952 | ⟦Application⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ next 500 | 11 | Only eleven dinars and five hundred fils and no more. | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (check) Check No. 816951 dated 19 / 2 / 1952 Accountant
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Date 22 / 8 / 1952 Amount (Fils / Dinar) | Details | Remarks 9 / 000 | The first installment of the property tax for house number ⟦28/77⟧ belonging to the Al-Khayyat Charitable Society | This amount is to be debited to the aforementioned society 9 / 000 | Only nine dinars and nothing else. | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (within) check number 856981 dated 19 / 8 / 1952 Accountant
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Date ⟦19 / 8 / 1952⟧ Amount | Details | Notes Fils | Dinar | | 799 | 104 | Administrative and teaching expenses of the Education Committee for half of the month of August 1952 according to the aforementioned expense record and according to the attached list. | 799 | 104 | Only one hundred and four dinars and seven hundred and ninety-nine fils. | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (within) check number 816901 dated 19 / 8 / 1952 Accountant
List of administrative expenses for the half of August 1952 according to the administrative expenses register Fils | Dinar 050 | 1 | Fees for copying registration records at the Land Registry Department 285 | 4 | Electricity bill for the Community Presidency for the month of July 1952 075 | 1 | Value of the Community Presidency's swallow for the month of July 1952 for quarter No. 42 500 | 7 | Repairs by Mr. Yaqoub Khazzam for the hand and for the local council transferred to the hospital building from the telephone department 500 | 10 | Value of black letter paper (purchased for the memorial service of the late Ezra Ibrahim Daniel) 020 | 1 | Gratuity expenses for Rakiz and ironing for teacher Midhat Abdullah. 500 | 0 | Sundries 160 | 0 | Value of wax cans 096 | 0 | Laurel soap 000 | 1 | Porterage for moving furniture located in the hotel and arranging it. 050 | 4 | Value of printed materials with the value and labor fees for making stamps. 000 | 2 | Value of register covers 000 | 1 | Fees for opening a safe and moving its contents to the Community Administration. 450 | 0 | Revenue stamps 140 | 0 | Postage 044 | 1 | Repairs for the community employees and servants for the half-month. 200 | 36 | Subsidies for the mentioned half-month according to the administrative expenses register. 560 | 42 | Church expenses :- 900 | 0 | Electricity bill for the Jewish Synagogue 500 | 0 | Fees for repairing the door of Danbah Synagogue 000 | 6 | School expenses :- Salaries, salary of Arifi, teacher of Al-Birr wal-Irshad for the month of July 1952 000 | 6 | To the slaughterhouse account as follows :- 600 | 0 | Value of the female clerk's inkwell 000 | 2 | Fees and costs for repairing the slaughterhouse door. 980 | 1 | Value of materials and labor fees for making and opening the foundations in the slaughterhouse and repairing them. 000 | 6 | To the account of the shrine of our master Al-Abd Al-Salih, for cleaning and additional fees 640 | 8 | Amount to be deposited in Rima Khedouri Hospital (to the account of Rima Khedouri Hospital) 419 | 4 | To the account of the Sewing Charitable Society, for paying a previous electricity bill for the mentioned society which had been incurred. 104 799 Only one hundred and four Dinars and seven hundred and ninety-nine Fils, no more. Accountant ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Date: ⟦18/8/1952⟧ (Disbursement Voucher) Amount Fils | Amount Dinar | Details | Remarks 550 | 23 | Subsistence expenses and aid for the poor for Thursday, 14/8/1952 | 550 | 23 | Only twenty-three dinars and five hundred and fifty fils, nothing else | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (within) check number 816951 dated 19/8/1952 Accountant
Number: 25 years List Date: Thursday ⟦24/5⟧ 1 / 26 School Subsistence Amount | Quantity | Price | Seller | Council Clarification Fils | Dinar | Type of Material | Number | Kilo | Per Number | Per Kilo | Name | Place | Clarification | 400 | 4 | Rice | | 40 | | 105 | | | | 710 | 1 | Sugar | | 18 | | 95 | | | | 450 | | Tea | | 1 ⟦bundle⟧ | | | | | | 800 | 1 | Abu Al-Kaff Soap | 26 | | | | | | | 170 | | Jamal Soap | 26 | | | | | | | 340 | 2 | Vegetable Fat | | 18 | | 130 | | | | 900 | | Potato | | 18 | | 50 | | | | 440 | 1 | Watermelon | 26 ⟦pieces⟧ | | | 40 ⟦total⟧ | | | | 450 | | Tomato | | 18 | | 25 | | | | 240 | | Onion | | 12 | | 20 | | | | ⟦line⟧ | 1 | Dry Milk Can | 1 | | 8 | 125 | | | | 600 | | Salt | | 5 | | 12 | | | | 120 | | Shrimp | | 1/2 Kilo | | | | | | 100 | | Eggplant | | 10 | | 10 | | | | 860 | | Vegetables | | | | 110 | | | | 400 | | Ice | | | | 2 | | | | 840 | | Distributed to the poor with hot cooking | | | | | | | | Twenty-five Dinars donated by a benefactor Kerosene Mobile Cash aid to Khader Jaafar Cash aid to Fouad Ishaq Baban Cash aid to his sick maternal aunt Yona Porters Profits Total: Only twenty-eight Dinars and eight hundred and fifty Fils and no more 23 580 From Hanoun the Great, Receipt No. 34 Ghra ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧
Volume Number: 131831 Sequence Number: 81 Fils/Dinar: 60/167 Department Name: Received from: Presidency of the Israelite Community Amount: Only one hundred sixty-six dinars and six hundred fils On account of invoices number: 2652 dated 1/7/52 Dated: 5/7/52 Signature of the recipient: ⟦signature⟧ Employee Title: Director of the Telephone Department for the Center 77812 42354 2915 4718 4432 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected Subject: "Telephone fees for the installment ending on 30/9/52" After greetings, We request approval for the payment of the following telephone fees, detailed below, for the installment ending on 30/9/1952. Telephone Number | Location where installed | Amount (Fils) | Amount (Dinar) | Remarks 5452 | Community Administration | 730 | 20 | 3531 | Community Presidency | 745 | 16 | 4468 | Residence of the Community Secretary, Mr. Shaul Morris | 044 | 17 | Mr. Shaul Morris paid an amount of 11.844 Dinars for internal calls and calls within Iraq according to receipt number 964 dated 6/8/1952. 7253 | Residence of the Registrar of Contracts, Mr. Naji Baniri | 648 | 5 | | | 167 | 60 | Only sixty Dinars and one hundred and seventy Fils, nothing else. Please accept our highest respect, Secretary of the Community Approved Accountant 1- Let the amount of 60/167 Dinars be paid, send the remainder, and keep the memorandum with you. According to check number 884900 and its wording in the incoming papers file under number (89). Secretary The Israelite Community - Baghdad 11 / 8 / 52
Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals Meir Elias Hospital No 37119 Baghdad: 11/18/1952 Fils: 800 Dinar: 129 Received from: The Lay Council Amount: One hundred and twenty-nine dinars and eight hundred fils For: Prices of medicine for the Capital Secretariat and we have tax Due: ⟦illegible⟧ Check No: 812899 Treasurer 17/33 100 x 100 = 10000 7/19/1955
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: C/ ⟦52/925⟧ Date: 8 / 8 / 1952 Subject Summary: Disbursement of an amount to the administration of Meir Elias Hospital to pay property tax and raw water fees Administrative Order With reference to the manual Lay Council decision No. C/ 52/925 dated 7 / 8 / 1952 1- The following two amounts shall be paid to the administration of Meir Elias Hospital:- Dinar Fils 93 | 750 To be used for paying the property tax due on the house numbered 21/9/1 located in Al-Bataween district 76 | 110 To be used for paying the claim of the Baghdad Municipality for raw water fees for the period from 1 / 10 / 51 to 31 / 3 / 52 including deposits. 2- The two aforementioned amounts ⟦shall be recorded⟧ as a debt from the hospital to the Lay Council President of the Community ⟦...⟧ President of the Lay Council Copy to:- 1- To the Accountant - to act accordingly B - To issue a check for the two aforementioned amounts to the order of the accountant of Meir Elias Hospital and deliver it to him against a receipt. 2- To the Hospital Administration - A - Note the second paragraph of the order B - The necessity of filing an objection to the assessment and requesting the Directorate of General Revenues to reduce the tax based on the annual rent amounting to 240 Dinars
40283 The disbursement order is issued in its incoming revenues file Number (40) ⟦illegible⟧ State Funds Collection Receipt Volume Number: Serial Number: 66 Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant Section Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong - | 100 | From Jaafar al-Hakim on behalf of the Governor | | | According to check number 812898 dated | | | 11/8/54 regarding the butcher's house | I have received from: The Presidency of the Jewish Community The amount written above, totaling: Dinar and: Fils: Signature of the collector: Job title: Dated: 14/8/54
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Fils Dinar 10/000 Ten Dinars only I received from the community accountant the amount above, only ten dinars and no more and that is my salary as assistant supervisor in the schools for the month of August 1952 and for that I signed this receipt 8/7/1952 10 Fils Kingdom of Iraq Nazima Ilya Recorded in the daily ledger No. 897 on 8/10/1952 ⟦Signature⟧ Accountant
Sakna 25 26 Prisoners' Subsistence List for Thursday 10 / 8 / 1954 Amount (Dinar / Fils) | Item Type | Quantity (Number / Kilo) | Price (Per Unit / Kilo) | Seller's Signature | Receipt Signature 6.000 | Meat | 12 | 500 | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ 3.840 | Flour | 40 | 96 | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ 4.400 | Vegetable Fat | 15 | 293 | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ 2.775 | Sugar | 17 | 163 | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ 1.625 | Tea | 2.5 Huqqa | 650 | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ 0.450 | Laurel Soap | 26 | | | 0.870 | Jamal Soap | 26 | | | 1.800 | Cheese | 9 Huqqa | 200 | | 1.200 | Tomato | 15 | 80 | | 0.445 | Eggplant | 6 | 74 | | 0.840 | Potatoes | 12 | 70 | | 0.600 | Beans | 7.5 | 80 | | 0.810 | Onion | 13.5 | 60 | | 0.200 | Watermelon | 25 Huqqa | 8 | | 1.000 | Cantaloupe | | | | 0.300 | Salt | | | | 0.500 | Celery | | | | 1.500 | Cigarettes | | | | 0.500 | Kerosene | | | | 0.500 | Cash aid for prisoners only | | | | 0.500 | " " for the vulnerable women | | | | 0.500 | " " for the employee Qasim Buna | | | | 0.660 | Raw fabric 6 cubits | | | | 0.250 | Towel 1 piece | | | | 0.400 | Fouta (wrap) 1 piece | | | | | Shirt 1 piece | Deduction number | | | 0.050 | Loofah | | | | 1.050 | Empty summer | | | | Prisoners Committee To the ⟦illegible⟧ Authority Travel 47.426 Approval of His Excellency the President Approved According to the explanation in register No. 897 and 898
Today's purchases for the association ⟦...⟧ Amount (Fils) | Amount (Dinar) | Quantity (Number) | Quantity (Kilo) | Item Type | Price (Number) | Price (Kilo) | Date of Receipt | Recipient's Signature Fils | Dinar | Number | Kilo | | Number | Kilo | | 200 | 4 | | 40 | Rice | | 105 | | 22/5 890 | 1 | | 18 | Sugar | | 105 | | 22/5 450 | | | 1/2 Haqqa | Tea | | 900 | | 23/5 210 | 1 | 22 | | Laurel Soap | 55 | | | ⟦illegible⟧ 968 | | 22 | | Bath Soap | 44 | | | ⟦illegible⟧ 960 | 2 | | 16 | Fats | | 185 | 185 Fils per kilo | ⟦illegible⟧ 400 | | | 1/2 Haqqa | Cheese | | 800 | per Haqqa | ⟦illegible⟧ 200 | 2 | | 10 | Meat | | 220 | | ⟦illegible⟧ 400 | | | 20 | Tomato | | 20 | | 440 | | | 22 | Watermelon | | 20 | | 160 | | | 8 | Eggplant | | 20 | | 800 | | | 16 | Cantaloupe | | 50 | | 080 | 1 | 108 | | Greens | 10 | | in Fils | ⟦illegible⟧ 040 | | | 2 | Salt | | 20 | per kilo | 160 | | | 10 | Onion | | 16 | | 050 | | | | Inkwells | | | | 100 | | | | Caramia | | | | 500 | 1 | | | Cigars for the association | | | | 000 | 1 | | | Kerosene | | | | 500 | | | | Cash aid to Mrs. Khadra | | | | 500 | | | | Cash aid to Mrs. Amina Pasha | | | | 500 | | | | Cash aid to the employee Shani Bona | | | | 438 | 25 | | | Only twenty-five dinars and four hundred and thirty-eight fils and no more | | | | 22 23 Written according to the request above 812891 Accountant Approval His Excellency the President Signature
Franc Iny School INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY Baghdad Telephone No. 91693 Franc Iny School Intermediate and Primary Baghdad Telephone Number 91693 No ⟦line⟧ Number Date ⟦line⟧ Date I received from the administration of Franc Iny School an amount of forty- four Dinars and eight hundred Fils, for my salaries for the months of August and September 954 and for that reason I signed in acknowledgment of receipt. According to the check numbered 812895 to the order of Mr. Abdullah Majeed Babu Abdullah ⟦signature⟧ 5/7/1954 ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ ⟦signature/date: 5/7/54⟧
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone Number 5452 Number: J / 1 Date: 2 / 8 / 1952 Subject Summary: Salary of the teacher Claire Hay for the months of August and September of the year 1952. To - The Administration of Frank Iny School Greetings, With reference to your letter numbered F / 143 / 52 and dated 1 / 8 / 1952. We approve the disbursement of 44/500 Dinars (forty-four Dinars and five hundred Fils) for the salaries of the teacher Claire Hay for the months of August and September of the year 1952. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ A copy to - The Accountant of the Community Presidency - to draw a check in the amount of 44/500 Dinars (forty-four Dinars and five hundred Fils) to the order of Mr. Abdullah Obeidia, Director of the Frank Iny School (we attach herewith the receipt signed by the aforementioned teacher upon receipt) and to record the mentioned amount in the expense account of the Frank Iny School.
C Receipts for administrative and educational expenses for the month of August 1952
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils | Dinar 800 | 6 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only six dinars and eight hundred fils and no more And that is for the advances of Mr. Yaqub Ezra Abdullah, member of the Lay Council for the management of the hospital's affairs, number (15) ⟦shown⟧ on the reverse during the month of August 1952 As explained on the back of this receipt Signature of the recipient ⟦stamp with signature⟧ ⟦Al-Banadiya⟧ Pharmaceutical Company
Dinar - Going from the house of Mr. Yaqub Ezra Saleh | 3 | 000 To the hospital <del>five</del> three times during the month | | of August 1954 at a rate of 1000 fils | 2 | Returning from the hospital to the house of Mr. Yaqub | 3 | 800 Ezra Saleh nineteen times during the month | | of August 1954 | | | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ Six dinars and eight hundred fils only. | 6 | 800 ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦Committee ...⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 1952 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 nothing else And that is for my salary for guarding the synagogue for the month of August 1952 and for this reason I signed this receipt IRAQ POSTAGE REVENUE 5 FILS 5 Iraq 5 Fils 5 Khalil Ibrahim ⟦thumbprint⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils: ⟦line⟧ Dinar: 2 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦three⟧ dinars ⟦only⟧ And that is for my salary for the month of August 1952 for guarding the Rachel Shahmoon School And for that reason I signed this receipt IRAQ POSTAGE & REVENUE 3 FILS Iraq 3 Fils Sami Rahman
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils: 500 Dinar: 1 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 And that is for the aid of the week ending on 29 / 8 / 1952 Signature of the recipient Esther Yosef ⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date 1952/8/29 Fils | Dinar 200 | 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 fils and no more And that is for the aid of the week ending on 1952/8/29 Signature of the recipient ⟦fingerprints⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 1952/8/29 Fils: 250 Dinar: — 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 1952/8/29 Signature of the recipient Sarah Rael ⟦fingerprint⟧