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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 301-325

Page 301

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 27 / 8 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and nothing else
And that is for overtime wages for my afternoon shifts for the month of August 1952
Signature of the recipient
⟦Rozana Moallem Re'el⟧
⟦thumbprint⟧

Page 302

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 27 / 8 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and no more
And that is for overtime wages for my afternoon shifts for the month of August 1952
Signature of the recipient
Reda Daniel
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦green mark⟧

Page 303

Fils Dinar
12/— Twelve Dinars only
I received from the Secretary of the Mosul Liwa twelve dinars for my salary from 1/ April/ 952 until
the end of July/ 952 and for this reason I have signed.
Hassa Hassan, guard of the Jewish cemeteries in Mosul
⟦illegible⟧
29/8/952

Page 304

Shop
Yassin ⟦Al-Sheikh Khader⟧
Stationery Seller
Baghdad - Al-Samawal Street
Al-Takamji
Date: 25 / 8 / 1954
To: The Honorable Head of the Community
Fils | Dinar |
600 |  | Stapler with its staples
|  | Only six hundred
600 |  | fils and no more
⟦signature⟧

Page 305

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 25 / 8 / 954
The Clerk
Below is the following:
1- A stapler, with spare staples
2- A bound notebook of three hundred pages
3- An ink pen and a notebook of one hundred pages
⟦illegible⟧
The Secretary
To ⟦the Accountant⟧
To disburse the value of the above items, charged to the expenses
of the Administration.
⟦illegible⟧
The Secretary

Page 306

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 26 / 8 / 54
Accountant
Pay two hundred and fifty fils
for the cost of repairing the electricity in the room of
the Secretary and the servant Abd al-Muslih
accordingly
Charles ⟦...⟧
26 / 8 / 54
I received from the Community account the sum of two hundred and fifty fils
and for that I signed 26/8/1954
⟦signature⟧
Ibrahim Saleh Saleh

Page 307

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 26 / 8 / 1954
Accountant
To pay two hundred and fifty
fils as aid for Shaul Yehuda
Secretary
⟦illegible⟧
26 / 8 / 54
Fils | Dinar
250 | ---
I received from the community account the sum of two hundred and fifty
fils as aid for me, and for that I signed on 26 / 8 / 1954
Shaul Yehuda
⟦illegible⟧

Page 308

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 26 / 8 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
750 | 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 of the week ending on 29 / 8 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Najma Yahya
⟦thumbprint⟧

Page 309

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 29 / 8 / 954
Half two hundred and fifty
To the guard of the Al-Nakab area ⟦...⟧
Regarding ⟦...⟧ transfer
Sh. Loui
29 / 8 / 54
⟦illegible stamp⟧
I received from the community accountant the amount of two hundred ⟦...⟧
only, for which I signed 1954/8/29
Ali Hassan
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 310

2
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Telegram receipt number
Addressed to ⟦Suleiman Daja⟧
Place of delivery ⟦Paris⟧
Fils Dinar value of stamps affixed to it
Number of words paid for its reply in advance
Name and address of the telegram sender
11/532
Receiving officer
BAGHDAD
22 AUG 52
⟦illegible⟧
Date
This receipt must be presented when ⟦illegible⟧ about this telegram

Page 311

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
To ⟦B⟧
The cashier shall pay the person named Salman Anwar
⟦Known⟧
⟦signature⟧
Secretary
22/8/59

Page 312

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 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 no more
And that is for the weekly ⟦aid⟧ ending on 15 / 8 / 1952
10
⟦illegible ink stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
Khatun Saleh
⟦illegible ink stamp⟧

Page 313

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 24 / 8 / 1952
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 10
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ten dinars and no more.
And that is for my salary for the month of August 1952 ⟦cook⟧ of the Masouda ⟦Shetoub⟧ Synagogue
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Abdi
10
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 314

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 25 / 8 / 1952
Fils: 400
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only four hundred fils and no more
And that is for the fees of installing a lock in the administration room
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
Master Nouri Al-Haj Ali

Page 315

Haj Abboud Al-Haj Abd Al-Haddad
Seller of Construction Materials
Bab Al-Agha 1/263 Al-Rashid Street
Date: 21 / 8 / 59
To:
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Price
450 |  | Bag of ⟦Gender⟧ cement |
|  | Only four hundred and fifty fils and no more |
⟦signature⟧

Page 316

Fils Dinar
To the Administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Please pay the following amounts
owed by the Community ⟦...⟧
Value of blotting paper, set of 10 | 140
Value of ink, 2 bottles | 105
Copying pencils, number ⟦...⟧ | 90
Bottle of glue | 120
| 455
Only four hundred and fifty-five fils
I received the above-mentioned amount from the accountant
of the Community ⟦...⟧ Benjamin Shaul
8/24/1954
Disburse
The President
8/24/54
14
25
15

Page 318

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 24 / 8 / 1953
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
And that is for the guarding fees of the ⟦basin⟧ of the cemetery
Signature of the recipient
Cemetery guard
⟦Badan⟧ Jassim
⟦thumbprint⟧

Page 319

The Accountant
Delivery of 500 fils
to the cemetery guard for sweeping fees
the cemetery road
⟦Isaac⟧
Al-Sadr
22/8/54

Page 320

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 8 / 1954
Fils: 200
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 wages of guarding the cemetery garden
Signature of the recipient
Abdul Hussein Tahour
Cemetery Guard
⟦illegible⟧

Page 321

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 22 / 5 / 1952
Fils | Dinar
500 | 1
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 three weeks ending on 8, 15, and 22 / 5 / 52
To Charles Moki Kahla.
Signature of the recipient
Sabri Yaqub Hazqa
On behalf of Charles Moki Kahla
⟦illegible⟧

Page 322

⟦illegible⟧
Name | Allocated Amount | Signature
1 - Houria Al-Nasser | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
2 - Maryam Murad | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
3 - Mikhail Nahum | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
4 - Rachel Levi | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
5 - Louisa Saleh (Paralyzed) | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
6 - Moshe Yaqoub | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
7 - Yousef Abdullah | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
8 - Nabat Israel | 500 fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
4/000 Four Dinars only ⟦line⟧
Organized in the lists of the mentioned names on 22/8/1952 for the poor except for Hanani Saleh
The Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Page 323

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 22 / 8 / 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 22 / 8 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Aziza Yaqub

Page 324

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 8 / 1952
Fils: 500
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite 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 22 / 8 / 1952
⟦fingerprint⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Heskel⟧ Meir Bashir

Page 325

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 1952/8/22
Fils: 520
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 and twenty fils
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 1952/8/22
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Rosa Ibrahim
on behalf of Ghazala Ezrail