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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 501-525

Page 501

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧ 3
Only three dinars and no more.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only three dinars and no more,
and that is my salary for guarding the Masouda
Salman school for the month of July 1954, and for this
I signed this receipt 20 / 7 / 1954
12
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Hezekiel Saleh

Page 502

Fils Dinar
1/500
Only one dinar and five hundred fils
I received from the ⟦respected⟧ accountant of the community
the above, only one dinar and five hundred fils
as a deduction from my salary for the account of the synagogue
Al-Rubaydi for the month of July 1952, and for this I signed
this ⟦receipt⟧ 20 / 7 / 1952
⟦two purple thumbprints⟧
Khalil Ibrahim

Page 503

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧/6
Six Dinars only.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only six Dinars and no more,
my salary for guarding the Meir Al-Bahouth Synagogue
for the month of July 1952, and I have no further claim or right
to this amount 7/20/1952
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Muhammad Al-Sabbab
⟦two purple thumbprints⟧

Page 504

Dinar Fils
10/000
Only ten dinars and no more.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only ten dinars and no more, and that is
my salary as a guard for the Masouda Shetoub Synagogue
for the month of July 1952, and for that I signed
this receipt 7/20/1952
⟦Revenue stamp: Kingdom of Iraq, 10 Fils⟧
Hassan Abdi
⟦Two purple thumbprints⟧

Page 505

1/500
/
One Dinar and five hundred Fils only.
That this amount has arrived safely with the explanation
in the petty cash expenses department for the month of November
1952 (dated 14 / 11 / 1952)
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
⟦thumbprint⟧
⟦thumbprint⟧

Page 506

Fils Dinar
2 / 500
Only two dinars and five hundred fils
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only two dinars and five hundred fils
and nothing else, as aid for purchasing clothes
for a ⟦poor⟧ person, and for this reason I signed this
receipt 1952/7/28
Iraq
10
Fils
Yona Hezekiel Bona

Page 507

Subject: - Subsidies
Status of Mr.: -
Please approve the disbursement of: -
Fils | Dinar
250 | 2
250 |
We approved the disbursement
⟦signature⟧
28 / 7 / 54
⟦signature⟧
Secretary
28 / 7 / 54
Accountant
To be paid and its receipt credited to the debtor
⟦signature⟧

Page 508

500 Fils
Only five hundred fils and no more
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only five hundred fils and no more
and that is for the aid of the week ending on
25 / 7 / 1952 and for its payment this
receipt was issued on 25 / 7 / 1952
⟦fingerprint⟧
Hezekiel Meir

Page 509

Fils - Dinar
150
One hundred and fifty fils
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one hundred and fifty fils
as aid for me and for ⟦...⟧ on 27 / 5 / 19
Rahma Daoud
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 510

Fils Dinar
2/000
Two Dinars only
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only two Dinars and nothing else, and that is
as aid for me, and for that I signed 27 / 7 / 1952
✓
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
Yaqub Al-Baka

Page 511

The Respected
Disbursement of an aid amounting to one dinar
to Mr. Yaqoub Alyas ⟦Koji⟧
⟦who⟧
27 / 4 / 54

Page 512

Honoraries to the Assistant ⟦...⟧
who completed the processing of the shelter residents.
| Fils Dinar
The first list | 420
The second list | 546
The third list | 524
The fourth list | 720
The fifth list | 304
| 2/514
Only two dinars and five hundred and fourteen
fils and no more.
1952/7/27

Page 513

Al-Alawi
<del>14 kilos cocoa</del> | 14
5 milk <del>tenth</del> number | 70
2 tea ten | 24
4 glasses milk ten | 80
196 kilos cocoa number ten | 196
⟦line⟧ | 14
| 270
tea number ten | 40
⟦line⟧ | 5
milk ten | 410
| 10
⟦line⟧ | 420
Half including the Al-Fatiha
for a special picture
Shaker
54/1/10

Page 514

Assistant's Account
200 | Between | Quantity | 10
120 | Coffee |  | 12
72 | Tea |  | 9
144 | Cake |  | 12
⟦line⟧
536

Page 515

| Fils
In it 6 bottles of Pepsi Cola | 96
7 " bottles of Coca Cola | 98
6 " glasses of yogurt drink | 120
4 " Kleicha | 80
6 " coffee | 60
10 " tea | 80
⟦line⟧
534

Page 516

Quantity | ⟦illegible⟧ | Dinar | Fils
8 | Coca-Cola |  | 120
6 | Pepsi |  | 96
5 | Yogurt | 1 | 00
2 | Cake |  | 60
1 | Milk |  | 30
2 | Tea |  | 48
2 | Coffee |  | 60
6 | Coca-Cola |  | 84
2 | Yogurt |  | 40
2 | // |  | 30
2 | // |  | 60
720 Only seven hundred and twenty Dinars ⟦illegible⟧
I received the above amount from the community account

Page 517

Fils
Pepsi Cola bottle qty 2 80
Coca Cola 4 56
Cup of milk qty 4 60
Cake 2 60
Tea 6 48
⟦line⟧
304

Page 518

The honorable Guardian,
He attended and made three
windows for a door, including the entrance
of the departure in the school.
⟦signature⟧
26 / 7
The Account
1- Spend one Dinar
for three windows
Al-Aqool ⟦stain⟧ and the wages
⟦stain⟧ on his side
2- Spend [one] and a half for three
⟦signature⟧
3 / 7 / 57

Page 519

For the poor of the Menashi Saleh Shelter
Name | Allocated Amount | Signature
1- Habiba Eliyahu | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
2- Maryam Moshi | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
3- Mikhail Nahi | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
4- Rachel Lawi | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
5- Farha Saleh (disabled) | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
6- Moshi Yaqub | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
7- Yusuf Abdullah | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
8- Nabat Israel | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
4/000 Four Dinars only ⟦line⟧
List of subsidies for the week ending on 25 / 7 / 1952 for the poor of the Menashi Saleh Shelter
⟦signature⟧

Page 520

The Accountant
Pay 1/000 Dinars ⟦only⟧
to the detainee Yusuf Nassim ⟦via⟧
Arbab and notify his cousin
Mr. ⟦F.⟧ Fisher.
⟦Signature⟧
The Secretary
7/25/52
Fils Dinar
1/000
One Dinar only, current account.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one Dinar and no more, current account
as aid for the prisoner Yusuf Nassim, and for this purpose
I signed on 7/25/1952
⟦Signature⟧
Munshi Shaul

Page 521

Fils Dinar
1/⟦line⟧
One Dinar only
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one Dinar and no more, and that is
the weekly aid ending on ⟦7/28⟧
and 7/25/1952, and for that I signed this
receipt 7/25/1952
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
Esther Joseph

Page 522

Fils Dinar
500 -
Five hundred fils and no more.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only five hundred fils, as aid for
the week ending on 7/25/1952, and for that purpose
I signed on ⟦185⟧ 7/25/1952
Ezra Yaqub

Page 523

F
⟦line⟧
100
⟦line⟧
Only one hundred fils and nothing else.
I received one hundred fils from the account of the sect
as an aid and for that I signed 25/7/1952
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
Mahara Rashid

Page 524

The Master
⟦Text from⟧
In a school
I will inform you about
Your servant
⟦illegible⟧

Page 525

Fils Dinar
500 ⟦line⟧
Five hundred fils only
Received from the account of the Jewish Community
Only five hundred fils and nothing else, as aid for
the week ending on 25 / 7 / 1952
And for that purpose I signed on 24 / 7 / 1952
⟦thumbprint⟧
Wajih Daoud