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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 76-100

Page 76

Subsidies 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 Nahum | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
4 - Rachel Levi | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
5 - Farha Saleh (paralyzed) | 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
List of subsidies for the week ending / / 1952 for the poor of the Menashi Saleh Shelter
⟦multiple purple fingerprints in a vertical column⟧
⟦diagonal green line in the signature column⟧

Page 77

Mustansir Car Office for Hire MUSTANSIR TAX SERVICE
Proprietor: Saleh Al-Ani PROPRIETOR :
SALEH AL-ANI
Mustansir Street opposite Sabri Tuema Building Mustansir Street
Opp. Sabri Tuema Building
Telephone Number 7964 Telephone 7964
Baghdad on 27 / 9 / 1952 Baghdad
M. To the respected Israelite Community
Date Date | Particulars Particulars | Dinar I.D. | Fils Fils
27 / 9 | Transport to Al-Sana'i and to ⟦Al-Jarayisha⟧ | |
| and to Al-Shorja and to Al-Waziriyah | | 500
| and to Al-Sana'i | |
| Half a dinar and no more | |

Page 78

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 28 / 9 / 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 nothing else
For: my salary for the month of September 1952 for guarding the Mas'uda Shemtob Synagogue
10 Fils
28 / ⟦...⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Hasna Abdi⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 79

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 28 / 9 / 1952
250 Fils / 1 Dinar
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only two hundred and fifty fils and no more.
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 28 / 9 / 1952 ⟦...⟧ assistance
Signature of the recipient
Ezra Ibrahim Nashi
On behalf of Sarah Rael
⟦thumbprint⟧

Page 80

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 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 nothing else
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Naziha Ibrahim
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 81

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 9/26/1952
Fils / Dinar
500 /
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 9/26/1952
Signature of the recipient
Esther Yosef
⟦illegible⟧

Page 82

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 9 / 1958
250 Fils / 1 Dinar
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 aid for the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1958 to Rosa Saleh⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Saboura Yaqub⟧
⟦on behalf of Rosa Saleh⟧

Page 83

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 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: five hundred fils only
And that for: aid for the week ending 26 / 9 / 1954
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 84

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 9 / 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 for the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1952⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Khudair Habib Sabri⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 85

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 250
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only two hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the Recipient
Karjiya Dawud
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Page 86

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦five hundred fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦aid for the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1952⟧
Signature of the recipient
Aziza Yaqub
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 87

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 26 / 9 / 1952
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar ⟦no more⟧
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1952 for Ghazala Abbas
Israel
Signature of the recipient
Ghazala Abbas Israel
By the hand of Zuzu Ibrahim

Page 88

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred fils and no more
And that is for the aid of the week ending on 9/28/1954
⟦thumbprint⟧
Signature of the recipient
Masoud Ibrahim

Page 89

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 1952/9/25
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 of the week ending on 26 / 9 / 1952
Signature of the recipient
Badriya Ezra
⟦illegible⟧

Page 90

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Date 25 / 9 / 1952
400 Fils / Dinars
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 26 / 9 / 1952 to
Shaul Haron Zabki
Signature of the recipient
Farha Salman Rashid
on behalf of Shaul Haron Zabki
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦illegible pink stamp⟧

Page 91

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 25 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 550 -
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five hundred and fifty fils
And that is for the value of 55 Manila files at a price of 10 fils
per file
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧
Approved for payment of the amount
⟦illegible⟧
25 / 9

Page 92

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 27 / 9 / 1954
Fils: 500 / m
Dinar: -
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: repairing the electric fan in the accountant's room
Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible⟧
Hatem Abdel Amir

Page 93

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 9 / 1952
Fils: 500
Dinar: 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 only
And that is for the two-week aid ending on 26 / 9 and 3 / 10 / 952
Signature of the recipient
Najma Bahi
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 94

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 9 / 55
To the Accountant
Disburse
25 / 500
Twenty-five Dinars
from the monthly aid
then seventeen Dinars
Eid allowance
42 - -
Only forty-two
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 95

MUSTANSIR TAXI SERVICE
PROPRIETOR
⟦SALEH⟧ AL-ANI
Mustansir Street
Opp. Sabri Tuema Building
Telephone 7964
Baghdad
Mustansir Taxi Service Shop
Proprietor: Saleh Al-Ani
Mustansir Street, opposite Sabri Tuema Building
Telephone Number 7964
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Mister ⟦line⟧
Date | Particulars | I.D. | Fils
| Our fare for taxi car number |  |
| 2714 on the night of 12 / 5 |  |
| until 12:30 |  |
| to go with it to the area |  |
| and their return on 19 / 5 / 52 |  |
| | 250 |
| ⟦signature⟧ |  |
| Authorized ⟦on behalf of⟧ |  |

Page 96

Al-Mustansir Taxi Service
MUSTANSIR TAX SERVICE
Proprietor: Saleh Al-Ani
PROPRIETOR :
SALEH AL-ANI
Al-Mustansir Street opposite Sabri Tuema Building
Mustansir Street
Opp. Sabri Tuema Building
Telephone Number 7964
Telephone 7964
Baghdad
Baghdad: ⟦28 / 12 / 1954⟧
M. To: ⟦The Mosaic Community⟧
Date | Particulars | I.D. | Fils
| ⟦Spare parts and car repair⟧ | ⟦1⟧ | ⟦600⟧
⟦21 / 9⟧ | ⟦Car fare to Kadhimiya⟧ |  |
| ⟦According to invoice number 94⟧ |  |
| ⟦With thanks⟧ |  |
Nouri
⟦28 / 12 / 54⟧

Page 97

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 22 / 9 / 1954
Fils | Dinar
000 | 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
For: transport fees for airport facilities for inspecting the recipient
On behalf of the Endowment Committee
Signature of the recipient
Muhammad Daoud

Page 98

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 19 / 9 / 1952
P
250/ List of expenses
from car fare and visiting ⟦Jerusalem⟧
to Al-Kadhimiya and Al-Adhamiya
⟦signature⟧
⟦Isaac⟧

Page 99

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 19 / 9 / 1952
Accountant
To authorize four Dinars
Assistance for 3 ⟦inkwells⟧
(50) ⟦Fils⟧ as aid for
Ashur ⟦...⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Isaac

Page 100

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Signature of the recipient
Esther Yosef
⟦thumbprint⟧