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.
Baghdad Light & Power Company Limited BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.) Bill No. رقم القائمة: ⟦29/6/52⟧ Date التاريخ: 14.6.52 Name الاسم: ⟦Labib Shamil Subhi⟧ Premises No. رقم المحل: Tawrat ⟦2/147⟧ Dr. | Fils. | Dinar | Fils | | 2 | 854 Service for ⟦re-⟧installing the telephone Number ⟦...⟧ 10 Fils Qush ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Date: 4 / 9 / 1954 Fils: 070 Dinar: 1 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only one dinar and seventy fils, nothing else And that is for two cards and repair fees for them in the synagogue room As explained on the back of the list Signature of the recipient Salman Al-Ani
25 - 9 - 51 ⟦illegible⟧ Scrap In the name of God the Almighty ⟦illegible⟧ Branch ⟦signature⟧ 3582 128 / 12 ⟦illegible⟧ 25 - 9 - 51 25 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 51
Telephone 86074 Salman Al-Wadi Baghdad Al-Rashid Street, Murjan Mosque Square No. 226 B / 1 No. Karkh Branch - Al-Wadi Store, Head of the Old Bridge, Telephone 86074 To: The Israelite Community Respected: Date: / / 195 Telegram "Al-Salwadi": Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price 700 | | Spare parts for electric ⟦hookah⟧ | | ⟦signature⟧ Note: I have received the funds described above. Our goods are: Radios, sewing machines, bicycles and their spare parts, fans, kitchens, electrical appliances and other household supplies Sold items are non-returnable
Secretary Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 4 / 9 / 58 Accountant ⟦line⟧ Disburse the following :- Fils | Dinar 700 | Neon tube for the Secretary's room 120 | Repair of ⟦...⟧ the Secretary 250 | Worker's wages ⟦line⟧ 1070 Only one dinar and seventy fils Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 22 / 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 one dinar and seven hundred and fifty fils and no more And that is for a grant for my travel expenses to Basra and for its time ( 2 / 9 / 1952 ) Signature of the recipient Ezra Ibrahim Shani ⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Receipts for the month of August 1952 AGE. NAME DATE
Salon Receipts for the month of August 1952
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Amount | Details | Receipts 122 Dinars 864 Fils | List of administrative and educational expenses for the second | | half of the month of August 1952 according to | | the attached list. | 122 864 | Only one hundred twenty-two dinars and eight hundred sixty-four fils only | The receipts for this amount are kept in the Administrative and Educational Expenses Department for the month of August 1952 from this report Salwa Accountant Salwa | Sh. B. | Mahdi Saleh Accountant | Secretary | President Withdrawn by (within) check number 886967 dated 4 / 9 / 1952 Salwa Accountant
Summary of administrative and educational expenses for the second half of August 1952 Petty expenses for the Presidency of the Community | Price of three glasses | 120 Price of a typewriter ribbon | 150 Wages for painting the iron in the cemetery, amounting to 1.551 Dinars | 750 Stationery list | 455 Price of a lock and installation wages in the filing room | 850 Telegram fees to Monsieur Diane in Paris | 522 | 11 Cost of transporting fiscal stamps | 280 | Electricity repair fees for the Secretary's room | 250 | Price of a stapler with a paper glass notebook | 260 | Additional wages for the servant, the teacher's garbage collector, and Achille for his work during the month of August 1952 | 1000 | " " " Khedhouri Hanil " " " | 1000 | Petty expenses by the department clerk | 2254 | Printing fees for twenty-five days during August 1952 at a rate of 200 fils | 7500 | Postal order fee for the amount of 140 Dinars to the daughter of Murad Al-Mir for the cemetery rent | 180 | Electricity bill for the department for August 1952 | 4061 | 22 | 092 Transportation for department employees and servants during the second half of August 1952 | | 275 Subsidies paid during the second half of August 1952 according to the administrative expenses register | | 24 | 906 To the account of Ezra Zia Stadium for the film screening, being the salary of the stadium guard for August 1952 | | 6 To the account of the cemetery, being the salary of the Al-Haul cemetery guard, the share of the Cemetery Maintenance and Cleaning Committee for August 1952 | | 12 Synagogue expenses as follows: - | Salary of the guard of Masouda Shetoub Synagogue for August 1952 | 10000 Salary of the guard of Meir Elias Synagogue for August 1952 | 6000 Salary of the guard of the Jewish Synagogue for August 1952 | 1500 Electricity bill for Masouda Shetoub Synagogue for July 1952 | 771 | 18 | 271 School expenses as follows: - | Salary of the guard of Rachel Shahmoon School for August 1952 | 3000 " " " Rabbi's photographer " " " | 3000 " " " Al-Barador Salama " " " | 3000 Stamps for the lease contract of Masouda Salman School on the education budget | 440 | 12 | 440 Transportation of Mr. Yaqub Ezra, supervisor of endowments and schools belonging to the administration, from one school to another and vice versa | 800 | 6 | 800 | | 122 | 864 Only one hundred and twenty-two Dinars and eight hundred and sixty-four Fils, no more.
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Date ⟦line⟧ Amount | Details | Remarks 224 Fils 26 Dinars | Subsistence expenses for prisoners for Thursday, 28 / 8 / 1952 | 028 Fils 1 Dinar | Subsistence expenses for a loaf for the prisoner Mary Matty | 750 Fils 2 Dinars | Fees for purchasing and distributing subsistence to prisoners for five weeks (five Thursdays) during the month of August 1952 | 112 Fils 21 Dinars | ⟦line⟧ | 112 Fils 21 Dinars | Only thirty-one dinars and one hundred and twelve fils, nothing else | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (within) check number 816962 dated 4 / 9 / 1952 Accountant
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Date: 28 / 8 / 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 fees of distributing aid to the poor for 5 weeks During the month of August 1952 at a rate of 250 fils for each time Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧ Badr son of Ibrahim
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils: 500 Dinar: 2 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only two dinars and five hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧ And that is for the wages of walking and distributing subsistence to the poor for five weeks during the month of August 1952 at a rate of 500 fils for each time. Signature of the Recipient Salman Aboudia
Fils | Dinar | Quantity | Item | Quantity | Fils 50 | | | Beauty Soap | 2 | 160 | | | Tea Pot | 1 | 80 | | | Lentils | 1 | 200 | | | Chickpeas | 1 | 120 | | | Maryam Can | 1 | 88 | | | Sugar | | 110 | | | Tea | Half a kilo | 210 | | | Tea | H | Carried forward balance Only one dinar and twenty-eight fils and no more. 1028 | ⟦illegible⟧ Seller's signature Ezra Munshi
Fils | Dinar | Item Type | Quantity | Kilo | | Beauty Soap | 2 | | | Teapot | 1 | | | Lentils | | 1 | | Cheese | | 1 | | Canned Broth | 1 | | | Sugar | | 1 | | Tea | | Half a kilo | | Ghee | | 2 | | Medical Prescription | | Prisoner's Signature Mary Munshi Mary Munshi
Year ⟦illegible⟧ 74 List Number 180 Subsistence list for prisoners and detainees 8/28 ⟦line⟧ Fils | Dinar | Item Type | Quantity | Kilo | Number | Price | Total | Seller Name 675 | 2 | Rice | 45 | | | 105 | | ⟦illegible⟧ 220 | 1 | Sugar | 14 | | | 88 | | 450 | | Tea | 1/2 kilo | | | 900 per Huqqa | | 200 | 2 | Meat | 10 | | | 220 | | 790 | | Bath soap | 44 | | | 25 | | 600 | 1 | Laundry soap | 24 | | | 60 | | 405 | 2 | Vegetable fat | 12 | | | 185 | | 400 | | Potatoes | 10 | | | 40 | | 200 | 2 | Tomatoes | 10 | | | 20 | | 125 | 1 | Watermelon | 25 pieces | | | 50 per Huqqa | | 060 | | Eggplant | 6 kilos | | | 10 | | 044 | | Salt | 4 bundles | | | 11 per bundle | | 840 | | Rice | | | | 100 | | 200 | 2 | Tea | 2 | | | 1/2 per head | | 740 | | Greens | 96 | | | 200 | | 200 | | Medical naphthalene | 1 | | | | | 500 | | Total | | | | | | 500 | 1 | Cigarettes with holder | | | | | | 500 | 1 | Gratuities | | | | | | 500 | | Fare to ⟦illegible⟧ | | | | | | 500 | | Trust to ⟦illegible⟧ | | | | | | | | Subsistence of detainees | | | | | | 840 | | Rice | 8 | | | 105 | | 960 | | Sugar | 4 | | | 240 | | 120 | | Potatoes | 3 | | | 40 | | 160 | | Tomatoes | 4 | | | 40 | | 270 | | Eggs | 1 | | | 9 | | 600 | | Watermelon | 12 Huqqa | | | 50 per Huqqa | | 425 | | Laundry soap | 18 | | | 25 | | 405 | | Greens | 54 | | | 7.5 | | 600 | | Gratuities | | | | | | Regarding the prisoners Present in the prison of Baghdad Central ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 224 26 only twenty-six dinars and eight hundred and twenty-four fils nothing else
Names of those entitled to the abundant goodness and who have prepared for financial stamps (800) for each of them 1- Yaqub Abd al-Aziz 2- Ishaq Abd al-Aziz 3- Naji Munshi 4- Ibrahim Sassoon 5- Ibrahim Yaqub 6- Naeem Munshi 7- Yaqub Sahyun 8- Naji Shlomo 9- Yusuf Nassim 10- Shalom Ibrahim Yehuda 11- Naji Yaqub 12- Hanana Buna 13- } The two children of Hanana Buna 14- } 15- Yusuf Shaul 16- Ibrahim Al-Bahu 17- Al-Bahu Cohen 18- Munir Shamil 19- Hayyim Yusuf 20- Shalom Ibrahim . I received from the community accountant the sum of sixteen Dinars according to receipts number (800) on coupons against the deduction of the amounts mentioned by name in this list, therefore I received the sum of one Dinar only and nothing else because the aforementioned are (100 Fils) for each of them, and it covers the passports for them as well. ⟦stamp with portrait⟧ 40 ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Date ⟦4⟧ / 9 / 1952 Fils | Dinar | Details | Remarks ⟦line⟧ | 16 | Price of revenue stamps for twenty people whose required fee was waived at a rate of (800 fils) per person on their passports according to the attached list | ⟦line⟧ | 2 | Fees for obtaining reports for each of the twenty people on their passports also at a rate of 100 fils | ⟦line⟧ | 18 | Only eighteen dinars and no more. | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (within) check number 86962 dated 4 / 9 / 1952 Accountant
Fils Dinar ⟦line⟧ 24/500 Only twenty-four Dinars and five hundred I received from the accountant of the community the amount above, only twenty-two Dinars and five hundred Fils and no more, and that is for my salaries from 26/2/56 until 21/7/1954 at a rate of fifteen Dinars per month, and for this reason I signed this receipt of delivery 20/7/1954 Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils Yaqub Attar
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date ⟦line⟧ (Disbursement Voucher) Amount | Details | Remarks 500 Fils | 62 Dinars | Wages of the assistant registrar of contracts from 15/2/56 until 31/7/1956 at a rate of fifteen | dinars per month. | Only: Sixty-two dinars and five hundred fils and no more Total Amount: 62/500 Accountant ⟦signature⟧ Secretary ⟦signature⟧ President ⟦signature⟧ Withdrawn by (within) check number 816962 dated 4/9/1956 Accountant ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils: 000 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 ⟦line⟧ And that is for compensation for the price of ten units of iron from the cemetery which appeared to be less than the agreed measurement ⟦line⟧ 10 Fils Iraq 29 / 8 / 52 Signature of the Recipient Hassan Khalil ⟦fingerprint⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad (Disbursement Voucher) Date 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils | Dinar | Details | Remarks ⟦line⟧ | 10 | Compensation for the value of ten pounds of wool | from the cemetery previously sold, which appeared to | contain some pieces smaller than the agreed | upon measurement. | ⟦line⟧ | 10 | Only ten dinars and no more | ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant ⟦illegible⟧ Secretary ⟦illegible⟧ President Withdrawn by (within) check number 816962 dated 4 / 9 / 1952 ⟦illegible⟧ Accountant
Secretary Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 954 Accountant ⟦line⟧ Since the designated iron piece appeared to be measured at (10) halves of the tray And since the value of these ten halves equals ten dinars, and with the approval of His Excellency the President, it was decided to compensate him with the amount "Posi ⟦...⟧" for the trainee Mr. Muhammad Khalil as compensation for the shortage ⟦signature⟧ Secretary 29 / 8 / 954
No. 816962 Baghdad, ⟦line⟧ 19 ⟦line⟧ OTTOMAN BANK Ottoman Bank 1610 BAGHDAD Baghdad Pay by this cheque to ⟦line⟧ or bearer Pay by this cheque ⟦line⟧ or Bearer Iraqi Dinars ⟦line⟧ Iraq Dinars Iraqi Dinars I.D. ⟦line⟧ TEN FILS Ten Fils ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 28 / 8 / 1952 Fils: --- Dinar: 80 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount Only eighty Dinars and no more ⟦line⟧ And that is for the first installment of the contract for repairs and renovations of the school Masouda Salman according to the check numbered 816361 and no other Iraq 10 Fils Signature of the Recipient ⟦line⟧ Master Alwan Mahmoud According to the administrative order numbered 5 / 944 / 52 and dated on 27 / 8 / 1952 and kept in the file of incoming papers under number (44)