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.
Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals Meir Elias Hospital NO 37182 Baghdad: 19 / 8 / 1952 Fils: 500 Dinar: 152 Received from: The Presidency of the Jewish Orphanage Amount: One hundred and fifty-two dinars and five hundred fils For: Medical examination and X-ray fees for recruits Orphanage Presidency (was in the Rewi building): According to receipt number: 816952 dated 19 / 8 / 1952 Treasurer ⟦signature⟧ 17/M L. Salman Cohen 100 x 100 = 10000 19/7/1950
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD TELEPHONE No. 5452 The Lay Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Telephone No. 5452 Subject Summary: Compensation claimed by the Swiss nurse Tilly Belhi. Number: 929 / 52 Date: 19/8/1952 Administrative Order With reference to the decision of the Lay Council taken at its session held on 15/8/1952 and to the letter of His Excellency the President of the Lay Council dated 18/8/1952. 1- A sum of 152.500 Dinars shall be paid to the Swiss nurse Tilly Belhi (whose services were dispensed with pursuant to the decision of the Lay Council held under No. C/52/916 dated 30/7/1952) for: Dinar | Fils 100 | ⟦line⟧ | For the compensation claimed by her (under the terms of the contract) 40 | ⟦line⟧ | For the damages she incurred regarding her salaries received in Switzerland in view of her being forced to travel to Iraq to join the hospital. 12 | 500 | One week's salary from her leave for three months of service (calculated at the rate of one month for each one year of service). 152 | 500 2- The amount spent under the above paragraph shall be recorded as a debt of the Lay Council to the hospital. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A copy to: 1- Miss Tilly Belhi, through the Honorable Swiss Consul in Iraq, to contact the accountant of Meir Elias Hospital to receive the mentioned amount after deducting the income tax due on it. 2- To the Accountant of the Community Presidency - to draw a check for the amount of 152.500 Dinars (one hundred and fifty-two Dinars and five hundred Fils) to the order of the accountant of Meir Elias Hospital and deliver it to him against a receipt. B- Implementation of what was stated in the second paragraph of this order. 3- To the management of Meir Elias Hospital A- Implementation of what was stated in the second paragraph of this order. B- Delivery of a check for the amount of 152.500 Dinars to the mentioned nurse after deducting the income tax due from her, which must be delivered to the General Income Tax Directorate immediately. ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On 8 / 1 / 51 AD To the ⟦Supervision⟧ Committee ⟦...⟧ We have ⟦received⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ On 8 / 1 / 51 AD ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Date: 14 / 1 / 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 in the Presidency of the Community and the Iranian school attached in Abbas Effendi Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils Signature of the recipient Ruba Na'im Rasil ⟦fingerprint⟧ ⟦fingerprint⟧
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
40511 State Funds Collection Receipt Book No. Serial No. 48 / Department Name ⟦line⟧ Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment ⟦line⟧ | 9 | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 28 / 77 | 952 for the first | ⟦line⟧ | | | End of September 952 | I have received from: The Presidency of the Mosaic Community The amount written above, totaling: Nine Dinars and ⟦line⟧ Fils On date: 7 / 8 / 952 Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧ Job Title ⟦line⟧
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 (Disbursement Voucher) Date ⟦18/8/1952⟧ Amount | Details | Remarks 23 Dinars 500 Fils | Subsistence expenses for aid to the poor for Saturday, 14/8/1952 | 23 Dinars 500 Fils | Only twenty-three dinars and five hundred fils and no more | Accountant Secretary President Withdrawn by (within) Check No. 869951 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⟧
131831 Volume Number 77812 22259 Receipts for funds collected for the government Serial Number: 81 Fils/Dinar: 60/167 Department Name: ⟦line⟧ Received from the Presidency of the Jewish Community The sum of only one hundred sixty-seven dinars and six hundred fils On account of invoices number 2654 dated 1/7/52 2915 4718 4432 Signature of the Collector 5/6/52 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Dated on <del>Director of the Central Telephone Department</del> Job Title <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 37
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
No 37119 Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals Meir Elias Hospital Baghdad: 11 / 8 / 1950 Fils: 880 Dinar: 129 Received from: Presidency of the Local Council Amount: One hundred and twenty-nine dinars and eight hundred and eighty fils For: Costs of medical treatment in the capital and at the pharmacy Hospital: Cheque No: 812899 Treasurer ⟦signature⟧ 17/22 100 × 100 = 10000 19 / 7 / 1950
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
The disbursement order is kept in its file of incoming papers 40283 Volume number ⟦illegible⟧ number (40) State funds collection receipt Serial number: 66 Department name: ⟦illegible⟧ Fils | Dinar | Type of fees | Year to which the fees belong | Section ⟦line⟧ | 100 | Fee for certifying a copy of the document | | | | According to receipt number 812891 | Dated on | | | 11/8/54 on the Judge's House | | I have received from: The Presidency of the Jewish Community The amount written above, which is: One hundred Dinars and: Fils Date: 11/8/54 Signature of the collector: Job title: ⟦signature⟧
Fils Dinar 10/000 Ten Dinars only I received from the community accountant the amount above, only ten dinars only and that is my salary as the assistant headmistress in the schools for the month of August 1952 and for that I have written this receipt 7 / 8 / 1952 Iraq 10 Fils Nazima Ilya A check was written with the number 874897 and dated 10 / 8 / 1952 ⟦illegible⟧ The 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: Number: Date: Date: I received from the administration of the Franc Iny School an amount of forty- four dinars and eight hundred fils, for my salary for the months of August and September 952 and for that reason I signed an acknowledgment of receipt. ⟦stamp with portrait and text⟧ 75 Fils 1/10/52 Written according to the check numbered 812895 to the order of Mr. Abdullah Abboud Ba, the school principal ⟦signature⟧ 5/7/1952
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 Baghdad Date: 29 / 8 / 1952 Fils: 800 Dinar: 6 Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount Only six dinars and eight hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧ And that is for the advances of Mr. Yaqub Ezra Abdullah, member of the Lay Council for the management of the hospital affairs from 15 / 10 the hospital by working during the month of August 1952 as explained on the back of this receipt. Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp with portrait⟧ Basra Construction 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 ⟦line⟧ 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 no more And that is for my salary for guarding the Jewish synagogue for the month of August 1952 and for that I signed this receipt IRAQ POSTAGE REVENUE 5 FILS IRAQ POSTAGE REVENUE 5 FILS Khalil Ibrahim ⟦fingerprint⟧