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IJA 3076

Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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Description

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 English Translation, Pages 501-525

Archival unit 501

Preparation for a detainee in trust
Name of detainee: Shabana Yona Baruch
Location: General Detention
Value | Prepared Materials | Type of Material | Seller's Signature | Detainee's Signature of Receipt
Fils Dinar | Kilo Number |  |  | 
 | 1 Pillow | Taken from the administration |  | ⟦illegible⟧
 | 1 Quilt |  |  | 
⟦line⟧ 1 | Assistance |  |  | 
Accountant:
To be spent from the account of
Sundries | Approval of His Excellency the Director of the Prison

Idris
7/7/1954 | Date of sending to the detention
General:-
Today
7/7/1954 | Duty
Accountant
According to Idris's verbal approval on 5/7/54
To be spent
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant
12/7/54

Archival unit 502

Assistance for Mr. Fouad Nathan
According to the committee's decision ⟦dated⟧ 22 / 7 / 957
Amount | Name | Clarification
500 | Fouad Nathan
Continuous assistance | Fouad Nathan
500 | Fouad Nathan
Continuous assistance | Only
Only one dinar
Approval of Article Arch
Accountant
Written ⟦Number⟧
Arch
To be paid
Recipient
22 / 7 / 957
Manager
And the date
22 / 7 / 957

Archival unit 503

The amount ⟦illegible⟧ according to the materials supplied to the hospital ⟦illegible⟧ by the shop
On the date of ⟦illegible⟧
Amount (Dinar / Fils) | Type of Material | Quantity (Kilo / Number) | Price (Kilo / per Number) | Seller's Signature | Receipt Signature
5 | 670 | Rice | 54 |  | 105 |  |  |
2 | 960 | Fats | 16 |  | 185 |  |  | ⟦signature⟧
1 | 890 | Sugar | 18 |  | 105 |  |  |
- | 400 | Tea | 1/2 | bunch | 800 (per Kilo) |  |  | ⟦signature⟧
- | 990 | Laundry soap ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 22 |  | 45 |  |
- | 528 | Beauty soap |  | 22 |  | 24 |  |
- | ⟦illegible⟧ | Bread | 1/2 | Haqqa | ⟦illegible⟧ | per Haqqa |  |
- | 900 | Potatoes | 18 |  | 50 |  |  |
- | 375 | Tomatoes | 15 |  | 25 |  |  |
- | ⟦illegible⟧ | Watermelon | 26 | Haqqa | ⟦illegible⟧ | Seal Manager |  |
- | ⟦illegible⟧ | Onions | Kilo |  | 20 |  |  |
- | ⟦illegible⟧ | Eggplant | Kilo |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |
- | 864 | Greens | 108 |  | 8 |  |  |
- | ⟦illegible⟧ | Salt |  | 2 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |
From the construction supplier
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 504

Fils | Dinar
120 | 
One hundred and twenty fils
I received the amount of one hundred and twenty fils
from the account of the community for transportation to
the President's house three times ⟦and no leather⟧
Signed on 20 / 7 / 1952
⟦thumbprint⟧
Zuhour Baruch

Archival unit 505

Number 169
Al-Ansari Store
For Electrical Supplies
Sadiq Muhammad Al-Ansari
Al-Rashid Street — Opposite Murjan Mosque
Baghdad on: / /
To the Honorable: Respected
Fils | Dinar | Quantity | Details | Price
120 |  |  | 2 Bulbs | 
⟦ink smudge/fingerprint⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties
Sold items are non-returnable

Archival unit 506

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
500 - 8
Only eight and a half Dinars
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only eight and a half Dinars,
and that is for the fees of reading religious
prayers for the soul of the late Al-Nuraiel
for the month of July 1952, and for that I timed
this receipt 20 / 7 / 1952
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
Daoud Shamoun

Archival unit 507

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
3/000
Three Dinars only.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only three Dinars and no more, and that is
my salary for tending the sheep in Al-Jazra for the month of
July 1952, and for that I signed this
receipt ( 20 / 7 / 1952
Kingdom of Iraq
70 Fils
Musa Munshi Bushi
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 508

Five Dinars
⟦line⟧
5/—
Five Dinars only.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only five dinars and no more, and that is
as my salary for guarding the Khedouri Ephraim stadium
inside the old [city] for the month of July 1952, and for that
I signed this receipt 8/2/52
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Salim Qasim.

Archival unit 509

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
3/000
Three Dinars only
I received from the account of the community
the above, only three Dinars and no more, and that is my salary
for the servant of the Rachel Shamoon School for the month of July
1952 and for that reason I signed this
receipt 20 / 7 / 1952
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Sami Abboud

Archival unit 510

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

Archival unit 511

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

Archival unit 512

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⟧

Archival unit 513

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⟧

Archival unit 514

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⟧

Archival unit 515

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
2 / 500
Only two dinars and five hundred fils, no more
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only two dinars and five hundred fils
no more, as aid for purchasing clothes
for the destitute person, and for the time of this
receipt 28 / 7 / 1954
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Yona Hizqeel Bona

Archival unit 516

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⟧

Archival unit 517

Date
500 only five hundred fils and no more
I received from the account of the community 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 that I signed this
receipt 25 / 7 / 1952
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Hafni Meir

Archival unit 518

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⟧

Archival unit 519

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

Archival unit 520

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

Archival unit 521

Sacrifice to the Assistant ⟦illegible⟧
who completed the transaction for the shelter residents.
Fils and Dinar
First List | 420
Second List | 526
Third List | 524
Fourth List | 720
Fifth List | 304
⟦line⟧
2/514
⟦line⟧
Only two dinars and five hundred and fourteen
fils, nothing else.
⟦signature⟧
1952/7/27

Archival unit 522

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

Archival unit 523

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

Archival unit 524

Fils | Qty |
96 | 6 | Pepsi Cola bottles
98 | 7 | Coca Cola bottles
120 | 6 | Glass of yogurt
80 | 4 | Kleicha
60 | 6 | Coffee
80 | 10 | Tea
⟦line⟧
534

Archival unit 525

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