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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 551-575

Archival unit 551

To the Committee of the Menashi Saleh Asylum
Name | Allocated Amount | Signature
1- Habiba Eliyahu | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
2- Maryam Moshi | 500 Fils | ⟦fingerprint⟧
3- Mikhail Nasi | 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
List of aid for the week ending 18/7/952 for the poor of the Menashi Saleh Asylum

Archival unit 552

Dinar Fils
⟦line⟧
500 ⟦line⟧ Five hundred fils only.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only five hundred fils and no more,
as aid for the week ending on 7/18
and for that I signed on 7/18/1952
Aziza Yaqub

Archival unit 553

Fils Dinar
500
Five hundred fils only
I received from the community accountant
the amount of five hundred fils only, and that is
aid for the week ending on 7/18/52
and for that I signed 7/18/1952
⟦thumbprint⟧
Samir Athra

Archival unit 554

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
150 One hundred and fifty fils
Received one hundred and fifty fils
The weekly leave which was on 7/18
And the term has passed (1954/7/18)
Karim Daoud

Archival unit 555

Fils Dinar
228 Only three hundred and twenty-eight fils
Received from the accountant of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Only three hundred and twenty-eight fils
nothing else, and that is for transportation and mail
as detailed in the attached list, and for that reason I signed
this receipt 1952/7/28
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Ziana Muslim Zabil

Archival unit 556

Prose
By hand
Transferred
Prose
228
Fils | Statement
068 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | Letter stamp to Hama
20 | Car fare to Al-Sam Company
20 | " " " to Qasim School
20 | " " " to the General Secretariat for Recruitment
20 | " " " Capital Secretariat
20 | " " " General Revenue Directorate
14 | Letter stamp to Al-Hilla station
20 | Car fare to the Electricity Company
212 | Mail to ⟦Dairy Complex⟧ in Khaja Bari
248 | Reservation for passenger plane and Kanun Khalat

Archival unit 557

BAGHDAD
17 JLY 52
Date Stamp
Origin: ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧
Value of stamps affixed (if a package):
For insured items:
Registration (letter) package number: ⟦illegible⟧
Estimated at an amount of Dinar (in figures): ⟦illegible⟧
As the case requires:
In words: ⟦line⟧
Registration fee: ⟦line⟧
Weight in words: ⟦line⟧
Local official:
⟦illegible handwriting overlay⟧

Archival unit 558

224
Receipt: ⟦illegible⟧ Registered
To: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: Value of stamps affixed (if it is a parcel)
For insured items:
Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures): ⟦line⟧
In words: ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee: ⟦line⟧
Weight in words: ⟦line⟧
BAGHDAD AS-SAM
Date 7 Aug 52
Entry (Letter) bundle or
(Parcel) ⟦illegible⟧ Condition
Receiving Officer

Archival unit 560

Fils Dinar
500
Only five hundred fils and no more.
✓
I received from the account of the community
the above, only five hundred fils and no more, and that is
aid for the week ending on 18 / 7 / 1952
and for that I signed 18 / 7 / 1952
⟦illegible⟧
Rosa Ibrahim
on behalf of Ghazala Asher Israel

Archival unit 561

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
500 One hundred fils only
I received from the community accountant
the above amount, only one hundred fils and no more
and that is for my aid and the aid of my sister Malahij
ending on 7/18/1952 and for the time of
this receipt (7/17/1952)
Karmiya Daoud

Archival unit 562

Fils Dinar
500 ⟦line⟧
Emmanuel Youssef Reda
I received from the community account
the above only five hundred fils and no more, and that is
aid for the week ending on 28 / 7 / 1952
according to receipt number ⟦illegible⟧ on 17 / 7 / 1952
Ibrahim's Treasury

Archival unit 563

The Accountant
for the Al-Fawwara house in the Qishla ⟦...⟧ Hammouda
Year ..
Dinar | Fils
 | 500 | Stamps
 | 300 | Three stamps of 100 fils denomination
 | 800 | Only eight hundred fils
⟦illegible⟧
16 / 7 / 54
Fils
600
on other stamps for the mentioned contract

Archival unit 564

Fils | Dinar
400 | 2
200 | 3
⟦line⟧
5 / 600 Only five dinars and six hundred fils
⟦line⟧
I received from the accountant of Meer Hospital
Elias the above amount, only five dinars
and six hundred fils, nothing else, and that is the fare
for trips from the house of Yaqub Ezra Abdullah
to the hospital and vice versa sixteen
times during the month of June 1952
and for this I signed on 9 / 7 / 1952
10 fils
Note
That the driver pledged to pay
these fees from the community
during the sale procedures
⟦signature⟧
Al-Nahari Taxi Company

Archival unit 565

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
1/000
One Dinar only.
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only one Dinar and no other, and that is
for the breakfast trust of the previous week and its total
and twenty fils for the trust of the current week
on 18 / 7 / 1954 and for that I signed
this receipt ( 12 / 7 / 1954
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Najma Yahya

Archival unit 566

The Accountant
Pay one (1) Dinar ⟦only⟧
 | For:
Current week's aid | 750 f
Remainder of last week's aid | 250 f
 | 1/000
⟦Isaac⟧
16 / 7 / 58

Archival unit 567

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
1 250
⟦line⟧
One dinar and two hundred and fifty fils
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only one dinar and two hundred and fifty
fils and no other, as explained in the list
of expenditures attached to the list, and for that I signed
this receipt 15 / 7 / 1952
The Kingdom of Iraq
Faisal II
20 fils
Revenue
<del>Signature</del>
15 / 7 / 1952
Master Nouri Najjar
Nouri

Archival unit 568

41
Accountant of the Denomination Presidency
Pay 1/250 Dinars, to the painter ⟦...⟧
i.e. 250 fils, cost and labor for glass and painting for the office
of the Assistant Director
⟦signature⟧
7/16/54
The Accountant
Please indicate the side of its entry, please
⟦signature⟧
To be recorded as miscellaneous expenses
⟦signature⟧
7/16/54

Archival unit 569

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
500
Five hundred fils only.
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only five hundred fils and no more, and that is
as aid for me for the time 15 / 7 / 1952
⟦fingerprint⟧
Victor Youssef Khalaf

Archival unit 570

Not calculated
⟦line⟧
Pay five dinars to Mr.
Victor Seif, ⟦...⟧ report
⟦signature⟧
The Director
15 / 7 / 58

Archival unit 571

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
750
⟦line⟧
Seven hundred and fifty fils only.
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only seven hundred and fifty fils
no more, and that is for expenses for the Directorate of Traffic
Sulaymaniyah according to the attached list and for that
I signed on 15 / 7 / 1964
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Heskel Saleh

Archival unit 572

15 / 2 / 1954
Fils | Dinar |
500 |  | Wage for a worker digging the ground
250 |  | Purchase of 2 trash bins
750 |  | Only seven hundred and fifty fils
Isaac's draft disbursement
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant
Tawfiq
⟦illegible⟧
15 / 2 / 54

Archival unit 573

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
750
Seven hundred and fifty fils only
I received from the account of the community
the above, only seven hundred and fifty fils
no more, and that is for the aid of the week ending on
18 / 7 / 1952 (for the time of 15/7/52)
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Badriya Athra

Archival unit 574

I received the amount of the attached list from
the receipt, totaling 115 Dinars
one hundred and fifteen only
nothing else, I signed
Iraq
Revenue Stamp
20
Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 575

Dinars for Abu al-Adab ⟦at the college m⟧ | 200
⟦Notebooks⟧ number 4 | 140
⟦Register⟧ 1 | 120
Duplicating ⟦ink⟧ | 180
Files number 35 | 475
Only one dinar and one hundred and fifteen fils | 1115
Accountant
Please issue a payment order to Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Mediation⟧ and ⟦illegible⟧ and submit a copy
⟦illegible signature⟧
General Secretary
10 / 7 / 1952
I received the amount mentioned above
⟦illegible signature⟧
10 / 7 / 1952