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IJA 3307

Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community; Correspondence between a School and the Government

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, mostly financial documents such as bills and receipts. Also within the item is correspondence between a Girl's School and the Iraqi government.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3307
Item Number
15846
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, Annotation, Ministry of Industry - Office of Electricity, Revenue Stamp, Handwritten, Postage Stamps, Ink Stamp, Thumbprint, Jewish Schools Committee, Receipts, Girl's School, Typed, Iraqi Government, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 51-75

Page 51

108
20/5/1928
Preparation and shrouding expenses spent on the late Maryam Ibrahim
Sharkam Samra who passed away on 15/5/1928
Fils | Dinar
— | 4 | Thawniya Wood
— | 4 | Hayi Daoud
— | 4 | Shammoun the Digger
— | 2 | Zalaq Shaul
— | 1 | Additional worker
725 | 1 | Petrol 11.50 Gallons
⟦...⟧ | 1 | Car expenses (Club Gad Mattar)
750 | 0 | Additional expenses
⟦line⟧
19.475
The amount is only nineteen dinars and four hundred and seventy-five fils
Nothing else
Sharouf
Mazen

Page 52

Al-Shaab Garage 111
Owners: Mahdi Kazim Al-Dadla and Fathi Saleh No. 286
Al-Kifah Street, opposite the fountain, Telephone 88890
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 3 / Only three dinars and no more
Received from Mr.: Al-Musawiya Association
The amount of: only three dinars and no more
For the account of: Garage fees for car number 22565 Baghdad for one month May 968
Date 21 / 5 / 1968
The Republic of Iraq
Fiscal Stamp
21 / 5 / 968

Page 53

Ministry of Industry
National Electricity Service
Baghdad District Electricity Directorate
Electricity Bill
107 ✓
Mr.: Jabr Qad-Yasha Association
Subscription Number: 39206
Account Number: 32 32860
Meter Number: 7960
Sequence: 30017
House Number: 141
Previous Reading Date | Next Reading Date | Previous Reading | Next Reading | Supplied Units
680306 | ⟦680512⟧ | 9141 | ⟦9143⟧ | 2
Meter Fees | Special Reading Fees | Circuit Breaker | Miscellaneous Fees | Consumption Value | Total Amount Fils | Total Amount Dinars
35 |  |  |  | 120 | 155 |
This bill must be paid within (15) fifteen days from its date
Grand Total if the subscriber possesses more than one meter
LAMSON PARAGON

Page 54

Fils | Dinar
| 2
| 1
500 | 1
| 15
| 2
500 |
⟦illegible⟧ 2
⟦illegible⟧
105
87
109
110
⟦illegible⟧
1924/4/2
⟦illegible⟧

Page 55

Al-Shaab Garage
Owners: Mahdi Kadhim al-Daddah and Fathi Saleh
No. 270
Al-Kifah Street, opposite the fountain, Tel. 88890
10-2
Fils: -
Dinar: 3
Received from Mr.: Al-Musawiyah Association
The sum of: Three dinars only
For account of: Garage fees for vehicle number 56522 Baghdad for one month April 968
Date: 20 / 4 / 1968
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
20 Fils
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 57

Al-Zawraa Place
For Taxi Cars
Owned by: Talib al-Dabbagh and ⟦Ibrahim⟧ Haslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Phone No. 4619
95
Fils | Dinars
200 | 10
I received from the esteemed Education Association
Only ten dinars and 200 fils and no more
And that is for car hire fees for the month of March
Year 1968
Signature

Page 58

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Musla⟦wy⟧
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
80809
Al-Zawra Shop
for Taxis
Owners
Talib al-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawi
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
80809
THE LION OF BABYLON
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
To the Honorable President of the Hebra Twaij Society. M
Date
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
2/2 | From the cemetery to Al-Thawra to notify the police and back to the cemetery | 2 | ⟦line⟧
2/2 | From the society to Ibrahim's house, Manar Hanita on the river, and to the cemetery
and to the bathhouse and to the society and to the District Governor, time (4) hours | 1 | 200
2/2 | A quantity of a gallon of oil and a can of brake oil during washing and greasing the car and went
to Al-Kaff to return the car and after washing to Karrada to bring the driver | 1 | 750
2/2 | From the society for the use of a car for (1/2) hour | 1 | ⟦line⟧
24/2 | From the cemetery to notify Al-Thawra police station and back
to the cemetery | 2 | 250
24/2 | From the society to Faidhi Hospital and to the cemetery and to the society and to the garage
with time (1/2) hour | 2 | ⟦line⟧
27/2 | From the cemetery to notify Hassan Khudair in front of the Rabbi and back |  |
Grand Total | 10 | 200
7

Page 59

3/25/68
Preparation and burial expenses spent on the late ⟦...⟧ the translator
On the date of 3/22/68
80
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Fils | Dinar |
- | 4 | Shroud garments
- | 4 | Jay Dawoud
- | 4 | ⟦Haiz⟧ seedling
- | 4 | Zalfa Shaoul
150 | 1 | Soap, rose tea, and cotton
17 150
Seventeen dinars and one hundred and fifty fils only
⟦signature⟧
Tawfiq
Yaqub

Page 60

89
29 / 3 / 68
Food and cleaning expenses spent on the kindergarten on the occasion of Mawlid al-Nabi
On the date of 28 / 3 / 68
Fils | Dinar
- | 4 | Supervisor Dunia
- | 4 | Hanan Daoud
- | 4 | Teacher Nuha
- | 2 | Zakia Shaul
- | 1 | Additional female worker
500 | - | Additional male worker
15 500
Fifteen dinars and five hundred fils only
Accountant
53

Page 61

5 / 3 / 86
83
Preparation and shrouding expenses spent on the deceased "Tuffaha" Abdullah ⟦Al-Shamas?⟧
Deceased on the date 3 / 3 / 1968
Fils | Dinar
.. | 4 | Digging a grave
.. | 4 | Hammam Daoud
.. | 4 | Sidr and candles
... | 2 | Barkhoum Shaul
.. | 1 | Additional worker
.. | 3 | Additional worker
18
Only eighteen dinars and nothing else
⟦signature⟧
Shaul
⟦signature⟧

Page 62

Republic of Iraq
20 revenue stamp fils
91
Al-Shaab Garage
Proprietors: Mahdi Kazim al-Dudlah and Fathi Salih
No. 262
Al-Kifah Street opposite the fountain, Telephone 88890
fils | dinar
— | 3 Only three dinars and no more
I received from Mr. Al-Musawiyah Association
The sum of only three dinars and no more
Account for garage fees for vehicle number 5565 Baghdad for one month, March 968
Date 21 / 3 / 1968
Republic of Iraq
20 revenue stamp fils
21

Page 63

Yaqub Qattan
Khan al-Makhzum
1968
A
Baghdad on: 4/2
To: Mira Kadish
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Length | Details | Price
400 | 5 | 2 | Suits 1800 |

Page 64

Ministry of Industry
National Electricity Service
Baghdad District Electricity Directorate
Electricity Bill
10431
Subscription Number: 39306
Account Number: 33 33860
Mr.: ⟦Old Charitable Society⟧
Meter Number: 7960
Sequence: 0017
House Number: 141
⟦Al-Kaddah Society⟧
Previous Reading Date | Subsequent Reading Date | Previous Reading | Subsequent Reading | Units Supplied | Total Amount Due | Meter Fees | Special Reading Fees | Circuit Breaker | Miscellaneous Fees | Consumption Value | Fils | Dinar
⟦680304⟧ | 7 | 9001 | 9141 | 140 | 1460 | 35 | ⟦17-12-71⟧ |  |  | 1425 |  |
This bill must be paid within (15) fifteen days of its date
Grand Total in case the subscriber possesses more than one meter
⟦National Electricity Service⟧
LAMSON PARAGON

Page 65

879
| Dinar | Fils
79 | 6 | ..
81 | 3 | ..
85 | 0 | 500
| 0 | 500
86 | 0 | 250
87 | 0 | 250
| 1 | 500
11/250
1
Mr. Director of Al-Tamaddon School for Boys
⟦illegible⟧
For the month of February
The second / 1928
⟦illegible⟧

Page 66

Al-Zawra Office
for Taxis
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Muslih
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Phone Number 4619
Fils | Dinar
250 | 16
Received from: Messrs. Society of the ⟦Mabarrat Education for the Sad⟧
Only: Sixteen Dinars and 250 Fils
Nothing else:
Regarding car fees: usage for the month of February
the Second / 1948
Republic of Iraq
National Defense
20 Financial Stamp Fils
Signature
⟦illegible⟧

Page 67

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
80809
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxi Cars
Owners
Talib al-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
To the honorable President of the Hebra Kadisha Society M
Date
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
2/8 | From Karrada to the cemetery and to the police to hand over the police and return to Karrada | 2 | --
2/8 | = for use of a car for a period of (7) hours . | 2 | 500
2/8 | From the house to Forensic Medicine and to al-Murabba'a Investigating Judge and to al-Rahibiya police
and to the Rabbi's house and to al-Murabba'a Investigating Judge and to al-Rahibiya police and to Forensic
Medicine and to the Rabbi's house and to the police and to the house of Naji and his sister . | 2 | 250
2/8 | From Naji's house to Forensic Medicine and returning to the house then waiting after noon | 1 | ---
30/9 | From Karrada for use of a car for a period of (5 1/2) hours . | 2 | 750
2/9 | = = = = = (1/4) hour . | 2 | 250
30/10 | From the Society to the cemetery and to the police to hand over the police and to the cemetery and to Karrada
round trip | 1 | ---
2/12 | From Karrada to Alwiyah and to the Society and to the cemetery and to the Rabbi's house and to
the Society and to Karrada . | 1 | 500
| Grand Total | 16 | 250
⟦signature⟧

Page 68

222
22
222
225
| Dinar | Fils
Car allowance for a servant | 4 | -
Naji Saliha | 15 | -
Pistachio shells | 2 | -
To ⟦...⟧ Governor ⟦...⟧ | 1 | -
1 ⟦...⟧
2 ⟦...⟧
3 ⟦...⟧
4 ⟦...⟧
5 ⟦...⟧
6 ⟦...⟧
7 ⟦...⟧
8 ⟦...⟧
9 ⟦...⟧
10 ⟦...⟧
11 ⟦...⟧
12 ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
22 / 10 / 77

Page 69

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Disbursement Voucher
Number:
Date: 2/24/1968
Cash Book Page: 721
Fils | Dinar
| 1
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad
the amount written above, which is one Dinar
In cash
Check No.
on Bank
being ⟦...⟧ fees for Mali Daoud for the Nursing Home
Recipient
⟦Munshi Toyya⟧

Page 70

220
2/21/1929
Expenses for the induction ceremony spent for the late Yaqoub Shamoun Seeb -
Who passed away on 2/15/1929
| Dinar | Fils
Shousha Grass | 4 | -
Dawar Tea | 4 | -
Shazel Oil | 2 | -
Additional | 1 | 280
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
| 11 | 280
The amount of eleven dinars and two hundred eighty fils only
⟦signature⟧
Youssef
Haroun

Page 71

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Disbursement Voucher
229
Fund Ledger
Number:
Date: 14 / 2 / 1969
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above written amount of: One Dinar and Five Hundred Fils
Cash:
Check No:
On Bank:
For: Car fare for Rabbi Ihsan As-Hayek
Fadhil
Recipient
Hajj Fadhil

Page 72

Fae'k Fadhil
Repairing All Kind of Cars
Khilani St. Opp. Al-Nafoora
Tel. 85705
Shop of
Fae'k Fadhil
For repairing all types of cars
Khilani Street, opposite the fountain
Telephone 85705
248
Number: 397
Date: 196 / /
To Mr.: Al-Musawi Association
Respected:
Details | Dinar | Fils
Welding core | 4 | ---
Welding gear washers | 1 | 800
Welding core set with labor | 5 | ---
Welding 12 bolts | 2 | ---
Welding ⟦valves bushings⟧ | 2 | 250
2 bearings | - | 800
Labor charge | 5 | ---
| 22 | 050
Only twenty-three dinars and 600 fils
nothing else.
Signature
⟦signature⟧
12/2
⟦Equivalent to the amount⟧

Page 73

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Payment Voucher
Cash Book
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: 14 / 9 / 1969
Fils: 050
Dinar: 2
Received from the Accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad
The amount written above, totaling ⟦two dinars and fifty fils⟧
In cash
Cheque No. ⟦line⟧ on bank ⟦line⟧
Specifically ⟦for additional cleaning wages⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Recipient
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible blue ink stamp/writing⟧

Page 74

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Payment Voucher
No. ⟦line⟧
Date 10 / 2 / 1969
Cash Book Folio
726
Dinars | Fils
— | 750
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad ⟦a car to Cham⟧
The amount stated above in the sum of
Cash ⟦seven hundred and fifty fils⟧
Cheque No. ⟦line⟧ on Bank ⟦line⟧
And that is for ⟦car fares to Sahat School⟧
Recipient
⟦Khuzam⟧

Page 75

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
No. ⟦...⟧
Disbursement Voucher
Cash Book Page
Date 9 / 2 / 1969
Fils | Dinar
| 5
Received from the Accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad, the vehicle official Ri Hatim
The amount written above, totaling five dinars only
In cash
Check No. ⟦...⟧ on Bank ⟦...⟧
And that is for extra holiday tea on the 27, 28, and 30 by order of vehicle Ri Hatim
Kadhim Mohsen
Hatim
Recipient