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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 English Translation, Pages 51-75

Archival unit 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

Archival unit 52

111 Al-Shaab Garage
Owner: Mahdi Kadhim Al-Dadla and Fathi Saleh
No. 286
Al-Kifah Street, opposite the fountain, Phone 88890
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 3 / Only three dinars and no more
Received from Mr.: Al-Musawiya Association
Amount only: Three dinars and no more
For account: Garage fees for vehicle number 22565 Baghdad for one month, May 968
Date: 21 / 5 / 1968
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
20 Fils
National Defense
21 / 5
968

Archival unit 53

Ministry of Industry
National Electricity Service
Baghdad District Electricity Directorate
Electricity Bill
107 ⟦check⟧
Subscription Number: 39306
Account Number: 32 32860
Mr.: Jibr Qadisha Association
Meter Number: 7960
Sequence: 0017 M
House Number: 141
Address: Al-Kifah Association
Previous Reading Date | Subsequent Reading Date | Previous Reading | Subsequent Reading | Units Supplied
680306 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 9141 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Meter Fees | Special Reading Fees | Circuit Breaker | Various Prices | Consumption Value | Total Required Fils | Total Required Dinars
35 |  |  |  |  | 125 | 2
This bill must be paid within (15) fifteen days from its date
Grand total in case the subscriber possesses more than one meter
LAMSON PARAGON

Archival unit 54

Fils | Dinar
 | 2
 | 1
500 | 1
00 | 15
 | 3
500 | 
⟦illegible⟧
2/4/928

Archival unit 55

Al-Shaab Garage
Owner: Mahdi Kadhim Al-Dadla and Fathi Saleh
Al-Kifah Street, opposite the fountain, Telephone 88890
10-2
No. 270
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 5652 Baghdad for one month, April 968
Date 20 / 4 / 1968
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
National Defense
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 56

By the will of God
⟦illegible⟧ may He gather us without dispersion or separation and make it: blessed
⟦illegible⟧ our marriage contract ceremony with joy and happiness, and that is
at ⟦line⟧ o'clock on ⟦line⟧
corresponding to ⟦illegible⟧ 7 ⟦illegible⟧
at our home located ⟦illegible⟧ Chest Clinic
The honorable ⟦illegible⟧ respected and his generous family
823 at the cinema ⟦illegible⟧ at ⟦illegible⟧ o'clock with joy
7 / 3 / 8231 and in conclusion
The inviter
Nassim Shaoul

Archival unit 57

Fils | Dinar |
⟦line⟧ | 2 | 92
⟦line⟧ | 1 | 93
500 | 2 | 94
000 | 15 | 96
000 | 4 | 97
500 |  | 98
500 |  | 99
280 |  | 100
2500 | 2 |
10 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
Messrs. Charitable Society for the city of ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad, ⟦illegible⟧ Street
For the month of March
Year 1968

Archival unit 58

Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxis
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Al-Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
95
Fils / Dinar
200 / 10
Received from the respected Talmud Torah Charitable Society
Only ten dinars and two hundred fils, nothing else
And that is for car rental fees for the month of March
for the year 1968
Signature

Archival unit 59

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

Archival unit 60

80
25 / 2 / 68
Preparation and shrouding expenses spent on the deceased
⟦illegible⟧ the translator
On the date of 22 / 2 / 68
Fils | Dinar
— | 4 | Shroud quality
— | 4 | Jay Daoud
— | 4 | Apartment wood
— | 2 | Saul asphalt
150 | 1 | Soap, tea, roses and killing
⟦line⟧
150 16
Sixteen dinars and one hundred and fifty fils only
⟦signature⟧
Tawfiq
Yaqoub
<del>97</del>

Archival unit 61

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

Archival unit 62

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⟧

Archival unit 63

Al-Shaab Garage
Owner: Mahdi Kadhim Al-Daddah and Fathi Saleh
Al-Kifah Street, opposite the fountain, Telephone 88890
91
No. 262
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 3/ Only three dinars and no more
Received from Mr.: Al-Musawiya Association
Amount only: Three dinars and no more
For account: Garage fees for vehicle number 25650 Baghdad for one month March 968
Date: 21 / 2 / 1968
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
20 Fils
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
10 Fils
⟦signature⟧
21 / 2

Archival unit 64

Yaqub Qattan
Khan al-Makhzum
1968
80
Baghdad on: 4 / 2
To: Hayra Qaddish
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Length | Details | Price
400 | 5 | 2 | Solutions | 1800

Archival unit 65

01315
Ministry of Industry
National Electricity Administration
Baghdad District Electricity Directorate
Electricity Bill
Subscription No. | Account No. | Meter No. | Sequence | House No.
29306 | 33 32860 | 7960 | 00017 | 141
Previous Reading Date | Subsequent Reading Date | Previous Reading | Subsequent Reading | Units Supplied
680304 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 9001 | 9141 | 140
Meter Fees | Special Reading Fees | Circuit Breaker | Various Prices | Consumption Value | Total Amount Due
35 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  | 1425 | 1460
This bill must be paid within (15) fifteen days from its date
Grand total in case the subscriber possesses more than one meter
LAMSON PARAGON

Archival unit 66

879
Fils | Dinar
00 | 6
00 | 3
500 | 0
500 | 0
250 | 0
250 | 0
500 | 1
79
9
85
86
87
11/400
⟦illegible⟧ with my warm regards
⟦illegible⟧ 1948
For the month of February
Second / 1948
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 67

Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxis
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Muslih
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
Fils / Dinars
450 / 16
Received from: Zion Association for Argentina
Only sixteen dinars and 450 fils, nothing else
And that is for car fees for use during the month of February
The second / 1968
Republic of Iraq
National Defense
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
Signature

Archival unit 68

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⟧

Archival unit 69

222
222
222
225
Fils | Dinar
4 | ⟦line⟧ | Private car stations
15 | ⟦line⟧ | Naji Salah
2 | ⟦line⟧ | Qamar al-Din
1 | ⟦line⟧ | Idris Hatem
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1987/5/22

Archival unit 70

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Payment Voucher
721
Cash Book
Number:
Date: 21 / 2 / 1968
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. ⟦line⟧ on Bank ⟦line⟧
As fees for ⟦...⟧ Hai Daoud to the hand of the aforementioned
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Munir Zabia
Recipient

Archival unit 71

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

Archival unit 72

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Disbursement Voucher
229
Cash Book
Number:
Date: 14 / 2 / 1969
Fils | Dinar
500 | 1
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad
The amount written above, which is one dinar and five hundred fils
In cash
Cheque No. ⟦line⟧ on Bank ⟦line⟧
And that is for the assistance of Rabbi Ahmed Ishaik
Fadel
Recipient
Haj Fadel

Archival unit 73

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⟧

Archival unit 74

Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Disbursement Voucher
Number:
Cash Book Page:
Date: 14 / 2 / 1969
Fils: 250
Dinar: 2
Received from the Accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad
The amount written above, totaling ⟦two dinars and two hundred and fifty fils⟧
In cash
Cheque No. ⟦line⟧ on Bank ⟦line⟧
For ⟦prices of additional books for the Frank Iny School⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Recipient
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 75

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⟧