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IJA 650

Budgets and Annual Reports, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

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Description

These are archival documents from the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society, in Baghdad. Included is the 1956 annual budget. There is a request from the head of the Burial Society for financial support from the community at large. He presents records of its annual income and expenses, including lists of people who passed away: names, dates, and cost of burial. The lists have three categories of payment: self paid, minimum paid, and free burials for the poor. Also included are three pamphlets. One is in Judeo-Arabic and is the annual report for the Burial Society. This reports discuss the budget and other items of note: one member of the community, a German doctor who escaped Nazi Germany, paid more than the average fee; members of the community who could not pay for a funeral had funerals paid for by the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah but there was a deficit in 5710 (1949-1950) due to more funerals and higher costs of material; the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah asks for more funds from the Baghdadi Jewish community to cover these deficits.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 650
Item Number
10567
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Judeo-Arabic, Leger, Annotation, Burial Society, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, File Folder, Spiritual Council, Printed Text, Typed, Budget

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

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Summary
Received from the relatives of the supervisors for the period
From January 55 to the end of December 55   1158/750
According to the table
Received from the committee for collecting old cemeteries
Dissolved   282/724
Liquidation sale of Raya   5/---
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1446/474
According to the dental ledger
For the year 1955   855/474
For the year 1956   691/---
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1546/474

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1148/750
855/474
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292/284
482/724
855/474
691/---
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1546/474
282/724
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1162/750
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15/000
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1148/750 282/724 from the share of the cancelled cemeteries
5/--- value of a bundle for parcel (2)
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287/724
1148/750 -
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1526/474 from the supervisors according to the schedule

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287 / 141 | 17 / 141 | 277 / 9 | 122 / 26 | 122 / 26 | 29 / 144 | 29 / 144 | 29 / 144 | 29 / 144 | 29 / 144 | 205/9/108 | 205/9/108 | 229 / 94
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 | 25/- |  | 14/- |  | 15/- | 17/- |  | 20/- | 100/- | 1/- | 12/- | 4/-
 | 25/- |  | 26/- |  | 20/- | 17/- |  | 20/- | 20/- | 1/- | 12/- | 4/-
 | 25/- |  | 26/- |  | 20/- | 17/- |  |  |  | 1/- | 12/- | 4/-
 | 25/- |  | 26/- |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/- | 18/- | 2/500
 |  |  | 26/- |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1/- |  | 20/-
 | 25/- | 20/- | 26/- | 15/- | 17/- | 12/210 |  | 20/- |  | 1/- |  | 
 | 25/- | 80/- | 26/- | 40/- | 20/- | 4/- |  | 20/- |  | 2/- | 18/- | 11/-
 | 20/- | 80/- | 26/- | 20/- | 17/- | 4/- |  |  |  | 2/- | 20/- | 11/-
 | 20/- | 40/800 | 26/- |  | 17/- | 4/- |  |  |  | 1/- | ⟦12⟧/- | 20/-
 |  | 75/- | 155/- | 140/- | 124/- | 43/210 | 60/- | 160/- | 120/- | 12/- | 122/- | 11/-
21/- | 295/800 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 98/500

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9/—
Expenses
Equipment and Telephone | Salaries | Property Tax | General Expenses | Lawsuits | Translations
14/544 | 9/— | 92/200 | 175/240 | 2268 | 7/750
 | 852/— |  |  | 2/— | 7/—
14/544 | 861/— | 92/600 | 175/240 | 4/268 | 14/750
277/524 | 1095/500 | 80/450 | 159/155 |  | 16/640
288/068 | 1956/500 | 173/050 | 334/495 | 4/268 | 31/390
955
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Revenues
1158/750 from Equipment and Telephone
282/344 from the Old Education Committee Total
5/— Notebook certification
54/500 Subscriptions
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1742/610
2242/584 Rents
1742/610
5086/194
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2888/871
2197/323
2197/323
Our Expenses
288/068 Equipment and Telephone
1956/500 Salaries
173/050 Property Tax
334/495 General Expenses
4/268 Fees
31/390 Translations
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2675/—
2675/—
5350/—
6285/—
1105/110
7390/110
996/420 Check
28/288 Cash
1024/708

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855 974 we
284 743 actual total
467/750 equipping a car
482/743 total
21/750 rest periods
648/500
1515/743
1289/204
226/122
580/617
806/739
227/591
1034/330
140 594
861
946 000
175 240
4 268
14 750
1289 204
227 534
1095 500
80 450
159 155
16 640
1599/269
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20/750
1105/110
1816 860
1599 269
227 591

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2/10/1958
His Excellency Mr. Jalil Bey Bartu, the Respected
Greetings and respect,
I received your letter of recommendation regarding the worker Daoud Nassim. We have previously
raised the salaries of all the association's workers, including the recommended individual, despite
the deficit in the association's budget. Please be informed that I will do my duty to ⟦...⟧
your recommendation to increase the salary of the aforementioned worker.
Please accept my highest respect,
Sincerely

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Baghdad 6 January 1958
His Eminence the Honorable President
After presenting my respects, one of my acquaintances requested that I approach you with a plea
to assist the person named Daoud Rabi Farouk, ⟦and I have addressed⟧ this request and was tasked by him
genuinely out of poverty, appealing to your fatherhood, compassion, and kindness toward everyone even if you did not remember
by your chivalry in this. May you remain in peace
Sincerely
Al-Hajj
Abdul-Razzaq
very
True ⟦...⟧
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|  | 261 | 27 | 500 | Ibrahim Yunis Shamil
|  | 262 | 28 | 500 | Afram daughter of Sham'un
|  | 263 | 29 | 500 | Abboudi Ishaq
|  | 264 | 30 | 500 | Khadhouri Salih Kabbay
|  | 265 | 40 | 500 | Ya'qub Eliyahu Harun Shalom
|  | 266 | 41 | 500 | Mansur Ishaq Adhri
|  | 267 | 42 | 500 | Salim Munshi Zalouf
|  | 268 | 43 | 500 | Harun Khabbaz
|  | 269 | 44 | 500 | Yunis Munshi
|  | 270 | 45 | 500 | Shu'a Haf
|  | 271 | 46 | 500 | Salim Adhra
|  | 272 | 47 | 500 | Yusuf Khidr
|  | 273 | 48 | 500 | Na'im Abboudi
|  | 274 | 49 | 500 | Na'im Khadhouri
|  | 275 | 50 | 500 | Nuri ⟦...⟧
|  | 276 | 51 | 500 | Harun ⟦...⟧
|  | 277 | 52 | 500 | Dawud ⟦...⟧
|  | 278 | 53 | 500 | Anwar Cohen Rabi'
|  | 279 | 54 | 500 | Harun Eliyahu
|  | 280 | 55 | 500 | Salim Rubin Shamil
|  | 281 | 56 | 500 | Salih Cohen
|  | 282 | 57 | 500 | Maurice Salih Cohen
|  | 283 | 58 | 500 | Sayyid Yusuf Ibrahim
|  | 284 | 59 | 500 | ⟦...⟧
|  | 285 | 60 | 500 | ⟦...⟧
|  | 286 | 61 | 500 | Dawud ⟦...⟧
|  | 287 | 62 | 500 | Sham'un Sha'ul Rahmin
|  | 288 | 63 | 500 | Ibrahim Munshi Shamil
|  | 289 | 64 | 500 | Salim ⟦...⟧
|  | 290 | 65 | 500 | Abboudi ⟦...⟧

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Ibn Zaki and Nouri Bakri
In the name of the association
500 Salem Shamoun
500 Zaki Cohen
500 Mori Cohen
500 Naeem Shamoun
500 Nouri Shaya
500 Haroun ⟦~⟧
500 Daoud ⟦~⟧
Dr. Haroun Baka
Mr. Youssef Hadi
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4/500

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Date
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✓ 82044
✓ 87081
✓ 4915
✓ 87185
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⟦illegible⟧ Shafiq Hakim
⟦illegible⟧ Shafiq Bani
⟦illegible⟧ Shafiq Bani
Ezra Ibrahim Hanan 97171
Bashir Yusuf Shamil
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Sayyid Cohen Zalkha School
Abdul Nabi Tariq ⟦illegible⟧
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✓ 97171
✓ 86720
✓ 91294
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Deaths
Amount | Name | Receipt Number
750 | Sabiha Al-Sham Shamoun | 250
750 | Dr. Fakhri Shamoun | 257
750 | Mr. Youssef Dallal | 258
750 | Shawki Dallal | 269
750 | Eliyahu Meir Sham'a | 254
750 | Eliyahu ~ | 255
750 | Maurice Ibrahim Shamoun | 271
750 | Nasser Abdel Nabi | 270
750 | Ayam Zion | 272
750 | Eliyahu Youssef | 260
750 | Ayam ~ | 261
750 | Fakhri Saleh Kabbay | 264
750 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 280
750 | Naim Shamoun | 290
750 | Ezra Shamoun | 295
750 | Youssef Ezra | 274
750 | Munira Ishaq Afari | 281
Amount | Name | Receipt Number
750 | Eliyahu Yaqub Pasha | 251
750 | Salim ~ | 252
750 | Sharoul Baruch Shamoun | 275
750 | Addis Youssef Shamoun | 276
750 | Ibrahim ~ | 260
750 | Ephraim Ishaq Shamoun | 265
750 | Abboudi Ishaq ~ | 262
750 | Mansour Saleh Kabbay | 263
750 | Taysir Eliyahu Haroun Shamoun | 265
750 | Salim Shantoub Zubaida | 267
750 | Haroun Khulusi | 268
750 | Naim Munshi Kabbay | 270
750 | Almas Ibrahim | 272
750 | Albert Shamoun | 273
750 | Shukriya Abboudi | 275
12/500
750
750

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File number 226/26 Kolat
In the name of the Hebra Kadisha Society
Northeast - Kadoura Mosque Ali bin Abi Talib
South - and the side
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The map - and a copy of the registration
With Mr. Adnan
Ali

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In the name of Muhammad Zaki, batch number ⟦illegible⟧ Tabar
101
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260 Dinars
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560 Dinars
Mr. Kadhim Al-Sayyad, plot number ⟦illegible⟧ Karbala Land Registry
Fee 1208
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205

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Hevra Kadisha budget for the year ending 12/31/1956
Incomes | Expenses
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar
1105 | 110 | Rents |  | 80 | 450 | Property tax | 
691 | 000 | Preparation and Shrouding |  | 247 | 524 | Preparation and Shrouding | 
30 | 750 | Subscriptions and Affiliation | 1826 860 | 1095 | 500 | Salaries including monthly engineer allowances | 
 |  |  |  | 159 | 155 | General Expenses | 
 |  |  |  | 16 | 640 | Repairs | 1599 269
227 591 Surplus of income over expenses for the calendar year ending 12-31-1956
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1826 860
Financial position until the end of 1956
Balance carried forward from the previous dissolved association: |  | 
443 718 in the bank |  | 
136 899 in the fund | 580 617 | 
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Surplus of income over expenses for the calendar year 1955 | 226 122 | 
Surplus of income over expenses for the calendar year 1956 | 227 591 | 
Total | 1034 330 | 
Details
996 042 in the bank
38 288 in the fund
1034 330 Balance existing at the end of the calendar year 1956

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Budget of Hebra Qadisha for the year ending 31/12/1956
Revenues | Expenses
Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar
110 1100 | Rents | 450 80 | Property Tax
000 691 | Preparation and Shrouding | 524 247 | Preparation and Shrouding
750 30 | Subscriptions and Affiliations | 500 1095 | Salaries including monthly engineer allowances
 |  | 155 159 | General Expenses
860 1826 |  | 640 16 | Repairs
 |  | 269 1599 | ⟦line⟧
 |  | 591 227 | Surplus of revenues over expenses for the past calendar year 1956
 |  | 860 / 1826 | ⟦line⟧
5256
Financial position in ⟦illegible⟧
561 227
Surplus of revenues over expenses for the past calendar year 1956
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1826/860
Financial position in ⟦illegible⟧
Balance carried forward from last year ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in the bank
⟦illegible⟧ in the fund ⟦illegible⟧
Surplus of revenues over expenses for the past year ⟦illegible⟧
Total ⟦illegible⟧
617/580
561/227
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178/808
⟦illegible⟧ in the bank
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Balance available in ⟦illegible⟧

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Budget of Hebra Qadisha for the year ending 31/12/1956
Revenues | Expenses
Fils Dinar Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar Fils Dinar
110 1105 Rents | 450 080 Property Tax
000 691 Preparation and Shrouding | 524 247 Preparation and Shrouding
1826 860 750 30 Subscriptions and Endowments | 500 1095 Salaries including monthly engineer allowances
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 | 1599 269 640 16 Repairs
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 | 591 227 Surplus of revenues over expenses for the past calendar year 1956
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 | 1826 860
Financial position until the end of the year 1956
Carried forward balance from the previous dissolved association:
718 443 in the bank
899 136 in the fund 617 580
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122 226 Surplus of revenues over expenses for the calendar year 1955
591 227 Surplus of revenues over expenses for the calendar year 1956
330 1034 Total
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Statement
042 996 in the bank
288 38 in the fund
330 1034 Existing balance at the end of the calendar year 1956

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Copy of the Account
Association of
Hevra Kadisha
For the period between 7 Kislev 5709 until 30 September 5709
Year 5709 Hebrew
Printed by the Trading and Printing Company Ltd. - Baghdad