Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Information, Involvement in Iraqi Life
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community. Included is a document encouraging the Jewish community to participate in the public relation for the well being of the government, as done in the past. This item also contains medical receipts, bills, insurance and assurance bills receipts, and financial ledgers belonging to the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is an invitation in English and Arabic for a Grand Ball given by the Ministry of Education to benefit the poor pupils of the school. This item refers to the Jewish Community as the “Mosaic Community.”
Stripe Number 287620 Accounting 7 Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government Department name: Fils/Dinar: 1/750 Number: 89 Received from: Salman Daniel, Chairman of the Jewish Administrative Committee Amount: One dinar and seven hundred fils On account of: ⟦...⟧ agency Recipient's signature: ⟦signature⟧ Date: 1/1/962 Job Title:
Volume Number 287621 Accounting 37 A Receipts of dirhams collected for the government 1291 Number 17 Fils | Dinar 500 | 1 700 | ⟦illegible⟧ 1200 | ⟦illegible⟧ For the share of Ibrahim Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Received from: Salman Daniel Amount: Only one dinar and two hundred fils Account: Fees for ⟦illegible⟧ Receiver's signature: ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: Date: 10 / 2 / 932
Volume Number 287622 Second South Baghdad Notary Public Accounting 37 A Receipts in Dirhams collected for the Government Number: 11 Fils/Dinar: 1/00 Department Name: Received from: Salman Daniel Amount: One Dinar and one hundred Fils On account of: ⟦Interest⟧ Date: 1929/2/8 Signature of the collector: Job Title: 14:7
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ No.: ⟦line⟧ Date: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦line⟧ / 196 Fils: Dinar: I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is ⟦line⟧ only for ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Payee's signature ⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad Number: ⟦line⟧ Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 196 Fils: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧ I have received from the Accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, which is ⟦line⟧ only for ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Republic of Iraq 10 Fils Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad 3/1/1964 Honorable Accountant of the Community After greetings: The guard Yassin is still diligent in his guarding of the Khan numbered 56 ⟦Goldet⟧ during the month of February 1964 Therefore, please pay his monthly salary To be paid 3/1/1964 Husni Iraqi Republic 10 Fils Revenue Stamp I received the amount of ten dinars only, nothing else. The guard Yassin ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad Number: Date: / / 196 Fils: Dinar: I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount of ⟦line⟧ only And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Signature of the Recipient
Details 1924/6/1 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Karrada Al-Sharqiya round trip | 400 1924/6/1 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya round trip | 200 1924/6/2 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya, then from Al-Gharbiya to the Capital Municipality, then to Al-Taifa | 450 1924/6/2 | 1 car fare on Saturday for Al-Taifa business, round trip twice | 900 1924/6/3 | 1 car fare on Sunday to Al-Gharbiya, then from Al-Gharbiya to the Capital Municipality round trip | 400 1924/6/4 | 1 car fare from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa, then from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa, then to the Capital Municipality | 600 1924/6/4 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Waziriyah round trip | 300 1924/6/6 | 4 signs × 15 = 60 signs for rent for the building in Bab Al-Sharqi, Sassoon Daoud building | 400 1924/6/6 | 1 car fare from the White Palace to Al-Gharbiya, then from Al-Gharbiya to the Capital Municipality round trip | 600 1924/6/6 | Bus to the Citadel for hanging the signs | 100 1924/6/6 | Taxi for Sassoon Daoud ⟦wandering⟧ from Al-Saffafir Market to Bab Al-Sharqi for hanging the sign | 150 1924/6/6 | Car fare from Bab Al-Sharqi to the White Palace | 150 1924/6/7 | 1 car fare to the Capital Municipality, then for the purpose of inspection for depreciation debt | 450 1924/6/7 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya round trip | 200 1924/6/7 | 1 fare from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa round trip | 200 1924/6/8 | 1 car fare from the White Palace to Al-Gharbiya, then from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa | 700 1924/6/8 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya round trip twice | 600 1924/6/10 | 1 car fare on Saturday to Al-Taifa contracts | 1200 1924/6/10 | 1 car fare for inspection to the slaughterhouse in Al-Sariya round trip at the property of Sassoon Ghazi | 500 1924/6/10 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya, then from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa, then to the Capital | 400 1924/6/10 | To the office boy Ali who went for the inspection in Al-Kifah Street | 250 1924/6/11 | 1 car fare from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa in the morning on Sunday | 150 1924/6/11 | Repairs fees for desk tools | 250 1924/6/12 | To the office boy for the work of engineer Shaker Al-Wulaibi to inspect the Torat | 500 1924/6/12 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya twice round trip | 400 1924/6/12 | 1 car fare from Al-Gharbiya to Al-Taifa round trip | 200 1924/6/13 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya in Karrada Al-Sharqiya round trip | 600 1924/6/13 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya for paying the amounts round trip | 300 1924/6/14 | 1 car fare from Abu Dinar's place to the District Office in Al-Bayader, taxi one way | 270 1924/6/14 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya in Karrada Al-Sharqiya round trip | 400 1924/6/14 | 1 car fare from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya round trip to pay the amounts | 200 1924/6/15 | 1 car fare from Al-Gharbiya in Karrada Al-Sharqiya to Al-Taifa then from Al-Taifa to Al-Gharbiya round trip | 400 12920
⟦illegible⟧ Fils | Dinar | Details | Date 2960 | 2 | Carried over from the previous page and dated | 215 | | Taxi to the British Embassy by order of Naji the Secretary at 4 1/2 o'clock | 1924/2/14 15 | | Car fare from Al-Azairiyah to the White Palace | 1924/2/14 15 | | Car fare from the White Palace to Al-Azairiyah in the morning | 1924/2/14 30 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah round trip | 1924/2/15 15 | | Car fare from Al-Azairiyah to the Community in the morning | 1924/2/15 60 | | Car fare from Al-Azairiyah to the Community, then to the Private Secretariat, then to the General Secretariat, to the Administration, round trip | 1924/2/15 500 | | Taxi for Ibrahim the Inspector to inspect the building on Al-Kifah Street, round trip | 1924/2/15 30 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah round trip | 1924/2/15 40 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah in Karrada Sharqiya round trip | 1924/2/15 55 | | Taxi fare for the Inspector in Al-Azairiyah in Karrada Sharqiya to inspect the private personnel, round trip | 1924/2/16 120 | | Miscellaneous car fares for Community business on Saturday | 1924/2/17 70 | | Car fare in the morning from Al-Azairiyah to the Community, then to the Inspector Ibrahim for inspection | 1924/2/18 500 | | Taxi to Inspector Hassan at the Property Tax to inspect the personnel at the new building | 1924/2/18 30 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah in Karrada Sharqiya round trip | 1924/2/18 140 | 5 | Fare for telephone calls from abroad to the Community | 1924/2/18 50 | | Lined white paper for receipts with lists | 1924/2/18 60 | | Car fare from Karrada Sharqiya to the Mosaic Community round trip to pay the amount of ⟦statement of conclusion⟧ 4500 | 1924/2/19 250 | | Stamp form with writing the certificate of knowledge at the Rusafa Land Registry | 1924/2/19 700 | | 10 stamps × 50 = 500 for electricity in the presence of Mr. Shaoul Moussa X | 1924/2/20 30 | | Car fare from Al-Azairiyah to the Community round trip | 1924/2/19 60 | | Car fare from the Community to the Land Registry in Karrada Sharqiya round trip | 1924/2/19 40 | | Car fare from the Community to Karrada Sharqiya round trip | 1924/2/20 30 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah round trip | 1924/2/20 30 | | Car fare from Al-Azairiyah round trip | 1924/2/20 30 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah round trip | 1924/2/20 30 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah round trip | 1924/2/21 40 | | Car fare from the Community to the Land Registry in Karrada Sharqiya round trip | 1924/2/21 120 | | Miscellaneous car fares from the Community to Al-Azairiyah then from Al-Azairiyah in Karrada to the Community 1924/2/21 | 250 | | Taxi to the Judge on Al-Jumhuriya Street to Adhamiya | 1924/2/21 120 | | Car fare from the Community to Al-Azairiyah in Karrada Sharqiya round trip | 1924/2/22 120 | | Miscellaneous car fares on Saturday for Community transactions | 1924/2/24 6770 | 6 | |
Expenses of the Mosaic community List number ⟦illegible⟧ Date | Details | | | Carried over from the previous page | 6 | 720 2/24/926 | Costs of external telephone calls to the community | | 40 ⟦illegible⟧ | Lined white paper for receipts and lists | | 50 2/25/926 | Car fare from the community to the Western side, round trip | | 20 2/25/926 | Car fare from the community to the Western side, round trip | | 20 2/26/926 | Car fare from the Western side to the community | | 10 2/27/926 | Car fare from the community to Qasr Al-Abyad to the Land Registry in Karrada Sharqiya for Land Registry tax | | 30 2/28/926 | Car fare from the community to the Western side and from the Western side to the community | | 40 | Only six dinars and nine hundred thirty fils and no more | 6 | 930 Hashim Zamel 2/28/926
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293574 Book Number Receipts for Dirhams Collected for the Government Accounting 7 ⟦18502⟧ ⟦4/2/25⟧ Department Name: Fils / Dinar: 10864 Number: 81 Received from: Presidency of the Mosaic Community Amount: Five dinars and eight hundred and sixty-four fils On account: ⟦Trusts⟧ On date: 28 / 2 / 964 Signature of the Receiver ⟦Signature⟧ Job Title 2 / 2 / 964
Republic of Iraq Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad Telephone Number 6398 Area 6 Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center From the conditions stated in the telephone lease agreement The administration has the right to disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) second schedule If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days from its date Telephone Account Bill Telephone Number: ⟦illegible⟧ Center Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Fils | Dinar | Details | | Telephone rental for the installment ending in ⟦...⟧ at the rate of ⟦...⟧ Dinars per installment .. | | Local call fees - according to the details recorded on the back of the bill .. | | Internal call fees - according to the schedule (Area 5) attached herewith .. | | External call fees - according to the schedule (Area 5a) attached herewith .. | | Additional deposits so that the total, with previously collected deposits, is proportional to the installment account for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone lease agreement 864 | 10 | Total Amount Amount paid ⟦line⟧ Dinars Payment Date / / 19 Signature ⟦line⟧ Cashier Bill Number 272 Bill Date 7 / 1 / 69 Director of Central Telephones 18 / ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦112 / 10⟧ ⟦Southern⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Reading in ⟦line⟧ Previous reading ⟦line⟧ Number of local readings during the installment period ⟦line⟧ Number of free calls ⟦line⟧ Number of calls for which fees are charged } Price (4) fils per call } Fareed Einy Shamash Secondary School Baghdad Alwiyah Al-Jadida Telephone 91693 No: SH / 44 / 62 Date: 25 / 2 / 1962 To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad After greetings, Please kindly provide us with a loan of one thousand dinars to cover the school's expenses for the month of February 1962. Please accept our highest respects,, ⟦Abdullah Ovadia⟧ Secretary of the Schools Committee ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on 9 / 1 / 1962 His Eminence Rabbi Sasson Khazzuri, President of the Mosaic Community, respected Submitted to your Eminence Since I have decided to leave the service in the slaughterhouse at the end of this month, I request your Eminence to accept my resignation this. Since I have served the community faithfully for a long time, I request your Eminence to grant me the gratuity which I deserve in return for my services With much thanks and respect to your Eminence David Yusuf The Secretary Approved As it appears from our records, the aforementioned was previously receiving A monthly salary of ⟦...⟧ Accountant to do what is necessary and pay the amount according to the letter Succession 22 / 1 / 962 Approved Approved Approved Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Paid See on the back dated 14 / 6 / 1962
Baghdad on 8 / 12 / 1961 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, President of the Jewish Community, the Respected Presented to your Eminence: Due to my urgent need for rest, I request your Eminence to order the granting of a three-month leave to me, noting that I have not enjoyed any ⟦leave⟧ in this presidency. And to your Eminence ⟦with⟧ respect, The Petitioner Daoud Yousef The respected President of the Community approves 10 / 12 My opinion: The petitioner is not an employee of the community; rather, he is hired for the service of orphans for a short time daily in exchange for the amount he receives. And now that he has decided to work in other jobs that do not belong to the community in his own ⟦...⟧, it is not permissible for him to request an official leave unless he wishes to leave the service permanently. He must submit a request for that, and at that time the community may grant him a ⟦...⟧ gratuity provided its amount does not exceed two months' salary. 26 / 12 / 961 Salman ⟦...⟧ File
Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium Baghdad Telephone: 85267 Date: 2/20/1962 To the Honorable Chairman of the ⟦Administrative⟧ Committee for Iraqi Jews After greetings, We request your kindness in advancing us an amount of (500/-) five hundred dinars on the account of the stadium budget for the current year 1961 / 1962 to manage its affairs, with much gratitude. Chairman of the Stadium Committee To be paid ⟦signature⟧ 2/22/962 ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Disbursement Order No. ⟦...⟧ Paid by check Fils | Dinar | 500 Check No. 550616 dated 2/24 Entry date ⟦...⟧ Item No. ⟦...⟧ Recorded in the cash book, page 9 The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews I received the amount ⟦signature⟧ 2/24/⟦...⟧
L. Forster & Sabbagh Co. L. FORSTER & SABBAGH Co. GEN. NO: 568 Baghdad / Baghdad: 27/2/61 RECEIVED FROM / Received from: Israeli Schools Committee the sum of I. D. / A sum of: Fourteen Dinars and 088 Fils on account of / On account of: According to invoice No. 28579 I.D.: 14/088 Republic of Iraq 10 Revenue Stamp Fils ⟦signature⟧ 2/27
Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee Hand-delivered to Messrs. Elihu and Siag Please pay the amount of fourteen dinars and eight hundred and eighty fils as insurance fees on charitable endowment properties in the name of 14/880 Dinars According to its details below for the year from February 1962 to February 1963 6/- | Insurance fee on shop No. 240/4/4 insured for filling ⟦Seiban⟧ in the amount of ⟦...⟧ 4/500 | " " " No. 240/4/4 " Jan ⟦Rianda⟧ " 600 " 4/- 5/600 | " " " warehouse No. 240/4/4 " Ric Saleh Karim " 800 " 7/- 16/100 | 1/220 | ⟦...⟧ allowance is subtracted 14/880 | Accountant's signature 1/2/1962 Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Masters ⟦...⟧ D. S. A. 14/880 Dinars Check No. 485795 Date Entry Date Item No. Recorded in the Cash Book Page
Presidency of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews Baghdad Number ⟦line⟧ Date / / 196 Fils: 650 Dinar: 1 I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, in the amount of Only one dinar and six hundred and fifty fils As cleaning fees for the first installment in the mission for Mr. Hussam Badri Signature of the Recipient Confirmed by receipt Dated Saturday 22/1/1960 ⟦illegible⟧