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IJA 2846

Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Information, Involvement in Iraqi Life

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These 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.”

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2846
Item Number
9672
Date
Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Bills, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Annotation, President of the Jewish Community, Handwritten, Stamps, Ledger, Ministry of Education, Al-Rāfadīn Bank, Insurance, Receipts, Ink Stamps, Revenue Stamps, Contract, Typed, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 451-475

Page 451

Baghdad 9/1/64
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Subject: Construction of a market in Al-Shorja on the land numbered 158/178 Dahana
I enclose with this letter the first measurement of the works completed to date for the building
mentioned above, which is being constructed by the contractor, Engineer Saleh Yusuf Ibrahim.
The amount of this ⟦measurement⟧ reached two thousand nine hundred and sixty
dinars ⟦only⟧. Please accept my highest respect.
⟦Signature⟧
Statement | Dinar | Fils
Amount of the first measurement | 2960 | -
Deduct 10% until the end of the maintenance period | 296 | -
| 2664 | -
Deduct advance payment | 600 | -
Iraqi Dinar, the remaining amount which is two thousand and sixty-four dinars | 2064 | -
Received the amount of 2064/-
dinars by check ⟦4024/5⟧
Please disburse it
Accountant
9/1/64
The Iraqi Republic
10 Ten Fils
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Paid
Fils Dinar
Check No. ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧
Session date ⟦...⟧ Item number ⟦...⟧
Recorded in the cash book page ⟦...⟧

Page 452

23/1/51
Baghdad
Honorable President of the Executive Committee of the Israelite Community, respected
We are honored to submit to you herewith a list of the repair costs for car No. 857 belonging to the community
The total of which is (32/020) thirty-two dinars and twenty fils
Requesting you to kindly order its disbursement to us so that we may pay it to its owners
Please accept our highest respect
Statement | Fils | Dinar
Car repair list | 370 | 23
Spare parts | 650 | 8
Total | 020 | 32
Taghlib and Ali | 050 |
Net | 970 | 31
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
18/1/51
Number 7

Page 453

Date : —
Sheet No.
Site : —
Summary of the first measurement for the Shorja building 15/6/1978 and maintenance
158
No. | Description | Quantity | Unit | Price | Amount I.D. | Amount Fils | Remarks
1 | Earth excavations | 297,00 | m3 | 0,600 | 178 | 200 |
2 | Squaring with cement grout | 226,88 | m2 | 0,150 | 34 | 032 |
3 | Reinforced concrete for foundation strengths (mass) without formwork | 89,10 | m3 | 14,000 | 1247 | 400 |
4 | Reinforced concrete with formwork | 104,61 | m3 | 21,000 | 2196 | 810 |
5 | Brick and cement masonry | 42,89 | m3 | 3,500 | 152 | 615 |
6 | Planning (journal), washer, and felt, item 1 of the contract |  |  |  | 50 | 000 |
7 | Wall wrapping, demolition, and repair, item 2 of the contract |  |  |  | 100 | 000 |
3960,057
Only three thousand nine hundred sixty dinars
and five and 57 fils only
I have checked the measurement and found it correct
The Engineer
Salah Yusuf
22/7/78
⟦illegible⟧

Page 455

Date :-
Sheet No.
The first measurement for the Shorja building 178 ⟦158⟧ Dahana
No. | Description | Measurements | Quantity | Remarks
1 | Provision of brick paving and bitumen with cement | 2.00 x 2.00 x 3.00 ⟦perimeter⟧ | = 12.00 |
| Base A | 2.00 x 3.60 | = 7.20 |
| B | 1.60 x 0.60 | 0.96 |
| C | 1.80 x 3.00 | 5.40 |
| D | 1.80 x 2.80 | 5.04 |
| E | 1.80 x 2.00 | 3.60 |
| F | 1.00 x 15.00 | 15.00 |
|  |  | 148.50 |
| Floor stone (Bersico) | 0.50 x 156.77 | 78.38 |
|  |  | 226.88 |
2 | Excavations (for sewers) | 2.00 x 14.75 | = 29.50 |
3 | Ordinary concrete for foundations without formwork | 0.60 x 14.85 | = 8.91 |
4 | Brick and cement construction | 2.00 |  |
|  | 2.00 |  |
|  | 2.90 |  |
|  | 2.70 |  |
|  | 2.55 |  |
|  | 2.00 |  |
|  | 2.45 |  |
|  | 2.70 |  |
|  | 2.90 |  |
|  | 0.80 |  |
| Construction in the bases | 2.70 x 3.45 x 2.00 | = 18.63 |
| Under the stone and floor | 2.00 x 2.00 x 2.00 ⟦perimeter⟧ | 8.00 |
|  | 0.50 x 156.77 x 0.10 | 7.84 |
|  |  | 34.47 |
Note: Some walls are 32 cm and 25 cm thick but all were considered 25 cm
Minute of measurement

Page 456

Date :-
Sheet No.
First measurement for Al-Shorja building 178 / 158 Dahanah
No. | Description | Measurements | Quantity | Remarks
⑤ | Reinforced concrete with formwork | 1,80 x 0,55 x 0,60 x ⟦22/41⟧ | 22,25 |
| Concrete column bases Pedestals |  |  |
| Concrete canopy |  |  |
1 |  | 2,60 |  |
2 |  | 2,00 |  |
3 |  | 2,00 |  |
4 |  | 2,00 |  |
5 |  | 2,25 |  |
6 |  | 2,15 |  |
7 |  | 2,90 |  |
8 |  | 2,80 |  |
9 |  | 2,15 |  |
10 |  | 2,42 |  |
11 |  | 2,10 |  |
12 |  | 2,50 |  |
13 |  | 1,00 |  |
14 |  | 1,90 |  |
15 |  | 2,10 |  |
16 |  | 2,22 |  |
17 |  | 2,15 |  |
18 |  | 2,80 |  |
19 |  | 2,80 |  |
20 |  | 2,70 |  |
21 |  | 2,85 |  |
22 |  | 2,80 |  |
23 |  | 2,10 |  |
24 |  | 2,10 |  |
25 |  | 2,90 |  |
⟦drawing of L-shape with dimensions 1,20 and 2,20⟧
7,40 x 0,90 x 1,2 = 7,60
Audit of measurement

Page 457

Sheet ⟦illegible⟧
Date :- ⟦illegible⟧ Page 3
The first measurement for the Shorja building 128, 158 durability
158
No. | Description | Measurements | Quantity | Remarks
| Core of the salt mortar in the mold transferred from the previous page, lengths of the suspended beams above the canopy | 7.04 | 21.95 |
26 |  | 2.00 |  |
27 |  | 2.00 |  |
28 |  | 2.90 |  |
29 |  | 2.70 |  |
30 |  | 2.55 |  |
31 |  | 2.00 |  |
32 |  | 2.45 |  |
33 |  | 2.70 |  |
34 |  | 2.90 |  |
35 |  | 2.20 |  |
36 |  | 1.95 |  |
37 |  | 2.10 |  |
38 |  | 2.40 |  |
39 |  | 2.70 |  |
40 |  | 2.10 |  |
41 |  | 2.80 |  |
42 |  | 2.20 |  |
43 |  | 2.90 |  |
44 |  | 2.95 |  |
45 |  | 2.87 |  |
46 |  | 2.70 |  |
67 and 127
Suspended beams that do not have ground beams
47 | 2.85
48 | 2.00
49 | 2.20
50 | 2.45
51 | 2.15
52 | 2.00
53 | 1.80
54 | 2.85
55 | 2.90
56 | 2.90
17.72 = 0.28 x 0.20 x 47 and 155
49.67
Included in the measurement

Page 458

Date : ⟦line⟧
Sheet N
The first measurement for the Torah building ⟦178⟧ / 158 Rusafa
158
No. | Description | Measurements | Quantity | Rem
| The constant lower shelf with the reinforced concrete mesh in the mold |  | 49.67 |
| 5 Built walls |  |  |
| A- Built walls with hanging beams above them | 127.67 |  |
| B- Built walls with no hanging beams above them |  |  |
57 |  | 2.15 |  |
58 |  | 2.10 |  |
59 |  | 2.00 |  |
60 |  | 2.85 |  |
61 |  | 1.85 |  |
62 |  | 1.80 |  |
63 |  | 1.80 |  |
64 |  | 2.25 |  |
65 |  | 2.20 |  |
66 |  | 2.15 |  |
67 |  | 2.75 |  |
68 |  | 2.10 |  |
21.16 = 156.77 × 0.77 × 0.240 = 0.45
6 Concrete columns
0.47 × 0.75 × 8.5 = ⟦2.99⟧ = ⟦3.00⟧
0.40 × 0.44 × 8.5 = ⟦1.50⟧ = 1.52
0.50 × 0.40 × 7 = ⟦1.40⟧ = 1.40
0.60 × 0.30 × 7 = ⟦1.26⟧ = 1.26
0.40 × 0.47 × 1 = 0.19
0.60 × 0.60 × 1 = 0.36
0.50 × 0.60 × 2 = 0.60
0.75 × 0.85 × 1 = 0.63
0.40 × 0.40 × 1 = 0.16
0.27 × 0.35 × 2 = 0.19
0.47 × 0.25 × 1 = 0.12
0.62 × 0.35 × 1 = 0.21
0.47 × 0.47 × 3 = 0.66
0.40 × 0.35 × 1 = 0.14
0.42 × 0.42 × 1 = 0.17
0.44 × 0.30 × 1 = 0.14
33.78 33.78
104.61 / 104.61 ⟦Country⟧
The measurement was verified

Page 460

Alphabeta Books
14 + 11 sent previously
⟦22 / 7 / 77⟧
Frank Iny School
No 4158
List of school books sold
Books that were sent
To the community
By Mr.
Naji Khadouri
Grade | Book Name | Price per copy: Fils | Price per copy: Dinars | Number of copies | Total price: Fils | Total price: Dinars
First Primary | Alphabeta | 150 | - | 15 | 250 | 2
// | Parashat Shemot | 350 | - | 5 | 750 | 1
First // | Khaldun Reader | 140 | - | 12 | 680 | 1
Second Primary | Arithmetic | 60 | - | 2 | 120 | -
Fifth // | Oxford Book I | 100 | - | 6 | 600 | -
| Total |  |  |  | 400 | 6
Date 22 / 12 / 1951
Signature A. Menache
2
22
4
12
42

Page 461

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 83531 President
5452 Secretary
No. T/: ⟦illegible⟧ / 61
Subject:
Date: 10 / 12 / 1961
To " -
Directorate of Frank Iny School
Please provide the Midrash Talmud Torah with the textbooks listed below and charge
their costs to the Presidency of the Community.
⟦Duplicate⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
President of the Community
Quantity | Name
14 | Alphabetha
5 | Parashat Shemot
12 | Khaldun Reader
6 | Arabic Reader Grade 2
6 | Arithmetic Grade 2
6 | English Reader (Book One)
⟦Administrative Committee ...⟧

Page 464

Baghdad 8 / 1 / 1962
Nuzha
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
After greetings,
Please kindly approve the payment of an amount of 7/645 Fils - seven Dinars and six hundred and forty-five Fils ⟦only⟧, which is the cash expenditure I spent on stamps, copies of lease contracts, objections, and others as per the details below:
Fils | Dinar
500 | 1 | Inspection of the map for the plot of property on the public street, Property No. 94/2, compensation of Mr. Saleh Ibrahim Al-Mahdi
on 5 / 12 / 1961 after an inquiry by the municipality
100 | - | Stamps for the lease contract of house No. 3/2/2
150 | - | Community copy for the lease contract of Masouda Eliyahu Synagogue and her house
220 | - | Community copy for the lease contract of Rima Church
100 | - | Letter regarding Building No. 94/469
100 | - | Amanat discovery ten ten for the house, passersby, and pickpocketing
100 | - | Ladder rental for the house
500 | 1 | Stamps for receipts
100 | 1 | Stamps for budgets
600 | - | Documents for statement No. 115/69 taken by the tenant Wahab
100 | - | Document for a large lock for the empty stairs No. 3/2/2
020 | 1 | Ladder rental for fixing numbers in the Kalba
595 | - | Repair fee for the door of house No. 109/20 for bringing in sand and nails
125 | - | Stamps for the lease contract of shop No. 140/164
140 | - | Stamps for the lease contract of shop No. 147/29
645 | 7 | Only seven Dinars and six hundred and forty-five Fils
⟦illegible signature⟧
9 / 1 / 1962
Disbursement
9 / 1 / 1962

Page 465

Baghdad 1/9/1964
Synagogues
The Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
After greetings
We request your sovereignty's approval to pay an amount of 8 Dinars, eight Dinars only, to the guard Ibrahim
for guarding the Sheti Lard synagogue from 12/1/1961 to 1/9/1964
at an average rate of 200 Fils per day. This synagogue has been secured, so we terminated ⟦...⟧
The aforementioned guard
Director of Properties
⟦signature⟧
For the time
1/9/1964
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Date:
Entry Number:
Entry Date:
Register ⟦...⟧:

Page 466

L. FORSTER & SABBAGH Co.
L. FORSTER & SABBAGH Co.
GEN. NO: 506
Baghdad / Baghdad: ⟦31.1.62⟧
RECEIVED FROM / Received from: ⟦the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community⟧
the sum of I. D. / the sum of: ⟦Forty two Dinars & 125 fils only⟧
on account of / on account of: ⟦bill 271-272-273-274-275-276-277-278-279-280-281-282-283-284 285-286⟧
I.D.: 42/125
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
L. Forster & Sabbagh Co.
L. Forster & Sabbagh Co.

Page 467

Dr. Monsour Nourallah
BAGHDAD - IRAQ Baghdad - ⟦Qashla⟧
Tel. { Clinic 83633 Telephone { Clinic 83633
House 6151 Residence 6151
I received from the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
The amount of 27 Dinars and 200 Fils
According to the check on the Eastern Bank numbered
702177 ⟦D⟧ and that is for examination fees
and Doctor Shadi
Baghdad on 7/2/1962
Mansour
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Financial Stamp Duty
1962
SYNTOPHTONE LEPETIT
( Prednisolone + Chloramphenicol ) Eye Drops.

Page 468

Doctor
Mansour Nourallah
Baghdad - Qishla
Telephone { Clinic 83633
Residence 6151
Dr.
Monsour Nourallah
BAGHDAD - IRAQ
Tel. { Clinic 83633
House 6151
To the respected Presidency of the Mosaic Community
The following is the treatment bill list
For the months 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the year 1960
Please kindly settle it with thanks
Eighth Month | 7.700 | 10
Tenth Month | 9.250 |
Eleventh Month | 7.650 | 7
Twelfth Month | 10.000 | 10
Total | 37.300 | 37
Please accept our highest respect
1/15/1961
⟦signature⟧
AMBRASYNTH LEPETIT
(Tetracycline + Chloramphenicol + Vitamin C,K and B Complex)
Capsules - Syrup.
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 470

Respected Mr. Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Apartment number
Four hundred forty-two dinars and one hundred seventy-five fils insurance fee on the properties of the endowments
Menahem Daniel's Assembly on its edges and its lights ⟦964⟧ to ⟦1⟧ June ⟦964⟧ according to the details below
Dinar | Fils | Description
20 | ⟦line⟧ | Insurance fee on house number 40 and warehouse ⟦Wissad⟧
6 | ⟦line⟧ | " " Shop number 444/222 C 62
12 | ⟦line⟧ | " " Building number 444/222 A Rassad ⟦...⟧
9 | 400 | " " ⟦444⟧ E
15 | ⟦line⟧ | " " Alliance School 444 and 444/222 Rassad Wan
4 | ⟦line⟧ | " " Shop number ⟦...⟧
48 | 400 | Total
6 | 225 | Deduct ⟦...⟧
42 | 175 | Net
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Paid according to
Cheque No. 857947 Date 7/11/4
Date of collection 4 Item No.
Recorded in the Fund Ledger, page
⟦signature⟧
9/1/1964

Page 473

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
Number:
Date: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦line⟧ / 196
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, totaling
⟦line⟧ only
for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
The Iraqi Republic
Financial Stamp 20 Fils
Signature of the Receiver
⟦illegible⟧