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IJA 2846

Baghdadi Jewish Community Financial Information, Involvement in Iraqi Life

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Description

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 English Translation, Pages 451-475

Archival unit 451

Volume Number: 61049
State Funds Collection Receipt: Accounting 1
Number: 15
Department Name: Al-Rusafa
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
422 | 30 | Property Tax 28/141 | Previous ⟦...⟧ 961 | Final
400 | 14 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 
822 | 44 | According to check 709522 29/1/62 | ⟦...⟧ | 
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, totaling: Forty-four dinars and eight hundred and twenty-two fils
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: The Officer
Date: 21/1/62

Archival unit 452

Baghdad 11/23/1926
Excellency, Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
After greetings:
We request your Excellency's approval to pay an amount of 54/822 fils Dinars, fifty-four Dinars and eight hundred
and thirty-two fils to the Property Tax Directorate, which is the tax required on the property
No. 121/78 for the budget year 11/21/1926
Awqaf Accountant
⟦signature⟧
Albert Or Klofi
Disbursed on 12/17/926
And for your information, we previously paid on 8/27/1925
an amount of ten Dinars according to check number volume
51858 therefore please issue a check for the amount of
44/822 fils Dinars, forty-four Dinars
and eight hundred and thirty-two fils, which is the amount
remaining from the original property tax
⟦signature⟧
Secretary General
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Check No. | Date
Request Date | Bulletin No.
Registered in the Cash Book, Page

Archival unit 453

Council of the Local Administrative Committee
Mr. Chairman of the Committee
Please pay the amount of seven hundred and fifty fils
on the account of the conference by ⟦hand⟧ of Abdul Rasul
Mahandi (750)
Latif Bakr
Disburse
22 / 4 / 924
Received in cash first
750
Seven hundred and fifty
Iraqi Jewish Administrative Committee
Recorded in the cash book page

Archival unit 454

Volume Number: 61048
Money Collection Receipt ⟦illegible⟧:
Accountant: 38
Number: 15
Name of Taxpayer: ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Rusafa
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
500 | 67 | Property Tax 26 / 141 | Previous 960 | 
600 | 9 | ⟦line⟧ | Current 961 Lump sum | 
100 | 77 | According to check 709522 Al-Rafidain 22 / 1 / 62 |  | 
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is: Seventy-seven dinars and one hundred fils
On date: 24 / 1 / 62
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: Mosul

Archival unit 455

Baghdad 15 / 1 / 1964
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Respected
After greetings
Your Excellency is requested to approve the payment of an amount of 77/150 seventy-seven dinars and one hundred and fifty fils
to the Directorate of General Revenues regarding the property tax numbered ⟦26/141⟧ Hannoun Saghir, which is the request
dated 21 / 5 / 1964
With appreciation
⟦signature⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Payment
Fils:
Dinar:
Check No.:
Date:
Date of collection:
Item number:
Recorded in the fund book page:
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Archival unit 457

Volume Number: 61048
Collection Receipt: ⟦illegible⟧
Accounting: 31
Number: 16
Department Name: Rusafa
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
250 | 91 | Property Tax 76/125 | Year 60 | 
⟦line⟧ | 50 | = | Share 61 | 
250 | 141 | ⟦line⟧ |  | 
 |  | Under Check 709521 22/1/62 | Year 62 | 
I have received from the Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is one hundred and forty-one dinars and two hundred and fifty fils
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Dated 22 / 1 / 62
Job Title: Delegate

Archival unit 458

Churches
Baghdad 1/10/1962
Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
After greetings: -
Your Honor is requested to approve the payment of an amount of 141/050 fils Dinars One hundred and forty-one dinars and fifty fils
only to the Directorate of General Revenues property tax for the synagogue ground rent numbered 125/76 until
the end of 3/31/1962
Administrative Director
⟦signature⟧
To pay
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Payment p.
Fils Dinar
141/050
Check No. ⟦illegible⟧ Date
Session Date Number Paragraph
Recorded in the fund book page
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦faint text⟧

Archival unit 459

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 ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 460

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

Archival unit 461

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
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Archival unit 463

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

Archival unit 464

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

Archival unit 465

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

Archival unit 466

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

Archival unit 467

Honorable Head of the Community
After greetings, our school is suffering from a massive shortage of textbooks
I hope you will provide us with Arabic and Hebrew books
With this, we thank you
Quantity | Type of Books
14 | Arabic Alphabet
5 | Parashat Shmuel
12 | Khedouri Reader ⟦supplementary⟧
6 | " Arabic Second Grade
2 | " " " "
6 | English Reader Book ⟦one⟧
45 Total
⟦line⟧
Please provide them
10 / 12 / 96
The Teacher
Isaac Khedouri Shal
8 / 12 / 1967

Archival unit 468

Books that were sent
to the community
via Mr.
Naji Khedhouri
22 / 7 / 51
Frank Iny School
School books sales list
Alphabeta books
14 + 11 sent previously
No 4158
Grade | Book Name | Price per copy (Dinar / Fils) | Number of copies | Total price (Dinar / Fils)
First Primary | Alphabeta | — / 150 | 15 | 2 / 250
// | Parashat Shemot | — / 250 | 5 | 1 / 250
First // | Khaldun Reading | — / 140 | 12 | 1 / 680
Second Primary | Arithmetic | — / 60 | 6 | — / 360
Fifth // | Oxford Book I | — / 100 | 6 | — / 600
Total 6 / 140
Date: 22 / 12 / 1951
Signature: A. Menache

Archival unit 469

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 ...⟧

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For payment
5 / 1 / 928
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2224
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Payment
Check No.:
Date:
Session Date:
Item No.:
Recorded in the Cash Book, Page:

Archival unit 471

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

Archival unit 472

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 ⟦...⟧:

Archival unit 473

L. Forster & Sabbagh Co.
L. FORSTER & SABBAGH Co.
GEN. NO: 506
Baghdad: ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad:
RECEIVED FROM: ⟦illegible⟧
Received from:
the sum of I. D.: ⟦illegible⟧
A sum of:
on account of: ⟦illegible⟧
On account of:
I.D. 42/125
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
L. Forster & ⟦illegible⟧ Co.
⟦illegible⟧ Forster & Sabbagh

Archival unit 474

Doctor
Mansour Nourallah
Baghdad - Iraq
Clinic Phone 83633
Residence 6151
Dr.
Monsour Nourallah
BAGHDAD - IRAQ
Tel. Clinic 83633
House 6151
I received from the Presidency of the Mosaic Community
the amount of 27 Dinars and 500 Fils
according to the check on the Eastern Bank numbered
D 702517, for the examination fees of
the patient ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on 7 / 2 / 1962
Dr. Mansour Nourallah
The Iraqi Republic
10
Dinars Financial
Fils
SYNTOPHTONE LEPETIT
( Prednisolone + Chloramphenicol ) Eye Drops.

Archival unit 475

Doctor
Dr.
Mansour Nourallah
Monsour Nourallah
Baghdad - Qishla
BAGHDAD - IRAQ
Clinic 83633
Telephone
Tel.
Residence 6151
To the Honorable Presidency of the Jewish Community
Below is the account statement ⟦...⟧
For the period from 1 / 8 / 1961 to 31 / 12 / 1961
Please kindly settle it, with thanks
Eighth Month | 7.500 | 10
Tenth Month | 7.500 | 9
Eleventh Month | 7.500 | 7
Twelfth Month | 10.000 | 10
Total | 32.500 | 37
Please accept our highest respect
1 / 1 / 1962
Mansour Nourallah
AMBRASYNTH LEPETIT
(Tetracycline + Chloramphenicol + Vitamin C,K and B Complex)
Capsules - Syrup.