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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 501-525

Archival unit 501

⟦illegible⟧ Respectable Administration
In view of the exhausting duties that I have borne ⟦illegible⟧ on the exciting ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ with the work of writing the correspondence and my exposure to falling into one of the pits
Which led to the occurrence of multiple wounds in my body, so I hope
To kindly favor me by allocating a suitable gratuity for me
And thank you
Raouf Yaqoub
⟦illegible⟧
10/15
To the Reports Committee:
To state your claim and the amount
of the gratuity you deserve
to be presented to ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
It is recommended to give him a gratuity
of ⟦illegible⟧ (one hundred Dinars)
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
⟦illegible⟧
Recorded in the outgoing mail register ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 502

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
No: ⟦line⟧
Date: / / 196
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the aforementioned amount of
⟦line⟧ only
and that is for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature

Archival unit 503

Salary of ⟦illegible⟧ those arriving ⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧
to ⟦illegible⟧ from ten ⟦illegible⟧
According to the administrative order numbered ⟦illegible⟧ and dated ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Committee ⟦illegible⟧ Iraqis
Dr. ⟦illegible⟧
Check No.: ⟦illegible⟧
Date:
Evacuation Date:
Paragraph Number:
Recorded in the fund book page:
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Archival unit 504

Schools
11/8/1961
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
of the Community
We request your approval to pay an amount of 6.200 Dinars
for cleaning wages for the two kindergarten rooms ⟦...⟧ six dinars and two hundred fils for the school
for the month of October from 10/1/1961 to 10/31/1961 at a rate of 200 fils per day. Thank you.
⟦Signature⟧
To be spent
11/8/1961
Republic of Iraq
10
Revenue Stamp
Fils

Archival unit 505

Baghdad ⟦1962/1/2⟧
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Baghdad
Please be so kind as to approve the renewal of my Arab ⟦National⟧ certificate ⟦specifically⟧ for trade ⟦purposes⟧ which
⟦expired⟧ on ⟦1961/12/31⟧ ⟦numbered⟧ ⟦12/12/1961⟧ ⟦issued⟧ by your esteemed
⟦department⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦With appreciation and respect⟧
Tawfiq
⟦1962/1/2⟧
The Iraqi Republic
10 Fils Revenue Stamp

Archival unit 506

God
Baghdad 8 / 1 / 1962
Excellency Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
Greetings,
Please, your Excellency, approve the payment of an amount of 6/750 Dinars (Six Dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils)
for the travel wages of the Sheikh and the Deacon ⟦...⟧ according to the schedule for the period from 1 / 12 / 1961
until 31 / 12 / 1961, totaling 27 days at a rate of 250 fils per day
⟦Signature⟧
We approve
12 / 1 / 1962
Iraqi Republic
10 fils
Financial fees
⟦Signature⟧

Archival unit 507

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 2 / 6 / 961
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
For a period of six and a half months
Deceased
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Archival unit 508

DR. S.S. OVANESSOFF
M.B.Ch.B. (EDIN.) D.L.O. (ENG.)
Diploma in Laryngo - Otology from the
Royal College of Surgeons (ENGLAND)
Tel. Clinic 83221
Residence 82849
Dr. Setrak Ovanessoff
Graduate of the University of Edinburgh
Holder of a Diploma in Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases
from the Royal College of Surgeons in England
Clinic Telephone Number: 83221
Residence: 82849
Baghdad
28.12.61
The Chief Accountant
Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Dear Sir
I should like to remind
you of bill for the sum of I.D. 3/500
(Iraqi Dinars three and
500 fils) towards my professional
services rendered to 7 members
of your community at the rate of
500 fils per patient. I shall be
much obliged if you will be
kind enough to settle this
account.
With many thanks.
Yours Truly.
S.S. Ovanessoff
Please deliver
the bearer.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
3/500

Archival unit 509

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number ::
Date :: ⟦line⟧
Subject ::
I, the undersigned, Seraphine D. Ruwaish, have received from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi
Jews an amount of -/150 Dinars (one hundred and fifty Dinars) by check number
709512 D dated 8 / 1 / 962 drawn on Eastern Bank, as a gratuity for
my services in Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School, and I no longer have any claim for salaries,
wages, allowances, gratuities, or the like against the aforementioned school or against any institution
belonging to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, as I have received all my salaries and allowances
from the date of my separation from the school on 5 / 10 / 961 in the afternoon, and accordingly I signed this
summary as a release from all claims.
Seraphine D. Ruwaish
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Copy to -
Secretariat of the Schools Committee

Archival unit 510

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: 12/
Date :: 1/7/1962
Subject ::
Administrative Order
⟦line⟧
The Administrative Committee decided in its session held on 1/5/1962 to grant a bonus
amounting to -/150 Dinars (one hundred and fifty Dinars) to the resigned teacher Miss
Seraphine D. Ruwaish as compensation for her services.
President
⟦illegible⟧
A copy of it to :-
Presidency of the Schools Committee, referring to your margin dated 12/20/61 on the petition of the aforementioned
person.
Secretary of the Community: To take the necessary formal procedures to terminate the relationship of the
mentioned teacher from the school and pay the bonus to her.
Directorate of Frank Iny School - to act accordingly.
Community Accountant - to organize a check for the mentioned amount and charge it to the budget of Frank Iny School.
Miss Seraphine D. Ruwaish - to contact the Community Secretariat.
Personal File.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 511

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 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⟧
Republic of Iraq
Fils
Revenue Stamp
⟦signature⟧
196⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the Recipient

Archival unit 512

⟦illegible⟧
962/1/2
1/2/962
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews:
D : H: ⟦illegible⟧
S K M:
Date:
Registration Date:
Item Number:
Recorded in the fund ledger page:
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 513

Doctor
Salman Darwish
PhD in Medicine and Specialist in Radiology
Orfaliya 1 H 3 / 1
Telephone 80562
Dr. S. Darwish. M.D.
"SPECIALIST IN RADIOLOGY"
ORFALIYA 1 H3.1
PHONE NO. 80562
Baghdad: 27 December 1961
Baghdad: 1961
Fils | Dinar
— | 1 | Hashim Kamil on date 20 / 11 / 1961 | The leg
500 | 1 | Latif Faraj 22 / 11 / 61 | Abdomen
— | 1 | Amshi Shukr 30 / 11 / 61 |
— | 1 | Abd al-Fattah Munir 8 / 12 / 61 | Liver
— | 2 | Abd al-Fattah Munir 8 / 12 / 61 | Gallbladder with dye (twice)
— | 1 | Ghaziya Aziz 21 / 11 / 61 | Chest
— | 1 | ⟦illegible⟧ lost 22 / 12 / 1961 | Chest
500 | 9 | |
Only nine dinars and a half dinar
Salman Darwish
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 514

⟦illegible⟧
Rima Khedhouri Hospital
For Gynecology, Obstetrics and General Surgery in Baghdad
Telephone 82508 Baghdad
Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1/13/1958
About the patient ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar
750 | 1 | Room fee for the night of 1/13/58
500 | 2 | Blood test fee
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | X-ray fee
⟦illegible⟧ | 1 | Midwife fee
⟦illegible⟧ | 2 | Midwife fee
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Fee for ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | Total up to 1/13/58
The amount is only eight dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils and no more
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 515

Dr.
Munir Salman
Next to Diana Cinema
Tel. { Clinic 6337
Res. 4903
Dr.
MUNIR SALMAN
Next to Diana Cinema
Tel. { Clinic 6337
Res. 4903
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Republic of Iraq
10 Fils Revenue Stamp
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
1958/2/20
⟦signature⟧
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 516

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Drowning
2/1/2002
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews:
Payment: H
Check No.: 70951
Date:
Performance Date:
Paragraph No.:
Recorded in the cash book page:

Archival unit 517

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Name | List Number | Date | Amount | Notes
⟦illegible⟧ | 264 | 5/1/47 | 500 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 265 | 5/1/47 | 250 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 266 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 267 | 5/1/47 | 250 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 268 | 5/1/47 | 500 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 269 | 5/1/47 | 150 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 270 | 5/1/47 | 250 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 271 | 5/1/47 | 250 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 272 | 5/1/47 | 400 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 273 | 5/1/47 | 250 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 274 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 275 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 276 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 277 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 278 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 279 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 280 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 281 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 282 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | 283 | 5/1/47 | 200 | ⟦line⟧
Distribution of ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 518

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Archival unit 519

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / 19⟦illegible⟧
Fils:
Dinar:
I have received from the Accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, in the sum of
Only:
And that is for:
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of Receiver

Archival unit 520

Died ⟦illegible⟧
2/1/922
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews:
Paid: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils:
Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧
Check No.:
Date:
Session Date:
Paragraph No.:
Recorded in the Cash Book page:

Archival unit 521

Jack Abboudi Shaby
DR. JACK A. SHABY
⟦Baghdad on⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦To the Head of the Community⟧ ⟦in Baghdad⟧
⟦...⟧ the examinations conducted during
the year ⟦1958⟧ amounting to ⟦twenty-five⟧ dinars
⟦...⟧ please settle it, and thank you
⟦Sincerely⟧
⟦Doctor⟧
⟦Jack Abboudi Shaby⟧

Archival unit 522

Jack Abboudi Shaby
DR. JACK A. SHABY
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
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Archival unit 523

Al-Zawra Establishment
For Taxi Services
Owners: Talib Al-Rabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
Fils | Dinar
250 | 8
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧
Only: ⟦illegible⟧ and nothing else
And that is for car fees: ⟦illegible⟧
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Stamp Duty
Signature

Archival unit 524

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxi Cars
Owners
Talib Al-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
THE LION OF BABYLON
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
To Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧
To Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
12/5 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 
12/6 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 
12/7 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 
12/8 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 
12/9 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 
12/10 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 
 |  | 5 | 250

Archival unit 525

Date / Date
Details / Details
Dinar / Dinar
Fils / Fils
 | Previous balance | 5 | 250
 |  | 8 | 250
 |  |  | 300
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Paid ⟦...⟧
Fils ⟦...⟧ Dinar ⟦...⟧
Check No. ⟦...⟧ Date ⟦...⟧
Meeting Date ⟦...⟧ Item No. ⟦...⟧
Registered in Cash Book Page ⟦...⟧