Correspondence from the President of the Jewish Community Regarding Schools, Laws Establishing Organizations, Hospitals
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community committees and associations through which the Jewish community conducted its business; included for each committee are names of chairmen, board of directors, and secretaries. The documents contain correspondence between the President of the Jewish Community and various Jewish schools in Baghdad, including Frank Iny, Tomkhe Tora Society (teaching Torah to poor children), and the Midrash Talmuh Torah Schools. Subjects include classroom assignments, teacher salaries, requests for Hebrew Bibles from the British and Foreign Bible Society in London for schools in Baghdad. There is also correspondence with the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior regarding the laws of establishing organizations, and documents outlining the arrangement of various organizations including the Dorshe Tora Society (teaching Torah to adults) and Ozer Dalim (committee for helping the poor); correspondence between the Jewish Lay Council and the Baghdad Chamber of Commerce, the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah (Burial Society), Meir Elias Hospital and the Jewish Hospitals Committee; correspondence regarding the training of ambulance attendants, the annual report of the Red Crescent Society from 1947, and lists of the heads and structure of Jewish organizations, hospitals and schools. These committees were all vital in the daily life of Baghdadi Jews.
52 / 3/23/1952 19 ⟦illegible⟧ To - The honorable Mr. Saleh Shlomo Greetings, With reference to your letter dated 3/20/1952. We have paid the amount of 58.000 Dinars to the entities and persons indicated in your letter referred to above, we enclose herewith the receipts pertaining to that. Please accept our highest respect Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council Attachments Four receipts
Baghdad on 20 / 3 / 1953 1722 ⟦illegible handwritten note⟧ His Excellency the Acting President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respectfully After greetings, You will find attached an amount of (58/000) Dinars to kindly order its distribution as shown below on the occasion of the death of the late Ezra Menahem Daniel. Fils | Dinar | Statement 000 | 50 | To the Hebra Qaddisha Association 000 | 3 | To the tailors of the deceased's gold embroidery 000 | 3 | Gratuity for the grave diggers at the cemetery 000 | 2 | To Feridun, the driver of Meer Elias Hospital car for transporting the coffin to the cemetery. 000 | 58 | ⟦line⟧ Please order providing us with receipts for the mentioned amounts. Please accept the highest expressions of thanks and respect, Accountant ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible handwritten note⟧ 21 / 3 / 53
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONES { 7480 / 3006
Telephone { 7480 / 3006
Management of the Lay Council - Baghdad
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Incoming No. ⟦illegible⟧
No. Number: S / 36 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 23 / 6 / 1952
To
The Presidency of the Hebra Kadisha Association
After greetings
We have noticed that your association pays the costs of preparation and shrouding for the deceased adults who pass away
in Meir Elias Hospital and who are poor. Since this plan is applied only to the poor adults,
we inform you that this rule must be applied to the poor young children who pass away in
the hospital, and that this hospital is not responsible for paying any expenses resulting therefrom. Therefore, please
take the necessary measures in this regard.
Please accept our highest respect.
Member of the Lay Council
Delegated
to manage the hospital affairs
A copy thereof to the Presidency of the Lay Council for information.
Returned to the Hebra Kadisha Association for consideration
and to decide what action is necessary
⟦signature⟧
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TELEPHONES { 7480 Meir Elias Hospital 7480 } Telephone
3006 Baghdad 3006
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
BAGHDAD
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No. 275 / 36 / M Number
Date 23 / 6 / 1952 Date
To
Presidency of the Hevra Kadisha Society
Greetings,
We have noticed that your society pays the costs of preparation and shrouding for the deceased adults who die
in Meir Elias Hospital and who are poor. Since this plan is applied to poor adults only,
we inform you that this rule must be applied to poor young children who die in the
hospital, and this hospital is not responsible for paying any expenses resulting from that. We hope
you will take the necessary measures in this regard.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Member of the Lay Council
Delegated
For the Management of Hospital Affairs
A copy to the Presidency of the Lay Council for their information.
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⟦Department Copy⟧ 21 6 / 50 / 52 19/5/1952 The Hebra Qadisha and Tomchei Torah Societies To :- The respected lawyer Mr. Abboudi Sitti Member of the Lay Council Greetings, The Lay Council decided in its session held on 15/5/1952 to assign you to chair the committee for the reconstitution of the Hebra Qadisha and Tomchei Torah societies, which are currently dissolved due to the travel of some of their members. Since the urgent necessity requires their reconstitution to perform the duties imposed upon them ⟦to ensure⟧ the management of the immovable property registered in their names, we hope you will undertake this mission. Please accept our highest respect. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Copy to :- Secretary of the Community - to provide lawyer Abboudi Sitti with any reports and instructions he may request to perform the mission assigned to him by the Council.
15 In the personal file Office of the Head of the Jewish Community Number 120 D 5003 2/10/1956 The Honorable Respectful Secretary of the Private Schools Committee Head of the Jewish Community Greetings and respect, With reference to your letter numbered 5125/25/14 and dated 25/9/1956, we would like to inform you that Finance has approved the disbursement of allocations amounting to (twenty-five dinars) to Mr. ⟦...⟧ for extra teaching hours at Shamash Secondary School, starting from ⟦...⟧ • Please take the necessary steps to pay the amount to the aforementioned person and inform us Please accept the highest expressions of respect For/ Head of the Jewish Community President of the Lay Council Copy to :- Shamash Secondary School Administration / for information, attached to our letter numbered ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧ • and information attached to your letter numbered ⟦...⟧
Baghdad 8 April 1946 His Excellency the Respectable Minister of Interior After greetings and respect. We, the undersigned Iraqis, have resolved to establish a charitable association based in Baghdad under the name "Student Relief Association", and its purpose is to help poor male and female students in the Israeli private schools and institutes in Baghdad and to improve the aforementioned schools according to the bylaws attached to this petition. We beg your Excellency to kindly grant us permission to establish this association according to the law. With much respect to your Excellency. Founders Eliyahu Daoud Shahait | Assistant Manager of the Ottoman Bank in Baghdad Haroun Sham'oun Shammash | Merchant - Khan Haroun Shammash in Baghdad Gurji Heskel Barmat | Assistant Manager of the Iranian Bank in Baghdad Selim Daoud Tawfiq | Merchant - Mustansir Street in Baghdad Yaqub Sasson Khazzam | Merchant - Mustansir Street in Baghdad Naim Hoki Anbar | Manager of the Iraq Insurance Company - Mustansir Street in Baghdad Shalom Darwish | Lawyer - Mustansir Street in Baghdad
Bylaws of the Student Aid Association - Baghdad. Article 1 - This association shall be named the Student Aid Association, and its purpose is to assist poor female and male students in the Jewish private schools and institutes in Baghdad by covering part or all of their tuition fees, as well as the costs of books and school supplies, clothing, feeding them, and encouraging deserving students among them by granting them prizes and providing financial aid to graduates of the aforementioned schools to continue their studies. It may also spend on improving the aforementioned schools by renovating their buildings and furniture, providing them with school supplies and equipment, establishing libraries, laboratories, halls, playgrounds, teacher and student clubs, and the necessary tools for them, and other things it deems beneficial and through the methods it sees fit. Its headquarters is in Baghdad. Article 2 - The association is charitable and has no involvement in politics. Article 3 - The founders of this association are: Eliyahu Daoud Shohet - Haron Shamoun Shammash - Gurji Hesqel Sofair - Selim Daoud Twig - Yaqub Sassoon Khazam - Naim Hoki Heir - and Shalom Darwish the lawyer. They are the ones who form the first administrative committee, and this committee may exercise the rights and duties of the administrative committee provided for in these bylaws for a period of two years starting from the issuance of the official permit to form this association. Article 4 - The headquarters of the association is in Baghdad, and the administrative committee may own or lease a place for the purpose of using it as a headquarters for its meetings and activities. Formation of the Association Article 5 - a - The number of members of the association is unlimited, and the members are the individuals who pay an annual subscription of not less than three dinars and have the right to participate in voting. There is no objection to accepting subscriptions less than this amount, provided that their owners do not acquire membership status. The administrative committee may grant honorary presidency and honorary membership to individuals who have provided or are expected to provide sincere assistance to the association, or who have donated a large sum to the association at once. b - No one under the age of twenty or who has been deprived of civil rights shall be accepted for membership. Article 6 - The members of the committee shall hold an ordinary general meeting at the beginning of each calendar year to elect an administrative committee for that year, and the administrative committee must prepare for this meeting at the appointed time.
Article Seven – An extraordinary general meeting may be held at any time of the year whenever circumstances require for the performance of some necessary tasks, and these sessions are held either (1) by a direct decision of the Administrative Committee or (2) based on a written request submitted by at least twenty members to the Secretary, in which they state the purpose calling for the meeting. Article Eight – A – The presence of one-third of the association's members is considered a quorum for the general meeting, and if a quorum is not achieved, the meeting is postponed to another time not exceeding one month, and in the postponed meeting the proceedings begin at the appointed time, provided that the number of members present is not less than twenty members. B – Decisions are taken in the general meeting by a majority of votes, and the chairman of the meeting has an additional vote in case of a tie. C – The Chairman of the Administrative Committee is the one who presides over the general meetings, and in his absence, the Vice-Chairman presides, and if both are absent, the attendees elect someone to preside over the session. D – The members in the ordinary general meeting appoint an auditor to examine the accounts of the association for the ending year and to provide a detailed statement about them. The Administrative Committee and its Functions ⟦line⟧ Article Nine – A – To manage the affairs of this association, an Administrative Committee is formed consisting of five, seven, or nine members as decided in the general meeting in the manner stipulated in the following paragraph, and they elect from among themselves a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, and if one of the committee members is absent, the committee may task whoever comes first in the order of the elected list for the committee in the general meeting to take the place of the absentee until his return. B – At the end of the term of the founding Administrative Committee, three of its members are retired by ballot, and a sufficient number of members is elected in a general meeting to complete the committee, then the other part of the members is renewed once every year in the ordinary general meeting stipulated in Article Six, and there is no objection to the re- election of a former member. C – An executive committee of three, five, or seven members may be formed from among the members of the Administrative Committee to perform the duties of the Administrative Committee and the powers decided to be granted to the executive committee. D – The committee may, from time to time, appoint a person or persons to participate with it in an advisory capacity for a purpose or purposes specific to the association's affairs.
Article Ten - Committee members may be re-elected by majority at the end of their term. If one committee member resigns, he shall be succeeded until the end of the term by whoever obtained the majority of votes from the remaining candidates in the committee election list for that year. However, if the number of resigning original committee members reaches four, the entire committee shall be re-elected. Until that is completed, the committee remains in place with the remaining members. These members must immediately call the members of the association to a general meeting to elect a new committee. No work is valid from them except for this action and continuing in the direct supervision of ordinary administrative activities without spending anything not previously decided until the election of the new committee. Article (11) - A quorum for the committee is achieved by the presence of four of its members. If the President and Vice President are absent from the meeting, the attendees shall elect one of them to preside over that meeting. Article (12) - The administrative committee is authorized to establish provisions it deems necessary to meet temporary needs and to ensure the interest of the association or its work system. These provisions remain in force and must be observed until the committee cancels them or they are nullified in a general meeting. Article (13) - Decisions are issued by the committee by majority, and each person present at the meeting has one vote. As for the President, he has one additional vote which he uses in case of a tie in opinions. Article (14) - The Secretary shall record the proceedings of meetings and committee work in a special register known as the minutes register, and the members present shall sign it at the end of each meeting. The committee must organize a book to record the names of participants and donors and the amounts of their subscriptions and donations under a serial number. Likewise, specialized account books shall be adopted, and the committee shall decide what is necessary for their correct maintenance. The Treasurer must give a receipt for the amounts he receives, signed with his signature and stamped with the committee's seal and numbered with a serial number. Article (15) - The committee may not bind the association to debts exceeding the value of the association's funds and the total subscription fees due to it until the end of that year. Article (16) - The President of the Administrative Committee represents the association in courts, before general official authorities, in contracts, and other transactions. The President or the Secretary may sign communications alongside the official seal of the committee. As for the instruments and financial papers belonging to the committee, they must be signed with the signatures of any two of three people: the President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer. Article (17) - The Secretary must prepare an annual statement of the association's work during the year and a table showing the association's financial position at the end of December for the previous year, and the income and expenditure account for the twelve months ending in December. This table and statement shall be presented to the association at its regular general meeting.
Article (18) - The association's revenues consist of subscriptions, donations, and gifts granted or provided by its members or others, and from the yield of endowments dedicated to it, as well as revenues from charitable events held for this purpose. Article (19) - All lands and roofed properties purchased by the association shall be registered as its property in the Land Registry Department (Tabu), and it shall dispose of them as owners do according to what it deems suitable for the association's purposes. Article (20) - A - The association's funds and general revenues are entrusted to the administrative committee, which is responsible for keeping the books, controlling the accounts, collecting revenues, and spending funds. It may employ staff, collectors, and servants as needed, while observing economy. B - Every expenditure shall be by the committee's decision and approval, and the committee may delegate to one of its members spending on its regular activities within the limits set for that purpose. Article (21) - The association's funds are kept in a bank designated by the committee in Baghdad, and amounts are withdrawn from the bank on the account and in the name of the association. General Provisions Article (22) - A - Any proposal to modify this bylaws requires a two-thirds majority of the members present at the general meeting. If a proposal to modify this system is accepted or rejected in an extraordinary general meeting, the same issue may not be raised for discussion in another extraordinary meeting before the association's regular general meeting. B - Any amendment to this system shall not be effective until after the approval of the Ministry of Interior. Article (23) - Deciding on the dissolution and liquidation of the association is vested in a general meeting, and this decision must be confirmed in another general meeting, with at least twenty days passing between the holding of the two aforementioned meetings. To decide on the dissolution and liquidation of the association, the approval of two-thirds of the members present in each of the two general meetings held for this purpose is required. If the decision to dissolve and liquidate the association is made according to this article, the association may, in its general meeting, decide to transfer all the funds in its possession absolutely either to: (1) The Jewish community in Baghdad, in which case they are presented to the legal persons stipulated in the community law as being responsible for its management, (2) or to any other charitable association in Baghdad, provided that this charitable association has purposes similar to those of the Student Aid Association.
Regulation of the Student Relief Association Establishment of the Association 1- This association shall be named "The Student Relief Association". 2- This association was established to assist poor students in the Israelite communal schools in Baghdad with part or all of their school fees, the price of books and school supplies, or clothing them in ways it deems appropriate, encouraging students by awarding prizes, and providing financial aid to graduates of the mentioned schools to continue their studies. Its center is in Baghdad and it has no involvement in politics. 3- This association was founded by Khedhouri Munir Lawi, Khedhouri Murad Shuker, Ibrahim Hayyim Moallem Nassim, Moshe Ita, Munir Ezra Hakkak, Sassoon Hasqail Bahar, and Keji Hasqail Bermakh, and they are the ones who constitute the first administrative committee. This committee has the rights and duties of the administrative committee as provided for in this regulation. 4- The center of the association is in Baghdad, and the administrative committee may own or lease a house for the purpose of taking it as a headquarters for its meetings and activities. Formation of the Association 5- a- The number of association members is unlimited. Members are the individuals who pay an annual subscription of not less than one dinar and have the right to participate in voting. There is no objection to accepting subscriptions of less than this amount, provided that their owners do not acquire the status of membership. Anyone who donates fifty dinars or more shall be an honorary member. b- The administrative committee may grant honorary presidency and honorary membership to individuals who have provided or are expected to provide special assistance to the association. c- No one under the age of twenty or who has been deprived of civil rights shall be accepted for membership. 6- The members of the association shall hold a regular general meeting at the beginning of each calendar year to elect an administrative committee for that year, and the administrative committee must prepare for this meeting at the designated time. 7- An extraordinary general meeting may be held at any time of the year whenever circumstances require carrying out some necessary tasks. These sessions are held either (1) by a direct decision of the administrative committee or (2) based on a written request submitted by at least twenty members to the secretary, stating the purpose calling for the meeting. 8- a- The presence of one-third of the association members is considered a quorum for the general meeting. In the absence of a quorum, the meeting is postponed to another time not exceeding a month. In the postponed meeting, business is commenced at the designated time, provided that the number of attending members is not less than twenty members. b- Decisions in the general meeting are taken by a majority of votes, and the chairman of the meeting has an additional vote in the event of a tie.
- 2 - - C - The Chairman of the Management Committee is the one who presides over general meetings, and in his absence, the Vice Chairman presides. If both are absent, the attendees elect from among themselves a person to preside over the session. - D - The members in the ordinary general meeting shall appoint an auditor to examine the association's accounts for the ended year and provide a detailed statement about them. The Administrative Committee and its duties. - A - The Management Committee consists of seven members elected at the general meeting. It manages the affairs of the association for a period of one year. They elect from among themselves a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and a Secretary. If one of the committee members is absent, the committee may task the person who comes first in the order of the elected list for the committee at the general meeting to take the place of the absent member until his return. - B - The committee may from time to time appoint a person or persons to participate with it in a consultative capacity for a purpose or purposes special to the association's affairs. 10- Committee members may be re-elected by majority at the end of their term. If a member of the committee resigns, he is succeeded until the end of its term by the one who obtained the majority of votes from the remaining ones on the committee's election list for that year. However, if the number of resignations from the original committee members reaches four, the entire committee shall be re-elected. Until that is completed, the committee remains standing with its remaining members, and they must immediately call the members of the association to a general meeting to elect a new committee. No action is valid from them except this work and continuing to conduct ordinary administrative business without spending anything not previously decided until the new committee is elected. 11- A quorum for the committee is achieved by the attendance of four of its members. If the Chairman and Vice-Chairman are absent from the meeting, the attendees elect one of them to chair that meeting. 12- The Administrative Committee is authorized to establish regulations it deems necessary to meet temporary needs and to ensure the interest of the association or its system of operations. These regulations remain in force and must be observed until the committee cancels them or the general meeting annuls them. 13- Decisions are issued by the committee by majority, and each person attending the <del>⟦general⟧</del> meeting has one vote, while the Chairman has one additional vote to be used in case of a tie. 14- The Secretary records the proceedings of the meetings and the committee's work in a special register known as the Minutes Register, which the attending members sign at the end of each meeting. The committee must organize a book to register the names of subscribers and donors and the amounts of their subscriptions and donations under a serial number. Likewise, it shall adopt the necessary books for accounts, and the committee must decide what is necessary for their correct maintenance. The Secretary must provide a receipt for the amounts he receives, signed with his signature, stamped with the committee's seal, and arranged by serial number. 15- The committee may not bind the association with a debt whose value exceeds the association's funds and the total subscription fees due to it until the end of that year.
- 3 - 16 - The signing of instruments, contracts, official papers, and every other document on behalf of the association, and the representation of the association in courts and before official authorities in general, belongs to the Chairman of the Committee with the Secretary, or the Vice-Chairman with the Secretary. 17 - The Secretary must prepare every year a statement of the association's activities during the year and a schedule showing the financial status of the association at the end of December of the previous year, and the income and expenditure account for the twelve months ending in December. This schedule and statement shall be presented to the association at its ordinary general meeting. 18 - The association's funds consist of subscriptions, donations, and gifts collected by it or received from its members or others, from the yield of endowments (Awqaf) dedicated to it, and from the proceeds of charitable ceremonies held for this purpose. 19 - A - The association's funds and its general management are entrusted to the Administrative Committee, which is responsible for keeping the books, controlling the accounts, collecting revenues, and spending funds. It may employ staff, collectors, and servants as needed, while observing economy. B - Every expenditure shall be by decision and approval of the Committee. The Committee may authorize one of its members to spend on its ordinary activities within the limits set for that purpose. 20 - The association's funds shall be kept in the bank designated by the Committee in Baghdad, and amounts shall be withdrawn from the bank on the account and in the name of the association. General Provisions 21 - A - Any proposal to amend these bylaws requires a majority of two-thirds of the members present at the general meeting. If a proposal to amend these bylaws is accepted or rejected in an extraordinary general meeting, it is not permitted to bring the same issue up for discussion in another extraordinary general meeting before the next ordinary general meeting of the association. B - Every amendment to these bylaws must be immediately reported to the competent authorities. 22 - Deciding on the dissolution and liquidation of the association is the responsibility of a general meeting, and this decision must be confirmed in another general meeting, with at least twenty days passing between the two aforementioned meetings. To decide on the dissolution and liquidation of the association, the approval of two-thirds of the members present at each of the two general meetings convened for this purpose is required. If the decision to dissolve and liquidate the association is made in accordance with this article, the association may, in its general meeting, decide to transfer all of its assets whatsoever either to (1) the Jewish private schools in Baghdad, in which case they shall be presented to the legal entities specified in the Community Law as those responsible for their management, (2) or to any other charitable association in Baghdad, provided that this charitable association has objectives similar to those of the Student Aid Association.
⟦Red Crescent Symbol⟧ Report on the activities of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society for the year 1946 Al-Tafayudh Press - Baghdad 1947 Keep Charitable Societies ⟦illegible⟧ 4/28
⟦Red Crescent Symbol⟧ Report on the activities of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society for the year 1946 Al-Tafayudh Press - Baghdad 1947
Report on the activities of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society for the year 1946 Respected members of the General Assembly. At this time last year, we had the honor of presenting to your esteemed body the report on the work carried out by the Iraqi Red Crescent Society in the year 1945, and it is with great pleasure that I take the opportunity of the conclusion of the current year to submit to you, on behalf of the Administrative Body and the General Council, the annual report which includes a presentation of the activities and services of our society in the year 1946, hoping that it meets with your approval and satisfaction. Two years after the end of the devastating Second World War, the nations of the world have begun moving steadily on the path of returning to their normal lives, striving diligently to achieve their needs and national goals, with the issue of aiding the afflicted among their subjects, organizing their affairs, and alleviating the economic crisis that has gripped them taking the largest share of their interest and care, given its strong connection to the happiness and welfare of their people. It is no wonder that the Iraqi Red Crescent Society is no less concerned than its sister societies with these matters, exerting its utmost efforts to perform its humanitarian duties with all its energy, diligence, and care, so that these services receive their full share, drawing from all members of the generous Iraqi people a spirit of support and endorsement, and it shall do so, God willing. The Administrative Body of the General Center The General Council held its annual general meeting on 21 / 12 / 1945 and elected from its members the individuals whose names are listed below as members of the Administrative Body of the General Center for the year 1946 (while maintaining titles) Mr. Arshad al-Umari Mr. Muhammad Ja'far Chalabi al-Shabibi Dr. Ibrahim Akif al-Alousi Mr. Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Shabandar 3
Meeting Hall at the General Headquarters of the Association As in the previous year, the Association derived its finances from the donations of benefactors and from monthly pledges - for subscribers, and from rents of its properties, lotteries, and proceeds from the sale of Red Crescent stamps and interest on financial bonds. Below are the most important items received from these sources: - | fils | dinar Donations in general | 649 | 840 Lotteries | ⟦line⟧ | 4700 Subscription fees | 500 | 29 Rental fees | 925 | 3395 Sale of Red Crescent stamps | ⟦line⟧ | 994 It is worth noting that one of the financial bonds had won a prize of (100) dinars during the fourth draw that took place during this year. Estimates for the year 1947 Revenue - 15300 dinars Expenses - 14322 dinars Mr. Sulaiman Fattah Mr. Muhammad Salim Al-Radi Mr. Yaqub Sarkis Mr. Ezra Menachem Daniel The Administrative Board met thereafter and elected from among its members: - His Excellency Mr. Arshad al-Umari | President His Excellency Mr. Muhammad Ja'far al-Shabibi | Vice President His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Akif Al-Alousi | Secretary General His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Shabandar | Inspector General ⟦Photograph of a building⟧ Facade of the General Headquarters building of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society Finances of the Society The revenues of the Society for the year under review reached (12773/869) Dinars And the expenses were 7978/816 Dinars, i.e., an increase in revenues of (5795/053) Dinars over Expenses. The Society has an amount of 40,000 Dinars, (30,000) Dinars of which is deposited in Rafidain Bank in fixed insurance accounts and another (10,000) Dinars is deposited in the Arab Bank in fixed trust accounts, and both amounts earn interest of 1 percent. Furthermore, the Society has (2000) bonds of the First Iraqi Loan bonds with 1 percent interest and prizes kept at the Rafidain Bank in Baghdad, the total value of which amounts to (20,000) Dinars. In addition to the above, the Society has (12957/721) Dinars in the current account. 4
For the subscription of relief for the flood victims, it consists of the following named individuals:- His Excellency Dr. Ibrahim Akif al-Alousi, Chairman His Excellency Mohammed Ja'far Chalabi al-Shabibi, Vice-Chairman Members His Excellency Mr. Abdul Hadi al-Chalabi His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Hadid The notable Mr. Abdul Aziz al-Baghdadi The notable Mr. Nouri Fattah The notable Mr. Abdullah Lutfi The notable Mr. Faraj Sabbagh The notable Mr. Haroun Shamash The intention behind forming this committee was to carry out the task of collecting donations and distributing aid to the victims, organizing it, and taking all necessary measures through the sub-committees. It was decided to grant this committee, in view of its diverse tasks and responsibilities, broad powers for expenditure and to make it independent in its management and accounts from the Society to enable it to undertake its mission in a manner that ensures its success. The formation of this committee had a positive impact and a beautiful impression, as it was considered clear evidence of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society's serious concern for the condition of the victims and its determination to address the disaster effectively. The results of the committee's work were felt, as evidenced by the amount of donations collected in its name, the distributions it carried out, and the assistance it provided to victims in all areas submerged by flood waters. Donations poured in from every side and place from Their Majesties, Highnesses, and Excellencies the Kings, Princes, and Heads of brotherly states, and from their charitable societies and institutions. The amount of cash collected, excluding items in kind, reached (83152/269) Dinars. The Iraqi government assisted this committee with a generous grant of (10000) Dinars for this purpose as well. The committee's expenditures amounted to (70872/431) Dinars, spent on purchasing food items such as flour, wheat, fabrics, and dates, and distributing cash aid. The following is a summary of the amounts of money and raw materials distributed through the committee. 7 Auditing A special committee had been formed with the approval of the General Council consisting of Messrs. Amin Al-Hashimi and Yusuf Habib Aufi to audit the accounts of the Association, and the aforementioned committee has completed the auditing of all accounts up to the year 1944 and submitted its report which was presented by the Administrative Body at the time to the General Council. Purchasing a plot of land and requesting the ownership of another During the year, one of the plots located in Al-Hashimi Park was purchased, measuring an area of (280) square meters from the Capital Municipality. The Association also requested from the relevant government authorities the ownership of another piece of land, and this transaction is ongoing and is expected to be completed soon. The Association has taken the necessary measures to draw up designs to construct a building on it to be used as a new center for childcare, given the expansion of the activities of the Association in the field of these services and the inadequacy of the current building in Al-Maqsad. We have firm hope to start work and establish the aforementioned new building in the coming year. Ambulance and Relief Work Internally and Externally In view of the disaster that befell sisterly Turkey on the occasion of the earthquakes that occurred during the year in Anatolia, the Administrative Body hastened to send (500) dinars to the Turkish Red Crescent Society in Ankara for distribution to the victims, and it also sent (500) dinars to the Governorate of Sulaymaniyah and dispatched the Director of the Association's Administration with the accountant to participate in distributing this amount to the victims among the residents of Penjwin whose houses were destroyed and who lost their property due to the earthquakes that occurred in those regions. The Association responded to the appeal of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva and sent to it (200) dinars via the British Red Cross in London to purchase food parcels and send them to Geneva to be distributed under the supervision of the aforementioned committee to children in Europe who were afflicted by the woes of the last war. In addition, it sent (500) dishdashas made of chintz cloth to the Governorate of Erbil for distribution to the Barzani refugees who returned to Iraq from Iran in a deplorable state of poverty and need. The Flood Disaster and Relieving the Victims The Administrative Body of the Association had decided, based on the great disaster that befell Iraq as a result of the flood in the past month of March, and in view of the gravity of the catastrophe and the abundance of relief and ambulance work required, to form a special committee named "The Central Committee" 6
The committee spent approximately 49316/292 on relief for the victims, who numbered over one hundred thousand people, dinars, in addition to another amount of (6000) dinars, which the Basra Governorate Administration was authorized to spend there from donations collected in the Basra Governorate for the victims on a project to build reed huts to shelter the displaced and purchase the necessary fabrics to clothe them. Below are the details of the food supplies and fabrics shipped by the committee to the Basra Governorate Administration for distribution to the victims under the supervision of the Local Subcommittee. 1031/270 | Tons of flour 299/401 | Tons of rice 4/000 | Tons of fine white sugar 38637 | Yards of satin fabric 23987 | Yards of brown raw cloth 572 | Various dishdashas for men and women The British military command in Basra also made an effective contribution to relieve the victims, assisting the Basra Governorate Administration with a large quantity of pressed papyrus sheets, clothing, khaki fabric, a quantity of burlap, tents, and soap for free distribution. Similarly, in Baghdad, a large group of senior British officials formed a special committee among themselves that collected more than (12000) dinars from members of the British community in Iraq and from companies and commercial shops, and sent it to the Central Committee in the capital to assist the victims. ⟦Photograph of a flooded area with palm trees and partially submerged structures⟧ A painful scene from the scenes of the flood tragedies in the second Al-Sakar Island in Basra And by means of the sub-committees in various flood areas: - Area | Cash subsidies in Dinars | Brown fabric in yards Al-Suwaira | 1177/950 | 10410 Al-Aziziyah | 3820/840 | 32958 Al-Numaniyah | 1048/500 | Salman Pak | 825/846 | 7692 Al-Kut | 2191/624 | 17296 Karrada al-Sharqiya | 1316/072 | 11448 Adhamiyah | 2115/000 | 9390 Al-Zubaidiyah | 940/000 | 4864 | 13435/832 | 94058 A painful sight of the best street in Basra, Prince Abdul Ilah Street, after it was submerged by flood waters The flood catastrophe in Basra Province Basra Province suffered double hardships from the horror of the flood and catastrophes passed over it, which forced the Central Committee to consider assisting it and aiding its victims among the urgent matters that require treatment priority over other flood areas, and the total of what it spent reached A
Name | Grade Officer Mr. Abdel Moneim Atallah (Egypt) | Silver Mrs. Nazima Tahsin al-Askari | Silver Mr. Jaafar Chalabi al-Shabibi | Gold instead of Silver Mr. Suleiman Fattah | Gold instead of Silver Mr. Yaqub Sarkis | Gold instead of Silver Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel | Gold instead of Silver Mr. Abdul Hadi al-Chalabi | Gold Mr. Tahsin al-Askari | Gold Dr. Ali Ibrahim Pasha (Egypt) | Gold Mr. Muhammad Salim al-Radi | Silver Mrs. Mamdouha Nusrat al-Farsi | Silver Mrs. Souad Mumtaz al-Omari | Silver Mrs. Ismet Sabah al-Said | Silver Mrs. Rene Ibrahim al-Kabir | Silver Mrs. Nahida Ibrahim al-Shabandar | Silver Mrs. Asia Tawfiq Wahbi | Silver Mrs. Tolina Max Makovsky | Silver Mrs. Makrouhi Joseph Balit | Silver Sharifa Ne'ma Rafiq | Silver Miss Sabiha al-Sheikh Ahmed al-Daoud | Silver Miss Odile Bishara | Silver Also, (13) medals were awarded to the members of the health campaign that traveled to Basra by order of the Ministry of Social Affairs to aid and relieve the flood victims; (5) of them were silver, awarded to the head of the mentioned campaign, Dr. Abdul Jabbar al-Rizli, and the doctors and the head nurse of the campaign, and (8) copper medals were given to its nurses and paramedics. Child Care Center This institution serves children and cares for their health to allow the country to establish a strong generation of sound mind and structure. In this institution there are two nurses and two assistants headed by a head nurse who studied and specialized in motherhood and childcare in England at the expense of the association. These nurses treat children, including nose, ear, and eye diseases, and distribute sterilized milk continuously to mothers whose health condition does not allow them to breastfeed their children or those deprived of milk. 11
A group of visitors to the Child Care Center Treatments Bathers | 850 Bandaging | 4182 Eye treatment | 15198 Ear treatment | 1032 Mouth treatment | 982 Chest diseases | 5513 First aid | 349 Number of children who were given cod liver oil | 243 Distributions Total amount of milk distributed | 7188 | Liters Total amount of cod liver oil distributed | 22 | Liters Number of clothes and other materials distributed | 371 | Children's suits | 24 | Bibs | 2 | Boxes of dates | 720 | Oranges 13 and helping them and guiding them on how to care for their children in cases of health and sickness such as explaining the correct type of nutrition, its timings, amounts, cleaning the child and protecting them from diseases. In addition to that, the center has organized a special bath for cleaning children and changing their clothes and weighing them from time to time to know the extent of progress made in their health, and cod liver oil and vitamins are distributed to the children in the winter season to strengthen their bodies and increase their immunity to resist diseases and epidemics they are exposed to, especially for those with weak bodies and those who are underweight among them. The head nurse of the center takes advantage of some seasons such as holidays and other occasions to distribute clothes and gifts to poor children in various neighborhoods of the capital. Given the encouragement this institution received and the great demand for it, the Association intends to increase care for it and work on establishing a modern private building to serve as a new headquarters for it in the coming year. The number of visitors to this center during the year 1946 and the statistics of treatments and distributions in it were as follows: ⟦Signature in image: H. Baq...⟧ One of the nurses weighing a child in the Association's clinic Visitors ⟦line⟧ Registered number since the beginning of the year | 2164 Annual number of visitors | 26922 Number of new visitors | 1507 Number of milk cards issued | 188 12
Distribution of milk to children in the Association's clinic The Basic Statute After the Administrative Board presented the draft of the new Basic Statute of the Association to the General Council and the General Assembly in its annual general meeting last year, and then submitted it to the Ministry of Interior, which approved it, the new system has come into force. The new system included amendments that ensure the Association can manage its administrative affairs in a manner consistent with its international status as an institution with an independent entity in its management and work. International Correspondence Service The Association has received various requests and many letters from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva inquiring about the fate of some nationals of foreign countries who were in Iraq during the last war. The Association responded to them after providing the Committee with the information it was able to obtain from various responsible authorities. Conclusion The Administrative Board extends its sincere thanks to all members of the General Assembly and the General Council and everyone who assisted and supported it, and we hope that Almighty God will grant it success in carrying out its humanitarian work under the shadow of His Majesty King Faisal II, the redeemed, and the patronage of His Highness the faithful Regent and Crown Prince, the Great Prince Abdul-Illah. Arshad al-Umari President of the Administrative Board of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society 14