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IJA 3725

Financial Documents, New Employees, Member Seeking Financial Assistance, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These are receipts, bills, salary information, and other financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The documents also include a memo about hiring new employees and a letter from a community member seeking financial assistance.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3725
Item Number
6840
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Annotation, Revenue Stamp, Handwritten, Baghdad Light and Power, Ink Stamp, Office of Telephone Administration, Thumbprint, Meir Elias Hospital, Receipts, Typed, Iraqi Government, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 101-125

Page 102

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers for the month of 19
⟦illegible⟧ Abdul Aziz
19
Nominal Salary (Fils/Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils/Dinar) | Allowances (Fils/Dinar) | Total (Fils/Dinar) | Deductions (Fils/Dinar) | Net Received (Fils/Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 000 | 8 | Daoud Youssef | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 000 | 4 | Shaul Yaqub | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500 | 2 | Munshi Hakim | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 000 | 4 | Bashir Murad | ⟦stamp⟧ | For his wife Hanuka Ibrahim
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500 | 2 | Daoud ⟦K...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |

Page 104

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ........... for the month of ...........
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salim Abboud⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | Daoud Youssef | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  | 8000 | Shaul Hayyim Najjar | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  | 7000 | Bashir Munshi Shemesh | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | Salim Ibrahim Shalom |  | He did not withdraw his current monthly salary individually as he left the service and his relationship is considered terminated as of 5/1/954
|  |  |  |  | 5000 | Esther Magdalena | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ |

Page 107

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
In the name of Yusuf al-⟦...⟧
Date:
Fils: 7
Dinar: 7
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: seven dinars and no more
And that is for: my salary for the month of August 958 until November
Signature of the recipient:
10 Fils
Salim ⟦...⟧

Page 110

Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number: M / ⟦1972⟧
Date: 24 / 8 / 1954
• Subject Summary: Dispensing with the services of the Hevra Kadisha driver.
Administrative Order
Based on the decision of the Administrative Committee taken on 23 / 8 / 54, the services of the
Hevra Kadisha driver, Mr. Fereydoun Avraham, are dispensed with as of 16 / 7 / 954, which is the date
his leave expired.
President
⟦illegible⟧
A copy of it to:
• Hevra Kadisha Accountant - to act accordingly.
• The aforementioned person.
• Personal file.

Page 111

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils: 500
Dinar: 7
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount:
Only: ⟦seven dinars and five hundred fils⟧
For: ⟦assistance⟧ ⟦end of service⟧
According to order number ⟦M / 24⟧ / 54
Starting from 1 / 7 / 54
My salary for half a month
Kingdom of Iraq
Revenue
10 Fils
10 FILS
Signature of the recipient
⟦Signature⟧

Page 112

Accounting 38
Volume Number: 43413
State Funds Collection Receipt:
Serial Number: 71
Department Name: ⟦Ministry of Finance⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
200 | 4 | Property Tax ⟦1277/9⟧ | 1954 | First
I have received from ⟦Heskel Hayyim⟧
The amount written above, which is ⟦four⟧ dinars and ⟦two hundred⟧ fils
On the date 2 / 9 / 1954
Signature of the collector ⟦signature⟧
Job title ⟦Collector⟧

Page 114

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils: -
Dinar: 2
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: Two Dinars and nothing else
For: Telephone guard duty fee at ⟦Hevra⟧ Kadisha for the month of August
Signature of the recipient
10 Fils
10 FILS
POSTAGE & REVENUE
IRAQ

Page 115

I, Jawad Haji Mahdi, have received from
Dawoud Youssef one dinar, the price for painting
a wooden coffin, the paint along with the labor, and for this
I have signed for when needed.
The Craftsman
Jawad the Carpenter
29 / 2 / 54 ⟦signature⟧

Page 116

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days from
its date.
2- A subscriber who believes that their deposited security
is more than necessary after receiving continuous service
in one location for a period of no less than
12 months should apply for a re-assessment.
Habr Qadisha Association
Association 17/M/141
Opposite 141/27
I. 2½ 6607960 I4049
860 22 32 29206
Account No. | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee | Fils | Dinar
860 22 32 | A 548 | Sequence No. 7960 | For the fixed | |
Various charges | To 548 | ⟦7726⟧ | For the meter | 35 |
1- Arrears | From 54711 | 1710 | | |
2- Special reading fee | Units supplied | ⟦26⟧ | | |
3- Cost of damage to meter | At 18 fils | | | |
4- Carried from your account | At 12 fils | | | |
| At 10 fils | | | |
| Various charges - see side | | | |
| Total | | | 507 |
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier
⟦illegible⟧
17/8/1954
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Page 117

Number 000508
Reliance Pharmacy
Reliance Pharmacy
Telephone: 7813
Dr. Marjan Square
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad
List of materials supplied to: The Israelite Community
195: 4 / 9 / 6
Total Cost Fils | Total Cost Dinar | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar | Quantity | Item
750 |  | 150 |  | 5 | Bottle of local spirit
|  |  |  |  | Cash
⟦signature⟧
( Errors and omissions excepted for both parties )

Page 118

(Form SP-52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
( Incorporated in Great Britain )
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
Fill Stn. ⟦Bataween⟧ Date 5/8
| I.D. | Fils
⟦6 Liters⟧ |  | 624
⟦Cost of Petrol⟧ |  |
⟦illegible⟧ |  |
Sig. ⟦signature⟧

Page 119

(Form SP-52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
( Incorporated in Great Britain )
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
Fill Stn.: ⟦Al-Mansour⟧
Date: ⟦27 / 6⟧
| I.D. | Fils
⟦Petrol for Mercedes car⟧ |  | ⟦203⟧
Sig.

Page 120

(Form SP-52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
( Incorporated in Great Britain )
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
Date: 2/10/50
Fill Stn.: ⟦from Al-Alwiyah⟧
I.D. | Fils
Price of three gallons
White petrol
| 210
Sig.

Page 123

Al-Husseini Store for Electrical Supplies
Owned by Sadiq Al-Wa'd Al-Muhammad
Number: 1312
Date: / / 19
Al-Rashid Street - Opposite Murjan Mosque:
To: The Respected
Fils | Dinar | Quantity | Price | Details
70 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  | Lamps number ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  | Number ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  | Received in cash
⟦signature⟧
Omissions and errors are subject to correction by both parties
Sold items are non-returnable

Page 125

Mohammed Al-Sayyid Kadhim
Khan Al-Rammah Al-Kabir Shop Phone 7080
Residence 91188
Baghdad on: ⟦5/9/64⟧
To: ⟦Daoud Yousef⟧
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Dozen | Price
| 2 | ⟦Amount⟧ ⟦for⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  |  |
250 |  | ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦in⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  |  |
250 | 2 |  |  |  |
500 | 2 | ⟦Remainder⟧ |  |  |
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties