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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 26-50

Page 26

No 343039 (Form SP-52) (Form M. M. 52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD. Khanaqin Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain) (Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt. Agent for the Iraqi Government
CASH MEMO Cash Memo
Fill. Stn. ⟦line⟧ Station: Al-Karrada
Date ⟦line⟧ Date: 12/8/⟦...⟧
| I.D. Dinar | Fils Fils
Four ⟦...⟧ |  | 416
Sig. ⟦line⟧ Signature

Page 27

No 206123 (Form SP-52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
Station: Ghazi Street ⟦line⟧
Date: 12/20 ⟦line⟧
4 Gallons Petrol
I.D. | Fils
- | 416
Sig. ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 28

No. 337168 (Form SP-52) (Form M. M. 52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD. Khanaqin Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain) (Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt. Agent for the Iraqi Government
CASH MEMO Cash Ticket
Fill. Stn. ⟦line⟧ Station: ⟦Bd⟧
Date ⟦line⟧ Date: ⟦19/12/47⟧
| I.D. Dinar | Fils Fils
⟦Five Galls⟧ | - | ⟦520⟧
Sig. ⟦line⟧ Signature

Page 29

No 376440 (Form SP-52) (Form M. B. 52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD. Khanaqin Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain) (Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt. Agent for the Iraqi Government
CASH MEMO Cash Ticket
Fill. Stn. Station:
Date Date: 28 / 10 / 54
| I.D. Dinar | Fils Fils
Three Gallons |  | 202
Sig. ⟦illegible⟧ Signature

Page 30

No 255477
(Form SP-52)
Khanaqin Oil Co., Ltd.
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
| I.D. | Fils
⟦Four hundred fils⟧ |  | 400
Sig. ⟦line⟧

Page 31

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
629
CK M
00304
22-DEC-54
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who believes their deposited security is excessive after receiving uninterrupted service in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee for Fixed | Fils | Dinar
860 22 32 | 9 Dec 54 | Serial Number 7960 |  |  |
Various charges |  | To 9 ⟦Dec⟧ 1844 |  |  |
1- Arrears |  | From 541110 1811 | For meter | 35 |
2- Special reading fee |  | Units supplied 33 |  |  |
3- Cost of damage to meter |  | At 18 fils |  | 594 |
4- Carried from your account |  | At 12 fils |  |  |
|  | At 10 fils |  |  |
|  | Various charges - see side |  |  |
Total |  |  |  | 629 |
Bill period
Safe tech
Above from
Cashier
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS, PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Page 32

Iraq
Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Telephone Number: 4342
Center Name: Baghdad
Statement | Fils | Dinars
Telephone rent for the installment ending on 21/2/55 at a rate of 800 Dinars per installment | 800 | 8
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill | 496 | ..
Internal call charges - according to the schedule (Zone 5) attached herewith | .. |
External call charges - according to the schedule (Zone 5a) attached herewith | .. |
Additional deposits to make the total, with previously collected deposits, proportional to the installment account for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract | .. |
Total Amount | 296 | 9
Amount Paid 9/296 Dinars ⟦Nine Dinars and Two Hundred and Ninety-Six Fils⟧ Bill Number 737
To be paid ⟦...⟧ 18/2/1955 Bill Date 18 / 2 / 1955
From the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The administration has the right to disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
⟦...⟧ failure to pay the amounts of this bill within (15) days from its date
Director of Central Telephones
One Hundred Fils
Stamp Duty

Page 33

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 12/9
Fils: ⟦100⟧
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one hundred fils
And that is for the sales tax for the year 60 (remaining interests number 2)
For the house of Mirza Qaddouri
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 34

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 14 / 2 / 1954
To: The Musawi Community
Fils | Dinar | Details
40 |  | Price of one dozen paper
|  | Only forty fils
Saleh

Page 36

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 15 / 12 / 1950
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 10
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: ⟦ten dinars⟧
For: ⟦fees for maintenance work in the synagogue and repairing the collection house and administration⟧
Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible⟧
15 / 12 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
One hundred
Fils

Page 37

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦One Dinar and five hundred Fils⟧
For: ⟦Fees for the meeting day of the Evening School Committee of the Association⟧
Signature of the Recipient ⟦/ /⟧
⟦Munir Shamoun⟧

Page 38

Onnig Tavitian
Engraver
Al-Rashid Street - Opposite Murjan Mosque
O. H. TAVITIAN
Opp Jami Merjan Shorja Baghdad
Tel. No. / Telephone Number: 84288 / 84288
No. / Number: 1
Mr. / To:
Or. No. / Order Number:
Date / Date:
Quan Qty | Particulars Details | I. D. Dinar | Fils Fils
|  |  | 400
| Seven hundred fils only, the value of a stamp |  | 300
| Rubber |  |
| Received the amount in cash |  | 700
Hevra Kadisha Society - Baghdad
Treasurer
President
Hevra Kadisha
Baghdad
1954
⟦illegible⟧ Hevra Kadisha Society - Baghdad
Treasurer
President
⟦signature⟧

Page 41

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦December 1950⟧
Nominal Salary (Fils / Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils / Dinar) | ⟦...⟧ Allowance (Fils / Dinar) | Total (Fils / Dinar) | Deductions (Fils / Dinar) | Net Received (Fils / Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15/000 | Salim Abdullah Kabbay | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud Youssef | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8/000 | Farouk Naeem Najjar | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Munir Bashi Shamoun | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud Sheikh | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | Receipt attached

Page 43

List of revenues and expenditures ⟦...⟧ for the month
Month of November ⟦...⟧
Fils | Dinar | Statement
|  | From the deceased's equipment as follows:-
250 | - | From Mr. Naeem Shamshoun for the late Radiqa Tuffaha
250 | - | From Mr. Haroun Tweiq for the late Salman Shahrabani
- | 6 | From Mr. Yaqoub Ezra for his late mother
250 | - | From the family of the late Azouri Shaul Abu Al-Qanin
750 | 5 |
|  | From rental revenues
200 | - | From Hajj Mahdi Abdul Hussein for a promissory note for the rent installment of shop No. 129 Al-Musqafa ⟦...⟧
250 | - | From the post Fattah Attar Bashi for the first installment of the house rent ⟦...⟧ out of -/1000
250 | - | From Taha Fattah Attar Bashi for the second installment "
800 | - |
|  | Expenditures
|  | To the deceased's equipment account as follows:-
200 | - | Value and wages for digging a grave ⟦...⟧ for the late lawyer Anwar Zilkha
500 | 1 | Whitewashing the grave of the late Ezra ⟦...⟧
200 | - | Value of a length of shroud
- | 15 | Expenditure for each of the deceased Anwar Zilkha, Azouri Abu Al-Qanin, Salman Shahrabani, and Daoud ⟦...⟧
500 | 20 |
|  | To the general expenses account
295 |  | Electricity consumed in the association's administration for the period from 1/10 to 31/10/54
750 |  | Value of Mobil Oil for the private numbered car
2122 |  | Value of ⟦...⟧ gasoline consumed during the month
250 |  | Fee for painting the (fixed) box ⟦...⟧
450 |  | Supplies for the coffin and the shroud
867 | 7 |
Head of the Community
I have studied the receipts that ⟦...⟧
Accountant
Shaul Samuel
Treasury ⟦...⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 47

1954
Notes

Page 48

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 15 / 11 / 1954
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 more
For: The value of the inspection fees (budget) of a property belonging to Khairi Al-Masaleh, the lawyer
Anwar Nassim Zilkha
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧