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IJA 3725

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

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Description

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 English Translation, Pages 101-125

Archival unit 101

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils: —
Dinar: 7
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: seven dinars and no more
For: my salary for the month of August 1954 ⟦illegible⟧ service
⟦line⟧: By order of His Excellency the President
10 Fils
Signature of the Recipient
Salim ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 102

Structure of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We have decided
With reference to your administrative order No. 952/17 dated 8/22/952
We have decided the following: -
1- That the mentioned procedure is contrary to some laws that ⟦illegible⟧ work
rather, it is for whoever facilitates it before inquiring about it and by the recent
financial law, one of our reinforcements. Therefore, we reserve our rights resulting from the lack of
this legal article.
2- Since our services in the Jewish community will be considered starting from 1/1/951
deserving ⟦illegible⟧ amounting to three months and ⟦illegible⟧ (i.e., one hundred days) ⟦illegible⟧
work ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 1/1/952 because we did not receive the wages for the four ⟦illegible⟧ 1/1/952
⟦illegible⟧ again before the Endowments ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ where it was decided ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ (12)
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
10 Fils

Archival unit 103

15
⟦line⟧
10
15
⟦line⟧
260
⟦line⟧
260 / 5288
1
520
⟦line⟧
88
78
⟦line⟧
10
⟦line⟧
8

Archival unit 104

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.

Archival unit 105

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 only and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦allowances for the month of July 1954 for the archiving department⟧
⟦Per the letter of the Administrative Body numbered M / 24 / 54⟧
⟦And dated 24 / 8 / 54 starting from 1 / 7 / 54⟧
⟦My salary for the same month⟧
Signature of the recipient
Iraq
10 Fils

Archival unit 106

Volume Number: 43413
State Funds Collection Receipt:
Accounting: 38
Serial Number: 71
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
⟦illegible⟧ | 4.200 | Education Tax | 1977/9 | 954 Daoud
I have received from: Heskel Hayyim Faraj
The amount written above, totaling: Four dinars and two hundred fils
On date: 2 / 12 / 1954
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 107

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils: 200
Dinar: 1/-
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: One dinar and two hundred fils only
For: Car fare for the cemetery doctor to Kamal Al-Samarrai Hospital
⟦line⟧: The day of the death of the late Yaqub Haliwa
Signature of the recipient
Suleiman

Archival unit 108

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils: —
Dinar: 2/-
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: Two Dinars and no more
For: Telephone guard duty fee at the Haba Qadita front during the month of August 52
10 Fils
Signature of the Recipient
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 109

I, Jawad Haji Mahdi, have received from
Daoud Youssef one dinar, the price for painting
a wooden coffin, the paint along with the labor, and for this
I have signed for the time of need.
The Recipient
Jawad the Carpenter
29 / 2 / 54 ⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 110

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd. (Incorporated in England)
BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER CO. LTD.
(Incorporated in England)
Account No. ⟦illegible⟧
Invoice No. ⟦illegible⟧
Invoice Date 7/8/31
Reading Date 7/8/31
Name ⟦illegible⟧
Address ⟦illegible⟧
Statement | Previous Reading | Current Reading | Difference | Fils | Dinar
Lighting | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Power | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
18/8/31
⟦illegible handwritten notes in blue ink⟧

Archival unit 111

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.

Archival unit 112

Number 000508
Al-I'timad Pharmacy
Marjan Square
Al-Rashid Street
Telephone: 7813
Reliance Pharmacy
Baghdad
List of materials supplied to: Presidency of the Israelite Community
Total Cost | Unit Price | Quantity | Item
750 | 150 | 5 | Bottle of Lady Spirit 6 / 9 / 1954
 |  |  | Cash
(Errors and omissions excepted for both parties)

Archival unit 113

⟦illegible⟧ (Form 26-22 ⟦illegible⟧)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agents for the Iraq Govt.
Khanaqin Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agents for the Iraqi Government
CASH MEMO
Death of the late Jamil Sayyoun Zilkha
Fill No. ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | I.D.
624 | 
208 | 
212 | 
⟦line⟧
1044 | 
⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 114

(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⟧

Archival unit 115

(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.

Archival unit 116

(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.

Archival unit 117

<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
150 fils only one hundred and fifty
Value of a water pipe outside the
Association building to connect water for the students
of the reconstruction of Ghazi Street.
7917
Received the amount
Daoud Youssef
4/540
150
⟦line⟧
4/690

Archival unit 118

Stamps
0.60 Charles Hertz stamp, illustrated, holder no. ⟦29⟧ A
122 Airplanes
0.60 Sawiyat al-Taj stamp, Mahdi Abdul Hussein, holder no.
29 A Ghazi Street
122

Archival unit 119

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

Archival unit 120

Condition of cinema engines and machines
In the name of
Only eighty ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
130
50 -
⟦line⟧
080

Archival unit 121

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

Archival unit 122

Haj Mohammed Taqi Irani
Telephone { 5324
86291
Baghdad
Number 12
Baghdad: 5 / 9 / 1954
To: Presidency of the Israelite Community
Fils | Dinar | Details | Remarks
⟦line⟧
--- | 10 | Complete new Lux dome | 10
--- | --- | New Lux wick | ---
200 | 10 | Only ten dinars and two hundred fils | ⟦illegible⟧
Received in cash
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 123

Preparation and Shrouding Expenses for the month of August 1954
Expenses for the late Ezra Jarrah:
0/750 - Car rental and workers on the first day
- / 700 Car driver's fee for two days
1/200 4 workers and porters
2/200 2/200 Fees for Forensic Medicine, Health, and Municipality
4/850 Value of threads for 20 spools at 8 fils
4/850 Only four dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils
I received the amount
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Daoud Jarrah

Archival unit 124

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Finance
Date:
Fils: ⟦700⟧
Dinars: ⟦8⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦Eight dinars only⟧
For: ⟦Value of Abu Al-Hail soap fat for Ghalib⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Abu Rida⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 125

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 no more
And that is for: The value of a stamp and your writing of the date of the title of the late Ezra Bahar
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧
27 / 8 / 1952