Financial Documents, New Employees, Member Seeking Financial Assistance, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Wagon fees to the pier Daoud Youssef to the cemetery ⟦line⟧ During the first and second week of the current month Only seven hundred and fifty fils 1/7/50 Approved for payment I received the above amount, which is seven hundred and fifty fils Daoud Youssef 4/4
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 12 / 7 / 1954 Fils: — Dinar: 12 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only thirteen dinars and no more. And that is for the value of making ⟦line⟧ the box for the dead (coffin) according to the committee's decision I certify that the coffin was completed in a good manner And according to our desire and we received it And we kept it with us Iraq 10 Fils Signature of the Recipient
To the Honorable Secretary of the Administrative Committee. The casket for transporting the deceased is broken and has been repaired for an amount of 7.500 Dinars, and we are in need of another casket. His Excellency the President has agreed with one of the carpenters to make a new casket, and Her Excellency the Chairperson of the Administrative Committee has approved it. The cost of the aforementioned casket amounts to 13/- Dinars (thirteen Dinars only). Please be so kind as to obtain a resolution for this. ⟦signature⟧ Accounting 4/2 Your Excellency the President The agreement has been made as mentioned above and since he approves the grant ⟦on the occasion of⟧ Brother Alwan The casket is to be delivered and the amount paid by his hand We, the Committee, have approved spending it on the account of ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧
Baghdad Light & Power Co., Ltd. BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) Consumer Name: Heskel Habar Qaddouri Address: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 141 Date: Prices: Invoice No.: 52 / 2 / 29206 Dinar | Fils | Registration of Meter Numbered | | Power Limiter Fee | 2607960 | To | 11 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1954 | 25 | Meter Rent | 1592 | From | 9 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1954 | | | 1550 | Units Supplied | 42 | | At 18 Fils | | | | | At 12 Fils | | | | | At 10 Fils | | | Total | 791 This invoice must be paid within 15 days of its date A subscriber who finds that their deposited security is more than necessary after having a continuous supply in one location for a period of no less than 12 months should apply for a second assessment. 13 MAR 54 This invoice is not considered paid unless stamped above by the Cashier
Abdul Karim Al-Haj Murtada Baghdadi Seller of Commercial Tools and Paints Al-Rashid Street - Bab Al-Agha 224 S/1 Baghdad on: 8 / 2 / 54 Telephone: 80409 The Honorable: Respected: Fils | Dinar | Type of Goods | Quantity | Price 475 | | Turkish lock | 1 | 475 | | Only four hundred and seventy-five | | | | fils and nothing else received | | | | the amount ⟦above⟧ | | ⟦signature⟧
(Form M.M. 52 Form SP-52) KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Agent for the Iraq Govt. ⟦line⟧ CASH MEMO: Fill Stn.: ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Qala'a Date: 1 Fils | I.D. 212 | _ Sig.
(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. Station: ⟦Bataween⟧ Date Date: 5 / 4 / 8 I.D. Dinar | Fils Fils - | 212 ⟦Benzene⟧ ⟦...⟧ Sig. ⟦signature⟧ Signature
(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. (Station): Date (Date): 10 / 4 / 1954 I.D. Dinars | Fils Fils ⟦line⟧ | 416 Four hundred and sixteen fils only Sig. ⟦signature⟧ (Signature)
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 11 / 4 / 1945 Fils: 200 Dinar: — I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only two hundred fils and no more And that is for the value of one basket for preserving the lung with the costs of its transport and sewing Signature of the Recipient Shamsi Ali ⟦stamp⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Salary list of employees and workers in the Meir Taiba Charity Society for the month of March 1954 19 Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Net Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks | | | | | | 000 | 15 | / | 000 | 15 | Salim Abdo Kabbay | ⟦stamp⟧ | | | | | | | 000 | 18 | / | 000 | 18 | Daoud Youssef ⟦Hesqel⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | | | | | | | 000 | 12 | / | 000 | 12 | Ibrahim Youssef Ibrahim | ⟦stamp⟧ | | | | | | | 000 | 8 | / | 000 | 8 | Sharol Yaqub | ⟦stamp⟧ | | | | | | | 000 | 7 | / | 000 | 7 | Menashi Menashi Shemesh | ⟦stamp⟧ | | | | | | | 000 | 7 | / | 000 | 7 | Salem Elia Saleh | ⟦stamp⟧ | | | | | | | 000 | 5 | / | 000 | 5 | Esther Moallem Youssef | ⟦stamp⟧ | Total 72/000 Seventy-two dinars only.
To the Honorable Secretary of the Administrative Committee I have noticed that the <del>Council</del> previous accountant was performing the transactions of the Hiba Tawritha Association, i.e., the income and expenditure accounts for the aforementioned association, without submitting them to your honorable committee, and I have continued in this manner during the past month, but I believe it is a duty to submit such monthly schedules to your honorable committee, and therefore I am now submitting the schedule of expenditures and income for the months of January and February 1951 for your kind review. Accountant 2/7 Accountant Please submit the accounts next week ⟦signature⟧ 2/11 Any To be presented to the committee on Thursday, and with it Ned And you are in the just judgment 7/2 Administrative Committee On 5/24/1951 Audited these accounts On 5/24/1951 By ⟦illegible⟧
List of salaries and expenses of the Hebra Qadisha Society for the month of February ⟦1954⟧ Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Revenues | | | | From miscellaneous donations as follows :- | | | 2/250 | From Mrs. Naeema daughter of Murad for the soul of her late husband Ibrahim Yehuda 250 | 15 | | 15/000 | From Mr. Ishaq Hayim Agha Si for the soul of the late Ezra Eliyahu Haron | | | | From rental income as follows :- | | | 7/500 | Rent of house No. 141/17 for the month of February ⟦1954⟧ in the name of Taha Fattah Attar Bashi 250 | 25 | 500 | 20 | Rent of house No. ⟦12/60⟧ for the months of January and February ⟦1954⟧ in the name of Iftikhar Ali | | | | Expenses | | | | To the account of deceased equipment as follows :- 100 | 1 | | | Funeral expenses including carriage fees to and from the cemetery, washer fees, and an additional worker for the death of Ezra Eliyahu Haron | | | | To the general expenses account | | 416 | | Value of four gallons of gasoline | | 7/007 | | Electricity for the Society's house from 1/7/1 to 54/2/9 923 | 2 | 1/500 | | Fee for repairing and painting the dead box (coffin) 024 | 76 | 72 | | To the salaries account as per the schedule for the Society's salaries for the month of February 54 674 | 40 | | | ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible text in pencil at bottom⟧
Petty Cash Expenses ⟦line⟧ 100 Khattala carriage round trip to the cemetery On the date of 26 / 2 / 54 Expenses for sewing and an external worker and carriages for the death of Anbar ⟦line⟧ Only one dinar and one hundred fils Daoud Youssef DPI 2217 ⟦signature⟧
KHANAQIN OIL CO. LTD. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Agent for the Iraq Govt. (Form SP-52 02 ⟦illegible⟧ M. M. A-1) Khanaqin Oil Company Limited (Incorporated in Great Britain) Agent for the Iraqi Government CASH MEMO Fill Stn. ⟦Battaween f/s⟧ Station | Date 24/2 Date | Dinar I.D. | Fils Fils 2 Gallons M/s | - | 208 Sig. ⟦illegible⟧ Signature
(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 ⟦line⟧ CASH MEMO Cash Memo: Fill Stn. Station: North Date Date: 2/25 I.D. Dinar | Fils Fils - | 208 Sig. Signature ⟦illegible signature⟧
Baghdad Light & Power Company Limited BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) Consumer Name: Hafsa ⟦...⟧ Address: ⟦...⟧ 1911 / 217 Prices: Date: Invoice Number: 52 / 24 / 19 Meter Rent | Power Limiter Fee | Numbered Meter Reading | Dinar | Fils | 1551 | To 19/2/1954 | | 25 | 1496 | From 10/1/1954 | | | 54 | Units Supplied | | 972 | 54 | At the price of 18 fils | | | | At the price of 12 fils | | | | At the price of 10 fils | | Total 1 007 This invoice must be paid within 15 days of its date A subscriber who considers their deposited security to be more than necessary after having a continuous supply in one location for a period of no less than 12 months should apply for a reassessment. 10 Fils 24 FEB 54 This invoice is not considered paid unless stamped above by the cashier
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦line⟧ 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 and no more For: the fee for restoring and making a casket ⟦line⟧: for the synagogue if the committee approves the expenditure Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧ The carpenter Jawad Al-Hajj Mahdi
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Salary list of employees and workers in the ⟦Hevra Kadisha Society⟧ for the month of ⟦February⟧ year 19⟦52⟧ - March ⟦52⟧ Nominal Salary (Dinar Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar Fils) | Allowances (Dinar Fils) | Total (Dinar Fils) | Deductions (Dinar Fils) | Received (Dinar Fils) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks | | | 15/- | | ⟦15/000⟧ | Salim Abboud Kabbay | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | Housing allowance adjusted to 15/- Dinars instead of 12/- according to the Administrative Council decision dated 2/16/52 and effective from 2/1/52 | | | 18/- | | ⟦18/000⟧ | Daoud Youssef | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | | | | 12/- | | ⟦12/000⟧ | Faridoun Ibrahim | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | | | | 8/- | | ⟦8/000⟧ | Mashaw'il Hayyim Najjar | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | | | | 7/- | | ⟦7/000⟧ | Munir Munshi Shemesh | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | ⟦illegible handwriting⟧ | | | 7/- | | ⟦7/000⟧ | Salem Ibrahim Shalom | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | | | | 5/- | | ⟦5/000⟧ | Esther Moallem Youssef | ⟦stamp/signature⟧ | | | | 72/- | ⟦line⟧ | 72/- | Only seventy-two Dinars and nothing else | |
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Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Revenues | | | | From the equipment of the deceased as follows:- | | 25/--- | | From Mr. Abboudi Muqbil Mir for the soul of the late Siham bint Khatoun | | 5/--- | | " " Ibrahim Hayyim Afif " " Helen " 95 | --- | 2/--- | | " " Salim Abboudi Dallal " " Masouda Shaul Ishaq | | | | From rental revenues as follows:- | | 7/500 | | Rent of the house numbered 7 / 141 for the month of January 954 in the name of Taha Fattah Attar 25 | 500 | 16/--- | | " The shop numbered Tabu 210 for a full year for the amount of 24 Dinars on the account of | | | | ⟦the⟧ black for three installments, the first installment 6/---, the second 6/---, and the third 120 | 500 | 100/--- | | From the proceeds of selling the association's car, for the value of the car sold at auction | | | | Expenses | | | | To the account of the equipment of the deceased as follows:- | | 4/750 | | Fees for digging and building a grave and installing a marble for the late Shaul Ephraim | | 4/--- | | Value of marble and fees for digging a grave for the late Ishaq Khadhuri 19 | 070 | 10/320 | | Miscellaneous preparation and shrouding expenses for the value of hot pepper (⟦illegible⟧) | | | | and bar soap (8) and a bottle of rose water perfume and turmeric and cloth and simple expenses | | | | To the general expenses account | | 2/--- | | Financial stamps of ten fils for salaries and for the lease contract of house No. 7/141 | | 750 | | Cleaning the well of house No. 7/141 | | 9/000 | | Garage fees for the association's car for the month of January 954 | | 844 | | Value of gasoline gallon (8) | | 7/425 | | ⟦illegible⟧ of the association from 9/12/953 to 10/1/954 | | 972 | | " " water " " for the months of January and February and for the year 953 18 | 279 | 7/288 | | " " telephone " for the year 953 from 1/1/53 to 31/12/53 according to the lists | | | | To the association's car sale account | | 14/500 | | Car restoration, painting, upholstery, and repair expenses 19 | 250 | 4/750 | | Brokerage fees for selling the car | | | | To the salaries account as follows:- | | 6/500 | | Salary of the cleaner for half a month until 5/1/954 124 | 160 | 76/500 | 70/--- | Payroll of the association for the month of January in schedule 954
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦line⟧ Fils: 750 Dinar: 2 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only two dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils and no more And that is for the fee of digging and building the grave of the late Shaul Ephraim ⟦line⟧ 10 Fils Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Date: 21 / 1 / 1954 Fils: — Dinar: 2 I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only: Two Dinars and no more For: The value and labor of engraving a (marmariya) marble date stone for the grave of the late Shaul Ephraim Al-Muallim (Hevra Kadisha) Signature of the Recipient ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: 20 / 7 / 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 no more And that is for a marble piece and engraving fees for the grave of the late Isaac Mashharir (Old ink) Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧
Only five dinars and six hundred fils and no more Dinar | Fils 5 | 600 We have spent on Daoud Youssef to the ⟦Hadran⟧ Association Ibran Al-Dayyan only this amount written above for the price of ninety yards of striped fabric and living and for that this receipt was given to him And I have received from him the mentioned amount Striped length (B) 40 yards Cotton in length 1 50 yards 19 / 1 / 54 Musa Haj ⟦Saad⟧ ⟦Signature⟧
List of expenses due during the month of 5 Al-Latifiyah Total of sewing invoices and Ali | 1/000 Masouda Tarkham | 1/--- Shaul Ibrahim wax expense | 1/200 Eileen | 1/200 ⟦line⟧ 4/400 I received the above-mentioned amount which is four dinars and four hundred fils only ⟦signature⟧ Daoud Youssef