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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 551-575

Archival unit 551

531
Fils: 250
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
Only:
I, the undersigned: Sabih Bousho
Have received and taken in cash by my hand from the fund of the Habra Qadisha Association the amount noted above:
Only: Two hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for the value of: The death benefit of Rawda Insafi
And for that I have signed: Written in Baghdad 24 October 1957
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 552

526
Fils: 200
Dinar:
Only:
I, the undersigned, Bona Abraham
have received and taken in cash by my hand from the fund of the Hebra Qaddisha Society the amount noted above
only three hundred fils and no more
and that is for the value of the burial shroud
and for that reason I have signed, written in Baghdad September 26, 5712
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 553

525
Fils: 200
Dinar:
Only:
I, the undersigned, Abd Yehuda
have received and taken in cash by my hand from the fund of the Hebra Qaddisha Society the amount noted above
only three hundred fils and no more
and that is for the value of the wheel transport
and for this reason I have signed, written in Baghdad, September 26, 5712
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 554

524
Fils: 200
Dinar:
Only:
I, the undersigned: Sassoon Abram
Have received and taken in cash by my hand from the fund of the Hebra Qaddisha Society the amount noted above:
Only: Three hundred fils and no more
And that is for the value of: Death stencil
And for that I have signed: Written in Baghdad September 26, 5712
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 555

541
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
Only:
I, the undersigned, Letir Moallem Yoshi
Have received and taken in cash by my hand from the fund of the Hebra Qadisha Association the amount noted above
Only one dinar and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for the value of the incentive share of Adalib
And for that I have signed, written in Baghdad 27 Tishrin 5712
10 Fils
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Archival unit 556

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils: 750
Dinar: 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦and five hundred fils and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦expenditure fees for the late poor man Bal Shlomo Khedhouri⟧
⟦Purple thumbprint/ink stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Game⟧

Archival unit 557

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 1952/10/11
⟦Hevra Kadisha Committee⟧
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 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 and wages of engraving (marble) for the tomb of the late deceased
Shlomo Hadhouri
⟦Sadiq Shomat⟧
Signature of the recipient
10 Fils

Archival unit 558

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 16 / 10 / 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 ⟦line⟧
And that is for the costs of building a grave for the late Shlomo Khedhouri Al-Afar
Current ⟦line⟧
8 Fils
Fils
16 / 10 / 54
Ni'ma Hassan

Archival unit 559

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 27 / 10 / 1954
Fils: 500
Dinar: 2
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only two dinars and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for the restoration of the tomb of the late Dr. Ezra Yaqoub 10% of
the original amount of 25.000 Dinars
Iraq
10
Fils
Daoud Youssef

Archival unit 560

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 27 / 10 / 1952
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 16
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only sixteen Dinars and no more
And that is for the construction fees of the grave of the late Dr. Mirza Yaqub
⟦stamp with portrait and numeral 10⟧
⟦blue ink thumbprint/seal⟧
Lafta Hassan

Archival unit 561

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 18 / 1 / 1955
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⟧
And that is for ⟦fees for digging the grave of the late Dr. Nur Allah Yusuf⟧
10 fils
⟦fingerprints⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 562

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 21 / 10 / 1952
Fils: 500
Dinar: 22
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twenty-three dinars and five hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for the wages and costs of placing a border for building a grave for the late Doctor
Nur Allah Musa ⟦line⟧
10 Fils
21 / 10 / 52
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 563

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 22 / 10 / 1952
Fils: ---
Dinar: 3
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only three dinars and no more
And that is for the referral of 10 volumes of Dirhams from the proceeds of the fees of Doctor ⟦...⟧
Nur Allah Musa
Fils
10
Fils
Dawud Yusuf

Archival unit 564

The Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
19
Salary list of employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧ 19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total Allocations | Deductions | Received | Name of Employee | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 | Daoud Youssef | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Overseer
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 15 | Hassouna Yaqoub | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Clerk
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Twenty-three | ⟦23⟧ | Khadouri Ibrahim | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Driver
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ... | 5 | Charles Sahyoun Najah | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Kindergarten
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ... | 4 | Ezra Elia Abboudi | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Kindergarten
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ... | 5 | Esther Hakkak Youssef | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Kindergarten
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ... | 12 | Naim Khadouri Daoud | ⟦stamp⟧ | The Accountant
49
Only forty-nine Dinars and nothing else
Accountant
20 / 12 / 1952