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IJA 3771

Bills, Receipts, Requests for Financial Assistance, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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This item contains archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish community. The documents include bills, receipts, and requests for financial assistance from members of the community.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3771
Item Number
4655
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Bills, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, President of the Jewish Community, Revenue Stamp, Handwritten, Baghdad Light and Power, Ink Stamp, Thumbprint, Taxi, Receipts, Typed, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 276-300

Page 276

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 19 / 5 / 57
Fils | Dinar
250 | 1
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: one dinar and 250 fils
For: cleaning fees for the Rabbinical room in the slaughterhouse
⟦illegible signature⟧
Signature of the Recipient
Daoud Youssef

Page 277

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad ⟦121⟧
Date: 12/30/55
Fils: 700
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 fils
For: assistance in distributing ⟦the rations⟧ for the month of November
Signature of the recipient
⟦fingerprint⟧
Afrah ⟦Shamoun⟧

Page 278

Office Management - Al-Enezi - for Authorship and Publishing
Baghdad - Shorja
House Number 150 - 158
Number
Date 1/19/952
To the honorable ⟦His Eminence Mr. Sassoon Khedhouri⟧ respected ⟦Head of the Israelite Community⟧
The management of Al-Khateeb Al-Enezi office is pleased to present its publication titled (Iraq in the Era of
the Two Faisals) and the effort exerted by statesmen towards Iraq and the Arab nation as a whole since
the Iraqi Kingdom was founded. Hoping that it will be met with approval and acceptance by citizens
by your acquisition of a copy of the book and encouraging us by subscribing. We have allocated its proceeds to printing
religious publications that help raise the generation in a virtuous moral upbringing.
Administrative Manager
Al-Khateeb Al-Enezi
Al-Enezi Office for Authorship
and Publishing - Baghdad
Number
Date 1/19/952
Note
Any copy not stamped with the office's stamp
is considered void.

Page 279

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 20 / 10 / 55
250 Fils Dinars ⟦line⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only two hundred and fifty Fils and nothing else
And that is for the wages of transporting and organizing the cabinets, the table, and the safe
in the President's room
⟦fingerprint⟧
Signature of the receiver Hosni
✓

Page 280

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
21
Date: 28 / 10 / 55
Fils: 700
Dinar: —
Received from the Accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: seven hundred fils and no more
For: price of milk and fruits for the patient Rachel Daoud ⟦for the week⟧
Ending on 28 / 10 / 55
Signature of the Receiver
+
⟦Madit Moallem⟧
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Page 281

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦22⟧
Date: ⟦28/2/55⟧
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 fourth weekly aid out of eight weeks⟧
⟦according to the decision of the esteemed Administrative Committee⟧
⟦for the week ending on 28/2/55⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Badriya Hajji⟧

Page 282

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦10/28/52⟧
Fils: 250
Dinars: 2
Received from the Accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only: Three dinars and two hundred and fifty fils and no more
For: Car fees for the deceased Meir Michael
With the approval of the committee
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 283

24
Bus fares
<del>Car fare</del> |  |
To the Telegraph Office in Bab al-Sharqi | 028 | ✓
To Ezra Daoud Rafiq Synagogue | 040 | ✓
Pocket on 2/17 | 040 | ✓
Daoud Shim Fazlak Ghani | 040 | ✓
Ezra Daoud Synagogue | 060 | ✓
Postal letter | 034 | ✓
Telephone Department | 020 | ✓
Pocket on 2/18 | 020 | ✓
Fazlak Ghani accompanying the house of Daoud | 080 | ✓
" " " Ephraim | 040 | ✓
Bus fare to Rafiq's pocket | 040 | ✓
" " " " | 040 | ✓
To Fazlak Ghani bin Zion accompanying Ibrahim al-Ghazali | 080 | ✓
To Shamshir Shir bus arriving at Owaija accompanying Rafiq | 132 | ✓
To Fazlak Ghani Rafiq | 080 | ✓
Pocket | 020 | ✓
| 794 |
⟦Bus fare for a letter⟧ | 058 | ✓
| 852 |
/

Page 284

25
Miscellaneous Expenses
Cost of transporting a typewriter for repair, round trip | 050 ✓
Cost of oil | 140 ✓
Stamps for a precautionary seizure in the Shnouda case | 050 ✓
Cost of (25) advertisements | 060 ✓
Cost of cardboard | 040 ✓
Cost of 25 covers | 050 ✓
Repair fees for electric lamps, number | 200 ✓
| 590
Only five hundred and ninety fils and no more
✓

Page 285

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils: 500
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦line⟧ ⟦five hundred fils⟧
And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦transportation fee⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 286

Committee ⟦...⟧
Number 86
In Baghdad
Fils | Dinar
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 290

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only:
For:
Signature of the Recipient

School
Preparatory School of Commerce
Baghdad
Telephone No. 7838
School of Commerce
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: / / 195
Subject: -
To: -
⟦Directorate General of Education⟧
Further to our letter No. 396 dated 4 / 9 / 1955
And with reference to the telephone call with the Ministry's Chief Accountant, an agreement has been reached with the Secretary of the Community
Israeli to carry out the repairs mentioned in paragraphs 2, 3 and 5 mentioned in our referred letter
No. 396 dated 4 / 9 / 1955.
Director of the Preparatory School of Commerce
A copy to: -
Head of the Jewish Community - For information

Page 291

His Excellency the President
Please approve the issuance of supplies for the forces
specified in book ⟦14/2⟧ 5, which
cost 25 Dinars.
Naji Ezra
2/10
Please be kind enough to disburse the amount
for the remainder of proceeding with the transaction
⟦Signature⟧

Page 292

The esteemed administrative ⟦illegible⟧
The prominent article in the history of the sect
Under this presidency, it has been ⟦illegible⟧
Equivalent to one month's salary during one year
Below are the names of those to whom we paid half a salary during the past
holiday. This is because we, as the guard Kul Muhammad,
in this presidency during his past holidays, were not paid
for the duration of the oversight, meaning the Blessed Garden, so we will recover
this amount from half of his salary, in the event of your approval of the amount
mentioned in ⟦illegible⟧
The guard Kul Muhammad | 7/500 | instead of 10/500 Dinars
The servant Ephraim Teacher Shlomo | 4/000
⟦illegible⟧ Raphael | 4/000
Aziz Shaul | 4/000
Munir Shafiq | 2/000
⟦line⟧ | 21/500 | half of the Passover holiday allowances
Sayyid Khalil Ibrahim | 6/000 | his salary is paid by the Waqf officer
⟦line⟧ | 27/500 | Total

Page 293

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦line⟧
For ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the Recipient

Page 294

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils: ⟦...⟧
Dinar: ⟦...⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦illegible⟧
And that for: ⟦illegible⟧
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient

Page 296

|  |  | Abu Al-Sareer soap ⟦...⟧ |  |
|  |  | Box of soap |  |
|  |  | Matchsticks 4 dozen ⟦...⟧ |  |
|  |  | Bag of salt | 1 | 5
|  |  | Matches 6 packets | 3 | 910
7 | 310 |  | Whiteco assorted 4 | 7 | 310
8 | 000 |  | Barrel of soap ⟦...⟧ | 8 | 000
1 | 500 |  | Cans ⟦...⟧ | 1 | 500
| 800 |  | Passenger bus expenses in Al-Anbariya |  | 800
|  |  | 1/2 |  |
2 | 168 |  | Assorted shoes 8 | 2 | 168
|  |  | Scrapper |  |
14 | 878 |  | 491 |  |
|  | ✓ | Assorted socks 4 | 1 | 000
|  | ✓ | Undershirt for pajamas 8 ⟦...⟧ | 2 | 000
|  | ✓ | Salaries status to the sect | 3 | 600
|  | ✓ | Withdrawal of potatoes from ⟦...⟧ | 3 | 750
|  | ✓ | Case | 7 | 500
17 | 850 | ✓ | Bag of broad beans | 17 | 850
27 | 850 | ✓ | Gardener | 27 | 850
| 900 | ✓ | Matches 3 packets | 1 | 900
| 650 | ✓ | Pepper matches 5 ⟦...⟧ | 1 | 650
| 250 | ✓ | Blush shirt ⟦...⟧ |  | 250
| 110 | ✓ | Matchsticks ⟦...⟧ |  | 110
|  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |

Page 297

No. 19437
Vegetable Oil Extraction Company Limited - Baghdad
(Sales list of fats in the administration warehouse)
Telephone
Warehouse 84680
Administration 86145
86146
Total Value Fils | Total Value Dinar | Quantity | Unit | Details | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar
270 |  | 1 | Tin | Vegetable Fat |  |
270 |  |  |  |  |  |
Administration Warehouse Officer

Page 298

No. 19436
Vegetable Oil Extraction Company Limited - Baghdad
(Sales list of fats in the administration warehouse)
Telephones
Warehouse 88018
Administration 86145
86146
Buyer's Name: The Israelite Community
Total Value Fils | Total Value Dinar | Quantity | Unit | Details | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar
2750 | - | 1 | Tin | Ghazal Fat |  |
I received the above mentioned amount of two dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils
For the value of the above materials fat
Date 8 / 9 / ⟦illegible⟧
SH. Z. / 7 / A
Administration Warehouse Officer

Page 299

Telegraphic Address: Haj Fattah Ali and Haj Abdul Ali Jaafar Telephone
Fattaji Baghdad 86479
P.O. Box 85 Taht Al-Takia 118 / 2 / 3 Khan Al-Haj Safar
Baghdad: 9 / 8 / 1955
Number: 000557
Requested from: The Respected Israelite Community
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 | 17 | Price of ⟦Allam Tea⟧ radio number 1 large size
|  | Only seventeen dinars and five hundred fils and nothing else
I have received the goods listed above in full. Errors and omissions excepted

Page 300

Shahid Yusuf
⟦line⟧
Baghdad on 8 / 9 / 1955
Required from the Master of the Israelite Community - Baghdad, Respected
Total Value | Details of Funds
Fils | Dinar |
500 | 12 | Price of a bag of French sugar, net weight 200 kg
| | Only twelve dinars and five hundred fils
⟦faint stamp: Committee of the ... Israelite Community⟧
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties