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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 351-375

Page 351

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 29/9/55
Fils Dinar
2/000
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦Two Dinars only and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦Assistance on the occasion of the holidays by order of His Excellency the President⟧
Signature of the Recipient
✓
Saida ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 353

4 <del>Presidency of the Jewish Community</del>
Baghdad
Date: 1952/9/20
Fils: 250
Dinar: 2
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amounts mentioned above
Only: Two Dinars and two hundred and fifty Fils and nothing else
For: ⟦illegible⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Page 354

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦20 / 10 / 50⟧
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 ⟦aid for the month of September 1950⟧
⟦Revenue stamp: Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils⟧
Signature of the Recipient
5

Page 355

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦1951/1/1⟧
Fils: 250
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred and fifty fils
And that is for the price of a sugar box for 50 cars
And for that I have signed
Abdul Rahim Al-Saadi
Signature of the Recipient

Page 356

Presidency of the Jewish Community ⟦7⟧
Baghdad
Date ⟦1/19/1954⟧
Fils | Dinar
280 |
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the aforementioned amount
Only ⟦two hundred and eighty fils⟧
And that is for ⟦...⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 357

8
Stamp fees with ⟦...⟧
1- Murad Cohen Courtyard
2- ⟦Bag⟧ of tea, Mata Banu Shlimo
⟦line⟧
200 / 2
⟦...⟧
The Bank
The Authorized Fattah

Page 358

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the aforementioned amount
Signature of the Recipient
⟦Ephraim Meshum⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 359

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦2⟧
Date: ⟦20/2/1955⟧
Fils | Dinar
170 |
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above mentioned amount
Only ⟦one hundred and seventy fils and no more⟧
As ⟦price of my clinic chairs for the sanatorium⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the Recipient
⟦Shawkat Hayya Shaker⟧

Page 360

Al-Akhbar
A political daily newspaper founded in 1938
Number: 176
Date: 195⟦illegible⟧
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧
An amount of: ⟦illegible⟧
For: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature: ⟦illegible⟧
The Iraqi Kingdom
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
AL-AKHBAR ⟦illegible⟧
Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar Al-Akhbar

Page 365

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦14⟧
Date: ⟦6 / 10 / 1951⟧
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
I have received from the Accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the aforementioned amount
Only: ⟦Two Dinars and nothing else⟧
That is for: ⟦My fee for the delivery of Sarah Amin⟧
✓
Signature of Recipient
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
⟦Nazira Ishaq⟧

Page 366

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
15
Date: ⟦1951/10/15⟧
Fils: 400
Dinars: 1/-
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amounts
Only: ⟦Four hundred fils only⟧
For: ⟦Wage for the restoration of the synagogue collection⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
⟦Nasri Rawiya⟧

Page 367

Address :
JEHAYIK'S BUILDING,
Rashid Street,
BAGHDAD, Iraq.
Tel. No. ⟦illegible⟧
ZAHAWI'S INSTITUTE
OF
LANGUAGES, SCIENCES, & MATHEMATICS
For
LADIES & GENTLEMEN
INST. HOURS
8 - 2 P.M
3 - 9 P.M
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
Arabic
Modern Turkish
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Greek
⟦illegible⟧
Japanese
Chinese
Polish
* * *
Arithmetics
Solid Geometry
Plane "
Analitic "
Trigonometry
Physics
Chemistry
Physiology
Anatomy
Zoology
Science
Hygiene
A. ⟦illegible⟧graphy
E. "
A. History
E. History
1. Ancient
2. Modern
Pitman's Shorthand
1. Instructor
2. Rapidcourse
Correspondence
* * *
A translation
Bureau is
Available
Which Drafts
Contracts, etc.
BAGHDAD 5 October BAGHDAD
(Iraq)
Year 1955
Repair bill for an Arabic typewriter special to the Israeli community - Baghdad
Fee for organizing the letters with cleaning and lubrication
Only seven hundred and fifty fils
Fils
750
Zahawi Institute
⟦Zahawi Institute⟧
⟦For Languages, Sciences, and Mathematics⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Received the amount ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 368

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:
And that is for:
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 369

15
Your Excellency the President
I present the amounts spent for the trip to Hillah
with lawyer Jamil Habib Al-Rusafi - please approve
Fils | Dinar
- | 5 | Car fare to Hillah and back
750 | - | Stamps
680 | - | Expenses of ⟦the lawyer⟧ ⟦miscellaneous⟧
620 | 5 | Only five dinars and six hundred and twenty
The amounts listed above are in aid of the lawsuit filed by the lawyer
Mr. Yusuf Abdul Wahab to assist in the lawsuit
Immediately - and the committee approved the mentioned expenses
numbered (6/102) on ⟦10/2/1947⟧
Paid from the account -
⟦Signature⟧
10/2
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils

Page 370

Al-Zawra Store
ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
for Taxis
Prop. Shaker El-Janabi
Owner: Shaker El-Janabi
AL-RASHID STREET
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Sinak - Baghdad
Telephone 4619
Tel. No. 4619
To: The Honorable Secretary of the Community
M:
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
| Delivering students at 7 AM from the Passports to Ibrahim Al-Orfali | 500 |
| Delivering cars from Karrada to the neighborhood and vice versa to Karrada with waiting | 500 |
| Total | 1 | 000
Your Petitioner
Shaker El-Janabi
The aforementioned
Postmaster of Sinak

Page 371

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
19
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only:
For:
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 372

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad ⟦20⟧
Date ⟦16 / 10 / 50⟧
Fils: 500
Dinar: -
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦five hundred fils and nothing else⟧
And that is for ⟦service fees for the cleaning worker at Antoine School⟧
Signature of the Recipient ⟦Hatem Ibrahim⟧
✓

Page 373

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad 21
Date: 2/12/1954
Fils: 200
Dinar: 2
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars and two hundred fils
And that is for the weekly subsidy ending on 2/12/1954
Pursuant to the decision of His Excellency the President of the Administrative
Committee dated 2/12/1954
Signature of the Recipient
⟦signature⟧
10 Fils

Page 374

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad ⟦22⟧
Date: 1954/10/22
Fils: 700
Dinar: 1
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: seven hundred fils and one dinar
Regarding: the remainder of the fruit order for the patient Rachel Daoud ⟦...⟧
Signature of the Recipient
⟦Purple thumbprint⟧
Juliet ⟦...⟧

Page 375

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad ⟦2⟧
Date: ⟦1951/10/2⟧
Fils | Dinar
480 |
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦four hundred and eighty fils only and nothing more⟧
And that is for ⟦cleaning fees of the Meir Tuwaig Synagogue⟧
⟦for the month of September 51⟧
Signature of the Recipient
⟦...⟧