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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 English Translation, Pages 301-325

Archival unit 301

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

Archival unit 302

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
⟦line⟧ only
And that is for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the Recipient

Archival unit 303

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

Archival unit 304

His Excellency the Respected Chairman of the Administrative Committee
I have audited the list of food purchases prepared
in the Al-Salman trip and the list of supplies in the Al-Shamiya trip
accordingly, regarding groups of goods, a portion of the receipts ⟦...⟧
and another portion was not obtained by the committee appointed for this purpose
And upon our review with Mr. Albert Aqrab, one of the members of the mentioned committee
He explained to us that the receipts granted for them were not obtained with difficulty
from the sellers by Mr. Munir Halab, who is the commander of
Iraq. Furthermore, he requests your approval for the total of the two attached lists
by the committee, totaling 284/050 Dinars from
(52/120), noting that ⟦...⟧ that we paid ⟦...⟧
Mr. Albert Aqrab on account
Superior to orders
⟦stamp⟧
Note
Please allocate a gratuity as usual for each of the servants
Afram and Mansour, who accompanied the car
and delivered the food and clothing to the prisoners
Noting that the respected committee had
⟦...⟧ in the previous trip ten Dinars
five Dinars for each of the servants
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 305

|  |  | 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⟧ |  |

Archival unit 306

No. 19437
Vegetable Oil Extraction Company Limited - Baghdad
(Sales list of fats in the administration warehouse)
Warehouse 84680
Administration 86145
86146
Buyer's Name: The Israelite Community
Unit Price | Details | Unit | Quantity | Total Value
Dinar | Fils | Vegetable Fat | Tin | 1 | ⟦illegible⟧ Dinar | 275 Fils
 |  |  |  |  |  | 275
I received the above-mentioned amount of: Two Dinars and seven hundred and seventy-five Fils
For the value of the above materials: Fat
Date: 8 / 1 / 19
Administration Warehouse Officer
Sh. Z. / 7 A

Archival unit 307

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

Archival unit 308

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

Archival unit 309

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

Archival unit 310

Dear Sir:
Respectfully:
Number | Dinar | Fils
⟦Sulh Abu Bartol S⟧ |  | 11 | 400
⟦1000 2⟧ |  |  | 
Received in cash |  | 11 | 400
 |  | 00 | 000
11 / 9 / 55
⟦Salim Qahtan⟧

Archival unit 311

600 Abu Al-Hail soap ⟦illegible⟧
200 Palm property ⟦illegible⟧
2170 Velvet cut and wrist ⟦illegible⟧
940 ⟦illegible⟧
3910 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 312

Shop
Hussein Ali Gatt
Telephone 86778
Shorja 322 / 158
Baghdad on 11 / 9 / 1955
The honorable Meer Moallem respected
Fils | Dinar | Details
150 |  | Bag of Tamarind
 |  | quantity
100 |  |
100 | 15 |
100 |  |
200 | 15 |
Porterage receipt
Errors and omissions excepted

Archival unit 313

BRITISH GENERAL SUPPLY STORES
No: 1980
Fils / I.D.: ⟦illegible⟧ / 24
Baghdad: 2 / 9 / 1955
Received from: The Jewish Community
The sum of I.D.: Only twenty-four Dinars ⟦illegible⟧
For the value of: Invoice No. 2954
Subject: ⟦illegible⟧
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
For B. G. S. S.

Archival unit 314

The Israelite Community
No 4596
BRITISH GENERAL SUPPLY STORES - BAGHDAD
Dr. to
BRITISH GENERAL SUPPLY STORES
Baghdad 14/9/55 Baghdad
Tel. No. 5668 Tel. No. 5668
Qty. | Particulars | Rate | I.D. | Fils
24 | Dancow ⟦illegible⟧ 2 1/2 lb. | | 24 | 000
24 | T.P.C Sardine Asst. | | 10 | 000
| | | 34 | —
ID 34/—
I, the undersigned, acknowledge my receipt of the goods mentioned above in full and safe from any defect, with a value of
Fils / Dinars, and I am obligated to pay their price to the order of the British General Supply Stores upon request
and without any objection.
Signature of Recipient

Archival unit 315

Al-Hourani and Abdul-Amir Abdul-Sahib Stores
For selling all types of wholesale goods
Main Center: Shorja - Khan Al-Dajaj - Telephone 86647
Branch: Daniel Market - Baghdad
Undershirts, socks, wools, perfumes, cosmetics, belts, scarves, wallets,
Sewing supplies, buttons, embroidery threads of all kinds, laces, ribbons:
Baghdad on: 14 / 9 / 1955
Requested from: Central Trading Company
Number: 01423
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Dozen | Gross | Price | Notes
⟦illegible⟧ | 15 | Khawki for Damarlek | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  | 240 |
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 316

Wholesale List
Ba⟦...⟧
Date: 12/9/⟦...⟧
Buyer Name: The Israelite Community
Address: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | No. of Pairs | Price Diff. | Retail Price | Total Wholesale Amount | Wholesale Price | No. of Pairs | ARTICLE Model
⟦illegible⟧ | 48 | 49 | 490 | 21 168 | 441 | 48 | 515077 4424
TOTAL
Warehouse Manager Signature
Buyer Signature
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 317

Mohammed and Abdul-Jabbar Al-Haj Khneisser Brothers
Khan Al-Rimah Al-Kabir - Khan Al-Harir
Telephone 5116
0962
Baghdad on: / / 195
To Mr.: The Respected Jewish Community
Fils | Dinar | Type of Goods | Quantity | Dozen | Gross | Price
⟦line⟧
--- | 12 | Men's wool socks |  | 6 |  | 2000
--- | 12 | Cash |  |  |  | 
Signature
⟦illegible⟧ Record the amount to our account. Payment upon request
⟦line⟧
After receipt 2 - Oversight and error are returnable for both parties

Archival unit 318

I, the undersigned, the tailor
Ahmed Abbas, located in Al-Nakah,
worked for Mr. Mir Mahlab
forty-eight pajamas for
a wage of three hundred fils per pajama,
and the total wage is fourteen
dinars and four hundred fils. For the record,
it was written.
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 319

Muhammad Ali Al-Yousif
Baghdad - Shorja
Telegraphic: Al-Yousif
Telephone Number
4955
Number: ⟦12⟧
Baghdad on: 20 / 5 / 195
To: Mr. Salim Habib, Respectfully
Statement: ⟦Goods⟧
Fils | Dinar | Number | Kilo | Price | Remarks
225 | 2 | 1 tin of fat | 14 | ⟦160⟧ |
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 320

Munshi Ibrahim
Khan Azzawi Al-Qadeem
Baghdad
Telephone 87206
252/5
11
2525
2525
27775
Baghdad on: 12 / 9 / 1955
We spent on Mr.: Al-Munshi Council
The following:
Fils | Dinar | Type of Goods | Length | Yard | Meter | Price
775 | 27 | ⟦...⟧ flannel pajamas ⟦...⟧ | 5 | 252/5 |  | 110
252/5
11
2525
2525
27.775
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 321

2522 ⟦illegible⟧
110
⟦line⟧
25220
25220
⟦line⟧
277420
895
110
⟦line⟧
8950
8950
⟦line⟧
98450
⟦line⟧
9845
Number | Date | Notes | Quantity | No.
⟦line⟧
277420 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
2522
11
⟦line⟧
2522
2522
⟦line⟧
27742

Archival unit 322

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible blue ink calculations⟧
Wages of ⟦employees⟧ for ⟦February⟧ ⟦...⟧
Only ⟦fifty-three⟧ Dinars and one hundred and eight Fils
48 602
5
⟦line⟧
53 602
⟦signature⟧
5/10/20
Ibrahim
Muhammad ⟦...⟧
⟦Latin script: Paid?⟧
⟦blue ink smudge⟧

Archival unit 323

List of vegetables and fruits issued by the revolution ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar
800 |  | Eggplant
400 | 1 | Nawrouzi
500 | 1 | Tomato
900 |  | Green beans
2600 | 4 | ⟦line⟧
400 |  | Okra
400 |  | Zucchini
225 | 2 | Watermelon
225 | 2 | Melon
750 | 1 | Basil
75 |  | Pepper
:770 |  | Beef
250 |  | Olives count
200 |  | Cucumber
7060 | 7 | ⟦line⟧
Only seven dinars and sixty fils
Daoud Youssef
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 324

Fruits and vegetables to the Prison Manager
Fils | Dinar
450 |  | Banana
600 |  | Apple
160 |  | Lemon
480 |  | Grapes
140 |  | Okra
220 |  | Tomato
120 |  | Beans
400 |  | Milk
950 |  | Watermelon
480 |  | Cantaloupe
100 | 2 | Total
400 |  | Cucumber garnish ⟦number⟧
400 | 2/ ⟦4⟧ | Only three dinars and four hundred fils
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 325

Materials supplied to the school
Quantity
Fils | Dinar |
952 | — | Sugar 12 kg
200 | — | Tea 2
220 | 1 | Washing soap quantity 6
220 | 1 | " " Tide 4
150 | — | Dish scrubbers 2
280 | — | Vegetable shortening 4 cans
⟦742⟧ | — | Towels quantity 2
920 | — | Meat 12 kg
1800 | — | Chicken quantity 5
150 | — | Stamps (50) Shlomo Fatouhi School
200 | — | Coffee an ounce
180 | — | Chairs quantity 2
7/165 Only seven dinars and one hundred and sixty-five fils
Ezra Mitsafi
26/6