AI en Translation, Pages 351-375
Page 352
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar: 4/
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only four dinars and no more
And that is for telephone repair fees and establishing a new line for the house of the Secretary of
⟦Committee⟧ of Peace belonging to the Hebrew Youth Association ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Details on the back
I have received the amount mentioned above
And its value is four dinars only
Provided that I am responsible
for ⟦...⟧
Signature of the recipient
Afram ⟦...⟧
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7
1400 | 4 | Chickens
1000 | 40 | Oranges
600 | 4 | Kilo of apples
240 | 2 | Dozen bananas
760 | 60 | Eggs
080 | 1 | Tomato
280 | | Meat
220 | 2 | Rice
100 | | Aluminum bowl for food
050 | | Basket
⟦illegible⟧
4730 | Total
⟦illegible⟧
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⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Karrada and Karradat Maryam
⟦illegible⟧
2/200 Dinars
450 x
1/000 x
580 x
750 x
⟦line⟧
2/780
✓
⟦illegible⟧
Page 356
Fils
350 value of ⟦Koshary⟧ with ⟦plate⟧
100 ⟦tray⟧ of Ruqaq
450 only four hundred and fifty fils
⟦fingerprint⟧
Yaqoub Rahmo
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
M. S.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦faint mirrored bleed-through text⟧
Page 357
For transporting medicines and food to Al-Hawija
Al-Sarai House and Center
Fils Dinar
Car fare from Al-Qaim | 500
To Al-Sarai station then to Al-Hawija | 580
⟦Levant⟧ | ⟦600⟧
Car porterage | 180
Porterage <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> to the hospital | 180
To the police | 100
To the guards | 100
| 1680
Only one dinar and six hundred and eighty fils
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
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List of materials issued to the hospital current ⟦...⟧
Bath | length 1/2 | 2
Lorry | length 1 | 1
Undershirts | number 4 | 4
Socks | number 4 | 4
Underwear | number 4 | 4
Shoes | number 2 | 2
Belts | number 4 | 4
| to current |
Rice | number 2 | 2
Vegetables | number 2 | 2
Bread | number 2 | 2
Cigarettes | number 24 | 24
Matches | pack 6 | 6
Camel Brand Soap | number 10 | 10
" Laundry | number 2 | 2
Wire | number 2 | 2
Suits | number 24 | 24
Needles | bundles 2 | 2
Thread | |
Paste | number 2 | 2
Tea fat | number 2 | 2
Welfare | number 10 | 10
Rice | kilo 12 | 12
Sugar | kilo 12 | 12
Tea | number 2 | 2
Coffee | quarter 1 | 1
Almonds | quarter 1 | 1
Chicken | number 2 | 2
Meat | kilo 2 | 2
Eggs | number 20 | 20
Oranges | number 16 | 16
Apples | kilo 2 | 2
Tomatoes | kilo | 2
Broad beans | kilo | 4
Stamps | number | 2
With three dinars for each of the prisoners
who will be transferred
to the government for a period of nine ⟦...⟧
W. M. & Co.
M. S.
Certifies the correctness of the above figures
Hospital Officer ⟦...⟧
21/12/20
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Nugrat Al-Salman Prison Directorate
Number ⟦D --⟧
Date 20 / 3 / 1956
General Prisons Directorate
Subject / Clothing and food for Jewish prisoners
With reference to your approval in your letter numbered 2382 and dated 14 / 3 / 956
On 16 / 3 / 956, the food and undergarments belonging to the Jewish prisoners arrived and were inspected
and audited and delivered to the Jewish prisoners by the committee formed under our chairmanship and the membership of the prison officer Mr.
Abdul Majeed Abdul Rahman, the Special Branch commissioner, and Chief Corporal Mahmoud Al-Karawi. Attached is one copy of the committee's decision
and another of the prisoners' acknowledgment of receipt for your kind review.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Nugrat Al-Salman Prison
Muhammad Said Shihab
⟦illegible⟧
A copy to /
Presidency of the Israelite Community - your letter numbered 369 and dated 18 / 3 / 956, enclosing one
copy of the referred decision and another of the prisoners' acknowledgment of receipt for your information.
Ali / J
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Decision
On 1956/2/17, the committee formed under the chairmanship of the Director of Naqrat al-Salman Prison and the membership of both the Warden of Naqrat al-Salman Prison
Mr. Abdul Majeed Abdul Rahman and the Special Branch Commissioner, Sergeant Major Mahmoud al-Karawi, inspected the food and clothing
received and prepared, and distributed them to them, and for this purpose we have organized this decision.
Special Branch Commissioner
Sergeant Major
Mahmoud al-Karawi
Warden of Naqrat al-Salman Prison
Abdul Majeed Abdul Rahman
Director of Naqrat al-Salman Prison
Muhammad Saeed Shihab
⟦illegible⟧
M. A.
Approved
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We, the Jewish prisoners, after reviewing the schedule attached to the letter of the Israelite Community numbered
3690 and dated 3/18/1956, confirm our receipt of all the materials mentioned therein after they were inspected
by the committee and distributed to the Jewish prisoners in Nuqrat al-Salman prison.
⟦signature⟧ | Ismail Salhoun | ⟦signature⟧
Prisoner Eliyahu Karji Abed | Prisoner Ismail Salhoun | Prisoner Sasson Yaqub
⟦illegible⟧
Sayyar / H
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Food and equipment sent to the prisoners of Nuqrat al-Salman
Type | Number
X Shoes | 40
X Towels | 40
X Undershirts | 80
X Fabric | 3 rolls
X Elastic | 2 "
X Spools | 4 dozen
X Needles |
X Cardamom soap | 80
X Cigarette cartons | 7
X Matches " | 6
X Laundry soap | 1 box
X Rice | 3 bags
X Sugar | 2 "
X Flour | 1 "
X Tea | 1 box
X Vegetable fat | 2 tins
X Molasses | 2 "
X Eggs | 1 box
X Dancow milk | 1 "
X Tomato paste | 1 "
X Sardines | 2 "
X Bananas | 1 bunch
X Apples | 3 boxes
X Potatoes | 2 bags
X Oranges | 1 crate
X Salt packets | 2
X Watermelon | 30
X Cheese | 5 Haqqa
X Flatbread | 2000 count
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
His Excellency the President
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
I have reviewed it
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 12
Page 368
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
W. M. & Co.
N. 2.
Date:
Fils: ⟦--⟧
Dinar: 24
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amounts mentioned above
Only ⟦twenty-four dinars and nothing more⟧
And that is for ⟦car fees for transporting patients from the hospital⟧
⟦According to the list attached to this receipt⟧
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
⟦The above company⟧
Page 369
Date 22 / 2 / 1952
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Respected
Subject: ⟦Al-Darash⟧
I have inspected the iron doors installed by the contractor
Mr. Alwan Mahmoud, and they were installed as required and are now fit for use
as warehouses; therefore, I request payment of the allocated amount to him, which is 4 Dinars.
The Engineer
⟦illegible⟧
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Page 370
2/20/1952
His Excellency the Head of the Community, the Respected
Subject: Vacant rooms in schools
Based on the instructions of the accountant Mr. Salim Kabbay, I have inspected the
rooms located in the mentioned schools in order to determine their suitability for use.
I found four rooms suitable for use on the second floor, excluding
the rooms occupied by the schools and the poor woman who occupies another room.
Two of these four rooms each require a new door costing
12 Dinars each with installation ⟦in the amount of⟧ approximately (11 Dinars), while
the other two rooms do not require any repair.
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
The Engineer
⟦1 / 2⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 371
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Date:
Fils:
Dinar: ⟦16⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only:
For: ⟦travel⟧ ⟦fees⟧ ⟦...⟧
Signature of the recipient
Page 373
His Eminence, the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
Baghdad
Sir - After offering the duties of respect
My son, named Naim Youssef, has completed his government certificate and our travel
from the visit, and my daughter remained with me to provide her services to me as I am old
of age and in need of someone to support me. So I hope your Eminence will provide assistance
in giving me my travel expenses and nothing else, and may God reward you with good
for what you do, noting that our attached passport
I attach herewith the attached passport
The Petitioner
Masouda Eliyahu Cohen
10 Fils
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected, Baghdad
The petitioner is known to me and she is of poor status
and deserves sympathy and compassion
⟦illegible⟧
Shlomo Shuber
21 / 11 / 1955
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
N. ⟦illegible⟧
I received my passport
⟦illegible⟧
Page 374
Volume Number 46652 State Funds Collection Receipt
Accounting 38
Serial Number: 56
Department Name: Basra Income Tax
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
500 | 27 | Income tax mentioned for the year dinars | ⟦44/45⟧ | According to the first installment
| | 251- Previous | |
| | 15000 First Settlement | |
| | 12500 Ticket | |
I have received from: Yusuf Murad Elias
The amount written above, totaling: Thirty-seven dinars and five hundred fils
Date: 2 / 5 / 1945
Signature of the Collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title:
⟦illegible stamp⟧
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Accounting 38
Volume Number 46652 State Funds Collection Receipt
Serial Number 54 / Department Name Real Estate Tax in Baghdad / 1
Installment | Year to which fees belong | Type of fees | Dinar | Fils
Share
Full First | 1952/51 | Al-Sur
Property tax numbered 4/27 White in ⟦Al-Karkh⟧ | 12 | 500
I have received from: Meir Elias Hospital
The amount written above, which is: twelve dinars and five hundred fils
On date: 9/5/1952
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job title:
⟦signature⟧