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IJA 3308

Contracts and Bills, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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This item contains utility contracts and bills for telephone services, water, and electricity, all for the Baghdadi Jewish community.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3308
Item Number
16670
Date
Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Pharmacy Committee, Bills, Jewish Religious Court, Revenue Stamp, Baghdad Light and Power, Contract, Typed, Iraqi Government, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Electricity Bill, Ink Stamp, Meir Elias Hospital, Receipts, Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, President of the Jewish Community, Annotation, Handwritten

AI en Translation, Pages 526-550

Page 526

Paid according to the list
and according to the procedures
⟦illegible⟧
Date
12 / 10 / 1952
« Registered »
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad: Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Outgoing Number: 2721
Date: 14 / 10 / 1952
156
Subject - Electricity Fees -
We confirm for the second time our letter numbered T / 1 / 2942 / 7806 and dated
on 29 / 8 / 52 and we request payment of the amount of (29.255) Dinars
owed by the Private Mixed School for Girls located in
Al-Sinak as quickly as possible.
Head of the Central Community
Muhammad Salim
Copy to :-
General Administrative Directorate - for information
To the Administration / 7

Page 527

Central Telephone Directorate
(Subscribers Division)
Number - 2946/12
Date - 1952/8/29
Register
⟦illegible⟧
151
To the Jewish Community - Baghdad
2292
1952/9/4
Subject - Telephone Fees
We reiterate our letter No. 2946/12 on 8/28 and dated
20 / 6 / 1952 and we request the initiative to pay the amount of
29/255 Dinars incurred by the Private Intermediate School
for Girls located in Al-Sinawiya, for the invoice No. 4778
dated 15 / 2 / 1952 as quickly as possible.
Financial
For investigation and payment
⟦illegible⟧
8/4
Director of Central Telephones
Muhammad Jamil Ali
A copy to -
General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs Baghdad. For information
Number / 24

Page 528

Central Telephone Directorate
"Subscribers Division"
Number / H / 1 / 3946
Date - 2 / 6 / 1953
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
Number 2252
Date 1 / 7 / 1953
To /: The Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject / Telephone Fees /: 1 / 7 / 1952
Based on the removal and liquidation of the account for telephone number 6219 belonging to the Private Intermediate School
for Girls located in Al-Bataween No. 53 / 12 / 1, which is managed by the principal Violet Shamash,
an amount of (29.355) Dinars remains outstanding according to telephone bill number 4778
dated 15 / 3 / 952. We request payment of the mentioned amount as quickly as possible so that we may close
the account pending against you.
⟦signature⟧
And Central Telephone Manager
152
Musa / 25

Page 529

51336 / T / 1941
Baghdad
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs
Telephone
Telephone No. 51/6251
Directorate of Accounts and Audit
"Accounts Section"
Number
Date 1 / 8 / 1951
To
Head of the Jewish Community / Baghdad
We send you herewith the list numbered 3162 dated June 25, 1951
for the fees of external and telegraphic calls made from telephone number 51/6251 during the period of August / 1950
amounting to eight hundred and thirty-two fils (832 fils). Please pay the mentioned amount
officially to us and notify us of the receipt number and date so that we can take the necessary action in our records.
Acting Director General of Telephone
⟦signature⟧
15 / 8
Directorate of Accounts and Audit
56 / S / 51

Page 531

Inspection Committee ⟦...⟧ Baghdad Municipality No. 1071
Dated 7 / 9 / 1950 and transferred to ⟦...⟧
For auditing purposes, please kindly inform us of the amounts deposited
with you for the insurance account on the telephones belonging to our institutions
whose numbers are listed below until 12 / 31 / 1950 ⟦...⟧
Meir Elias Hospital | 3006 | General
Ditto | 7480 | Administration
" | 7754 | Internal Medicine Department
" | 3852 | Dr. Strauss
" | 7259 | Dr. Tokar
" | 3311 | Dr. ⟦...⟧
Rima Khedouri Hospital | 4434
Al-Shifa Dispensary | 3104
⟦...⟧
10 / 20 / 1952

Page 533

Miss Daisy daughter of ⟦Abid⟧ son of Farah was married in Baghdad
On the twenty-second day of the month of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight
⟦line⟧ AD ⟦line⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri

Page 534

T / 53/2185
10/30/1953
Telephone Fees
154
To -
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your letter numbered T 1 / 11415/1042 dated 9/22/1953.
The two telephones numbered 7533 and 3311 belong to Dr. Sustman, and
Meir Elias Hospital has no connection to them, as he is responsible for paying their fees, noting that the aforementioned person
had left Iraq about a year ago and no longer has any claim regarding the mentioned hospital.
Please accept our highest respect.
Acting Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 535

Central Telephone Directorate
(Subscribers Division)
Number - 14 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1
Date - 10 / 9 / 1953
To -
Meir Elias Hospital Committee
Via the Jewish Community in Baghdad
2227
28 / 9 / 1953
Subject - Telephone Fees -
Based on the removal and liquidation of the account for the two telephones listed below belonging to
Dr. Sussman, a balance of (14/735) Dinars remains due from him. We request payment as soon
as possible so that we may close the pending account.
Telephone Number | Invoice Number | Date | Amount
7533 | 4413 | 10 / 1 / 953 | 7/026 Dinars
3311 | 4235 | 24 / 12 / 52 | 7/709 =
|  |  | 14/735 Dinars
The account
for Meir Elias Hospital, please state if
the aforementioned is responsible for paying the telephone fees
above
⟦illegible signature⟧
28 / 9 / 1953
Director of Central Telephones
Muhammad Jamil Ali
A copy to :-
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs - for information.
Abdul Razzaq / 17
⟦red pencil mark: 155⟧

Page 536

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Capital Secretariat⟧
⟦illegible⟧
23017
1022
235/1/18
By way of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Central Endowments Directorate
⟦Kunta⟧ Stephan T. Mir Elias
17 / 1 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦mark⟧

Page 537

Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 8531 President
{ 502 Secretary
Number T/: 54/ ⟦1417⟧
Date: ⟦25⟧ / 8 / 1954
Subject: Submitting a check for the amount of -/50 Dinars for telephone fees.
156
To the Director of the Central Telephone Department - Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered T 8227/186/1 and dated 7/21/54; we enclose herewith a check numbered
20881 and dated 8/24/1954 for the amount of fifty Dinars on account of your request for the fees of
the telephones mentioned in your above-referenced letter; the remaining amount will be paid
in installments at close intervals.
⟦...⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community

Page 540

Central Telephone Directorate
"Subscribers Division"
"Registered"
Number / A / 186 / 1 / ⟦illegible⟧
Date - 22 / 7 / 1954
157
To -/
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject / Telephone Fees /
With reference to your letter No. T / 54/3336 dated 7 / 4 / 1954.
Please pay the amount of (283/215) Dinars outstanding for the
following telephones 6146, 85085, and 3063 after their removal and the liquidation of their accounts ⟦illegible⟧
and after you have presented the matter of the mentioned amount to the Administrative Committee, as quickly as possible
to close the outstanding account.
Director of Central Telephones
Mohammed Jamil Ali
Copy to -/
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs - with reference to our letter No. T 1 / 186 / 4783 dated
19 / 4 / 954 for information.
Musa / 17
Copy
Account
⟦illegible⟧

Page 541

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number T/: 54/⟦...⟧
Date: 7 / 4 / 1954
Subject: Payment of telephone fees.
158
To -
Central Telephone Directorate - Baghdad
Greetings,
With reference to your two letters numbered T/1044/1 3154 and T/1/3707/186 dated
15/3/54 and 25/3/1954 and our telephone conversation with your department's accountant, we enclose herewith a check numbered 17103
dated 31/3/1954 for the amount of (170/791 Dinars) in payment of the following lists:-
Total | Amount | List Number | Date | Telephone Number | Name
| 45/983 | 11 | 8/3/53 | ( 3852 |
| 57/186 | 4319 | 29/12/52 | ( 7480 | Munir Elias Hospital.
126/701 | 23/532 | 4324 | 30/12/52 | ( 7754 |
| 7/026 | 4413 | 10/1/53 | ( 7533 | Residence of Dr. Sostman
14/735 | 7/709 | 4235 | 24/12/52 | ( 3311 | Clinic " "
29/355 | ⟦29/355⟧ | 4778 | 15/3/52 | 6219 | Private Intermediate School
⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  |
170/791 |  |  |  |  |
The matter of the suspended amount of 215/283 Dinars will be considered after the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad reviews the previous correspondence on the subject.
Please accept our highest respect,
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community

Page 542

Central Telephone Directorate
"Subscribers Division"
Number / H / ⟦491/1⟧ /
Date - / 2 / 1953
To -/
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Subject / Telephone fees for Meir Elias Hospital /
We enclose herewith telephone list number 11 dated 8 / 3 / 953 in the amount of
45/983 Dinars, after raising and clearing the account for Meir Elias Hospital telephone number
3852, and we request payment as soon as possible.
Director of Central Telephones
Mohammed Jamil Ali
Copy to -/
General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs - for information.
Accounts
Record and pay
⟦illegible⟧
11 / Musa
⟦illegible⟧
207
⟦illegible⟧
152

Page 543

Area /: 5
Telephone Center: ⟦illegible⟧
Telephone: ⟦illegible⟧
Table of long-distance telephone call charges within Iraq for the half-year ending ⟦3/31/52⟧
Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | 585
585
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account: 1952
Fils: 585
Dinar: —
Register:
Page: 852
Five hundred and eighty-five fils only

Page 544

Iraq
The Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Area / 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Amount | Fils | Dinar
Telephone rent for the installment ending on | at a rate of | Dinars per installment | 16 | ⟦illegible⟧
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill | .. | | 820 | ⟦illegible⟧
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Area 5) | .. | | |
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Area 5a) | .. | | |
Additional deposits to make the total, with previously collected deposits, proportional to the installment account for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract | .. | | |
Total Amount | | | 820 | 45
The amount of this bill shall be paid within (15) days from its date, otherwise the administration has the right to disconnect the telephone service (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule of the conditions contained in the telephone rental contract
Cashier
Director of Central Telephones

Page 545

Area /: 5
Telephone Center: ⟦line⟧
Telephone Number: ⟦line⟧
Schedule of long-distance telephone call charges within Iraq for the half-year ⟦...⟧
Date | Fils | Dinar | Date | Fils | Dinar | Date | Fils | Dinar | Date | Fils | Dinar | Date | Fils | Dinar
7/1/52 |  | 25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account ⟦1952⟧ Fils 850 Dinar 45
Note: No objection regarding the accuracy of this account will be considered unless the objection is submitted before seven days have passed since the receipt of this schedule.
Record ⟦line⟧
Page 480
Director of the Central Telephone Office - Baghdad
7/25/52
450
Radio share ⟦...⟧

Page 546

Iraq
The Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Position / 6
Present this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Telephone Number: 6398
Center Name: Baghdad
Amount (Fils): 572
Amount (Dinar): 2
Telephone rent for the installment ending on: ⟦...⟧
At a price of: ⟦...⟧
Dinar per installment: ⟦...⟧
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill: 146
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5):
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5a):
Additional deposits to make their total, along with previously collected deposits, proportional to the installment account for calls and fees in accordance with paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract ..:
Total amount (Fils): 718
Total amount (Dinar): 2
From the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract
The amount of this bill shall be paid within (15) days from the date of the second schedule
To manage the payment of the telephone connection (Paragraph 7)
Bill Number: 4719
Bill Date: 24 / 7 / 54
Amount Paid: Dinars
Payment Date: / / 195
Signature:
Treasurer
Director of Central Telephones
⟦illegible⟧

Page 547

Iraq
The Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 6
⟦Present⟧ this bill when paying the amount at this center
Telephone Account Bill
Statement | Fils | Dinar
Telephone Number 6398 Center Name ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
Telephone rent for the installment ending on at a rate of Dinars per installment |  | 12
Local call charges - according to the details recorded on the back of the bill | 940 |
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5) | 575 |
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5a) |  |
Additional deposits to make their total with previously collected deposits proportional to the |  |
installment account for calls and fees according to paragraph (13) of the telephone lease agreement |  |
Total Amount | 515 | 13
⟦If not paid⟧ the amount of this bill within (15) days from ⟦its date⟧, the administration has the right to disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule of the conditions contained in the telephone lease agreement
Bill Number: 5724
Bill Date: 20/8/54
Amount Paid:
Dinars:
Payment Date: / / 195
Signature
Cashier
Director of Central Telephones
⟦illegible⟧

Page 548

TELEPHONE 7480 3006
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
BAGHDAD
Telephone No. } 7480 3006
No. Number:
Date:
⟦51⟧ | 3006 | 4247/-
⟦29⟧ // | 7480 | 29
⟦22⟧ // | 7754 | 17+15
⟦2⟧ | 7259 | 2
2 | 2211 | 2
14 // | 2852 | 2+12
19 | 4434 | 19
8 | 86592 | 8
157/-
2852 | 45 983
7480 | 57 186
7754 | 23 522 ✓
126/701
Al-Zawra Press 1/8/949 3000 11/MM

⟦illegible⟧ 25 MAR 52 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦...⟧ Elias
⟦...⟧ Internal and Surgical Diseases
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Reading at
Previous reading
Number of local readings during the installment period
Number of free calls
Number of calls for which fees are requested
Price (4) fils per call
Central Telephone Manager:
Treasurer:
Invoice Date: 20/8/52
Invoice Number: 2224
Signature:
Payment Date: / / 195
Amount Paid: Dinars
Total Amount: 240 Dinars

Page 549

Central Telephone Directorate
"Subscribers Division"
Number / A / 1 / 186 /
Date - / / 9 / 1953 /
To - / Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
With reference to our letter No. A / 1 / 186 / 7803 dated 6 / 30 / 1953
We attach herewith a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police No. Safar / 19921
dated 8 / 1 / 1953 and we request you to take the initiative to pay the amount of (183/895)
dinars due on the two telephones numbered 6146 and 85085 as quickly as possible.
Director of Central Telephones
Mohammed Jamil Ali
Attachments (1)
Copy to -
1- Jewish Hospitals Committee - with reference to the letter of the Presidency of the Community No.
T / 3006 / 53 dated 4 / 29 / 953 and we request payment of the amount of -
(126/701) dinars outstanding on the telephones of Meir Elias Hospital with the required speed.
2- Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs - with reference to our letter referred to above and you will find
attached a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police mentioned above.
160
⟦548⟧
Attachments (2)
Musa / 5
31

Page 550

1781 / D / 51 / 4 / 1954
1 / 6531
Invoice Number
Water Supply Administration for the Baghdad Area
Accounts Department
⟦Water Supply Administration⟧
Invoice No. 17 until the month of March 1954
What traveled
6 / 3 / 6531 on April 20, 1954
12331 in the name of the Water Supply Administration for the Baghdad Area for water fees until
(538 / 681) for amounts and receipts of the Electricity Establishment according to 1781 / 6531 on April 20
Water Supply Administration in the amount of 58058 and 312 Dinars and four hundred and two fils only
12
D. H. M.
(1) Account
Water Supply Administration for the Baghdad Area
Account Number 58058
According to this entry, the amount shown below is credited to the account of the Water Supply Administration for the Baghdad Area
For amounts and receipts according to 36 / 3 / 653 on April 25, 2003 / 8
Water supply list until the month of November until the month of March 1954 (621 / 107)
From the Electricity and Water Administration for the Baghdad Area to the account of the Water Supply Administration in the amount of 7
This entry is in the name of the Water Supply Administration according to invoice number until
⟦Chief Accountant⟧
15 Dinars
12