AI English Translation, Pages 651-675
12/26/1952
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
Subject = Two telephone bills for Masouda Shemtob Synagogue
Number 5337
After greetings
There are two unpaid bills for the telephone fees of Masouda Shemtob Synagogue number 5337
as detailed below :-
Fils | Dinar
439 | 20 | for telephone fees and internal calls for the period ending September 30, 1952
800 | 9 | " " " " " " " " 3/31/1953
239 | 30 | Only thirty dinars and two hundred and thirty-nine fils.
Considering that this synagogue was used as a headquarters for deportation, and is now used as a temporary administration
for Meir Elias Hospital, which necessitates paying the amount from the Lay Council fund
Therefore, I request approval for the disbursement of the amount.
Please accept the highest respect
⟦signature⟧
The Secretary
Approval for the disbursement of the amount of thirty dinars
and two hundred and thirty-nine fils.
⟦signature⟧
The President
12/26/52
Iraq
Iraqi Government
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Telephone Number 6398
Zone / 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 31 / 5 / 52 at a rate of dinars per installment | 800 | 9
Local call charges - according to the details listed on the back of the bill | .. |
Internal call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 5) | .. |
External call charges - according to the attached schedule (Zone 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 lease contract | .. |
Total Amount | 800 | 9
Among the conditions stated in the telephone lease contract
The administration may disconnect the telephone (Paragraph 7) Second Schedule
If the amount of this bill is not paid within (15) days from its date
Cashier
Director of Central Telephones
Area / 5
⟦illegible⟧ Telephone ⟦illegible⟧
Schedule of long-distance telephone call charges within Iraq for the half-year ending ⟦illegible⟧
Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar | Date | Fils Dinar
| | | | 12/8 | 264 | | | | | 2/22 | 275
Total for the six months entered in the half-year account: 800 Fils 529 Dinars
Record ⟦illegible⟧
Page 1227
Director of the Central Telephone Department - Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
30 DEC 52
2 40 PM
⟦illegible⟧
In the name of Masouda Youssef Hantoub
2 / 9 / 1951 Benadeen Baghdad
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Reading at ⟦line⟧
Previous reading ⟦line⟧
Number of local readings during the installment period ⟦line⟧
Number of free calls ⟦line⟧
Number of calls charged ⟦line⟧
Price (4) Fils per call ⟦line⟧
Director of Telegraph Telephones:
Treasurer:
Signature:
Payment Date: / / 195
Type Name: Dinars
Invoice Number: 271
Invoice Date: 11 / 52
Total Amount: 880
Dinar:
Iraqi Government
Iraq
(Directorate of Central Telephones)
Telephone Number: 6398
District 6
Please present this bill when paying the amount at this center
(Telephone Bill)
If the amount of this bill is not ⟦paid⟧ within (15) days of its date, the administration has the right to disconnect
the telephone (Paragraph 7, Second Schedule of the conditions stated in the telephone rental contract)
Telephone Number ⟦line⟧ Center Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Amount
Fils | Dinar
Telephone rental for the installment ending on ⟦line⟧ at a price of ⟦line⟧ Dinars per installment
Transfer ⟦line⟧ on date -- 194
Local call charges according to the details recorded on the back of the bill
Internal call charges
External call charges for the installment ending on as per the attached schedules
Additional security deposits so that their total with previously collected deposits is proportional to the account of the semi-
annual installment for calls and charges according to Paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract
429 | 2 Total Amount
Amount paid:
Dinars:
Payment date: -- 194
Bill Number: 527
Signature:
Bill date: 12 - 7 - 1947
Cashier Director of Central Telephone Office District Manager
T / 212 / 53
9 / 8 / 1953
Telephone Number 5337
162
To -"
Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs
Greetings,
With reference to the letter of the Central Telephone Directorate No. T / 1286 / 186
dated 28 / 1 / 1953 addressed to your Directorate General, a copy of which was sent to the Presidency of this
Community; and in continuation of our letter No. T / 3 / 294 / 53 dated 4 / 2 / 1953.
We kindly request the re-installation of telephone number 5337 in the Masouda Shemtob Synagogue
in view of the urgent need for it; noting that we have settled all outstanding bills.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Dawood Shemtob
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
809427
12/26
Reading on: 21/12/1947 7040
Previous reading: 7190
Number of local calls made during the installment period: 150
Number of free calls: 15
Number of chargeable calls: 135
Price of (4) fils per call:
Central Telephone Manager ⟦line⟧ Treasurer
Invoice Date 17-7-1948 ⟦line⟧ Signature
Invoice Number 547 ⟦line⟧ 194 ⟦line⟧ Payment Date
Total Amount 540 Dinars ⟦line⟧ Amount Paid Dinars
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number T/ 547
Date 22/6/1954
⟦(7/8)⟧
Subject: Reinstating an electrical circuit ⟦line⟧ on loan
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The Honorable Director of the Baghdad Light and Power Company
After greetings
Please reinstate the electrical circuit for the Midrash Shelter (House No. 137/78, Torah Quarter) and install the meter
on loan.
⟦Naji⟧ Please accept our highest respects
⟦Sarah⟧
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
To the Honorable Director of the Electricity Lighting Company
Hikmat Al-Madrasi
After greetings,
Please restore the electrical current to the shop
(House No. 78/127) Al-Tawrat neighborhood, and we
are the ones requesting the restoration. Please accept
our highest respect.
Done
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LTD.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom),
TELEPHONE: BAGHDAD 84141.
TELEGRAMS: "LIGHTPOWER"
CODE: BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE
REGISTERED OFFICE: 1, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E. C. 4.
OUR REF.: ⟦SE/32/C352⟧
YOUR REF.:
BAGHDAD: 14th August 1954
President Jewish Committee,
Office 154 B/113, opposite 131/113,
Baghdad.
Presidency of the Jewish Community,
Office 154 B / 113 opposite 131 / 113,
Baghdad.
Dear Sir,
ELECTRICITY RATES.
Subject / Electricity rates.
With reference to your
letter No. T/3393/54 of 28-7-54,
we beg to enclose a supplementary
agreement for rates based on
20 amperes demand.
With reference to your letter numbered T / 3393 / 54
dated 28 / 7 / 54, we enclose herewith a supplementary
agreement regarding rates based on a demand
of 20 amperes.
Please sign and return same
to this office, to enable us to
change the current limiter
accordingly.
Please sign and return it to this
office so that we may change the power limiter
accordingly.
Yours faithfully,
For Bagdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
⟦signature⟧
Chief Accountant
(J H CLOSE)
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Encl. Supplementary Agreement.
GJI/IH
Enclosures / Supplementary Agreement.
Maurice
Central Telephone Directorate
"Accounting Department"
Number / T / 1 / 307 / 9596
Date 9 / 8 / 1952
To
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
2279
10 / 8 / 1952
Based on your telephone number 5587, an amount
of (6/290) Dinars has been collected for you. Please visit this
department to receive it and present the insurance receipt
in your possession.
Director of Central Telephones
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
T / N / 5
Central Telephone Directorate
(Telephone Division)
Number - T / ⟦87⟧ / 12111
Date - 22 / 10 / 1952
Presidency of the Jewish Community
To ⟦...⟧
Incoming Number 4021
Date 22 / 10 / 952
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
We confirm our letter numbered T / 71 / 10266 and dated
20 / 9 / 1952. Please respond as quickly as possible.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Central Telephones
166
⟦illegible⟧
and Provisions / 22
Central Telephone Directorate
Statements Department
Number: T / 12 / 27 / 10266
Date: 10 / 8 / 1952
⟦illegible⟧
DIRECTOR
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Number 1977
Date 21 / 8 / 1952
To /
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
We confirm our letter No. T / 1 / 27 / 8542 dated
12 / 8 / 1952. Please respond to it as quickly as possible.
Director of Central Telephones
⟦signature⟧
167
Statement
For the administrative record
⟦signature⟧
22 / 8 / 52
Tariq / 18
⟦illegible⟧
Central Telephone Directorate
Telephone Branch
Headquarters of ⟦...⟧
Number: - T/ ⟦18/57⟧
Date: - ⟦8/8/1952⟧
Headquarters of ⟦...⟧
Number: 1922
Date: 14 / 7 / ⟦52⟧
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Subject: Refugee affairs regarding the telephone set
Numbered 2062 submitted by the Alliance School for Orphans
Which currently occupies the mentioned building by the refugees
It is in your possession and you have previously moved all the furniture
And supplies from the mentioned building, including the telephone set in
Question, so please return it to this department as quickly as possible.
167
Signature
For records and papers
14 / 8 / 52
Director of Central Telephones
⟦9/8⟧
T/ ⟦illegible⟧ / 53
11/ /1953
168
Installation of a telephone extension.
To -
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Greetings,
In view of the urgent need, we request you to kindly order the installation of a third extension
for telephone number 5452 located at the presidency of this community.
Please accept our highest respect.
On behalf of
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
Central Telephone Directorate
Number - T/1094/12 - 12052
(Subscribers Division)
Date - 21 / 10 / 1952
15
⟦illegible⟧
To - Vice President of the Lay Council
The Israelite Community - Baghdad
With reference to our letter numbered T/1094/12 - 12052
dated 24 / 10 / 952 and our subsequent follow-up numbered
T/1094/12 - 15908 dated 21 / 10 / 1952. We request
prompt payment of the amount of 14/725 Dinars to this
department as soon as possible, otherwise we will be forced to take
measures according to the Law for the Collection of Debts Owed to the Government.
This amount is for the account of
the telephone of Dr. ⟦Susu⟧
The clinic and the house
⟦signature⟧
Director of Central Accounts
Jamil Ali
2545
12 / ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 10 / 52
168
Directorate of Central Telephones
(Subscribers Division)
Number - T 1 / 186 / 2607
Date - 3 / 1954
P
"Registered"
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
With reference to our letter No. T 1 / 186 / 13686 dated 7 / 11 / 53
Please pay the amount of (283/295) Dinars outstanding against you, as well as
the amount of (701/126) Dinars outstanding against the Hospitals Committee, and in addition to
that, the amount of (355/29) Dinars mentioned in the second paragraph of
your letter No. T / 3215 / 53 dated 8 / 11 / 953 has not been paid yet, therefore
the amounts referred to above must be paid within seven days from this date, otherwise -
we will be forced to disconnect your telephone lines and then remove them and settle their account.
Director of Central Telephones
Muhammad Jamil Ali
4546
21 / 10 / 54
⟦illegible⟧
Abdul Razzaq / 23
17
482
701
455
271229
( 1
Vice President of the Lay Council
of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
16 MAR 54
239
28086
8 APR 52 BAGHDAD
8 APR 52 BAGHDAD SUM.
20 APR 52 BAGHDAD
21 APR 52 BAGHDAD
On account of ⟦illegible⟧
5/419
Via the Community
Israeli
⟦illegible⟧
Perhaps by my hand
Reading on:
Previous reading:
Number of local calls made during the installment period:
Number of free calls:
Number of calls for which fees are claimed:
Price of (4) fils per call:
Director of the Central Telephone Department:
Treasurer:
Signature:
Payment date: 194 / /
Amount paid: Dinars
Invoice date: 8 / 4 / 1952
Invoice number:
Total amount:
Mr. President
We did not find an endowment deed in our records
for the mentioned synagogue. And I learned that
Mr. Daoud Shatoub took from a warehouse
funds, so he donated to your first
Naji
5/17
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ please be so kind
⟦illegible⟧ the guard
⟦illegible⟧ six
that ⟦illegible⟧
ordered them to place the guard
⟦illegible⟧
Iraqi Government
Iraq
(Central Telephone Directorate)
Telephone Number: 6398
⟦line⟧
(Telephone Bill Statement)
Area 6
Please present this statement when paying the amount at this center
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Telephone Number: 2126
Center: ⟦illegible⟧
Details | Dinar | Fils | Amount
Telephone rental for the installment ending in ⟦illegible⟧ at a rate of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars per installment | 290 | ⟦illegible⟧
Transfer ⟦line⟧ on / / 194 | |
Local call charges as per the details listed on the back of the statement | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Internal call charges | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
External call charges for the installment ending in ⟦illegible⟧ according to the attached schedules | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Additional deposits to make the total, including previously collected deposits, proportional to the semi-annual installment account for calls and fees in accordance with paragraph (13) of the telephone rental contract | |
Total Amount | 2147 | ⟦illegible⟧
If the amount of this statement is not paid within (15) days from its date, the administration has the right to disconnect the telephone service (Paragraph 7, Second Schedule of the conditions contained in the telephone rental contract)
Amount Paid: Dinars
Date of Payment: / / 194
Statement Number: 160
Statement Date: 8 / 7 / 1952
Treasurer
Director of the Central Telephone Department
Center Manager
171
Directorate of Central Telephones
(Telephone Division)
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 5 / 4 / 1954
⟦illegible stamp⟧
To: Masouda Shatoub Church
In Al-Tadhin
Reference to your request regarding installing a telephone in the house and connecting it to the Baghdad
Automatic Exchange.
Please visit this office to pay the amount of (19/200) Dinars according to the following
details within a week; otherwise, we will consider your request cancelled.
⟦illegible handwriting⟧
No guarantee is required
Payment by check
Rent | 9/200
Insurance | 2/000
Installation Fee | 8/000
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
| 19/200
For / Director of Central Telephones
Ouda Ahmed Al-Hayati
His Excellency the President
Abdul Hamid / A
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 3531
5452
Number: T / 54 / 7782
Date: 28 / 7 / 1954
Subject: ⟦line⟧
His Excellency the Director of the Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited, Respected
After greetings and respect
The Presentation
Due to the installation of coolers in our administration, which requires more electricity consumption than normal days,
and since the current meter in our premises is not sufficient for the normal consumption, please kindly replace it with
another meter according to the currently specified limits. With your Excellency's further greetings and respect.
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
172
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Finance - General Treasury Directorate
Receipt Voucher
Number 153521
Dinar - Fils
Received from Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
The sum of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils
For ⟦illegible⟧
Written on ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
3 MAY 50
BAGHDAD
Amount in words: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils only.
Note: This receipt is not valid unless stamped with the official department seal and signed by the competent official.
Details | Amount
⟦line⟧
Stamp Duty | 000/050
Service Fees | 000/160
Total | 000/210
Accountant's Signature
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Manager of the Limited Electricity Company, Respected
After greetings and respect
The Subject
Due to the ⟦installation⟧ of several ⟦illegible⟧
Because of a state of electricity consumption ⟦illegible⟧
For this day ⟦illegible⟧ the machine we have was
⟦illegible⟧ not sufficient to cover the electricity consumption
Therefore, please be so kind as to ⟦illegible⟧ another inspection
And increase the power to the ⟦illegible⟧ degree currently. And to you
Much thanks and respect