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IJA 3320

Financial Records, President of the Jewish Community

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Description

These are financial records from the office of the President of the Baghdadi Jewish Community and include insurance policy bills, construction expenses, taxi expenses, and medical expenses for community members.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3320
Item Number
16768
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Bills, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Ministry of Justice, Ledger, Thumbprint, Contract, Typed, Samarrae Hospital, Baghdadi Jewish Community, President of the Mosaic Community, Electricity Bill, Ink Stamp, Taxi, Receipts, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead, Jewish Lay Council, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Insurance, Hospitals, Annotation, Handwritten, Al-Rāfadīn Bank, Hospital, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee

AI English Translation, Pages 251-275

Archival unit 251

Jaff Number: 55300
State Funds Collection Receipt:
Accounting: 28
Serial Number: 79 / 1
Department Name: Al-Rusafa
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
725 | 447 | Property tax recorded in the receipt | Previous and sufficient until ⟦...⟧ | 
 |  | According to check number 626221 on February 24, 962 |  | 
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is: four hundred and forty-seven dinars and seven hundred and twenty-five fils
Date: 7 / 2 / 962
Collector's signature ⟦signature⟧
Job Title ⟦illegible⟧
⟦circular stamp with text: M. & C.⟧

Archival unit 252

Baghdad 22 / 2 / 1961
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings -
We request your approval to pay an amount of 447 Dinars and 735 Fils (Four hundred and forty-seven dinars and seven hundred and thirty-five fils)
only to the Real Estate Tax Directorate according to the debt required on these numbers listed below until March 31, 1961
Dinar Fils | Tax amount on
30 075 | 112 / 152
3 400 | 112 / 154
2 150 | 112 / 156
17 160 | 112 / 158
82 051 | 114 / 154
50 314 | 114 / 156
260 145 | 114 / 158
447 / 735 | Total
Verified four hundred and forty-seven dinars and seven hundred and thirty-five fils
⟦signature⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Pay 22 / 2 / 961
⟦signature⟧
Check prepared
⟦illegible⟧ M. & Co.
Payment Date:
Item Number:
Recorded in the Cash Book page:
Hafi Al-⟦...⟧ plot

Archival unit 253

20500 ⟦illegible⟧
8200 ⟦illegible⟧
500 ⟦illegible⟧
2500 451
⟦line⟧
2700 271
⟦illegible⟧
7500 500
4000 2400
500 ⟦illegible⟧
8/76/26500
⟦line⟧
Total
8/76/26500
7300 271
7850 447
⟦line⟧
The second house

Archival unit 254

FOWLER & COMPANY, LIMITED.
Fowler Company Limited
Established in Iraq
Republic of Iraq
FOWLER & CO. LTD.
10 FILS
HEAD OFFICE :
8/38, Off. Mustansir Street
No: 58197
Baghdad: 9.3. 1961
Received from: Messrs Administrative Committee of Jewish Community Baghdad.
the sum of Iraq Dinars: Twelve fils 688 only
on account of: Cheque No. 385776 Policies Nos. 18510-12
I.D.: 12/688
FOWLER & Co. LIMITED,
⟦illegible⟧
Accountant.

Archival unit 255

Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
⟦stamp⟧
Greetings,
Please pay the amount of twelve dinars and eight hundred and eighty fils as insurance fees for Awqaf properties ⟦illegible⟧ contents
as follows, four of them from ⟦1/2/1966⟧ to ⟦31/1/1967⟧
Dinar | Insurance fee for shop No. ⟦442/1⟧ leased by Mr. Nassif Siyan for the year ⟦1966⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 4/000
" " | warehouse No. ⟦440/2⟧ " " Zaki Saleh Al-Kuwaiti " | ⟦line⟧ | 5/000
" " | shop No. ⟦440/3⟧ " " Hayat Sharbanda " | ⟦line⟧ | 7/500
⟦line⟧
14/500
Deduct allowance ⟦1/812⟧
⟦line⟧
12/688
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
To be paid
20/2/1966

Archival unit 256

Fowler Company
With Limited Liability
DEBIT NOTE NO.: EMH/BA/102 / 101 / 100
FOWLER & COMPANY, (W.L.L.)
(INCORPORATED IN IRAQ)
BAGHDAD
To: Memo. Administrative Committee
Date: 7-2-1961
Description | I.D. | Fils | I.D. | Fils
To/Bom. on pr 18572 | 4 | 000 |  | 
" " " " 18511 | 4 | 500 |  | 
" " " " 18510 | 6 | 000 |  | 
⟦line⟧ | 14 | 500 |  | 
Less 12.5% | 1 | 812 |  | 
⟦line⟧ | 12 | 688 |  | 
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
FOWLER & COMPANY
⟦signature⟧
Accountant.
Please let us have your remittance at your earliest convenience
Please be so kind as to pay the above-mentioned amount as soon as possible
E. & O. E.

Archival unit 257

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Schools Committee
Number: L/ 61
Date: 20 / 2 / 1961
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings,
Please kindly grant us an advance in the amount of (2500/-) two thousand five hundred Dinars
for the expenses of the Frank Iny and Shamash schools for the month of February 1961.
Please accept our highest respect.
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Secretary of the Schools Committee
To be paid
22 / 2 / 961
⟦illegible⟧
I received the above amount
⟦Shlomo Sweih⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 258

3000/- Dinars
Only three thousand Dinars and no more
The Accountant
Please draw a check for the amount mentioned above from the profits
of the Shalom Daniel Estate as a temporary loan to the
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
⟦signature⟧
The President
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
⟦illegible⟧
Check No.: 170196
Date: 22 / 4 / 61
Date of ⟦...⟧:
Item No.:
Recorded in the Cash Book page:

Archival unit 259

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦1968/3/11⟧
Fils: 749
Dinar: 116
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is
only ⟦one hundred and sixteen dinars and seven hundred and forty-nine fils⟧
for ⟦cemetery expenses⟧
⟦line⟧
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Financial Tax
Signature of the Recipient

Archival unit 260

Office of
Engineer Saleh Yousef
34/10 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Telephone 83012
S. J. IBRAHIM
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Tel. 83012
18 February: 1961
⟦line⟧19:
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings:
Subject: Renovation of property wall No. 54/1/224
Based on the warning of the Mayoralty of Baghdad No. 2892 and your approval to build at the third degree
12/9/1960
On 12/15/60, we renovated the fence, and that cost an amount of 7/954 ⟦dinars⟧ as shown in
the attached lists. I hope you will direct the delivery of this amount to Mr. Ezra Abdullah for making the payment.
With thanks and respect
Engineer
Saleh Yousef
2/18/61
To be paid
2/24/61
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
7/954
24/575
16/220
119/149
⟦illegible⟧
Recorded in the ⟦illegible⟧ ledger

Archival unit 261

Wages ⟦illegible⟧ 1/17/1961
Three workers at ⟦illegible⟧ 1200
Red soil truck 400
Day 1/18/1961 three workers 1200
Foreman 1000
Day 19 four workers 1600
Foreman 1000
Soil truck 400
Friday 1/20/1961 three workers 1200
Foreman 1000
For the supervisor 1000
Saturday 1/21/1961 4 workers 1600
Foreman 1000
Three lorries of old bricks 2400
Red soil 800
For the municipality 1000
⟦line⟧
Day 1/22/1961 16600
Four workers and a foreman 2600
1/25 four workers and a foreman 1000
Four loads of gypsum 600
1/26 four workers and a foreman 2600
Gypsum four loads 600
Bricks and soil 2400
Day 1/27 weekly employee 2600
Day 1/28/1961 four workers and a foreman 2600
⟦line⟧
Transporting road debris to the demolition point 21400
Indian tiles 200
Day 1/29/1961 4 workers and 2 foremen 2600
Day 1/30/1961 4 workers and a foreman 2600
Four bags of cement 1200
Sand 600
Gypsum 600
Payment on account from the master builder 54
⟦line⟧
To the technical officer 42154
Day 1/31/1961 four workers and 2 foremen 2600
6 loads of sand 600
Red soil 800
51154
54 154
Day 1/31 2600
4 workers and a foreman
Gypsum 600
Day 2/1 2600
2 workers and a foreman
Day 2/2 1800
58/254
1/200 Clerk and supervisor wages from day 18
Until the evening of day 21
59/454
8000 Master builder wages from day 18 until
Day 21
67/454

Archival unit 262

Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Municipality)
Number
Baghdad: Date ⟦line⟧
Form No. 3 according to the Roads and Buildings Regulation
Warning for the demolition of dangerous buildings
⟦signature⟧
Mayor of the Capital
⟦12/25⟧
Copy to: - The Surveyor
Engineer of the Second Technical Division: -
⟦signature⟧
12/24/950
Signature of the property owner
Date
Signature of the notification officer

Archival unit 263

Capital Secretariat
Technical Department
⟦illegible⟧
Capital Secretariat
Date:
Report
⟦line⟧
Upon inspection, we have verified the danger of: the property
Numbered: 456/6/24
Located in the district of: Al-Kawladi
In accordance with the provisions of Article 59 - of the Roads and Buildings Regulation
No. 44 of the year 935 and its amendments, we submitted this report in three copies to take the necessary action.
The Expert
⟦illegible⟧ Kadhim Al-Jubour
22/10/22
The Expert
Ahmed Loutieh
22/10/22
The Officer for Section (2)
22/10/22
The notified sections that must be demolished
⟦line⟧
The room overlooking the public street must be demolished along with the demolition of the fence
with a length of 10 meters and a height of two meters until the danger is removed

Archival unit 264

Urgent
Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings!
Subject: Property No. 56 / ⟦224⟧
Based on the warning from the Mayoralty of the Capital regarding the danger of the aforementioned property
numbered 28092 and dated 12/29/1960, we inspected the mentioned property
and found that the excavation area has collapsed, and another wall has fallen as a result of the rains.
The building also needs reinforcements in other locations. Therefore, I see it
necessary to build and repair the fences, which will cost approximately 60/- Dinars
Sixty Dinars. With much gratitude and respect.
Engineer
Salah Yusuf
1/21/61
Approved ⟦it⟧
1/21/61

Archival unit 265

Office of
S. J. IBRAHIM
Engineer Saleh Yousef
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Tel. 83012
Telephone 83012
18 February 1961
⟦line⟧ 19
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings!
Subject: Removing the door of the Jewish Community Presidency building
and raising it.
Based on your verbal approval, we have raised the Community door. This has cost
an amount of 34.575 Dinars, only thirty-four Dinars and five hundred and seventy-five Fils,
fees for moving telephone, electricity, and water wires, as well as burial and concrete paving. Please pay the amount to
Mr. Naoum Ezra Abdullah <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> for his undertaking of the expenditure.
With highest respect,
Engineer
Saleh Yousef
18 / 2 / 1961
To be paid
20 / 2 / 961

Archival unit 266

Request for expenditures for the door, stairs, telephone, electricity, and the ground
Remaining ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
150 for Al-Shalman neighborhood
200 paint putty
400 plastering cement
150 fiber rope
800 Sabbar
500 worker
⟦line⟧
2200
250 iron pen
250 screwdriver
400 daily worker
400 nail
450 bowls
⟦line⟧
3950
1750 plastering master
900 Sabbar worked after hours for 1000 fils
550 worker
450 bags of cement
960 chassis
25 nimes
⟦line⟧
7215
1750 bricks, quantity 250
750 gravel, 5 loads
1400 cement, 12 bags
⟦line⟧
11115
250 bricks, quantity 50
150 fiber rope
1400 cement, 12 bags
⟦line⟧
12715
1750 plastering master
900 Sabbar
500 worker
400 2 workers
450 raffia, same as Sabbar
200 nail
⟦line⟧
16915
450 door lock
1100 contractor
400 Alawi
750 Amin Abu Al-Suriyat
⟦line⟧
19615
750 Sabbar's fare ⟦illegible⟧
6150 sand, gravel, and iron
4000 to Sabbar
2000 to the carpenter for repairing the door and the frame
1000 to Hassan the supervisor and paid
Alawi
⟦line⟧
22575
To the truth

Archival unit 267

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⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 268

Aleppo
100 - -
100 - -
125 - -
7 - -
⟦line⟧
332 - -
25 - -
⟦line⟧
357 - -
⟦illegible⟧
Salt - -
Salt - -
Pink salt
Sweet
Eid
⟦illegible⟧
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Archival unit 269

Al-Masa'i | Al-Mustashfa | Sayyid Al-Rashid | Shihab | Al-Nashi
10 | 150 | 120 | 80 | 60
40 | 70 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 60 | ⟦illegible⟧
50 | 85 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 40 | ⟦illegible⟧
1
4
5
3
2
12
20
17
400
2
6
7
1500
2475
25
⟦illegible⟧ 69
⟦illegible⟧ 21
1 ⟦illegible⟧ 4800
⟦illegible⟧ 8
3 ⟦illegible⟧ 6
⟦illegible⟧ 5000
1 ⟦illegible⟧ 750
⟦illegible⟧ 25
⟦line⟧
500 220
⟦illegible⟧
Al-Masa'i | 212
Sayyid Al-Rashid | 120
Al-Mustashfa | 85
Nasi Saleh Agency | 14
Al-Nashi | 6
437/500
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 270

Khudair Abbas Shop for Selling Construction Materials
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Al-Jumhuriya Street
Baghdad on: 5 - 2 - 196
To Mr.: The Jewish Association
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Ton | Load | Double | Bag | Price
400 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Fine sand |  |  |  |  | 
150 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Coarse sand |  | 1 |  |  | 
750 | 1 | Khatun | 250 |  |  |  | 
600 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Coarse sand |  | 4 |  |  | 
200 | 1 | Fine sand |  |  |  | 2 | 
150 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Coarse sand |  | 1 |  |  | 
050 | 2 | Khatun | 500 |  |  |  | 
150 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Coarse sand |  | 1 |  |  | 
200 | 1 | Fine sand |  |  |  | 2 | 
5950 |  | Total |  |  |  |  | 
⟦signature⟧
1
2
3/5
2

Archival unit 271

S. J. IBRAHIM
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Tel. 83012
Office of
Engineer Saleh Yousef
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Telephone 83012
18 February 1961
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings
Subject: Construction of canopies over the stalls of the Community building
Based on your written approval of the petition of Mr. Haj Ali Karam bin Haila, we have constructed
the aforementioned canopies at a cost of 12.200 Dinars (only twelve dinars and two hundred)
as shown in the attached list. Therefore, I request your Excellency to direct the payment of the amount to Mr.
Ahmed ⟦Warda⟧ Abdullah who performed the work.
With highest respect
Engineer
Saleh Yousef
18 / 2 / 1961
Paid 20 / 2 / 1961
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 272

Haj Ali Karam bin Haimka . Baghdad
Haj Ali Karam Ibn-Haimka
<del>Khan Murjan</del>
BAGHDAD
KHAN MIRJAN 1 - 158
Baghdad on
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
I am Haj Ali Karam, the lessee of property No. 152, 112. Since the door of
the shop is exposed to rain, I request your Excellency to direct the construction of a canopy for the door to protect it and the shop
from the rain which causes us great damage. With many thanks.
Lessee of property 152, 112
Submitted by
Haj Ali Karam
⟦signature⟧
To the Honorable Mr. Saleh Kasha, the Engineer
Please estimate the cost of the canopy for the commercial Khan No. 152/112
and inform the financial department. Thank you.
⟦signature⟧
The costs of the work for the canopy and repairing the stairs
is about 200 dinars only ten dinars
Engineer
Saleh
1/5/1961
Approved / ⟦illegible⟧
1/8/1961
Governor

Archival unit 273

Eight of the sect ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Financial tax 250
Workers 80
Miscellaneous 100
Belt porterage 50
Belt pocket 1820
Belt 960
Pine wood 600
Belt 500
Maintenance 50
Miscellaneous 280
Tailor for the padding 100
Drabakh fare 120
3 workers for hammering 1500
Rope 150
Costs of the sect's parasol 4500
Electrician 500
Telephone man 100
To the exhibitor 4500
⟦line⟧
16220
⟦illegible⟧ the wonderful effort

Archival unit 274

⟦illegible⟧ to ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ to ⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧
0.47 ⟦illegible⟧
0.68 ⟦illegible⟧
0.23 ⟦illegible⟧
0.05 ⟦illegible⟧
0.05 ⟦illegible⟧
0.85 ⟦illegible⟧
0.87 ⟦illegible⟧
0.01 ⟦illegible⟧
0.07 ⟦illegible⟧
0.05 healing
0.51 ⟦illegible⟧
0.05 ⟦illegible⟧
0.05 ⟦illegible⟧
0.01 ⟦illegible⟧
0.03 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
3.26
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 275

Mr. President
Please approve the issuance of a check in the amount of
(Twenty Dinars only) in the name of Mr. Sabri Amin ⟦illegible⟧
for the advance of the teachers' group in Basra for the month of
February 1961
Salman ⟦illegible⟧
Financial Accountant
20 / 2 / 61
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Received the check
⟦signature⟧
Check No. 629218
Check Date 20 / 2 / 61
Period Name ⟦illegible⟧
Recorded in the Cash Book page