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IJA 3320

Financial Records, President of the Jewish Community

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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 76-100

Archival unit 76

Telegraph 12: Number 7
Telegram receipt number:
Addressed to:
Place of delivery:
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps attached:
Number of words for which the reply is prepaid:
Name and address of the telegram sender:
Receiving officer: ⟦illegible⟧
Date stamp
⟦illegible⟧ 191 ⟦illegible⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding ⟦illegible⟧
Telegraph 12: Number 8
Telegram receipt number: ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to:
Place of delivery:
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps attached:
Number of words for which the reply is prepaid:
Name and address of the telegram sender:
Receiving officer: ⟦illegible⟧
Date stamp
⟦illegible⟧ / MAR / ⟦illegible⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding ⟦illegible⟧
Telegraph 12: Number ⟦illegible⟧
Telegram receipt number:
Addressed to:
Place of delivery:
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps attached:
Number of words for which the reply is prepaid:
Name and address of the telegram sender:
Receiving officer: ⟦illegible⟧
Date stamp
⟦illegible⟧ 191 ⟦illegible⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding ⟦illegible⟧
Telegraph 12: Number ⟦illegible⟧
Telegram receipt number:
Addressed to:
Place of delivery:
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps attached:
Number of words for which the reply is prepaid:
Name and address of the telegram sender:
Receiving officer: ⟦illegible⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 77

From the pharmacy bag
Violation
876 /
⟦line⟧
15 /
Son of the pharmacy bag
Violation
258 /
⟦line⟧
15 /
Violations 500 B
Violation
180 /
⟦line⟧
25 /
⟦illegible⟧ the pharmacy
Violation
26 /
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 78

Telegraph 12:
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Telegram receipt number: ⟦line⟧
Addressed to: ⟦line⟧
Place of delivery: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps affixed to it:
Number of words for which the reply fee was paid in advance:
Name and address of the telegram sender: ⟦line⟧
19 ⟦illegible⟧
Receiving Officer
⟦line⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram
Telegraph 12:
Number: 10
Telegram receipt number: ⟦line⟧
Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
Place of delivery: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps affixed to it:
Number of words for which the reply fee was paid in advance:
Name and address of the telegram sender: ⟦illegible⟧
Date Stamp
⟦illegible⟧
Receiving Officer
⟦line⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram
Telegraph 12:
Number: 11
Telegram receipt number: ⟦line⟧
Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
Place of delivery: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps affixed to it:
Number of words for which the reply fee was paid in advance:
Name and address of the telegram sender: ⟦line⟧
Date Stamp
⟦illegible⟧
Receiving Officer
⟦line⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram
Telegraph 12:
Number: 12
Telegram receipt number: ⟦line⟧
Addressed to: ⟦line⟧
Place of delivery: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps affixed to it:
Number of words for which the reply fee was paid in advance:
Name and address of the telegram sender: ⟦line⟧
Date Stamp
⟦illegible⟧
Receiving Officer
⟦line⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram

Archival unit 79

Rice
⟦illegible⟧
Mithqal
167
⟦line⟧
451
⟦illegible⟧
Mithqal
157
⟦line⟧
351
⟦illegible⟧
Mithqal
157
⟦line⟧
125
⟦illegible⟧
Mithqal
157
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 80

Fils | Dinar
200 | 5 | Chicken
200 | 4 | Ties
500 |  | Ras al-Abd
450 |  | To Shatt al-Arab
⟦line⟧
450 10

Archival unit 81

24
His Excellency the Minister
⟦illegible⟧ Kamel ⟦illegible⟧
Based on the review, I request approval to disburse ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars
to be distributed among the officials and employees ⟦illegible⟧
3.50
7/15
20
<del>1964/4/26</del>
18-5
Fouad Farouk
The Sect
7/25
⟦line⟧
24
Muhammad Abdul Malik

Archival unit 82

24
3/000 Dinars
(Three Dinars only)
For the fare to the car drivers
The Rabbi's car on the occasion of the holiday
(Abdul Nabi Al-Mubarak)
16 / 2 / 961
⟦signature⟧
I endorse it
Custodian

Archival unit 83

Stamps
25
Fils
Postage stamp to the pilot 050
Drawing a copy of a secret letter 060
⟦illegible⟧ for courses
Three 1/000
Only one dinar and one hundred and twenty 1/120

Archival unit 84

26
Ahmed Basha
Send to the Major ⟦Chief⟧ of the Time
Water Administration
Send to the Post Office, Health Department, and Electricity
Send to the Al-Mu'azzam Water, the Bank, and the Municipality House
⟦Telephones⟧ ⟦and⟧ ⟦Television⟧ ⟦...⟧
60
120
50
⟦line⟧
230
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 85

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

Archival unit 86

Volume Number 273142
Accounting 37 A
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government
Endowments ⟦illegible⟧
For ⟦illegible⟧
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils/Dinar: 20/—
Number: 67
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils
On account of: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 14 / 1 / ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of Receiver:
Job Title:
⟦illegible handwriting overlaying form⟧

Archival unit 87

Mr. President
Please approve the issuance of a check in the amount of 60 Dinars
Only sixty Dinars and no more in the name of Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for ⟦illegible⟧ the music group in Basra
For the month of March 1961 ⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
P. ⟦illegible⟧ Date 16 / 3
Date of processing ⟦illegible⟧ Ledger number
Recorded in the cash book page
I have received the mentioned amount
In the amount of sixty Dinars and no more
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 88

Office
Engineer Saleh Yousef
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Telephone 83012
S. J. IBRAHIM
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Tel. 83012
15 / 2 / 1964
Churches ⟦line⟧ 19
Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Subject: Payment of fence construction costs
for property 27b / 140 (Samuel Somekh Synagogue)
The costs of constructing the fence for the mentioned synagogue amounted to 92/500
Ninety-two dinars and five hundred fils only, as shown in the attached lists. I request your honor to pay
the amount to Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ (Abdullah who handled) the expenditure.
With respect to your honor
Engineer
Saleh Yousef
15 / 2 / 64
I received the amount of ⟦illegible⟧ dinars on 15 / 2 / 964
Republic of Iraq
10 Ten Fils
92/500
17/850
74/650
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 89

List of costs for building a wall 50 meters long and 2.40 four and a half meters high
for the Shaul Synagogue and the Sabt Al-Wafd Synagogue and making a large and fortified storehouse
Fils | Dinar
2 workers and brick carrying 3 days cleaning the bricks, building them, preparing them and collecting them in one place | 6 ---
3 teachers to manage the work ⟦illegible⟧
Transporting all the bricks on animals at a rate of 20 fils per load and 15 fils for the number | 9 ---
Buying empty water tanks | 100
26 loads of gravel, the load at 150 fils | 4 800
To the observer of the Capital Secretariat | 1 ---
Cement, 15 bags only | 6 ---
24 loads of sand only | 2 ---
Wages for the master builder, worked 14 days at 1.5 per day | 21 500
7 workers per day, worked 20 days at 400 fils per day | 24 600
Buying locks, staples, bolts, and repairing, hammering, and installing the door | 2 500
To the share of the supervisor of the workers and paying the wages | 4 ---
To Jabbar for his own work and activity with the workers to complete the work quickly | 1 ---
92/500 only ninety-two dinars and five hundred fils only
Note that we have built a height of one and a half meters more than what was decided in the inspection
And we cost it very cheaply

Archival unit 90

Al-Taki
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
Subject: Building a fence for the roof of the Religious Court
previously.
Based on your instructions, I inspected the aforementioned property and found
that it is necessary to build a fence for the roof to protect the lives of the children living
in the aforementioned place, and it will cost about -/10 Dinars, only ten Dinars.
With much thanks and gratitude
The Engineer
Saleh Yusuf
22 / 2 / 1926
Please proceed with building the necessary fence
22 / 2 / 1926
⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable Chairman of the Committee
Due to the completion of the work on building the aforementioned fence, I request your Excellency
to pay the amount to Mr. Ahmed, the Property Supervisor, who handled the expenditure
The Engineer
Saleh Yusuf
15 / 3 / 1926
Pay the amount ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 91

Mahdi Al-Haj Hassan Habib Abaichi
Al-Haraj Al-Kabir Market - Store 92-6
Telephone ( )
Nº 02303
Baghdad on: 15 / 2 / 1951
Invoice to Mr.: Muhi Al-Haj Diab Shokan, the respected
Fils | Dinar | Type of Goods | Quantity | Price
250 | 16 | Kinyar width 2 | 25 | 650
500 | 1 | Travel carrier |  | 
750 | 17 | ⟦line⟧ |  | 
Transport

Archival unit 92

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Number | Type | ⟦illegible⟧ | Date | Year
 |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | 1 | ⟦illegible⟧
 |  |  | 7 | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 93

Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Subject: Advance for the ⟦Mir Ali⟧ building
Number ⟦50/140⟧
In view of the progress of work in the above-mentioned building and the difficulty of conducting the survey at the
present time, I therefore suggest advancing the contractor Mr. Saleh Yusuf the amount of 1000/- Dinars only
one thousand Dinars, and thus the total advance on this building will be 2000/- Dinars (two thousand Dinars)
With respect
The Engineer
Salim Qahtan
⟦illegible⟧
24/3/61
The Accountant
Please advance the amount ⟦24/3/61⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Iraqi Republic
10 Fils
I received the check amounting to
1000/- Dinars only one thousand Dinars
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews:
Check: 622246
Date: 27/3
Date:
Item Number:
Recorded in the cash book page:

Archival unit 94

57731
Volume No. ⟦illegible⟧ State Funds Collection Receipt Accounting 38
No. 081 / Department Name: Al-Rusafa
Registered 4/4/61
⟦signature⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
421 | 124 | Property Tax - recorded on the back previously and interest | ⟦line⟧ | 
 |  | Within check number 626225 | 2/16/961 | 
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, which is: one hundred and twenty-four dinars and four hundred and twenty-one fils
Date: 4 / 4 / 1961
Signature of the receiver ⟦signature⟧
Job title: Collector

Archival unit 95

Volume Number: 57731
State Funds Collection Receipt:
District: 38
Number: 083
Department Name: Al-Rusafa
Registered 4/4/61
⟦illegible signature⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
500 | 27 | Property Tax 4.20 / 94 | in ⟦illegible⟧ | 
020 | 00 | = | Interest | 
520 | 27 | Until ⟦illegible⟧ | <del>246225</del> | 
<del>191 / 5 / 961</del>
I have received from: The Jewish Community
The amount written above, totaling: Twenty-seven dinars and five hundred and thirty fils
Date: 4 / 4 / 961
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: Jassim Mohammed

Archival unit 96

⟦illegible⟧ 83
⟦illegible⟧ on Saturday night ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 7 / 131
1 / 8 / 131
1 / 9 / 131
1 / 10 / 131
1 / 11 / 131
1 / 12 / 131
1 / 5 / 22
1 / 4 / 23
1 / 3 / 24
1 / 2 / 25
1 / 1 / 26
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 97

The Hospital
Baghdad 14 / 2 / 1961
His Excellency, the Respected Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Greetings:
We request your approval to pay an amount of 158/651 Fils/Dinars, one hundred fifty-eight dinars and six hundred fifty-one
fils to the General Revenue Directorate for property tax, as it appeared from the inspection that
the numbers listed below are in debt until 31 / 12 / 1961 for the amount mentioned above
2 / 102 9 640 | Mudir Ali Shop
112
24 / 20 27 070
24 / 30 B 43 520
24 / 40 C 43 525
24 / 180 34 896
158 / 651 only one hundred fifty-eight dinars and six hundred fifty-one fils
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Property Manager
⟦signature⟧
The amount according to receipt No. 507741
On 21 / 2 / 1961
154 / 441
22 / 540
147 / 951
700 / 1
Pay: ⟦signature⟧
Fils:
Dinar:
Check No.:
Check Date:
Recorded in the Cash Book page:
Item number:
Date:
The numbers from the receipts above
were accepted by the Tax Department and recorded
in the registers
14 / 2 / 1961

Archival unit 98

Accountant
Please draw a check for the amount of 3000/- Dinars (three thousand Dinars only)
to our order from the profits of the Rachel Shas'a isolation as a temporary payment
to the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
President
⟦illegible⟧
Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Profits of Rachel isolation
A/C
Check No.: 2010
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Entry Date:
Item No.:
Recorded in the Cash Book p.:
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 99

Honorable Chairman of the Management Committee
Greetings
Please pay ⟦an amount of⟧ one dinar and one hundred and fifty fils, intended as transportation costs on
the account for the trust according to the attached list ⟦for⟧ height and furniture for their contribution ⟦capital⟧
in the name of Bakr
On account and <del>472</del> pay only four hundred and seventy-two fils
Management Committee ⟦illegible⟧
8 / 2 / 961
Due for payment only four hundred and seventy-two fils ⟦9/2/961⟧
472
Abdul Hayy
⟦illegible⟧
Paid on date
12 / 2 / 1961
472
456
16

Archival unit 100

Baghdad 9 March 1931
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, Respected
Baghdad
Greetings and respect
Subject: Return of insurance deposits
Regarding the special insurance deposits for the building located in the Abu Ghraib neighborhood
Numbered ⟦...⟧ and since the maintenance period ends on the 28th of this month, and on the occasion of
the arrival of the blessed Eid al-Fitr, and as I am in need of the deposits held
with you, I request your kindness to please ⟦approve⟧ the ⟦disbursement⟧ of ⟦...⟧
The Contractor Taha ⟦...⟧
After inspection, no deficiency appeared
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
I request the return of the insurance deposit amount held by the community to the respected
Master Taha Muhammad Ali, guarantee for the building mentioned above, and
the elapsed period mentioned above has been completed and no deficiency or cracking appeared
in the mentioned building
9 / 2 / 931
⟦signature⟧