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IJA 2740

Correspondence among Jewish Community Committees – Financial Matters, Salaries, Budgets

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This is archival material from the Baghdadi Jewish Community that contains correspondence between various Jewish community groups and government offices. Topics include: increases in monthly salaries, the allocation of money to various Jewish community offices, religious ceremonies, plans for vacant lots, travel for medical treatment and rest, kosher meat, ledgers with the amount of meat purchased in 1949 (for meat tax), correspondence from the Mayor of Baghdad regarding trash removal, financial summaries, budgets, salary reports, newspaper clipping, employee raises, purchased goods, women’s ritual purity laws, correspondence with individual rabbis, girls’ school, applications for permits, and an index of registered judges' names. There are also correspondence and flyers in Judeo-Arabic; the Judeo-Arabic flyers are from the Tomkhe Torah Society.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2740
Item Number
11980
Date
Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords
Kirkuk, Financial, Report, Chart, Illustration, Employment, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, Medical, Tomkhe Tora Society, Kosher, Revenue Stamp, Newspaper, Ministry of Justice, Ledger, Thumbprint, Typed, Iraqi Government, Advertisement, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Clippings, Crown Crest, Legal, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Spiritual Council, Labor, Letterhead, Invoice, Mayor of Baghdad, Jewish Lay Council, Palestine, President of the Jewish Community, Chief Rabbi, Exports, President of the Shoḥaṭīm, Marriage, Imports, Hospitals, Judicial, Dorshe Tora Society, Benjamin Moshi, Shoḥaṭīm Association, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Correspondence, Jewish Schools Committee, Personal Letterhead, Annotation, Schools, Handwritten, Travel

AI English Translation, Pages 451-475

Archival unit 451

The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone 5452
Number: G / 765 / 51
Date: 7 / 10 / 951
Subject Summary:
Administrative Order
Based on the death of the late Isaac Faraj the Slaughterer in the slaughterhouse of this community on
October 4, 951, it has been decided to terminate his salary amounting to 60/000 Dinars from the slaughterhouse
effective from the afternoon of October 4, 951.
⟦Ibrahim⟧
Vice President
Copy to -
The Accountant - to act accordingly.
Personal File - for filing.
⟦illegible⟧ the department ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 452

G / 762 / 51
10/1/1951
Department Copy
⟦Department Copy⟧
Administrative Order
It has been decided to grant Mr. Moallem Sahyoun Abdullah only fifteen dinars and no more
and that is for transportation fees from Diwaniyah to Baghdad round trip with a bonus in appreciation of his efforts
on the occasion of granting the slaughtering permit to Mr. Naji Bashiri.
⟦Signature⟧
Vice President
⟦Signature⟧
President
Copy to " The Accountant - to act accordingly.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 453

G / 769 / 51
20 / 10 / 1951
Department Copy
Administrative Order
Mr. Heskel Roubin Ishaq is appointed as a knife inspector in the slaughterhouse of this
community with a monthly salary of ten dinars (7.500 dinars nominal salary and 2.500
dinars high cost of living allowance) effective from 1 / 9 / 951.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Vice President
A copy to:
The Accountant - to act accordingly.
The personal file of the aforementioned appointee.
The person concerned - for information.
⟦red pencil marks⟧

Archival unit 454

G / 744 / 51
24 / 8 / 1951
Copy for the Department
Administrative Order
It has been decided to appoint Mr. Isaac Faraj ⟦Niyata⟧ (Shohet) in the slaughterhouse of this community
to perform slaughtering, issuing rulings, and repairing and ⟦sharpening⟧ knives with a monthly salary of 45/000
D (35/000 Dinars nominal salary and 10/000 Dinars cost of living allowance)
starting from the first of July of the year 951, provided that it is raised to a salary of sixty Dinars (45/000 Dinars
nominal salary and 15/000 Dinars cost of living allowance) starting from the first of August of the year 951.
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
A copy of it to:-
The Accountant to act accordingly.
The Personal File for archiving.
711
711

Archival unit 455

1150 7/ October / ⟦6⟧
537881/5/⟦6⟧
Air Force Command
⟦...⟧
Simple Statement
⟦line⟧
The amounts mentioned below are to be deducted from the allowances of the rank of (Second Lieutenant) Pilot Raad Yusuf Ishaq, and according to
Number 45/5000 dated November 5, 56:-
(Statement No. 52 attached to No. 101/5000 on September 14, 1956) (057/000) Dinars
on October 1, 56 (Statement No. 53 attached to No. 101/5000 on October 15, 56)
052/000 Dinars on November 1, 56 (Statement No. 54 attached to No. 54/5000 on November 15, 56)
⟦signature⟧
Major Jamal Abdul Aal Sabri
A copy to:-
• Directorate of Military Accounts
• British Consulate in Basra

Archival unit 456

»Leitz« No. 18 = 8 cm
No. 17 = 7 cm
No. 87 = 7 & 8 cm
»Leitz« No. 180 = 8 cm
No. 170 = 7 cm
»Leitz« No. 108 = 8 cm
No. 107 = 7 cm
No. 187 = 7 & 8 cm
»Leitz« Prima-Standard 2
»Leitz« Prima-Standard 1
»Schukir« No. 601 — 604
»Schukir« No. 605 — 608
»Leitz« No. 1005
»Ivo« No. 7420 = 32×23 cm
No. 7220 = 37×23 cm
»Leitz« No. 922 & 924
Biblorhapte »Leitz«

Archival unit 457

Index | Letter
The Slaughterhouse | S
The Needy and Retirees | K
The Spiritual Council | M
Hakham Bashi | IJ
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