Description
These documents include financial receipts, including postage receipts, a bicycle purchase; bills such as power, water, and phone; community organization invoices, repairs for office equipment, construction materials, printing, office supplies, advertising, handwritten ledgers, notices for outstanding balances, community announcements in newspapers, and lists of expenditures for different items and services purchased by the Baghdadi Jewish Community. There are statements from La Société Anonyme Ottomane des Tramways Eclairages et Forces Electriques de Baghdad, the precursor to the Baghdad Light and Power company.
AI en Translation, Pages 101-125
Page 101
Bill No.: ⟦illegible⟧/A
Baghdad,: 11 / 4 1938
Dr. to: The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Community Baghdad
THE TIMES PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.,
(MESOPOTAMIA) LTD.
BAGHDAD BRANCH.
Order No. | Space. | No. insertions. | Particulars of Work. | Rate per inch. | Amount. Rs. | a. | p.
| 3" | 1 | Notice in the Baghdad Times on 11 April 1938 in English | 7/8 | 7 | 8 |
| | | Do in Arabic | 4/8 | 4 | 8 |
| | | Revenue Stamp | | | 4 |
⟦Treasury of the Community⟧
Total (in Words.): Rupees Twelve annas four only
Total Amount: 12 4
⟦illegible⟧
Manager.
Page 102
THE TIMES PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.
(MESOPOTAMIA) LTD.
BASRAH & BAGHDAD.
TELEPHONES: PROPRIETORS: TELEGRAMS:
02 ASHAR 201 "TIMES OF MESOPOTAMIA", "BAGHDAD TIMES" PUBLICITY
BAGHDAD & "AUQAT AL IRAQIYAH." BASRAH.
CENTRAL 26. PUBLICITY
PRINTERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ BAGHDAD
PRINTERS, PUBLISHERS & ACCOUNTS-BOOK MAKERS.
Baghdad, August 20th, 1930.
85/2291
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS.
The financial year of The Times Printing
and Publishing Coy., Ltd., ends on August 31st,
1930. The management is anxious that the under-
noted bills, which have been due for some time,
should not be shown as still outstanding, and
the favour of an early settlement is specially
requested.
Bill No. | Date. | Amount.
1003/⟦a⟧ | 11.4.30 | 12-4-
⟦Rupees Twelve & four⟧ | |
To: The Chief Rabbi of the Jewish Committee Baghdad.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Page 103
Book ⟦...⟧
No. 2946
K. S. SHEENA
Khadhouri Saleh Sheena
RUBBER & METAL STAMPS MAKER
Rubber and Metal Stamp Factory
CAMERA, TYPEWRITER DEALER & REPAIRER
Repairer and seller of photograph and writing machines
Ras el Qaryah : near Khasaki Mosque
Ras al-Qarya near the Khassaki Mosque
No. 9 / 36
No. 9 - 36 Baghdad (Iraq)
BAGHDAD ('IRAQ)
Baghdad ⟦line⟧
Baghdad on August 25, 1930
Date | Description | Rs. | As.
| The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
Baghdad | 4 | -
| | 4 | -
Lay Council - Baghdad
The Lay Council of the Israelite Community in Baghdad 1930
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL, BAGHDAD.
Four Rupees only
Khadhouri Saleh Sheena
I have received the mentioned amount
Khadhouri Saleh Sheena
25 / 8 / 30
Page 104
Expense account of the subcommittee of Gaza ⟦...⟧
| Rupee | Anna
Sweeper's salary for the month of May 1920 / 1 / 6 / 20 according to the attached receipt | 10 | "
Hand of the clerk according to the attached paper 20 / 6 / 6 | 2 | 12
Sweeper's salary for the month of June 1920 according to the attached receipt | 10 | "
Sweeper's salary for the month of July 1920 according to the attached receipt | 10 | "
Hand of the clerk according to the attached paper | 4 | 10
Sweeper's salary for the month of August 1920 according to the attached receipt | 10 | "
Hand of the clerk according to the attached paper | 25 | 2
Towards the purchase of papers and the cost of printing letters in Arabic, English
and French | 8 | "
⟦line⟧ | 80 | 9
Only eighty rupees and nine annas
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 105
Rupees
10
I have received from the Secretary of the Israelite Schools Committee
for the Jewish community the sum of ten rupees
and that is for my salary for the month of March 1920
8 / 3 / 20
The servant
Daoud Murad
⟦illegible⟧
Page 107
Rupees
10
Only ten rupees and no more
Received from the Secretary of the Israelite Schools Committee
for ⟦transfer of⟧ the amount shown above, and that
for my salary for the month of June 1920
20 / 6 / 20
Al-Mawashi
Daoud Ephraim
⟦illegible⟧
Page 108
Expenses Account
⟦line⟧
Rupee | Anna
Paper buyer | "
Carbon papers | 4
Stamp for the letter to the Alliance regarding the endowments | 6
and solutions 20/7/20 | 2
Files, quantity 2 | 20
Files, quantity 8 at the printing press | 8
Notebook | 2
Envelopes | 8
Stamps for sending the report to } | 5
the Anglo-Jewish } |
Stamp for sending a letter to the Anglo-Jewish | 2
Stamps for sending five letters } | 4
with the report } |
Only four rupees and ten annas | 10 | 4
Aaron
VR-
Page 109
Rupees
10
I have received from the Secretary of the Israeli Schools Committee
for the receipt of the amount shown above, which is
Rupees, and that is for my salary for the month of July 1920
20/7/20
Al-Khashi
Daoud Ibrahim
Page 110
Rupees
10
I have received from the Secretary of the Israelite Schools Committee
from the Levi endowments the sum of ten rupees only
for my salary for the month of August 1920 25/8/20
The servant
Yehuda Harun
Page 112
Jewish Religious Court of the Holy City
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number:
Date: 28 Av 5706
To the attention of the Lay Council of the Jewish Community
Honorable Excellency:
We request to be provided with the amounts detailed below for Court and office expenses
Respectfully
⟦illegible⟧
Details | Dinar | Fils
Scribe's salary and office arrangement for the months of Tammuz and Av | 10 | -
Office expenses | 10 | -
Purchase of a book | - | 200
Postal delivery | - | 180
Repair of the wall clock | - | 100
Office cleaner's salary for the months of Tammuz and Av | 4 | -
Miscellaneous expenses | - | 100
| 24 | 580
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad
Number 527
Date 28 / 8 / 946
File number
Recorded 28 / 8 / 946
⟦illegible⟧
Number
<del>560</del>
Page 113
Expenditure for the month of August 1930
Stationery | Rupee | Anna
Envelopes | | 2
1 ream of transfer paper for the machine (thin) | 1 | 6
Half a bundle of medium-sized paper (ink) for the machine | 2 | 8
Ink bottle | 2 | 6
Envelopes | 1 | 4
Glue | | 10
⟦line⟧ | |
Guarding for six months from April to September 1930 (see attached receipt) | 8 | 5
Furniture and supplies | 6 |
Water faucets | | 7
Cement | | 8
Small tanks | | 2
Repairing a cabinet glass | | 4
Raw cloth bag for the resolution book | | 2
⟦line⟧ | | 8
Subscription to "Sada al-Ahd" newspaper for a full year | 20 |
Tea, coffee, cigarettes, and others | |
⟦line⟧ | |
Sugar | | 4
Ice | | 4
Coffee | | 7
Cigarette | | 4
Ice | | 4
Ice | | 8
Ice | | 4
Coffee | | 14
Ice | | 2
Cigarette | | 2
Sherbet | | 10
Ice | | 2
Sugar | | 4
Ice | | 8
⟦line⟧
25 13
Page 114
Due from before | it ⟦line⟧
25 12 | before it 2 10
| Sherbet 2
| Ice 2
| Coffee 24
| Embassy 6
| ⟦line⟧
7 2 | Stamps
| Registered letter to the Anthropologist - London 9
| " " Alliance - Paris 9
| Receipt stamp 1
| Letter to "The Israeli World" in Beirut (registered) 6
| ⟦line⟧
1 9 | Car fees
| Carriage for the German Consul [The Rabbi] 8
| " Carriage for the Mutasarrifate 8
1 | ⟦line⟧
| Gas and matches .. etc
| Benzene 4
| Matches 3
7 | ⟦line⟧
46 Only forty-six rupees and no more
28 August 1920
Spent / 28 / 8 / 920
⟦signature⟧
⟦faded blue rectangular stamp⟧
⟦faded blue rectangular stamp⟧
⟦faded stamp at bottom center⟧
Page 115
No. No.: 274
Date-Stamp.:
Received a Registered * Received Registered: Air mail Letter
Addressed to Addressed to: M. ⟦...⟧
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be.:
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. As. Rupee value of stamps affixed (if it was a packet):
FOR INSURED ARTICLES. For insured items:
Insured for Rs. (in figures) Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures):
in words in words:
Insurance fee Insurance fee:
Weight in words Weight in words:
Receiving Officer Receiving Officer: ⟦signature⟧
or "packet" as the case may be
Register "letter" or bundle
BAGHDAD H.O.
13 AUG 30
No. No.: 275
Date-Stamp.:
Received a Registered * Received Registered: Air mail Letter
Addressed to Addressed to: ⟦...⟧
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be.:
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. As. Rupee value of stamps affixed (if it was a packet):
FOR INSURED ARTICLES. For insured items:
Insured for Rs. (in figures) Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures):
in words in words:
Insurance fee Insurance fee:
Weight in words Weight in words:
Receiving Officer Receiving Officer: ⟦signature⟧
or "packet" as the case may be
Register "letter" or bundle
BAGHDAD H.O.
13 AUG 30
Page 116
Number
( Sada al-Ahd )
Volume
Issue: 7
Received from: The Honorable Israeli Corporal Council
Amount: Twenty
Rupees, as payment for:
Subscription: one year
Year:
To:
Year:
2
27 / August / 930
1930
Newspaper Manager
⟦illegible⟧
Page 117
Volume: 916
Capital Secretariat:
Guarding Receipt:
Neighborhood: Qanbar Ali
Number: 91530
Property Number: 86 / 118
Anna: 6
Rupee:
For the month: ⟦April until September 930⟧
Received from: Administration of the Israelite Community
Year Rupee:
Exchange: 6
Months in: 21 / 8
Year: 1930
⟦signature⟧
Collector
Page 118
No.: 12
Received a Registered: ⟦letter⟧
Addressed to: Owner ⟦...⟧
Date-Stamp.
BAGHDAD H.O.
RES.
22 AUG 30
Date Stamp
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be
* Record "Letter" packet or "parcel" as the case may be
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. Value of affixed stamps (if it is a parcel)
As. Anna
FOR INSURED ARTICLES
Insured for Rs. (in figures) Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures)
in words
Insurance fee
Weight in words
Receiving Officer .
Page 119
Financial
⟦Receipt⟧ of a bicycle
⟦...⟧ 14 - 6 - ⟦...⟧
⟦Aziz⟧
Page 120
Jewish Schools Committee
JEWISH SCHOOLS COMMITTEE
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
No.: 220
Baghdad, on: July 12, 1920
To His Excellency the Acting Chief Rabbi of Baghdad, the respected
With reference to Article 18 of the Jewish Schools Committee Regulations,
We request Your Excellency to issue your order to send us 127/8 Rupees, and that is
for the cost of printing and providing the Internal Regulations for the Jewish schools and a report
on the schools for the year 1920 as shown in the attached list.
With our utmost respect to Your Excellency.
⟦Ezra Shehim⟧
Chairman of the Jewish Schools
Committee
Office of the Chief Rabbi - Baghdad
No. 560
Date 14 / 7 / 920
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
252
Referred to the Lay Council for consideration
Acting Chief Rabbi
8/10 / 920
Accounting
1
July 24, 920
8/15/920
Page 121
No 4333
Baghdad
M
Number 4333
Baghdad 10 July ⟦1930⟧
To the Honorable Secretary of the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad
Baghdad
Dr. to
The Modern Press:
Hassoun, Murad & Co.
Telephone No - Central 126
Due to
The Modern Press:
Hassoun, Murad and their Partners
Telephone Number: Central 126
| Rs. Rupees | As. Annas
Value of printing, binding, and supplying 1000 copies of the Internal Regulations of the Schools | 17 | 8
" " " " 200 copies of a report on the schools for the year 1930 | |
In the English language | 75 | -
Value of printing and supplying 5 tables in the French language, 200 copies per table | 35 | -
| 127 | 8
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of Hassoun, Murad and their Partners
Page 122
No: 4337
Number: 4337
Baghdad:
Baghdad: 25 July 930
M:
To: The Honorable Secretary of the Jewish Schools Committee in Baghdad
Dr. to
The Modern Press:
Hassoun, Murad & Co.
Telephone No - Central 126
| Rs. | As.
Cost of printing and binding 400 copies of the schools report for the year 929 in Arabic | 100 | -
200 copies in French | 32 | 8
| 132 | 8
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of Hassoun, Murad & Co.
Page 124
Anna | Rupee
12 | 81 | Previous balance
| | Gas, coal, and matches
⟦line⟧ | 2 | Gas
12 | 83 | ⟦line⟧
| 2 | Stationery stamp
| 2 | Ledger for copying decisions
12 | 86 | ⟦line⟧
Only eighty-six rupees and thirteen annas, nothing else
Died 10 / 8 / 950
⟦signature⟧
Page 125
THE OTTOMAN ANONYMOUS COMPANY OF TRAMWAYS LIGHTING
AND ELECTRIC FORCES OF BAGHDAD.
Abakhanah
Baghdad,: 12.8.1930
Extract of Agreement Signed by Consumer.
7. Payments.—Accounts shall be rendered monthly
and should payment at any time be more than 15 days in
arrears the Company reserve the right, after giving 48
hours' notice in writing to discontinue the supply of
current until the amount owing has been paid together
with a fee of Rs. 5/- for reconnecting. In the event of
any Consumer wishing to discontinue taking a supply he
must give 3 days' notice in writing to the Company, and,
until the expiration of this notice, he will be responsible
for any current consumed on the premises whether he may
have ceased to occupy the premises or not.
Extract of the agreement signed by the consumer
7- Payment of Fees: Accounts are submitted monthly and if the payment date is delayed
more than 15 days, the Company has the right, after giving a written notice 48
hours prior, to cut the electrical current until the due amount is paid along with the
reconnection fee of 5 Rupees. If any of the consumers wish to cut
the electrical current, they must inform the Company in writing three days prior and will
remain responsible until the expiration of this notice for all power consumed whether
they have vacated the premises or not.
To: The Acting Chief Rabi
House No.: 16/118
Bill No.: 786 17/2
For Electricity Consumed at:
From: 26.6.30
To: 3.8.30
Unmetered Rate. | Rate | Rupees. | As. | Rupees | Anna | Fixed Fees
Lamps up to 60 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 6 per month | | | | | For lamps with power up to 60 watts
monthly
Lamps above 60 watts and up
to 100 watts ⟦line⟧ | Rs. 10/8/- p. month | | | | | For lamps with power above 60 watts
and up to 100
monthly
Metered Units.
Lighting and Fans; — UNITS.
Meter No 1142164 = 56 | @ 7 as. | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 | Recorded Units
For lighting and fans: — units consumed
Meter Number 1142164 = 56
at 7 Annas
Meter No ⟦line⟧ | @ 7 as. | | | | |
Power:—
Meter No ⟦line⟧ | @ 5 as. | | | | | For industrial: —
Meter Number
at 5 Annas
Meter No ⟦line⟧ | | | | | |
Meter No ⟦line⟧ | | | | | |
Meter Rentals ⟦line⟧ | | | | | | Meter fees ⟦line⟧
Other Charges ⟦line⟧ | | | | | | Other fees ⟦line⟧
TOTAL | | 24 | 8 | 24 | 8 | Total
This Bill is now due for payment and must be paid
at the office of the Baghdad Electricity Supply, Abakhanah.
Please present this Bill at the office when making
payment.
For the convenience of Consumers cheques may
be made payable to Baghdad Electricity Supply and
crossed Ottoman Bank.
This bill is now due for payment and must be settled at the office of electricity
supply in Abakhanah.
When paying the amount, please present this bill.
Cheques are accepted for the convenience of consumers and must be addressed
in the name of the Electricity Supply Office in Baghdad and crossed with two lines mentioning inside them
the Ottoman Bank.
REVENUE
1 ANNA IRAQ
Finance
1 Anna Iraq
⟦signature⟧
Accountant.