Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Baghdad: 29 / 7 / 922 Hand-delivered receipt Anna Rupee Only - / 50 fifty ⟦illegible⟧ I have received from the treasury of the Hakham Bashi Administration the amount mentioned above Only fifty rupees, and that is for Administration service for the month of July 1922 And accordingly, I have signed this receipt Signature of the recipient: Clear address: Hakham Hasson bin Moallem Hasson
K. Heskel Nessim Toeg Stamps & Stationary Seller BANK STREET 17/240 H Baghdad, 20/8/4 192 Khedhouri Heskel Nessim To⟦eg⟧ Seller of stamps and stationery - Bank Street, Baghdad | Rs. | As. Management of the Honorable Jewish Community | | ⟦14⟧ July 1 dozen colored pens | - | 8 15 100 Envelopes | - | 7 28 Nibs | - | 4 2 Aug Ordinary file | - | 4 7 File string 50 | - | 12 Two rupees and three annas only | 2 | 3 Khedhouri Nessim Total
Number Al-Karkh Volume Issue: 46 Volume: 22 A weekly literary newspaper Anna | Rupee ⟦line⟧ | 15 We have received from the Israelite Spiritual Council the amount recorded above, totaling fifteen rupees, as the subscription fee for Al-Karkh for the third year On: August 20, 1927 Owner ⟦stamp faded/illegible⟧ (Note) This receipt is not valid unless signed by the concessionaire or the editor
In Baghdad Year 192 To Moshe Eliyahu Hayek We have recorded for you the value of the bicycle tools whose number and value are explained below Anna | Rupee | Type of tools | | We have spent 61 Roller bells in ⟦Rupee⟧ | | ⟦Their price⟧ eight Annas sale 4 Ost ⟦...⟧ | | from it the remainder Your servant Hayek
Baghdad: 12/8/920 Hand-delivered receipt Anna Rupee 3 3 Only 3 rupees and three annas I have received from the treasury of the Hakhambashi administration the amount recorded above Only three rupees and three annas <del>only</del> and that is for stationery for the community administration according to the list submitted to the aforementioned office on 14/8/20 and accordingly I have signed this receipt Signature of recipient: Clear address: Sabouri Nassim Twig Stationery seller - Bank Street in Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature flourish⟧
Baghdad: 14 / 8 / 1920 Receipt Anna Rupee Only - / 9 nine rupees no more I have received from the treasury of the Hakham Bashi's office the amount numbered above Only nine rupees no more and that is for Printing " ⟦Address⟧ for the Physical Council " 1200 copies On paper of ⟦medium⟧ size And accordingly I have signed this receipt Signature of the recipient: Clear address: Khedhouri Manager of the Charitable Society Press Israeli ⟦Khedhouri⟧
⟦illegible faded text⟧ Dirham | From expenditure ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | Mr. ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ | 3 ⟦...⟧ | 5 ⟦...⟧ | 5 ⟦...⟧ | 2 ⟦...⟧ | 10 ⟦...⟧ | 2 ⟦...⟧ | 10 | 37 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 252 To be referred to the esteemed Lay Council ⟦illegible stamp⟧ 8/6 920 Acting Hakham Bashi Administration of the General Lay Council Number 441 / i / 920 Date 24 / 8 / 920 Center of attention Written on 24 / 8 / 920
Third Schedule Excellency Vice President of the Esteemed Physical Council Below are details regarding the slaughter of sheep that took place on the days indicated below :- Total slaughtered sheep | Weight in Kilograms | Heads of sheep | Days 53 | 642.5 | 21 | Wednesday 52 | 795.5 | 47 | " Thursday 50 | 777.5 | 41 | " Friday 22 | 317.- | 20 | " Sunday ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 177 | 2532.5 | 129 | Total And on the basis that a kilo is thirteen annas, it would be: 2532.5 X 13 = 32916 annas i.e. 2057/104 ⟦line⟧ 1857 Wahib al-Faz'a Wahib al-Faraj 2/24 1920 It was agreed to make a deduction of 500/000 one hundred rupees and ten and a half annas
19/2/1920
Expenses for handling the strike case
Statement | Rupee | Anna
Fees for nine warnings to the striking slaughterers | 29 | 6
Notary Public fee | 10 |
Stamps for 9 warnings | 4 | 8
Gratuity for the Notary Public clerk for quick notification | 5 |
⟦line⟧ | 58 | 14
For renting shops used for selling meat by {Hamid Al-Kazem | 70 |
" " " " " " | 10 |
Making ⟦bottles⟧ | 10 |
Three cars on the day of 19/2/1920 | 44 |
For Jewish butchers 19/2/1920 | 15 |
⟦line⟧ | 247 | 14
Khedhouri Haron Tweig } | 2 |
Sion Ajam } Shurim | 5 |
Ezra Karawi } | 5 |
The servant Habib ⟦K-⟧ | 5 |
Distributor with Saleh for two days distributing leaflets and going to the slaughterhouse | 8 |
Saleh, leaflet distributor | 2 |
Mat for the slaughterhouse | 1 |
⟦line⟧ | 270 | 14
Jewish butchers on the day of 20/2/1920 | 5 |
Fees for publications concerning the strike case | 50 |
Fee to Mr. Salman Al-Sheikh Ahmed, the lawyer | 150 |
Two cars 20/2 | 41 |
Court fees for case supervision | |
200 deposits | |
50 migration fee | |
5 lawsuit fee | |
9 stamps | 64 |
To Moussa Al-Wadi, the slaughterhouse guard | 10 |
The driver Naeem Aziz for two nights 19/2 and 20/2 | 20 |
Red watermelon seeds | 1 | 4
⟦line⟧ | 579 | 2
Organizing slaughter matters | 465 |
Towel | | 12
Carriage to the police headquarters | | 10
⟦line⟧ | 945 | 8
⟦What is in his hand⟧
Previous balance | 925 | 8 | 14 Green dye for staining as well | | | Cars 21 / 2 / 920 | 20 | | To the slaughterer Nassim Aziz 21 / 2 / 920 | 10 | | Khedhouri Al-Koleel cooking for three days | 10 | | Omar soap 21 / 2 / 920 | 5 | | To the butcher 21 / 2 / 920 | 2 | | To Sheikh Saleh, went down to the slaughterhouse to assist | 2 | | ⟦line⟧ | 996 | 6 | Cart for transporting meat for two days | 10 | | Lanterns, oil, and wood | 4 | | For guarding the butcher and the meat for a period of four days | 70 | | To Reuben Khedhouri the slaughterer 21 / 2 / 920 | 5 | | Carpentry 3 energy units | 3 | | Towel | | | 3 To Gurji Yaqub, distributor of leaflets and worker in the slaughterhouse | 10 | | " Meir Yaqub " " " | 10 | | " One of the Jewish butchers " | 20 | | " Darwish Suhail butcher | 4 | | For renting shops | 2 | | ⟦line⟧ | 1119 | 2 | Sion Sassoon Amber 22 / 2 / 920 | 5 | | To the butchers - Penal Court | 20 | | Cart for transporting meat on Sunday | 2 | | 8 Gas and wood | 1 | | 8 To the shop owner as a guarantee and loss | 4 | | Porter's fee for repair and Saleh Shuker | 10 | | Shohet Nassim Shaul Aziz Sunday night | 10 | | Reuben Khedhouri " " | 5 | | Car on Sunday | 15 | | Khedhouri Tweiq for two nights | 6 | | Gurji Yaqub | ⟦line⟧ | 1208 | 2 To Ain Al-Qaynji for four nights | 4 | | To Ibrahim Gurji the slaughterer for four nights as per report | 40 | | Cars | 40 | | Gauze cloth for the slaughterhouse via Meir Basri ⟦...⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 1292 | 2 Car fare | | 7 | | | 8 | | ⟦line⟧ | 1297 | 9
Volume 1 (Al-Istiqlal Newspaper) Paper 76 Me: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Rupees: 12 Only: twelve rupees We received from the Honorable Somatic Council the amount mentioned above, and that is for the price of the midwife advertisement in the year of the accountant ⟦signature⟧ 27 / 2 / 27
AL BILAD Al-Bilad Newspaper No. 441 Baghdad 27 March 1930 Received from: His Excellency the Acting Hakham Bashi The sum of Rs.: 20/80 Twenty Rupees and eight Annas On account of: Fees for publishing an announcement regarding ⟦the descent⟧ of the Bashi On account of: and fees for publishing a response ⟦and B⟧ REVENUE IRAQ 1 ANNA Finance One Anna Manager of Administration ⟦Hayat M...⟧ List 249
JEWISH CHARITABLE Administration SOCIETY, PRESS, The Israeli Charitable Society Press BAGHDAD ⟦line⟧ Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Dated 27 / 3 / 1920 Date Purim night Past | Number 2000 | Meat shop advertisements | Rupee 20 | 4000 | " " " Sale " | 5 | 200 | Promissory notes | 8 2 0 | 120 | Card (Meeting) | 8 2 0 | | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | | | 30 " " I received from the Communal Council thirty rupees only and for that reason I have given this receipt Khedhouri
1857 / Rupees Only one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven Rupees ⟦Razzouqi⟧ I have received from the fund of the Physical Council the amount noted above Only one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven Rupees in exchange for the kilograms of meat Amounting to two thousand five hundred and thirty-two and a half kilograms 2532 1/2 Weights of the kosher sheep that were slaughtered in the slaughterhouse of the Jewish community On the following days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday corresponding to 19, 20, 21, 22 and I have given this as a receipt for the mentioned amount 2/27/930 Al-Mulla Razzouqi Al-Mulla Qaddouri REVENUE 1 ANNA IRAQ Financial Iraq 27
Second List Anna | Rupee | Statement | | Advertisements for absent translations 8 | 12 | / Al-Rafidain Newspaper | 10 | / Al-Bilad Newspaper | 9 | Al-Iraq Newspaper 8 | 10 | / Al-Alam Al-Arabi Newspaper | 30 | A list submitted by the Israeli Press regarding the printing of advertisements, leaflets, and promissory notes | 72 | ⟦line⟧ | 8 | Remaining house rent for the mourner Meir | 80 | ⟦line⟧ | 18 | Printing of the brief report on the council's work | 10 | To Al-Bilad Newspaper in exchange for publishing a word in response to the expected article from 150 Israelis | 108 | ⟦line⟧ 12 | 69 | Slaughterhouse expenses previously spent by Ephraim Isaac Tawil according to the attached list 12 | 177 | ⟦line⟧ Received From Daniel Khadouri
Anna | Rupee 49 | 7 | Previous 20 | 10 | Previous 4 | | Cigarettes 7 | | Coffee 25 | 7 | x 2 4 | Two cans of gas 74 | 14 | Total: seventy-four rupees and fourteen annas Mohammad ⟦...⟧ N. M. On behalf of the agent ⟦Hajj Saleh Pash⟧ ⟦The Stories⟧
Expenses Rupee | Anna 1 | | A small notebook 8 | 4 | Registration notebooks " | 2 | Two notebooks 11 | 4 | 50 Folders " | 1 | A stamp and a bottle of ink for it 4 | 2 | Binding two copies of the Quran " | 5 | Printing fees for 500 subpoenas 12 | 3 | Binding three large-sized volumes " | 4 | Repairing a desk for the clerk of the court 4 | 2 | Stationery seller's request regarding the dissolved Spiritual Court 29 | 8 | ⟦signature⟧ 2/7 84 On behalf of the Deputy Hacham Bashi Receipt N. M.
Management Expenses N - R - B | | Car for congratulations on the occasion of Ramadan | 2 | 250 Coffee and cigarettes | | 14 N - R - B | | Car to the Ministry of Education | | 8 " " the Mutasarrifate | | 1 " " the Ministry | | 2 " " Secretariat of the Capital and the Mutasarrifate | | 1 " " Police Directorate | | 1 " " Liwa Administrative Council | | 1 " " the Ministry of Interior | | 4 For the wanderer to the management on the occasion of the upcoming ⟦...⟧ | | 8 For the bank | | 8 To the Ministry of Interior | | 2 ⟦line⟧ | | 8 Car and vehicle | 1 | 2 Cars | | 8 | 12 | Vehicle and car on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr | 25 | N - R - B | | Deficiency limit | | 1 Stamp for a letter to Iran | | 2 Water fees January February March 1950 | 70 | 8 " Guarding " | 2 | - " Month of February [Management Guard] | 5 | Cigarettes and coffee | | 14 Electricity for the period between 28/12/51 / 29/1/52 and the remainder 28/2/52 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 9 N - R - B | | 100 papers | | 9 Quran cover binding | | 4 Letter stamps (2 Kurdistan and London) | | 11 Coffee [on the occasion of the upcoming ⟦...⟧] | | 12 Cigarette | | 12 T-pipes (2) | | 6 Porter | | 12 Telephones | | 2 Three packets of cigarettes | | 15 Stamp for the auction | | 8 Receipt stamps | | 2 Matches | | 4 Gas | | 2 Thereafter 79 9
Previous balance | 9 | 79 Anna | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ Repairing a lamp | 4 | Repairing a bicycle | 6 | 2 Safari | 7 | Gratuity for guards | - | 1 Safari | 22 | ⟦line⟧ | 5 | 12 ⟦line⟧ | 6 | 85 Tailor | 4 | Car for the steward | 2 | Coffee | 7 | Charcoal | 10 | Embassy | 4 | ⟦line⟧ | 11 | 1 Cart for the Ministry | 6 | 2 Congratulations to His Majesty the King on the occasion of Ramadan | 8 | 14 ⟦line⟧ | 14 | 16 1 Pens and eraser | 7 | Pocket notebook | 1 | Notebooks | 4 | Paper | 10 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 | 5 Repairing an office machine | 9 | * Rupee | Anna | Stamp | 1 | Receipt of a telegram to Mosul | 6 | Letter stamp | 2 | Beirut letter | 2 | Letter to Mosul | 2 | ⟦line⟧ | 14 | Broadcloth for the Mushaf | 2 | Mushaf binding | 14 | Washing towels | 6 | 2 ⟦line⟧ | 7 | 2 One hundred and twelve rupees and fifteen annas | 15 | 112 ⟦blue ink stamp text visible in background, largely illegible⟧ 24 The most humble Hezekiel Rahmin Tobia The Teacher
Memorandum From EPHRAIM ⟦illegible⟧ OEG BAGHDAD Ephraim Salman Tweig Baghdad Baghdad,: ⟦26 March 946⟧ Baghdad: To: ⟦To the Honorable Chairman of the Supplies Committee⟧ After peace and greetings, enclosed we send the list of expenses incurred in our visits to the courts regarding the case of the air decision, and that is according to ⟦the decision⟧ issued by the esteemed judges ⟦...⟧ in the amount of ⟦...⟧ fils only and nothing else Please reimburse us the value of the entry cards for the school of ⟦...⟧ the teachers today, and peace Ephraim
From: EPHRAIM S. TOEG BAGHDAD From_Arabic: Ephraim Salman Toeg Baghdad Title: Memorandum To: ⟦The Honorable President of the Respected Lay Council⟧ Place_Date: Baghdad, Baghdad 15 May 1940 On the occasion of the request, we ask you to order the payment to us of an ⟦amount⟧ for the daily allowance expenses ⟦69/12⟧ Which is by the hand of ⟦...⟧ as the water tap was in an iron box for the First Port School station, the pipe broke there and was extended with carriage expenses to the Port going and returning four times with ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ the surface of the coconut and the estimation of expenses with the carriage going and returning three times So it became sixty-nine rupees and twelve annas, we request you order the approval of its expenditure And may you remain in peace for history ⟦signature⟧
Announcement From the Israelite Lay Council The final referral of the commitment for Ghabila and entrails will take place Sunday afternoon March 16, 1930