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 51-75
Page 51
Naji Abdullah
Maker of rubber seals and engraver of metal plates
And repairer and seller of typewriters
Bank Street No. 28/240 - Baghdad
To: -
The Honorable Chairman of the Israeli Schools Committee
- Baghdad -
Greetings and respect,
I submit to you the seal requested for your honorable committee, whose image is shown
below, with the request that you order the payment of its cost only, the amount of two rupees.
With much thanks to you. Baghdad on October 19 / ⟦330⟧
⟦signature⟧
Naji Abdullah
Israeli Schools Committee
Baghdad
Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
I received the amount
⟦signature⟧
19 / 10 / ⟦illegible⟧
Certified for the payment of two rupees only
The Secretary | The Chairman
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 52
I received from the Committee of the Israelite Schools twelve annas
and that is the remainder for postage stamps purchased for the account of
the Committee, October 24th, year 1920
Approved for the payment of twelve annas 24/10/20
The Secretary The President
⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 53
Number 232
Jewish Charitable Society Press
Baghdad
Under the Tekiya No. 22 / 115
Established in 1929
Jewish Charitable Society
Press
Baghdad
JEWISH CHARITABLE
SOCIETY PRESS,
BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1929
Date, October 27, 1930 Dated,
To the Respectable Head of the Jewish Schools Committee
A statement of the list of publications printed for your account as follows:
Anna | Rupee | Type of Publications | Quantity | Remarks
8 | 12 | Purchase of file copies | 200 |
8 | 2 | Printing fees | |
⟦line⟧ | 15 | Only fifteen rupees | |
I have received the amount in full
⟦signature⟧
Spent by my knowledge
Please send it with the bearer
With much thanks
⟦signature⟧
27/10/30
Head of the Jewish
Schools Committee
Ibrahim Levy
I sanction the spending of the amount
Head of the Schools Committee
⟦signature⟧
Approves the spending of the amount of fifteen rupees
Secretary
⟦signature⟧
The President
26/10/30
Signature
⟦signature⟧
Page 54
No. 259
Jewish Charitable Society Press
Baghdad
Under the Hospice No. 32/115
Established in the year 1929
Jewish Charitable Society Press
Baghdad
JEWISH CHARITABLE
SOCIETY PRESS,
BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1929
Dated,: 11/30/1938
Date:
To the Honorable Chairman of the Jewish Schools Committee
Statement of the list of publications printed for your account as follows:-
Anna | Rupee | Type of Publications | Quantity | Remarks
" | 7 | Address | 1000 |
" | 4 | Memo | 600 |
| 11 | Only eleven Rupees | |
Disbursed under my supervision
⟦signature⟧
Please send it with the bearer
Thanking you in advance
Certified for payment of the amount of eleven Rupees and nothing else
Secretary
⟦signature⟧
President
⟦signature⟧
11/30/38
I received the amount
⟦signature⟧
11/30/38
Khedhouri
Signature
Page 55
Baghdad: 29/7/11
Hand-delivered receipt
Rupees | Anna
35 | - | Only thirty-five rupees and no more
I have received from the fund of the Hakham Bashi's administration the above-mentioned amount
Only thirty-five rupees and no more, for
the repair of the typewriter according to the details provided
in our bill No. 2064 dated 29/6/30
and accordingly, I have signed this receipt
Recipient's signature :: Khedhouri
Clear address ::
REVENUE Financial
1 ANNA Anna 1 IRAQ Iraq
Khedhouri Saleh Shasha
Owner of the Rubber Stamp Shop
26-9
Page 56
Book AP
No. 3079
Khedhouri Saleh Sheena
K. S. SHEENA
Rubber and Metal Stamps Workshop
RUBBER & METAL STAMPS MAKER
Repairer and Seller of Photographic and Typewriting Machines
CAMERA. TYPEWRITER DEALER & REPAIRER
Ras al-Qarya near al-Khassaki Mosque
Ras el Qaryah : near Khasaki Mosque
No. 36-9 Baghdad (Iraq)
No. 9 / 36
BAGHDAD ('IRAQ)
Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Baghdad, October 20, 1930
Date | Description | Rs. | As.
| The Israelite Spiritual Council | |
Baghdad | | |
8/9/30 | Smith Premier Arabic Typewriter MZ50020 | 30 |
| Cleaning and adjusting the balance | |
| One letter (B) | 2 | 8
12/9/30 | Welding bar and key, with gear replacement, cleaning and adjusting | |
| the balance | 29 | 8
| ⟦line⟧ | 35 | 0
| Thirty-five Rupees only | |
Khedhouri Saleh
Sheena
Page 57
Community Administration Expenses
Anna | Rupee
Lighting and extending an electrical wire to the typing office | 2 | 8
Stamps and transport paper for the community state | 1 |
Pens (black and red) | 4 |
Printed paper | 14 |
Guarding the community administration from October to December 1930 | 10 | 12
Carriages - a carriage to the cotton area on the occasion of the Passover celebration | 2 |
A carriage for the municipality | 1 |
Coffee etc. - coffee | 12 | 6
Coffee | 10 |
Cigarette | 12 |
Cigarette | <del>12</del> | 4
Sundries and furniture (restoration) - repairing a sofa | 6 | 4
Printing outside the department due to machine breakdown | 6 |
Repairing the typewriter after it was broken | 12 |
Restoration (accessories) of chairs | 8 |
Cemetery expenses - electricity (gasoline lamps) for the nights of New Year and Atonement | 25 | 12
Only sixty-two rupees and ten annas, no more | 62 | 10
Rabbi Ibrahim Aslan
Acting Rabbi
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 1 / 30
Page 59
* The Rabbinical Court of Baghdad *
Baghdad, may God protect it
Jewish Spiritual Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦ornament⟧
Number:
Date: 15 ⟦Marcheshvan⟧
Year: 5691
To the assistant, His Honor Menachem A. Dafshti ⟦Salman⟧
Our honorable Master
A. Dahab in his vow for the poor, Dahab branch, and in the general school ledger, his vow was recorded
between the congregation and he shall not be questioned, and he wrote it by your order
⟦...⟧ Menachem
Cantor Ovadia
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 60
Baghdad: 7/7/20
Hand-delivered receipt
Anna:
Rupees: 10
I have received from the fund of the Hakhambashi Administration the above-numbered amount
Only ten rupees and nothing more
And that is for
Provision of electricity (gasoline lamps) for the orphan
Reuben Shaul and the headquarters
And accordingly, I have signed this receipt: ⟦signature⟧
Signature of the recipient ::
Clear address : Khedhouri Murad Fattal
Page 61
Baghdad: 10 / 20 / 20
Hand-delivered receipt
Anna: 8
Rupee: 3
Only: Three rupees and eight annas
I have received from the Hacham Bashi administration fund the amount noted above
Only: Three rupees and eight annas
Regarding: Extending an electrical wire to the printing office
And accordingly I have signed this receipt
Signature of the recipient: Fawzi Nahoum
Clear address:
Page 63
B"H
691
I received from Mr. Meir Yosef Sudai, may his light shine, a sum of fourteen dinars
and this is for ⟦...⟧ and expenses
of the family of Mr. Meir Yosef Sudai from day 1/5/50 until day 1/5/51
The sum of fourteen dinars aforementioned I received by check on Al-Rafidain Bank
Price of tuition for one year | 9 | dinars
Entrance fee to the school | 2 |
Expenses | 2 |
⟦line⟧
13
and a sum of one dinar remains in our hands to the credit of the aforementioned Mr. Meir for the future
Baghdad 2.5.51
With great respect
Yehezkel ⟦...⟧
Administration of the Lay Council -- Baghdad:
Number:
Date:
File number:
Page 65
B"H Thursday 20 Elul year 5711 (1951)
To the honorable head of the community Yechezkel Shemesh May God preserve him
Regarding the water of the slaughterhouse ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
8
⟦line⟧
12
Administration of the Communal Council - Baghdad:
Number: 261
Date: 20 / 9 / 51
File Number:
The second paper regarding the slaughterhouse water fees
Page 66
Expenses of the Community Administration and the Schools Committee
⟦line⟧
Lighting | Anna | Rupee
Repairing electrical wires | 2 | |
Three electrical <del>for</del> bulbs | 4 | |
⟦line⟧ | | 6 |
Stationery | | |
⟦line⟧ | | |
Paper | 3 | |
Glue | 10 | |
Envelopes of long size | 2 | |
" " Medium | 12 | |
" " Small | 14 | |
Thin white paper for typewriter copying | 4 | |
⟦line⟧ | | 4 | 3
Stamps | | |
⟦line⟧ | | |
Stamps for two letters | 2 | |
| | | 4
Bread and tea etc. | | |
⟦line⟧ | | |
Half a hoqqa of coffee | 12 | |
Sugar | 4 | |
Sugar cubes | 4 | |
Coffee | 14 | |
Cigarettes | 6 | |
Dining mat | 12 | |
Can | 14 | |
Sugar cubes | 8 | |
Cigarettes | 2 | |
⟦line⟧ | | 5 | 6
Guarding the administration for the month of October 1920 | | 5 |
Gratuity to the administration guard on the occasion of the last Eid "Given by order of the President" (and in his hand a book of furniture to the synagogue) | | 7 | 4
Gas, coal, and matches | | |
⟦line⟧ | | |
Gas | 15 | |
Matches | 1 | |
⟦line⟧ | | 1 | 7
Car fares for the Acting Hacham Bashi | | |
⟦line⟧ | | |
Remaining carriage fare | 2 | |
Carriage | 8 | |
" On the occasion of the opening of Health Week " | 12 | |
Carriage to the Judiciary | 8 | |
To attend the opening of the National Assembly | 2 | |
⟦line⟧ | | 2 | 14
By hand 5 | | 220 | 11
These expenses are specific to the Schools Committee
⟦line⟧
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It is ⟦line⟧
56 11
What precedes it
Unclassified expenses
1 2
25
⟦line⟧
26 2
Disbursed to Rabbi Sassoon during Mr. Menachem's visit to the administration "sweets, cigarettes, soda"
For guarding the slaughterhouse and the hospital
Statement | Goods and furniture
And a marker for the bicycle | 1
2 Towels | 2 14
Water syrup | 4
For washing the towels | 4
⟦line⟧ | 2 8 7
Only sixty rupees and a half and no more
60 8
Shlomo
2/11/21
Page 68
Baghdad: 22 / 7 / 40
Hand-delivered receipt
2 Rupees / Annas - Only two rupees and nothing else
I have received from the treasury of the Haham Bashi administration the amount stated above
Only two rupees and nothing else, for
the "Sukkot" holiday gratuity ⟦line⟧
And accordingly, I have signed this receipt
Signature of the recipient:
Clear address: Guard of the community administration district
⟦fingerprint⟧
Page 69
Baghdad: 22 / 10 / 20
Hand-delivered receipt
Anna | Rupee
⟦..⟧ 2 | Only two rupees
I have received from the fund of the Hakham Bashi Administration the amount mentioned above
Only two rupees and nothing else, for
Repairing electrical wires
And accordingly I have signed this receipt
Signature of recipient: Fakhri Naseh
Clear address: Fakhri Naseh
Page 70
Administration of the Lay Council
of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
No. ::
Date :: 22 / 10 / 921
Honorable Secretary,
The expenditures, as shown in the attached list, have
reached one hundred and seventeen and a half rupees, meaning that the
reserve fund has been exhausted and I have also borrowed against it. If you agree,
it is best to organize a manual decision to record this amount because we
are in dire need of various expenses.
⟦illegible⟧
Accounting Department
Organize a manual decision for the list
22 / 10 / 921
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Expenses of the Community Department
These expenses were organized and paid before the Eid
Ane Obaid Tanour | 24 | 8
Electricity bill dated 20/10/17 | / | /
Water and Guarding | Fils | Dinars
Repairing the water pipe "see attached receipt" | 8 | ..
Guarding for the month of September 1920 | 5 | ..
Water for the three months October, November, and December 1920 | 7 | 8
⟦line⟧ | 20 | 8
/ 20 8
Furniture and necessities
Soap | .. | 6
Hangers | .. | 8
Porterage of orphanage furniture to the upper floor | 1 | ..
⟦line⟧ | |
/ 1 14
Tea, coffee, etc.
Coffee | | 14
Cigarettes | | 6
Sherbet | | 10
Ice | | 2
Cigarettes | | 6
The servant going twice to the reader's notebook | | 4
⟦line⟧ | |
/ .. 6
Carriages
A registered letter to Lebanon by plane | | 12
Stamps
A stamp for the General Secretariat's petition to hold a concert in ⟦...⟧ Kadoorie | | 8
For the inspector of the select | |
Another stamp for the petition to postpone service indefinitely | | 8
A letter to Jerusalem "School Committee" | | 2
Bringing school committee reports to the rest of its members "School Committee" | | 2
Two letters to Shahraban and Zabali Bank | | 4
⟦line⟧ | |
/ 2 20
Sprinkling the cemetery
To Shaul Abu Al-Arda "Hevra Kadisha" | 5 | ..
Tips
Addition to the tip for Karji Sekoun "The President" | 5 | ..
Tip for the doorman, each of Muhammad | 10 | ..
⟦line⟧ | |
/ 20 ..
What follows
106
9
Page 72
Previous | Rupee | Anna
Previous | 102 | 9
Stationery list submitted by the stationer | |
Stationery | 8 | 5
Envelopes | 1 | 4
" | - | 6
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
| 9 | 15
Aid to a Turkish immigrant (given by order of the President) | 5 |
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
| 117 | 8
Only one hundred and seventeen rupees and a half and nothing else
27/1/22
Cer⟦tified⟧
Page 73
Baghdad: 22 September 1930
Hand-delivered Receipt
Anna | Rupee
- / 8 Only eight rupees
I have received from the treasury of the Hakham Bashi office the above-mentioned amount
Only eight rupees and no more, for
repairing the water pipes belonging to the administration of the Jewish
Community
Accordingly, I have signed this receipt
Recipient's Signature :: ⟦signature⟧
Clear Address :: Reda Muhammad
Page 74
No.: 79
Number:
Received a Registered *: ⟦Letter⟧
Received ⟦...⟧ registered:
Addressed to: ⟦Mr. Dupont⟧
Addressed to:
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. As.
Rupees value of stamps affixed (if it was a packet) Anna
FOR INSURED ARTICLES. Insured materials:
Insured for Rs. (in figures) — Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures):
in words — in letters:
Insurance fee — Insurance fee:
Weight in words — Weight in letters:
Date-Stamp.
Date stamp
* Mention "Letter" "Packet"
or "Parcel" as the case requires
25 APR ⟦...⟧
⟦London⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Receiving Officer. Receiving officer