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IJA 3772

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3772
Item Number: 6721
Date: Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages: Multiple Languages
Keywords: Society of Water, Financial, Bills, Illustration, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, London, Revenue Stamp, Al-‘Ālam Al-‘Arabī, Newspaper, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, Department of Posts & Telegraphs, File Folder, Thumbprint, Typed, Advertisement, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Jewish Charitable Society Press, Electricity Bill, Clippings, Ink Stamp, Receipts, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead, Invoice, Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, Al-‘Irāq, Doctors, Al-Istiqlāl, British Occupation, Annotation, Handwritten, Jewish Schools Committee

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

Archival unit 1

File No.:
Name::
Address::
From:
Date:: 19
Reference:
To:
Date:: 19
Specially made for
Messrs. M. S. Fattal & Bros.,
Baghdad,
New Street, (Iraq.)

Archival unit 2

A 0133
2
File No.:
Name::
Address::
Date::
From:
to:
Reference:
37

Archival unit 3

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 Agreement Signed by Consumer
7 - Payment of Fees: Accounts are presented monthly, and if
the payment date is delayed for more than 15 days, the Company has the right, after giving
a written notice 48 hours in advance, to cut off the electric supply
until the due amount is paid along with a reconnection fee of
5 Rupees. If any consumer wishes to disconnect the electric
supply, he must inform the Company in writing three days prior
and he remains responsible until the expiration of this notice for all
power consumed, whether he has vacated or not vacated the premises.
This Bill is now due for payment and must be paid at the Company's office, Abakhanah.
Please present this Bill at the office when making payment.
For the convenience of Consumers cheques may be made payable to Bagdad Light and Power Company Limited, and crossed Ottoman Bank.
This bill is now due for payment and must be settled at the
Company's office in Al-Abakhanah.
Upon payment of the amount, please present this bill.
Cheques are accepted for the convenience of consumers and must be
addressed in the name of the Bagdad Light and Power Company Limited
and marked with two lines mentioning the Ottoman Bank inside them.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER COMPANY, LIMITED.
(INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM)
Abakhanah,
Bagdad, ⟦14-1-⟧ 1931
To: ⟦The acting... Rabbi⟧ ⟦Heskel...⟧
Bill No.: ⟦726/12/30⟧
For Electricity Consumed at:
From: ⟦1-12-30⟧
To: 6-1-31
Unmetered Rate. | Rupees | As. | As. | Rupees | Fixed Charges
Lamps up to 60 watts ... Rs. 6 per month |  |  | Monthly | 6 Rupees | for lamps up to 60 watts
Lamps above 60 watts and up to 100 watts ... Rs. 10/8 - p. month |  |  | Monthly | 10/8 | for lamps above 60 watts up to 100
Metered Units. |  |  |  |  | Registered Units
Lighting and Fans :— UNITS. Meter No. ⟦1142164⟧ ⟦67⟧ @ 7 as. | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 | For lighting and fans:— units consumed meter no. ⟦...⟧ at 7 annas
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ @ 7 as. |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧ at 7 annas
Power :— Meter No. ⟦line⟧ @ 5 as. |  |  |  |  | For Industrial:— Meter No. ⟦line⟧ at 5 annas
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧
Meter No. ⟦line⟧ |  |  |  |  | Meter No. ⟦line⟧
Meter Rentals ... ... ... |  |  |  |  | Meter fees
Other Charges ... ... ... |  |  |  |  | Other fees
 | 29 | 5 | 29 | 5 |
REVENUE
IRAQ
⟦illegible⟧
for Baghdad Light & Power Co., Ltd.
⟦Signature⟧

Archival unit 4

Local Council Administration
Accounting
Miscellaneous Expenses
30
For the year 929 / 930

Archival unit 5

Cash Journal
Statement of cash receipts and payments for the day ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Corresponding to ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Receipts | Fils | Dinar | Payments | Fils | Dinar
Previous Balance | 000 | 270 | General Expenses | 000 | 60
Property Income | 000 | 150 | Property Expenses | 000 | 47
Miscellaneous Income | 000 | 40 | Salaries and Wages | 000 | 35
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
9 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
12 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 14 / 12 004 / 12
13 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 14 / 12 004 / 12
14 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 28 / 04 008 / 08
15 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 28 / 04 008 / 08
16 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 28 / 04 008 / 08
17 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 42 / 06 012 / 12
18 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 28 / 04 008 / 08
19 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 56 / 08 016 / 16
20 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 14 / 02 004 / 04
21 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 14 / 02 004 / 04
22 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 11 / 02 003 / 03
23 July ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 14 / 02 004 / 04
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
Total 470 / 000
Total 470 / 000

Archival unit 6

Administrative Expenses
Anna Rupee | Stamps and Publications
158 | 158 | Lease contract for Khan Al-Nuba | 2 | 4 | 4
 |  | For the two copies of the contract | 2 | 4 | 4
 |  | Three flyers for orders and machines |  |  | 9
 |  | Registered letter to the Anglo-Jewish in London |  |  | 8
 |  | Stamp for the report on increasing Kuwait fees |  |  | 12
 |  | Registered letter (internal) to Basra (Cairo) | 12 | - | -
 |  | Address for the barefoot lover (two items) see details in original | ⟦line⟧ | 8 | 10
 |  | Lighting - the electrical list attached to the cut-out in the electricity equipment department | 29 | 5 |
Coffee and sugar etc.
Coffee | 12
Sugar | 8
Cigarette | 4
Cigarette | 6 | 1 | 14
Unclassified expenses
Assistance to one of the poor (given by order of the President) | 2 | - | -
Fees for the arbitrators (see original) | 2 | - | 2
Coal for the Ashar Police Department | 9 | 15 |
Policy (paper) for detention and agency expenses in Egypt | 12 | 9 |
 | 24 | 12
Coal (Sarpali) | 12 | - | -
Carriage for His Eminence the Hakham Bashi to go to the Justice Department |  |  | 8
Only eighty-six rupees and eight annas, nothing else 14/6/921
86 8
⟦signature⟧
Secretary of the Association

Archival unit 7

A F 126
Serial Number 1
17247
Receipt Voucher Memorandum
Specific to amounts received in Government Treasuries
Place: Baghdad
For: Income Tax 930
Received for the account of: Account ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Person delivering: ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: 2/2
Anna | Rupee | Type of Receipts
2 | 2 | Income Tax 930
2 | 2 | Total
I have received an amount of ⟦illegible⟧ Rupees and 2 Annas
as written above and recorded it as revenue in the Treasury book under number ⟦illegible⟧
on 27 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 192
in ⟦illegible⟧ year 192
Signature of Accountant and Finance Director   Signature of Treasurer
⟦illegible⟧
Copy of the receipt given to the person delivering the money

Archival unit 8

Baghdad: 21 / 2 / 8
Hand Receipt
Anna  Rupee
—  2  Only two rupees and no more
I have received from the Hakhambashi administration fund the amount numbered above
Only two rupees and no more, and that is for
Assistance from the esteemed Lay Council
⟦line⟧
Accordingly, I have signed this receipt on 21 / 2 / 8
Signature of the recipient: ⟦illegible signature⟧
Clear address :: Hay Nasib Rahum

Archival unit 9

No. Number: 63
Received a Registered * Received ⟦line⟧ registered: ⟦Letter⟧
Addressed to Addressed to ⟦line⟧: ⟦The Secretary⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. As. Rupee value of stamps affixed (if it was a parcel) Anna:
Date-Stamp.
⟦illegible⟧ 6 JAN 31 ⟦illegible⟧
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be
* Record "Letter" packet or "parcel" as the case requires
FOR INSURED ARTICLES. Insured materials:
Insured for Rs. (in figures) Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures) ⟦line⟧:
in words In letters ⟦line⟧:
Insurance fee Insurance fee ⟦line⟧:
Weight in words Weight in letters ⟦line⟧:
Receiving Officer. The receiving officer
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 10

No. Number: 334
Received a Registered * Arrived ⟦line⟧ Registered: ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to ⟦line⟧ Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be Record "Letter" Bundle or "Packet" as the case requires:
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. As. Rupee value of the affixed stamps (if it was a packet):
Date-Stamp.
⟦illegible⟧
REG
JAN. 31
Date Stamp ⟦illegible⟧
FOR INSURED ARTICLES. For insured items:
Insured for Rs. (in figures) ⟦line⟧ Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures):
in words ⟦line⟧ in words:
Insurance fee ⟦line⟧ Insurance fee:
Weight in words ⟦line⟧ Weight in words:
Receiving Officer. The receiving officer ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 11

Number 338
Jewish Charitable Society Press
Baghdad
Under the Takia No. 32/115
Established in 1929
Jewish Charitable Society
Press
Baghdad
JEWISH CHARITABLE
SOCIETY PRESS,
BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1929
Dated: 21/8/31
To: ⟦illegible⟧
Anna | Rupee | Type of Printing | Quantity | Remarks
~ | 5 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ |
8 | 2 | ~ ~ ~ ~ | 800 |
8 | 7 |  |  |
~ | 5 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
8 | 12 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
Received ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
21/1/32
Signature

Archival unit 12

Number of skins
8
Number of connection
45
Water Supply Committee for the City of Baghdad
Money Receipt Paper
Rupees: 8
Annas: 7
Only :: Eight rupees and seven annas ⟦no more⟧
Received from: Administration of the Jewish Quarter
The amount written above, for the water fees of the premises numbered (: 108 / 12
) for the three months: January February March 1931:
Date :: 6 / 7 / 1931
⟦illegible⟧
1931
The Collector
On behalf of the Secretary of the Water Supply Committee
for the City of Baghdad
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 13

Book AP
No. 3120
K. S. SHEENA Khedhouri Saleh Sheena
RUBBER & METAL STAMPS MAKER
CAMERA, TYPEWRITER DEALER & REPAIRER
Ras el Qaryah : near Khasaki Mosque
No. 9 / 36 Baghdad (Iraq)
BAGHDAD ('IRAQ)
Baghdad on: 8 November 1920
Date | Description | Rs. | As.
 | The Israelite Spiritual Council |  | 
 | Baghdad |  | 
 | Smith Premier Typewriter ⟦M250020⟧ |  | 
 | Fee for replacing target (S) | 2 | 8
 | Ribbon | 1 | 8
 | Four Rupees only | 4 | -
Khedhouri Saleh
Received the amount
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 14

Official Papers
Stationery | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
2 | 0
⟦line⟧ | 2 | ⟦line⟧ | 2 | ⟦line⟧ | 2
Furniture and Needs | Trust Ledger for Accounting
14 | Paper
10 | Bowls for dyers
1 | Washing acid
4 | Ring (button)
7 | Towel lock
2 | Glass repair
2 | Soap
4 | 1 | Carpenter to repair the door of the condolences room
 |  | <del>Hebrew</del> calendar
 |  | For the bicycle
2 | 2 | Tire
0 | 2 | Pincers
0 | 1 | Sandpaper
0 | 1 | Valve
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
7 | 14 | 7 | 10
Guarding and Water
5 | ..
8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | Guarding for the month of December 1939
 |  |  |  | Water for the months of January, February, March 1940
Carriages
6 | Carriage to the Sheikh's house
1 | .. | The President and the Khas Bashi going to the Palace on the occasion of the Renaissance Day
4 | .. | " " " to the High Commission on the occasion of
 |  | the Gregorian New Year's Day
1 | .. | The Rabbi and the President going to Nusrat al-Farisi's house on the occasion of
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | the death of Ibrahim Bey al-Ain in the Senate
11 | 28 | 6 | Thereafter

Archival unit 15

Anna Rupee | Before it
11 | 28
Coal and gas
12 | 1 | Gas
2 |  | Oil for the stick
2 |  | Fuse
2 | 11 | Coal for the administration
5 | 12 | Tea, coffee and cigarette
6 |  | Panda
6 |  | Cigarette
8 |  | Sugar
12 |  | Coffee
12 |  | Coffee
6 |  | Cigarette
6 |  | Cigarette
12 |  | Coffee
2 |  | Matches
7 | 4 | ⟦line⟧
 |  | Stamps
9 | <del>8</del> | Letter to Al-Yatshkoun in Paris
 |  | Uncategorized expenses
8 | 6 | Coal to the police station
8 | 21 | 25 | Guarding the slaughterhouse (to the police)
⟦line⟧
8 78 Only seventy-eight rupees and eight annas, nothing else
⟦illegible⟧
21/10/41
⟦illegible stamp⟧
15

Archival unit 16

These are the records of Rahamim David
son of Raphael
⟦line⟧
2
Abraham Rahamim

Archival unit 17

No.: 180
Received a Registered* / Received ⟦line⟧ Registered: Air Letter
Addressed to / Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
Value of Stamps affixed (if a parcel) Rs. / Rupee value of stamps affixed (if it was a parcel):
As. / Anna:
Date-Stamp
Date Stamp
⟦illegible stamp content⟧
*Write Letter, Postcard, Packet, or Parcel as case may be
* Enter "Letter" Packet
or "Parcel" as the case requires
FOR INSURED ARTICLES. / For insured items:
Insured for Rs. (in figures) / Insured for an amount of Rupees (in figures): ⟦line⟧
in words / In letters: ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee / Insurance fee: ⟦line⟧
Weight in words / Weight in letters: ⟦line⟧
Receiving Officer. / Receiving Officer
Paris France

Archival unit 18

Moshi Eliahou Hayek
Al-Am Street No. 224/1
Near Murjan Mosque opposite Panja Ali Hammam
Baghdad on: Dec. 31st 1930
193:
Number | Details | Rupee | Anna
1 | Cycle "Michelin" Wired on Type @ 2/6 each | 2 | 6
MOSHI ELIAHOU HAYEK
BAGHDAD
Post Box No. 67
Moshi Eliahou Hayek - Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
Hayek

Archival unit 19

Baghdad: 4/1/27
Hand receipt
Anna: ⟦line⟧
Rupee: 5/8 only five rupees and eight annas
I have received from the Hakhambashi administration fund the amount noted above
only five rupees and eight annas, and that is for
guarding the administration for the month of December 1926
and accordingly I have signed this receipt on:
Signature of the recipient :: Hamoudi Ali
Clear address :: The Guard

Archival unit 20

That | Rupee | Exchange paid by us
" | 8 | In cash by the hand of Musa for repairing the dome
" | 35 | Advance for the month of Al-Masarin
" | 43 | ⟦line⟧
21 December 920
Abbas Al-Jundi
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 21

List of expenses spent ⟦illegible⟧
1920 - 1921
Amount | Item | Voucher Date | Notes
10 69 | Wood "plank" | 25 October | 
4 8 | " Dye " | " 25 | 
14 2 | " Plank " | " 26 | 
4 0 | Porterage for moving ⟦illegible⟧ wood | " | 
2 1 | Price of extra Sharaki | " 25 | 
0 15 | Glass and labor wage | 2/10/2 | 
0 12 | Labor wage | 25 | 
2 111 | Total |  | 
10 7 | Price of coal with porterage | 2/12/8 | 
5 1 | Brazier quantity 2 | 2/12/8 | 
2 0 | Porterage | " " " | 
1 0 | Tongs 1 |  | 
2 9 | Total |  | 
Income
Anna Rupee
100 0 Check
10 0
110 0
125 4 Expenses
110 0 Income
015 4 Remaining in
the liability of the Israeli Schools Committee

Archival unit 22

Anna Rupee
15
Only fifteen rupees and no more
I have received from the administration of the Ras al-Qarya Israeli Private School
all of the above, only fifteen rupees, and that is for the price of
glass and its labor, which was done for the ⟦windows⟧ of the first grade class, boys
This receipt was given on 2 / 12 / 92
Aaron Moshe
Number of rupees from the school administration
15
In the school
Aaron Moshe
Muhammad

Archival unit 23

Anna | Rupee
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
10 | 7
I, the undersigned, have received from the administration of
Ras al-Qarya school as stated above 7 seven rupees
and ten annas only, and that is for the price of
coal, and for clarification I have given this receipt
Khan Muhammad Dar
Nur Allah
Nur al-Din bin Ahmad
8 / 12 / 24

Archival unit 24

It is ⟦line⟧ no other
14 it is
ten
only four
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The undersigned has received from the ⟦administration⟧ of the school
Ras al-Qarya as above only fourteen it is
no other, and that is for the price of two cans of milk given
this receipt
8/12/92
Shop number Muhammad Bih Hadar
184
⟦line⟧
1
Muhammad al-Khudair

Archival unit 25

Rupee Anna
1 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
I have received from the administration of Ras al-Qarya school in ⟦...⟧ above only one Rupee
and Anna, and that is for the price of ash quantity ⟦...⟧ with ⟦...⟧ pots quantity
And for clarification, I have given this receipt
Baghdad 20 October ⟦...⟧ 1920
Khadija Nasser