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IJA 3772

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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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.

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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 126-150

Archival unit 126

Number 173
Jewish Charitable Society Press
Baghdad
Under the Takia No. 32/115
Established in 1929
Jewish Charitable Society Press
Jewish
Baghdad
JEWISH CHARITABLE
SOCIETY PRESS,
BAGHDAD
ESTABLISHED
1929
Dated, Date: 12 / 8 / 937
To the Honorable Superintendent of the Physical Council Administration
Statement of the list of publications printed for your account as follows:
Remarks | Quantity | Type of Publications | Rupee | Anna
 |  | Paper values |  | 
 | 500 | Abu Al-Ankar copies | 2 | 8
 | 500 | Al-Najma and Hattan | 2 | 4
 | 200 | Small Ankar | 5 | 4
 | 1200 | Printing fees |  | 
 | 1000 | 2 Large |  | 
 | 200 | 1 Small with replacement fee | 4 | 4
 | 1200 | Only nine rupees and nothing else, please send them and thank you | 9 | 
⟦illegible⟧
Signature

Archival unit 127

Al-Karkh
A weekly literary newspaper
Issue: 46
Volume: 2
Anna: ⟦line⟧
Rupee: 15
We have received from the Israeli Spiritual Council the amount written above, totaling
fifteen rupees, as the subscription fee for Al-Karkh for the third year
On September 20, 1927
Owner
⟦illegible⟧
(Note) This receipt is not valid unless signed by the licensee or the editor

Archival unit 128

In Baghdad:
Year: 192
To Moshe Yahoo Hayek
We have credited to you the value of the bicycle tools described, their number
and their value below
Type of tools | Rupee | Anna
⟦line⟧
We have spent 61 pearl bells in ⟦...⟧
Two eight furniture on 4 August 1920
From it the remainder
Paid in full

Archival unit 129

Baghdad: 12 / 8 / 920
Hand receipt
Anna | Rupee
Only 3 / 3 Three rupees and three annas
I have received from the treasury of the Hakhambashi administration the amount recorded above
Only three rupees and three annas ⟦illegible⟧ and that is for
Stationery for the community administration ⟦illegible⟧ which was provided
to the mentioned department 24 / 8 / 20
And accordingly, I have signed this receipt
Signature of the recipient:
Clear address: Souri Nassim Tweig
Stationery seller - Bank Street in Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 130

Baghdad: 14 / 8 / 1920
Hand receipt
Anna: ⟦-⟧
Rupee: 9
Only: Nine rupees and nothing else
I have received from the fund of the Hacham Bashi administration the amount recorded above
Only nine rupees and nothing else, and that is for
Printing "Edris for the Physical Council" 1200 copies
on paper of various sizes completed
And accordingly, I have signed this receipt
Signature of the recipient ::
Clear address :: Khedhouri
Manager of the Charitable Society Press
Israeli
Khedhouri

Archival unit 132

Third List
His Excellency the Vice President of the Respected Physical Council
Below are details of the sheep slaughtering that took place on the days indicated opposite each follows:-
Total sheep slaughtered | Weight in kilos | Indicated |
54 | 642.5 | 21 | Wednesday
52 | 795.5 | 47 | " Thursday
50 | 777.5 | 41 | " Friday
22 | 317.0 | 20 | " Sunday
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
175 | 2532.5 | 129 | Total
And on the basis that a kilo is thirteen annas, it becomes:
2532.5 X 13 = 32922 annas
i.e. 32922 / 16
⟦line⟧
2057 / 10 / -
1957
Waheeb Al-Faza'
Waheeb Al-Faraj
2/24
1940
It was agreed to make a reduction of 10%, i.e., one hundred rupees and ⟦...⟧ and a half annas
2

Archival unit 133

1940 / 2 / 19
Expenses for treating the nerves issue
Rupee | Anna
Fees for nine warnings to the authorized slaughterers | 29 | 6
Fee for the Notary Public | 10 | 
Stamps for 9 warnings | 4 | 8
Gratuity for the Notary Public for rapid notification | 5 | 
⟦line⟧ | 58 | 14
For the rent of shops taken for selling meat via { Hamid Kadhim | 70 | 
" " " " " " | 10 | 
Making keys | 10 | 
Three cars on the day of 1940/2/19 | 44 | 
" and Jewish butchers 1940/2/19 | 15 | 
⟦line⟧ | 207 | 14
Khedhouri Haron Tweig } Shoim | 2 | 
Sion Ajami } Shoim | 5 | 
Ezra Karawi } Shoim | 5 | 
The servant Habib Lo | 5 | 
Moshe bin Saleh two days in distributing leaflets and going down to the slaughterhouse | 8 | 
Saleh Moshe leaflets | 2 | 
Mat for the slaughterhouse | 1 | 
⟦line⟧ | 237 | 14
Jewish butchers on the day of 20 / 2 / 1940 | 5 | 
Fee for publications concerning the nerves issue | 50 | 
Fee for Mr. Salman Al-Sheikh Ahmed the lawyer | 150 | 
Two cars 2/20 | 41 | 
Court fees for protecting the lawsuit |  | 
30 Insurances |  | 
5 Seizure fee |  | 
5 Lawsuit fee |  | 
9 Stamps | 74 | 
To Musa Al-Wadi, the slaughterhouse guard | 10 | 
The Shoit Nassim Aziz for two nights 2/19-20 | 20 | 
Red liquid ink | 1 | 4
⟦line⟧ | 589 | 2
Organizing slaughter matters | 265 | 
Servant |  | 12
Cart for the Amin's trip to the police |  | 10
⟦line⟧ | 945 | 8
What is needed |  |

Archival unit 134

Previous balance | Rupee | Anna
Amount brought for the kitchen also | 945 | 8
Two cars 21 / 4 / 940 | 20 | 14
To the slaughterer Nassim Aziz 21 / 4 / 940 | 10 | 
Khadouri Al-Kuwayli cooking for three days | 10 | 
Saboun Omar 21 / 4 / 940 | 5 | 
To the butcher 21 / 4 / 940 | 2 | 
To Sheikh Saleh went down to the slaughterhouse to assist | 2 | 
⟦line⟧ | 996 | 6
Cart for transporting meat for two days | 10 | 
Lanterns, kerosene, and wood | 4 | 
For guarding the butchers and the meat for a period of four days | 7.5 | 
To Rubin Khadouri the slaughterer 21 / 4 / 940 | 5 | 
Carpentry and printing | 2 | 
Towel | 1 | 4
To Gurji Yaqub, distributor of leaflets and worker in the slaughterhouse | 10 | 
" " Munir Yaqub " " | 10 | 
" " One of the Jewish butchers " " | 20 | 
" " Darwish Suhayl, butcher " " | 4 | 
Rent of the shops | 2 | 
⟦line⟧ | 1119 | 2
Saboun Sassoon Anbar 22 / 4 / 940 | 5 | 
To the butchers - Criminal Court | 20 | 
Cart for transporting meat on Sunday | 2 | 8
Gas and wood | 1 | 8
To the shop owner as a guarantee for his attendance | 4 | 
Fee for the seizure of Muslih and Saleh Munir | 10 | 
Shomit Nassim Shaul Aziz Sunday night | 10 | 
" " Rubin Khadouri " " | 5 | 
Car on Sunday | 15 | 
Khadouri Tawil for two nights | 6 | 
⟦line⟧ | 1208 | 2
Gurji Yaqub | 4 | 
To Issa Al-Qafini for four nights | 40 | 
Na Ibrahim Gurji the slaughterer for four nights according to the report | 40 | 
⟦line⟧ | 1292 | 2
Cars |  | 7
Shash servant for the slaughterhouse via Meir Yaqub Khadouri | 5 | 8
Car fare | ⟦illegible⟧ | 8
⟦line⟧ | 1297 | 9

Archival unit 135

Volume 1
⟦ Al-Istiqlal Newspaper ⟧
Page 76
Anna: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Rupee: 12
Only twelve rupees
We received from the Spiritual Assembly the amount mentioned
above, for the Al-Qadisiyah subscription
On:
Year:
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
27 / 2 / 20

Archival unit 136

AL BILAD
Al-Bilad Newspaper
No.: 441
Number:
Baghdad: 27 March 930
Baghdad:
Received from: His Eminence the Acting Hakham Bashi
Received from the respected:
The sum of Rs.: 200 Twenty Rupees and eight hundred paisas
Amount:
On account of: Fee for publishing an advertisement regarding the discount amounting to
For:
And the fee for publishing the remainders
List number
249
REVENUE
POSTAGE & REVENUE
1 ANNA
Financial
Iraq IRAQ
1 Anna
Administration Manager
Haydar Mulla
⟦illegible⟧
Manager
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 137

Book Number (Al-Alam Al-Arabi) Page Number
26 413
Anna Rupee
8 10
Received from: The Respected Israeli Lay Council
Rupees and Annas only, being the fee for publishing one advertisement: Ten Rupees and Eight Annas
From: ⟦line⟧
In Al-Alam Al-Arabi newspaper for publication twice only regarding the contract for: Pigs
Baghdad: 27 March 1933
On behalf of Hassoun, Murad and their partners
The Newspaper Owner

Archival unit 138

Administration
JEWISH CHARITABLE
Jewish Charitable Society Press
SOCIETY, PRESS,
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Date: 27 / 3 / 1920
Dated,: ⟦illegible⟧
Rupees | Number | Statement
20 | 4000 | Announcements for the ritual slaughter of meat last Passover night
5 | 4000 | " " Sale " "
2 | 200 | Promissory notes
3 | 120 | Card (Meeting)
30
Received from the Lay Council thirty rupees only
And for that reason I have given this receipt
⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 139

1857/— Only one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven rupees
Rupees
I have received from the fund of the Corporeal Council the amount recorded above
Only one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven rupees in exchange for kilograms of meat
Amounting to two thousand five hundred and thirty-two and a half kilos 2532/5
Weights of kosher sheep that were slaughtered in the slaughterhouse of the Israelite community
On the following days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday corresponding to 19, 20,
21, 22 and this was given as a receipt for the mentioned amount
27 / 2 / 940
Mulla Razzuqi Mulla Qaddouri
POSTAGE & REVENUE
REVENUE
1 ANNA
IRAQ Iraq
27

Archival unit 140

Second List
Anna | Rupee
 |  | Urgent Compassion Advertisements
12 |  | Al-Rafidain Newspaper /
10 | 8 | Al-Badr Newspaper /
9 |  | Al-Iraq Newspaper
10 | 8 | Al-Alam Al-Arabi Newspaper /
20 |  | Navigation provided by the Israeli Press for printing advertisements, leaflets, and bills /
72 |  | ⟦line⟧
8 |  | Remainder of the house rent for the commando Munir
80 |  | ⟦line⟧
18 |  | Printing the brief report on the Council's activities
10 |  | To Al-Badr newspaper instead of publishing a word in response to the article signed by 155 Israelis
108 |  | ⟦line⟧
69 | 12 | Slaughterhouse expenses previously spent through Ephraim Asaf Tweig - according to the attached list
177 | 12 | ⟦line⟧
Examination
From an agent to the Hakham Bashi

Archival unit 141

List of expenses for the administration of the Israelite Community
For the period between 20/1/930 and 8/2/930
 | Rupee | Anna
Electricity for the period between 27/11/29 and 28/12/29 | 2 | 13
Guarding for the month of January year 930 | ⟦line⟧ | 5
Stamps |  | 
Letter to Khanaqin | 2 | 
" Bombay and to Basra | 5 | 
Stamp for the receipt of fees for Khedhouri Sassoon lawsuits | 1 | 
" Certificate | 8 | 
A letter arrived with insufficient stamps | 2 | 
Stamps for a letter to the Anglo-Jewish | 6 | 
⟦line⟧ | 8 | 1
Stationery |  | 
A bottle of glue | 10 | 
300 Envelopes | 10 | 1
25 Blotting papers | " | 1
Long envelope (500) | 4 | 4
Shelves | 3 | 
Crossing | 2 | 
Ream of transfer paper | 14 | ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧ | 11 | 9
Furniture and necessities |  | 
Bulletin board | 10 | 2
Cleaning the typewriter and ribbon | " | 5
⟦line⟧ | 10 | 7
Car and carriage fares |  | 
Carriage for the secretary to inspect the slaughterhouse | 8 | 1
Car to visit His Majesty the King on the occasion of the Renaissance Day | 4 | 4
Carriage to the Ministry | 10 | 
Carriages | 6 | 5
Carriage | 12 | 
⟦line⟧ | 8 | 12
Tea, coffee, kerosene, coal and others |  | 
Coffee and sugar cubes | 6 | 
One bag of coal | 12 | 4
A tin of kerosene | 1 | 2
One bag of coal (for the police department) | 4 | 5
One bag of coal | 6 | 7
A pack of cigarettes | 6 | 
Coffee | 7 | 
49 in hand 7
What is in his hand ⟦illegible⟧
15

Archival unit 142

| Rupee | Anna
Previous | 7 | 49
Previous | 10 | 20
Cigarette |  | 4
Coffee |  | 7
Two tins of gas | 7 | 25 | 2 | 4
Total seventy-four rupees and fourteen annas
14
74
⟦signature⟧
N. M.
On behalf of the Deputy Governor of Bushehr
The Consul

Archival unit 143

Expenses
Rupee | Anna
Small notebook | 1 | 
Registration notebooks | 8 | 4
Two notebooks | ” | 2
50 files | 11 | 4
Stamp and an ink bottle for it | ” | 1
Binding of two Mushafs | 4 | 2
Printing fee for 200 summons papers | ” | 5
Binding of three large-sized volumes | 12 | 3
Repairing a desk for the registrar | ” | 4
Stationery seller's claim against the dissolved Spiritual Court | 4 | 2
⟦line⟧ | 8 | 29
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Haham Bashi's deputy
Jerusalem
27/2
920
N. M.

Archival unit 144

⟦line⟧
Administration Exports
Greeting carriage on the occasion of Ramadan 2 5
Coffee and cigarettes 14
⟦line⟧
Carriage to the Ministry of Education 8
" " the Mutasarrifate 1
" " the Ministry 2
" " the Secretariat of the Capital and the Municipality 1
" " the Police Directorate 1
" " the Liwa Administrative Council 4
" " the Ministry of Interior 8
For registration to the administration on the occasion of the upcoming rush 8
For the Mutasarrif 2
For the Ministry of Interior 8
⟦line⟧
Carriage and car 1 2
Carriages 8
⟦line⟧ 12
Car and carriage on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr 25
⟦line⟧
Garden 1
Stamps for a letter to Iran 2
Water fees for January, February, March 1940 70 8
Guarding 2 -
" month of February (Administration Guard) 5 -
Cigarettes and coffee 14
⟦line⟧ 16 10
Electricity for the period between 28 / 12 / and 29 / 1 / 940 12 9
⟦line⟧
100 papers 9
Quran binding 4
Stamps for letters to Kurdistan and London 11
Coffee (on the occasion of the upcoming rush) 1 12
Cigarettes 12
Cups (2) 6
Charcoal 12
Telephones 9
Price of cigarette packets 15
Stamp for the auction 8
Receipt stamps 2
Tailor 4
Gas 9
What follows

Archival unit 145

Ann ⟦line⟧
9 79
What preceded it
Ann ⟦line⟧
4 Repairing a rim
6 2 Repairing a bicycle
7 Safari
10 1 Gratuity for guards
12 5 Safari
⟦line⟧
6 5 8
Ann ⟦line⟧
4 Sewing
2 A car for the direct manager
7 Coffee
10 Charcoal
4 Embassy
⟦line⟧
11 1 6 2 A carriage for the ministry
8 14 Congratulations to His Majesty the King on the occasion of Ramadan
⟦line⟧
14 16 7 1 Pens and elastic
1 Pocket notebook
Notebooks
10 4 Paper
⟦line⟧
2 5 * Repairing <del>the typewriter</del> a desk
9 Ann ⟦line⟧
1 Stamp
6 Qusur telegram to Mosul
2 Stamp - letter
2 Beirut letter
14 2 Letter to Mosul
2 1 Cloth for the Mushaf
14 Mushaf cover
7 2 6 Washing towels
⟦line⟧
15 112 One hundred and twelve rupees and fifteen annas
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Chief Rabbi
The story

Archival unit 146

Memorandum
⟦line⟧
From: EPHRAIM ⟦illegible⟧OEG
BAGHDAD:
Ephraim Salman Tweig:
Baghdad:
Baghdad,: 26 March 1941
Baghdad:
To: ⟦illegible⟧
After asking about your well-being, enclosed you will find a list of expenses that we incurred on our part for ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ municipal decision and that ⟦illegible⟧ the righteous for your decision
⟦illegible⟧ in the amount of ⟦illegible⟧ in advance ⟦illegible⟧
Please send us four cards for the order of entry into the school
of the youth today, and we offer our greetings ⟦illegible⟧
Ephraim

Archival unit 147

Memorandum
⟦line⟧
From: EPHRAIM S. TOEG
BAGHDAD: Baghdad
Ephraim Salman Toeg:
Baghdad,: ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ we request you to order payment to us ⟦illegible⟧ and that is for the expenses of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ that the water situation and we have spent hunting for the eye of the station of the house of
the water first ⟦illegible⟧ six girls one with the expenses of the eyes ⟦illegible⟧
going and returning four times
⟦illegible⟧ the surface of the walnut and estimating the expenses with ⟦illegible⟧
going and returning three times
Only ⟦illegible⟧ and sixty rupees and twelve ⟦illegible⟧ you order the certification of its spending
and its payment to us and may you remain ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Sincerely

Archival unit 148

Announcement
From the Israeli Communal Council
The final awarding of the contract for
the slaughterhouse and intestines will take place Sunday afternoon
March 16, 1930

Archival unit 149

Commitment of the Ghaylah
The commitment for the Ghaylah and intestines has been put up for auction
by retail and wholesale for a full year starting from the first of
April 1930 until the end of March 1931. So whoever
wishes should consult the Lay Council in the administration of
the Israelite Community No. 16 - 118 to view the
conditions of the mentioned commitment. The public auction will be held
on Sunday, corresponding to March 9, 1930, and the final award
on Thursday the 12th of it. The Israelite Lay Council in Baghdad

Archival unit 150

which are paid according to this law, provided that
nothing shall be paid for any period in which his service
was not subject to retirement.
B - Nothing shall be deducted as a retirement share from
pension salaries and bonuses.
C - Under no circumstances shall
what was legally deducted as a retirement share by virtue of this
law or before it was put into effect be refunded.