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IJA 2844

Bills, Receipts, Employee Payment, Jewish Lay Council

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This item contains many records of the Baghdadi Jewish Lay Council’s financial transactions, utility bills, payments to employees, and other miscellaneous expenditures. There is a book list for the Frank Iny School and a note acknowledging received payment from the Frank Iny School.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2844
Item Number
5718
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, Annotation, President of the Jewish Community, Revenue Stamp, Handwritten, Baghdad Light and Power, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Thumbprint, Meir Elias Hospital, Typed, Cemeteries Association, Receipt, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 426-450

Page 426

Fils Dinar
250 —
Two hundred and fifty fils only.
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, two hundred and fifty fils only,
as a trust ⟦for⟧, I signed this
receipt 20 / 4 / 1954
⟦thumbprint⟧
Ibrahim Mordechai

Page 434

Baghdad on 22 / 4 / 954
His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council.
After greetings.
On the occasion of the blessed Easter and based on your verbal order regarding ⟦...⟧
the prisoners with food items and other necessary materials for the holiday
Therefore, we attach herewith the mentioned proof lists totaling (28.738) Dinars
Only twenty-eight Dinars and seven hundred and thirty-eight Fils, requesting
approval for its disbursement.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
22 / 4 / 954
We approve the disbursement of the amount
President
⟦signature⟧
Withdrawn herewith check number
892774 dated 22 / 4 / 954
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Page 435

Fils Dinar
980 | ⟦illegible⟧ | For three ⟦...⟧ jugs
650 | 1 | Number of Ceylon tins
000 | 2 | Potatoes (80) kilos at 50 fils
000 | 2 | Eggs number 320 at 10 fils
400 |  | Porterage
150 |  | Purchase of a crate for placing eggs
180 9 Only nine dinars and one hundred
and eighty fils only
9/4/95
I received from Mr. Sasson Ovadia the amount
mentioned above, for the purchase of the materials
mentioned above
Abdel Hay
⟦signature⟧

Page 438

Form No. 53
57689
Cash Ticket
Purchased from: Rafidain Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Dinars | Fils
| 416
⟦54⟧
Date
4 / 12
54
Petrol Station Clerk
⟦signature⟧

Page 439

Fils | Dinar |
28 |  | To the Central Treasury
28 |  | 〃 Al-Midan Market according to the rent
28 |  | 〃 Karkh side 〃 〃 〃
28 |  | 〃 Directorate of Public Health
28 |  | 〃 Directorate of the Central Treasury
200 |  | Price of a book
200 |  | Car fare to the Central Treasury for correcting the ledgers
840 | — | Only eight hundred and forty fils
I received the above amount from the community accountant
Above on 15 / 4 / 952
Sassoon Ovadia
⟦signature⟧

Page 441

Fils | Dinar
880 |
60 |
400 |
50 |
390 | 1
I received from Mr. Sassoon Ovadia
the amount mentioned above
9/9/952
⟦Fingerprint stamp⟧

Page 442

Fils | Dinar
920 | —
I received from Mr. Sassoon
⟦Adi⟧ an amount of nine hundred
and twenty fils, and that is for the price
of purchasing (80) heads of lettuce
at (11 1/2) fils
19/4/954
Zair Hassan

Page 443

Form No. 53
33182
Cash Voucher
Purchased from: Rafidain Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
| Dinar | Fils
⟦Case...⟧ | / | 520
Date 4/9
Gasoline Filling Station Clerk
⟦illegible⟧

Page 444

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
700 -
Gratuity to the guardians of ⟦...⟧
on the occasion of Easter
Only seven hundred Fils and no more
4/9/952
By the hand of Sasson ⟦...⟧
Scribe of the Community
⟦signature⟧

Page 445

Fils Dinar
150 | Transporting the Dashti from the Saqta - for them
| the Iraqi to Mir Tuwayq
⟦line⟧ | Carriage fare to the slaughterhouse
114 | Car fare to Baghdad Prison
28 | To the Directorate of General Health
28 | ⟦line⟧
114 | Car fare to Baghdad Prison
28 | To the Directorate of General Revenues
562 only five hundred sixty-two fils
I received from the accountant of the community the amount mentioned
above on 23 / 4 / 952
Sassoon Ovadia
⟦signature⟧

Page 449

Fils Dinar
2/000
Only two dinars and no more.
I received from the account of the sect the amount
above, only two dinars and no more, and that is
the value of wheat with an oven for it and this
receipt was issued on 28 / 2 / 954
⟦three fingerprints⟧

Page 450

Thirty Dinars
30/000
✓
Thirty Dinars only
Received from Mr. Ibrahim Shaqou'
The above amount, only thirty Dinars
And that is for the value of these ⟦news⟧
And in confirmation of the matter, I signed this receipt
21 / 2 / 956
Iraq
Financial
10 Fils
⟦Saleh Hayyim⟧