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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 526-550

Page 527

71
Paper
Leather
100 Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Subscriber Name: Torah Nano
Register Number: ( )
Property Number: 76 / 127
Page Number: ( )
Neighborhood Name: Rusafa
Subscription Sequence Number:
Date:
Installment | Installment Period | Amount | Notes
First | April . May . June 52 | 510 |
Second | July . August . September 52 | 510 |
Third | October . November . December 52 | 510 |
Fourth | January . February . March 53 | 510 |
On 19 / 4 / 1954
⟦illegible⟧
Collection No. (4)
Total
2040
Stamp Duty 10
2050 Fils
Paid by receipt
Number ⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Notice: The installment is due starting from the beginning of the first month of the installment period
Therefore, this bill should be paid during the first month of the installment period
Form L. A. M (4)

Page 531

Fils Dinar
1/500
One dinar and five hundred fils only
I received from the accountant of the sect the amount
above, only one dinar and five hundred fils no more
and that is aid for three weeks until
from 21 / 4 / 954 until the day 25/4/954
⟦fingerprint⟧
Najia Yahya

Page 532

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 4 / 1952
Accountant
Disburse immediately from the weekly subsidies
at a rate of 500 fils monthly
⟦illegible⟧
22/4/52

Page 533

FARAJ SULTAN
Dealer in Carpenters & Blacksmiths Tool, Etc.
RASHID STREET BAGHDAD
BAB EL-AGHA
Faraj Sultan
Dealer of Carpentry and Blacksmithing Tools and Nails
Rashid Street, Bab al-Agha No. 273-1, Khan Fathallah Abboud
Baghdad on: 25 / 4 / 1954
To Mr.: Shaul Isaac the Carpenter, Respectfully
Fils | Dinar | Type of Goods | Inch | Quantity | Dozen | Price
200 | - | Bag of Carpentry Nails, Haqqa and Mithqal | ⟦1/2⟧ | 14 |  |
|  | ⟦illegible⟧ before me ⟦illegible⟧ no ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  |
⟦signature flourish⟧
⟦faded purple circular stamp⟧
Errors and omissions excepted by both parties

Page 536

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date 26 / 4 / 954
The Accountant
To pay a winter grant in the amount of 5 Dinars
to ⟦...⟧ Nazima ⟦...⟧ Shـ ⟦...⟧ Dhababa
Note the administrative order decision ⟦...⟧
in the Waqf Committee 26 / 4 / 54
2000 The grant is from the month of April
1954

Page 537

Fils | Dinar | Description
297 | - | Laurel soap
250 | - | Laundry washing
342 | - | Cigarettes quantity 12
21 | - | Thread 6
612 | - | Sugar 6 kg
450 | - | Tea half Haqqa
50 | - | Porter
2022
Only Dinars and two hundred and forty-three
fils and no more
I received from Mr. Sassoon Medina the amount
mentioned above for the value of the mentioned materials
⟦thumbprint⟧
Reda Ahmed
24 / 4 / 952

Page 538

1
Dinar Fils
2.000
To Mr. Sassoon
We have 15 cartons regarding ⟦sewing⟧
From ⟦our shop⟧
⟦signature⟧

Page 539

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 4 / 55
Accountant
To disburse the necessary amounts to purchase 400 cubits
of poplin to make clothes for the hospital
Price per cubit is 120 fils.
⟦signature⟧
F
200
200
Tea
Sugar
Bar soap
12 packets of Sika
6 cans
⟦signature⟧

Page 543

Fils
100 One hundred fils only
Car fare to the Treasury
To collect revenue amounts
⟦signature⟧
22/4/54
⟦illegible⟧

Page 549

Fils Dinar
250 1
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils
I have received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one dinar and two hundred and fifty
fils, as an aid for my travel to Basra
and as assistance for my imprisoned son, and for this
I have signed on 1954/4/22
⟦illegible⟧
Majallah Yaqoub