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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 576-600

Page 576

⟦...⟧ in ⟦...⟧
For the poor of the Menashi Saleh shelter
Name | Allocated Amount | Signature
1 - Simha Shlomo | 500 Fils |
2 - Maryam Moshi | 500 Fils |
3 - Mikhail Nahum | 500 Fils |
4 - Rachel Levi | 500 Fils |
5 - Farha Saleh (disabled) | 500 Fils |
6 - Moshi Yaqub | 500 Fils |
7 - Yusuf Abdullah | 500 Fils |
8 - Nabat Israel | 500 Fils |
4/000 Four Dinars only

Page 577

Aid for the week ending on ⟦11/4/1954⟧
for the poor of the Manshi Saleh shelter
Name | Allocated Amount | Signature
1 - Simha Shlomo | 500 Fils |
2 - Maryam Moshi | 500 Fils |
3 - Michael Nahum | 500 Fils |
4 - Rachel Levi | 500 Fils |
5 - Freha Saleh (paralyzed) | 500 Fils |
6 - Moshi Yaqub | 500 Fils |
7 - Joseph Abdullah | 500 Fils |
8 - Nabat Israel | 500 Fils |
4/000 Four Dinars only

Page 578

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 4 / 9 / 52
1 / ⟦...⟧
Excellency of the Honorable Committee
Public Health ⟦in response⟧ ⟦to⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
4 / 9 / 52

Page 579

Fils Dinar
1000
Only one dinar.
/
I have received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one dinar and no more,
and that is as aid for me on account of Abd al-Salih
al-Bazark, and for that purpose I signed this receipt
of delivery 4 / 9 / 954
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
Karjiya Shaul

Page 582

BATAWEN TAXI SERVICE
Victory Square - Bataween
Tell. 6077
To: The Community
Date: ⟦10⟧ / 2 / 1970
Date | Details | Fils | Dinar
2/2 | From the house to ⟦the Institute⟧ and visiting primary schools then secondary and back home (and one hour waiting) | 500 | ---
2/4 | Tour 7/5 from walk to ⟦...⟧ | 500 | ---
2/7 | Tour from walk to ⟦...⟧ 7/2 | 500 | ---
2/9 | Tour from walk to ⟦...⟧ - 24 | 400 | 2
| Three dinars and nine hundred fils only | 900 | 3
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Signature
Hussein ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Inspection⟧ and student transport

Page 585

Baghdad on 5 / 2 / 1942
We, the undersigned, have received
from Mr. Sassoon Obeidya
the Community Clerk, the following items:
1 - An amount of three Dinars only
2 - Ten kilos of rice
3 - Three pieces of fabric, each 6 yards
4 - A quarter Huqqa of tea
5 - Three bottles ⟦illegible⟧ of oil
6 - Nine pieces of laundry soap
7 - ,, ,, ,, Jamal soap
Signature | Signature | Signature
Faris Munshi | Rajab Faraj | Rahim Saghir
Faris Munshi |  |
⟦fingerprints⟧

Page 586

⟦1⟧ Dinar -
1/528
Only one dinar and five hundred twenty-eight fils
I received the above amount, only one dinar
and five hundred twenty-eight fils
which is for the price of a carton of soap for the kindergarten
as per the attached list, and for that reason I signed this
receipt on 20/4/1954
⟦thumbprint⟧
Reda Ahmed

Page 588

Receipt voucher
Price of clothes | 2160
Tailoring fees | 128
Land for the ironer | 100
| 2388
I have received the above amount, only two dinars
and three hundred and eighty-eight fils and no more
for the price of the fabric and making clothes for the hospital
as shown above, and for that reason I signed on 8/4/954
⟦signature⟧
Shaker Georgia

Page 589

Fils Dinar
3/000
Three Dinars only
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only three dinars and no more, and that is
as aid for me on the occasion of the Eid, and for that I signed
this receipt 8 / 4 / 954
⟦Narrative⟧ 3/000
Yaqub Elias

Page 590

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
In Baghdad
Date: 8 / 4 / 1952
To Mr.
⟦...⟧ Affairs
⟦...⟧ hour for Mr.
Yaqub Elias
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary

Page 591

Fils Dinar
2 / 500
Two Dinars and five hundred fils only
I received from the community accountant the above
amount only two Dinars and five hundred fils only
and that as an aid for me on the occasion of the holiday (Easter holiday)
and for that reason I signed this receipt 8 / 4 / 95
⟦thumbprint⟧
Esther Yousef

Page 592

Fils Dinar
6/000
Six dinars and no more
I received from the sect's accountant the above amount
only six dinars and no more and that is for
⟦repairing⟧ the sheep in the slaughterhouse for the months of February
and March of the year 1954 and for that I have signed
4/2/1954
Kingdom of Iraq
10 fils
10 FILS
POSTAGE & REVENUE
⟦Abbas...⟧

Page 593

Fils Dinar
1/500
One dinar and five hundred fils only
I received the above amount as a fourth
and final installment of the price of the land which
I bought from the community fund on the occasion of
the Eid and the deadline, and according to ⟦receipt⟧ 4/7/52
⟦blue thumbprint⟧
Hikmat Makki

Page 594

Fils | Dinar
250 |
Two hundred and fifty fils only
Received according to the above amount
Only two hundred and fifty fils for
transportation fees of machine paper from Karrada
to the Club and the Administration, signed on ⟦18⟧/4/954
⟦138 6136⟧
Nader Al-Dubbi

Page 595

Three Dinars
I received from the accountant of the community the amount
above, which is three dinars only, as
the remaining balance for the price of the cemetery iron to be placed
on the grave of the cemetery guard, the late Yusuf.
7 / 4 / 1954
⟦fingerprint⟧
Shamoun Makki

Page 596

Fils Dinar
Car fares for Frank Eini School
Today to the Saray Trade Area
Car fares to the Telephone Department
Stamps
Cart for transporting iron in the cemetery
By the hand of Tobia Zakaria
On his part
⟦illegible⟧ Abdul Wahab in in Yassin
⟦illegible⟧ for electricity
⟦illegible⟧ repairs
⟦illegible⟧ net revenues
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Rafa and ⟦illegible⟧ for Lardou
⟦illegible⟧ below from the Community Council
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Raba Na Zashi
4
4
98
250
4

Page 597

Number: 258
Registered: ⟦illegible⟧
Arrived: ⟦illegible⟧
Value of attached stamps (if it is a package): Dinar ⟦blank⟧ Fils ⟦blank⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
For insured items: ⟦illegible⟧
Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures): ⟦blank⟧
In words: ⟦blank⟧
Insurance fee: ⟦blank⟧
Weight in words: ⟦blank⟧
* Entry of (letter) bundle and (package) as the case requires.
3 APR 5⟦illegible⟧
Competent Officer

Page 598

No. 1806
Receipt ⟦line⟧ Registered ⟦line⟧
Addressed to ⟦C. A. Allawy⟧
BAGHDAD
7 APR 52
⟦Baghdad⟧
Fils        Dinar        Value of stamps affixed (if a parcel)
* Entry (letter) bundle or | for insured items
(parcel) as the case requires. | Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures) ⟦line⟧
84                           | In words ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee ⟦line⟧
Weight in words ⟦line⟧
Receiving Official