Voices from the Archive

IJA 2844

Bills, Receipts, Employee Payment, Jewish Lay Council

View interactive document page

Description

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 English Translation, Pages 276-300

Archival unit 276

Only one hundred and seventy-one ⟦...⟧
and three hundred and forty-five fils
I received the above-mentioned amount, which is only one hundred
and seventy-one dinars and three hundred and forty-five
fils, by means of the check numbered 72881
dated 11 / 5 / 954, for
labor wages for the construction of <del>a warehouse</del> partitions in
the door ⟦...⟧ in and upon this I signed
⟦signature⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
10 fils
11 / 5 / 954

Archival unit 277

The Lay Council of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number 5452
Number :: C / ⟦illegible⟧
Date :: 11 / 5 / 1952
Subject Summary: Payment of the amount of 591/345 Dinars to <del>the entitled</del>
Engineer Yusuf Munir
To the Community Accountant
Greetings,
The Lay Council decided in its session held on 9 / 5 / 1952 the following :-
1 - Approval of the final measurement regarding the works carried out by Engineer Yusuf Munir in the
Nurael building in Al-Sinak, amounting to 3491/345 Dinars.
2 - Since the mentioned engineer has received up to the date of this letter 2700 Dinars (1200 Dinars
from the Community Presidency and 1500 Dinars from the mentioned endowment account from Mr. Saleh Faraj Hayyim), therefore
the remainder of his account, amounting to 791/345 Dinars, must be paid in the following order :-
a - 591/345 Dinars to be paid to him immediately upon receipt
b - 200/000 Dinars upon receipt of the reply from the David Sassoon Company stating there are no deficiencies
in the mentioned building.
c - What is stated in paragraph (2) above shall be implemented upon notification to you by the Community Secretary.
⟦illegible⟧
The President
Copy to :-
1 - Engineer Yusuf Munir - to follow up with the accountant for the payment of the amount of 591/345 Dinars
2 - Mr. Saleh Faraj Hayyim - with reference to his letter dated 6 / 5 / 1952

Archival unit 278

⟦illegible⟧ school
Baghdad, ⟦line⟧ 195 2
Dr. to OTTOMAN BANK.
Amount of B/C. No.: 14337
Plus interest from:
to:
i. e.:
days at:
%p.a.:
Plus for senders' account:
TOTAL:
At the rate of:
Commission:
Commission on Exchange formalities:
Postage:
Stamps:
Cost of Cable:
Tax for a/c of Controller of Foreign Exchange:
Insurance:
Clearing Charges and Expenses on Goods: Abdul Malik Ahmed
B/L Splitting commission: on date
Iraq Dinars: Fifty Five ID 271 only
TOTAL ⟦line⟧:
£ | s. | d. | I.D. | Fils
53 | 16 | 7 |  | 
0 | 5 | 2 |  | 
54 | 1 | 9 |  | 
 |  |  | 54 | 338
 |  |  |  | 500
 |  |  |  | 100
 |  |  |  | 168
 |  |  |  | 165
 |  |  | 55 | 271
Abdul Malik Ahmed
on date
⟦signature⟧
B. 15-1/22

Archival unit 279

5 / 5 / 1952
His Excellency the Respected President of the Lay Council
After greetings,
The administration of the National Preparatory School (currently mixed) has
imported laboratory equipment for the amount of 55/271 Dinars, and these
tools have arrived and are deposited at the Ottoman Bank. We have obtained
the necessary license from the General Directorate of Imports under number
⟦illegible⟧ on 5 / 9 / 1952. I request approval to disburse the amount charged to
the expenses of the Frank Iny School, as these tools will be placed
in its laboratory.
Please accept the assurances of my highest respect.
Your servant,
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Director
The Accountant
A check shall be drawn for the amount of 55/271 Dinars
in the name of (The Ottoman Bank) and these tools
shall be delivered.
⟦signature⟧
5 / 5 / 52

Archival unit 280

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ above ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ check number 892879 dated 4/5
⟦illegible⟧ received for the Waqf building
And upon it I signed ⟦illegible⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 281

Fils Dinar
60/000
⟦line⟧
Only sixty Dinars and no more
I received from the account of the community the amount
above, only sixty Dinars and no other
and that is according to the check numbered 878
dated 2/5/954 for my wages and for it
and I received it on 2/5/954
⟦signature⟧
Al-Usta Alwan Muhammad

Archival unit 283

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Memorandum
To: Mr. School Principal
Pursuant to the letter of the Directorate of Education in Baghdad Governorate No. ⟦illegible⟧ on ⟦illegible⟧
It has been decided to appoint the teachers whose names are mentioned below in your school as of the date they start their duties:
1- Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ (Graduate of the Primary Teachers' House) with a salary of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars per month.
2- Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ (Graduate of the Primary Teachers' House) with a salary of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars per month.
3- Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ (Graduate of the Primary Teachers' House) with a salary of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars per month.
Please inform us of the date they start their duties.
Director of Education
in Baghdad Governorate

Archival unit 284

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one hundred and twenty-five dinars
and no more, and that is for supervision fees for
the Frank Iny and Shamash schools from 25/4/52
until 21/1/954 at a rate of 10.000 dinars
monthly, and that is according to the granted chapter 894
and for this purpose I signed on 15/5/954
Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 285

⟦illegible⟧ Petty Cash Expenses
⟦illegible⟧ Administrative Reports
⟦illegible⟧
NO

Archival unit 286

Baghdad on 1/6/1952
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, the Respected
After greetings,
Based on your order to spend for the account of subsistence and purchase of clothes for the prisoners whose
Iraqi nationality has been revoked and who are detained in several detention centers, an amount of (133/700 Dinars) has been spent ⟦...⟧
according to the attached lists. Therefore, please order the withdrawal of the amount referred to above, provided that
other lists of expenditures to be spent in the future are submitted.
Please accept the highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
1/6/952
⟦illegible⟧
To settle the expenditure on behalf of your esteemed administration
from the expenditure by the accountant according to the lists
attached
We approved the withdrawal of the mentioned amount
The President
1/6/52

Archival unit 287

Expenses of ⟦illegible⟧ who ⟦illegible⟧ about them to the detention center
Fils | Dinar
950 | 22 | Price of stamps and fees to complete the passports of the detainees according to a list
924 | 24 | Price of clothes and food for the detainees in the general detention center
022 | 18 | Price of clothes for the detainees in the Saray detention center according to a list
150 | 10 | Subsidies and purchase of food for the detainees in the general detention center
510 | 4 | List of expenses for the prisoner Rasmiya Samuel
744 | 12 | List of furniture (1) for all detainees according to a list
400 | 29 | List of furniture and utensils for all detention centers according to lists
700 | 122 | ⟦line⟧
Only one hundred and twenty-two dinars and seven hundred fils and no more
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant
1/2/954

Archival unit 288

Fils
500 | 2 | Car 54545 | Repair
600 | 2 | The Photographer
500 | | To the Police
250 | | Food for the house
⟦line⟧
22950
Important
1- Advance the fare until 10
at night
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
<del>Repair</del>
2- Statement of the situation regarding communications
a- Regarding the photographer's fees
b- Regarding the car fees
c- Proof of the procedures of the benevolent police deputy
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 289

⟦illegible⟧
2
The photographer, Al-Hajj Khudairi, has
received from Mr. Sassoon Obeid
the amount mentioned above, and that is
for taking 8 (eight) photographs.
Al-Hajj Khudairi
⟦signature⟧
24/1/85

Archival unit 290

⟦line⟧
1072 7
⟦line⟧
1072 7 7 2250 1072 7
1072 7 7 2256 1072 7
1072 7 7 2257 1210 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 7
1072 7 7 2258 1102 7
1072 7 7 2259 1072 7
1072 7 7 2260 ⟦illegible⟧
1072 7 7 2261 5 Zahra Soap 7
1072 7 7 2240 1072 7
1072 7 7 2242 1210 7
1102 7 7 2244 1102 7
1072 7 7 2245 1072 7

Archival unit 291

I received the following amounts
for the purpose of budgets, in the amount of
2 printers at a value of 800 fils
<del>Mohammed</del>
The Assistant
4/25
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 292

✓ | 640 | List No. | 1
✓ | 440 | List No. | 2
✓ | 5084 | List No. | 3
✓ | 27800 | List No. | 4
⟦line⟧
34924
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 293

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 19 / 5 / 1952
First | Number | Item Type
12 | Blanket
12 | Undershirt
12 | Underwear
12 | Handkerchief
12 | Pajamas
To Mr.
Rashad Hayyim
(Employee in the Sinak Department ⟦illegible⟧)
We have statements regarding this
To be distributed to the detainees of the General Detention Center
Today 19 / 5 / 1952
Second | Number | Item Type
1 | Blanket
1 | Undershirt
2 | Underwear <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
7 Para | in ⟦illegible⟧ July
2 Large | Sugar
1 Large | Tea
4 | Laundry Soap
To the prisoner
Faris Shamoun
For your information, we request after that
our approval regarding the reason
⟦signature⟧
19 / 5 / 52

Archival unit 294

<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> from Dah-
621 Syrian Pounds ⟦illegible⟧
<del>19/5/52</del>
I received the amount
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 295

And the error is attributed to both parties
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 296

Only one dinar and ⟦...⟧
and twenty fils only
Buying food for ⟦...⟧ the station
On behalf of the Iraqi Church in Asouda
Shamoun ⟦...⟧ 2/5/1952
Fils
420
Sassoon Cohen
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 297

Account
124 2 Purchase of food for the poor in
the Iraqi synagogue in the synagogue of
Se'udat Shetub
200 to the photographer
140 Bus transport + Secretary of the community
100 Tip to the policeman in Se'udat Shetub
⟦line⟧
564 2 on 2/5/954
Sassoon Abdia
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
140 1 Purchase of food on day 2/5/54
⟦line⟧
5/084 to the poor, invitation of the Iraqi synagogue
in Se'udat Shetub

Archival unit 298

Fils | Dinar | Type | Quantity
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Pajamas | 12
600 | 9 | Shirt | 12
800 | 1 | Undershirt | 12
600 | 2 | Underwear | 12
400 | ⟦line⟧ | Dishdasha | 2
400 | ⟦line⟧ | Undershirt | 1
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
27,800 Only twenty-seven dinars
and eight hundred fils
Received from Mr. Sassoon Aden
the above-mentioned amount for the materials
mentioned above
Muhammad Hassan
14/5/1954

Archival unit 299

Fils Dinar | Type | Quantity
⟦illegible⟧ | Pajamas | 8
400 2 | Underwear | 8
400 6 | Shirt | 8
500 9 | Undershirt | 8
⟦line⟧
18 300 Only eighteen dinars and three hundred fils
Received from Mr. Sassoon Ovadia Al-Aifi the above
stated amount for the value of the mentioned items
20/5/50
⟦signature⟧
Receipt
24 Shawwal

Archival unit 300

⟦illegible⟧
750 Municipal contribution aid ⟦illegible⟧
220 Fish, quantity 4 ⟦illegible⟧
10400 Apricots, 20 kilos ⟦illegible⟧
700 Cheese, 7 haqqa ⟦illegible⟧
750 Mallow, 25 kilos ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
10570 Total
440 Discount
⟦line⟧
10/130 Ten dinars and one hundred and thirty fils
⟦line⟧
Soap, quantity 7
⟦signature⟧