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IJA 2844

Bills, Receipts, Employee Payment, Jewish Lay Council

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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 376-400

Archival unit 376

Fils Dinar
500 ⟦line⟧ Guarantee for its birth
I received from the accountant of the Baghdadi community
Kept in ⟦...⟧ its birth and that is a trust
In and for it I signed 19/5/954
⟦fingerprint⟧
Lulu Saboun

Archival unit 377

Secretary
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 19 / 5 / 1952
Subject
⟦line⟧
Please kindly send one (1) copy
of the schedule.
⟦signature⟧
The Secretary
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 378

952 / 5 / 18
50 stamps regarding a request for a map from the
Land Registry Department
50 stamps regarding an objection to
property tax
⟦line⟧
100
⟦line⟧
/

Archival unit 379

Fils Dinar
1/000
One Dinar only
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only one Dinar no more, and that is
a weekly aid until 12/5/54
and the rest, and I received ( 16/5/954 )
⟦fingerprint⟧
on behalf of Khedhouri Shalom
Yehuda Hezekiel

Archival unit 380

Fils Dinar
500 ⟦line⟧
Five hundred fils only
I received from the account of the community
The above amount, only five hundred fils and no more
As an aid to me and according to this receipt
Written on 16 / 5 / 954
⟦fingerprint⟧
Samna Kaza

Archival unit 381

Fils Dinar
500
Guarantee for Lariha shop
I received from the account of the community the amount
above only as a guarantee for Lariha shop
and that is for the week ending on
16 / 5 / 954 and for this purpose I placed this
receipt 16 / 5 / 954
Received

Archival unit 382

List for the week ending on ⟦16/5/56⟧
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 | 
⟦line⟧
4/000 Four Dinars only
⟦line⟧
List of aid for the week ending on ⟦16/5/56⟧ for the poor of the Menashi Saleh Shelter

Archival unit 383

Transportations
Fils | Dinar
56 | ⟦line⟧ | Transportation fees to Sarkoiq
120 | ⟦line⟧ | Board of Directors
56 | ⟦line⟧ | To the Tuwayqa Commission
56 | ⟦line⟧ | Board of Directors
56 | ⟦line⟧ | To the Tuwayqa Commission
56 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
56 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
500 | ⟦line⟧ | Car fees to the Notary Public and to
the General Prison and the Abakhana Center
and the Bataween Center and the Bani Saad Center
56 | Board of Directors
⟦line⟧
964
110 | Transportation fees to the revolutions in Fallujah
⟦line⟧
1,074 | With the work
Only one dinar and four hundred and seventy fils
You received the above amount from the accountant
of the community for transportations on ⟦16/5/954⟧

Archival unit 384

Donation
Fils | Dinar
500 | -
Five hundred fils only
Received from Mr. Sassoon Ovadia
the sum of five hundred fils, and that is for
my work in preparing tea for four days
in organizing the refrigerator in <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> and for that I signed
this receipt
14 / 6 / 1954
Saboun Saqeel
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 385

Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 12 | Settlement subsidies
 |  | The attached list
110 | 12 | List of additional food items
 |  | According to the attached list
 |  | ⟦illegible⟧ guards
No.
26 / 260
⟦line⟧
Only twenty-six Dinars
and one hundred and ten Fils, nothing else
I received the above amount from the accountant
of the community, for the project expenses
above, and for that I signed ⟦illegible⟧ / 5 / 954
Salim Khadduri

Archival unit 386

Name | Signature | Name | Number
Isaac Hano | 500 Fils |  | 
Salim Habar | 500 Fils |  | 
Karji Nabat | 500 Fils | By the hand of Sassoon Cohen, community clerk | 
Siddiq Binyami | 500 Fils | ⟦signature⟧ 15/5/1954 | 
Naim Abid | 500 Fils |  | 
Youssef Mubarak | 500 Fils |  |

Archival unit 387

Name | Signature | Name | ⟦illegible⟧
Youssef Akka | 500 Fils ⟦signature⟧ | Daoud Shaul | 500 Fils ⟦illegible⟧
Youssef Hayawi | Youssef Hayawi 500 Fils | Salim Samih | On his behalf ⟦illegible⟧
Rahmin Elia | Rahmin Elia 500 Fils |  | 
Youssef Haroun | 500 Fils ⟦signature⟧ |  | 
Hayim Raphael | 500 Fils ⟦signature⟧ | Daughter of Mona ⟦illegible⟧ Maria Mona ⟦illegible⟧ | 2 Dinars ⟦illegible⟧
Hafir Yehuda | 500 Fils on his behalf Yehuda ⟦signature⟧ |  | 
Yaqub Shlomo | 500 Fils |  | 
Aboudi ⟦illegible⟧ | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> |  | 
Aboudi Halwa | ⟦signature⟧ 500 Fils |  | 
Murad Elia | 500 Fils ⟦signature⟧ |  | 
Salim Khabbaza | 500 Fils |  | 
Shaul Daoud | ⟦signature⟧ 500 Fils |  |

Archival unit 388

Fils | Dinar
800 | 4 | Meat 15 kg
900 | - | Cucumber 15
200 | 1 | Apricot 15
750 | - | Potato 15
500 | 1 | Rice 15
280 | / | Soap quantity 10
960 | Eggs quantity 12
600 | Tomato 2 kg
100 | Porterage
520 | Gasoline according to receipt
⟦line⟧
610 | 12 | Only twelve dinars and six hundred and ten fils and no more
List of purchased materials mentioned above
To the detainees of the station in Al-Habibiya and Al-Dawudiya
Sassoon Ovadia
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 389

No. 5950
CASH MEMO
Bought of: Sarrafiyah Filling Station
Bought of
SARRAFIYAH FILLING STATION
⟦line⟧ | Fils | I.D.
5 Gallons | 520 | -
Light Petrol |  | 
Date: 15 / 5 / 1954
F/Stn. Clerk: ⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 390

Fils Dinar
2500 ⟦line⟧
Two hundred and fifty fils
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only two hundred and fifty fils and no more
that is the aid for the week ending on 5/16
and for that I signed (16/5/954)
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Aziza Yaqub

Archival unit 391

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
750
Seven hundred and fifty fils only
I received from the community accountant the amount
above, only seven hundred and fifty fils
and no more, and that is for expenses for the detainees
to assist them, and for this reason I signed this receipt
of delivery 15 / 5 / 952
Shaul Hayyim
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 392

⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar
500 | 1
⟦line⟧
One Dinar and five hundred Fils only
I received from the accountant of the community
the above, only one Dinar and five hundred Fils
nothing else, and that is a trust for three weeks
until the week ending on 16 / 5 / 954
And for that I signed 15 / 5 / 954
⟦fingerprint⟧
Najma ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 393

⟦illegible⟧
Fils
Oranges, quantity 5 | 60
Samoon bread, quantity 5 | 40
Cheese, 5 pieces | 50
Bananas, quantity 12, price per unit 7 fils | 84
⟦line⟧
234
Literature for the policeman
100
Repairing the curtain
150
Polishing side
120
⟦line⟧
Six hundred and four fils only
604
⟦line⟧
I received the amount from the Hijab of the sect
Abbas Neil
15 / 5 / 1954
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Archival unit 394

Fils Dinar
1/000
One Dinar Only
I received from the account of the community
The above amount, one dinar only
As an aid to me, and for that I signed this
Receipt (15 / 5 / 954
Hezekiel Nassim
⟦signature⟧
15 / 5 / 54

Archival unit 395

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
2000
Two Dinars only
I received from the account of the community
the above amount, only two Dinars and nothing else
and that is as an aid for me, and for that I signed
this receipt 14 / 5 / 954
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Youssef Khalil

Archival unit 396

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
750 Seven hundred and fifty fils only
⟦line⟧
I received from the account of the community
the above, only seven hundred and fifty Dinars
no other, and that is for the aid of the week ending on
Sunday 24 / 5 / 54 and for that purpose
I signed this register 24 / 5 / 54
⟦stamp⟧
Khatun ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 397

Al-Alam Al-Arabi
A Political Daily Newspaper
Founded by the late Salim Hassoun in 1924
Owner of the Newspaper: Mujeeb Hassoun
Financial Affairs: Lawyer Youssef Ajaj
Administration: Sabri Building (First Floor)
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad
39 / 103
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
Received from: The Honorable President of the Jewish Community
A sum of: Two Dinars only
For: Subscription fee for half a year starting from 22 / 4 / 954
Date: 14 / 5 / 954
Al-Alam Al-Arabi
Accounting ⟦illegible⟧ Director of Financial Affairs
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
14 / 5 / 54
The receipt is not valid unless stamped with the administration seal and signed by the Director of Financial Affairs

Archival unit 398

Fils Dinar
500 ⟦line⟧
Five hundred fils only.
I received from the account of the community
the above amount, only five hundred fils and no more,
as an aid for me, and for that I have signed
this receipt 14 / 5 / 954
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Maryam Hanouna

Archival unit 399

Accounting
Assistance with (500) five hundred
No
⟦illegible⟧
14/5/59

Archival unit 400

| Fils
2 Locks | 100
Frank Eini School | 40
Mar Elias Hospital | 40
2 Soaps | 60
Carbolic Acid | 150
Number Globes | 120
⟦Gasoline⟧ | 40
Visit to Al-Arif | 20
Karam Al-Kar ⟦Electricity⟧ | 25
 | 2080
Four hundred and eighty fils
I received the above amount from the ⟦Fund⟧
The Community
Diana Rachel
22 / 5 / 54
⟦fingerprint⟧