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IJA 3303

Correspondence, Receipts, Student Files, Records of Property Owned, Baghdadi Jewish Community

Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. There is correspondence from the 1930s-1940s between the Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Hospitals Committee and various school administrations. Other documents include court cases, requests for financial help, and deeds and property records owned by the Baghdadi Jewish community. There are also architectural drawing plans, contracts, and correspondence discussing price negotiations. This is followed by student files from the 1960s, containing individual student records, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs. There is a printed booklet notating a teachers’ school service record from 1944. There are collections of receipts from the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, the South British Insurance Company, the Rafidain Insurance Company, various local vendors and taxi services, pharmacies, utilities, as well as rosters of patient information and correspondence from the Ministry of Culture of Iranian Schools in Iraq.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3303
Item Number: 14499
Date: Approx. January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930
Languages: Multiple Languages
Keywords: Pharmacy, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Bills, Shamash Secondary School, Geography, Iraqi Government, Accounting, India, School Material, Iraq State Baccalaureate Examination, University of London, Invoice, Mathematics, Chief Rabbi, Marriage, Budget, Annotation, SAT Exam, Education, File Folder, Vaccination Certificate, Contract, Primary Education Certificate, Midrash Committee, Science, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Fragments, Clippings, Crown Crest, Insurance, Standardized Test, Photograph, Transcript, Directorate of Education, Architectural Plans, Exam Records, Handwritten, Illustration, Jewish Religious Court, Rahel Shamoon School, Teachers, Deed, Form, Thumbprint, Medicine, Ink Stamp, Engineering, Taxi, Letterhead, General Certificate of Education Overseas, President of the Jewish Community, Ministry of Health, French, University of Cambridge, Personal Letterhead, Chart, Financial, Judeo-Arabic, Revenue Stamp, Newspaper, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, Exams, Chemistry, Typed, English Literature, Albert David Sasson School, Lower Certificate in English, Literature, Jewish Lay Council, Frank Iny School, Middle School, College Entrance Examination Board, Receipt, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Jewish Schools Committee, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 226-250

Page 229

Baghdad 11 / 19 / 1954
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, respected
After greetings:
I am Farja Salman, the mother of the blind man formerly known as Salman Zabki, and I submitted a petition to you for a grant of assistance
so that I may travel outside of Iraq with it. Your esteemed committee has decided to give us 15 Dinars, but this is not enough for us
at all. We hope that you will increase this amount, and you shall receive a great reward from God.
The Petitioner
Farja Salman
⟦Decision No. ... dated ...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 233

To the Honorable Committee of the Israelite Community
Presented to your Excellencies
I, the undersigned Mustafa Hassan the guard, acknowledge in the records of the Israelite community
I guarded the schools from 2/5/54 until 21/6/54 and the guard came
⟦...⟧ on the same date and I moved to the Torah Yosef Shloub Synagogue
on 21/6/54 until 27/11/54 and the guard Fouad came to replace me on the account of
I demand
Jamil ⟦...⟧ and I ⟦...⟧ my remaining rights and I received for a period of a month and twenty-two
Fils Dinar
days ⟦...⟧ record the amount 17.096 and there remains for my account a month and five days
Dinar
And I received 3.500 on account of my remaining salary
This is with thanks to you
Mr. President
He deserves ⟦...⟧
Performance ⟦...⟧ for a period of ⟦...⟧
Submitted by the guard
Mustafa Hassan
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Date
21 / 12 / 1954
⟦illegible⟧

Page 236

Ataifa Tourism and Transport
Main Center
Al-Rashid Street - Marjan Mosque
Baghdad
631
Cash Receipt
Date: 20 / 3 / 1955
Received From: The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
The Sum of I. D.: Only fifty-five Dinars and nothing else
On Account of: Completion of travel fees for Abboudi Murad Cohen and his wife to Geneva ⟦per⟧
Fils | Dinar | I. D.
⟦/⟧ | 55 | ⟦...⟧
Note: - The receipt is not accepted unless it is stamped with the shop's stamp
Ataifa Tourism and Transport - Baghdad
Ataita Tour & Transport
20 MAR 1955
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
⟦signature⟧

Page 237

Presidency
The Israelite Community - Basra
Number:
Date:
⟦illegible text on attached slip⟧
⟦illegible stamp on attached slip⟧
To
The Donations Committee
Respectfully (55) fifty
five Dinars
According to the attached list
8 November 1945
12
⟦illegible faint background text⟧

Page 239

Number: 11
Date: 18 / 3 / 1955
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
Subject: Zalkha Revolutions
Further to our letter numbered 1 and dated 4 / 2 / 1955, I have inspected the items
carried out by Master Alwan and they were in good order, therefore please pay what he is owed, which is 250
as stated in the aforementioned letter.
Engineer
Saleh Yousef
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 241

(1387)
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Committee Decisions
⟦135⟧
An amount of twenty dinars had been estimated for moving the toilet
from the first floor to the ground floor, due to the excessive
⟦leakage⟧ under the old toilet. Based on the neighbor's objection, we were forced
to change the toilet's location to another place, which requires an increase in the amount
by five dinars in addition to the approved amount, and that
is because the partition is being built together from brick and cement with its plastering
from the inside. Therefore, we request your orders as you see fit. Please
accept our respect.
The Engineer
⟦signature⟧
1 / 2 / 955

Page 243

Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health
Capital Health Directorate
Health Notice
Number /: 829
Date /: 2 / 11 / 54
Location and Number: Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad
Name of Occupant: Secretary of the Jewish Community
Inspection Date: 2 / 11
Health Violations: The following must be carried out
1 Filling the tank in the public road and constructing the toilet
2 Constructing toilets in the large inner courtyard of the house with the tank
3 Necessary for it and the rest of the required sanitary facilities and informing us
A copy to: - Secretariat of the Capital
Reference to our letter numbered 829 and dated
on 2 / 11 / 54
Director of Capital Health
Dr. Abdul Rahman Abdullah
Signature of the Occupant
Note: - If the violator does not complete the repairs listed above within a week from this date, they will be referred to the Criminal Court
Capital Health Directorate

Page 246

Iraqi Government
Capital Health Directorate   No. / ⟦...⟧
Date 7 / 11 / 1954
To / Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad (two copies) Neighborhood
Under the Takia
Based on Article (Thirteen) of the Nuisance Regulation No. (4) of 1935.
We notify you within three days from the date of your receipt of this notice of the necessity of taking what is necessary to prevent
the leakage of dirty water from the toilets of Torah Zelkha numbered 61 D / 137 to the adjacent house numbered
61 B / 137, otherwise Article (5) of the Public Health Protection Law No. 6 of
1929 will be applied against you.
Dr. Abdul Rahman Abdullah
Director of Capital Health
A copy of it to -
Ministry of Health
Capital Secretariat
Health Inspection Division / for follow-up and informing us.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
No. ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
Mr. President
I request approval for the disbursement of
the amount of ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 247

Committee for the Administration of Jewish Community Funds
Baghdad - Iraq - Accounting Department
Date 11 / 30 / 1971
Summary (Inspection Visit) to Meir Elias Hospital belonging to the Community Funds Administration Committee
In the hospital
0 5621 - Engineering (?) and it is on the second floor and room number (Community House) on the second floor, as for the floor
From which it appears that the second floor also includes the renovated rooms, including room number, and it is clear that the rooms
In it are all the ongoing works in 124 / 761, in it are all the pieces of furniture found in the doctors' and nurses' rooms
A section that has been inspected as an on-site inspection for number two (5) on the floor and the deficiency in it is in 12 / 761
0 3634
Notes from the Committee for the Administration of Jewish Community Funds
Accounting Department
- 9 Engineering Riyals
On-site inspection
Under the supervision of the committee
0 The claim was submitted according to a statement of the works completed in the hospital
Committee for the Administration of Jewish Community Funds
Incoming
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
Chairman of the Committee
Member of the Committee
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧