Voices from the Archive

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 301-325

Page 306

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only:
For:
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 307

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only:
And that is for:
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 308

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦12/2/55⟧
Fils: ⟦225⟧
Dinar: ⟦-⟧
Signature of the Receiver
⟦Barhoum⟧

Page 309

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦18 / 7 / 947⟧
Fils ⟦250⟧ Dinar ⟦1⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils⟧
And that is for ⟦washing bedding for the visit, number (5)⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 310

Al-Hawadith
A political daily newspaper
Owner: Adel Awni
Number: 000261
Volume Number:
Date: ⟦1958/8/18⟧
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 4
Received from: ⟦Shamash School Administration⟧
Only: ⟦Four Dinars⟧
For: ⟦Subscription⟧
According to the numbered list:
Al-Hawadith
⟦Al-Hawadith⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
⟦18 / 8 / 1958⟧
Newspaper Owner
10 Fils
Iraq

Page 311

Al-Hawadith
A Political Daily Newspaper
Owner: Adel Awni
Telephone Number 5228
Date: 7 / ⟦...⟧ / 195
Number: 007490
To: The Jewish Community
Amount | Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | | 4
Details
Please kindly pay the amount written below, which is
the cost of your subscription to our newspaper for one year starting from
1 / 4 / 954 until 21 / 2 / 955 and fees
Only four dinars and nothing else.
⟦signature⟧
Newspaper Owner
Accountant
Value to be paid at the cashier
⟦illegible⟧
2/2
Subscribed to Al-Sabil

Page 312

19
Telegram 12
Number 100
Telegram receipt number 75
Addressed to ⟦illegible⟧
Place of delivery
80 fils Dinar value of the stamps affixed to it
Number of words paid for its reply in advance
Name and address of the telegram sender
AS-SAMAWAH
As-Samawah
1 FEB 55
Telegraph Department
Name and signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram

Page 313

Incoming Internal Telegram
Number:
Telegram Type:
Registration Time: 5
Communications Department
18 FEB 55
TELS
BAGHDAD
Arrived at hour:
Minute: 20
From:
Received by:
Word count:
Administrative Instructions:
Date: 18
Issuing Office: Basra
To:
We thank you for your kind condolences, may God protect you from all harm
Al-Basha Ayan family

Page 314

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦...⟧
Fils: 250
Dinar: 1
Signature of the Receiver
⟦Reda Ahmed⟧
✓

Page 315

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦2/20/53⟧
Fils: 495
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦four hundred and ninety-five fils⟧
For: ⟦cleaning wages⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Rahma⟧

Page 316

AL-GHAZAL TAXI CARS
Prop
HASSAN AL-JIBOORI
Baghdad—Battaween
Opposit Petrol Station—Rawaf
Phone. 4010
Al-Ghazal Taxi Car Shop
Owner: Hassan Al-Jiboori
Baghdad - Battaween opposite the Petrol Station - Al-Rawaf
Phone 4010
Al-Ghazal Taxi Cars
Phone (83833)
Date:
Date: / / 195
Ms.:
Mr.:
Date | Details | Dinar I. D. | Fils Fils
| ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
| ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
⟦illegible⟧
Note: Please inform us of any error that occurs

Page 317

Wholesale and Retail Perfumery and Spice Shop
Haj Hussein Ali Al-Behbehani
Baghdad - Shorja
Baghdad on 21 / 2 / 1955
Dear Mr. ⟦line⟧ Respectfully
Fils | Dinar | Details | Dozen | Ounce | Haqqa | Mann | Price
350 |  | In the name of ⟦Nomaniki⟧ number 1 |  |  |  |  |
90 |  | ⟦Anti⟧ pound |  |  |  |  |
440 |  | Received the amount of four hundred and forty fils |  |  |  |  |
|  | for the value of Basim with Anti |  |  |  |  |
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Page 319

Doctor
Youssef Kattan
Doctorate in Medicine (Switzerland)
Al-Rashid Street 282/1
Ras al-Qarya - Baghdad
Telephone { Clinic 5309
Residence 86928
DR. J. J. KATTAN
M.D. (Switzerland)
Rashid Street 282/1
Ras-El-Qariah
Baghdad
TEL. { CLINIC 5309
RESIDENCE 86928
18/4/55
Rachel Daoud
To be dispensed for her cow's
milk daily (4) hours
bottle ⟦2⟧
Honorable Secretary of the Administrative Committee
The girl Rachel requests from you the disbursement of the value of the milk
prescribed by the doctor
⟦illegible⟧
4/18
The girl's father
Youssef ⟦illegible⟧

Page 323

To the officer ⟦illegible⟧
Number 99
Records - No
Arrived ⟦illegible⟧ registered
Addressed to Office of Hakham
London
Value of affixed stamps (if it is a parcel)
BAGHDAD
22 FEB 55
⟦illegible⟧
For insured items:
Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures): 7
In words: Hakham Sassoon
Insurance fee:
Weight in words: Haron
Entry (letter) attached or
(parcel) as the case requires
88
To the receiving officer

Page 324

⟦illegible⟧
Mr.
Head of the Community
Respected
10/7/1946
No. 1451
⟦Baghdad⟧
22
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