Correspondence, Receipts, Student Files, Records of Property Owned, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
Number 62 Records - 7 BAGHDAD AS-SALAM 4 FEB 55 David Meir ⟦Yobs⟧ Arrived Registered Insured Value of stamps affixed (if packages) For insured items Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures) In words ⟦illegible⟧ Insurance fee ⟦illegible⟧ Weight in words ⟦illegible⟧ Mail (letter) bundle or (package) as the case requires 88 For matters for the recipient ⟦signature⟧
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 ⟦...⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: Fils: 750 Dinar: 1 Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount: Only: For: ⟦wages⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧ Signature of the recipient: ⟦fingerprint/smudge⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦55/2/7⟧ Fils: 615 Dinar: Only: ⟦six hundred and fifteen fils only⟧ And that is for: ⟦tax collection fee⟧ Signature of the collector ⟦R M⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ / 19⟦...⟧ Fils: ⟦...⟧ Dinar: ⟦...⟧ I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦one dinar and one hundred⟧ And that is for ⟦the price of bus tickets for transport to⟧ the doctor's clinic Signature of the recipient ⟦fingerprint⟧
To the Secretary of the Committee The sewage extraction hoses have been damaged Which were purchased at the Shuhaybar Decisions store In the amount of twenty-seven Therefore, we request the disbursement of the amount to the bearer Usta Alwan The Bearer ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/9/955 I received the amount of twenty-seven dinars ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/9 Usta Alwan
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 ⟦one hundred and fifteen⟧ And that is for ⟦transportation fees⟧ ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ Signature of the recipient ⟦Reda Ahmed⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date ⟦line⟧ Fils: 485 Dinar: I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦line⟧ ⟦four hundred and eighty-five⟧ And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦fees⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦...⟧ Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧
Paper . Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area Subscriber Name: Torat Zilkha Property Number: 127/1 Neighborhood Name: Rusafa Register Number: 1273 Page Number: 92 Subscription Sequence Number: Date: Installment | Installment Period | Amount | Notes First | April . May . June 54 | | Second | July . August . September 54 | | Third | October . November . December 54 | | Fourth | January . February . March 55 | 972 - | | | 972 - | Paid 13 February 1955 on behalf of the Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area ⟦signature⟧ Notice :- The installment is due starting from the beginning of the first month of the installment period Therefore, this bill should be paid during the first month of the installment period Form L . A . M . (40)
Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd. BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom). Note: 1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date. 2- A subscriber who considers their deposited security to be excessive after receiving uninterrupted service in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a re-assessment. Head of the Jewish Community: Office 154 B / 112 Account Number: 31 32 660 F. IO: 9928864/52559 Date: 8 5 52 Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee | Fils | Dinar 31 32 660 | 8 5 52 | Sequence No. 18934 | For the fixed | 20 | Various charges | | To 8 2 500 1742 | | | 1- Arrears | | From 9 1 55 1438 | For meter 35 | | 2- Special reading fee | | Units supplied 304 | | | 3- Cost of damage to meter | | At 18 fils 304 | | 549 | 0 4- Carried forward from your account | | At 12 fils | | | | | At 10 fils | | | | | Various charges - see side | | | Total | | | | 545 | 0 5545 F. IO 4 - 00266 13 FEB 55 This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the Treasurer ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.
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: One hundred dinars only For: Aid to the poor ⟦...⟧ Signature of the Recipient ⟦signature⟧ Abid Aghababa Maslawi
Book Number 167113 Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government Serial Number: 19 Fils: 1275 Dinar: 1097 Department Name: Received from: ⟦Mr. Miri⟧ Amount: ⟦1097⟧ Dinars and ⟦1275⟧ Fils On account of: ⟦...⟧ Collector's signature: ⟦signature⟧ Dated: 19⟦...⟧ Job Title: 127 ⟦M⟧ ⟦...⟧ 24
Volume Number 44829 State Funds Collection Receipt Serial Number 67 Department Name M/4/1 Baghdad ⟦...⟧ Fils | Dinar | Fee Type | Year the fees belong to | Installment ⟦line⟧ | 26 | Property Tax No. ⟦...⟧ | 948-949 | ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 40 | " | 949-950 | ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 26 | " | 950-951 | ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 12 | Fee ⟦...⟧ | 951-952 | ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ | 104 | | | I have received from: ⟦...⟧ The amount written above, totaling: One hundred and four Dinars and --- Fils On date: 17/2/952 Collector's Signature: ⟦signature⟧ Job Title: Collector ⟦...⟧
Dr. Albert Raby
DR. ALBERT RABY
Rashid Street - near Hamra Cinema
Rashid Street - near Hamra Cinema
Telephone { Clinic 6561
Residence 6010
Tel { Clinic 6561
Res. 6010
Honorable Secretary of the Administrative Committee
Based on your request, our plane went to Dr. Albert Raby
Regarding the fee for whoever was during ⟦...⟧ and I requested it from her
In the clinic ⟦...⟧ in lights ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Israeli ⟦...⟧
That a daytime visit ⟦...⟧ dinar and that a single visit
⟦...⟧ by it according to the custom of visits which
⟦...⟧ and I did not agree ⟦...⟧ less than
The above mentioned statement please ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Secretary of the esteemed committee