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IJA 3303

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

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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 401-425

Page 401

Oculist
Baghdad No. 15/175
Telephone — 4513
Oculist
Baghdad No. 15/175
Telephone — 4513
Yehuda Abraham Yehuda | 10. 10. | examination | -/500
" | 12., 20.10. | treatment | -/500
Nathan Aziz | 10. 10. | examination | -/500
" | 11. - 16. 10 | treatment | 2/---
Habib Shlomo | 14. 10. | examination | 1/---
Menashi Hayim Daoud | 15. 10. | " | -/500
" | 16., 17. 10 | treatment | -/500
Gourdjiye Menashi | 18. 10. | examination | 1/---
" | 19. - 30.10. | treatment | 1/500
Eliahu Ishac Samuha | 26. 10. | examination | 1/---
" | 30. 10. | " | 1/---
Khaduri Rahamim | 27. 10. | " | 1/---
" | 28. - 30.10 | treatment | 1/---
32
41/500
⟦line⟧
53/500
42
⟦S. E. Perubitschik⟧
Baghdad, the 15th November, 1954.
Baghdad on
Baghdad the
Rp.

Page 406

Your Excellency the President
A request was made to me on the day dated ⟦...⟧
to file the lawsuit
⟦...⟧
1/20
⟦...⟧ from the citizen ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ provided that ⟦...⟧ is completed
⟦...⟧

Page 407

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦2/21⟧/⟦95⟧
Fils: 850
Dinar: 42
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only 42/850 Dinars ⟦forty-two dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils⟧
And that is for the deposited trust and the fee and expenses of the lawsuit to be filed against the tenants Abd al-Salam
and his partner regarding the collection of the amount of 912 dinars ⟦the lawyer Shakir⟧ ⟦al-Hilli⟧
10 fils
Signature of the recipient

Page 408

Receipt Number: 167657
Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government:
Serial Number: 100
Fils / Dinar: 60 / -
Department Name: The Israelite Community
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: Only sixty Dinars and nothing more
On account of: Installment for the month of July 4975 on 22 / 7 / 54
Date: 22 / 7 / 54
Job Title:
Decision 8202
Accounting 37 A
16845 on 16 / 7 / 54
⟦signature⟧

Page 410

Mr. President
For the person to distribute the charity and pay it
⟦who⟧ ⟦has⟧ eligibility and receipts
In my name - that I accept the assistance
amounting to 7/500 (2/200)
Please accept my respect
⟦signature⟧
4/2

Page 412

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
2
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⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 413

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
2
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
✓

Page 414

⟦illegible⟧
To His Excellency the President of the Community
The Israelite
The petition submitted to Your Excellency
A daughter was born to us fifteen days ago from this date
We have spent the expenses of (10) ten Dinars
only, and therefore we are now indebted to people for the mentioned amount
We request from Your Excellency the order
the amount
Azzo Balbo
His Excellency the President of the Community
The petitioner is poor and deserves
the assistance, it is proposed to give him
two Dinars only
11 / 1 / 1955
⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
The committee approves the payment of two Dinars as assistance to him because he is
poor and deserves assistance
12 / 1 / 955
The Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
7 / 1 / 955

Page 417

Volume Number 161900
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government
Accounting 37 A
Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Finance
⟦illegible⟧
507 1/750 Place 282
Serial Number 91 Fils/Dinar
Received from Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
The amount of one Dinar and seven hundred and fifty Fils
On account of the community building fee
Signature of the collector ⟦signature⟧
Dated 22 / 1 / 955 Job Title

Page 418

Volume Number 161900
Receipts for funds collected for the government
7
508
Accounting 13
⟦...⟧ Finance
⟦...⟧ Al-⟦...⟧
Serial Number: 92
Fils / Dinar: 500 / 508
Department Name:
Received from: Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Amount: ⟦508⟧ Dinars and five hundred Fils
On account of: Telephone and telegraph call fees
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 22 / 1 / 1955
Job Title:

Page 419

Registered under number: ⟦illegible⟧
By: Rabbi Jacob
Addressed to: Rio de Janeiro
Value of stamps affixed (if: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar:
Fils: 180
Entry (letter) bundle or (package) as the case requires: ⟦illegible⟧
For insured items:
Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures):
In words: ⟦illegible⟧
Insurance fee: ⟦illegible⟧
Weight in words: ⟦illegible⟧
BAGHDAD
26 JAN 55
⟦illegible stamp⟧
For the receiving officer
⟦mark⟧

Page 421

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad ⟦9⟧
Date:
Fils: 615
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: six hundred and fifteen fils
For: fuel wages
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧
✓

Page 423

Dr. JOSEPH E. D. HAIM   Dr. Joseph Ezra Daoud
INTERNAL DISEASES   Chest and Stomach Diseases
AND RADIOLOGY   and X-ray Diagnosis
Al-Rashid Street 282-1   Al-Rashid Street - Ras al-Qarya
Telephone No. 7066   Telephone 7066
Bagdad the: 10 / 1 / 955
Baghdad on: 10 / 1 / 955
Account of the Presidency of the Israelite Community
250/   Habib Shlomo 12/26/54 one examination
500/   Habib Shlomo 12/27/54 five injections
250/   Habib Shlomo 12/28/54 one examination
500/   Shirin Isaac 12/28/54 examination at her home
250/   Almas Hezekiel 12/28/54 regular examination
250/   Isaac Rahmin 1/6/55 regular examination
⟦line⟧
2/-   Two Dinars only
⟦illegible⟧
12

Page 424

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Telephone No. 5452
Date / / 195
Dear Doctor ⟦line⟧ ⟦Respectable⟧
After greetings: -
by analysis
We kindly request you to examine the patient
by injection
and charge the fees to the administration of this community. We thank you in advance.
Secretary

Page 425

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Telephone No. 5452
Date: 27 / ⟦10⟧ / 195
Honorable Doctor: ⟦Yousef Radour⟧ respected
After greetings: -
by analysis
Please kindly examine the patient ⟦Habib Shammo⟧
with injections of ⟦five needles⟧
and charge the fees to the administration of this community. We thank you in advance.
The Secretary