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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 551-575

Page 551

42/4082.
EXPIRY NOTICE.
9
TELEPHONE Nos.
Office: 3946.
Residence: 4557.
THE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED INCORPORATED IN NEW ZEALAND
THE
SOUTH BRITISH
INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
Messrs. H. D. SHOHET & E. AKEREB, LTD.—Chief Agents.
Samawaal (Banks') Street,
BAGHDAD, 1/9/ 19 54
The President of the Jewish
Committee.
Sir,
For your security I beg to remind you of the expiry of your policy as
described below.
I am Sir,
Yours faithfully,
⟦illegible signature⟧
Agents.
Policy No.: 42/16322
Expiry Date at 4 p.m. (S.T.): 14/9/ 19 54.
Sum Insured I. D.: 750/-
Premium I. D.:
on office furniture, fixtures & fittings incl.
carpets, books, & similar articles, whilst
stored and/or lying in building used as office
of the Jewish President, bearing Mpl. No. 152/113
situate at Taht-el-Takia Quarter, Baghdad.
N.B. 1. If any alteration has been made by which the risk has been increased or otherwise
changed the circumstances should be made known to the Company's Agent.
N.B. 2. The rates in respect of this policy are subject to alteration in the event of the
Tariff ratings being revised at the time of the renewal.
Form No. 62. A.P.W.—722-1-51.

Page 555

16
Doctor
Youssef Ezra Daoud Hayyim
Al-Rashid Street - Ras al-Qarya
Telephone { Clinic 7066
Residence 86394
Baghdad
Name :: Meir Isaac
Date :: 20 / 1 / 954
1) Droserin syrup
du Dr Weill
1 flacon
3 tea-spoonfuls daily
2) Antiphlogistine
one tin
for external use
⟦Dr J. D. Hayyim⟧

Page 558

Dr. Joseph Ezra Daoud
Chest and Stomach Diseases
and X-ray Diagnosis
Al-Rashid Street - Ras al-Qarya
Telephone 7066
Dr. JOSEPH E. D. NAIM
INTERNAL DISEASES
AND RADIOLOGY
Al-Rashid Street 282-1
Telephone No. 7066
Baghdad on: 22 / 4 / 954
Bagdad the: 22 / 4 / 954
Account of the Jewish Community
Isaac Rahmin | 5/4/54 | Normal examination | 250/-
Anis Isaac | 7/4/54 | Home visit fee | 900/-
Isaac Rahmin | 7/4/54 | Ten injections in the clinic | 1/-
Habib Shlomo | 9/4/54 | Normal examination | 250/-
Anis and Samir Isaac | 8/4/54 | Examination fee in their home | 1/400
Anis Isaac | 14/4/54 | Fee for 6 injections at his home | 500/-
Anis Isaac | 19/4/54 | Examination fee in his home | 900/-
Samir Isaac | 20/4/54 | Fee for giving 7 injections at home | 750/-
Saida Ibrahim | 20/4/54 | Examination fee in her home | 900/-
Habib Shlomo | 20/4/54 | Normal examination | 250/-
Saida Ibrahim | 21/4/54 | Giving 10 injections in her home | 2/500
Habib Shlomo | 22/4/54 | Normal examination | 250/-
11/850
Eleven Dinars and 850 Fils only

Page 559

Accounting 27
161723
Book Number 22
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government:
Serial Number: 9
Fils/Dinar: 12/000
Department Name: Taxes
Received from: The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community
Amount in Dinars: Twelve Dinars
Fils: ⟦...⟧
On account of: ⟦...⟧ tax
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦...⟧
Dated: 2/1/1977

Page 560

Volume number 161898 Notary Public of South Baghdad Accounting papers 9117
Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government
Serial Number | Fils/Dinar | Name of Department
8 | -/750 |
222 | -/750 | Total 287
Received from: To Khanum Sassoon Khedhouri
Amount: One Dinar and seven hundred and fifty Fils
On account of: General Power of Attorney
Signature of Receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Dated: 11 / 7 / 1955
Job Title:
⟦illegible⟧

Page 561

Volume Number <del>254</del> 161898 ⟦illegible⟧ South Baghdad First Justice Accounting 617
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government
Serial Number: 9
Fils/Dinar: -/500
Department Name: 224
Received from: Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Amount: One Dinar and five hundred Fils
On account of: Advertising fees for Justice and the Clerk
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 11 / 1 / 1955
Job Title:
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 567

Volume Number: 44108
State Funds Collection Receipt:
Accounting: 38
Serial Number: 84
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
⟦line⟧ | 25 | Property Tax No. 50/1 | 28 | ⟦illegible⟧
|  |  | 1954 | Second installment part of the collection
I have received from the Presidency of the Israelite Community
The amount written above, totaling twenty-two dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ fils
Twenty-five
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: Al-A'waji Collection
Dated 12 / 12 / 1954

Page 568

Accounting 38
Book Number 44838 State Funds Collection Receipt
Serial Number 33
Department Name Property Tax in Baghdad
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
- | 25 | ⟦Collections⟧ of Property Tax No. ⟦250/1⟧ | 1954 | First and last installment
I have received from the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The amount written above, totaling twenty-five dinars and ⟦line⟧ fils
Date 21 / 4 / 1955
Signature of the Collector
Job Title Fund Collector

Page 569

His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
I submit to your Excellency the list shown below regarding the car fees of
the Chairman of the Committee and the fees for the cars that were rented
in the name of the Committee during the month of December 954, hoping
after your audit, for approval to pay the fees shown
below, the value of which is eight four and the fees amounted to
(28/270) Dinars -
1954
Secretary of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar
24 | 050 | List amount
2 | 000 | Car washing and lubrication fees
1 | 850 | Fees for cars spent on renting another car
|  | while his car was out of order in the hands of the crew's safe-keeper
|  | on the day the company's cars stopped at that time
Approved
⟦illegible⟧