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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 601-625

Page 601

His Excellency the President of the Lay Council of the Israelite Community
The Respected
Presented to your Excellency
Sir:
I am one of the poor of the Israelite community, in a state of poverty
to an extreme degree, I have nothing except God and you virtuous ones
I have sent this request of mine, seeking your fatherly compassion as I am
afflicted with weak eyes, and when I was sent for examination by you to Dr. Archild
he decided that I need glasses and I was unable to buy ⟦illegible⟧
and their value is 1.500 Dinars and expenses at the Wasi Eyewear Company
And what I hope for from your Excellency and your kindness towards the poor and orphans, and to you highest
respect sir, and to you
The petitioner, your poor one
⟦Kadouri Shiraniya Abu Kouriya⟧
Habib Kadouri
24 / 12 / 1954

Page 602

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: ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient: ⟦illegible⟧

Page 605

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

Page 606

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦line⟧
Fils Dinar
280
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦two hundred and eighty fils⟧
And that is for ⟦transportation fees⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Youssef Moallem⟧

Page 609

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

Page 614

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦line⟧
215 Fils Dinars
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦two hundred and fifteen fils⟧ 75
And that is for ⟦transportation fees⟧ 55
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 615

No 346707 (Form SP-52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO
Fill. Stn.: ⟦Jawar Allah⟧
Date: 2 / 1 / 195⟦0⟧
| I.D. | Flis
Three gallons of gasoline | | 212
Sig. ⟦line⟧