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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.
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40 ⟦line⟧ 177 / - Regarding the decision of the respected Administrative Committee concerning the experts To The Media Monitoring Bureau Committee Respected ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 5 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ dated ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ His Excellency the President A sum was paid for the wages of laborers and additional wages for the consumption of the two oils 127/1 and 127/2, an amount of 177 Dinars And what was recorded in the notification regarding laborers' wages and other expenses is 160.000 Dinars, so the resulting difference is 17.000 Dinars Naji 27 / 6
161291 Number ⟦illegible⟧ Accounting 37 A Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government Serial Number: 62 Fils/Dinar: 1500 Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Received from: Treasury of ⟦illegible⟧ Kufa Amount: Dinar and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils On account of: Inspection fees ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 17 / 2 / 955 Signature of the receiver: Job title: ⟦signature⟧
Volume Number: 4485 Collection of State Funds: ⟦illegible⟧ Serial Number: 31 Lawyer 38 Department ⟦illegible⟧ Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which fees belong | Section 928 | 2 | ⟦illegible⟧ Tax | 1954 | Only 751 | 2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 1954 | Only 800 | 1 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 1954 | Only I have received from: Tarif ⟦illegible⟧ The amount written above, totaling: Only twenty-three dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ fils On date: 20 / 4 / 1955 Signature of the Receiver ⟦illegible⟧ Job Title ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 7/721 ⟦illegible⟧ 7/500 ⟦illegible⟧ 7/800 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/100 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 24/800 The account ⟦illegible⟧ month of April in the amount of 6/600 Dinars annually and ten ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ as shown by the tax indicated above, and ⟦illegible⟧ will perform The tax ⟦illegible⟧ by paying the required amount ⟦illegible⟧ Paper fees ⟦illegible⟧ the year ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 604 19 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ a telegram from our messages and to it a telegram for three days ⟦illegible⟧ electricity for the Presidency House for the month of January ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ telephone bills ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ - dispatch fees and school inspection cars in all machines ⟦illegible⟧ - water consumption in the same year for the Sect House and they are ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ - collision of a building in Shimon School ⟦illegible⟧ - Royal Hospital ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ the college for the fees of three students ⟦illegible⟧ for a guarantee ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ - price of milk cans for the daughter's school ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ subsidies ⟦illegible⟧ subsidies for the two weeks ending on 11/2/55 Wages The machines Twenty-five dinars and eight hundred and nineteen fils only From the pocket of the Great King ⟦illegible⟧ And the date 22/2/55 Approved ⟦illegible⟧ 22/2/955 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦line⟧ Fils: 270 Dinar: 1/- I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦line⟧ And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Telegram 12 Number 76 Telegram receipt number: ⟦line⟧ Addressed to: ⟦line⟧ Place of delivery: ⟦line⟧ Fils: 082 Dinar value of stamps affixed to it: ⟦line⟧ Number of words paid for its reply: ⟦line⟧ Name and address of the telegram sender: ⟦line⟧ BAGHDAD AS SAMAWAL 4 FEB 57 Baghdad Al-Samawal Receiving Officer This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram
No. 62 Records - 7 BAGHDAD AS-SALAM Arrived 4 FEB 55 Accepted at Registered: David Meir Dinar: Yabs Value of stamps affixed (if a package): For insured items: Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures): ⟦line⟧ In words: ⟦illegible⟧ Insurance fee: ⟦illegible⟧ Weight in words: ⟦illegible⟧ Entry of (letter) bundle or (package) as the case requires ⟦signature⟧ Receiving Officer
Mr David Meyer Yousif 88 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦line⟧ Fils: Dinar: I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only: ⟦line⟧ For: ⟦line⟧ Signature of the Recipient ⟦illegible⟧
The Presidency of the Community Name Aliyah Baghdad Date Fils Dinar I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount only, upon the signature of the receiver
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⟧
Baghdad 2/2/1955 His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Respected After greetings Please instruct to pay the following amount :- Fils | Dinar ⟦line⟧ | 2 | Price of purchasing knives ⟦...⟧ in the chicken market ⟦line⟧ | 6 | Price of purchasing very good facilities, number 2 ⟦line⟧ | 8 | Only eight dinars and no more Ambassador ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ I received the above amount 2/2/1955 As requested, I presented the amount I paid it in the year ⟦...⟧ Issuance ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 2/2/1955 ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Date: ⟦line⟧ Fils: Dinar: I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦line⟧ And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Signature of the recipient ⟦illegible handwriting in blue ink⟧
Secretary of the Committee ⟦line⟧ The costs for removing the bandage have been incurred which was replaced at the Personal Decisions Hospital in the amount of eighty-seven ⟦fils⟧ Therefore, please pay the amount to the photographer his name is Alwan Accountant ⟦line⟧ 2/9 / 955 I received the amount of eighty-seven ⟦fils⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 2/9 Master 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 ⟦line⟧ And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Signature of the Recipient ⟦fingerprint stamp⟧ ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
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: ⟦line⟧ Fils: Dinar: I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above Only ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ And that is for ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Signature of the recipient ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of Aghababa ⟦illegible⟧