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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 English Translation, Pages 576-600

Archival unit 576

No 203869
(Form SP-52) (Form S.P. 52)
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
Khanaqin Oil Company Limited
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
Agent for the Iraqi Government
CASH MEMO
Cash Memo
Fill. Stn. ⟦line⟧ Station: Al-Naqqash
Date ⟦line⟧ Date: 27 / 12 / 51
I.D. | Fils
Three Gallons | 212 | -
Distilled Gasoline | |
Sig. ⟦illegible⟧ Signature

Archival unit 577

Salim and Muhammad Ali Al-Saffar
For the sale of household utensils and supplies
Near Darbuna Hussein Ibn Al-Ruh - Shorja - Baghdad
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Dozen
⟦3⟧60 |  | Small lantern | 1 | 
400 |  | Large lantern | 1 | 
760 |  | ⟦Total in cash⟧ |  | 
760 |  |  |  | 
200 |  | Candlestick quantity 2 |  | 
200 |  |  |  | 
54
22
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties

Archival unit 578

Hamid Habouli
Austin Car Parts Seller
Sheikh Omar Street - Armenian Camp - Near the Aviation Association
Telephone 83625
Baghdad on: 28 / 12 / 1954
To Mr.: Dawood Yousef
Respectfully:
Fils | Dinar | Details | ⟦Number⟧
750 |  | Compressor Belt |
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties
Signature
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 579

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦line⟧
Fils ⟦line⟧ Dinar ⟦line⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only ⟦line⟧
And that is for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the Recipient

Archival unit 580

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ amount and to place ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ on his sponsorship of poverty to
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ your kindness and compassion for the poor
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ your kindness and compassion ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
To be submitted to His Excellency the Chairman of the Committee
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Pilgrim
A good news aid only is to be paid
And we in the committee hope
The receipt of payment to be signed
by me
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 581

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

Archival unit 582

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
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
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 584

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

Archival unit 585

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

Archival unit 586

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils: 281
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦illegible⟧
For: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Youssef Moallem

Archival unit 587

The Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad received from only, on this date, one dinar and one fils. The accountant of the Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad received the above-mentioned amount. Signature of the receiver.

Archival unit 588

The Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad, dated 1000 fils, received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount only, upon the signature of the receiver.

Archival unit 589

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

Archival unit 590

The Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad, Fils Dinar, received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount only, upon the signature of Al-Nayed.

Archival unit 591

Presidency of the Israeli Community Baghdad Date Fils Dinar Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount only. Signature of the receiver

Archival unit 592

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
⟦line⟧ only
And that is for ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 593

Presidency of the community Name Aliyah Baghdad Date One fils dinar only I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israeli community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, with the signature of the receiver

Archival unit 594

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⟧

Archival unit 595

No. 346707
(Form SP-52)
Khanaqin Oil Co., Ltd.
KHANAQIN OIL CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
Agent for the Iraq Govt.
CASH MEMO:
Fill. Stn.: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 2 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 195
Fils | I.D.
212 | ⟦blank⟧
Sig. ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 596

⟦illegible⟧ them these ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Baccalaureate exam ))) for the summer of ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 599

UNIVERSITY OF
EDUCATION OVERSE
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
SUBJECT | SUBJECT
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | PHYSICS