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IJA 3740

Receipts, Expenses, Employee Ledger, Midrash Talmud Torah

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This item contains receipts and expense documentation from the Midrash Talmud Torah, a Jewish school in Baghdad. It includes a ledger of employees with name, position, and salary.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3740
Item Number
6619
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Bills, Annotation, Revenue Stamp, Midrash Talmud Torah, Handwritten, Ledger, Ink Stamp, Thumbprint, Typed, Receipt, Letterhead

AI English Translation, Pages 26-50

Archival unit 26

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
2 Only two dinars and no more
I received from Mr. Salman
Abdul Ahad an amount of two dinars
And that is for the repair fee of the shop door
Numbered 97/194 and belonging to the Presidency of the Jewish
Community in Baghdad
12 / 7 / 1954
Salman Abdul Ahad
⟦signature⟧
<del>Daoud Salem</del>

Archival unit 27

Muslih
19
Imran
Hamid
25 Dinars
⟦line⟧
6/205
Only thirty-six ⟦illegible⟧
I have carried out for the house and application
the hallway and restoring the house and its distribution
and the costs reached only
and thirty-eight and twenty-five
as recorded above and I have given this
receipt for that and the master craftsman who
performed the reconstruction is Abd Sayyid.
⟦illegible signature⟧
We have agreed with the tenant
that the sect shall bear
only three dinars and he shall bear the rest
House number 17/182
Fils Dinar
250 3
250 3
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 28

20 /
Fils Dinar
26 ⟦line⟧
Only twenty-six dinars and nothing more
I received from the Sect Secretariat the amount written above for the salary of
⟦...⟧ and that is for the salaries of the school employees for the month of
July year 1952 and accordingly I have signed
Iraq
10 Fils
Finance
Karim Saleh
The Servant
At the administration of Al-Midrash School
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 29

Talmud Torah Schools Branch (A)
Baghdad
Number: 12
Date: 27 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings
Subject - Salary list for the month of July 952
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 18 | Salary of Mr. Kohi Saleh for the month of July 952
⟦line⟧ | 5 | Miss Latifa Kohi " " " "
⟦line⟧ | 3 | The servant Michael Nahoum " " " "
⟦line⟧ | 26 | Twenty-six Dinars only
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Approved ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 30

18/8/952
Dinar Fils
800 22
21
The Secretary of the Community is entitled to the amount written above, which is twenty-
three dinars and eight hundred fils, for:-
Dinar Fils | The value of paint for the lining work of the cemetery (No. ⟦illegible⟧)
-- 200 | for his coffin ⟦illegible⟧ and performing a survey
800 2 | ⟦line⟧
800 23 | Only twenty-three and eight hundred fils and no more
Al-Marzouq
Approval
The President, the Scholar
Salman
The High Commissioner ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
20/8/52

Archival unit 31

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
200
I received from Mr. ⟦...⟧
Al-Alawi the sum of twenty
dinars, for the cost of a lorry
(individuals of) the deceased Al-Alawi
1/50
Dhibyan Mahmoud
<del>Dhibyan Mahmoud</del>
Dhibyan Mahmoud

Archival unit 32

Bill for the repair of the house numbered 40/60 Ghazi Street
Dated
22
Dinar | Fils
2 | 100 | Kamal's wages for the day 1952/7/16
2 | 100 | " " " 1952/7/17
 | 750 | Planks and wood
 | 150 | Nails
 | 200 | Brick transport fees
 | 200 | Permit expenses
- | 250 | Cement, 2 bags
- | 500 | Gypsum, 4 weights with 40 fils allowance
 | 400 | Sand, 2 units
1 | 000 | Master Alwan's wages
9 | 650 | ⟦line⟧
Only nine dinars and six hundred and fifty fils and no more
Approved for payment of the amount
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 33

Manager
Regarding
Repair, restoration, and tiling of the house numbered 192/94 Agh Souq Hanoun
Above the oven on Wednesday, 7/29/52
Fils | Dinar
000 | 1 | Work on 7/29/52 Master and apprentice
800 | 1 | Cement 2 bags
240 | 1 | Gravel 4 loads
450 |  | Sand 9 loads
020 |  | Advertisement
⟦line⟧
5.510
Only five dinars and five hundred and ten fils
Ismail Mahmoud
On his behalf
Agreed ⟦illegible⟧
No objection

Archival unit 34

Dar Naeema Murad 78 / 5 / 812
Fils | Dinar
Pipe ⟦illegible⟧ quantity ⟦illegible⟧ price 45 900
T-junctions ⟦illegible⟧ quantity ⟦illegible⟧ price 100 200
Elbows quantity ⟦illegible⟧ price 20 150
Dismec 2 price 90 270
⟦line⟧
Sockets quantity 50 520
Sabil quantity 500
Bends quantity 500
⟦line⟧
120 2
Lock 1 and nut 225
Wage 25 2
⟦line⟧
4 445
⟦line⟧
I received the amount
Murad

Archival unit 35

Midrash Talmud Torah Branch (A)
Baghdad
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1952
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings. Subject - List of Expenses 952
Fils | Dinar
850 | 1 | Value of ice purchased from 15 May 952 until July 952
100 | = | Financial stamps number on date 2 / 6 / 952
400 | = | Stafnik bottle number by Michael Nahum according to receipt No. 12 on 4 / 6 / 952
550 | = | Value of notebooks and pens purchased by Ezra Karbali according to receipt No. 13 on 5 / 6 / 952
⟦illegible⟧ | = | Value of notebooks purchased by Michael Nahum according to receipt No. 14 on ⟦illegible⟧ / 6 / 952
Three Dinars and two hundred and ninety Fils
Gurji
⟦illegible stamp⟧
952

Archival unit 36

⟦illegible⟧ and twenty dinars only
I received from the head of the community the amount written above, which is nine
and twenty dinars, for the salaries of the employees of Al-Mansour School
for the month of May ⟦1952⟧. Accordingly, I signed on 24 / 5 / ⟦1952⟧
Karim Saleh
Karim Saleh
Acting
School Administrator

Archival unit 37

Masouda Nuwara School, Branch (A)
Baghdad
Number 11
Date 27 / 5 / ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
Subject
Fils | Dinar
⟦illegible⟧ | 18 | Salary of Mr. Karbi Saleh for the month of May 952
500 | 5 | Miss Latifa Karbi " " " 952
⟦illegible⟧ | 3 | The servant Yusuf Abdullah " " " "
⟦illegible⟧ | 2 | Mikhail Nahoum " " " "
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 38

List of house repairs for No. 44 / 146 leased to
Fadhil Majeed
Directorates
82
Fils | Dinar
450 |  | Three measures of gypsum
450 |  | A bag of cement
150 |  | Three loads of sand
000 | 1 | A worker and an assistant for a day
000 | 1 | A master craftsman
⟦line⟧
050 | 2
Only two dinars and fifty fils
We approve the disbursement of the amount
The President
7 / 2 / 54
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 39

Fils Dinar
2 ⟦line⟧
Only two dinars and no more
Received from Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
Two dinars for the restoration of ⟦illegible⟧
The house numbered 114, Aqd al-
Nasara neighborhood
12/2/1957
⟦illegible⟧
Renewal of the lease starting from 1/ ⟦illegible⟧ /1957
Awqaf Collector
Naji ⟦illegible⟧
12/2/1957
2

Archival unit 40

11
Fils Dinar
500 28, only twenty-eight dinars and five hundred fils.
I received from the Secretary of the Community the amount written above, which is twenty-eight dinars
and five hundred fils, for the salaries of the employees of the Institute of Studies for the month of April
1952 AD. And accordingly, I signed on 5 / 5 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Karim Saleh
Acting
Director of Studies

Archival unit 41

Book
Midrash Talmud Torah Branch (A)
Baghdad
Number 9
Date 28 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 952
⟦illegible⟧
2199
Date 6 / 5 / 1952
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, respected
Greetings,
Subject
Salary list for the month of April 1952
Fils | Dinar
 | 18000 Salary of Mr. Kohi Saleh for the month of April 952
 | 5000 " Miss Latifa Kohi " " "
 | 4000 " The servant Yusuf Abdullah " " "
 | ⟦illegible⟧ " " Michael Nahum " " "
⟦line⟧
27000 Twenty-seven Dinars April ⟦illegible⟧ only
⟦illegible⟧
15000
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 42

25 / 4 / 22
⟦illegible⟧ Number ⟦illegible⟧
Making the door, Saraki number ⟦illegible⟧
With latch
With nail
Carpenter's fee

Archival unit 43

Decision No. 62 / 451 9/8
I received from the head of the community
an amount of two dinars and
one hundred fils, for
installing glass, quantity
60
And I have signed
this paper
⟦illegible⟧
Installer ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 44

Obligations of the shop belonging to the Presidency of the Community
Named "Razzouqi Al-Alawi" adjacent to the school
Fils | Dinar
240 | 
420 | 
110 | 1
750 | 
720 | 
650 | 
⟦line⟧
2/890 Only two dinars and eight hundred and ninety fils
By Alwan
⟦signature⟧
I have received the above amount, which is two dinars and eight hundred and ninety fils
from the Community School on 11 / 5 / 952
10

Archival unit 45

Presidency of the Jewish Community
12/4/1954
To His Eminence the President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad, the Respected
After greetings
The water drainage has been connected to the house numbered 24, T 96/2
Souq Hanoun neighborhood, which belongs to the community's property. Therefore, I submit herewith the papers
containing the lists and receipts showing the details of the types of expenses for that
The total amount spent for that reached two dinars and seven hundred and thirty fils
only. So I request you to kindly issue your order to deduct that amount (2.730 dinars)
from the revenue of the house mentioned above and give me a receipt for that, and I thank you.
And I want to clarify to your Eminence that this cost is the minimum possible as
I ⟦illegible⟧ the public interest and despite the fact that ⟦illegible⟧ revenue did not ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ and may you remain
Sincerely
⟦illegible⟧
House Officer
Finance
For payment ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 46

List of total expenses spent
to connect the watercourse to house 24 / T / 91
Fils | Dinar | Type of Expense
100 | - | Petition with stamp to request the watercourse connection to the Water Supply Committee, registered under No. 8272 on 1 / 2 / 952 at the Water Supply
400 | - | Fee for opening the watercourse, according to receipt No. 17252, volume 174, dated 22 / 2 / 952, issued by the Water Supply Committee.
Value of purchasing some special supplies according to the attached receipt, amount
Wages for the entire work according to the attached receipt taken from the contractor
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 47

Only one dinar
I received at my shop, Nazim Jerjis, the tenant of the house
at District 24, T 94, Hanoun Market, I received
from him an advance in the amount of one dinar as written above
only, and that is for the labor of installing water sewage pipes
for the mentioned house, on 2/2/28 in Baghdad
and based on his request, I have given him this receipt.
⟦signature⟧
I confirm that
Nazim Jerjis
1952/2/28
Nazim Jerjis
Tenant of the mentioned house
Contractor for supplying water pipes
at the Secretariat of the Capital Department
Abbas Latif
⟦stamp with portrait⟧
⟦signature⟧
Editor

Archival unit 48

Only one dinar and two hundred ⟦fils⟧ only
fils | dinar
⟦line⟧
220 | 1
I received in cash the value of watercourse tools according to the details
listed in the attached list. I received this from Muhammad Kazim Habib,
the tenant of the house numbered 24 / 94 ⟦...⟧ Salim Hanoun, an amount
of (1.220 dinars) one dinar and two hundred and twenty
fils. Based on the request of the aforementioned buyer, I have provided him with this
receipt for clarification.
Baghdad on 28 / 2 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
The seller, recipient of the amount
Abbas Latif and Hanif
Building construction contractor
I confirm that I paid
him the amount for the value of the tools.
Muhammad Kazim Habib
Tenant of the mentioned house.
28 / 2 / 1952
Kingdom of Iraq
10 fils
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 49

Purchase list for water channel tools
for house No. 24, T, 94 /
Purchased Type | Fils | Dinar
One faucet. | 000 | 100
Triangle divider with nut | 000 | 100
Three angles, elbow. | 000 | 150
Two nuts. | 000 | 060
20-foot pipes, price per foot 25 fils | 000 | 700
12 nails for fixing pipes to the wall | 000 | 120
1.230 ID
Total is only one dinar and two hundred and thirty
fils (1.230 ID) dinars.
⟦signature⟧
The Buyer
I certify that
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The Seller Abbas Latif
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 50

Materials and supplies that were placed
Aside
⟦line⟧
Fils | Dinar
100 |  | One faucet
250 |  | External lock to cut off water
150 |  | Angles, three elbows
020 |  | Nut
040 |  | 10 four nails for fixing pipes in the walls
990 |  | 22 feet of pipes, price per foot 45 fils
⟦line⟧
1.550 = One dinar and five hundred and sixty fils
All without prices.