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IJA 3754

Bills, Receipts, Purchase of Iraqi Government Bonds; Wedding Registries, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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Description

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community and contain mostly receipts and bills from the Ottoman Bank. The item also contains the wedding registries for the community; columns include the names of the brides and grooms, the amounts of the ketubah (Jewish marriage contract), dates, and fees paid. This item also includes receipts from the Jewish community's purchase of Iraqi government bonds.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3754
Item Number
10163
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Judeo-Arabic, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Al-Waṭanī School, Typed, Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Meir Elias Hospital, Letterhead, Salman H. Aboudi, Jewish Lay Council, Chief Rabbi, Receipt, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

Archival unit 1

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
Nº 36087
Baghdad: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 195
Fils: 769
Dinar: 20
Received from: Administration of ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: Twenty dinars and seven hundred sixty-nine fils
For: Account of ⟦illegible⟧
Treasurer
17/M M
100 × 100 = 10000
19/7/1950

Archival unit 2

No 36987
521
M 25 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧
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⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 3

To the Administration of the Israelite Hospital in Baghdad
They have collected and brought in Persian marriage contracts
as specified:
Description of each area | Amount of the contract | Number | Date | Name of the Groom and the Bride
Fils | Dinar | Dinar |  |  |
 |  | 4000 | 17 | 14 Adar ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ Harun ⟦illegible⟧ and ⟦illegible⟧ Khadhouri ⟦illegible⟧
500 | 0 | 2500 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 23 Adar ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ and ⟦illegible⟧
750 | 0 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 18 | 18 Adar ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
250 | 1 |  |  |  |
1025 |  |  |  |  |
2275 |  |  |  |  |
4025 |  |  |  |  |
⟦illegible⟧
2079
11028
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Archival unit 4

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
36006
Baghdad: ⟦21/2/1952⟧
Fils: 450
Dinar: 29
Received from: Administration of the Jewish Community
Amount: Twenty-nine dinars and four hundred and fifty fils
For: Canteen revenues
⟦signature⟧
Treasurer
17/M
100 × 100 = 10000
19/7/1950

Archival unit 5

Supreme Spiritual Council
To the Leadership Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Treasury and Hesed Burial Society
Kisseh Yitzhak
Name of Groom and Bride | Date | Number | Ketubah Amount | Dinar | Fils | Total Fee
Saleh Moussa Moallem and Safa Akawi and Doris Zaki Cohen Hakham Ishaq | 8/Feb/5712 | 12 | 1000 | 10 | | 
Khedhouri Shaul Nassim and Doris daughter of Reuben Lulu Ishaq | 12 | 14 | 4000 | 40 | | 
Anwar Benjamin Yabia and Yvonne daughter of Yusuf Naoum Zakkour | 15 | 16 | 2000 | 40 | | 
Total Commission | | | | 7000 | | 90
Hospital Fee | | | | | | 2
Net | | | | | | 78
⟦illegible⟧ | | | | | | 24
⟦illegible⟧ | | | | | | 29
⟦signature⟧
10/2/52

Archival unit 6

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
№ 34944
<del>34944</del>
Baghdad: 5 / 10 / 195
Fils: 262
Dinar: 11
Received from: Accountant of the Jewish Community
Amount: Eleven dinars and two hundred and sixty fils
For: Canteen revenues
Treasurer
17/22 ⟦line⟧ 100 × 100 = 20000 ⟦line⟧ 1955/7/19

Archival unit 7

⟦illegible⟧
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531 ⟦line⟧ 1/1/51 ⟦line⟧ General
Type ⟦line⟧ Letter ⟦line⟧ 532
Amount ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Until 5 June ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Until ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Until
Until 5 April ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Until
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 8

To the Presidency of the Community
List of Kapot Fees
Baghdad on 5 September 1951, corresponding to 4 Dhu al-Hijjah 1370
1% Fee Fils Dinar | Ketubah Amount Dinar | Number | Date | Receipt Number | Name of Husband and Wife
22 500 | 2250/000 | 1 | 4 Nov 51 | 481 | Naeem Haroun Youssef Ishaq and Karjiya Youssef Ibrahim Moallem
5 750 | deduct the old | | | |
22 425 | ? | | | |
22 425 | Only twenty-two dinars and four hundred and twenty-five fils and nothing else | | | |
17 213 | | | | |
17 213 | Paid | | | |
22 425 | 5/10/1951 | | | |
Respected Mr. President
The above amount has been received, totaling
22/425 dinars in cash and I have deposited it
in the treasury per receipt No. 51/807
Due per collection 1
7/10/1951
Accountant
7/10/1951

Archival unit 9

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
No 35247
Baghdad 2 / 11 / 195
Fils / Dinar
900 / 8
Received from the Jewish Community Administration
The sum of eight dinars and nine hundred fils
And that is for
Canteen revenues
⟦signature⟧
Treasurer
17/22 ⟦line⟧ 100 x 100 = 10000 ⟦line⟧ 1950/7/19

Archival unit 10

⟦illegible⟧
1051 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧
M. M.
Council of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community
From Nu'man ⟦illegible⟧
May God protect you
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 11

The Lay Council of the Israelite Community - Ketubah Fee List
Baghdad on: 10 / 11 / 1951
1% Fee Fils | 1% Fee Dinars | Ketubah Amount Dinars | Number | Date | Receipt No. | Name of Groom and Bride
- | 20 | 2000/- | 2 | 1951/11/10 | 482 | Daoud Khadouri Samieh and Sunya Ibrahim Shamoun
Surcharge Fee 20
Stationery Distribution 500
Total Amount 20 500
9 750
9 750
Only nine dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils nothing more
Paid
⟦signature⟧
1951/11/10
1951/11/10
Submitted by the Vice President
I received the amount and it was deposited into the Ottoman Bank
To the account of the Treasurer
⟦signature⟧
The Accountant

Archival unit 12

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
35282
Baghdad: 8 / 11 / 195
Fils: 212
Dinar: 12
Received from: Community Administration
Amount: Twelve ⟦Dinars⟧
Fils:
For: Shop revenues
⟦signature⟧
Treasurer
17/22 ⟦line⟧ 100 × 100 = 10000 ⟦line⟧ 1950/7/19

Archival unit 13

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
8/10/1954
1 Lira
Against copying fees
A list of ⟦illegible⟧
From ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Personnel Affairs ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 14

The Fourth Register
List of Battalion Fees
Baghdad on November 9, 1951
Name of Husband and Wife | Receipt Number | Its Date | Its Grade | Battalion Amount (Dinar) | Fee 1% (Fils Dinar)
Dr. Haroon Ibrahim Rubin Shamoun and Sinyora Ghazal Ajam | | 11/8/951 | 2 | 200 | 2 | 27
 | | | | | 2 | 27
 | | | | Above | | 675
 | | | | In report C2 | 26 | 2250
 | | | | | | 12162
 | | | | | | 12162
Fund | to | 12/165 | | Paid | | 
 | | 150 | | | | 
11/8/951 | Paid according to 252824 | 12/212 | | | | 
Chief Accountant
⟦That the amount and its value⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦and twenty-two to the bank successively⟧
⟦Parts of the amount⟧
Accountant
11/25/951
Reviewed
11/20/951
⟦signature⟧
11/8/951

Archival unit 15

The ⟦illegible⟧ Council Baghdad
Ketubot Fees List
Baghdad on
1% Fee | Ketubah Amount Dinars | Its Number | Its Date | Receipt Number | Name of Husband and Wife
10 Fils - Dinars | 1000/- | 251 | 15/9/51 | 480 | 12 / 9 / 951 Yusuf Dawud Hakim and Nadira Saqr
Paid
Honorable Vice President
I have received the above amount and deposited it
at the Rabbinate by request on 15 / 9 / 51
The recipient ⟦illegible⟧ Tubi ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
21 / 9 / 1951
Seen
21 / 9 / 1951

Archival unit 16

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
№ 34813
Baghdad: 12 / 9 / 195
Fils: 250
Dinar: 51
Received from: Community Administration
Amount: Fifty-five Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils
For: Canteen revenues
Treasurer
17/22 ⟦line⟧ 100 × 100 = 10000 ⟦line⟧ 1955/7/19

Archival unit 17

⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
2 / 4 / 1951 ⟦illegible⟧ VII ⟦illegible⟧
To the Excellency of the Directorate of ⟦illegible⟧ Hospitals ⟦illegible⟧ Israeli in ⟦illegible⟧
Has collected and entered the Sukkot collection as follows
Fee for each living 1 | Amount ⟦illegible⟧ its quantity | Wine | Date | The name ⟦illegible⟧ Hasan ⟦illegible⟧ all
10 | --- | 211 | 10 ⟦illegible⟧ | 446 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 1000 | 212 | 10 ⟦illegible⟧ | 447 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 1500 | 213 | 11 ⟦illegible⟧ | 448 ⟦illegible⟧
15 | 1500 | 214 | 11 ⟦illegible⟧ | 449 ⟦illegible⟧
45 | 4000 | 215 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 450 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 1200 | 216 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 451 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 1500 | 217 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 452 ⟦illegible⟧
10 | 1000 | 218 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 453 ⟦illegible⟧
15 | 1500 | 219 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 454 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 075 | 220 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 455 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 080 | 221 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 456 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 1200 | 222 | 12 ⟦illegible⟧ | 457 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 0900 | 223 | 14 ⟦illegible⟧ | 458 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 0600 | 224 | 14 ⟦illegible⟧ | 459 ⟦illegible⟧
--- | 075 | 225 | 14 ⟦illegible⟧ | ---
125 ⟦illegible⟧
120 450
146 750
64 275
32 275
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Honorable Vice President
I have received the amount of this list on the date of 2 / 8 / 1951 from
His Excellency the Director of the Physical Council, and that is according to ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Trust before our departure from Iraq - and it has been deposited with Captains ⟦illegible⟧
For the favor of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
The Accountant
2 / 8 / 1951

Archival unit 18

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
No 34617
Baghdad: 24 / 8 / 1951
Fils: 762
Dinar: 26
Received from: Community Administration
Amount: Twenty-six dinars and seven hundred and sixty-two fils
For: Canteen revenues
⟦blank⟧: Until
Treasurer
⟦signature⟧
17/22
100 x 100 = 10000
19 / 7 / 1950

Archival unit 19

The Corporal Council
List of Kaput Fees
Baghdad on 22 / 8 / 1951
21 August 951
Trust Fees Fils | Trust Fees Dinars | Kaput Amount Dinars | Number | Date | Receipt Number | Name of Husband and Wife
750 |  | 750 Dinars | 250 | 22 / 8 / 51 | 479 | Ibrahim Abdel Wahab and Samira Nassim Ezra Khalaschi
Central Committee Revenues
2.5%
750
18750
7068
26568
26568
Only twenty-six dinars and five hundred and sixty-eight fils
Contracts Registry
Naji Yaqub Bishri
The above amount of (26.568 Dinars) has been received in cash and I have deposited it
with the Treasurer. Please be informed.
Accountant
22 / 8 / 1951
Seen
22 / 8 / 51

Archival unit 20

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
No 34459
Baghdad: ⟦line⟧
Fils: 500
Dinar: 5
Received from: Synagogue revenues from the community
Amount: Five Dinars and five hundred Fils
For: Priesthood revenues
Treasurer
⟦signature⟧
19/7/1950
100 x 100 = 10000

Archival unit 21

List of Synagogue Fees ⟦line⟧
Baghdad on
Fee 1% Fils Dinar | Cost Amount Dinar | Its Number | Its Date | Receipt Number | Name of Villages and Institution
⟦illegible⟧ | 1/000 | 249 | 31/7/51 | 473 | Kam Dam ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 31/7/51 |  |
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  | Only four dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils
Naji Bani ⟦illegible⟧
31/7/51
Muniri
Honorable Vice President
I deposited the above-mentioned amount at the Ottoman
Bank on 2/8/951
For your kind review with ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
2/8/51
Reviewed
⟦signature⟧
2/8/51

Archival unit 22

Administration of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Thailiya
Mar Elias Hospital
№ 34440
Baghdad: 17 / 7 / 195
Fils: 17
Dinar: 7
Received from: Kanyut revenues - from the community administration
Amount: Seven dinars and one hundred and thirteen fils
For: Kanyut revenues
⟦signature⟧
Treasurer
17/M M
100 x 100 = 10000
19 / 7 / 1950

Archival unit 23

No 34140
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⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ - ⟦illegible⟧ - ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Number
Date
Subject
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 24

List of Book Fees ⟦line⟧
Baghdad on 12 / 7 / 951
1% Fee Fils Dinar | Book Amount Dinar | Number | Date | Receipt No. | Name of Husband and Wife
25 | 2500/- | 248 | 9/7/51 | 477 | Warshan son of Younis Shalom Shrit and Miss Farida registered as Fadwit daughter of Ibrahim Samha Naji Banieh Nira ⟦illegible⟧
25 | Graduated 25 ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  | 
875 |  |  |  |  | 
24 125 |  |  |  |  | 
17 062 |  |  |  |  | 
17 062 |  |  |  |  | 
24 125 |  |  |  |  | 
Honorable Vice President
I have received the above-mentioned amount of
24/125 Dinars and deposited it with the Jewish Community
On 15 / 7 / 951
Accountant ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
On 15 / 7 / 1951
His services are dispensed with, balance
⟦signature⟧
The Account
18 / 10 / 1951
Seen
⟦signature⟧
10 / 10 / 1951
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
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Archival unit 25

Administration of the Jewish Community Hospitals
Meir Elias Hospital
№ 34423
Baghdad: 10 / 7 / 195
Fils: 282
Dinar: 26
Received from: Kapot revenues - from the Community Administration
Amount: Twenty-six dinars and three hundred and eighty-two fils
For: Kapot revenues account
⟦signature⟧
Treasurer
17/M M ⟦line⟧ 100 × 100 = 10000 ⟦line⟧ 19/7/1950