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IJA 3726

Financial Information, Baghdadi Jewish Community Schools, Endowments, Hospitals

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Description

These are receipts, bills, and expense reports pertaining to schools, endowments, and hospitals operated by the Baghdadi Jewish community.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3726
Item Number
10060
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Bills, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Ledger, Thumbprint, Medicine, Typed, Endowment, President of the Mosaic Community, Spiritual Council, Receipts, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Letterhead, Frank Iny School, Insurance, Annotation, Handwritten

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 26

49/128
To General Expenses
From Insurances
And that is for wages deducted in the ⟦finished⟧ account
Transfer ⟦Nablus⟧
7/- Telephones
19/128 Water
23/- Electricity
49/128
49/128
W. M. & CO. N.S.
60/- To the ⟦Fish⟧ Teaching Building
From Insurances
For wages regarding the above building
60/-

Page 27

Telephone
4428 (15 - 7 - 1952) 5/-
Gift of Meshi Saleh - Qail School 2/-
7/-
Electricity
The Jewish Community before 1951 12/-
Midrash School 17 - 8 - 54 2/-
Reeja Synagogue 25 - 5 - 57 5/-
Midrash Dispensary 25 - 5 - 56 3/-
22/-
Water
Meshi Saleh School 2 - 8 - 1951 1.620
Torat School 2 - 10 - 1951 2.916
Ezra Shaoul Rachel Playground .500
Rivka Rachel Dispensary 1 - 6 - 54 .972
Midrash School 1 - 6 - 54 1.620
The Cemetery 12 - 6 - 56 10.000
Midrash Dispensary 8 - 1 - 62 1.500
19.128
Sewage
Torat Building 24 - 6 - 62 60/-

Page 28

27/9/184
27/9/184
29/9/184
29/9/184
To grave relocation compensation advances
From grave relocation patrols
To actual expenses
From grave relocation advances
(2)
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
99000 | 99000 | ⟦illegible⟧
914 755 | 914 755 | Taxi fare for the month of September
745 | 745 | ⟦illegible⟧ graves
605 500 | 605 500 | Shovel rental fee
74 | 74 | Salary of Khalaf, the storekeeper
558 645 | 558 645 | High cost of living allowances
692 | 692 | Digging workers' salaries
96000 | 96000 | House No. 29/4 Al-Kifah Street
567 565 | 567 565 | Shovel rental fee
60 | 60 | Lunch for the supervising committee
458 945 | 458 945 | ⟦illegible⟧
418 500 | 418 500 | Mar Elias Hospital
400 | 400 | Lighting expenses
7 | 7 | Water drainage
444 665 | 444 665 | Total
This amount ⟦illegible⟧

Page 29

General Budget from 1/1/1962 to 25/9/1962
Expenses | Revenues | Notes
Schools | 840 | 57814 | 57814 | 5784 | Schools
Meir Elias Hospital | 075 | 2496 | 075 | 2496 | Hospital
Churches | 522 | 2589 | 522 | 2589 | Community Property
Real Estate | ⟦line⟧ | 122 | ⟦line⟧ | 122 | Real Estate
Meir David Sassoon Endowments | ⟦line⟧ | 292 | ⟦line⟧ | 292 | Community Property
Khan Al-Tadawul Plot | 010 | 2218 | 010 | 2218 | Community Property
Masouda Salman School and its Endowments | 900 | 690 | 900 | 690 | Community Property
Meir Eliyahu Synagogue Endowments | 225 | 714 | 225 | 714 | Community Property
Great Legacy | ⟦line⟧ | 245 | ⟦line⟧ | 245 | Community Property
Shamshoa Plot | 200 | 605 | 200 | 605 | Community Property
Rachel Shimon Endowment Shops | ⟦line⟧ | 24 | ⟦line⟧ | 24 | Community Property
Fatima Al-Maidan School and its Endowments | 685 | 258 | 685 | 258 | Community Property
Menashi Saleh School Shops | ⟦line⟧ | 122 | ⟦line⟧ | 122 | Community Property
House No. 2/29 Ras Al-Qarya | ⟦line⟧ | 1100 | ⟦line⟧ | 1100 | Community Property
Menashi Saleh School | 515 | 764 | 515 | 764 | Community Property
Meir Yaqub Al-Sayegh Khan | ⟦line⟧ | 65 | ⟦line⟧ | 65 | Hospital
Formerly National School | 925 | 228 | 925 | 228 | Community Property
Meir Elias Hospital | 200 | 2131 | 200 | 2131 | Hospital
Slaughterhouse Completion | ⟦line⟧ | 400 | ⟦line⟧ | 400 | Community Property
Al-Masbagh Khan | ⟦line⟧ | 700 | ⟦line⟧ | 700 | Community Property
Total | 652 | 22262 | 652 | 22262 |
Please accept the assurances of our highest respect
⟦signature⟧
2496.075
65.⟦line⟧
2131.200
4692.275

Page 31

The Eastern Bank, Limited
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE CHARTERED BANK
(INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER 1853)
HEAD OFFICE IN U.K AT 2/3 CROSBY SQUARE, LONDON E C. 3.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE IN IRAQ AT NEW BANK'S STREET, BAGHDAD
REGISTERED WITH THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE BAGHDAD UNDER NO 566/58
Other Branches in Iraq : Baghdad South Gate, Baghdad Alwiyah,
Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, & Amarah
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : EASTERTIDE
The Eastern Bank Limited
(Incorporated in England)
Wholly owned by the Chartered Bank
(Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1853)
Its center in London at No. 2/3 Crosby Square E.C. 3
Its main center in Iraq is located in the New Banks Street in Baghdad
Registered in the Baghdad Court of First Instance under No. 566 / 58
Its other branches in Iraq: Baghdad South Gate Branch and Baghdad Alwiyah Branch
Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, Amarah
Telegraphic Address: Eastertide
Baghdad, 28th September, 1963
M/S. Administrative Committee of Iraqi Jews.
BAGHDAD.
Dear Sir/s. | Greetings
Your current account has to-day been | We have debited your current account the sum of ⟦line⟧ Dinars
debited with the sum of I.D. 49-363
(Iraq Dinars Forty nine and fils 363 | fils for the surplus due on your remaining balance and ⟦line⟧
only)
up to and including this date.
being interest on your debit balance up to
and including this date.
⟦faint circular stamp⟧
N.S.
Yours faithfully,
⟦signature in pink ink⟧
P. Controller | For the Controller

Page 32

No. 00018
Haddad Engineering Office
For the extension of internal sewers for the floor
Telephone 88757
Baghdad
Date: 27 / 9 / 1962
Receipt Voucher
We received from Mr.: The Administrative Committee for the Jewish Community in Iraq
An amount of: only two hundred and nineteen dinars and 287 fils no more
That is on account: payment of the principal amount of 619.287 dinars for extending sewers
internal for the Frank Iny School as per check number 754646
and dated 26 / 9 / 962.
Fils | Dinar
287 | 619 | Total amount
- | 400 | Previously paid
287 | 219 | Paid on date 27 / 9 / 62
Receiver
⟦signature⟧
27 / 9
Farid Basri
⟦stamp: Republic of Iraq / 10 fils / Revenue Stamp⟧

Page 33

No. 75788
We received from the respected brother
⟦Salman Mirza⟧
8.000 Dinars
An amount of 8.321 D
Eight dinars and three hundred and twenty-one fils only
And that is for the price of medicines for the community clinic
According to the attached list dated 3/28/57
Written in Baghdad on 3/30/57
Treasurer
⟦signature⟧
786 / 312
100 / --
⟦line⟧
786 / 312

Final survey form for the inspection belonging to the Frank Iny School located in Al-Alwiyah neighborhood (Hussam Al-Din) numbered <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> / 15 / 33
Details | Work | Quantity | Price Fils / Dinar | Amount Fils / Dinar
1- Office fees for inspection and preparing the necessary design | Number 5 |  | 2/000 | 10/000
2- Laying asbestos pipes diameter 4 inches with excavation, backfilling, and concrete casing only | Meter length 125 |  | 1/750 | 218/750
3- Secondary inspection chambers 60 x 45 cm per foot of depth | Foot 6 - 31 |  | 2/000 | 63/000
4- Cast iron covers for secondary inspection chambers, Iraqi | Number 11 |  | 2/500 | 27/500
5- Main inspection chambers 90 x 60 cm per foot of depth | Foot 6 - 36 |  | 2/500 | 91/250
6- Cast iron covers for main inspection chambers, Iraqi | Number 7 |  | 3/500 | 24/500
7- Iron ladder for main manholes | 6 = |  | 1/000 | 6/000
8- Ventilation pipes diameter 3 iron per linear meter | Meter 7 |  | -/750 | 5/250
9- Breaking floors with re-paving with concrete | Meter 77 |  | 1/000 | 77/000
10- Excavating the street to reach the head of the main authority pipe belonging to the Public Sewerage Authority then backfilling | Number 5 |  | 2/000 | 10/000
11- Drilled holes in walls | Number 19 |  | -/500 | 9/500
12- Siphoning sewage water for the septic tank | 3 = |  | 1/000 | 3/000
13- Other additional works | Overall |  | -/000 | 19/000
14- Cast iron covers double seated (large manhole) | Number 3 |  | 9/000 | 27/000
15- Price difference for high pressure pipe type (B) | Meter 35.2 |  | 3/250 | 7/637
16- Price for backdrop connection | Number 1 |  | 5/000 | 5/000
17- Breaking concrete | Overall |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
Grand Total = |  |  |  | 619/387
Total amount to be paid is only six hundred and nineteen Dinars and three hundred and eighty-seven Fils and no more.
| Amount Fils / Dinar
Total amount for inspection | 619/387
Previously paid according to two checks numbered 754637 and 754639 dated 2/9 and 12/9/963 respectively. | 400/000
Remaining amount to be paid please. | 219/387
Haddad Engineering Office
For laying internal sewerage for houses
On behalf of the Director
⟦signature⟧
Farid Nouri
25/9/1964
Haddad Engineering Office
For laying internal sewerage for houses
Signature
⟦signature⟧
Farid Nouri
Two hundred and nineteen Dinars
and 387 Fils
⟦signature⟧
Received on 26/9/963
⟦signature⟧
Haddad Engineering Office
For laying internal sewerage for houses

Page 34

Administration
Shamash School Endowment
Date 20 / 9 / 1962
To ..
The Respectable Administrative Committee for ⟦Iraqi⟧ Jews
Subject :- Shamash School Allocations
Greetings
We attach herewith check number 299204 dated 20 / 9 / 62
on the British Bank of the Middle East in Baghdad for the amount of one thousand
dinars on the account of the Shamash School allocations .
Please accept our highest respect
General Agents
⟦signature⟧
Meir Yaqub
Jamil Sham'un
⟦stamp faded⟧
N.S.
Auditor's Office
Nazim ⟦illegible⟧

Page 35

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F/ 210 / 63
Date: 22 / 9 / 1963
The Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
After greetings. ⟦Informing us⟧
Please kindly provide an amount of (2000/-) Dinars for school expenses
for the month of September 1963.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
Abbas Oraibi
Secretary of the Schools Committee
Only one thousand dinars is to be spent temporarily
25 / 9 / 963
⟦signature⟧
⟦...⟧ N.S.

Page 36

To ⟦...⟧
Wages for the sulfur spraying vehicle <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> allocated eight Dinars per month
To Dawood Haroun, effective from 1962/9/1
⟦...⟧
9/20
I received the aforementioned
amount, which is eight
Dinars
Dawood Haroun
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils Revenue Stamp
Dawood Haroun

Page 37

Please pay the sum of five dinars to Mr.
Salman Obeidia
932
28 / 9
Saif ⟦Riko⟧
⟦signature⟧
W. A. P. C.
N. S.

Page 38

Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Disbursement Voucher
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 22 / 9 / 196
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 | 54 | Total half salary for the months of August and the second
⟦line⟧ | 4 | Allowances
500 | 58 | Only fifty-eight dinars and five hundred fils
Approval of disbursement
Withdrawn under check number ⟦line⟧ dated / / 196
Recipient's signature
⟦signature⟧
To be paid
22 / 9 / 962

Page 39

Mr. President
Please approve the disbursement of 5.500 five Dinars and five hundred Fils as wages for the office boy of the Administrative Department of Holiday Councils
as a bonus on the occasion of the religious holidays
Naji
9/24
Baghdad on 25 / 9 / 1964
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦illegible blue text⟧

Page 40

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
★
Number:
Date: 9 / 22 / 1967
Fils | Dinars
500 | 9
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the aforementioned amount of
only nine dinars and five hundred fils and no more
and that is for a half-salary bonus on the occasion of the holidays
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
10 Fils
From
⟦signature⟧

Page 43

Republic of Iraq
10 Revenue Stamps Fils
for rent
for a son
⟦Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad⟧
Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
in Baghdad
*
Number:
Date: 9/20/1972
Dinar: 12
Fils: -
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is: Only twelve dinars and nothing more
And that is for the rent allocated to: House of Ezekiel Yaqoub
According to the list: dated 8/28/1972 attached herewith
⟦signature⟧

Page 44

Ledger Number: 67694
Number: 56
State Money Collection Receipt:
Department Name: Al-Karkh Real Estate Tax
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year the fees belong to | Installment
400 | 22 | Real Estate Tax | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
450 | 14 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
| 20 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
850 | 57 |  |  |
I have received from: ⟦illegible⟧
The amount written above, totaling: fifty-seven dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils
On date: 29 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Job title:
38
8025
1 /
17
244
243
924
⟦illegible⟧

Page 46

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
★
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: 22 / 6 / 1962
Fils | Dinar
500 | 24
I received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the aforementioned amount of
Only twenty-four dinars and five hundred fils
being for the fees of the community clinic doctor for the months of June and July 1962
pursuant to check number D74142 on 18/6/1962
Dr. Ahmed Hikmat
Republic of Iraq
Fiscal Stamp
10 Fils
⟦signature⟧
6/62

Page 48

Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
BAB AL-SHARGI
NEAR AL-RAHIBAT SCHOOL
Baghdad
Tel. No. { Clinic 81200
Res. 91408
Dr. Ihsan Samra
Bab Al-Shargi
Near the Sisters' School - Baghdad
Telephone { Clinic 81200
Residence 91408
Date:
Date: 24 / 8 / 69
Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Please kindly settle
the following bills for examining the community's patients
June 1969 Number Regular examination Total
9 x 500 = 4/500
Home examination 5 x 1500 = 7/500
X-ray 4 x 2500 = 10/000
⟦line⟧
22/000
July 1969 Regular examination 5 x 500 = 2/500
⟦line⟧
24/500
Only twenty-four Dinars and five hundred Fils
no more
⟦signature⟧
Dr. Ihsan Samra

Page 49

Presidency of the Administrative Committee
for Iraqi Jews
Baghdad
★
No:
Date: 16 / 9 / ⟦...⟧
Fils | Dinar
820 | 118
Received from the accountant of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, totaling
only one hundred eighteen dinars and eight hundred twenty fils
being the value of medicines dispensed to Meir Elias Hospital
under check number ⟦D 754142⟧
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Fiscal Stamp
Signature of the Recipient
Al-Huda Pharmacy

Page 50

Account in Trust and the Mosaic Community
The Union Drug Co.
THE UNION DRUG CO.
12/34 Mustansir Street Baghdad
12/34 MUSTANSIR STREET
Telephone Number 4491
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS:
UNIDRUG BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE: 4491
Fils | Dinar | Name | Date | No. | Fils | Dinar | Name | Date | No.
250 |  | Ghazi ⟦...⟧ | 26/5 | 26 | 490 |  | Yassin Nami | 1/6 | 1
850 |  | Naeim ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 27 | 450 |  | Sabih Hassoun | 2 | 2
27 |  | Khadhouri Youssef | 27/5 | 28 | 890 |  | Jamhouri Ahmed | 3 | 3
1.50 |  | Salem Salim | 〃 | 29 | 950 |  | Sido Dallal | 4 | 4
450 |  | Naji Shamoon | 〃 | 30 | 120 |  | Kadhim ⟦...⟧ | 5 | 5
250 |  | Khalaf Tano | 28 | 31 | 200 |  | Shaoul Ibrahim | 6 | 6
150 |  | Salem Shamil | 〃 | 32 | 700 |  | Shlomo Koujieh | 7 | 7
250 |  | Habiba Khadhouri | 〃 | 33 | 900 |  | Dawoud Abdullah | 8 | 8
250 |  | Fouad Khadhouri | 〃 | 34 | 280 |  | Batoul Miri | 9 | 9
250 |  | Sabriya Ibrahim | 〃 | 35 | 500 |  | Widad Miri | 10 | 10
250 |  | Hai Dawoud | 〃 | 36 | 100 |  | Yaqoub Isaac | 11 | 11
875 |  | Sardar Salim | 〃 | 37 | 240 | 2 | Sarah Yamen | 12 | 12
250 |  | Ibrahim Ezra | 〃 | 38 | 970 |  | Lulu Meir | 13 | 13
250 |  | Naeima Murad | 〃 | 39 | 650 |  | Suad Munshi | 14 | 14
250 |  | Naeim Khadhouri | 29/5 | 40 | 250 |  | Saleh Shaoul | 15/6 | 15
200 |  | Faisal Rowin | 〃 | 41 | 440 |  | Fouad Matta | 〃 | 16
220 |  | Saleh Shaoul | 30/5 | 42 | 300 |  | Hanna Lilo | 17/6 | 17
550 |  | Shamoon Hai | 〃 | 43 | 220 |  | Salem Salim | 18 | 18
580 |  | Najm Shamil | 31 | 44 | 480 |  | Miriam Salim | 19 | 19
220 |  | Fouad Munshi | 〃 | 45 | 290 |  | Haitham Shamoon | 20 | 20
550 |  | Moussa Salim | 〃 | 46 | 550 |  | Ibrahim Youssef | 21 | 21
580 |  | Har Sayah | 〃 | 47 | 360 |  | Naeim Ammat | 22 | 22
250 |  | Ammari Saleh | 〃 | 48 | 900 |  | Maurice Salim | 23 | 23
250 |  | Moussa Taher | 〃 | 49 | 720 |  | Dalim Tayfour | 24 | 24
457
451