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IJA 2715

Financial Information Including Ledgers and Organization of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah

Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community that include: information about properties owned by a deceased philanthropist; a document from the Court of Appeals; a detailed statement outlining the purpose and organization of the Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, the Burial Society; and several handwritten financial ledgers.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 2715
Item Number: 5520
Date: Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages: Arabic
Keywords: Charity, Head of the Court of Cassation (Supreme Court) – Iraq, Property, Financial, Legal, Lawsuit, Endowments, Correspondence, Waqf, Contract, Mathematics, Ezra Menahem Daniel, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Iraqi Government, Annotation, Ink Stamp, Administrative Committee of Iraqi Jews, Handwritten, Eagle Crest, Receipt, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Office of General Citizenship, Court of Appeals - Baghdad, Accounting, Ledger, President of the Jewish Community, Ḥevrah Ḳadishah, Ministry of the Interior, Lease, Typed, Marriage

AI en Translation, Pages 1-25

Page 4

In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Ministry of Interior
General Directorate of Nationality
Deaths:
Number /: Private / 17 /
Date /: 10 / 10 / 1967
Incoming Stamp
« Registered »
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Subject / Date of death of a Jew
Please check your records and inform us of the date of death of the Jew
( Ezra Menachem Daniel ) as quickly as possible .
Abdul Ghafoor Shujaa
Director General of Nationality
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
A copy to
General Secretariat for Frozen Assets - | referring to its letter T 1 /
Directorate of Central Telephones: Debt Collection | 2984 on 12 / 10 / 67
For information please .
Date of death ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Alaa / 24

Page 5

- 2/500
- 2/
- 15/-
- 1/-
- ⟦15⟧
- 2/500
- 2/-
- 1/-
- 6
⟦line⟧
- 6/750
- 2/750
- 5/
⟦line⟧
61/500

Page 6

The Secretary
According to the community records ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
1- Rifqa Eliyahu Mururi died on Thursday 29 June 1950 AD
corresponding to 14 Tammuz 5710 Hebrew
2- Masuda wife of Rene Karouri died on Tuesday 12 July
corresponding to 28 June 1950
3- Silla wife of Hayim Saleh Dabool died on Sunday 16
corresponding to 20 September 1948
Saqr ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 7

Baghdad / / 1952
His Excellency the Head of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
After greetings
Upon auditing the marriage records ⟦for the purpose of⟧ inquiry, it was found that
Mr. ⟦Nouri Munir Shaloush⟧ is not married and has no record in the specialized registers.
Please accept the highest expressions of respect.
According to receipt number ⟦...⟧
Dated April 5, ⟦...⟧
200 / ⟦...⟧
64 / 81
Registrar of Contracts

Page 19

Teacher's name Ismail Al-Qatta ⟦...⟧
Number | Day | Day | Date | Subject | Signature
2 | Two | Sunday | 1971/1/3 | First and Second Religion | ⟦signature⟧
1 | Three | Monday | 1971/1/4 | First Social Studies | ⟦signature⟧
- | Four | Tuesday | 1971/1/5 | Third Religion | ⟦signature⟧
2 | Two | Sunday | 1971/1/10 | Second Religion | ⟦signature⟧
1 | Three | Monday | 1971/1/11 | First and Second Social Studies | ⟦signature⟧
- | Four | Tuesday | 1971/1/12 | Third Religion | ⟦signature⟧
- | Five | Wednesday | 1971/1/13 | Social Studies | ⟦signature⟧
2 | Two | Sunday | 1971/1/17 | Second Religion | ⟦signature⟧
1 | Three | Monday | 1971/1/18 | First and Second Social Studies | ⟦signature⟧
- | Four | Tuesday | 1971/1/19 | Third Religion | ⟦signature⟧
- | Five | Wednesday | 1971/1/20 | Social Studies | ⟦signature⟧
37 entitled to wages 9 copies
14.800 = 400 x 37
4.500 = 500 x 9
19.300 nineteen Dinars and three hundred Fils