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IJA 3326

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community; Correspondence and School Records, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community including financial records; blueprints; correspondence regarding charitable donations, synagogues, and Torah scrolls; lease agreements, taxi receipts, utility bills, and stationary receipts. There are also documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad, including correspondence regarding student affairs, teachers, lists of students sitting for exams, school administration and financial matters, curriculum development; schedules; and chemistry notes from the Frank Iny School.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3326
Item Number
16771
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Illustration, Bills, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Synagogue, Teachers, Baghdad Light and Power, Form, Charity, File Folder, Thumbprint, Contract, Typed, Primary Education Certificate, Iraqi Government, Accounting, Primary School, Baghdadi Jewish Community, School Material, Fragments, Ink Stamp, Torah, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Engineering, Receipts, Synagogues Commission, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Taxi, High School, Letterhead, Income Tax, Jewish Lay Council, Property Commission, Postage Stamp, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Ministry of Health, Lease, Middle School, Waqf, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Directorate of Education, Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, Architectural Plans, Annotation, Exam Records, Handwritten, Secondary School Certificate, Iraqi Embassy, Education, Travel, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 51-75

Page 51

10/19/69
Preparation and shrouding expenses paid for the late Naji Sasson Ezra
Sa'ati, who passed away ⟦on 10/7/1969⟧
Fils | Dinar |
.. | 7 | Burial Coffin
.. | 7 | Jai Daoud
.. | 4 | Shaul Oil
.. | 1 | Additional expenses
In the amount of nineteen dinars only
⟦signature flourish⟧
To be paid
Sasson

Page 52

19/10/69
Expenses for the Fatiha and indoctrination ⟦spent⟧ on the late Sakan
Daoud Haroun, who passed away on 4/10/69
Dinar | Fils
5 | - | Purchases
5 | - | Jay Daoud
2 | .. | Zina Shaul
1 | .. | Extra worker
1 | 450 | Additional expenses (coffee, rose water, and soap)
14 | 450 |
Totaled only <del>four</del> ⟦fourteen⟧ dinars and four hundred and fifty fils only
Tawfiq
Shaul

Page 53

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
Zawra Shop
For Taxis
Owners
Talib Al-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
THE LION OF BABYLON
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
To: ⟦The Honorable President of the Quraish Charitable Society⟧
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
7 / 27 / 1949 | ⟦Car fare from the house of Ibn Funays and to the Taifa school [dog]⟧
⟦From the Taifa school Jai⟧ | - | 500
809
⟦blue squiggle signature⟧

Page 54

National Electricity Administration
Baghdad District Electricity Directorate
Electricity Bill
Khair Qadisha Association
141 / 517
⟦Al-Saddah Association⟧
Account Number | Subscription Number | Date of Issue
160 193 501 | 29306 | 4 / 9 / 69
Meter Number | Current Reading | Previous Reading | Consumption | Unit Price | Value (Dinar / Fils)
1169 1260 07960 91 10 0 910
8/13 7/6 Fees 3 0 273
3775 Meter Rental 0 035
Circuit Breaker Fee
This bill must be paid within (15) Total 1 218
fifteen days from its date Required
-11 155226 0 0 0 LST K CSH 1.218

Page 55

Yaqub Qahtan
Khan al-Makhzum
Baghdad on: 22 / 10 / 1969
To: Habra Qaddouri
Respectfully:
Fils | Dinar | Length | Details | Price
250 | 5 | 3 | Nylon ⟦...⟧ | 1750

Page 56

Al-Zawraa Place
For Taxis
Owners: Talib al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Phone Number 4619
Fils | Dinars
750 | 22
Received from ⟦Charitable Society Schools Committee⟧
Only twenty-two dinars and 750 fils and nothing else
As car fees for using a car during
The month of August / 1969
Signature

Page 57

ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
Al-Zawra Establishment
For Taxis
Owners
Talib El-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
THE LION OF BABYLON
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
80809
To the honorable head of the ⟦Tariya⟧ Charitable Society. M
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
4/4 1969 | From ⟦Gulbenkian⟧ to Masouda Shemtob School to Hano's house and the cemetery and to Hano's house ⟦...⟧ waiting. | - | 6
8/4 | Pickup fare to Forensic Medicine, time (3) hours. | - | 4
18/4 | Pickup fare to the cemetery, time (2) hours. | - | 2
25/4 | From the cemetery station to the soil to bring workers by order of our master Hayya. | - | -
25/4 | From the cemetery station to Hay Sawmill to the cemetery with waiting - and to the community. | - | -
25/4 | From the Rabbi's house to the cemetery and to Hano's house and to the cemetery and to the school of ⟦...⟧ Naji's house with waiting. | - | 2
25/4 | Pickup fare from the health company to Forensic Medicine and to the cemetery and to the association and to the Rabbi's house with waiting. | 2 | -
28/4 | From the company to the hospital pickup for a period of (4) hours. | 4 | -
28/4 | From the Rabbi's house to the association and to the Rabbi's house and to the association to bring Hay Sawmill and to the station and to Klimai and to the Rabbi's house and to Al-Rashid station and to the school of ⟦...⟧ Rabbi's house and to the school of ⟦...⟧ and to the association and sawmill. | 2 | -
29/4 | From the Rabbi's house to the school of ⟦...⟧ and to the post station and to the school of ⟦...⟧ and to the community with waiting. | - | -
29/⟦...⟧ | From the community to the school of ⟦...⟧ Rabbi's house and to pickups to Al-Jadiya with waiting (5) hours. | 2 | 500
| Total (carried forward) | 24 | 500

Page 58

Date
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
| Previous Balance | 24 | 500
8/29 | From our expenses for fixing the south of the cemetery with the east with the cemetery to bring workers. |  |
8/29 | From our expenses for the Rabbi's house and it was not used. |  | 25
8/29 | Scaffolding wages in Hillah with the cemetery and the heap ⟦illegible⟧ temporary for the house. |  |
8/30 | From our expenses for fixing the south of the cemetery with coarse gravel for paving the Sheikha and sanitation in the cemetery. |  |
| Grand Total | 24 | 750
⟦flourish⟧
⟦faded blue text on left⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 59

Orosdi-Back ( Baghdad ) Orosdi-Back ( Baghdad )
STATIONERY Stationery
( 6 )
Baghdad Baghdad: 6/10/19
№: 36571
Item No. Item No. | Qty. Qty. | Description Description | Price Price | Amount Amount
3-158 | 1 | pens |  | 1250
154 | 1 | ⟦'s⟧ |  | 250
|  |  |  | 1500
|  | 10% |  | 150
|  |  |  | 1350
⟦B.Z.⟧

Page 60

Orosdi - Back ( Baghdad ) Orosdi Back ( Baghdad )
STATIONERY Stationery
6 ( 6 )
Baghdad Baghdad: 12 / 10 / 65
No: 47629
Item No. Item No. | Qty. Qty. | Description Description | Price Price | Amount Amount
35-88 | 1 | ⟦ink⟧ |  | 700
| 37 |  |  |

Page 61

Al-Zawraa Place
for Taxis
Owners: Talib al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Masri
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Phone Number 4619
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 19
Received from ⟦Jewish Charitable Society⟧
Only ⟦nineteen Dinars and no others⟧ no others
That is for car fees ⟦line⟧
The Iraqi Republic
20 Fils revenue stamp
Signature

Page 65

1970/1/2
Preparation and shrouding expenses paid for the late Hashir Ibrahim ⟦on his behalf⟧ <del>Aziz</del> Aziz of the Dead
On the date 70/1/1
| Dinar | Fils
Hai Daoud | 5 | ..
Hanna Touma | 5 | ..
Zakia Shaul | 4 | ..
| 14 | ⟦line⟧
In the amount of only fourteen Dinars and nothing else
⟦signature⟧
To be spent
Haroun

Page 66

12/20/1969
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 80
Only eighty dinars and no more
I have received from Mr. Ibrahim Yaqoub Koudia the amount of eighty dinars
And that is for the soul of ⟦prayer⟧ for his late father Yaqoub Ibrahim Yaqoub Koudia ⟦line⟧
Signature
⟦illegible⟧
Trustee
⟦illegible⟧

Page 70

Al-Zawra Shop
For Taxis
Owners
Talib El-Dabbagh
And Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
To: The Honorable Acting Head of the Jewish Community
No: 80809
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
1/22 | Pickup Fees | 4 | - - -
1/22 | From ⟦...⟧ the Mansub house of the cemetery to notify him |  |
1/24 | Pickup Fees | 4 | - - -
1/24 | From ⟦...⟧ the Mansub house of the cemetery to the cemetery to report the matter and bring cemetery workers |  |
| Pickup fees for a period of (4 1/2) hours |  |
1/25 | Likewise, the Mansub house of the cemetery to the cemetery to report the matter and bring | 4 | - - -
1/25 | Pickup fees for a period of (4 1/2) hours |  |
1/27 | From ⟦...⟧ the Mansub house of the cemetery to the cemetery to bring workers and come to the cemetery ⟦...⟧ | 4 | - - -
1/27 | Pickup fees for a period of (4 1/2) hours |  |
| Grand Total | 24 | - - -
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 71

1/2/1951
Finance
10 Dinars
20
Twenty Dinars only
I have received from the sect custodians the amount of twenty Dinars,
for the cost of building the grave of the late ⟦Kamala⟧
Sabriya Hamed
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 72

11/2/1969
60 Dinars
Only sixty Dinars
Received from Mr. Haroun ⟦Gouri Sha⟧
And that is for the reading for the soul of his late father, Haroun Nassim
⟦illegible⟧ 11/9