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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.
AI English Translation, Pages 51-75
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxis
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone No. 4619
Fils | Dinar
750 | 22
Received from: The respected members of the Habra Qadisha Association
Only: Twenty-two dinars and 750 ⟦fils⟧
Nothing else:
And that is for car fees: for the use of a car during
⟦line⟧: the month of August / 1969
Signature
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
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⟧
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.⟧
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 | | |
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxi Services
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Masri
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 19
Received from: ⟦Habib Habib⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Only: ⟦Nineteen Dinars and nothing else⟧
nothing else:
And that is for car fees: ⟦line⟧
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
Signature
Al-Nawra Place
For Taxis
Proprietors
Talib El-Dabbagh
and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Sinak
Telephone <del>4619</del> 80809
ZAWRA TAXI SERVICE
Prop. Talib El-Dabbagh
&
Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street
Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. <del>4619</del> 80809
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
THE LION OF BABYLON
To the Honorable President of the Old Al-Hassam Charitable Society
8-8-9
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
1970 | | |
1/4 | Pickup fees for a period of (4) and a half hours. | 4 | ---
| From Aqaba station to deliver a share of the revolution, calling workers in the authority to notify them and work. | |
1/4 | From the association using a pickup for a period of five and a half hours. | 4 | ---
1/12 | From Aqaba station to deliver a share of the revolution, calling workers in Aqaba | 1 | ---
1/14 | Pickup fees for a period of (5) hours. | 4 | ---
1/22 | From Aqaba station to deliver a share and work. | 1 | ---
1/22 | Pickup fees for a period of (4) hours. | 4 | ---
| Grand Total | 19 | ---
⟦line⟧
9/1/70
Expenses for the condolence and memorial service held for the late Ezekiel Daoud Hakim
Douri, who passed away on 4/1/70
Fils | Dinar
--- | 5 | Digging the grave
--- | 5 | Jai Daoud
--- | 4 | Zalla Shaul
900 | --- | Rose tea and miscellaneous expenses
⟦line⟧
14 / 900
Totaled only fourteen dinars and nine hundred fils, no more
⟦signature⟧
To be paid
Alwa
12/26/1969
Condolence and memorial expenses spent on the late Yaqub Ibrahim
Yaqub Hurina, who passed away on 12/7/1969
Fils | Dinar
000 | 5 | Hash Tarsha
000 | 5 | Jai Daoud
000 | 4 | Shaul Oil
000 | 1 | Additional expenses
450 | " | "
⟦line⟧
15 / 450
Fifteen dinars and four hundred and fifty fils only
⟦line⟧
Yaqub
Yaqub
970/8/2
Preparation and shipping expenses spent on the late <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Bashir Ibrahim <del>Aizer</del> the deceased
On the date 70/1/8
Fils | Dinar
-- | 5 | Hai Daoud
-- | 5 | Hattar Tuba
-- | 4 | Zakia Shaul
⟦line⟧
14/---
⟦line⟧
In the amount of fourteen dinars only
⟦signature⟧
Raouf
Saroun
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⟧
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxi Services
Proprietors
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
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
THE LION OF BABYLON
To: The Honorable Shia Majid ⟦...⟧ Respectfully
Date | Details | Dinar | Fils
11/8 | From Al-Ataba garage to notify the police to bring workers and the forced laborers to Al-Ataba on Tuesday | 1 | ---
11/9 | Pickup truck fare for (4) hours | 4 | ---
| Total Sum | 5/--- |
80809
⟦line⟧
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxis
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧
— | 5
Received from the respected Old Free Association
Only five dinars and nothing else
And that is for car rental fees for the month of November
1957
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
Signature
Al-Zawra Establishment
For Taxis
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 24
Received from: The respected ⟦...⟧ Charitable Society
Only: Twenty-four dinars and no more
Nothing else:
And that is for car fees: usage for the month of November
Second: 1929
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
Signature
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⟧
1/2/1937
Fils Dinar
20 Only twenty Dinars
I received from the Secretary of the Community the sum of twenty Dinars, and that is
for the price of the window of the grave of the late Kalala
⟦fingerprint⟧
Hamad Damen
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧
000 | 20
11/2/1929
Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
600 - Only sixty Dinars
Received from Mr. / Messrs. Haroun Roy ⟦...⟧
And that is on account of the soul of his late father Haroun Nassim
⟦illegible⟧
9.97
⟦illegible text bleeding through from reverse side⟧
May 25, 1970
Preparation and burial expenses paid for the late Ghazali Hazqeel Daniel
Who passed away on May 25, 1970
Fils | Dinar
— | 5 | Nubia grave
— | 5 | Jai Daoud
— | 4 | Shaul procession
— | 1 | Additional worker
An amount of fifteen Dinars only
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Zouf
Telephone
22 / 5 / 70
Preparation and shrouding expenses for the late Shaul Aboudi Elia Cohen who passed away
on the date 28 / 5 / 70
Dinar | Fils
5 | Washing and clothes
5 | Prayer of David
4 | Quran recitation
⟦illegible⟧ | Additional expenses
280 | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
18 250
Eighteen dinars and two hundred and fifty fils
⟦signature⟧
Aboudi
Shaul
May 25, 1970
Petty and operating expenses spent on the late Yehuda Salman Haroun
during the month of April until May 25, 1970
Fils | Dinar
500 | 5 | Car gasoline
500 | 5 | Tea and coffee
000 | 4 | Oil
500 | 0 | Petty expenses
200 | 1 | Bread, flowers <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>, newspapers and soap
⟦line⟧
200 | 16
A total of sixteen dinars and two hundred fils only
⟦signature⟧
Haroun
National Electricity Administration
Baghdad District Electricity Directorate
Electricity Bill
Jabr Qaddouri Association
517 / 141
Al-Kifah Association
Account Number | Subscription Number | Date of Issue
160 193 501 | 39306 | 5 / 5 / 70
Meter Number | Current Reading | Previous Reading | Consumption | Unit Price | Value (Fils / Dinar)
07960 | 1410 | 1391 | 19 | 10 | 0 190
| 6 / 4 | 8 / 3 | Fees | 3 | 057
3439 | | | Meter Rent | | 0 035
| | | Circuit Breaker Rent | |
This bill must be paid within (15) fifteen days from its date:
Total Amount Due: 0 282
282
K CSH
5 234747 11
Baghdad General Water Supply Authority
Statement
1 1970 1971
Amount | Machine Code | Quantity Consumed | Meter Readings | Reading Date (To) | Reading Date (From)
.6 | 16 | 43 | 1633 | 3 5 | 7
.1 | | | 1595 | 4 | 3
⟦...⟧ | | | | |
8 | | | | 3 |
Valid:
Subscription Number: 14186
Meter: 141/17m
Distance: 3
The statement amount must be paid within fifteen days from the date
of its issuance, and at the end of this period, notice is given to pay within
7 days, after which the flow will be cut off if payment is not made.
Baghdad Water Supply Authority
22500 Rice ⟦illegible⟧
500 Bideh tea
5000 Like delicious goodness
Al-Zawraa Office
For Taxi Services
Owners: Talib Al-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Maslawi
Al-Rashid Street
Baghdad Telephone Number 4619
Fils:
Dinar:
Received from:
Only: and nothing else
For car fees:
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
Signature
SERVICE
Talib El-Dabbagh & Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street Sinak-Baghdad
Tel. No. 4619
Al-Zawra Establishment
for Taxi Cars
Owners
Talib El-Dabbagh and Ibrahim Muslawy
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad - Sinak
Telephone 4619
THE LION OF BABYLON
THE ARCH OF CTESIPHON
To the honorable: Director of the Qadisha Association, respected
Fils | Dinar | Details | Date
⟦line⟧ | 4 | From the paving station from Kalb Ummal Street to the paving station at the crossing | 1970/7/2
⟦line⟧ | 4 | Pickup truck rental for (4) hours | 7/3
⟦line⟧ | 4 | From the cemetery station for paving from Kalb Ummal Street to the cemetery | 7/4
⟦line⟧ | 4 | Pickup truck rental for (4) hours | 7/5
(Only sixteen Dinars ⟦illegible⟧)
The aforementioned establishment