Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community; Correspondence and School Records, Baghdadi Jewish Schools
View interactive document pageThese 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.
10/29/1969 Fils | Dinar ⟦line⟧ | 40 ⟦illegible⟧ Only forty Dinars and no more I received from Mr. ⟦Hayal⟧ Saleh Al-Dabba an amount of forty Dinars And that is for reading for the soul of his late father Saleh Al-Dabba ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧
11/6/1939 Fils | Dinar — | 80 Only eighty dinars I received from Mr. Salim Tuwayq a sum of only eighty dinars And that is for the rest of the soul of his deceased mother, Sayyida Ezra Rish - Naji
10 / 2 / 1969 Fils | Dinar — | 30 Only thirty dinars and no more Received from Mrs. Samiha Nassim Shlomo ⟦Joshua⟧ the amount of thirty dinars for the soul of her late husband ⟦Haris⟧ Raphael Horish — Naji
Fils | Dinar ⟦line⟧ | 65 | Only sixty-five Dinars only I received from Mrs. Lizzie Sassoon an amount of -/65 Dinars Sixty-five Dinars only, and that is on account of the soul of the deceased Saydah Yusuf Sassoon ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 10 / 1929
1969 / Fils Dinar ⟦line⟧ 500 Five Dinars only Received from Mrs. Floria Saqr Hayyim ⟦...⟧ the sum of 50 - Fifty Dinars, and that is for the soul of her late brother Yehuda Saqr Hayyim ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ Naji ⟦...⟧
Memo Khan Al-Makhzoumi Baghdad on: 12/26/1969 To: ⟦Abboud Qaddash⟧ Respected: Fils | Dinar | Length | Details | Price 850 | 5 | 2 | ⟦Peppercorns⟧ | 1950 -
Yaqoub Qahtan Khan al-Makhzum Baghdad on: 9 / 11 / 1969 To: Hasso Qaddouri The Honorable: Fils | Dinar | Length | Details | Price 400 | 5 | 2 | Mleel Dean | 2700
⟦...⟧-D⟦...⟧bagh & ⟦...⟧uslawy Al-Rashid Street Sinak-Baghdad Tel. No. 4619 راء ⟦...⟧ 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 Hebra Qadisha Society // Date | Details | Dinar | Fils ⟦5/10⟧ | From the cemetery station to notify the police personnel to bring workers to the cemetery | | 400 ⟦6/10⟧ | Pickup truck rental for a period of (5) hours. | | ⟦7/10⟧ | From the cemetery station to notify the police personnel to bring workers to the cemetery | | 400 ⟦8/10⟧ | Pickup truck rental for a period of (4) hours. | | ⟦9/10⟧ | From the cemetery station to notify the police personnel to bring workers to the cemetery : | | 400 ⟦10/10⟧ | Pickup truck rental for a period of (4) hours. | | ⟦11/10⟧ | From the cemetery station to notify the police personnel to bring workers to the cemetery . | | 400 ⟦12/10⟧ | Pickup truck rental for a period of (4) hours. . | | Sincerely yours ⟦...⟧ I received the amount ⟦blue ink scribble⟧
Yaqub Qahtan Khan Al-Makhzum Baghdad on: 27 / 5 / 1947 To: Mr. ⟦Khayrah⟧ Badri the Respected Fils | Dinar | Length | Details | Price - | 6 | 2 | Obeid Pepper 2000 |
National Electricity Administration Baghdad District Electricity Directorate Electricity Bill ⟦Jabr Qaddouri Association⟧ 141/517 Al-Kifah Association Account Number | Subscription Number | Issue Date 160 193 501 | 39306 | 3 / 6 / 70 Meter Number | Current Reading | Previous Reading | Consumption | Unit Price | Value in Fils | Value in Dinars 07960 | 1448 | 1410 | 38 | 10 | 380 | 0 | 5 / 5 | 4 / 6 | Fees | 3 | 114 | 0 3413 | | | Meter Fee | | 035 | 0 | | | Circuit Breaker Fee | | | This bill must be paid within (15) | Total | 0529 fifteen days from its date | Required | 70 - 6 - 4 242867 5 K CSH 529
2/21/70 Preparation and burial expenses distributed for the late Lulu Shmuel deceased on | Dinar | Fils Purchased ⟦shrouds⟧ | 5 | - Jai Dawood | 5 | - Zakia Shaul | 4 | - Additional worker | 1 | - | 15 | - Only fifteen Dinars was delivered, nothing more ⟦signature⟧ To be spent ⟦Bakon⟧
Number / 87911 Date 8 / 5 / 1955 Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province Administration Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for boys and girls belonging to this Directorate ⟦line⟧ In addition to the prizes that will be granted by the Ministry of Education to the top three successful male and female students in the general examinations, the Mutasarrifiya (Governorate) of Baghdad Province has allocated high awards to be granted to the aforementioned top students. Please inform students of the sixth grades, both male and female, of this and encourage them to compete to achieve the lead in the field of general examinations. ⟦illegible⟧ Director of Education for Baghdad Province 725 12 / 5 / 1955 A copy to: - Directorate of General Education Headquarters of the General Provincial Council - Mutasarrifiya of Baghdad Province - with reference to the oral discussion Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli Sadiq / 7
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Administration Number / 87911 Date 8 / 5 / 1955 To all administrations of official, private, and foreign elementary schools for boys and girls affiliated with this directorate In addition to the prizes that will be granted by the Ministry of Education to the top three passing male and female students in the general examinations, the Governorate of Baghdad Province has allocated prestigious prizes to be granted to the aforementioned top students. Please inform the students of the sixth grades, both male and female, of this and encourage them to compete to achieve first place in the field of general examinations. ⟦signature⟧ Director of Education of Baghdad Province For filing Professor Shaker, to be announced to the students The sixth grade ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 5 / 955 A copy to " - Directorate General of Education Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Governorate of Baghdad Province - with reference to the verbal discussion Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarghouli. Sadiq / 7
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Certificates Number /: 17914 Date /: 8 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Boys, all ⟦line⟧ The students Kadhim Muhammad al-Khafaji, a second-grade student at Nasiriyah Secondary School for Boys, and Faiq Muhammad Amin, a graduate of the Iraqi School in Mosul for the year 949 - 950 addressed to the Ministry of Defense, claim to have lost their documents. Please do not accept them and consider them cancelled if found. ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Sattar al-Qarahghuli For / Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to " - Directorate of Education of Muntafiq Province - reference to its letter No. 4477 / 40 dated 25 / 4 / 1955 Directorate of Education of Mosul Province - reference to its letter No. 7243 / 47 dated 28 / 4 / 955 Certificates and Statistics Observation Sadiq / 7
Directorate of Education, Baghdad District Certificates Number / 17914 Date 8 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of official, private and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧ The students Kadhim Muhammad al-Khafaji, a student in the second grade of Nasiriyah Secondary School for Boys, and Faik Muhammad Amin, a graduate of the Iraqi School in Mosul for the year 949 - 950, addressed to the Ministry of Defense, claim to have lost their documents. Therefore, please do not accept them and consider them canceled if found. ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Sattar al-Qaraghouli On behalf of / Director of Education, Baghdad District A copy to: Directorate of Education, Muntafiq District - referencing its letter No. 4477/40 dated 25 / 4 / 1955 Directorate of Education, Mosul District - referencing its letter No. 7243/47 dated 28 / 4 / 955 Observation of Certificates and Statistics Sadiq / 7
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Certificates and Statistics Number / 17828 Date / 7 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and preparatory schools for boys (all) It has been decided to expel student Mawloud Azab Latif, a student of the Fifth Literary Class from Anna Secondary School, permanently, based on the first paragraph of Article forty-four of the Secondary Schools System 54 for the year 1954. Please do not accept him upon application. . ⟦Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli⟧ On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to: Directorate of Education, Dulaim Province Reference to its letter No. 2847/23/1 dated 16 / 4 / 1955 . Note on Certificates and Statistics . . . 747 12 / 5 / 955 1/ Amin / 7
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Certificates and Statistics Number / 17828 Date / 7 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Intermediate and Preparatory Schools for Boys It has been decided to expel the student Mawloud Adhab Latif, a student of the Fifth Literary Grade at Ana Secondary School, permanently, based on the first paragraph of Article Forty-Four of the Secondary Schools Regulation 54 of the year 1954. Please do not accept him upon application. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Abd al-Sattar al-Qarah Ghuli⟧ For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province Copy to: - Directorate of Education of Dulaim Province Reference to its letter No. 1 / 13 / 2847 dated 16 / 4 / 1955. Certificates and Statistics Department ⟦line⟧ M / 1 Amin / 7
Professor Shakir, for recording the name in the specialized register ⟦illegible⟧ 11/5/955 Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province Certificates and Statistics Number / 17829 / Date / 7 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧ It has been decided to expel the student Bashir Majid Al-Za'rou, one of the second-grade students from the ⟦Teachers' Association⟧ Secondary School in Mosul, from the school permanently, based on the first and fourth paragraphs of Article forty-four of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954. Please do not accept him upon application ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Qadir Al-Qarahghuli For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to:- Directorate of Education for Mosul Province - reference to its letter No. 491 dated 19/4/1955 Note on Certificates and Statistics 748 12/5/955 M/Amin/7
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Certificates and Statistics Number / 17829 Date / 7 / 5 / 1955 To the administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧ It has been decided to expel the student Bashir Majid Al-Za'rou, a second-grade student at the Teachers Association Secondary School ⟦line⟧ in Mosul, from the school permanently based on the first and fourth paragraphs of Article ⟦line⟧ Forty-four of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954. Please do not admit him upon ⟦line⟧ referral ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Abd al-Sattar al-Qaraghouli On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to: Directorate of Education, Mosul Province - referring to its letter No. 491 dated 19 / 4 / 1955. Certificates and Statistics Unit ⟦line⟧ . M/ Amin / 7
Mr. Shaul to register the name in the specialized register ⟦illegible⟧ 11/5/955 Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Certificates Number /: 17912 Date: 8 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧ We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Karbala Province No. 28/3031 dated 30 / 4 / 1955. Please do not accept him upon review ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghuli For / Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to: - Directorate of Education of Karbala Province - for information Certificates and Statistics Note Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧ It was decided to expel the student Hamoudi Razzaq Al-Qazzaz, a student in the second grade (B) of Al-Sudair Intermediate School in Najaf based on Article 44 in reference to paragraph 4 of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954, and that due to his severe imprisonment for a period of (6 months) and being placed under police supervision for one year for embracing destructive tendencies. Please kindly circulate his non-acceptance to the schools of your province. Sadiq / 7 729 12 / 5 / 955
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province Certificates Number / 17912 Date 8 / 5 / 1955 To the administrations of all public, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧ We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Karbala Province, No. 3031/28, dated ⟦line⟧ 30 / 4 / 1955. Please do not accept him upon application ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Sattar Al-Qara Ghuli For / Director of Education, Baghdad Province A copy to: Directorate of Education, Karbala Province - for information Certificates and Statistics Observation Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧ ⟦Ab⟧ ⟦line⟧ It has been decided to expel the student Hamoudi Razzaq Al-Qazzaz, a student in the second grade (B) of Al-Sudair Intermediate School in Najaf Based on Article 44 in reference to Paragraph 4 of the Secondary School Regulations No. 54 of 1954, and that is due to his severe imprisonment for a period of (6 months) and being placed under police surveillance for one year due to his adoption of ⟦line⟧ destructive inclinations. Please kindly circulate his non-acceptance to the schools of your province. Sadiq / 7
Professor Shaker Al-Lajji ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 8/5/1955 Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Certificates and Statistics Number / 17762 Date / 7 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate schools for boys ⟦line⟧ We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Kut Province No. 19 / 3757 dated 28 / 4 / 1955 Please confirm as quickly as possible that he is not registered in your school and has not attended for the current year. ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Sattar Al-Sheikhly For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy of it to " " Directorate of Education of ⟦illegible⟧ Province - Kut - Certificates and Statistics Observation Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧ The administration of Kut Secondary School for Boys had provided the student Muhammad Nuri Shahbaz, one of the third intermediate grade students who participated in the general examination for intermediate studies 1950 - 1951 and 51 - 1952, and the result was failure, with a document granted to you under number 149 on 7 / 9 / 1953, certified by us. However, the aforementioned person has claimed it is lost, so we request to inform us whether he did not submit the document to you and did not attend your school, urgently please. Sadiq / 5 722 12 / 5 / 1955
Baghdad Province Education Directorate Certificates and Statistics Number / 17762 Date 7 / 5 / 1955 Administrations of official, private and foreign intermediate schools for boys all ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Kut Province Education Directorate No. 19 / 3757 dated 28 / 4 / 1955 Please confirm his non-enrollment in your school and his attendance for the current year as quickly as possible. ⟦signature⟧ Abdul Sattar Al-Sarhang For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to: Kut Province Education Directorate - Note on Certificates and Statistics Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧ The administration of Kut Secondary School for Boys had provided the student Muhammad Nouri Shahbaz, a third-grade intermediate student Who participated in the general exam for intermediate studies 1950 - 1951 and 51 - 1952, and the result was failure, with a document Addressed to you under number 149 on 7 / 9 / 1953 certified by us, but the aforementioned person has claimed its loss, so we hope To inform us whether he did not submit the document to you and did not attend your school promptly, please. Sadiq / H
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province Certificates and Statistics Number / 17726 Date / 5 / 5 / 1955 To - Administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate schools for boys and girls It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of the students whose names are listed below in the general examinations for intermediate studies for external students in Kirkuk Province, so it is required to:- 1 - Ensure they are not registered or attending for the current year 1954 / 1955. 2 - They are not among those who failed in the second grade for the academic year 1953 / 1954. Director of Education of Baghdad Province A copy to:- Directorate of Education of Kirkuk Province - Reference to its letter No. 2877 dated 27 / 4 / 1955 - for information. Certificates and Statistics Note. Names 1 - Balqis Muhammad Hamdi | 19 - Arab Abdi Hassu 2 - Badriya Muhammad Sami | 20 - Emmanuel Yago 3 - Lutfi Kamal | 21 - Samira Elias Madalo 4 - Shamshoun Bankina | 22 - Yusuf Abdul Hamid Al-Hamdani 5 - Midhat Zain Al-Abidin | 23 - Hamid Abdul Karim 6 - Jamal Yahya | 24 - Karsia Mar'is 7 - Khudair Hamoudi | 25 - Abdul Khaliq Abdul Sattar Dawood 8 - Muhammad Al-Haj Latif Ali | 26 - Najiba Hasib Butros 9 - Najdat Saeed | 27 - Burhan Hussein 10 - Abbas Muhammad | 28 - Ahmed Sayyid Fakhri 11 - Najm al-Din Muhammad Nuri al-Azzawi | 29 - Turan Hamdi 12 - Talib al-Sayyid Ahmad Mustafa | 30 - Ihsan Qadir 13 - Emmanuel Warda | 31 - Simko Muhammad 14 - Yusuf Yunis Tawfiq | 32 - Nur al-Din Abdul Aziz 15 - Nihad Saeed al-Din | 33 - Muhammad Jalal Sharif 16 - Shmuel Qanbar | 34 - Jawdat Nash'at 17 - Rifaat Abdul Karim Jassim | 35 - Ahmed Najm 18 - Shawkat Muhammad Abdullah | 36 - Sabri Mahmoud Shihab 37 - Mansour Hanna Abdul Samad Al-Bayati 38 - Ismail Zainal Khalid / 5 Mr. Shaul To answer in the negative regarding the students' attendance for the knowledge 8 / 5 / 55
Directorate of Education, Baghdad District Certificates and Statistics Number / G / 12 / 17728 Date / 5 / 5 / 1955 To " - Administrations of all public, private, and foreign intermediate and preparatory schools for boys and girls It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of the external male and female students whose names are listed below in the general examinations for the preparatory and intermediate studies for the current academic year 54/955 in Erbil District ⟦line⟧ Please provide an answer regarding the following points:- 1- Confirm that they have not registered as regular attending students for the current year. 2- That they are not among the students who failed in the second grade last year regarding the intermediate study and the fourth grade regarding the preparatory study. ⟦line⟧ On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad District Abdul Sattar Al-Qara Ghuli Copy to " - Directorate of Education, Erbil District - reference to its letter No. 3868 dated 30 / 4 / 1955. Certificates and Statistics Note. Preparatory Study ⟦line⟧ | Intermediate Study ⟦line⟧ 1- Khalil Suleiman | 1- Khalil Ali Al-Zwayek 2- Abdullah Kak Ahmed | 2- Ibrahim Muhammad 3- Joseph Mkrdij | 3- Khalid Ahmed Hamad 4- Muhammad Abdul Wahab Olji | 4- Hamza Taha Al-Asadi 5- Wali Hassan Reda | 5- Muhammad Zaki Mahmoud 6- Kamal Abdul Qadir Miran | 6- Muhammad Nihad Mustafa 7- Abdul Wahid Al-Haj Muhammad | 7- Ihsan Mustafa 8- Abdul Qadir Daoud Al-Yaqoubi | 8- Sharif Abdul Rahman 9- Dhahir Rashid Saber | 9- Ismail Haidar Qassab 10- Abdul Samad Taher | 10- Salah Muhammad Ali Al-Mukhtar 11- Jamal Al-Sayyid Qasim | 11- Abdul Salam Raouf 12- Nihal Muhsin Agha | 12- Muhammad Mahmoud 13- Hamdiya Saber | 13- Taher Bakr Al-Haj Abdullah 14- Nabiha Abdullah Tutunji | 14- Jalal Ahmed Hamdik 15- Hussam al-Din Tayeb | 15- Nahida Fakhri Al-Mufti | 16- Bari Ali Shawqi | 17- Nadhira Taher Al Mulla Qara Khalid / 5 Mr. Shaul For response please ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8 / 5 / 955