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IJA 3756

Financial Records, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These are financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are doctor's bills; utility bills; receipts from financial transactions; request to provide financial assistance to a hospitalized member of the Jewish community; financial and commercial records such as requests to transfer currency; and invoices from the Jewish hospitals in Baghdad.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3756
Item Number
6715
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Bills, Revenue Stamp, Ledger, Thumbprint, Rafadin, Typed, Accounting, Baghdadi Jewish Community, President of the Mosaic Community, Electricity Bill, Ink Stamp, Ottoman Bank, Receipts, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Jewish Hospitals, Letterhead, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Envelope, Insurance, Jewish Hospitals Committee, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten

AI en Translation, Pages 376-400

Page 378

Sugar 2
Tea 1
<del>Lemon</del>
Coffee 2125
Coffee cups 12
Hospital ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Receipt ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧
Received from ⟦illegible⟧
An amount of ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for ⟦illegible⟧
7
40
80
620
God

Accounting 27
Volume Number 240600 Notary Public ⟦...⟧ Baghdad ⟦...⟧
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government
Serial Number: 87 7062
Fils/Dinar: 1750
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Received from: Mr. Salman Daniel
Amount: Seven Dinars and ⟦...⟧
On account of: General Power of Attorney
Date: 25 / 11 / 59
Signature of the Receiver ⟦signature⟧
Job Title

Page 379

Accounting 37
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government
84
Second Notary Public of South Baghdad
Book Number: 240596
Serial Number: 1129
Fils/Dinar: 1/200
Department Name:
Received from: Mr. Salman Daniel
Amount: One Dinar and Two Hundred Fils
On account of: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 5/11/59
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title:

Page 381

Office
750
1200
250
200
⟦line⟧
2400
⟦line⟧
400
400
⟦line⟧
4100
500
⟦line⟧
Profits
⟦line⟧
2900
2000 / Ink for second copies
⟦line⟧
9/11/59
⟦line⟧
5000

Page 382

Book Number 240600 ⟦...⟧ Accounting 37
Receipts in Dirhams obtained ⟦...⟧
Serial Number 91
Fils/Dinar
1250
7.670
Department Name: ⟦...⟧
Received from: Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Amount: Seven Dinars and six hundred and seventy Fils
On account of: ⟦...⟧
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Dated 5 / 11 / 59 AD
Job Title

Page 383

Accounting
Book Number 240596
Receipts in Dirhams obtained for the government
Serial Number: 85
Fils/Dinar: 140 / 18
Department Name:
Received from: Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri
Amount: Eighteen Dinars and one hundred and forty
On account of: ⟦...⟧
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Dated: 5 / 11 / 59 AD
Job Title:

Page 384

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
in Baghdad
No. T /
Date
Telephone No. } 83531
5452
Subject ::
Special Power of Attorney
I, Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, Acting President of the Mosaic Community, in addition to my position, have authorized the lawyer Mr.
Naji Chechak to receive the consumption amount for the property Tapu sequence 71 under Al-Takiya from the Baghdad Court of First Instance and I have authorized him the power
of signing for the receipt, and accordingly I have signed.
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Acting President of the Mosaic Community
4/11/56
2508 Receipt
2400 ⟦Fee⟧
500 ⟦Stamp⟧
250 ⟦Wage⟧
3150
300
900
500
800
2500

Page 385

Photocopying documents and records in one minute
Al-Bihar Trading Company
(Limited Liability)
Capital: 10,000 Dinars
Marjan Building - Bab Al-Sharqi
Baghdad
Typewriters: Continental
» Adding machines: Contimatic
» Calculators: Hamann
» Photocopying: Develop
» Duplicators: Roto
» Dictation: Dictaphone
Iron Safes: Bode-Panzer
Baghdad on: 4 / 11 / 1956
Telephone: 6926
Number: 4604
Requested from:
Fils | Dinar | | Price | Quantity
| | 15 x 21 cm | |
800 | | 21 x 30 cm | 400 | 2
900 | | 21 x 35 cm | 450 | 2
| | 30 x 42 cm | |
050 | | Two sides | 25 | 2
750 | 1 | | |
One Dinar and seven hundred and fifty Fils only
Recipient's signature
⟦illegible⟧
6/11/1956

Page 386

Al-Ra'i al-Aam
A Political Daily Newspaper
Baghdad - Telephone 7377
Number 001744
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
Received from: The Presidency of the Jewish Community
The sum of: Two Dinars only
For: Fees for publishing the advertisement of list number 1725 / 26 / 10 / 1959
Date: 8 / 11 / 1959
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
1959
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Page 390

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 11/8/59
Fils: 480
Dinar: —
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is
only ⟦four hundred and eighty fils only⟧
for ⟦the value of two cans of oil and the fee⟧
⟦Kh⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Khudair Rajab⟧
⟦41⟧

Page 391

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
⟦46⟧
Date: ⟦11/8/59⟧
Fils: 696
Dinar: ⟦1⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above, totaling
only ⟦one dinar and six hundred and ninety-six fils and no more⟧
for ⟦the value of 106 additional newspapers for the two weeks ending on 11/6/59⟧
⟦Khader⟧
Signature of the Recipient

Page 392

His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee, respected
After greetings
Please pay five hundred and thirteen fils
513
According to receipt ⟦...⟧ specifically for repairing the door
of room number 1 - the door opposite the house
of Ma'ira, which is under the room where
Salman ⟦...⟧ stayed
Said ⟦...⟧
Date 21 / 10 / 959
Received
⟦...⟧

Page 393

Honorable Chairman of the Management Committee
After greetings
I request that you kindly direct the accountant to record against
our endowments as well as our account, Ranial and Saif Ashbil, an amount
in the name of, and specifically for, Mr. Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman
Mulla Hadi ⟦...⟧
Saif Zabkour
Approved
The amount is to be delivered to Abdul Hamid Abdul Rahman Mulla Hadi
Saif Zabkour
959
⟦illegible⟧

Page 395

Office
Engineer Saleh Yousef
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Telephone 83012
S. J. IBRAHIM
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Tel. 83012
19 ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ 19
Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee
Subject: Cemetery cleaning expenses
Based on your order to audit the list of Mr. Hassan Saleh, the guard, I have investigated ⟦it⟧ and ⟦below⟧ is
my study
1- There was no supervision at all over the workers, so I was unable to audit the ⟦names⟧ of the workers. Since the guard, Mr.
Hassan Saleh, insists on the amount, I suggest, and we have no choice, to hand over the amount of 66/700 Dinars to him.
2- I suggest next time appointing one of the community's employees to supervise the workers and count their number
and note the aspects of spending and the number of working days.
With highest respect to your Excellency
Engineer
Saleh Yousef
2 / 11 / 1959
Accountant for disbursement ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Sixty-six Dinars and seven hundred Fils
If that is the case, there is no harm in paying the amount
provided that the ⟦detailed⟧ proposal is observed in the future
5 / 11 / 959
⟦...⟧
The Iraqi Republic
10 Fils
59/11

Page 396

To the Honorable Head of the Mosaic Community
After greetings
I submit to your Excellency the final expenditure for cleaning the cemetery on the occasion of the holidays.
Days | Date | Number of Workers | Worker's Wage Fils Dinar | Total Fils Dinar
Friday | 9/25/59 | 10 | 400 | 4/000
Saturday | 9/26/59 | 10 | 400 | 4/000
Sunday | 9/27/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Monday | 9/28/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Tuesday | 9/29/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Wednesday | 9/30/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Thursday | 10/1/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Friday | 10/2/59 | 3 | 400 | 1/200
Thursday | 10/8/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Friday | 10/9/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Saturday | 10/10/59 | 12 | 400 | 4/800
Sunday | 10/11/59 | 3 | 400 | 1/200
Total workers' wages | 48/800
Waste transport fees | 1/500
" Brooms | 2/000
" Spraying for two days of Arafat | 3/000
Gratuity | 2/000
Wages to Hassan the guard | 4/000
| 61/300
Only sixty-one dinars and three hundred fils and no more
The guard Hassan Saleh
⟦signature⟧
Refer it to the accountant for disbursement
Dayan Al-Tamimi
⟦illegible⟧
⟦faded circular stamp⟧

Page 397

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Mr. President
On the occasion of the New Year and Kippur and the necessity of cleaning
the synagogue from dirt, please grant your approval to carry out
these cleanings, noting that the cost for the year 1957 was
74/500 Dinars and for the year 1958 it was <del>500</del> 75/500 Dinars
Your order
⟦illegible⟧
9/18
⟦illegible⟧
We approve the expenditure provided that economy is observed
in spending to the minimum extent possible
1959/9/18

Page 398

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Accountant
Please disburse for cleaning the synagogue for the past year ⟦on the occasion of⟧
around the New Year and Kippur holidays ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ until ⟦...⟧ 9/21
The expenditure amounts to 5/650 Dinars please
during the past year 1958.
⟦...⟧
9/18
⟦illegible⟧

Page 399

S. J. IBRAHIM
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Tel. 83012
Office of
Engineer Saleh Youssef
10/34 Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Telephone 83012
⟦line⟧ 19
2 / 11 / 1959 ⟦line⟧
Honorable President of the Administrative Committee
Subject: Extraction of property permits:
1) 72 / 114 Shabir Ali
2) 177 / 1 / 179 ⟦illegible⟧ Quarter
3) 148 / 114 Shabir Ali
In view of our extraction of the property permits mentioned above, which requires expenses
and municipality fees, I request your Excellency to advance us an amount of 100/- Dinars, and I will provide
the receipts upon completion of extracting the permits.
H. B.
⟦illegible⟧
418726
⟦illegible⟧
Engineer
Saleh Youssef
2 / 11 / 59
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
100 Dinars 000 Fils
According to receipt No. 418726 dated 2 / 11 / 59
Entry number in the daily ledger
4 / 11 / 59
⟦illegible⟧
Iraqi Republic
10 Ten Fils

Page 400

Receipt
22/985
On the occasion of the issuance of the Real Estate Lease Law of 1958, we have received the difference
amounting to ⟦thirty-two⟧ dinars and nine hundred and eighty-five fils in the
rent of the store numbered 442/22/985 which was on Al-Nahr Street and leased
by us according to the heirs of the lease contract and we received the amount in account 1507
agreed June 11, 959, which is the last
959
<del>11/6/959</del>
The Iraqi Republic
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ N. S.
Adib Naji
Refund to be paid
2/11/959