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IJA 3756

Financial Records, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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Description

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 English Translation, Pages 576-600

Archival unit 576

Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
BATAWEEN
NEAR AL-TAHRIR SQUARE - Baghdad
Baghdad
Tel. Nos. { Clinic 6200
Residence 91408
Date ⟦line⟧:
Date: 12/9/59
List of injections for students of
Bab Al-Sheikh and Al-Saadoun schools
Decadron and Chlorate,
Three batches -
On 12/7/59 and 20/8/59
and 27/8/59
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 15/-
Only fifteen dinars
and no more
⟦illegible⟧
The Doctor -
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 577

June 1959 List for Dr. Ihsan Kubba
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Dinar | Fils
1 | 2/6/59 | Falak Da'i' | Examination |  | 250
2 | 3/6/59 | Odette Khedhouri | Examination |  | 250
3 | 3/6/59 | Simha Shaul | Examination |  | 250
4 | 7/6/59 | Shaul Abu Tuba | Home Examination | 1 | ⟦line⟧
5 | 7/6/59 | Amal Murad | Examination |  | 250
6 | 7/6/59 | Samira Dawood | Examination |  | 250
7 | 8/6/59 | Amal Murad | Injection |  | 600
8 | 9/6/59 | Hani Dawood | Examination |  | 250
9 | 9/6/59 | Karjiya Yaqub | Examination |  | 250
10 | 11/6/59 | Salima Samuel | Examination |  | 250
11 | 11/6/59 | Zeir Benjamin | Home Examination | 1 | ⟦line⟧
12 | 11/6/59 | Laila Hami | Examination |  | 250
13 | 14/6/59 | Maryam Sassoon | Examination |  | 250
14 | 14/6/59 | Shafiqa Sabwa | Examination |  | 250
15 | 14/6/59 | Elias Hay | Examination |  | 250
16 | 14/6/59 | Tuba Ibrahim | Examination |  | 250
17 | 15/6/59 | Yaqub Elias | Injection | 2 | ⟦line⟧
18 | 19/6/59 | Khedhouri Rabbi | Examination |  | 250
⟦illegible⟧
1
1
<
What follows is for the total

Archival unit 578

Page ⟦...⟧
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
Previous | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | 700 | 8
19 | 22/4/59 | Ilya Siah | Examination | 250 | 
20 | 23/4/59 | Jumla Abdullah | Examination at her home | 000 | 1
21 | 24/4/59 | Nabil Yaqub | Examination | 250 | 
22 | 25/4/59 | Feryal Fattu | Examination | 250 | 
 |  | Total |  | 850 | 9
Only nine dinars and (850) fils
nothing else
⟦W. M. ...⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Dr. Ihsan ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 579

List for the month of July 1959 for Dr. Isaac Samuel
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
1 | 7/1/59 | Yaqub Elias | Examination | 250 | 
2 | 7/2/59 | Fahima Qasim | Examination | 250 | 
3 | 7/8/59 | Yaqub Elias | Injection | ⟦...⟧ | 2
4 | 7/15/59 | Waduda Naji | Examination | 250 | 
5 | 7/15/59 | Shmou Ephraim | Examination | 250 | 
6 | 7/22/59 | Ibrahim Ephraim | Examination | 250 | 
7 | 7/22/59 | Taiba Ibrahim | Examination | 250 | 
8 | 7/22/59 | Samra Daoud | Examination | 250 | 
9 | 7/22/59 | Nazima Samuel | Examination | 250 | 
10 | 7/22/59 | Hai Daoud | Examination | 250 | 
11 | 7/22/59 | Colin Benjamin | Examination | 250 | 
12 | 7/29/59 | Salha Yehuda | Examination | 250 | 
13 | 7/29/59 | Sabiha Yehuda | Home Examination | ⟦...⟧ | 1
14 | 7/29/59 | Sarah Daniel | Home Examination | ⟦...⟧ | 1
15 | 7/30/59 | Taghredi Ahmed | Examination | 250 | 
16 | 7/31/59 | Joseph Levi | Examination | 250 | 
17 | 7/31/59 | Souria Aziz | Examination | 250 | 
⟦illegible⟧
Thereafter | 500 | 7

Archival unit 580

Page 2
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
 |  |  | Previous | 500 | 7
18 | 22/7/59 | Amal Yaqub | Examination | 250 | 
19 | 23/7/59 | Simha Shaul | Examination | 250 | 
20 | 26/7/59 | Shafiqa Munir | Examination | 250 | 
21 | 27/7/59 | Yaqub Al-Basha | Home Examination | ⟦line⟧ | 1
22 | 28/7/59 | Yusuf Lawi | ⟦Examination⟧ Father | ⟦line⟧ | 1
23 | 29/7/59 | Ali Khalaf | Examination | 250 | 
24 | 20/8/59 | Shafiqa Ibrahim | Examination | 250 | 
25 | 21/8/59 | Naima Shaul | Examination | 250 | 
 |  |  |  | ⟦line⟧ | 11
Only eleven Dinars and nothing else
Dr. Osama ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 581

August 1959 list for Dr. Amanah
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
1 | 8/4/59 | Sabiyya Yehuda | Examination at home | 000 | 1
2 | 8/4/59 | Souria Aziz | Examination | 250 | 
3 | 8/5/59 | Zeir Bani Sama | Examination | 250 | 
4 | 8/5/59 | Sarah Daniel | Examination at her home | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
5 | 8/8/59 | Sabiha Saleh | Examination | 250 | 
6 | 8/9/59 | Tuffaha Moussa | Examination | 250 | 
7 | 8/9/59 | Khadouri | Examination at home | ⟦line⟧ | 1
8 | 8/9/59 | Yaqub Elias | Injection | ⟦line⟧ | 2
9 | 8/12/59 | Isaac Khalil | Examination | 250 | 
10 | 8/12/59 | Naeema Fattou | Examination | 250 | 
11 | 8/12/59 | Nazek Hay | Examination | 250 | 
12 | 8/12/59 | Siham Murad | Examination | 250 | 
13 | 8/19/59 | Sabiyya Yehuda | Examination at home | ⟦line⟧ | 1
14 | 8/20/59 | Karima Yaqub | Examination | 250 | 
15 | 8/20/59 | Khalaf Da'i | Examination | 250 | 
16 | 8/20/59 | Abbasiya Saud | Examination | 250 | 
M. ⟦illegible⟧
What follows
750 8

Archival unit 582

Page
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
17 Pregnant | 8/21/59 | Asaad Ashir | Examination | 750 | 8
18 | 8/22/59 | Salam Wad | Examination | 250 | 
19 | 8/23/59 | Salam Wad | Injections | 600 | 
20 | 8/25/59 | Shafiqa Menna | Examination | 250 | 
21 | 8/26/59 | Nafisa Menna | Examination | 250 | 
22 | 8/27/59 | Samira Rasin | Examination | 250 | 
 |  |  |  | 600 | 10
Only ten dinars and six hundred fils, no more
Doctor Amana ⟦...⟧
⟦H. M. P. Co.⟧
Received
9/7

Archival unit 583

Dr.
Kadhim Shubbar
Specialist Surgeon
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
Residence Phone: 31606
Clinic Phone: 5611
Received from the leadership of the Jewish Community
Twenty-six Dinars only
for the fees of treating patients sent according to
the sent lists
19 / 10 / 1959
⟦signature⟧
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
59 / 7

Archival unit 584

⟦Endorsement⟧
List of Dr. - Kadhim Sayyid Ali
The aforementioned is the community hospital doctor for the month of April
year 1959, which was audited and found correct.
Submitted for revenue
959
Take the papers
9/5/59
For payment 15 / 5
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Paid ⟦Sultan⟧
26 Dinars, - Fils
According to check 218705 on 16 / 5
And the entry number in
⟦illegible⟧
15/500
10/500
26/-
2

Archival unit 585

Dr.
Kadhim Shubbar
Specialist Surgeon
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
Telephone { Residence 31606
Clinic 5611
His Excellency the President of the ⟦...⟧ Mosaic Community
Respectfully
I present to you the list of fees for treating patients
sent by you, please settle them with thanks
Ten Dinars
1 500 | Habiba Abdullah, suffering from a broken nose | 18/6/59
3 000 | 3 X-ray examinations and nose adjustment
1 000 | 1 Examination of Saleh Hayqeel | 20/6/59
6 000 | 6 Sarah Daniel, home visits | 28/6/59 and 24/7
⟦line⟧
10 500 | 10
Only ten dinars and five hundred fils
Sincerely
⟦signature⟧
29 / 7 / 959
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 586

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
3/1/21

Archival unit 587

Episode ⟦illegible⟧
25/5/⟦illegible⟧
The community thanks Dr. Kadhim Shabib
for the ⟦illegible⟧ fees and ⟦illegible⟧ medicines he provided
for the treatment of the young woman ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ religions
⟦illegible⟧ 14/7/1954
⟦illegible⟧ the second
for 15/500 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ M. ⟦illegible⟧
For payment ⟦illegible⟧
The Secretary ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
SYCHDVO

Archival unit 588

Doctor
Kadhim Shubbar
Specialist Surgeon
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
Telephone { Residence 31606
Clinic 5611
To the Honorable Presidency of the Mosaic Community
With respect,
Please settle the previous
invoice, and this invoice
for one Dirham, examination fees for Mr. ⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧
Sarah Daniel on the date 12 / 9 / 952
With many thanks
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
M. S.
⟦signature⟧
12 / 16

Archival unit 589

Doctor
Kadhim Shubbar
Specialist Surgeon
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow)
Telephone { Residence 31606
Clinic 5611
Fils | Dinar
500 | 2 | Habsa Abdullah 6/18
--- | 1 | Kralov X-ray and Radon
--- | 1 | Sabah Habash 7/25 (Medical examination)
--- | 6 | Sarah Daniel home visits 6/28 and 7/24 AD
--- | 3 | Sarah Daniel three ⟦pregnancy⟧ examinations 8/14/59, 9/12, 5/16
--- | 1 | Saad Shaoul ⟦bribe/gratuity⟧ examination 9/27
14 500
With thanks
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 590

And that ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ her son-in-law agreed to perform a ⟦illegible⟧ surgery
by the mentioned doctor at Saint Raphael Hospital
meaning that ⟦illegible⟧ was spent according to our letter No. ⟦illegible⟧ / 142 / 59
amounting to - / 150 Dinars starting from 14 / 7 / 59 until
20 / 8 / 59 when it stopped for health reasons
She applied to Al-Azhar ⟦illegible⟧
Invoice amount
150 Dinars
150 - 80.800 Eighty Dinars and eight hundred Fils
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad:
Book: Fund
Dinar: 55
Fils: 800
According to document No.: 18704
Dated: 16 / 9 / 59
Entry number in the journal:
I received the amount of 80.800 Dinars
Republic of Iraq
10
Financial Stamp
Fils
⟦signature⟧
17 / 9 / 59

Archival unit 591

⟦illegible⟧
Presence of
The respected ⟦illegible⟧
In Kadhimiya
(In his name) we have debited you with the amounts shown below
20216 | 10/12 | ⟦illegible⟧
1125 | 10/14 | ⟦illegible⟧
8/5 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
722 Goods to him ⟦illegible⟧
(⟦illegible⟧)
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
2 ⟦line⟧
6 ⟦line⟧
1 ⟦line⟧
31 ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 592

⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ / 25 number ⟦illegible⟧
17
Additional:
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ number
⟦illegible⟧ one commission ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ the chapter commission ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ commission ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in the descent ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Dinar ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Dinar ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible⟧ (⟦illegible⟧)
⟦illegible⟧
1/200 ⟦illegible⟧
1/100 ⟦illegible⟧
1/100 ⟦illegible⟧
1/000 ⟦illegible⟧
1/200 ⟦illegible⟧
1/100 ⟦illegible⟧
1/000 ⟦illegible⟧
2/000 ⟦illegible⟧
M. & Co.
N. S.
⟦illegible⟧ (⟦illegible⟧)
⟦illegible⟧
400 / 800
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 593

Accountant
Please advance another 180 Dinars in addition to the amount
previously advanced, which was 120 Dinars, based
on the committee's decision dated 10/9 to purchase furniture and paint
the residence of His Eminence the Head of the Community
10/15
⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Israeli ⟦Community⟧ - Baghdad
Payment of ⟦advance⟧
Dinars 180
By check 418702 dated 10/15
Entry number in the journal
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
I received the amount of one hundred and eighty
Dinars
10/15
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 594

Endowments of Meir Elias Hospital
Mr. President
Based on your telephone orders, I have issued a check in the amount of
100/- Dinars (one hundred dinars only) for the amount to be spent
to obtain permission from the court to lease the Meir Elias Synagogue
by long-term lease.
⟦illegible⟧
15/10/59
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad:
Subject: Lawyer's advance
Dinar: 100
Fils: ---
According to check number: 418702 dated 15/10
Entry number in the journal:
I have received an amount of one hundred dinars by check on the Ottoman Bank No. 418702
15 / 10 / 959
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
General Validity

Archival unit 595

Baghdad 21 / 12 / 1959
Honorable Accountant of the Community
After greetings
I present to you a classification of the expenses for completed and pending lawsuits
Completed Lawsuits | Pending Lawsuits
21 600 The Hospital | 27 100 Hab Al-Sayegh School
10 ⟦illegible⟧ Salman | 12 190 The Churches
27 740 The Midrash | ⟦line⟧
1650 Turbat | 49 / 190
25000 Salary for the month of September
⟦line⟧
990 / 95
990 / 95
190 / 49
⟦line⟧
180 / 145
⟦signature⟧
22 / 250 The Hospital
10 / 000 Salman School
27 / 740 The Midrash
1 / 650 Turbat
25 / 000 Salaries for September 59
⟦line⟧
990 / 95
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
N. S.
J Folio
124
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 596

- 4 -
Statement | Fils | Dinar
1 - Hassan Saleh | ⟦line⟧ | 10
2 - Ali Khan Khalil / 350 / S / 959 | ⟦line⟧ | 10
3 - Ali Khan Khalil / 104 / B / 59 | ⟦line⟧ | 03
4 - Jawhara Jirjis | ⟦line⟧ | 10
5 - Hantoush Jouda | 140 | 00
6 - Kadhim Jawad | ⟦line⟧ | 15
7 - Hammoudi Ahmed Al-Obaidi | 740 | 12
8 - Hussein Alwan and Abdul Hamid Al-Badri | 300 | 10
9 - Ahmed Saeed and Badriya Hassan | 300 | 00
10 - Hussein Alwan and Abdul Hamid Al-Badri | 800 | 13
11 - Muhammad Ali Al-Youssef | 650 | 11
- Partition, inspection, and title deed fees for property No. 165 under Al-Takiya according to receipt No. 88 dated 1/10/1959 | 800 | 09
- Miscellaneous expenses and sundries | 650 | 01
- Partition, inspection, and title deed fees according to receipt No. 51 dated 22/9/1959 for property No. (71 under Al-Takiya) | 800 | 11
- Salary for the month of September / 1959 | ⟦line⟧ | 25
 | 180 | 145
Only one hundred and forty-five dinars and one hundred and eighty fils, no more.
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Paid ⟦Sultan⟧
Dinar 145 Fils 180
According to check No. (187) dated ⟦18 / 10⟧
Entry number in the daily ledger
Invoices audited and found matching
Sarkis ⟦illegible⟧
3 / 10 / 1959
Republic of Iraq
15
H
⟦Recorded⟧ the amount to the account of
⟦illegible⟧
145 / 180
418701

Archival unit 597

Lawyer
Hassan Abdullah Mudhaffar
Mustansir Street - Sabri Building
Office 6442 and 83065
Telephone
Residence 97091
Date: / 10 / 1959
Hassan Abdulla Mudhaffar
ADVOCATE
Sabri Building - Mustansir St. Baghdad
OFF. 6442 & 83065
TEL.
RES. 97091
Number: Private
Date: /10/1959
To the Honorable Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Greetings,
We list below the expenses I paid for the lawsuits you assigned to me, along with the fees
due to me amounting to (145/180) Dinars up to 5/10/1959, with the necessary receipts.
We kindly request you to disburse them to me.
Please accept my sincere respect.
⟦signature⟧
Lawyer
Hassan Abdullah Mudhaffar
Fils | Dinar
1 - Hassan Saleh / Lawsuit No. 351/S/1959 - Eviction of House No. 242/56 Al-Kowlat. | |
Arrears of fees | ⟦...⟧ | 10
Total | ⟦...⟧ | 10
2 - Ali Khan Khalil / Lawsuit No. 350/S/1959 - Eviction of House No. 113/148 Qanbar Ali | |
Arrears of fees | ⟦...⟧ | 10
Total | ⟦...⟧ | 10
3 - Ali Khan Khalil / Lawsuit No. 104/B/1959 - Occupational rent for House No. 113/148 Qanbar Ali | |
Expert fees | ⟦...⟧ | 02
Transportation fees for the court panel from the court to the house and back, including waiting. | ⟦...⟧ | 01
Total | ⟦...⟧ | 03
(To be continued)
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
X
X

Archival unit 598

- 2 -
4 - Jawhara Jirjis / Lawsuit No. 1779/S/1959 - House No. 28/177 Ras al-Qarya | Fils | Dinar
Arrears of fees | ⟦line⟧ | 10
Total | ⟦line⟧ | 10
5 - Hantoush Jawdah / Lawsuit No. 1780/S/1959 - Eviction of House No. 22/115 Taht al-Takiya | Fils | Dinar
Stamps for requesting the discriminatory notification dated 9/6/1959 | 100 | ..
Copying fee according to receipt No. 16 dated 9/6/1959 | 040 | ..
Total | 140 | ..
6 - Kadhim Jawad / Lawsuit No. 2431/S/1959 - Eviction of House No. 58/14 Al-Kifah Street | Fils | Dinar
Additional fees and eviction fee according to receipt No. 16 dated 9/9/1959 | ⟦line⟧ | 04
Transportation expenses dated 9/9/1959 | ⟦line⟧ | 01
Arrears of fees | ⟦line⟧ | 10
Total | ⟦line⟧ | 15
7 - Hamoudi Ahmed Al-Obaidi / Lawsuit No. 2884/S/1959 - Eviction of Shop No. 178A/113 Shop in Taht al-Takiya neighborhood | Fils | Dinar
Additional fees and eviction fee according to receipt No. 85 dated 9/16/1959 | 940 | ..
Transportation and miscellaneous expenses | 750 | 01
Stamp for re-issuing the building permit and map | 050 | ..
Arrears of fees | ⟦line⟧ | 10
Total | 740 | 12
8 - Hussein Alwan and Abdul Hamid Al-Badri / Lawsuit No. 3882/S/1959 - Debt of (100 Dinars) | Fils | Dinar
Stamp for notification | 050 | ..
Execution fee according to receipt No. 99 dated 10/3/1959 | 250 | ..
Arrears of fees | ⟦line⟧ | 10
Total | 300 | 10
(To be continued)

Archival unit 600

Book Number 237857
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government
Baghdad Execution Presidency
Regular
7250
Serial Number: 99
Fils/Dinar: 1500 / ⟦illegible⟧
Department Name: ⟦line⟧
Received from: Chairman of the Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews
Amount: Five Dinars and ⟦line⟧
On account of: Registration fee
Date: 12 / 11 / 1959
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Job Title ⟦illegible⟧
4096
4097
2161