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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 76-100

Archival unit 76

Mr. President
Please proceed with filing the lawsuit against Hijaya for pregnancy between ⟦...⟧
And that is for the purpose of ⟦...⟧ analyses starting
from ⟦...⟧ until ⟦...⟧
The administration proves ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Signature
14 / 12 / 859
⟦signature⟧
W. M. A. C.
⟦...⟧
I. N. S.
⟦illegible faded text in blue ink throughout the lower half of the page⟧

Archival unit 77

Dr. Fadil Adjadj Dr. Fadil Adjadj
State Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Paris M. D. ( PARIS )
SPECIALIST IN MEDICAL ANALYSES
⟦line⟧
Al-Rashid Street - near Lynch House Al - Rashid Street Ras Al - Qaria
Telephone { Laboratory 4883 Tel. { Laboratory 4883
Residence 98793 Residence 98793
Baghdad: 20 / 11 / 1959
Baghdad on:
Presidency of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Below is a list of laboratory test fees for your patients:
Name | Test | Dinar | Fils
1- Karjiya Ishaq | Blood and Urine | 1 | 500
2- Rosine Youssef Shemesh | Urine | 0 | 500
3- Ibrahim Shamoun | Urine | 0 | 500
4- Sardine Ibrahim | Stool and Blood | 1 | 000
5- Shousha Aziz | Urine | 0 | 500
6- Maryam Wardi | Stool | 0 | 500
7- Sonia Jabi | Blood and Urine | 1 | 500
8- Naima Abdullah | Blood and Urine | 1 | 500
9- Nabiha Ghazala | Blood | 1 | 000
10- ⟦Ha⟧ Muqbil | Blood (Fever) | 2 | 500
⟦illegible⟧ M. D.
M. S.
Total 9 / 500
Minus 20% 7 / 700
Only seven dinars and seven hundred fils and no more
With appreciation
Dr. Fadil Adjadj

Archival unit 78

Number 2368
Al-Safadi Store
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad
Darwish Brothers
Cash Sale Voucher
Telephone 84705
Date
Fils | Dinar | Item | Quantity or Number | Unit Price
250 | 7 | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | 1 | 7.250
12/17/1959
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
250 | 7 | Total |  |

Archival unit 79

10 / 12 / 59
Baghdad 10 / 12 / 1959
Honorable Mr. President
After greetings
Your Excellency is requested to approve the payment of nine dinars to the Tax Directorate so that
the objection and settlement can be submitted regarding these properties
224 B / 94 | Janub Kabir | 5
224 L / 94 | " " | 1
226 / 94 | " " | 3
 | 9 Dinars | 
Only nine dinars
With highest respect
⟦signature⟧
To be paid 11 / 12 / 1959
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Al-Marash

Archival unit 80

Table Number 54434
State Funds Collection Receipt
Accounting 38
Serial Number: 49 /
Department Name: Tax on Roma ⟦...⟧ Funds
Fils | Dinar | Type of Fees | Year to which the fees belong | Installment
90 | ⟦line⟧ | For (Preferences View) No. 959 | 1959 | First
⟦illegible stamp⟧
I have received from: The Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
The amount written above, totaling: Nine
Dinars and: Fils
Date: 15 / 10 / 959
Signature of the Collector ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: Land Collection

Archival unit 81

Faidi Hospital
For Dr. Abdul Hamid Suleiman Faidi
Baghdad - Al-Saadoun - Opposite the White Palace
Telephone 6461 - 88292
Baghdad on: 10 / 8 / 60
Number: 202978
Fils: 500
Dinar: 21
Received from Mr.: The Jewish Community
An amount of: Twenty-one Dinars
And: Five hundred Fils, for
For: Examination fees
For: 1490 for treating a patient
Faidi Hospital
The Director
Date
Republic of Iraq
10
Revenue Stamp
Fils
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 82

Faidi Hospital
For Dr. Abdul Hamid Sulaiman Faidi
Baghdad - Al-Saadoun - Opposite the White Palace
Telephone 6461 - 88292
Baghdad on: 4 / 11 / 1959
Room number and class: 12
Record number: 1490
Treatment fee list: The child Yusuf Naji via the Jewish Community
Details | Dinar | Fils
Doctor's operation fee |  | 
Surgical assistant's fee |  | 
Anesthesia fee |  | 
Operating room or delivery room fee |  | 
Accommodation fee for 9 days from 26 / 10 to 4 / 11 | 12 | 500
Companion's accommodation fees | 2 | 250
Price of ampoules count ⟦line⟧ and medicines injection fees for 10 | 1 | 800
Laboratory analyses in the hospital count 1 and in laboratory ⟦line⟧ count ⟦line⟧ | 0 | 500
Nutritional fluids + Romanian ⟦illegible⟧ + glucose saline + Achromycin | 4 | 450
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Paid
Dinar 21 Fils 500
According to check number 18771 date ⟦illegible⟧
Entry number in the daily ledger
Total only: Twenty-one dinars and 500
Deposits: —
Balance: Twenty-one dinars and 500
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
14 / 12 / 59

Archival unit 83

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
83531 President
5452 Secretary
Telephone Number:
Number T /: 59 /
Date: 26 / 10 / 1959
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Respected Director of Meir Elias Hospital
Greetings,
Please admit the patient Yusuf Naji to your hospital in the third class only
and charge the fees to this Presidency; also, the Community Presidency is not responsible if the
patient wishes to enter in the first or second class.
Please accept our highest respect
W. M. A. C.
N. S.
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
Acting President of the Community

Archival unit 84

Mr. President
Based on the recommendation of Dr. Ihsan Samra
to examine the child Youssef Naji by a specialist
due to his suffering from acute inflammation in his intestines, and since
Dr. Maurice Salhoun recommends speeding up
the referral to the hospital to admit him immediately
to perform a ⟦illegible⟧ operation. The patient's father
describes the current situation and his condition is very ⟦...⟧
Please approve his admission to the hospital
at the expense of the community and in the third class
only. Your command.
⟦illegible⟧
26 / 10 / 959
⟦illegible stamp⟧
We approve his admission to the hospital immediately
as long as the necessity requires it
26 / 10 / 959
⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 85

Dr.
M. Saltoun
GENERAL SURGERY
Orthopedics &
Urology
Phone: { Cl. 7061
Res. 91318
Doctor
Maurice Saltoun
Physician and Surgeon from the hospitals of England
General Surgery, Orthopedics and Fractures
Urological Surgery
Telephone { Clinic 7061
Residence 91318
Dear President,
I have examined the child Youssef Naji
and I find that his condition requires acute care with
rapid acute treatment. He needs hospital admission
as soon as possible and I have made the necessary arrangements with
Dar Al-Salam Hospital (the patient)
the hospital.
⟦signature⟧
26 / 10 / 57
⟦M. & Co.⟧
⟦N. S.⟧

Archival unit 86

Dr. Ihsan Samra
Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
Bataween
BATAWEEN
Near Al-Tahrir Square — Baghdad
NEAR AL-TAHRIR SQUARE
Baghdad
Telephone { Clinic 6200
Residence 91408
Tel. No. { Clinic 6200
Residence 91408
Date ⟦line⟧ Date: 26 / 10 / 59
⟦1254⟧
This is to certify that the child Yusuf Naji
is suffering from acute peritonitis and needs
a specialist surgeon in an
urgent manner to provide his opinion
The Doctor
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 87

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 1959
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Execution ⟦/⟧ 14 ⟦/⟧ 959
⟦signature⟧
I received the amount ⟦illegible⟧
25 Dinars mentioned above
Republic
of Iraq
10 Fils
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
25 Dinars ⟦line⟧
According to check No. 418739 dated ⟦illegible⟧
And the entry was made in the journal
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 88

(1)
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ the following amounts ⟦illegible⟧ details below :-
Name | Details | Amount
⟦illegible⟧ | Telephone fee 5 May | ⟦illegible⟧
Nouriya | // 5 // // | //
Albert Nasser | // 6 // // | //
Tuffaha Naji | // 20 // // | //
Kadwiya Saleh | // 4 // // | //
Gladys Yaqoub | // 4 // // | //
Shafiqa John | // 6 // // | //
Leon Ruway'a | // 5 // // | //
Moshe Shallo | // 8 // // | //
Sarah Yassin | // 10 // // | //
Bahija John | // 6 // // | //
Khatoun Salman | // 6 // // | //
Shaul Hayyim | // 5 // // | On credit
Zaki Shamoun | // 10 // // | //
Saleh Aziz | // 8 // // | //
Margaret | // 6 // // | //
Moshe Isaac | // 2 // // | //
Latifa John | // 10 // // | //
Naima Shaul | // 6 // // | On credit
Anwar Handhal | // 5 // // | //
Fawzia Ezra | // 10 // // | //
Edward Eliyahu | // 4 // // | //
Latif Shaul | // 6 // // | //
Maryam | // 2 // // | //
Nabil Youssef | // 5 // // | //
Naim Naji | // 2 // // | //
⟦illegible⟧ | // ⟦illegible⟧ // // | //

Archival unit 89

( 2 )
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Please pay the amounts to me according to the following details :-
Student Name | Details
Saleh Daoud | Fees for the month of 10 August
Youssef Ibrahim | // // // //
Lulu Moshi | // 12 // //
Douri Ibrahim | // 5 // //
Buthaina Shaul | // 6 // //
Yvonne Robin | // 4 // //
Bassam Shaul | // 2 // //
Zaki Shamoun | // 4 // //
Kamila Saleh | // 4 // //
Nasira Shaul | // 6 // //
Nabil Youssef | // 5 // //
Iman Makhlouf | // 6 // //
Nawal Samm | // 6 // //
Hanin Munshi | // 6 // //
Daisy Youssef | // 8 // //
Fuad Saleh | // 6 // //
Saleh Shaul | // 4 // //
Rachel Yehuda | // 6 // //
Naji Yaqub | // 6 // //
Dalal Shaul | // 4 // //
Elias Khedhouri | // 2 // //
Karim Naji | // 5 // //
⟦illegible⟧ | // ⟦illegible⟧ // //
⟦illegible⟧ | // ⟦illegible⟧ // //
⟦illegible⟧ | // ⟦illegible⟧ // //
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 90

Presidency of the Mosaic Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦line⟧
Fils: 450
Dinar: 26
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is
Only ⟦twenty-six dinars and four hundred and fifty fils only and nothing else⟧
And that is for ⟦pursuant to check number 4187 dated 2/8/58 on the Ottoman Bank⟧
⟦for the fees of examining some patients of the community for the month of last July and examining the children⟧
⟦immigrating from Iran for the purpose of admission to the Jewish school⟧
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
Baghdad 2/8/58

Archival unit 91

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⟦illegible⟧
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Date ⟦illegible⟧ / 12 / 1959
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
Dinar ⟦illegible⟧
According to ⟦illegible⟧ date ⟦illegible⟧
Entry number ⟦illegible⟧
M. & Co.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 92

Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
BATAWEEN
NEAR AL-TAHRIR SQUARE
Baghdad
Tel. No. { Clinic 6200
Residence 91408
Dr. Ihsan Samra
Bataween
Near Al-Tahrir Square - Baghdad
Telephone { Clinic 6200
Residence 91408
Date ⟦line⟧ Date: 11/12/59
Presidency of the Israelite Community
After greetings,
I hereby submit a list for the amount of
thirty-six dinars and (450) fils
according to the following details:
September 1959 \ 450 \ 12
October 1959 \ 000 \ 9
Typhoid injections (schools) \ 000 \ 15
⟦line⟧
36/450
I hope for approval of its payment
And I thank you in advance
⟦Signature⟧
Dr. Ihsan Samra
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad⟧

Archival unit 93

Dr. Ihsan Samra
Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
Bataween
BATAWEEN
Near Al-Tahrir Square — Baghdad
NEAR AL-TAHRIR SQUARE
Baghdad
Telephone { Clinic 6200
Tel. No. { Clinic 6200
Residence 91408
Date: ⟦line⟧
Date: 24 / 8 / 59
List of injection fees
School students injections
Typhoid
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
000 | 15
Fifteen Dinars only
⟦line⟧
Dr. Ihsan Samra

Archival unit 94

List of referrals from the Charity School
Number | Date | Name | Type | Fils
1 | 6/10/59 | Maram Murad | Examination | 250
2 | 7/10/59 | Ibrahim Ephraim | Examination | 250
3 | 8/10/59 | Sarah Ephraim | Examination | 250
4 | 8/10/59 | Yaqub Elias | Examination | 250
5 | 8/10/59 | Shoshana Kzir | Examination | 250
6 | 10/10/59 | Minna Halaq | Examination | 250
7 | 17/10/59 | Colin Muhammad | Examination | 250
8 | 18/10/59 | Amal Murad | Examination | 250
9 | 19/10/59 | Naima Fati | Examination | 250
10 | 19/10/59 | Sabah Kzir | Examination | 250
11 | 19/10/59 | Karjiya Yaqub | Examination | 250
12 | 20/10/59 | Yaqub Elias | G. Fee | 2000
13 | 21/10/59 | Yusuf Naji | Examination | 250
14 | 26/10/59 | Yaqub Elias | Examination | 250
15 | 27/10/59 | Karjiya Sassoon | Examination | 250
16 | 27/10/59 | Yusuf Naji | Examination | 250
⟦illegible stamp⟧
5750

Archival unit 95

Page 2
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
16 | 10/28/59 | Shaul Abu Toba | Examination at his home | 000 | 1
17 | 10/29/59 | Yaqub Eliyahu | Examination | 250 | 
18 | 10/29/59 | Shaul Abu Toba | Examination at his home | 000 | 1
19 | 10/30/59 | " | " | 000 | 1
⟦line⟧
9/000
Only nine dinars and nothing else
Doctor ⟦illegible⟧
11/2/59
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 96

List of examinations for the month of September 1959
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils
1 | 9/1/59 | Yaqub Elias | 2 Injections | ---
2 | 9/1/59 | Sabah Aziz | Examination | 250
3 | 9/2/59 | Lulu Sion | Examination at her home | 1000
4 | 9/5/59 | Issam Ezra | Examination | 250
5 | 9/6/59 | Ephraim Shua | Examination | 250
6 | 9/6/59 | Lulu Fenti | Examination | 250
7 | 9/7/59 | Samira Rajia | Examination | 250
8 | 9/8/59 | Naima Munshi | Examination | 250
9 | 9/8/59 | Sarah Daniel | Examination | 250
10 | 9/8/59 | Hussein Khalaf | Examination | 250
11 | 9/12/59 | Doris Sion | Examination | 250
12 | 9/13/59 | Sabiha Saleh | Examination | 250
13 | 9/15/59 | Lulu Fenti | 2 Injections | 600
14 | 9/15/59 | Karjia Sassoon | 2 Injections | 600
15 | 9/17/59 | Karjia Yaqub | Examination | 250
16 | 9/17/59 | Yusuf Lawi | Examination | 250
17 | 9/20/59 | Sabiha Saleh | Examination | 250
77450
What follows

Archival unit 97

Page 2
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
Previous | | | | 450 | 7
18 | 22/9/59 | Nafisa Fatsha | Examination | 250 | 
19 | 22/9/59 | Salam Murad | Examination | 250 | 
20 | 22/9/59 | Yusuf Lawi | 20 Injections | 000 | 1
21 | 22/9/59 | Yaqub Elias | 20 Injections | 000 | 2
22 | 24/9/59 | Ishaq Eliyahu | Examination | 250 | 
23 | 24/9/59 | Samira Eliyahu | Examination | 250 | 
24 | 24/9/59 | Waniza Abid | Examination | 250 | 
25 | 24/9/59 | Maryam Ibrahim | Examination | 250 | 
26 | 24/9/59 | Muwaffaqah Naji | Examination | 250 | 
27 | 30/9/59 | Yaqub Elias | Examination | 250 | 
12 450
Only twelve dinars and (450) fils, no more
⟦line⟧
Dr. Ihsan
2/10/59
W. M. & Co.

Archival unit 98

Dr. E. Raubitschek Dr. E. Raubitschek
Oculist Oculist
Baghdad No. 248/1 Baghdad No. 248/1
Telephone - 4513 Telephone - 4513
Rp.
Received
from Jewish Community
I.D 12 / 500 fils
With thanks
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ Co.
N. S. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Baghdad the ⟦line⟧ Baghdad the

Archival unit 99

⟦illegible⟧
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⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Pay ⟦14 / 12 / 959⟧
⟦signature⟧
Saleh ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible oval stamp⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Paid
Dinar 12 Fils 500
According to check 4187 dated 27 / 12
Entry number in the journal
500 / 5
700 / 7
12 / 500

Archival unit 100

Dr. E. Raubitschek
Oculist
Baghdad No. 248/1
Telephone - 4513
Dr. Raubitschek
Oculist
Baghdad No. 1/248
Telephone - 4513
BAGHDAD, the 1st November, Baghdad
1959
To the President of the
J E W I S H  C O M M U N I T Y ,
B A G H D A D .
B I L L
ID. fils
Mariam Abraham / examination -/500
Regina Shamoon / " -/500
Samra <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Daoud / " -/500
Saadi Menashi / two weeks' treatment 3/500
" " / examination -/500
Total I.D. 5/500 fils
⟦Dr. E. Raubitschek⟧
(Dr. E. Raubitschek)