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IJA 3325

Financial Records, Student Information, Correspondence about School for the Blind, Marriage Relief Society for Girls, Sewing School for Girls

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Description

This material includes several pamphlets and records from a school for the blind, the Marriage Relief Society for Girls, and a sewing school for girls. The records contain financial and budgetary information, donor lists, images of students, and curriculum information. Also included are correspondence between the Baghdadi Jewish community and the Iraqi government concerning the establishment and operation of these charitable institutions.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3325
Item Number
15854
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Endowment, Financial, Marriage Relief Society, Jewish Lay Council, Correspondence, President of the Jewish Community, Baghdadi Jewish Community: Handwritten, Charitable Sewing Society for Girls, Burial Society, Annotation: Ink Stamp, Ministry of the Interior, Institute for the Blind, Jewish Schools Committee, Revenue Stamps, Typed, Iraqi Government, Letterhead

AI English Translation, Pages 26-50

Archival unit 26

Handicrafts that our blind students work on with great skill
⟦Photograph of students working on textiles⟧

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22
Anna | Rupee |
8 | 4468 | Brought forward
 | 2 | Elisha Effendi Yaqub Elisha
 | 29 | Saleh " Elazar Levi
 | 29 | Ibrahim " Menashi Shohet
 | 2 | Anonymous person
 | 2 | " " "
 | 8 | Sassoon Effendi Peshy
 | 11 | Selim " Silveira
 | 5 | Selim Effendi Yaqub Moallem Saleh
 | 29 | Isaac " Yom Tob
 | 29 | Widow of the late Dr. Yahya Semika
 | 29 | Gurji Effendi Isaac the Pharmacist
 | 11 | Salman " Peshy
 | 20 | Joseph " Shaul
 | 29 | Ezra " Shaul Qahtan
 | 14 | Monsieur Victor Hakim
 | 14 | Miss Mozli Sassoon Murad
 | 29 | Joseph Effendi Hakham Moshi Dankour
8 | 4760 | Carried forward

Archival unit 28

23
Anna | Rupee |
8 | 4760 | Brought forward
 | 29 | Yehuda Effendi Menashi
 | 29 | Reubin " Menashi
 | 145 | Ezra " Daniel
 | 30 | * Baruch " Zakaria
 | 27 | Gurji " Nassim Alwiya
 | 9 | Selim " Obadiah
 | 15 | Wife of Ezra Effendi Isaac Al-Ani
 | 24 | " Shaul " Michael
 | 8 | Khedhouri Effendi Suhayq
 | 26 | Baruch Effendi Aboudi
 | 32 | Dawood " Shaul Tweig
 | 5 | Abdullah " Elias
 | 26 | Isaac " Basri
 | 26 | Selim " Nassim Alwiya
 | 23 | Nassim Effendi Ezra Shoo-shoo
 | 31 | Wife of Joseph Effendi Shamash
 | 6 | Anwar Effendi Shaul
8 | 5251 | Carried forward

Archival unit 29

25
Anna | Rupee
8 | 5640 | Brought forward
30 |  | Aqila Yaqub Effendi Yusuf, Inspector
31 |  | Shaul Effendi Karji Agha Jan
23 | » | Reuven » Yehuda Beyers
30 | » | Ibrahim » Sassoon Mukammal
17 | » | Elias » Ovadia
31 | » | Shamil » Nissim Abdul Aziz
30 | » | Haskel » Ishaq Shuker
22 | » | Rahmin » Shimon
31 | » | Daoud » Faraj Hayim
31 | » | Haron » Haskel Salton
31 | » | Yusuf » Ibrahim Shalim
31 | » | Moshe » Daoud Cohen
31 | » | Yusuf » Yehuda Shamash
31 | » | Reuven » Khedhouri Hazin
20 | » | Shimon » Sassoon Bulbul
31 |  | Khedhouri Effendi Daoud Bulbul
30 |  | Shamil Effendi Moshe
8 | 6121 | Carried forward

Archival unit 30

24
 | Rupee | Anna
Forwarded | 5251 | 8
Salman Effendi Shaul | 31 | 
Mr. Brotman | 31 | 
Saleh and Naeem Hesqel Abdul Razzaq | 24 | 
Shaul Effendi Naqqar | 12 | 
Shaul " Samouha | 31 | 
Wife of Hayyim Effendi Tawfiq | 18 | 
Fuad Effendi Hesqel Ezra | 31 | 
Akram " Hesqel Ezra | 4 | 
Niyazi " Hesqel Ezra | 31 | 
Salman " Dori | 31 | 
Khedhouri " Sassoon Shamoon | 10 | 
Selim " Sassoon Shamoon | 10 | 
Zion " Eliahou Shamoon | 31 | 
Yosef " Eliahou Shamoon | 31 | 
Saleh " Menachem Qahtan | 31 | 
Munir " Isaac Bassous | 11 | 
Ephraim Effendi Rahmin Shammash | 31 | 
⟦line⟧
Carry forward 5640 8

Archival unit 31

The Senators were impressed by a delegation from the School for the Blind (using the Braille method) who receive instruction in reading and writing at the school premises
⟦The Lesson⟧

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39
 | Rupee | Anna
Previous balance | 6121 | 8
Yehuda Effendi Sheena | 31 | 
Hakham Sassoon Khedhouri Hizqel Anbar | 6 | 
Gurji Effendi Ishaq | 30 | 
Shimon Effendi Abdul Nabi Gabbai | 31 | 
Shaul " Menashe Yado | 31 | 
Shua " Hizqel Zubaida | 31 | 
Sion " Eliyahu Yaqoub | 12 | 
Ibrahim " Shamash | 23 | 
Aqila Menashe Effendi Saleh | 62 | 
Raphael Effendi Anbar | 31 | 
Gurji " Sion Levi | 31 | 
Daoud " Barzat | 11 | 
Khedhouri " Shasha | 25 | 
Abdullah " Hakim | 31 | 
Selim " Hakim | 28 | 
Shaul " Yamin | 28 | 
Hajj Ali Hal Bashi Kirkuk Al-Shatt | 19 | 
Total balance 6582 8

Archival unit 33

27
 | Rupee | Anna
Forwarded | 6582 | 8
Ibrahim Effendi Eliahu | 30 | 
Naim » Sassoon | 31 | 
Nissim » Heskel | 31 | 
Ibrahim » Levi | 22 | 
Ezra » Murad | 31 | 
Mulla Hussein Haj Amin, head of the Al-Saffafir Customs porters | 17 | 
Nissim Effendi Suhaiq | 31 | 
Joseph » Yaqub | 18 | 
Menashe » Ibrahim Yusuf | 22 | 
Salim » Elias Aqirib | 31 | 
Shimon » Ibrahim Shimon | 15 | 
Shalom » Musafi | 31 | 
Menashe » Musafi | 31 | 
The wife of Doctor Aflaton | 31 | 
Nissim Effendi Ezra Rubin | 29 | 
Rahmin » Moshi Barhoum | 28 | 
Ezra » Yaqub Salama | 28 | 
Carry forward | 7039 | 8

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28
 | Rupee | Anna
Previous balance | 7039 | 8
Ezra Effendi Reuben Horish | 28 | 
Sassoon " Reuben Shimon | 4 | 
Moshe " Salman Sahiq | 28 | 
Munir " Shaul Murad | 20 | 
Hesqiel " Debi | 8 | 
Aqila Shamil Effendi Nassim Abdul Aziz | 29 | 
Menashi Effendi Sassoon Cohen | 28 | 
Yosef Gurji Effendi Moalem Aboudi Masafi | 27 | 
Rahmin Effendi Yaqub Darwish | 25 | 
Salman " Shaul Rahmin | 22 | 
Saleh " Shaul Rahmin | 22 | 
Eliyahu " Aboudi Sham'a | 27 | 
Gurji " Mashlon | 11 | 
Selim " Tawfiq | 8 | 
Selim " Elias | 8 | 
The Economic Library | 52 | 
Selim Effendi Qahtan | 5 | 
Carry forward | 7391 | 8

Archival unit 35

29
Anna | Rupee
8 | 7391 | Balance Forward
0 | 5 | Selim Effendi Levi
11 | » | Abdulla » Shina
8 |  | Wife of Gabriel Effendi Rahmin
23 |  | Yaqub Effendi Hay
8 | » | Reuven » Yahya
26 | » | Nissim » Shmeil Abdel Aziz
3 | » | Hesqel » Murad Kabay
23 | » | Tawfiq » Basri
13 | » | Selim » Hooki
25 | » | Shlomo » Al-Sarraf
25 | » | Faraj » Alika
25 | » | Selim » Samuel
7 | » | Ezra » Hayya
10 | » | Yuna » Shamash
26 |  | Wife of Gurji Effendi Zilkha
25 |  | Khedhouri Effendi Moshi
8 |  | Dr. Menashi Effendi Kabay
8 | 7662 | To follow

Archival unit 36

30
Anna | Rupee |
8 | 7662 | Carried forward
 | 25 | Wife of Ghali Effendi Shammash
 | 19 | Salim Effendi Yousef Shashua
 | 13 | Naim » Bikhor
 | 7 | Salim » Abdullah
 | 22 | Wife of Ezra Effendi Khedhouri
 | 7 | Abdullah Effendi Horish
 | 25 | Shukur » Alloya
 | 19 | Wife of Shaoul Effendi Sofer
 | 22 | Dawood Effendi Shamoon Shammash
 | 25 | Yousef » Nassim Aboudi
 | 25 | Sassoon » Aboudi
 | 10 | Eliahou » Ishaq al-Ani
 | 1 | Gurji » Sassoon
 | 19 | Wife of Menashi Effendi Dabi
 | 22 | Moshi Effendi Shaoul Sofer
 | 25 | Nassim » Eliahou Nawi
 | 2 | Gurji » Khedhouri Zilkha
8 | 7950 | Brought forward

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31
Anna | Rupee |
8 | 7950 | Previous balance
 | 2 | Wife of Haroun Effendi Salman Hillel
 | 2 | " Khedouri " Haroun Hillel
 | 2 | " Yousif " Shaul Khazma
 | 2 | " Abdullah " Rahmin Shapiro
 | 2 | " Daoud " Saleh Sweiri
 | 4 | " Ibrahim " Menachem Al-Ani
 | 2 | " Gurji " Menachem Al-Ani
 | 22 | " Ephraim " Yehuda Fattal
 | 4 | " Yaqub " Yousif Fattal
 | 2 | " Ezra " Yousif Fattal
 | 4 | Ephraim Effendi Haroun Hillel
 | 19 | Wife of Tawfiq Effendi Salem Qattan
 | 1 | Abdullah Effendi Shamshua
 | 25 | Yehuda " Hesqel Zubaida
 | 25 | Gurji " Ishaq
8 | 12 | Salim " Yousif Dabboul
 | 4 | Shlomo " Shaul Murad
 | 8085 | Balance forward

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32
Anna | Rupee |
 | 8085 | Previous
 | 25 | Yusuf Effendi Yaqub Sassoon
 | 6 | Nazim " Abdullah Al-Ani
 | 20 | Ephraim " Hasqail Gabbay
 | 24 | Wife of Salman Effendi Zilkha
 | 24 | " Abdullah " Zilkha
 | 24 | Sion Effendi Rajwan
 | 24 | Khedouri " Samuel
 | 12 | Gurji " Sassoon Yehuda
 | 24 | Yusuf Effendi Tweig
 | 24 | Wife of Khedouri Effendi Shoashoa
 | 23 | Naji Effendi Shaul
 | 23 | Isaac " Houri
 | 27 | Wife of Khedouri Effendi Aboudi
 | 21 | " Shoa " Zelouf
 | 22 | Hasqail Effendi Yehuda Nathaniel
 | 10 | Gurji " Shaul Gurji
 | 16 | Gurji " Shami
8434 Following

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33
Anna | Rupee |
 | 8434 | Carried forward
 | 19 | Meir Effendi Ballas
 | 4 | Gurji » Meir Baruch
 | 22 | Albert » Haki
 | 5 | Salman » Haki
 | 10 | Abdullah » Sofer
 | 10 | Yusuf » Dawood
8 | 10 | Hesqel » Gurji
 | 21 | Sassoon » Shaoul Levy
 | 21 | Ezra » Yaqub Muallim
 | 21 | Shoua » Abdullah Cohen
 | 21 | Wife of Salman Effendi Eliyahu Gurji
 | 6 | Hesqel Effendi Yahya
 | 3 | Abdul Nabi Effendi Shammoun
 | 15 | Wife of Yusuf Effendi Eliyahu Nathaniel
 | 21 | Abdullah Effendi Yaqub Muallim Nissim
 | 21 | Grandmother Khatoun Sassoon
 | 6 | Selim Effendi Hesqel Khazzam
8 | 8670 | Brought forward

Archival unit 40

Some blind students write embossed letters and words (sachets)

Archival unit 41

34
 | Rupee | Anna
Carried forward | 8670 | 8
Wife of Gurji Effendi Daoud Soufer | 21 | 
Saleh Effendi Mutheer | 9 | 
Wife of Ishaq Effendi Qar'in | 21 | 
Nunu Effendi ⟦Karih⟧ | 20 | 
Eliyahu " Hesqel | 20 | 
Ezra Shafiq Effendi Munshi Nahum | 7 | 
Yaqub " Yusuf Ajami | 7 | 
Wife of the late Ezra Khazzam | 20 | 
" Khedhouri Effendi Al-Ani | 27 | 
Sassoon Effendi Abdullah Habousha | 1 | 
Naji " Yusuf Shahrabani | 5 | 
Naim " Yusuf | 5 | 
Yusuf " Ishaq Za'rur | 3 | 
Saleh " Ibrahim Abdul Aziz | 2 | 
Madam Naima Haroun | 3 | 
Yehuda Effendi Moshi Yehuda | 3 | 
Selim " Moshi Shaya | 0 | 8
8845

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35
List of receipts for which the amounts have not been collected
Receipt No. | Book No. | Rupee | Anna
49 | 5 | 3 | 
29 | 6 | 1 | 
20 | 7 | 1 | 
26 | 7 | 1 | 
43 | 7 | 1 | 
10 | 13 | 1 | 
85 | 17 | 3 | 
22 | 22 | 1 | 
38 | 23 | 1 | 
63 | 24 | 1 | 
52 | 25 | 6 | 
76 | 26 | 1 | 
93 | 26 | 1 | 
64 | 27 | 1 | 
7 | 28 | 1 | 
14 | 38 | 3 | 
⟦line⟧
Remaining 27

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37
Anna | Rupee | Previous | Leather Number | Receipt Number
 | 76 |  | 31 | 14
 |  | 1 | 31 | 16
 |  | 1 | 31 | 18
 |  | 1 | 31 | 19
 |  | 1 | 31 | 27
 |  | 1 | 31 | 29
 |  | 1 | 31 | 36
 |  | 1 | 31 | 39
 |  | 1 | 31 | 54
 |  | 1 | 31 | 69
 |  | 3 | 31 | 77
89
8845 Total subscriptions according to page 34
8934

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36
Receipt No. | Book No. | Previous | Rupee | Anna
27 | 28 | | 27 | 
80 | 28 | | 3 | 
24 | 29 | | 6 | 
43 | 29 | | 6 | 
79 | 29 | | 1 | 
83 | 29 | | 1 | 
90 | 29 | | 3 | 
92 | 29 | | 3 | 
95 | 29 | | 3 | 
96 | 29 | | 3 | 
10 | 30 | | 3 | 
32 | 30 | | 9 | 
35 | 30 | | 1 | 
52 | 30 | | 1 | 
69 | 30 | | 1 | 
87 | 30 | | 1 | 
2 | 30 | | 1 | 
76 Following

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38
Summary of Accounts
Income
Rupees | Anna | Pie
8512 | 3 |  | The surplus at the end of August 1929, as published in the first bulletin
8934 |  |  | Total subscriptions
2116 | 11 |  | Allocations from the Physical Council
1824 | 3 |  | Donations
 |  |  | Surplus proceeds from the currency
1565 | 1 |  | Deposited in banks
684 | 5 |  | Proceeds from the sale of school products
15136 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | Miscellaneous (i.e., from the blind donation boxes)
23648 15 6 Total general amount according to the income register
Expenditures
3464 | 12 |  | Total salaries and gratuities
 |  |  | Miscellaneous expenses including:
2644 | 7 |  | Food for students
429 | 9 |  | Values of clothing for students
451 | 11 | 6990 | 7 | Values of tools for making products
16658 8 6 Remaining balance on 3-31-932 as detailed below:

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39
 | Rupee | Anna | Pie
Value of a bill of exchange on the Ottoman Bank numbered 7127 - 7644 and dated 17 - 2 - 1932 | 16080 |  | 
Existing in the current account with Khedouri Zilkha | 489 | 8 | 6
In lieu of uncollected subscriptions according to the receipts |  |  | 
which support it | 89 |  | 
 | 16658 | 8 | 6
Items present in the factory
and offered for sale
 | Quantity
Existing thresholds | 117
Thresholds located in the warehouse of Ezra Salama and Khedouri Moshi | 
For disposal on the account of the factory | 18
Large, medium, and small mats | 34
Unlined bags | 83
" lined | 3
Square chair | 42
⟦line⟧

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40
Messrs. Donors and Lady Donors
of food for students
Name of Donor | Number of Meals
The widow of the late Dr. Yahya Samika | 3
» Eliyahu Kurji | 2
» Khedhouri Effendi Shammash | 9
Mrs. Rosa Yusuf | 1
Anonymous Philanthropist | 1
Shaul Effendi Elias | 3
For the soul of Nassim Yusuf Ezra Somikh | 3
The sons of Saleh Setty for the soul of their father | 3
Khedhouri Effendi Zilkha | 1
The wife of Ibrahim Hayyim Effendi Hacham Isaac | 4
» Ibrahim Bey Saleh Al-Kabir | 1
» Yaqub Effendi Shlomo | 5
Yusuf Effendi Dangoor via Madame Yaqub Effendi Shlomo | 1
Nassim Effendi Khedhouri | 1
Anonymous Philanthropist | 1
The wife of Selim Effendi Darzi | 2
Followed by 41

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41
Name of Donor | Number of Meals
Carried forward | 41
A benefactor from among you | 1
Aqila Kurji Effendi Hayyim | 3
The children of Heskel Shamash for the soul of their father | 2
» Eliyahu Bashi | 1
Khedouri Effendi Asher Salem | 3
Heskel Effendi Saltoon | 1
Miss Khatoun Mansi Zilkha for the soul of her brother Naeem | 2
Haroun Effendi Haboo Barshan for the soul of Tuba daughter of Farha | 1
Ezra Sion Effendi Hakham Heskel, Director of the Midrash | 93
(Also through the Director of the Midrash): |
Ibrahim Effendi Nahum | 1
Ibrahim Hayyim Effendi Hakham Isaac | 2
Yaqub Effendi Shamash | 1
Shamil » Heskel Shashua | 1
The children of the late His Eminence Hakham Ezra Dangoor | 2
Hakham Sassoon Khedouri Heskel Ezra | 5
Yaqub Effendi Shamash | 6
Brought forward | 166
7
100

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42
Number of Meals | Donor Name
166 | Carried forward
1 | Mrs. Hanini daughter of Heskel
4 | Wife of Dr. Rosenfeld for the soul of her mother Shoshana daughter of Sarah
2 | » Haron Effendi Shamtob
2 | » Menashe » Barukh
7 | » The late Eliyahu Khazzam
2 | Sons of the late Haham Ezra Dangoor
1 | Wife of Yaqub Effendi Somekh for the soul of Rimah daughter of Rinah
2 | » Ezra » Moshi
6 | » Meir » Barukh
2 | » Rubin » Somekh
1 | Heskel Effendi Zakkai
1 | Wife of Ezra Effendi Aboudi
1 | Miss Naeema Darwish
1 | Wife of Saleh Effendi Zalouf
1 | » Ezra Meir Effendi Heskel Menashe
2 | Abdullah Effendi Battat
1 | Menashe » Menachem Al-Ani
203 | Brought forward