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IJA 2849

Financial Documents; Important Roles Baghdadi Jews Play in Iraqi Society

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Description

This item contains financial expense records of the Baghdadi Jewish community. The records describe expenses spent on employees' salaries, supplies, maintenance, and administrative needs. The item also contains a fragment from a statement or speech concerning the important roles played by Baghdadi Jews in Iraqi society and assurances that the Jewish community is an integral part of Iraqi society.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2849
Item Number
9676
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Bills, Judeo-Arabic, Annotation, Electricity Bill, President of the Jewish Community, Revenue Stamp, Handwritten, Ledger, Baghdad Light and Power, Ink Stamp, Thumbprint, Receipts, Typed, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 226-250

Page 226

L. M. A (1) A
Receipt number 000025
Baghdad Area Water Supply Committee
Volume number 172
Fils | Dinar
Received from Mr.: ⟦Jewish Community⟧
The above-mentioned amount only:
For the water fee of premises numbered: ⟦262⟧
For three months: April, May, June 1949
262
127
Baghdad Area Water Supply Committee
Date ⟦1949/7/4⟧
Collector
On behalf of the Baghdad Area Water Supply Committee

Page 227

Number: 62
Date: 28 / 4 / 929
⟦illegible⟧
Expenses of the Israeli Spiritual Council for the month of April 929
| Fils | Dinar
Expenses of divorce lines | 250 | 1
Court cleaning before and after the holiday | 200 | 2
Transportation | 450 | 0
Postage stamps | 135 | 0
Only four dinars and thirty-five fils and no more | 035 | 4
Suleiman Sadaka
Aboudi
Accountant
For auditing with the list
The Deacon
Accountant
Mordechai
5/6
Paid
Accountant
5/5

Page 228

Number: 62
Date: 28 / 4 / 949
Student bus line expenses for the month of April 949
Serial Number | Car Number | Date | Spent Amount | Line Type | Receipt Number | ⟦...⟧ Amount | Date of Payment
1 | 47 91/49 | 2 / 4 / 49 | 1/500 | Private | 3223 | 7/000 | 12 / 4 / 49
2 | 48 96/49 | 11 / 4 / 49 | 1/750 | Ardiya | 3224 | 2/250 | 12 / 4 / 49
|  |  | 3/250 |  |  | 9/250 |
Only one dinar and two hundred
and fifty fils and no more
Salman Moshi
Azouri
Only nine dinars
and two hundred fifty fils no more
Audited
Matches the ledger
Correct
Accountant
5/5

Page 229

Fils      Dinar
⟦line⟧
200      2
Only two Dinars and two hundred Fils no more
I received from the Israeli Spiritual Council the amount
mentioned above, in the amount of two Dinars and two hundred
Fils no more, as the wage for the work on
the court's clock and for repairing it before the holiday of
Passover ⟦1949⟧ and for that I have given this
receipt 27 / 3 / 49
The Recipient
Youssef Khalif
100 Fils and more

Page 230

Provisions Disbursement Regulations

Page 231

⟦illegible⟧ whether they were Muslim, Christian, Jewish, or others
⟦illegible⟧ in Iraq enjoy the respect and appreciation of all the people, especially the Jews ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in response to the decision of the Revolutionary Command Council, and everyone here, whether the authority or the people
⟦illegible⟧ you are not guests in this country, but you are citizens whose presence is welcomed here. And they request
⟦illegible⟧ that in the event that any of us feels any distress or any bothersome issue that may occur
⟦illegible⟧ to hasten to contact the highest institutions in the state.. and not to hesitate in
⟦illegible⟧ because the officials in this country are primarily concerned with the satisfaction of the people.
⟦illegible⟧ a fact of utmost importance, which is: that all citizens without exception
⟦illegible⟧ have the right to approach in writing, in person, or by telephone and through the press ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧ the President of the Republic and the Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
⟦illegible⟧ the Republic and the Vice-Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, clarifying
⟦illegible⟧ contacting them by telephone and in the presence of
⟦illegible⟧ their assistance that
⟦illegible⟧ was

Page 232

List dated 25 / 5 / 951 | / | 28
" " 1 / 6 / 51 | / | 28
" " 9 / 2 / 951 | / | 35
" " 12 / 2 / 951 |  | 20
" " 22 / 2 | / | 26
|  | 137
As follows: |  |
Ibrahim Khodary Shehata | / | 12
Hafez Ahmed ⟦Al-Helou⟧ | / | 10
Selim Rabie | / | 8
|  | 30

Page 233

Wage list for slaughterhouse employees for the week ending
Friday, May 25, 951
Number | Employee Name | Daily Wages | Total | Overtime | Amount | Signature
-1 | Rabbi David Ratsoni | 0/772 | 5/411 | — | 5/411 | David Ratson
-2 | Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | 0/589 | 4/123 | — | 4/123 | Zion Abraham
-3 | Ibrahim Khedhouri Tahhan | 0/460 | 3/220 | — | 3/220 | Ibrahim Khedhouri Tahhan
-4 | Bani Rabbi Zion ⟦Ibrahim⟧ | 0/444 | 3/108 | 0/119 | 3/227 | Naeem Al-Baya
-5 | Salim Rabbi ⟦Ibrahim⟧ | 0/427 | 2/989 | 250 for duty
250 Qana
—/500 | 3/489 | ⟦signature⟧
-6 | Rabbi Ishaq Al-Mulla | 0/395 | 2/765 | 500 stipend | 3/265 | Ishaq Eliyahu Shlomo
-7 | Salman Shaul | 0/270 | 1/890 | 0/114 | 2/004 | Salman Shaul
-8 | Salim Rabia | 0/276 | 1/932 | — | 1/932 | Menashe Hayyim Vechino
-9 | Ephraim Menashe | 0/208 | 1/456 | — | 1/456 | ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Only twenty-eight Dinars and one hundred and twenty-five Fils (28/125)
Salim Rabbi ⟦Ibrahim⟧ withdrew once instead of twice
This is due to his withdrawing one extra time last week

Page 234

Wage list of the slaughterhouse employees for the week ending
on Friday, June 1, 1951
No. | Name | Net Salary | Total | Payments | Sum | Signature
1 | Rabbi Daoud Musfi | 0/772 | 5/411 | — | 5/411 | ⟦illegible⟧
2 | Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | 0/589 | 4/122 | — | 4/122 | Daoud Cohen
3 | Ibrahim Khadhouri Tahanah | 0/420 | 2/440 | — | 2/440 | Ibrahim Khadhouri
4 | Naim Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | 0/444 | 2/108 | 0/105 | 2/213 | Naim Al-Pacha
5 | Salim Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | 0/447 | 2/189 | 500 bed / 250 meat / 750 | 2/739 | ⟦illegible⟧
6 | Rabbi Isaac Sayyah | 0/295 | 2/125 | 750 bed | 2/875 | Isaac Al-Yehoshua
7 | Salman Shaul | 0/170 | 1/190 | 0/812 | 2/002 | Salman Shaul
8 | Ephraim Menashe / <del>Salim Rabia</del> | 0/208 | 1/456 | — | 1/456 | ⟦illegible⟧
9 | Isaac Kharij | — | — | 2/000 May increase | 2/000 | ⟦illegible⟧
|  |  |  |  | 28/429 |
Only twenty-eight Dinars and four hundred and twenty-nine Fils
28/429
10/250
12/710
⟦line⟧
51/389
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 235

Committee wage list for the week ending Saturday, 6/9/951
Sequence | Name | Daily wage | Total wage | Revenue and health | Amount | Signature
1 | Rabbi Daoud Salman | 799/- | 5/593 | 102/-
Single day | 5/491 | Daoud Salman
⟦signature⟧
2 | Rabbi Meir Ibrahim | 608/- | 4/256 | 028/-
Single day | 4/228 | מאير אברהם
⟦signature⟧
3 | Naeem Hacham Eliyahu | 458/- | 3/206 | 028/- - Single day
115/-
12/500 Donation
916/- | 12/500 | Naeem Hacham
⟦signature⟧
4 | Salim Hacham Eliyahu | 441/- | 3/087 | 028/- - Single day
250 Temna
500 Shrine | 2/865 | Salim Hacham
⟦signature⟧
5 | Salman Shaoul | 175/- | 1/225 | 008/- - Single day
812 Flour
822/- | 2/047 | Salman Shaoul
6 | Ephraim Menashi | 216/- | 1/512 | 016/-
Single for two days | 1/528 | ⟦fingerprint⟧
8 | Isaac Youssef | 100/- | Weekly
1/200 | ⟦line⟧ | 1/200 | Isaac Youssef
⟦fingerprint⟧
Only twenty-five dinars and four hundred and eighty fils, no other. 25/084

Page 236

Wage list of slaughterhouse employees for the week on Saturday dated 16 / 4 / 951
No. | Name | Weekly Salary | Total Due | National Faces | Net | Signature
1 | Rabbi Daoud Dani | 799/- | 5/593 | | 5/593 | ⟦signature: Hebrew⟧
2 | Rabbi Shimon Ibrahim | 608/- | 7/224 | 12/250 | 18/074 | Receipt exists
for receiving this account
3 | Salim Saleh ⟦illegible⟧ | 3/441 | 2/087 | 250 donation
250 national
1/500 | 4/587 | ⟦signature: Hebrew⟧
4 | Salman Shaul | -/175 | 1/225 | 812 flour
525 .
2.625 | 7/287 | ⟦signature: Hebrew⟧
Only thirty-five dinars and five hundred and forty-one fils and nothing else 35/541
We received
Only twenty dinars

Page 237

List of employees of the slaughterhouse and the legal slaughtering house
Saturday, June 27, 53
Serial | Name | Basic Salary | Other Wages | Additional | Total | Signature
-1- | Rabbi David Raphael | 799/- | 5/592 | 2/875 full month salary | 22/568 | ⟦illegible⟧
-2- | Rabbi Isaac Ibrahim |  |  | 15/541 | 15/541 |
3 | Salim Sayim Al-Dahr | 441/- | 2/087 | 2500 winter 1/750 | 4/827 |
4 | Salman Shaul | 175/- | 1/225 | -/827 food | 2/027 |
48/982
Only forty-eight dinars and nine hundred and eighty-two
Dirhams
⟦The amount for the departments⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ (22/568) Dinars
⟦...⟧

Page 238

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 21 / 5 / 951
I received from the accountant of the Jewish Community
an amount of twelve Dinars and seven hundred
and twenty-five Fils for my salary for one month
in the amount of 12.250 Dinars and for fees
one Dinar 1.000 so the total is 13.250 Dinars
Witnessed and signed by
Ibrahim Khedhouri Liman
Ibrahim Khedhouri Liman

Page 239

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 21 / 5 / 951
Received from the accountant of the Jewish Community
the amount of ten and a quarter Dinars, and that
is for my salary of one month, and for that I have signed
Isaac Eliyahu
Shlomo
⟦illegible⟧

Page 240

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 25 / 5 / 951
Received from Wahib al-Faraj, the contractor of al-Fadiliya
8/500 the amount of eight and a half Dinars and for that
I signed
Mulla Sayeg Wahib
Salim Rabia

Page 241

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 6/8/1951
Received the amount of 12.166 Dinars
being for 12.250 Dinars for the month of May
⟦0.084⟧ Dinars income tax and ⟦alimony/expenses⟧
Naim Haha
Sh. Hacham Sahood

Page 242

List of slaughterhouse employees for the total due to them
Until June 51
No. | Name | Basic Salary | Daily Wage | Overtime/Extra | Total | Signature
-1 | Rabbi Daoud Musfi | 7/799 | 5/592 | 2/075 full month's salary | 26/568 | ⟦illegible stamp⟧
-2 | Rabbi Isaac Ibrahim | | | 15/541 | 15/541 | Remainder from the previous Rabbinate
-3 | Salim Hakham Meir | 1/441 | 2/087 | 250 price of 1500 advance 1/750 | 4/827 |
-4 | Salim Shaul | 1/175 | 1/255 | 0/812 food | 2/047 |
48/982
Only forty-eight dinars and nine hundred eighty-two fils
nothing else

Page 245

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 2 / 7 / 1951
Received from the accountant of the Jewish Community
an amount of thirty Dinars only for wages of
the work in Al-Jazra for two weeks with the extra
wages ⟦for the presentation⟧ and for the time ..
Recipient
Salim Hafidh ⟦Askar⟧

Page 246

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 1
⟦...⟧ amount ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Iraq
Financial
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Page 247

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
1
Date: 8 / 7 / 1951
Received from the accountant of the Jewish Community
a sum of only three ⟦dinars⟧ and sixty-six ⟦fils⟧
in cash for my entitlement in the slaughterhouse as follows :
816 / - Law 24 and 25 on 2/4/51
250 / - Tax refund
000 / 2 Increase for the month of June 51
⟦line⟧
066 / 3 Three dinars and sixty-six fils
Isaac Faraj
Isaac Faraj

Page 248

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 4 / 7 / 1951 AD
I received from the accountant of the Jewish Community
the sum of exactly four Dinars and four hundred Fils
this and no other for the value of my entitlement in ⟦bread⟧
for the period ending on 30 / 6 / 1951 AD
Salman Shaul
⟦illegible⟧ 11 / 7

Page 249

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 28 / 6 / 1951
Received from the community accountant the sum of
5.582 Dinars, for the fees of the songs
of the Israelites in Al-Jazeera for the week ending on
Saturday, corresponding to June 20, 1951
And I have received
Daoud ⟦Sahy⟧
To Qasim Daoud ⟦Sahy⟧

Page 250

Al-Jazeera Employees List
Sequence | Name | Daily Wage | Extra | Total
-1- | Rabbi Daoud Sahbi | 799/-
Seven days
5/593 | ⟦line⟧ | 5/593
-2- | Rabbi Ishaq Ibrahim |  | 15/541
Remaining from the list dated
on 27 / 6 / 958 | 15/541
-3- | Salim Hafam Eliyahu | 441/-
Fourteen days
6/174 | 500 weekly labor
7 extra 10 period
2500 11 March 958
4000 two days deduction
5076 list follow-up
12826 | 20/000
-4- | Salman Shaul | 175/-
Fourteen days
2/450 | 1/624
Two weeks cooking | 4/074
-5- | Ishaq Faraj | 408/-
Two days
-/816 | 2500 one time
2000 month increase
4/500 | 3/066
58/274
Only fifty-eight dinars and two hundred and seventy-four fils and no more