Financial Documents; Important Roles Baghdadi Jews Play in Iraqi Society
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Analysis of Administrative Expenses for the year ⟦illegible⟧ for 48 - 1949 Administrative Expenses | Fils / Dinar | ⟦illegible⟧ Administrative Expenses | 945/545 | 45,500 Unforeseen Expenses | 620/229 | 19,554 Cigarettes and Refreshments | 782/160 | 13,400 Car Costs | 455/429 | 35,788 Newspaper Subscriptions | 916/142 | 11,925 Grants and Gratuities | 400/186 | 15,533 Total | 409/1700 | 141,708 45,500 19,954 - ⟦line⟧ 25,546
Central Administration Expenses Details | Social Aid fils dinar | Employee Allowances fils dinar | Building Costs fils dinar | Contributions and Expenses fils dinar | Region fils dinar | Past fils dinar | Total fils dinar 48 car operation | 20 ⟦...⟧ | 21 600 | 54 050 | 12 776 | 11 500 | 26 430 | 173 481 48 maintenance | 8 000 | 9 000 | 757 ⟦...⟧ | 11 050 | 11 500 | 43 430 | 177 487 48 electricity | 7 000 | 9 000 | 33 044 | 11 050 | 16 500 | 47 430 | 121 024 48 water | 7 000 | 9 000 | 38 814 | 11 050 | 16 500 | 43 430 | 126 894 48 wages | 21 750 | 50 000 | 12 124 | 11 050 | 15 000 | 28 693 | 138 617 48 telephone | 12 000 | 8 500 | 12 776 | 11 050 | 15 000 | 47 575 | 115 799 48 first | 12 000 | 12 500 | 12 498 | 11 050 | 15 000 | 25 725 | 100 555 48 second | 12 000 | 4 813 | 12 991 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 8 607 | 52 461 48 third | 16 000 | 9 700 | 33 718 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 100 000 | 184 468 48 fourth | 16 000 | 9 700 | 17 578 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 75 809 | 144 137 48 fifth | 16 000 | 20 000 | 10 424 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 62 748 | 124 922 48 sixth | 16 000 | 13 000 | 33 404 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 64 748 | 152 902 48 seventh | 16 000 | 20 000 | 33 404 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 64 748 | 159 202 48 eighth | 16 000 | 20 000 | 33 404 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 64 748 | 159 202 48 ninth | 16 000 | 20 000 | 33 404 | 11 050 | 14 000 | 64 748 | 159 202 482 416 463 500 400 500 120 000 224 000 560 030 810 007 409 603
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The Council Spiritual of the Israelite Community Baghdad Number: 291 Date: 10/4/51 His Excellency the President of the Respectable Lay Council Baghdad After greetings: We attach herewith a list of the expenses for divorce certificates for the month of March 1951, amounting to seven and a half Dinars. With respect to Your Excellency Salman Hoki Abrawi The President
Number: 292 Date: 11 / 4 / 1951 Expenditures of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad for the month of March Fils | Dinar | Description 500 | — | Oil 500 | — | Transportation 500 | — | Sundry expenses 500 | 1 | Total: Only one dinar and five hundred, nothing else President Sassoon Khedhouri Aboudi ⟦illegible⟧ 1951 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧
Number: 792 Date: 1/4/52 Emergency line expenses for the month of March 1951 Sequence Number | Report Date | Inspection Date | Disbursement Amount | Line Type | Chapter Number | Donation Amount | Date of Chapter 39 | 28/2/51 | 1/3/51 | 750 | Ordinary | 28 | 2,250 | 2/3/51 40 | 25/3/51 | 6/3/51 | 750 | '' | | Free | 41 | 26/3/51 | 6/3/51 | 1,500 | Double | 29 | 4,500 | 4/3/51 42 | 24/3/51 | 7/3/51 | 750 | Ordinary | 30 | 2,250 | 5/3/51 43 | — | 19/3/51 | 750 | '' | 31 | 2,250 | 44 | — | 20/3/51 | 1,500 | Double | 32 | 4,500 | 45 | — | 28/3/51 | 750 | Ordinary | | Free | 46 | — | 29/3/51 | 750 | '' | 33 | 2,250 | | | | 7/500 | | | 18/000 | Only seven and a half Dinars and nothing more Only eighteen Dinars and nothing more ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Rasheed Synagogue Committee ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Administration of the Physical Council -- Baghdad: Number: T/274/5 Date: 27/4/1951 File Number: ⟦fingerprint⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible text visible through paper from reverse side⟧
900 25/2 His Excellency the Vice President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings, Your servant intends to travel to ⟦England⟧ according to an English passport, and my funds and current pressure, I have not been able to pay even one fils in divorce fees for my wife Najla. It is not possible for my wife to remain ⟦aside⟧ under a state of suspension because she is Iraqi, and since I have names of proof, I require two guarantors. ⟦So I request⟧ to give the paper to Rabbi Salman so he can organize the divorce proceedings for me so that my wife does not remain suspended. We thank you in advance, and may you remain in respect, sir. Naji Salim bin Ibrahim 951 5/2 Presidency of the Jewish Community: No. T: 51/122 Date: 5 / 2 / 1951 His Excellency Rabbi Salman, Deputy of the Court Please look into his request if he deserves an exemption. Number - T / 754 / 51 Date - 5 / 2 / 1951 Vice President of the Lay Council 5 / 2 / 51 The aforementioned is poor. 6 / 2 / 51 Salman Huri Aboudi Since the petitioner is very poor, please excuse him from the fee mentioned. 6 / 2 / 51 ⟦fingerprint⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date 28 / 2 / 951 The Council Israeli Spiritual Baghdad His Excellency the President of the Respected Lay Council Baghdad After greetings: We attach herewith a list of the divorce line expenses for the month of February 1951 in the amount of ten dinars and four hundred fils ⟦...⟧ We request approval for its disbursement. With respect to Your Excellency. Salman Huka Aboudi The President Presidency of the Israeli Community: Baghdad Outgoing Number: T / 1221 / 51 Date: 4 / 3 / 1951
Number 771 Date 28 / 2 / 951 Expenditures of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad for the month of February 1951 Fils | Dinar 700 | - | Electricity repair 500 | - | Gas 500 | - | Transportation 250 | - | Postage stamps 200 | - | Two electric lamps 1899 | 1 | Electric lighting fees 6499 | 7 | Total only seven dinars and six hundred and forty-nine fils and no more Sulaiman Soul Abboudi The President ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Audited ⟦signature⟧ The Accountant 4 / 3 / 1951
Number: 472 Date: 28 / 2 / 1951 Divorce lines expenditure for the month of February 1951 Today's Date | Tracking Amount | Chapter Number | Line Type | Expenditure Amount | Divorce Date | File Number | Serial Number 19/2/51 | 2,250 | 20 | Normal | 750 | 18/2/51 | 54/51 | 29 19/2/51 | 4,500 | 19 | Double | 1,500 | 19/2/51 | 57/51 | 30 22/2/51 | 2,250 | 21 | Normal | 750 | 20/2/51 | 58/51 | 31 22/2/51 | 4,500 | 22 | Double | 1,500 | 20/2/51 | 281/51 | 32 23/2/51 | 4,500 | 23 | " | 1,500 | 21/2/51 | 62/51 | 33 23/2/51 | 2,250 | 24 | Normal | 750 | 22/2/51 | 61/51 | 34 25/2/51 | 2,250 | 25 | " | 750 | 22/2/51 | 64/51 | 35 25/2/51 | 2,250 | 26 | Apostolic | 1,400 | 22/2/51 | 15/51 | 36 27/2/51 | 2,250 | 27 | Normal | 750 | 26/2/51 | 248/51 | 37 Free of charge | — | — | " | 750 | 27/2/51 | 71/51 | 38 28/000 10/400 Only twenty-eight Dinars only Only ten Dinars and four hundred Fils nothing more Suleiman Hoka Aboudi Honorable Vice President Please approve the issuance of a check to the order of Rabbi Salman Makki Aboudi for the amount of 14/049 Dinars, i.e. 10/400 Divorce lines expenditure for the month of February 51 3/649 Pretrial detention 14/049 ⟦illegible⟧ Issued check No. 878655 on date 7 / 3 / 1951 For the amount of fourteen Dinars and forty-nine Fils nothing more A check is prepared for the amount of fourteen Dinars and forty-nine Fils
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date: 26 / 2 / 951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Court Baghdad The bearer of this paper, named Salman Ibrahim, is compelled to divorce <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> his wife named Saida Athra And since he is in very poor condition, and is unable to pay the divorce fees, the head of the community, Mr. Heskel Shemail has agreed to exempt him from the divorce fees, so please assist him, and the matter is yours? ⟦signature⟧ Accountant
Baghdad Light & Power Co., Ltd. BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) Date ⟦line⟧ Date: ⟦illegible⟧ N.B.—This bill should be paid within 15 days from date Note: This bill must be paid within a period of 15 days from its date: Tariff ⟦line⟧ Prices: Meter No. ⟦line⟧ Meter Number: 267848 Bill No. ⟦line⟧ Bill Number: 9082 Consumer ⟦line⟧ Consumer Name: Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri in Baghdad Address ⟦line⟧ Address: Opposite ⟦illegible⟧ For electricity supplied during the undermentioned period METER REGISTER | Ds. Dinars | Fs. Fils To ⟦line⟧ 195 To | | From ⟦line⟧ 195 From | | Units Supplied | | @ 18 fils at a price of 18 fils | | @ 12 fils at a price of 12 fils | | 854 @ 10 fils at a price of 10 fils | | 25 Meter Rental | | Current Limiter | | ⟦line⟧ | | 879 ⟦illegible stamp with Arabic text and portrait⟧ After having taken a continuous supply in one premises for not less than 12 months, any consumer who considers his deposit to be in excess of the requirement may apply for a re-assessment. ⟦illegible⟧ considers his deposited insurance in excess of ⟦illegible⟧ interruption in one place for a period of ⟦illegible⟧ second assessment. No receipt for payment to the Company is valid unless bearing the Company's embossed official receipt which is stamped by the Cashier at the time of making payment. No receipt paid to the company is considered valid unless it is stamped with the company's stamp and signed by the cashier upon making the payment. Electricity fee payment centers:- 1 - In the Power House: 3 - On the Karkh side in Sheikh Marouf Street: Daily except Sunday 2 - In Bab al-Muadham: 4 - In Al-Bataween:
19 / 2 / 51 We have issued check number 878644 dated 8 / 2 / 1951 for the amount of 15.227 Dinars for the expenses of the Spiritual Council for the month of January 51 instead of 15.727 Dinars, and therefore we issued a check with number 878646 and dated 19 / 2 for the remaining amount of half a Dinar only ⟦signature⟧ Accountant 19 / 2 / 51 L
The Council Israeli Spiritual Baghdad Number: 299 Date: 7 / 2 / 1951 His Excellency the President of the Respected Lay Council Baghdad After greetings We attach herewith a list of the divorce decree expenses for the month of January 1951 in the amount of ten dinars and five hundred fils We request approval for its disbursement. With respect to your Excellency Salman Aboudi The President Approval for the disbursement of the amount of ten dinars and five hundred fils for the divorce decrees, according to the attached list amounting to ten dinars and five hundred fils for the month of January 1951 and the Spiritual Council's expenses on 7 / 2 / 1951 ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 2 / 1951
Number: ⟦illegible⟧ Date: 4 / 2 / 1951 Expenditures of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad for the month of January 1951 Fils | Dinar | 750 | — | Electricity repair 500 | — | Transportation 500 | — | Kerosene 200 | — | Stamps 177 | 2 | Electricity fees 540 | — | Water fees 267 | 5 | Only five dinars and two hundred sixty-seven fils and no more Salman Hawki Aboudi The President Audited ⟦line⟧ The Accountant 6 / 2 / 51
L. M. A. [1] D Receipt Number ⟦line⟧ Baghdad District Water Supply Committee ⟦line⟧ Book Number Number 000069 Fils Dinar 95 Received from Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧ The above-mentioned amount only: ⟦illegible⟧ For the water fee of the premises numbered: ⟦illegible⟧ For three months: January, February, March 1951: Collector On behalf of the Baghdad District Water Supply Committee Date: ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Baghdad Light & Power Co., Ltd. BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom.) N.B.—This bill should be paid within 15 days from date Note: This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date Date ⟦5 / 10 / 51⟧ Date Tariff Prices: Meter No. Meter Number: ⟦27828⟧ Bill No. Bill Number: ⟦1085⟧ Consumer Consumer Name: ⟦The magazine in Baghdad⟧ Address Address: ⟦65⟧ For electricity supplied during the undermentioned period For the electricity supplied during the period mentioned below METER REGISTER Meter Registration | Ds. Dinars | Fs. Fils To 195 ⟦1⟧ To 195 ⟦1⟧ | | ⟦195⟧ From 195 ⟦1⟧ From 195 ⟦1⟧ | | ⟦69⟧ Units Supplied Units Supplied ⟦126⟧ | ⟦2⟧ | ⟦268⟧ @ 18 fils at a price of 18 fils | | @ 12 ,, at a price of 12 » | | @ 10 ,, at a price of 10 » | | Meter Rental Meter Rent | | ⟦50⟧ Current Limiter | | ⟦Total⟧ | ⟦2⟧ | ⟦318⟧ After having taken a continuous supply in one premises for not less than 12months, any consumer who considers his deposit to be in excess of the requirement may apply for a re-assessment. The deposit is in excess of the requirement in one place for a period of not less than 12 months, he may apply for a second assessment. No receipt for payment to the Company is valid unless bearing the Company's embossed official receipt which is stamped by the Cashier at the time of making payment. A receipt for the amount paid to the company is not considered valid unless it is stamped with the company's official stamp by the cashier at the time of payment. ⟦Two postage stamps with portrait and '5 fils' / '5 fils'⟧ Electricity bill payment centers:— 1— In Al-Abakhana: 3— On the Karkh side in Sheikh Maarouf Street: 2— In Bab Al-Muadham: 4— In Al-Bataween: Daily except Sunday
Baghdad 2 / 1 / 1950 His Excellency, the respected President of the Jewish Community Subject presented to your Excellency: I, Naeema Khedhouri, wish to divorce my husband named Moshi Manshi. The usual divorce fee is 2/250 Dinars, and since I have two names (Naeema, Rahima), the Spiritual Council refuses to grant my divorce unless I pay 4/500 Dinars. Since I am poor and do not even possess my daily sustenance and have no provider, I beg your Excellency to consider exempting me and performing my divorce for a fee of 2/250. Please accept my highest gratitude and respect. The Petitioner Naeema Khedhouri ⟦fingerprint⟧ Referred to the Chief Rabbi for his opinion 2 / 1 / 950 The aforementioned Naeema Khedhouri is poor Sassoon Khedhouri Chief Rabbi 2 / 1 / 951 Collect the amount of 2/250 dinars in cash Accountant 2 / 1 / 50 Note: Please return this petition with the list of divorce document expenses at the end of the month.
Telephone line expenses for the month of January 1951 Serial No. | Account No. | Invoice Date | Expense Amount | Line Type | Chapter No. | Donation Amount | Receipt Date 1 | 21 | 5/1/951 | 1.500 | Double | 11 | 2.250 | 3/1/951 2 | 22 | 6/1/951 | 1.500 | " | 12 | 4.500 | 14/1/951 3 | 23 | 8/1/951 | 0.750 | Regular | 13 | 2.250 | 3/1/951 4 | 24 | 22/1/951 | 1.500 | Double | 15 | 4.500 | 21/1/951 5 | 25 | 23/1/951 | 0.750 | Regular | 14 | 2.250 | 24/1/951 6 | 26 | 26/1/951 | 1.500 | Double | 16 | 4.500 | 28/1/951 7 | 27 | 27/1/951 | 1.500 | " | 17 | 4.500 | 28/1/951 8 | 28 | 28/1/951 | 1.500 | " | 18 | 4.500 | 31/1/951 | | | 10.500 | | | 29.250 | Only twenty-nine dinars and two hundred and fifty fils, nothing else Only ten dinars and five hundred fils, nothing else Salman Khaddouri Aboudi 10.500 Telephone line expenses for the month of January 51 18.750 Collection and fees expenses 29.250 Audited and found to be in accordance with the records Accountant 1/2/951 Check No. 778644 issued on 8/2/951 8/2/951
222 N / 12 / 950 Date His Excellency the President of the Lay Council in Baghdad We request your Excellency to disburse the divorce lines for the month of December 950 amounting to four and a half dinars, and may you remain. Salman Moshi Aboudi President of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad Dear Vice President ⟦line⟧ For approval of disbursement, please. ⟦signature⟧ 1/1 Approved. ⟦signature⟧ 1/1 / 1951
222 12/21/1951 ⟦illegible⟧ Expenses of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad for the month of December 1950 Dinar | Fils Postage stamps | 0 | 200 Transportation | 0 | 500 Kerosene | 0 | 500 Electric bell repair | 0 | 450 Only one dinar and six hundred and fifty fils and no more | 1 | 1650 Salman Sufi on behalf of Head of the Spiritual Council in Baghdad Administrative expenses | 1650 Divorce proceedings expenses | 4500 Total | 6150 Disbursed To category 1/7/51
Number 222 Date 1 / 1 / 951 Student bus line expenses for the month of December 1950 Date | Sheikh Amount | Receipt No. | Line Type | Expense | Request Date | File No. | Serial No. 1/6/951 | 2,250 | 6 | Regular | 750 | 12/4/950 | 530/950 | 16 1/12/951 | 2,250 | 7 | 〃 | 750 | 12/12/950 | 532/950 | 17 1/29/951 | 2,250 | 9 | 〃 | 750 | 12/18/950 | 529/950 | 18 1/29/951 | 4,500 | 10 | Double | 1500 | 12/20/950 | 552/950 | 19 1/31/951 | 2,250 | 8 | Regular | 750 | 12/21/950 | 551/950 | 20 | 13,500 | | | 4,500 | | | Only thirteen and a half Dinars Nothing else Only four and a half Dinars Salman Mir Aboudi Audited Assistant Registrar The College 8/1 / 51
Number: Date: 20 / 11 / 951 His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected Baghdad After greetings We submit herewith the expenditure list for the Divorce Register for the month of November 951 in the amount of (six dinars and eight hundred and fifty fils). With our respect to Your Excellency. Sulaiman Joki Aboud ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Spiritual Council Baghdad 20 / 11 Tammuz