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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 English Translation, Pages 226-250

Archival unit 226

Baghdad Light & Power Co., Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Note: This bill should be paid in 15 days from date: 7
Tariff:
Meter No.: 278281
Bill No.: 501 887
Consumer: Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Address: 27
METER REGISTER | Ds. Dinars | Fs. Fils
To 194 | | | 2555 | 194
From 194 | | | 2465 | 194
Units Supplied | | | 90 | Fils
@ 20 fils | | | 1800 |
@ 12 " | | | |
@ 10 " | | | |
Meter Rental | | | 50 |
Current Limiter | | | |
Total | 1 | 850 | |
⟦Revenue Stamp with portrait⟧
8 Fils
POSTAGE ⟦illegible⟧
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.
Every consumer who has continued to consume electric current in one location for a period of not less than 12 months should apply for an assessment of their deposited security.
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.
Electricity payment centers:
1 - In Al-Mubashana: Daily except Sunday 3 - On the Karkh side in Sheikh Marouf Street: Daily except Sunday
2 - In Bab Al-Muadham: Daily except Sunday 4 - In Al-Bataween: Daily except Sunday

Archival unit 227

⟦illegible⟧
BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER CO. LTD.
Date ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Consumer ⟦illegible⟧
Address ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
15/10/52
15/11/52
⟦illegible⟧ the Company ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 228

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
14000 Fan ⟦illegible⟧
1000 Installation and electrical repair fee
⟦line⟧
15000 Only fifteen Dinars
nothing else ⟦illegible⟧
Ventilator
⟦signature⟧
⟦faded stamp⟧

Archival unit 229

Fils / 850
Only eight hundred and fifty fils and no more
I received from the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad
the above-mentioned amount, which is eight hundred and fifty
fils, as a fee for installing a ceiling electric fan
with the purchase of carbon and a spring, and for this I signed
this receipt 29 / 6 / 927
The Recipient
Naim Isaac

Archival unit 231

Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 20 / 5 / 69
Expenditure of the Israelite Spiritual Council for the month of May 969
Fils | Dinar
500 | 6 | Student transport expenses
000 | 1 | Labor wages for repairing the King's Gate
450 | 0 | Water supply
820 | 0 | Transportation
100 | 0 | Tip for the garbage collector
050 | 0 | Water jug
180 | 0 | Postage stamps
⟦line⟧
9/100 Only nine dinars and one hundred fils and no more
Salman Sadiq
Aboudi
Accountant
Certified
⟦illegible⟧
Audited
Accountant
21 / 5

Archival unit 232

Number:
Date: 5 / 20 / 49
Student Line Expenditures for the month of May 949
Ticket No. | Receipt No. | Date | Expenditure | Line Type | Class No. | Donation Amount | Class Date
1 | 140/49 | 8/5/49 | 2,750 | External | 6225 | 2.250 | 15/5/49
2 | 127/49 | 16/5/49 | 7,500 | Khalifa | 6227 | 7.000 | 22/5/49
3 | 285/49 | 16/5/49 | 2,750 | External | 6228 | 2.250 | 22/5/49
4 | 777/49 | 16/5/49 | 2,500 | Double | 6226 | 4.500 | 15/5/49
5 | 171/49 | 21/5/49 | 2,750 | External | 6229 | 2.250 | 22/5/49
6 | 122/49 | 26/5/49 | 2,750 | // | 6231 | 2.250 | 20/5/49
7 | 166/49 | 26/5/49 | 2,500 | Double | 6230 | 4.500 | 27/5/49
 |  |  | 23,500 |  |  | 25,000 |
Only twenty-five Dinars
nothing else
Only twenty-three
and five hundred Fils nothing else
Salman Suf
Kerwi
Signed by the ⟦illegible⟧ sect
Accountant
5/20
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 233

⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 234

L. M. 1 (A) A
Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Book Number
Receipt Number
Book Number: 172
Fils:
Dinar:
Receipt Number: 000025
Received from Mr. ⟦Latif Sahyoun⟧
The above mentioned amount only ⟦...⟧
And that is for the water fee of the premises numbered
For the three months April, May, June 1949
Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Collector
On behalf of the Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Date ⟦...⟧
262
127

Archival unit 235

Number: 62
Date: 28 / 4 / 929
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Expenses of the Israeli Spiritual Council for the month of April 929
Fils | Dinar
250 | 1 | Divorce decree expenses
200 | 2 | Cleaning of the court before and after the holiday
450 | 0 | Transportation
125 | 0 | Postage stamps
025 | 4 | Only four dinars and thirty-five fils and no more
Salman Sadqa
Aboudi
Accountant
For audit and approval
Final
5/2
Accountant
Approved
5/6
Paid
Accountant
5/5

Archival unit 236

Number: 62
Date: 28 / 4 / 1949
Student bus line expenses for the month of April 1949
Serial Number | ID Number | Date | Bank Amount | Line Type | Receipt Number | Sheikh Amount | Disbursement Date
1 | 47 / 91 | 2 / 4 / 49 | 1500 | Halisa | 2447 | 1000 | 12 / 4 / 49
2 | 48 / 96 | 11 / 4 / 49 | 750 | Azarieh | 2449 | 2250 | 12 / 4 / 49
 |  |  | 2250 |  |  | 3250 | 
Only two dinars and two hundred and fifty fils and no more
Salman Hawki
Aboudi
Only three dinars and two hundred and fifty fils and no more
Audited
Matches the records
Accountant
5 / 5

Archival unit 237

Fils Dinar
⟦line⟧
200 2
Only two dinars and two hundred fils, no more
I received from the Orthodox Spiritual Council the amount
mentioned above, which is two dinars and two hundred
fils, no more, as wages for work in
the court and for its hours, which I paid before the feast of
Easter and after, and for this purpose I gave this
receipt 27 / 4 / 49
The Recipient
Yousef Khleif
Keep and that

Archival unit 239

⟦illegible⟧ whether he was Muslim, Christian, or Jewish ⟦illegible⟧ or others
⟦illegible⟧ in Iraq enjoy the respect and appreciation of all the people, especially the Jews
⟦illegible⟧ to Iraq in response to the decision of the Revolutionary Command Council, and everyone here, whether the authority or the people
⟦illegible⟧ to us: you are not guests in this country, but rather you are citizens whose presence here is desired. And they request
⟦illegible⟧ that in the event that one of us feels any distress or any disturbing matter that he may be exposed to
⟦illegible⟧ Jewish, to hasten to contact the highest institutions in the state. . And they should not hesitate to
⟦illegible⟧ do that . . . because the officials in this country are primarily concerned with the desire of the people
And here I would like to point out a very important fact, which is: that all citizens without exception
including ⟦illegible⟧ their right to address in writing, orally, or by telephone and through the press
⟦illegible⟧ was ⟦illegible⟧ the President of the Republic and the Vice President of the Revolutionary Command Council
⟦illegible⟧ the Republic and to the Vice President of the Revolutionary Command Council, with
⟦illegible⟧ contacting them by telephone and in case
⟦illegible⟧ their help if

Archival unit 240

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

Archival unit 241

List of wages for the complex employees for the week ending
Friday, May 25, 951
Number | Employee Name | Daily Wage | Weekly Wage | Additional Wages | Total | Signature
-1 | Rabbi Daoud Sahay | -/772 | 5/411 | ⟦line⟧ | 5/411 | Daoud Sahay
-2 | Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | -/589 | 4/122 | ⟦line⟧ | 4/122 | ⟦hebrew⟧
-3 | Ibrahim Khadhouri Tahhan | -/420 | 2/520 | ⟦line⟧ | 2/520 | Ibrahim Khadhouri Tahhan
-4 | Nassim Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | -/444 | 2/608 | 619 | 3/227 | Nassim Elia
-5 | Salim Rabbi Zion Ibrahim | -/427 | 2/989 | 250 Duty
250 Wish
-/500 | 3/489 | ⟦signature⟧
-6 | Rabbi Isaac Shlomo | -/395 | 2/765 | 500 Rank | 3/265 | Isaac Eliyahu Shlomo
-7 | Salman Shaul | -/370 | 2/190 | -/814 | 3/004 | Salman Shaul
-8 | Salim Rabia | -/276 | 1/932 | ⟦line⟧ | 1/932 | ⟦hebrew⟧
-9 | Ephraim Menashi | -/208 | 1/456 | ⟦line⟧ | 1/456 | ⟦thumbprint⟧
Only twenty-eight dinars and one hundred and twenty-five fils (28/125)
Salim Rabbi Ibrahim was recorded once instead of twice
due to his withdrawal from the increase list last week

Archival unit 242

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⟧

Archival unit 243

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

Archival unit 244

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

Archival unit 245

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
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 246

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 21 / 5 / 951
Received from the accountant of the Mosaic Community
an amount of twelve dinars and seven hundred
and ten fils for my salary for one month
in Baghdad - 25 / 12 / 1950 dinars and twenty
one dinars - ⟦illegible⟧ on account 25 / 4 / 1951
one month only ⟦line⟧
Ibrahim Hadhouri Leman
Ibrahim Hadhouri Leman

Archival unit 247

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 21 / 5 / 951
Received from the accountant of the Jewish Community
the sum of ten dinars and a quarter weight
for my salary for one month and for that I signed ⟦line⟧
Isaac Eliyahu
Shlomo
The servant of the Great Synagogue

Archival unit 248

Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
Date: 25 / 5 / 951
Received from Waheeb al-Faraj, contractor of al-Fadhiliya
8/500, the amount of eight and a half dinars, and for this
I have signed ⟦line⟧
Mulla Salman Nissim
Salim Rabi'

Archival unit 249

Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Date: 8 / 6 / 951
Received the amount of 12/166 Dinars
And that is for 12/450 Dinars for a month and an amount of
916/- Dinars for two days and for the time of ⟦...⟧
Naeem Haha
Shamash of the Temple

Archival unit 250

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