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IJA 3078

Financial Documents and Correspondence, Shamash Secondary School

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Description

These documents are correspondence and school information, such as the budget of the Shamash Secondary School. Included are files detailing properties held, property tax issues, expense reports, and income received by the Shamash Endowment.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3078
Item Number
6315
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Property Tax, Medical bill/prescriptions, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, Financial, Jewish Lay Council, Shamash Secondary School, Typed, State Organization of PTT (Postal, Synagogue, Annotation, Correspondence, Ledger, School Material, Ink Stamp, Handwritten, Receipts, Endowment, Telegram & Telephone)

AI English Translation, Pages 26-50

Archival unit 26

The Israeli Spiritual Council
Baghdad
D /
N 000879
Sh Sh
Fils: ⟦...⟧
Dinar: 20
Received from Mr.: Schindler, Secretary of the Community
The above-mentioned amounts totaling: Twenty
Dinar and:
Fils for: On account of net income for schools
Baghdad on: 12 / 1 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Archival unit 27

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
No 000886
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 100
Shamashi: Shamashi
Received from Mr. Shaul Meir - Shukr Al-Wali the amounts mentioned above
amounting to one hundred dinars and ⟦line⟧ dinars and ⟦line⟧ fils
being the net income of the endowments
for the month of November 52 - 52
Baghdad on 20 / 1 / 1952
Signature of the Accountant

Archival unit 28

Personal
№ 0509
The Israeli Spiritual Council
Baghdad
Shamash
Fils: 220
Dinar: 17
Received from Mr.: Shaul Heskel Rizq al-Fa'iqa
The above-mentioned amounts:
Amounting to: Seventeen Dinars and two hundred and twenty Fils
For: The remainder of the net Shamash endowments for the year
Financial: 1952 - 1953 share
Baghdad on 17 / 2 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
18 / 2 / 1952

Archival unit 30

12/21/1953
His Excellency, President of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community, Respected
The Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 12/22/1953
Greetings
First: - Attached herewith are the following tables: -
1- Table of general revenues collected during the fiscal year 1952-1953 which reached
1585/000 (one thousand five hundred and eighty-five Dinars) ⟦illegible⟧
2- Table showing the charitable expenditures of the mentioned endowments during the fiscal year 1952-1953
which reached 91/710 Dinars (ninety Dinars and seven hundred and ten Fils) and I have attached
the receipts for the purpose of auditing them.
3- The surplus of these endowments for this year reached 1493/290 Dinars (one thousand four hundred
and ninety-four Dinars and two hundred and ninety Fils) and they have been deposited into the Council's fund
the statement as shown below.
Second: - The general budget of the Shamash endowments for the fiscal year 1952 - 1953
Fils | Dinar | Description | Fils | Dinar | Description
⟦line⟧ | 1585 | Revenues realized until 3/31/52 | 710 | 91 | Charitable expenses according to Table No. 2
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Table No. 1 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | Surplus of endowments for this year and carried over to next year
Fils | Dinar | Receipt Number | Deposit Date | Collector Number
⟦line⟧ | 200 | 531 | 4/21/52 | 1
⟦line⟧ | 60 | 543 | 5/5/52 | 2
⟦line⟧ | 20 | 547 | 5/6/52 | 3
⟦line⟧ | 25 | 551 | 5/7/52 | 4
⟦line⟧ | 40 | 557 | 5/11/52 | 5
⟦line⟧ | 20 | 570 | 5/21/52 | 6
⟦line⟧ | 40 | 577 | 6/8/52 | 7
⟦line⟧ | 15 | 580 | 6/15/52 | 8
⟦line⟧ | 80 | 584 | 6/17/52 | 9
⟦line⟧ | 400 | 594 | 7/8/52 | 10
⟦line⟧ | 145 | 27 | 8/17/52 | 11
⟦line⟧ | 50 | 80 | 10/12/52 | 12
⟦line⟧ | 50 | 86 | 10/18/52 | 13
⟦line⟧ | 250 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 14
⟦line⟧ | 20 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 15
⟦line⟧ | 4 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 16
⟦line⟧ | 40 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 17
290 | 1493 | Total |  | 
The original year is fixed with the attachments
by i.e. receipts or ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1585 one thousand five hundred and eighty-five Dinars
Please accept our highest respect

Archival unit 31

Revenues for the year of games 53 - 54
Notes
Day Date Month
Statement
Name
Type
Duration
From
To
Amount
Total
Number
Balance
From cinema revenues
Until 11/14/1953
According to list No. 1
158/500
11/17/53
Number | Name | Type | Duration | From | To | Amount | Total
500 | Hakim Saeed | Shop | One year | 8/1/53 | 7/31/54 | 1/000 | 750
200 | Jabr Ali | " | " | 8/1/53 | 7/31/54 | 1/000 | 600
25 | Aram Artaxian | " | " | " | " | 1/000 | 750
12 | Hadi Alawi | " | " | " | " | 900 | 780
5 | Daoud Ali | " | " | " | " | ⟦illegible⟧ | 590
400 | Fathallah Khairallah Sabbagh | " | " | " | " | 1/000 | 100
400 | Muhammad Taqi | " | " | " | " | 1/000 | 750
400 | Yusuf Al-Sandouq | " | " | 8/15/53 | 8/14/54 | 1/000 | 750
100 | Sarah Abdul Redha Al-Mahdi | " | " | 9/20/53 | 9/19/54 | 400 | 877
" | Khalida bint Abbas Hassan | " | " | 9/1/53 | 8/31/54 | 260 | 26
Total only one thousand five hundred and eighty-five dinars and no more
1585
81
1966

Archival unit 32

Expenses of Shasha Endowments for the fiscal year 51
Amount | Details | Date of Disbursement | Receipt No.
Fils | Dinar |  |
250 | 1 | Stamps for three contracts ⟦illegible⟧ | 10/5/51 |
450 |  | Stamps for Hakim Said's lease contract | 10/5/51 |
450 |  | ⟦illegible⟧ Aram Alexian | ⟦line⟧ |
450 |  | Hadi Alawi | ⟦line⟧ |
 | 9 | To Yaqub Shumait for 5% brokerage for the fiscal year ending 31/3/51 | 29/4/51 | 1
200 |  | Stamps for Dawood Al-Mahallat's lease contract ⟦illegible⟧ | 15/5/51 |
 | 6 | Ovadia's housing wages for the months of March, April, and May /51 | 15/5/51 |
270 |  | Stamps for Murad Al-Sandouq's lease contract ⟦illegible⟧ | 20/7/51 |
540 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Stamps for Marvan Shasha's lease contract (the stamp) | 20/7/51 |
 | 8 | Expenses for repairing the doors of ⟦illegible⟧ Jadid Ali shop | 20/8/51 | 2
 | 4 | Vacancy tax for Durnashad building (receipt kept in Durnashad expenses file) | 10/8/1951 |
 | 6 | Ovadia's housing allowances for the months of June, July, and August /51 | 7/8/51 |
 | 2 | Ovadia's housing allowances for the month of September 51 | 10/8/51 |
 | 2 | ⟦line⟧ October 51 | 28/10/51 |
 | 2 | ⟦line⟧ November /51 | ⟦line⟧ |
 | 48 | Commission of the former secretary Shaul Haqqi | ⟦line⟧ |
710 | 90 | Only ninety dinars and seven hundred and ten fils, from 1/4/51 to 30/11/51 | ⟦line⟧ |
 |  | Note that these expenses were spent before my arrival, i.e., before 1/8/51 | ⟦line⟧ |
 | 100 | Ovadia's housing allowances in installments for the month of November and mid-December 51 | June 52 |
710 | 91 | Only ninety-one dinars and seven hundred and ten fils | 11/1/52 |
Ezekiel Rubin

Archival unit 33

Baghdad 28 / 2 / 1955
His Excellency the Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Israeli Community, Respected
After greetings,
I list below the budget of expenses ⟦...⟧ during the fiscal year 1954-1955
Fils | Dinar | Revenues | Fils | Dinar | Expenses
 |  | There are no revenues | 797 | 22 | Roof tax for property number ⟦...⟧
 |  |  | 000 | 45 | Installment of the first installment of the property tax for number 50
 |  |  | 000 | 45 | Installment of the second installment of the first installment of the property tax for number 50
 |  |  | 000 | 6 | Fee for the previous year 954 for property tax number 50 / 1
 |  |  | 740 | 24 | Paid to Mr. Ibrahim Murad, the lawyer, according to the committee's decision dated 24 / 10 / 54
987 | 143 | One hundred and forty-three dinars and nine hundred and eighty-seven fils |  |  | 
90260 The balance remaining with us until the month of February according to our records
233847 Total revenues by the accountant Mr. Salim
Please accept our highest respect
Treasurer
⟦signature⟧
Eternal Liquidation Committee

Archival unit 34

Fils | Dinar | Date | Number | Special Number
⟦line⟧ | 200 | 21/4/54 | 521 | 1
⟦line⟧ | 60 | 5/5/54 | 542 | 2
⟦line⟧ | 20 | 6/5/54 | 547 | 3
⟦line⟧ | 25 | 15/5/54 | 551 | 4
⟦line⟧ | 20 | 13/5/54 | 557 | 5
⟦line⟧ | 20 | 21/5/54 | 570 | 6
⟦line⟧ | 40 | 2/6/54 | 577 | 
⟦line⟧ | 15 | 5/6/54 | 580 | 
⟦line⟧ | 80 | 13/6/54 | 585 | 
⟦line⟧ | 400 | 20/7/54 | 589 | 
⟦line⟧ | 145 | 24/7/54 |  | 
⟦line⟧ | 50 | 80 | 15/8/54 | 
⟦line⟧ | 50 | 86 | 23/8/54 | 
⟦line⟧ | 200 | On 18/8/54 by virtue of receipt ⟦illegible⟧ | 28/8/54 | 
Special Number
1
2
3
4
5

Archival unit 35

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000531
Curtain
Fils: 000
Dinar: 400
Received from Mr.: Mazkour ⟦-⟧ Secretary of the Community
The above-mentioned amounts:
In the amount of: two hundred
Dinars and: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
For: on account of the net income of endowments and rituals for the year
⟦line⟧: financial 1953/54
Baghdad on: 21 / 4 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Archival unit 36

⟦line⟧
The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
N 000543
Shamashi
Fils: ⟦...⟧
Dinar: 60
Received from Mr.: Ezra Meir - Secretary of the Synagogue
The above-mentioned amounts totaling: Sixty
Dinar and: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
And that is for: Net income of Shamashi for the fiscal year
1952 - 53
Baghdad on 5 / 5 / 1953
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Archival unit 37

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Shamash
2
N 000547
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 20
I received from Mr. ⟦Shaul Fattou⟧ - Secretary of the Community, the above mentioned amount
which is ⟦twenty⟧ dinars and ⟦line⟧ fils
as a payment on the account of the net revenues of Shamash for the year
current ⟦1954 - 953⟧
Baghdad on 5 / 6 / 1954
Accountant

Archival unit 38

Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
No. 000551
S. S.
4
Fils | Dinar
--- | 25
Received from Mr. ⟦Shamash School⟧ the above mentioned amounts
And its value is ⟦twenty-five⟧ Dinars and ⟦---⟧ Fils
And that is for ⟦Shamash School income account⟧
⟦52-5-7⟧
Baghdad on 7 / 5 / 1952
⟦signature⟧ Accountant

Archival unit 39

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
N 000557
⟦illegible⟧
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: 20
Received from Mr.: His Excellency ⟦illegible⟧ - Secretary of the Council
The above-mentioned amounts:
Amounting to: Twenty
Dinar and:
Fils:
For: Allowances for the month of April
Baghdad on: 2 / 5 / 195
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 40

The Israeli Spiritual Council
Baghdad
N 000570
Shashi
6
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 20
Received from Mr.: ⟦Salman Shamoun⟧
The above-mentioned amounts:
Amounting to: Twenty
Dinars and: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
For: Shashi revenue account
For the fiscal year: 952 - 953
Baghdad on: 2 / 5 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Archival unit 41

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000577
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 40
Received from Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧
The above-mentioned amounts:
Amounting to: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils
For: ⟦illegible⟧ revenue account
Baghdad on: 2 / 6 / 1952
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 42

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000580
Sh 22
⟦line⟧
8
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 15
Received from Mr.: Shaul Meir ⟦...⟧ the community
The amounts mentioned above:
Amounting to: fifteen dinars and ⟦line⟧ fils
For: on account of the net of the house of ⟦...⟧ Arkhan Shammasi
⟦line⟧: for the fiscal year 1953/54
Baghdad on 5 / 6 / 1952
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 43

The Israeli Spiritual Council
Baghdad
No. 000584
Fils | Dinar
800 | 5
Received from Mr. Shamash School Fund the above-mentioned amount
amounting to five dinars and eight hundred fils
And that is for account / rent of house number 7 in the neighborhood ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 952 - 953
Baghdad on 7 / 6 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 44

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000592
Receipt
Fils: —
Dinar: 400
Received from Mr.: Shaul ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Al-Taif
The above-mentioned amounts totaling: four hundred
Dinar and: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
For: on account of endowment revenues for the fiscal year
1954 / 52 according to request No. 95262 on the Ottoman Bank
Baghdad on 2 / 7 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Treasurer

Archival unit 45

No. 000027
Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Shamash
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 145
Received from Mr. Shaul Murad ⟦...⟧ the above-mentioned amount
Amounting to one hundred and forty-five dinars and ⟦line⟧ fils
Specifically on account of the Shamash endowment revenues
For the year 1953/54
Baghdad on 7 / 2 / 1952
⟦signature⟧
Accountant

Archival unit 46

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
Shamash
№ 000080
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 50
I received from Mr. Shaul Fawzi, Secretary of the Community, the above-mentioned amount
being fifty dinars and ⟦line⟧ fils
and that is on account of the Shamash property revenues for the fiscal year
1953/54
Baghdad on 10 / 12 / 1952
Accountant
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Correct⟧

Archival unit 47

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000086
22
12
Fils: ⟦illegible⟧
Dinar: ⟦illegible⟧
Received from Mr.: ⟦Nizar Ibrahim⟧
The amount mentioned above:
In the amount of: ⟦five⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ Fils
For: ⟦guarantee of revenues⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad on: 18 / 1 / 1952
Accountant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 48

14
The respected Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
I have received from
Shamash School (Supervision of
Private Schools) a check
in the amount of 250/- Dinars for
the second installment of
the rent, and it is recorded
on ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Shamash. Please carry out
the necessary transaction
and facilitate ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
19/ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 49

The Israeli Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000040
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 20/
Received from Mr.: Heskel Samiq, Community Property Officer
The amount of: Twenty Dinars only, the amount mentioned above
For: Account of the revenues of the Kindergarten, Shetai Endowments, year 53/54
Baghdad on 14 / 2 / 1954
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
15

Archival unit 50

The Israelite Lay Council
Baghdad
№ 000046
16
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 4 /
Received from Mr.: Heskel Isaac, Community Property Officer
The sum of: Only four dinars and no more
The above-mentioned amount:
For: Account of the Shamash Waqf revenues for the year 53/54
Baghdad on: 18 / 2 / 1954
⟦signature⟧
Accountant