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IJA 2732

Financial Assistance, Employment Records, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These documents are financial records from the office of the President of the Jewish Community. They contain vouchers and receipts, payroll ledgers for employees of organizations administered by the Jewish community, and correspondence regarding salaries. The ink is very faded on several ledgers

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Archive Reference
IJA 2732
Item Number
12823
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Correspondence, Revenue Stamps, Employment, Contract, Thumbprint, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Annotation, Ink Stamp, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Printed Text, Ledgers, Signature, President of the Jewish Community, Receipts, Judeo-Arabic, Lease, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 101-125

Page 103

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers for the month of
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Mansour Zubaida⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nabih Beiko⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Suad Nouri Sayyar⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
N. S.

Page 105

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
M. F.
N. I.

Page 107

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦M. & E. ... N. S. ...⟧

Page 109

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
(Disbursement Voucher)
Date
Amount | Details | Remarks
Fils | Dinar |  |
8 | 150 | Salary of His Excellency the President |
8 | 224 | Salaries of the Presidency staff and employees ⟦including⟧ retirees |
8 | 127 | Salaries of the slaughterhouse staff and employees ⟦including⟧ inspections and guardianship |
8 | 46 | Salaries of the two guards of the old cemetery |
8 | 75 | Monthly subsidies |
8 | 50 | Allocations for religious readings for patients in Rima Khedouri Hospital |
8 | ⟦illegible⟧ | Miscellaneous |
M. & Co.
N. S.
Only: Six hundred and eighty dinars and forty-eight fils
Accountant
Secretary
President
Withdrawn by (within) check number: ⟦illegible⟧
Dated: / / 195
Accountant:

Page 115

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers in the ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧ 19
Nominal Salary (Fils) | Nominal Salary (Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar) | ⟦...⟧ Allowance (Fils) | ⟦...⟧ Allowance (Dinar) | Total (Fils) | Total (Dinar) | Deductions (Fils) | Deductions (Dinar) | Received (Fils) | Received (Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
- | 22 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - | 40 | Mr. Salim Abdo Kabbay | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
500 | 15 | - | 15 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 500 | 30 | Naji Jamil | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
- | 27 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - | 40 | Salim Khadhouri Houri | ⟦Stamp⟧ | The loan installment for the current month was not deducted based on the order of His Excellency the President of the Commission, and the mentioned installment of ⟦...⟧ dinars will be deducted next month along with the third installment for the month of March, thus ⟦...⟧ dinars ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | - | 24 |  |  | - | 24 | Naji Yaqub Bashir | ⟦Stamp⟧ ⟦Stamp⟧ | Allowances were increased from ⟦...⟧ to ⟦...⟧ dinars per month starting from ⟦...⟧ according to Administrative Order No. ⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧ increase difference for the month of October ⟦...⟧ dated ⟦...⟧ November ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | - | 11 |  |  | - | 11 | Al-Hajj ⟦...⟧ (Servant) | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | - | 11 |  |  | - | 11 | Ghazi Sabbar (Janitor) | Receipt attached |
|  |  |  |  |  | - | 11 |  |  | - | 11 | Khadhouri Rahmin (Janitor) | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | - | 11 |  |  | - | 11 | Salim M. Shiaa (Janitor) | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | - | 10 |  |  | - | 10 | Khalifa Shayea (Janitor) | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud Ishaq Kashi (Messenger) | ⟦Stamp⟧ ⟦Stamp⟧ | Pension for the widow amounting to ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧

Page 117

Presidency of the Committee
Administrative for the Jewish Community
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
⟦To⟧
The ⟦provisions⟧ ⟦given⟧ ⟦to⟧ are deducted
⟦Note⟧ ⟦the⟧ ⟦paperwork⟧ ⟦with⟧
⟦Starting⟧ ⟦from⟧ ⟦October⟧
⟦N. S.⟧
Note
Since we have already deducted the advance from his salary for the month
of October ⟦1945⟧, His Excellency the President ordered that an
installment not be deducted for November instead of the aforementioned month of October
⟦Therefore⟧

Page 120

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦illegible⟧ for the month of ⟦illegible⟧
19
Nominal Salary (Fils / Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils / Dinar) | ⟦Allowance...⟧ (Fils / Dinar) | Total (Fils / Dinar) | Deductions (Fils / Dinar) | Net Received (Fils / Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
24 / - | 16 / - | - / - | 40 / - | - / - | 40 / - | ⟦Naji Yaqub bin Yusuf⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
17 / - | 12 / - | - / - | 29 / - | - / - | 29 / - | Daoud Bahman | ⟦stamp⟧ |
8 / - | 8 / - | - / - | 16 / - | - / - | 16 / - | Moshe Menashe | ⟦stamp⟧ |
8 / - | 8 / - | - / - | 16 / - | - / - | 16 / - | Hanukkah Ibrahim | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | Only one hundred and twenty-six Dinars and no more |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Hassan Saleh | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | Khalil Saleh | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | Only ten Dinars and no more |  |
10 Fils

Page 123

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils | Dinar
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount of
Only:
For:
⟦illegible⟧
N. ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the Receiver
⟦illegible⟧
Iraq
Finance
10
Fils

Page 124

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 1 / 12 / 57
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 5
I have received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount, which is
only five dinars and nothing else
and that is for the allowances of the month of November 57
Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧