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IJA 2732

Financial Assistance, Employment Records, Baghdadi Jewish Community

Description

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

Metadata

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 401-425

Page 402

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧ 19
Nominal Salary
Fils Dinar | Cost of Living Allowance
Fils Dinar | Allowances
Fils Dinar | Total
Fils Dinar | Deductions
Fils Dinar | Received
Fils Dinar | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
42 | 8 500 | | 50 500 | 500 | 50 | Mr. Salim Khedhouri Gabbay | ⟦stamp⟧ | According to the second installment of the loan totaling 60/000 dinars
41 | 8 500 | | 49 500 | 500 | 49 | Naji Hayek | ⟦stamp⟧ | According to the second installment of the loan totaling 60/000 dinars
35 | 7 500 | | 42 500 | 500 | 42 | Reuben Khedhouri Soda'i | ⟦stamp⟧ | According to the first installment of the loan totaling 60/000 dinars
30 | 6 500 | | 36 500 | | 36 500 | Eliahu ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
25 | 5 500 | | 30 500 | | 30 500 | Eliahu Kakka ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
25 | 5 500 | | 30 500 | | 30 500 | Eliahu ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
20 | 4 500 | | 24 500 | | 24 500 | Ezekiel Reuben | ⟦stamp⟧ |
15 | 3 500 | | 18 500 | | 18 500 | Ephraim Moallem Shuaa | ⟦stamp⟧ |
15 | 3 500 | | 18 500 | | 18 500 | Naeema Shalo | ⟦stamp⟧ |
15 | 3 500 | | 18 500 | | 18 500 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Page 404

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
19 Payroll list of employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
Nominal Salary (Fils/Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils/Dinar) | Allowances (Fils/Dinar) | Total (Fils/Dinar) | Deductions (Fils/Dinar) | Received (Fils/Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Elias Benjamin⟧ | [Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Yaqub⟧ | [Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salim Shamoun⟧ | [Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ezra Ibrahim⟧ | [Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  | Salaries of the Old Cemetery Guards |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Hassan Saleh⟧ | [Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Adel Saleh⟧ | [Stamp] |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ |  |
⟦illegible circular blue stamp⟧

Page 406

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦line⟧
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦five dinars⟧
For: ⟦December 966⟧
⟦M. & C.⟧
⟦N. S.⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Salman⟧
⟦Zarbiya Zion⟧
Iraq
10 Fils

Page 409

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Haron Cohen⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Zina Yaqub Suleiman⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naima Eliahu⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Hanna Eliahu⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Elias Yusuf Samah⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Yaqub Yusuf Al-Qahwaji⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Hazqeel⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salman Meir⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Shamoun⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Page 411

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦...⟧
Fils:
Dinar: 5/
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: five dinars, no more
For: ⟦...⟧ assistance
Iraq
10 Fils
POSTAGE & REVENUE
⟦...⟧ Co.
N. S.
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 413

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and personnel in ⟦illegible⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧ 19
Nominal Salary
Fils Dinar | Cost of Living Allowance
Fils Dinar | ⟦line⟧ Allowance
Fils Dinar | Total
Fils Dinar | Deductions
Fils Dinar | Received
Fils Dinar | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salman Shoa⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salim Munshi Dawi⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Azouri Ishaq⟧
⟦Wife of Azouri Ishaq⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naima Ezra Eliyahu⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naima Hazqeel⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Page 415

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and personnel in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
Nominal Salary (Fils | Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils | Dinar) | ⟦line⟧ Allowance (Fils | Dinar) | Total (Fils | Dinar) | Deductions (Fils | Dinar) | Received (Fils | Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |
M. & Co.
N. S.

Page 417

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary (Fils | Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils | Dinar) | Allowances (Fils | Dinar) | Total (Fils | Dinar) | Deductions (Fils | Dinar) | Net Received (Fils | Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 419

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
(Disbursement Voucher)
Date
Notes | Details | Dinar | Fils
| Salaries and allowances of the community institutions for the month of ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
| Salaries for the President's car with fuel | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
| Salaries of the employees and staff of the Community Council Presidency | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
| Salaries of the employees and staff of the Slaughterhouse | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
| ⟦...⟧ the Old Cemetery | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
| ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
Only eight hundred and eighty-three Dinars and ⟦...⟧ Fils
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Accountant
Secretary
President
Withdrawn by (within) check number ⟦...⟧ dated / / 195
Accountant
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓

Page 421

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers in ⟦illegible⟧ for the month of
19
Nominal Salary (Fils | Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils | Dinar) | Allowances (Fils | Dinar) | Total (Fils | Dinar) | Deductions (Fils | Dinar) | Received (Fils | Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | | | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | | | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦His Excellency the President⟧ ⟦Salman Shaoul Khadduri⟧ | 10 Fils |
|  |  |  |  |  | (Three hundred and twenty Dinars only) |  |
M. & N. S.
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils

Page 423

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
M. & Co.
N. S.
Date: ⟦12 / 5 / 1951⟧
Fils: ⟦-⟧
Dinar: ⟦2⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦Two Dinars only⟧
For: ⟦Cleaning fees for Meir Tweg Synagogue for the month of April 1951⟧
Signature of the Recipient
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
51/15

Page 425

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Net Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salim Yusuf Kabban⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦...⟧ Dinars entitlements from the Jewish Community ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naji Abboud⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦...⟧ from his salary ⟦...⟧ from the Community ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦...⟧ their entitlement from the Jewish Community ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦...⟧ from the Jewish Community ⟦...⟧
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
M. E. S.
N. S.