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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 501-525

Page 501

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only:
For:
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Iraq
10
Fils

Page 505

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary (Dinar Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar Fils) | Allowances (Dinar Fils) | Total (Dinar Fils) | Deductions (Dinar Fils) | Net Received (Dinar Fils) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |
⟦illegible blue stamp on right margin⟧
⟦illegible blue stamp bottom right⟧

Page 507

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Salary list of officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Remarks | Stamp and Signature | Name | Received (Dinar | Fils) | Deductions (Dinar | Fils) | Total (Dinar | Fils) | Allowances (Dinar | Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar | Fils) | Nominal Salary (Dinar | Fils)
| ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| ⟦stamp: 10 Fils⟧ |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⟦circular blue stamp: illegible⟧
⟦faint blue handwriting: 10⟧

Page 508

31
List of ⟦illegible⟧
For the month of ⟦illegible⟧
Name | Salary and Wages | Deductions | Net | Signature
| Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 510

⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Number | Name | Grade | Salary | Notes
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible text on right side of page due to severe fading and staining⟧

Page 511

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
(Disbursement Voucher)
Date
Fils | Dinar | Details | Remarks
800 | 361 | Salaries and allowances of the Community Institution |
000 | 45 | Salary for the President's car with fuel |
000 | 169 | Salaries of the Presidency employees and staff including deductions |
000 | 124 | Salaries of the cemetery employees and staff |
000 | 100 | ⟦illegible⟧ the old cemetery |
000 | 91 | Monthly additions |
|  | Shamash School |
|  | ⟦illegible⟧ |
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Only eight hundred and ninety Dinars and eight hundred Fils, no more
Accountant
Secretary
President
Withdrawn by (within) check number:
Dated: / / 195
Accountant:

Page 513

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of officials and employees in the Presidency of the Community for the month of ⟦November⟧ 19⟦56⟧
Nominal Salary (Dinar Fils) | Cost of Living Allowance (Dinar Fils) | ⟦...⟧ Allowance (Dinar Fils) | Total (Dinar Fils) | Deductions (Dinar Fils) | Received (Dinar Fils) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
86000 | 74000 |  | 160000 |  | 160000 | His Eminence President Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri | ⟦stamp⟧ | Total is only one hundred and sixty Dinars and no more
W. M. & Co.
N. S.

Page 515

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦six dinars only⟧
For: ⟦assistance for the month of November 1956⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
Iraq
10 Fils

Page 517

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ 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 | Notes
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 18 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 57 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | Salim Abdullah Kabbay | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦...⟧ | 42 | ⟦...⟧ | 13 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 55 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | Naji Hakim | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦...⟧ | 30 | ⟦...⟧ | 15 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 45 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | Bint Khedhouri Luria | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦...⟧ | 30 | ⟦...⟧ | 10 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 40 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | Naji Yaqub Shiri | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | 44 | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | Al-Hajj Kamal Muhammad | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Aziza Saleh | Receipt attached ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Khedhouri Rahin | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Al-Hajj Salem Shua | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Khalifa Saleh | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Mrs. Suad widow of ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Page 519

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧
19
Nominal Salary - Dinar | Nominal Salary - Fils | Cost of Living Allowance - Dinar | Cost of Living Allowance - Fils | Allowances - Dinar | Allowances - Fils | Total - Dinar | Total - Fils | Deductions - Dinar | Deductions - Fils | Received - Dinar | Received - Fils | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ibrahim Benjamin⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salim Eliyahu Shemesh⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Moshe Menashi⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Shawkat Ibrahim⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Only one hundred and thirty-three Dinars only⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ |  |
M. & Co.
N. B.

Page 522

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils: 500
Dinar: 10
Received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: Ten Dinars and 500 Fils
For: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Signature of the Recipient
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq

Page 524

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧ 19
Nominal Salary (Fils Dinar) | Cost of Living Allowance (Fils Dinar) | ⟦...⟧ Allowance (Fils Dinar) | Total (Fils Dinar) | Deductions (Fils Dinar) | Received (Fils Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Harith Adib⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Wadi'a Yusuf Sulayman⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nazira Eliya⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salim Ayya⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ilyas Yusuf Samah⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Murtada Sadiq Samah⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Dawud A...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Kamal Dubbi⟧ |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Dawud Hassoun⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |