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IJA 2732

Financial Assistance, Employment Records, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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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 English Translation, Pages 201-225

Archival unit 201

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
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦His Eminence the Rabbi⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ibrahim ...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦stamp⟧ |  |

Archival unit 202

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦illegible⟧ for the month of ⟦illegible⟧
19
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 | Notes
 |  |  |  |  | ⟦2500⟧ | ⟦Mr. Saleh Younis (Teacher)⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  | ⟦1500⟧ | ⟦Mr. Naji Bashir (Art Teacher)⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ |  |

Archival unit 203

⟦illegible⟧ in September - 194⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Mixed School
81
Name | Date of Birth | Profession | Address | Middle | Date | Date | Total

Archival unit 204

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
(Disbursement Voucher)
Date
Amount | Details | Remarks
 |  | Salaries and allowances of the community for the month of March ⟦195...⟧ |
000 | 90 | Salary of His Excellency the President with allowances |
800 | 167 | Salaries of the Presidency employees and staff including retirees |
700 | 148 | Salaries of the cemetery employees and staff (including allowances) |
000 | 12 | Two cemetery guards |
000 | 101 | Monthly advertisements |
000 | 100 | Religious reading allowances |
⟦...⟧ | ⟦...⟧ | Settlement |
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Only: Six hundred nineteen dinars and five hundred fils
Amount: 619 / 500
Accountant
Secretary
President
Withdrawn by (within) check number:
Dated: / / 195
Accountant:

Archival unit 205

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) | Allowances (Fils / Dinar) | Total (Fils / Dinar) | Deductions (Fils / Dinar) | Net Received (Fils / Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp_image⟧ |
M. S. C.
N. 3.

Archival unit 206

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar: 9/
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: nine dinars and no more
For: ⟦our salary⟧ with high cost of living allowances
1957
Signature of the recipient
M. M. & Co.
⟦...⟧
Iraq
10 Fils

Archival unit 207

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 | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  | Sayyid Salim Abbouda Kabbay | ⟦Stamp⟧ 57/2 | Entitled to the second installment of the second year ⟦...⟧ at a rate of 250/- Dinars per month ⟦...⟧
 |  |  |  |  |  | Naji Jawad | ⟦Stamp⟧ 57/2 | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ Khedhouri ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | Entitled to the second installment ⟦...⟧ at a rate of 250/- Dinars
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | Receipt attached | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Khedhouri Rahman (Janitor) | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Salim Moallem Shorba (Janitor) | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Latifa Shaya (Janitress) | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | Widow's pension salary ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 208

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧
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
4 050 | 4 040 |  | 8 090 |  | 8 090 | Mr. Nouri Yaqub ⟦...⟧ | ⟦Stamp/Signature⟧ | ⟦Faded blue text⟧
4 050 | 4 045 |  | 8 095 |  | 8 095 | Daoud Youssef | ⟦Stamp/Signature⟧ | ⟦Faded blue text⟧
4 080 | 4 040 |  | 9 020 |  | 9 020 | Hosni Munshi | ⟦Stamp/Signature⟧ | 
4 070 | 4 040 |  | 9 010 |  | 9 010 | Shawkat Ibrahim | ⟦Stamp/Signature⟧ | ⟦Faded blue text⟧
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Faded Name⟧ |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Hassan Suheil | ⟦Stamp/Signature⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Khalil Saleh | ⟦Stamp/Signature⟧ | 
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Mr. Ibrahim Shantoob ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 209

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar: 16/
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦sixteen dinars only⟧
And that is for ⟦our examinations for the month of March 1957⟧
N. S.
Signature of the recipient
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦Zaki⟧

Archival unit 210

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date ⟦line⟧
Fils ⟦line⟧ Dinars Eight Dinars ⟦only⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦eight dinars only⟧
And that is for ⟦allowances for the month of November 1957⟧
10 Fils
Iraq
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Salman Moallem⟧

Archival unit 211

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date:
Fils:
Dinar:
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amounts mentioned above
Only: ⟦illegible⟧
And that is for: ⟦illegible⟧
Return from Cardo
20 / 1 / ⟦illegible⟧
For ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 212

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
19
Salary list of employees and workers in ............ for the month of ............
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 | Notes
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Zarifa daughter of Suleiman⟧ | Receipt attached |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | Receipt attached |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | Receipt attached |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |
⟦circular stamp with illegible text⟧

Archival unit 213

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦2 / 1 / 1957⟧
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 5
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦Five Dinars only⟧
For: ⟦Allocations for the month of January 957⟧
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the Recipient
957
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 214

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 | Received Fils Dinar | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Jeroot daughter of⟧ wife of Daoud Kashi | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ni'ma Hakkak Ibrahim⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Daoud Shaina⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salima Said⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
N. S.

Archival unit 215

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ............ for the month of ............
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
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦His Eminence Rabbi⟧ ⟦Ezra Sassoon⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ibrahim Sassoon Ezra Abdullah⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | Daoud Shamoun | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salman Khadhuri⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  | 
M. & Co.
N 4.

Archival unit 216

⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
31
Student Name | Father's and Grandfather's Name and Surname | Age | Date of Admission | Grade | Profession | Remarks | Date of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 217

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of employees and workers in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
19
Nominal Salary: Fils | Nominal Salary: Dinar | Cost of Living Allowance: Fils | Cost of Living Allowance: Dinar | Allowances: Fils | Allowances: Dinar | Total: Fils | Total: Dinar | Deductions: Fils | Deductions: Dinar | Received: Fils | Received: Dinar | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Adib Jabbara Yohanna⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Sayyid Naji Yaqub Niri⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Alice Sarah Habouya⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Munir Shamshoun⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Eliyahu Haqqi Lewis⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
N 2

Archival unit 218

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
(Disbursement Voucher)
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Amount (Fils / Dinar) | Details | Remarks
 |  | Salaries of the Presidency staff for the month of February 1957 |
⟦line⟧ | 120 | Salary of His Excellency the President with allowances |
⟦line⟧ | 192 | Salaries of the Presidency officials and employees including retirees |
⟦line⟧ | 188 | Salaries of the slaughterhouse officials and employees |
⟦line⟧ | 8 | Guard of the old cemetery |
750 | 80 | Monthly subsidies |
⟦line⟧ | 15 | Torah readers' allowances |
⟦line⟧ | 75 | ⟦illegible⟧ |
W. & Co.
N. S.
Only five hundred seventy-eight dinars and 750 fils
750 | 578
Accountant
Secretary
President
Withdrawn by (within) check number: 587
Dated: 28 / 2 / 195
Accountant:

Archival unit 219

19
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Salary list of officials and employees in ⟦line⟧ for the month of ⟦line⟧
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | Allowances | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar |  |  |
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦His Excellency the President⟧
⟦...⟧ | ⟦Revenue Stamp⟧ |
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Total⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Dinar⟧ ⟦...⟧ |  |
10 Ten Fils
⟦...⟧ N. ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 220

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: 2/28/57
Fils:
Dinar: ⟦5⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦five dinars⟧
For: ⟦...⟧
N. S.
Signature of the recipient
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils

Archival unit 221

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
19
Salary 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) | Net Received (Fils / Dinar) | Name | Stamp and Signature | Remarks
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Ishaq Salim Abd al-Nabi⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | Entitled to transfer starting from 1/1/52 at a rate of 25/- Dinars monthly
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Naji Sayoun⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salwa Mansour Khadouri⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | Not disbursed until now ⟦...⟧ and 250/- Dinars are to be supplied for this month based on the order of His Excellency the President ⟦...⟧
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Aziz Salem⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nouriya Rafiq⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Afrah Moallem Sharif⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Khalfa Saleh⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Stamp⟧ |

Archival unit 222

Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for employees and workers in ⟦...⟧ for the month of ⟦...⟧
19
Nominal Salary | Cost of Living Allowance | ⟦...⟧ Allowance | Total | Deductions | Received | Name | Stamp and Signature | Notes
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Abdul Nabi Shamoun⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Majid Yusuf⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Moshe Shentob⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Shawkat Ibrahim⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | The second installment of the loan amounting to ⟦...⟧ at a rate of 2/- Dinars per month
 |  |  |  |  |  | Salaries of the cemetery guards | ⟦stamp: N. S. M. & Co.⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Hassan Saleh⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nazim Saleh⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |

Archival unit 223

Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Date: 18 / 2 / 1957
Dinar: 1
Fils: 16
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: one dinar and sixteen fils
For: ⟦...⟧ February 1957
⟦Fawzia Suleiman⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦...⟧ & Co.
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
Iraq
10 Fils

Archival unit 224

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Date: ⟦25 / 10 / 1952⟧
Fils:
Dinar: 8/
⟦Only eight dinars and no more⟧
I received from the accountant of the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: ⟦eight dinars and no more⟧
For: ⟦monthly assistance⟧
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
⟦N. S.⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Salman Eliyahu⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
50 Fils
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 225

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
List of salaries for officials and employees 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
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Adham Hamid Lari⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Heirs of Menashe Eliyahu⟧ ⟦Antoine⟧ |  | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Nazima Eliya⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salwa Shaul⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | ⟦...⟧
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Salman Sheikh⟧ | ⟦Fingerprint⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦Munib Ali Shukr⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ | 
 |  |  |  |  |  | ⟦...⟧ | ⟦stamp⟧ |