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Auction 1 · Lot 310
Fort Synagogue Account Book.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(INDIAN JUDAICA).
Place
Bombay
Publication
1915-1927
Description
Lists of Expenditures and Contributions. 88pp., English, brown ink on paper.
summary
Detailed account of expenses including: “Coolies for removal of benches on Tisha’bab day…Washing Co. for washing Hazans white robe…Sweepers…Cocanut [sic] oil…” Among the officiants, most of whom sign for their salaries in Hebrew, one Gangaram Hamal leaves no more than a thumb-print.
The Fort Synagogue, also known as Kneseth Eliyahu, was founded in 1888 and was the central Congregation of those Indian Jews who originated from Baghdad.
Heavily wormed, loose in original cloth, worn, sm. folio
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