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IJA 3779

Receipts, Invoices, and Promissory Notes, Frank Iny School

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These are documents from the Frank Iny School in Baghdad including receipts, invoices, and promissory notes for local vendors including booksellers, office and building suppliers, hardware, painters, maintenance, newspapers and magazines, utilities and phone bills, and the Iraq Insurance Office and Guardian Assurance Company for fire insurance.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3779
Item Number
7006
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Baghdad Light and Power, Bills, Electricity Bill, Financial, Form, Fragment, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Illustration, Ink Stamp, Insurance, Invoice, Iraqi Government, Letterhead, Ministry of Education, Office of Telephone Administration, Pharmacy, Printed Text, Promissory Bills, Receipt, Revenue Stamp, Schools, Shamash Secondary School, Thumbprint, Typed

AI English Translation, Pages 101-125

Archival unit 101

Volume Number 182174
Accounting 37
Receipts for Dirhams Collected for the Government
Serial Number: 36
Fils/Dinar: 22/800
Department Name: Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Received from: Frank Iny Private School
Amount: Twenty-two dinars and eight hundred fils
On account of: Prices of school books
Date: 20 / 1 / 1959
Job Title: Al-Bannawi Accountant
Signature of the Receiver
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 102

|  |  | 24 | 2 | 400
 | 100 |  | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
 |  |  | Muhammad |  |
 |  |  | 2500 |  |
Errors and omissions are to be corrected by both parties

Archival unit 103

37/28/.
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Subject / Letter
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Dear ⟦illegible⟧ Respectable
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Archival unit 104

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
P.O. Box 10038
This ⟦illegible⟧
Number
From 110 ⟦illegible⟧
Sunday | 1
Monday | 2
Tuesday | 3
Wednesday | 4
Thursday | 5
18
19
20
21
⟦illegible⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 106

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
⟦line⟧
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
⟦line⟧
Subject:
Number:
Date:
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Archival unit 107

Hasso Brothers Limited. Baghdad
Family Store for Wholesale
HASSO BROTHERS LTD.,
Iraq's Shopping Centre 35
Baghdad Tel 83001
With Limited Liab⟦illegible⟧
With Limited Liability
1.12.58
1 Account book 1 250
250
1 250
2 200
⟦illegible⟧ 19/12/19
Baghdad

Archival unit 108

228547
Book Number
Receipts for Dirhams Collected for the Government
⟦illegible⟧
Department Name ⟦illegible⟧
Serial Number: 79
Fils/Dinar: 500/08
Received from: ⟦illegible⟧
Amount: ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧
On account of: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 19/1/⟦illegible⟧
Signature of Receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ CO

Archival unit 109

222
Fils | Dinar
815 | 10 | Electricity bill
875 | 14 | Book purchase list
800 | 1 | Number sign
420 |  | 2 large stick brooms
020 |  | 12 small soft brooms
200 |  | 4 sacks for mopping and cleaning
220 |  | 3 postage stamps for letters
180 |  | 2 bridles for the classes
120 |  | Paste rings for the bridle
940 | 2 | 2 blocks of kerosene
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> |  | Worker for digging the external water channel for the school
160 |  | Car fares three times
256 | 6 | Administration account for tea with coffee
By the hand of Mr. Ishaq

Archival unit 110

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Archival unit 111

Administration account from 28/12 to 15/1
1958 1959
Tea | Coffee
72 | 68
Masi | Masi
576 | 610
W. H. & CO
A. B. F.
⟦line⟧
610
576
⟦line⟧
1186 Total
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 112

Laborer's work
for digging the water cistern wall outside the school
Name: Abd al-Hassan
Fils: 200
Abd al-Hassan
15/10/59

Archival unit 113

Date | From 11/1 | Tin | Tank
Only
Number
11 |  | Sunday | 6
12 |  | Monday | ⟦illegible⟧
13 |  | Tuesday | 4
14 |  | Wednesday | 5
15 |  | Thursday | 4
1959
⟦line⟧
Name
21
⟦line⟧
Gave
Fils Dinar
940 2
⟦fingerprint⟧

Archival unit 114

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Archival unit 115

Received from the school
the sum of 8 Dinars
and eight hundred Fils for the value of
sawdust for three sacks
Al-Najat Factory
Fils | Dinar
800 | 8 | Hirz Juma'a
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Hirz Juma'a
11 / 1 / 959

Archival unit 116

Al-Liwaa Press
Owned by
Abdul Majeed Al-Dabbas
Telephone: 6651
Number 095
Fils: 875
Dinar: 4
Received from: Frank Iny School
The above mentioned amount: Four dinars and eight hundred and seventy-five fils
For: Purchase of 12 English books for the second grade
Date: 14 / 1 / 1959
Signature
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 117

FINAL
NOTICE
Baghdad Electricity Services Warning
FINAL BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
10810
School ⟦...⟧ Fardak Aini
⟦...⟧ near Al-Alwiyah
MAIN
280 hours in 12
M. IO M 441238/36053
44255 4002640
Account Number | Date
640 02 40 |
Bill Period | Amount
The final amount shown in the field below is the total of our due claims.
To From Fils Dinar
1221 1111 58 10815
10815
We draw your attention to our outstanding bills, requesting payment within (48)
hours from the date of this warning, otherwise the current will be subject to disconnection - and it will not be restored in
case of disconnection except after fulfilling all claims and paying a fee of (380) fils
for disconnection and connection expenses according to Article Seven of the Consumers Agreement.
On behalf of Baghdad Electricity Services
⟦signature⟧
Chief Accountant

Archival unit 118

Baghdad 14 - 1 - 1959
№ 011429
Commercial Register No. 58/207
THE IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE LTD. W.L.L.
TEL. 7807 (INCORPORATED IN IRAQ)
96-9 MUSTANSIR ST.
Received from: The Principal of Frank Iny School
the sum of Iraq Dinars: four & fils 500/1000 only
against: Renewal of Fire Policy No. 80/10191
as per: Cash
I. D. 4/500
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
THE IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE LTD. W.L.L.
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 119

FORM 5.
This premium is accepted and the Policy
renewed subject to the replacement of
printed Condition 6 of the Policy by the
wording (Form 9) attached. This slip and
the endorsement are to be attached to the
Policy and are to be taken as forming part
thereof.
PRINTED IN ENGLAND
⟦illegible⟧ OFFICE ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 120

⟦illegible⟧ BAGHDAD ⟦illegible⟧
ENDORSEMENT TO GIVE EFFECT TO REVISED UNIFORM POLICY CONDITION 6.
FORM 9.
ENDORSEMENT No.: 4310
ATTACHING TO AND FORMING PART of Policy No.: 8070191
of the: GUARDIAN ASSURANCE CO. LTD.,
in the name of: THE PRINCIPAL OF FRANK INY SCHOOL, BAGHDAD.
It is hereby agreed and declared that printed Condition No. 6 of this Policy is replaced by the following:—
6. This insurance does not cover any loss or damage occasioned by or through or in consequence, directly or indirectly, of any of the following occurrences, namely:—
(a) Earthquake, volcanic eruption or other convulsion of nature.
(b) Typhoon, hurricane, tornado, cyclone or other atmospheric disturbance.
(c) War, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war.
(d) Mutiny, riot, military or popular rising, insurrection, rebellion, revolution, military or usurped power, martial law or state of siege or any of the events or causes which determine the proclamation or maintenance of martial law or state of siege.
Any loss or damage happening during the existence of abnormal conditions (whether physical or otherwise) which are occasioned by or through or in consequence, directly or indirectly of any of the said occurrences shall be deemed to be loss or damage which is not covered by this insurance, except to the extent that the Insured shall prove that such loss or damage happened independently of the existence of such abnormal conditions.
In any action, suit or other proceeding where the Company alleges that by reason of the provisions of this condition any loss or damage is not covered by this insurance, the burden of proving that such loss or damage is covered shall be upon the Insured.
PRINTED IN ENGLAND

Archival unit 121

FOREIGN FIRE.
IRAQ Agency.
Guardian Assurance Company Limited.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.)
Head Office: 68, King William Street, London, E.C. 4.
⟦illegible⟧ OFFICE ⟦illegible⟧
28. 6035
Received the: 14th
day of: January,
19: 59
of M: The Principal of Frank Iny School, Baghdad
the sum of: ID.5/-
being for: twelve
Months' Premium on: Contents of Frank Iny School,
New Alwiyah: insured in this Company by Policy No. 8070191
which is hereby renewed from: 12th January, 1959 to 12th January, 1960.
IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE
WITH LIMITED LIABILITY
Managing Director
⟦signature⟧
F. 21. 3/56. W. & S. LTD.

Archival unit 122

Tel. (83768) Raffi Telephone (83768)
RAFFI
PROVISION STORE
CREDIT SALE No 001391
⟦illegible stamp⟧
M: ⟦illegible⟧
Messrs:
Baghdad: Baghdad
Qty. | Description | Price | Amount I.D. Fils
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⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible blue handwriting⟧ |  | 
 | ⟦illegible blue handwriting⟧ |  | 
 | ⟦illegible blue handwriting⟧ |  | 
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Archival unit 123

Republic of Iraq
100 Fils
JAN 19 1959
Iraq Insurance Office
Guardian Assurance Company (Limited Liability)
Its capital is ⟦...⟧ Pounds Sterling paid up
Its agent in Iraq
Iraq Insurance Office Company (Limited ⟦...⟧
Its capital is 4030 Dinars
Commercial Register Number 58/608
Commercial Register Number 58/107
IRAQ INSURANCE OFFICE
WITH LIMITED LIABILITY
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 124

|  | 21
List of books from ⟦illegible⟧ |  | /
 | 12 | 220
List from Saleh Ruwaitha | 10 | 400
Aboud's accounts | 00 | 100
Transporting the foreman with three workers | 2 | 800
Purchase list for tiles with gypsum | 2 | 400
Kerosene 2 cans | 2 | 940
Car fare three times | - | 150
A packet with matches for the gallbladder |  | 166
A packet of Tide for moving waste |  | 070
 | 22 | 526

Archival unit 125

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 8 / 1 / 1959
To: The Respected Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Details
700 |  | Six sets of (Domino) games
700 |  | One box of (Al-Zawq) erasers
1400 | 1 | Only one dinar and four hundred fils and no more
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
1/8
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties