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IJA 3711

Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee Financial Records

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Description

This is a collection of receipts issued from Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports Ground paying for services such as water, electricity, electronic equipment, food, soda, taxis, and construction materials. Other documents include a spreadsheet of revenues and expenses for the stadium in 1955, and a royal decree to elect Rabbi Khedouri as Deputy Rabbi.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3711
Item Number
10166
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Baghdad Light and Power, Bills, Crown Crest, Electricity Bill, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, Financial, Frank Iny School, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Iraqi Government, Letterhead, Receipts, Revenue Stamps, Taxi, Thumbprint, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 101-125

Page 101

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 4 / 9 / 1955
000 Fils / 1 Dinar
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and nothing else
And that is for the fee of cleaning the cinema machine lens
D/89
Signature of the recipient Hussein Abbas

Page 102

THE BEST AND CHEAPEST SPORTS AND TAILORING HOUSE
Cash } Dr.
L. F. NO. British Sports Depot TELEPHONE No. 4376
BRITISH SPORTS DEPOT
LEADING TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS, SPORTS GOODS DEALERS, GENERAL
MERCHANTS, AND PHOTO GOODS DEALERS
SPECIALISTS IN EASTERN CURIOS
BRANCH HABBANIA BAGHDAD 3/4 195⟦...⟧
Note :- Accounts are paid at the end of each month otherwise 12% interest will be applied
NOTE:- Accounts are Strictly Monthly, otherwise interest @ 12% will be charged
DATE | Quantity. | PARTICULARS | RATE | AMOUNT I.D. | Fils.
| 1 | T. Net Treble |  | 4 | 000
D/91
⟦Revenue Stamp: 10 FILS⟧
3/4/53
E. & O. E.
Total 4 000
Manager

Page 103

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 2 / 9 / 1955
Fils | Dinar
475 | -
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only four hundred and seventy-five fils
And that is for 125 ⟦tickets⟧ 5 x 25 (Adults)
200 " 20 x 10 (Children)
150 ⟦advertisements⟧
475
Signature of the recipient
⟦Abdul Nazzal⟧
D/90

Page 104

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date: Thursday 25 / 8 / 55
Having used car No:
From: The Stadium going to Al-Battaween
To: (Nile Library)
Waiting:
Amount:
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Owaid

Page 105

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 4/8/55
Having used car No / Used car number:
From / From: The Stadium
To / To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting / Waiting: 150
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please charge it to the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦signature⟧
For the account of Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium

Page 106

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date: Thursday 4 / 8 / 55
Having used car No:
From: Al-Battaween to the Stadium
To: Until return
Waiting:
Amount: 150 One hundred and fifty
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Owaid

Page 107

Al-Battaween Cars ⟦illegible⟧
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077   Telephone 6077
Date Date: 22/8/55
Having used car No. Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting Waiting:
Amount Fare: 150
Please debit my account Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
For the account of Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 108

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Victory Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
<del>⟦Stadium District⟧</del>
Date: Saturday 2 / 8 / 55
Having used car No.:
From: The Stadium
To: ⟦Please proceed⟧
Waiting: (The Committee)
Amount: 150
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦Abdullah Aubed⟧

Page 109

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date: Sunday 21 / 7 / 955
Having used car No:
From: Al-Battaween to the Stadium
To: and vice versa
Waiting:
Amount:
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Abboud

Page 110

Cars ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧WEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date Date: Friday 29 / 7 / 955
Having used car No: Having used car No:
From From: Stadium goods
To To: with Yusuf Mufarrij
Waiting Waiting: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Amount Amount: 150
Please debit my account Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Obeidia

Page 111

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date: Tuesday 5 / 7 / 955
Having used car No:
From: The Stadium
To: (Jihad Al-Sunni)
Waiting:
Amount: 150
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Abboud ⟦...⟧

Page 112

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date / Date: Tuesday 24 / 8 / 955
Having used car No / Used car number:
From / From: Al-Battaween ⟦via⟧
To / To: To the stadium (for you)
Waiting / Waiting:
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please record it to the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦Abdul Razzaq Owaid⟧

Page 113

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
⟦Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim⟧
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 29/8/1955
Having used car No Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: Municipality Street
Waiting Waiting:
Amount Fare: 250
Please debit my account Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Account of Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
⟦illegible⟧

Page 114

1201
Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date: 13/8/55
Having used car No.:
From: Bustan Kubba to Battaween Street
To:
Waiting:
Amount: 250 Fils
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible signature⟧
For the account of Ezra Stadium
Menachem Daniel

Page 115

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date: 4 / 7 / 955
Used car No: 2229
From: The company, corner of Farid Aini
To: The Cellular School Kindergarten
Waiting: with half an hour
Amount: 500
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦signature⟧
Played on the ground of
Square ⟦illegible⟧

Page 116

Bataween Taxi Cars
Bataween Al-Nasr Square
Telephone 6077
VEEN
Square
7
Order List:
Baghdad:
To the Honorable: ⟦Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel⟧
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 |  | ⟦Car fees⟧
200 |  | 1 X 500
200 |  | 1 X 200
500 |  | 1 X 200
|  | 1 X 500
Iraq
10 Fils
7/92

Page 117

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
PATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 28/8/1955
Having used car No Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting Waiting:
Amount Fare: 150
Please debit my account Please debit it to the account:
Signature
Signature
For the account of Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
⟦illegible⟧

Page 118

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 5 / 9 / 1955
Fils | Dinar
200 | —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred fils and no more
And that is for the value of ⟦Jarkir⟧ for the months of July and August
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
D / 93

Page 119

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 6 / 9 / 1955
Fils: 500
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars and five hundred fils ⟦nothing else⟧
And that is for our work in the new ⟦Al-Sadda⟧ field for four
days
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
10 FILS
Muhammad Jabr
Abdul Hussein
Signature of the recipient
D/94
⟦Fingerprint⟧

Page 120

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 6 / 9 / 1955
Fils: 950
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only nine hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for participation in the basketball court for a period of 2 days
D | 95
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
Hamid ⟦...⟧

Page 121

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 16 / 9 / 1955
Fils | Dinar
250 | 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and two hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for my participation in the basketball court on day 4
D / 96
10 Fils
The Kingdom of Iraq
⟦Club President⟧

Page 122

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Date 9/6/1955
Fils ⟦line⟧ Dinars 20
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only twenty Dinars and no more
And that is for a payment for carpentry and painting works
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
Jaafar ⟦...⟧
D/97

Page 123

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 7 / 9 / 1955
Fils: 120
Dinar: -
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one hundred and twenty fils and no more
And that is for transportation fees and purchase of wire covers
D/98
100 transportation for films
20 black covers for electricity
120
Signature of the recipient
Abd ⟦...⟧

Page 124

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 9/8/1955
Fils: 600
Dinar: -/-
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only six hundred fils
And that is for the price of 200 bulbs
Planted before tennis courts
Purchased by
⟦J.P. Marri⟧
D/99
Signature of the recipient

Page 125

TECHNICAL AGRICULTURAL
SUPPLY CO.
Telephone 86744
Technical Agricultural Supply Company
Baghdad
Telephone 86744
No: 490
Baghdad on: 8 / 9 / 1955
Requested from: Azra Menil Stadium
Fils | Dinar | Item | Number | Gram | Kilo | Ton | Fils (Price) | Dinar (Price)
240 | - | Winter flower seeds | 8 | - | - | - | 30 | -
240 | - | Grass mix ten kilos only | - | - | - | - | - | -
D/100
Signature
⟦signature⟧