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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 251-275

Page 251

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 3/11/1955
Having used car No Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting Waiting:
Amount Fare:
Please debit my account Please debit my account:
Signature Signature
Stadium Account
⟦illegible⟧

Page 252

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 15/10/55
Having used car No Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting Waiting: ⟦illegible⟧
Amount Fare: 150
Please debit my account Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Stadium Account
⟦signature⟧

Page 253

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 25/10/55
Having used car No / Used car number:
From / From: The Stadium
To / To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting / Waiting:
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible signature⟧
As requested

Page 254

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by ⟦Mujbil⟧ Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
PATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077   Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 14/10/⟦56⟧
Having used car No / Used car number:
From / From: The Stadium
To / To: Al-Nahr Street
Waiting / Waiting:
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please record it on the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible⟧   For the Stadium account

Page 255

AL-BATTAWEEN
TAXI CARS
Battaween Victory Square
TELEPHONE 6077
Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
Battaween Victory Square
Telephone 6077
Order List
Baghdad: ⟦1/11⟧
To the Honorable: ⟦Mr. Ezra Menasha⟧
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Car Number | Date
⟦-⟧ | ⟦250⟧ | ⟦4 X⟧ |  |
⟦-⟧ | ⟦250⟧ | ⟦1 X⟧ |  |
⟦Ibrahim⟧
⟦signature⟧
199

Page 256

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 2 / 11 / 1955
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and five hundred fils
And that is for a subscription for a period of five days from 29 / 10 / 1955
From 1 / 11 to 2 / 11 for leveling the volleyball court and leveling ⟦...⟧
10 fils
Signature of the recipient
Muhammad Jabr
( 200 / D )

Page 257

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 2 / 11 / 1955
Fils | Dinar
800 | 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils only
And that is for my work for a period of six days from 29 / 10 to 2 / 11 in the management of
⟦the toilet areas⟧ and unloading into the ⟦dirt⟧ pit
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
Jamil Khalaf
D 201

Page 258

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 2 / 11 / 1955
Fils | Dinar
800 | 1
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils and nothing else
And that is for working for a period of six days from 28 / 10 to 2 / 11
In maintaining the tennis courts as well as moving soil
10 Fils
POSTAGE & REVENUE
IRAQ
Signature of the recipient
Abdullah
D 202

Page 259

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 8 / 11 / 1955
D 203
Fils | Dinar
200 | 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and two hundred fils
And that is for ⟦wages⟧ of their work in the roof syrup of the building and repairs
For a period of days
2
⟦thumbprint⟧
Mohammed
Signature of the recipient

Page 260

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 8 / 11 / 1955
D 204
Fils | Dinar
200 | 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and two hundred fils
And that is for their work, one day each, in cleaning ⟦the edges of the building⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧
⟦fingerprint⟧
Khudair Khalil
Qasim Muhammad
Signature of the recipient

Page 261

D/205
Artistic Furniture Factory
Owner: Artin Krikor
Bab Al-Sheikh - Al-Ghazali Street
Telephone ( Factory 84390
Management 83954
Date: 9 / 11 / 1955
To Mr.: ⟦Abd Al-Nazzal⟧
Respectfully:
Fils | Dinar | Minute | Hour | Hourly Rate
400 | 2 | Amount Received |  | Quantity 8 bags of fine sawdust
|  |  |  | at a price of 300 fils each
9-11-55
⟦illegible⟧

Page 262

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 10 / 11 / 1955
D *207*
Fils | Dinar
800 | 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils and no more
And that is for my work in establishing tennis courts and swimming pools
and transporting soil etc... of works
Signature of the recipient
Hamid Makki
⟦illegible⟧
10

Page 263

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 11 / 10 / 1955
D 208
Fils: 800
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils and no more
And that is for our expenses on the grounds of the club ⟦courts⟧
And the pier and transporting soil etc... in the works of
10 Fils
Hamza Abdullah

Page 264

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 11 / 17 / 1955
Fils: 600
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only six hundred fils and no more
And that is for working in concrete pouring
For a period of one day
D 1209
Signature of the recipient
⟦Mohsen Habib⟧

Page 265

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 17
Fils: 800
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils and no more
And that is for the rental of soil transport in the
Buses for a period of days
6
⟦illegible⟧
Iraq
10
Fils
D/210
⟦illegible⟧

Page 266

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 11/17/55
Fils: 800
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils and no more
And that is for my entitlement in transporting soil in the porch and the ground of
the courts for a period of one day
10 fils
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Abdullah
5/211

Page 267

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 17 / 11 / 55
Fils: 200
Dinar: 5
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five dinars and two hundred fils and no more
And that is for the value of one lorry of ⟦gravel⟧
D/212
Iraq 10 Fils
10 FILS
Signature of the recipient
Qasim Kadhim

Page 268

Studio Nerso
PHOTO
NERSO
Opposite Al-Ourfali Mosque Opp. Mosque Ourfaly
Baghdad - Iraq BAGHDAD - IRAQ
Telephone 88424 Tel. 88424
Date: 19/11 195 2
Name:
Size: SS P.C
No. | I.D. | FILS
| 3 | 300
| 3 | 300
D/213 ⟦illegible⟧
Note: The photographic negative is not given to the owner
⟦illegible⟧

Page 269

Receipt Form
No. 289
Telephone: 84941
Baghdad Factory for the Production of Technical Gypsum
Owned by Kamil Muhyi al-Din and Talib Mustafa
Baghdad - King Ghazi Street - Al-Wasi Square
5/214
Fils:
Dinar:
Received from Mr.: Respectfully
Only: and no other
For:
Date: ⟦line⟧ / ⟦line⟧ / 195
Cashier
⟦illegible⟧

Page 270

Artistic Furniture Factory
Owned by Artin Krikor
Bab Al-Sheikh - Al-Ghazali Street
Date: 5 / 11 / 1955
Factory Phone: 84390
Management Phone: 83954
To: Abdul Razzaq
Respected:
Hourly Rate | Hour | Minute | Dinar | Fils
800 Wood |  |  |  |
120 Carpenter's wage |  |  |  |
100 Porterage |  |  |  |
270 Fabric | 7 |  | 2 | 500
Received in cash
⟦signature⟧

Page 271

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 24 / 11 / 1955
Fils: 200
Dinar: 5
Kingdom of Iraq
40 Fils
Radhi Kadhim Signature of the Receiver
⟦Fingerprint⟧
D/216

Page 272

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 24 / 11 / 55
Dinar Fils
6 / 200
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only six dinars and two hundred fils
And that is for the work of each of seven days for pouring concrete on the floor
Ground floor opposite the women's bathrooms
Majid Khalaf Hassan bin Abdullah
Signature of the recipient
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D/217

Page 273

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 24 / 11 / 55
Fils: 900
Dinar: =
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only nine hundred fils
And that is for the wages of transporting bricks for the right layer opposite the field courts
Mujbil Khalaf Mohsen Jabr
Hussein Abdullah
Signature of the recipient
D/218

Page 274

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 24 / 11 / 1955
Fils: 200
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and two hundred fils
And that is for the value of a wooden board for cement molds
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D/219
Signature of the recipient