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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 526-550

Page 528

From the account
Ratl (Joint)
1 750 Coca 175
500 Milk (1) bottle
720 Leeks 26
042 Bread 87
600 Sherbet 4 bottles x 150 Ratl
481 Soda 74 bottles x 6.5 Ratl
2 305 Meat 426 x ⟦...⟧
127 Sugar 1 kg x 85 kg
255 Tea 300 x ⟦...⟧
6 280
Tick
17 759
400
17 359

Page 529

Eastern Industries Company Ltd.
(Coca-Cola Bottling Plant)
Telephone 6332
No. 2394
Date: 18 / 2 / 56
Dinar: 1
Fils: 680
I, the seller: Anwar Muhammad al-Karim
Received from: Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Amount: One Dinar and six hundred and eighty Fils
For the value of: Seven cases
Signature
⟦signature⟧
* This receipt is a temporary receipt for any payment on the current account
The customer is requested to demand from the seller a formal receipt signed by the company treasurer

Page 530

Eastern Industries Company Ltd.
(Coca-Cola Bottling Plant)
No. 3378
Date: 2/12/1956
Telephone 6332
Fils | Dinar
400 | 2
I, the seller: Anwar Abdul Karim
Received from: Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Amount: Two Dinars and four hundred Fils
For the value of: Ten cases of Coca-Cola drink
Signature
⟦illegible⟧
* This receipt is a temporary receipt for any payment on the current account
The customer is requested to demand an official receipt from the seller signed by the company's treasurer

Page 531

Eastern Industries Company Ltd.
(Coca-Cola Bottling Plant)
No. 2354
Date: 5 / 3 / 952
Telephone 6332
Dinar: 2
Fils: 160
I, the seller: Anwar Abdul Karim
Received from: Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
An amount of: Two Dinars and one hundred and sixty Fils
For the value of: Nine cases of Coca-Cola beverage
Signature
⟦illegible⟧
* This receipt is a temporary receipt for any payment on the current account
The customer is requested to demand from the seller an official receipt signed by the company's treasurer

Page 532

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 7/25/956
Fils: 680
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and six hundred and eighty fils and no more
And that is for the value of cases of Coca-Cola drink
Anwar Abdul Karim
Signature of the recipient

Page 533

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 20 / 7 / 1956
Fils: 800
Dinar: 1
I received from the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils and no more
And that is for the value of 20 bags of Harrawi gypsum
⟦line⟧
Signature of the Recipient

Page 534

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 4 / 4 / 1956
Fils: 250
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
I have received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
only two hundred and fifty fils and no more ⟦line⟧
and that is for the value of painting ice molds supplied from 12 / 3 / 56 to 4 / 4 / 56
In the name of the mold Yunis ⟦line⟧
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible⟧
Mr. Nouri

3966
Date ⟦line⟧ 195
I have received from the Coca-Cola factory the materials listed in detail and price below.
On current account.
Recipient's signature
Coca-Cola case (full) at a price of ⟦line⟧ value ⟦line⟧ Fils
Coca-Cola case (beverage) only at a price of ⟦line⟧ value ⟦line⟧ Fils
Case of empties with bottles at a price of ⟦line⟧ value ⟦line⟧ Fils
Refrigerator at a price of ⟦line⟧ value ⟦line⟧
To ⟦line⟧
By seller ⟦line⟧
To be credited to ________________
Total only ⟦line⟧
Fils Dinar
Current Account Sales Document
Coca-Cola Factory

Page 535

Fils Dinar
Received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
The amount written above, for the value of
five cases of Coca-Cola drink
The Seller
Anwar Abdul Nabi M
⟦illegible⟧
4/5/1956

Page 536

⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
the amount written above, according to the lists
⟦received⟧ of Coca-Cola drinks
The Seller
Anwar Abdul Karim
10/4/1952

Page 537

9
⟦Receipt⟧
Fils Dinar
920 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Stadium
Daniel the amount written above, and that
is for the value of eight cases of
Coca-Cola drink
The Seller
Anwar Abdul Karim
⟦illegible⟧
4/9/1953

Page 538

Coca-Cola Factory
Telephone No. 6332
No. 001302
Date: 16 / 4 / 1956
Received from: Menahem Daniel Stadium
The sum of: One Dinar and eight hundred and twenty Fils
For: The price of eight cases of Coca-Cola
Fils | Dinar
820 | 1
A. W.
Recipient
Abdul Razzaq Al-Saadi

Page 539

Coca-Cola Factory
Telephone No. 6332
No. 001308
Date: 22 / 4 / 1956
Received from: Ezra Menahem Daniel Playground
The sum of: One Dinar and four hundred and forty Fils only
For: Six cases of Coca-Cola beverage
Fils | Dinar
440 | 1
Anwar Abdul Karim
Recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 540

Number 001318
Coca-Cola Factory
Telephone No. 6332
Date: 27 / 4 / 1956
Received from: Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
The sum of: Two Dinars and four hundred Fils
For: Ten cases
Fils | Dinar
400 | 2
Anwar Abdul Karim
Recipient

Page 541

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 1 / 5 / 1956
Fils: 750
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
I received from the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only seven hundred and fifty fils and no more
That is for the value of seven and a half blocks of ice for the stadium
The one
Hussein Khudair
Signature of the Recipient
Sayyid Nouri

Page 542

16651
27901
⟦line⟧
44552
Cash (by hand of ⟦illegible⟧)
Purchases
15000
29552
⟦line⟧
44552
Stadium debt
The swimming pool
Inventory of assets
5740
29552 Sales
⟦line⟧
35292
27901 Purchases
⟦line⟧
7391 Profit
Stadium profit 7391
Debt " 15000
⟦line⟧
22391
Assets 5740
⟦line⟧
The youth 16651
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 543

⟦illegible⟧
Date
Statement
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2/2
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2/7
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2/11
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2/13
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2/19
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2/29
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3/4
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3/12
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3/16
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3/25
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4/10
10

⟦illegible⟧
| 2 | 050 | 18 | 180 |  | 24 | 068 |  |  |  | 70 | 980 |  | 120 | 8
| 1 | 025 | 18 | 180 |  | 25 | 050 |  | 9 | 144 | 107 | 1497 |  | 1897 |
| 4 | 100 | 71 | 710 |  | 71 | 060 |  | 7 | 487 | 8 | 2492 |  | 2048 |
|  |  | 19 | 190 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 016 | 177 | 2478 |  | 2847 |
| 3 | 075 | 11 | 110 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 64 | 868 |  | 1052 |
| 1 | 025 | 14 | 140 |  |  |  |  |  | 207 | 2898 |  | 2062 |
| 4 | 100 | 50 | 500 |  |  |  |  | 224 | 3136 |  | 2828 |
| 2 | 050 | 37 | 750 |  |  |  |  | 1 | 016 | 244 | 2416 |  | 2852 |
|  |  | 7 | 070 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 170 | 1820 |  | 1890 |
| 4 | 100 | 18 | 180 |  | 2 | 040 |  | 4 | 064 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 4584 |
| 3 | 075 | 24 | 240 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 152 | 2128 |  | 2442 |
| 24 | 600 | 27 | 2470 |  | 90 | 880 | 2 | 20 | 730 | 18 | 2887 | 151 | 25914 |  | 29552 |

Page 544

⟦blank ledger page with printed grid lines⟧

Page 545

Date 28/2/56
6 Dinars
Baghdad The amount mentioned above
Sixty-two fils only
⟦...⟧ at the stadium
Iraq
15
Fils
Signature of the recipient
Saleh Munshi

Page 546

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 2 / 2 / 1957
Fils: 600
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars and six hundred fils ⟦nothing else⟧
And that is for the value of sports equipment as follows
1.750 | Chest expander
850 | Dumbbells
2/600 |
⟦Revenue stamp with portrait of King Faisal II⟧
D/341
Signature of the recipient
Baghdad Sport Depot.

Page 547

Paper
Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
Leather
Subscription Serial Number ⟦line⟧
Subscriber Name ⟦line⟧ Meter Number ⟦line⟧
Property Number ⟦line⟧ Meter Type ⟦line⟧
District ⟦line⟧ Meter Size ⟦line⟧
Date / / 195 Register Number ⟦line⟧ Page Number ⟦line⟧
Amount | Prices and Fees | Quantities Cubic Meters | Meter Reading
D | F |  |  |
|  |  | Subsequent on / / 195
|  |  | Previous on / / 195
|  |  | Consumed Quantity
| ( ) meters at a price of ( 12 ) fils |  |
| ( ) meters at a price of ( 10 ) fils |  |
| ( ) meters at a minimum price of (180) fils |  |
| ( ) fils monthly meter fee |  |
| Total |  |
D/342
⟦blue stamp: Paid ... 1957⟧
On behalf of the Water Supply Committee for the Baghdad Area
⟦signature⟧
Notice: This bill must be paid within one month from the date of its issuance.
Form L. A. M. (39)

Page 548

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
PATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 12/1/1956
Having used car No Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: ⟦The Bank, Kurd Al-Pasha⟧
Waiting Waiting:
Amount Fare: 150
Please debit my account Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦J.A. Man...⟧ ⟦On request⟧

Page 549

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 13/1/56
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 Stadium account
⟦signature⟧

Page 550

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 15/1/1956
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 record it to the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible⟧
Stadium Club