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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 601-625

Page 601

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 15 / 7 / 1956
Fils: 800
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: Two Dinars and eight hundred Fils and no more
For: My work for a period of seven days from 9/7 to 15/7/1956
In concrete work - the floor
D/368
Signature of the recipient
⟦Abdullah⟧

Page 602

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 15 / 2 / 1956
Fils: 800
Dinar: 2
Received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount:
Only: ⟦Two Dinars and eight hundred Fils only⟧
For: ⟦My work for a period of seven days from 9 / 2 until 15 / 2 / 56⟧
⟦Structural concrete works⟧
D/369
⟦Iraq⟧
⟦10⟧
⟦Fils⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Jamil Khalaf⟧

Page 603

Aboud Mustafa Store
For selling Iraqi cement
Ghazi Street - Near Al-Wasi Square
Date: 17 / 2 / 1956
Telephone: (87696)
Fils: 600
Dinar: 1
Received from Mr.: Aboud Nazzal
Amount: One dinar and six hundred fils only
For the value of: White cement, one bag
10 Fils
Iraq
Aboud
17
Receiver
D1370

Page 604

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 1956/2/20
Fils | Dinar
750 | —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only seven hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for the purchase price of a basket and sewing ⟦the grass⟧ with ⟦repairs⟧
(250) fils.
Signature of the recipient
⟦Abdul Razzaq⟧
D/371

Page 605

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 20 / 7 / 1956
Fils | Dinar
720 | 1
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and seven hundred and twenty fils and no more
And that is for the following: 4 bags of gypsum at 430 = 1720
Cash
10 fils
Signature of the recipient
Abdul Razzaq
D/372

Page 606

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 2/22/1956
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two Dinars and no more
And that is for my work for a period of six days from 2/17 to 2/22 in
Concrete one day ⟦puncture⟧ and rotation ⟦hat⟧ ⟦three⟧ days ⟦puncture⟧ and the daily wage is 250 f
Signature of the recipient
Mujbil Khalaf
Kingdom of Iraq
10
Fils
D/373

Page 607

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 2 / 1956
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 work for his school for the days from 17 / 2 to 22 / 2 / 56
Concrete and excavation
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦fingerprint⟧
D/374
Hussein Jabr

Page 608

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 22 / 7 / 1957
Fils | Dinar
500 | —
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five hundred fils and no more
And that is for the wages of repairing the electricity of the basketball court and the office
⟦signature⟧
Signature of the recipient
Abdul Razzaq
D/375

Page 609

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
D/376
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only five hundred fils and no more
And that is for the price of the following
Only iron scraps and the door
With the difference of the Kadouri fund
Value of a gallon of battery [acid] for the lawnmower
200
196
104
500
Signature of the recipient
Abdul Razzaq

Page 610

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 7 / 1956
Fils: 000
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two Dinars and no more
And that is for my work for a period of six days from 17 / 7 to 22 / 7 / 56
The memory - one day cleaning and the remaining hours three days ⟦...⟧ and the preparation two days ⟦...⟧
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
⟦Abdullah⟧
D / 378

Page 611

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 1956/4/21
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 15
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only fifteen dinars and nothing more
And that is for my salary for the month of March 1956
10 Fils
Abid Nazzal
Abid
Signature of the recipient
D/ 378

Page 612

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 1956/7/29
Fils: 200
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars and two hundred fils and no more
And that is for my work for a period of seven days from 7/22 to 7/29 year 1956 in planting grass and tamping
the field and one day in the ⟦tango⟧ current
10 fils
Hussein Abd ⟦Allah⟧
D 1379

Page 613

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 29 / 2 / 1956
Fils: 200
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars and two hundred fils and no more
And that is for my work for a period of seven days from 22 / 2 to 28 / 2 year 956 in planting grass and watering
the fields and one day in the concrete work
Iraq
10 Fils
Revenue
Majid Alwan
D / 380

Page 614

Dinar / Fils
Details
Dinar | Fils | Details
| 940 | ⟦Counting⟧ water
| 150 | Ice
| 250 | Chain pulling machine
| 218 | 2 Gallons of kerosene
| 200 | Welding the chain and ⟦the tank⟧
| 100 | Cart
1/858
Only one dinar and eight hundred and fifty-
eight fils and no more
Aboud Nazzal
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Revenue
D/382

Page 615

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 21 / 2 / 1956
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 20
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twenty dinars and no more
And that is for the salary of the month of March 1956
Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
Anwar Murad
D/382
57

Page 616

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 1956/3/31
Fils: 750
Dinar: 7
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only seven and seven hundred and fifty ⟦fils⟧ and no more
And that is for my salary for the month of March 1956 and that is ⟦for my receipt⟧
In the bar
Iraq
10 Fils
5/383
Khattab Hamid

Page 617

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 6 / 2 / 1956
Fils: 900
Dinar:
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only nine hundred fils and nothing more
And that is for the operation of a bulldozer for three days from 22 / 1 / 56 to 26 / 1 / 56 for planting grass
D/384
Signature of the recipient
⟦Jabr⟧

Page 618

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom).
⟦5/384⟧
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who considers their deposited security to be excessive after having an uninterrupted supply in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Ezra Menachem Daniel Playground Committee
House Sequence - 134 -
Sa'adoon Park
F. IO 549462
44561
16 11 520
Account No. | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fixed Charge | Fils | Dinar
20 | 16 8 ⟦55⟧ | 4946
Sequence | Numbered
To 18 | 62 | 8681
From 219 | 56 | 8534
Units Supplied | 147
At 18 Fils | 646 | 2
At 12 Fils
At 10 Fils
Miscellaneous Charges - See Aside
Total | 646 | 2
Miscellaneous Charges
1- Arrears
2- Special Reading Fee
3- Cost of Damage to Meter
4- Carried Forward from your Account
2610
J ⟦...⟧
000291
31 MAR 56
This bill is not considered paid unless stamped above by the Cashier
PAID
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Page 619

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 21/2/56
Fils: 500
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for my salary for the ball court for the month of March
Kingdom of Iraq
20 Fils
⟦illegible circular purple stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
Yahya Mandi
D/386

Page 620

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21/2/56
Fils: 500
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for my wages for working on the tennis courts for the month of March
Iraq
10 Fils
D/387
Raiq ⟦Attar⟧

Page 621

⟦Company⟧ Tawfiq and Wadih Al-Hariri
T. & W. M. AL-HARERY
343 / 1 Al Rashid St - Baghdad 343 / 1 AL RASHID ST - BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 84499 TEL NO. 84499
Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
On account 250 -
Value of 1/2 galvanized wire
Amount received 10
21 / 2 / 56
⟦signature⟧
D / 388

Page 622

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21 / 1 / 1956
Fils: 250
Dinar:
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: Two hundred and fifty fils and no more
For: Taxi fares from the Guard Coach to the school
D/389
⟦signature⟧
Signature of the recipient
Mr. Behnam Basilos

Page 623

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 22 / 7 / 1956
Fils: 650
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and six hundred and fifty fils
And that is for the value of a wooden plane for engraving and other things
Purchased by ⟦J. P. Daniel⟧
D/390
For the furniture account
Signature of the recipient

Page 624

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦1256⟧
Date 22 / 4 / 1956
Fils Dinar
280 -/
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only two hundred and eighty fils
And that is for carpentry: -/060 in the name of Abu ⟦Nouri⟧ and 2
Blacksmithing -/200 painting ⟦Waqi⟧
General -/020 welding for the garden
-/280
Effected by ⟦signature⟧
Signature of the Recipient
▽ / 391

Page 625

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 1956/2/22
200 Fils / - Dinars
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: two hundred fils
For: daily wages for his work washing and painting ⟦illegible⟧ in the stadium
⟦signature⟧
Signature of the recipient
P/392