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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 726-750

Page 726

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077   Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 6/5/1956
Having used car No. / Used car number:
From / From: The Stadium
To / To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting / Waiting:
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please record it on the account:
Signature
Signatnre
⟦signature⟧
As requested

Page 727

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 10/4/56
Having used car No / Used car number:
From / From: Management
To / To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting / Waiting:
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please charge it to the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible⟧
Youth of Jerusalem

Page 728

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
PATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date: Tuesday 24 / 4 / 1956
Having used car No:
From: The Stadium to the house
To:
Waiting:
Amount:
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Abboud

Page 729

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
PATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
Date: Tuesday 24 / 4 / 1956
Having used car No:
From: Al-Battaween
To: The Stadium (The Wing)
Waiting:
Amount:
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Oraibi

Page 730

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date / Date: 30/4/1956
Having used car No. / Used car number:
From / From: The Stadium
To / To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting / Waiting:
Amount / Fare:
Please debit my account / Please record it on the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible signature⟧
For the Stadium account

Page 731

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077      Telephone 6077
Date / التاريخ: 10/1/1956
Having used car No. / استعملت السيارة رقم:
From / من: The Stadium
To / الى: Al-Rashid Street
Waiting / انتظار:
Amount / الاجرة: 200
Please debit my account / أرجو قيدها على الحساب:
Signature
Signatnre
⟦illegible signature⟧
At the Stadium gate

Page 732

Battaween Taxi Cars
Victory Square Telephone 6077
BATTAWEEN TAXI CARS.
Victory Square TEL 6077
Baghdad:
Dear Sir:
Respected:
Fils | Dinar
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 733

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 31 / 5 / 1956
Fils | Dinar
500 | 7
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only seven dinars and five hundred fils and no more
And that is for the salary of the month of May 1956 for cleaning and maintaining
The Bar
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Aboud
D/488

Page 734

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 20 / 5 / 1956
Fils: 000
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and no more
And that is for the value of a Saloum Belki record for use in the 1956 party
D/484
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 735

<del>Tawfiq and Wadih Al-Hariri Company</del>
T. & W. M. AL-HARERY
343 / 1 AL RASHID ST - BAGHDAD 343 / 1 Al Rashid Street - Baghdad
TEL. NO. 84499, Telephone Number 84499
Frank Iny School for Girls
From the sons of
shield
Value of one shield with inscriptions 2.000
Value of ordinary wire with inscriptions 190
⟦line⟧
2.190
Amount received for shield
⟦signature⟧
8/6/55
Purchased for use in the party
Approval for disbursement
⟦signature⟧
10/6/1955
485
D
⟦illegible⟧ 1956

Page 736

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 1956/6/7
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 for the stadium's maintenance from 6/2 to 6/7
In maintaining the ⟦courts⟧ of the import and the latrine
10 fils
Signature
Muhammad
486

Page 737

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 7/6/1956
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
For: My work for Al-Ma'am School from 4/6 to 7/6
In: Maintenance of the tennis court and the garden
10 Fils
10 FILS
Hassan Abdullah
D/487

Page 738

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 7 / 6 / 1956
Fils: 129
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and one hundred and twenty-nine fils and no more
And that is for as follows
Places number 20 x 10 = 200
5 x 25 = 125
Remaining ⟦...⟧ = 204
⟦...⟧ the machine ⟦...⟧ = 500
Car inspection = 100
Threads ⟦...⟧
129
1
10 fils
Iraq
Abd ⟦...⟧
D 488

Page 739

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 14 / 6 / 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 the wages of my workers for a day in the fields
and the bleachers
Iraq
10 Fils
Revenue
D/490
⟦illegible⟧

Page 740

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 12 / 6 / 1956
Fils: 600
Dinar:
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only six hundred fils and nothing else
And that is for the wages of watering the stadium at night
D/489
Sayyid Muhammad
Signature of the recipient
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Page 741

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 14 / 6 / 1956
Dinar | Fils
1 | 800
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 labor wages for a day in the fields
⟦and the grass⟧
8 / 491
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Abdullah

Page 742

WORK SHOP
Aboud Jabbar Al-Ali Shop
A. G. Al-Ali
Repair of all machinery and agricultural tools
For Trading All Machine
and other tools and electric welding
Baghdad AT 195
Sheikh Omar Street - Armenian Camp
Tel. ( )
Baghdad on 18 - 6 - 1956 Telephone
Respected Mr. ⟦Abd Nazzal⟧
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 | 1 | Rental fee for a ⟦Katu'a⟧
|  | Labor fee
|  | Total one Dinar and five hundred Fils only
D/492
18 / 6 / 1956
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties
Signature
⟦signature⟧

Page 743

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 22 / 6 / 1952
Fils Dinar
702 -
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only seven hundred and two fils and no more
And that is for repairs ⟦...⟧
220 Labor
202 Painting
80 Seed cost
100 Electricity
100 Body ⟦...⟧
702
D 493
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 744

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 1956/6/20
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 15
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only ⟦fifteen dinars and no more⟧
And that is for ⟦my salary for the month of June 1956⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧
8/494

Page 745

⟦Stadium⟧ Ezra Menachem Daniel
Baghdad
D/495
Date 10 / 6 / 1956
Fils: -
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: Two Dinars
And that is for: Value of various sundries
For the expenses account
Signature of the recipient
Purchased by I. R. Masri

Page 746

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 18 / 6 / 1956
Fils: 150
Dinar: - /
Received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: One hundred and fifty fils
For: the value of ⟦dozen⟧ sodas "2"
D/496
Expense Account
Purchased by
J.R. Masri
Signature of the recipient

Page 747

No 3031
African & Eastern (Near East) Ltd. - Baghdad
African & Eastern (Near East) Ltd. Baghdad
(Wholesale Depot)
Baghdad 21.6.1956
Ezra Menahem Daniel Playground - Baghdad
RECEIVED From Messrs Ezra M. Danial Sport ground
Iraq Dinars Thirty only
cheque No 415645 B.B.M.E. Bd
in payment of Invoice No 5727 for fan
I.D. 30/=
African & Eastern (Near East) Ltd.
Baghdad
African & Eastern (Near East) Ltd.
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D/497
FOR AFRICAN & EASTERN (NEAR EAST) LIMITED
⟦signature⟧
CASHIER
(W.A.)

Page 748

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 6 / 1956
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 working for a period of six days from 16 / 6 to 21 / 6 / 956
In the management of the tennis courts and the garden
Iraq
10 Fils
Majeed Munshi
D/498

Page 749

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 6 / 1957
Fils: 800
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils ⟦nothing else⟧
And that is for my work for a period of six days from 16 / 6 until 21 / 6
In maintaining the tennis and basketball courts and the garden
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Ni'matullah
499

Page 750

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 6 / 1957
Fils: 800
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and eight hundred fils ⟦nothing else⟧
And that is for my work for a period of six days from 16 / 6 until 21 / 6
In maintaining the tennis courts and the garden
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
10 FILS
Abdullah
⟦/⟧ 499