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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 English Translation, Pages 51-75

Archival unit 51

Expense Account
Sundries : |
6 rectangular glass pieces for the balconies x 140 fils | 840
Two bottles of glass putty | 200
 | 1040
Transportation : by Al-Abd | 080
 | 1120
Abbas
2/8/1955
D/34
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 52

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 4 / 8 / 1955
Fils: 050
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: one dinar and fifty fils
And that is for: my labor wages in caring for the turmeric and the fields
⟦line⟧: for a period of three and a half days
D/35
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Muhayl Khalaf
⟦fingerprint stamp⟧

Archival unit 53

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 4 / 1 / 55
Dinar Fils
— / 900
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Nine hundred fils only and nothing else
And that is for my labor wages in the modern ⟦straw-mats⟧ and the courts
For a period of three days
⟦pm⟧ D/36
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Abdullah

Archival unit 54

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 1955/8/4
Fils: 200
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred fils and no more
And that is for my labor wages in watering the field outside the stadium
For a period of one day
Signature of the recipient
Mohsen Habib
⟦fingerprint⟧
D/37
fm

Archival unit 55

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21 / 7 / 1955
Fils: 000
Dinar: 25
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twenty-five dinars and nothing else ⟦line⟧
And that is for my salary for the month of July 1955 ⟦line⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
Toma Jibrail
D/38
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 56

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 7 / 8 / 1955
Fils: 500
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for chairs for the water located in Fallujah ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Signature of the recipient
D / 39

Archival unit 57

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 7 / 8 / 1955
Fils: ⟦...⟧
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars ⟦...⟧
And that is for the value of ⟦...⟧ revenue stamps of the mentioned category
⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
D 140

Archival unit 58

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 8 / 7 / 1955
Fils: 100
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for taxi fare to transport (the explainers) to the stadium ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Sabah
Signature of the recipient
D/41
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 59

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 11 / 8 / 1955
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 a period of six days from 6 / 8 to 11 / 8
In the work of tennis hours and the garden
10 Fils
The Kingdom of Iraq
Signature of the recipient
Majid Khalaf
D/42
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 60

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 11 / 8 / 1955
Fils: 950
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and nine hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for my work for a period of ⟦6⟧ days from 5 / 8 to 11 / 8 in
Work on the tennis and basketball courts and the garden
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
P/43
Abdullah

Archival unit 61

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 11 / 8 / 1955
Fils: 800
Dinar: 0
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only zero dinars and eight hundred fils no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for hospitalization for a period of 5 days from 6 / 8 to 11 / 8
In the night ward ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D (44)
⟦signature⟧
Recipient

Archival unit 62

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 10 / 8 / 1955
Fils: 120
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one hundred and twenty fils and no more
And that is for the value of installing six glass panes in the stadium
D/45
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Signature of the recipient

Archival unit 63

Capital Secretariat
Book Number 267
Capital Secretariat
Serial Number 13301
Collection Receipt
Fils: 200
Dinar: 12
Amount Paid: Only twelve dinars and two hundred
Name of Submitter: Acting Head of the Sect, Head of the Spiritual Council ⟦Yousef Darwish⟧
Type of Fee: ⟦Garage⟧
Location Number: Badawiya
Period starting from: April 955 month
To the end of: October 955 number
On: 14 / 8 / Year 1955
D/46
District Fee Collector
Al-Adhami Press
521

Archival unit 64

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 16 / 8 / 1955
Fils: ...
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for an Eid gift for Eid al-Adha ⟦line⟧
D/47
Signature of the recipient
Abdul Razzaq
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 65

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: ⟦...⟧/7/1955
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 ⟦line⟧
And that is for fulfillment for a period of six days from 12 to 18/7/1955
In cutting and planting the grass ⟦line⟧
10 fils
Fees
D/48
Muhammad Jabr
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 66

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 18 / 8 / 1955
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 a period of six days from 12 to 18 / 8 / 1955
In the work of tennis and basketball courts and mowing the grass
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Hassan Abdullah
D/49
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 67

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 1955/8/20
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 ⟦his work in additional tasks for digging the jumping pit⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦Nasibi Matla and Adnan Nasser⟧
D/50
⟦thumbprint⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 68

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 10 / 8 / 1955
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 1
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and nothing else
And that is for the external water replacement fees
5 / 51
Approved by
Committee
J. P. ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 69

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 8/⟦...⟧/1955
Fils Dinar
600 —
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only six hundred fils and nothing else
And that is for working in the stadium on 8/21 and 8/22
For the work of the new ⟦irrigation channels⟧
Signature of the recipient
Nasibi Matloub
51/52
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 70

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 20-8-1955
Fils: 200
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two hundred fils and no more
And that is for renting the stadium for one day for the work of the
new basketball court
Signature of the recipient
Abbas
D/53
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 71

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 2 / 8 / 1954
Fils: 250
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and three hundred and fifty fils and no more.
And that is for my work at the stadium on July 17, 1954
and 19 / 8 / 1954 full, from 15 to 18 / 8 / 1954 half day, total four
and a half days in the work of the tennis court and the surrounding gardens
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D/54
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient
Majid Khalaf

Archival unit 72

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 10 / 9 / 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 my work at the stadium on 21 / 8 and 22 / 8 / 55
To make the new basketball fence
⟦fingerprint⟧
Signature of the recipient
Alwan Nasser
D/55
⟦initials⟧

Archival unit 73

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date 20 / 8 / 1959
700 Fils 4 Dinars
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only four dinars and seven hundred fils and no more
And that is for the value of a lorry of ⟦straw⟧ for the construction of the new tennis court
In the stadium
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
10 FILS
Signature of the recipient
Abd Nazzal
⟦562⟧
⟦blue scribble⟧

Archival unit 74

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 25 / 8 / 55
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 the fee of exterminating poisonous insects
And chemical spraying for one time
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
Majid ⟦...⟧
D/57
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 75

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 20 / 8 / 55
Fils: 950
Dinar: 1
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one dinar and nine hundred and fifty fils and no more
And that is for working on the maintenance of the tennis courts
and the basketball and cricket court for a period of one day
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D/58
⟦illegible⟧
6.500
Hassan Abdullah