Voices from the Archive

IJA 3711

Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee Financial Records

View interactive document page

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 601-625

Archival unit 601

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 22 / 7 / 1956
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two Dinars and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for renting the stadium for a period of one day from 7/15 to 7/22 according to
the arrangement - one day only and that is for three days ⟦...⟧ and attendance on ⟦...⟧
Iraq
10 Fils
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
D / 378

Archival unit 602

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 21 / 2 / 1956
Fils: ---
Dinar: 15
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only fifteen Dinars and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for the salary of the month of March 1956 ⟦line⟧
Iraq
10
Fils
Abid Nazzal
Signature of the recipient
D/ 378

Archival unit 603

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Date: 29 / 7 / 1956
Fils: 200
Dinar: 2
I received from Ezra Menachem 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 / 7 to 29 / 7 year 1956 in planting grass and laying
rows and leveling in the ⟦illegible⟧
10 fils
Hussein Khairallah
D 1 389

Archival unit 604

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 29 / 12 / 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 / 12 to 28 / 12 year 956 in planting seedlings and cutting
the grass and one day in Golf Tito
Kingdom of Iraq
10
Fils
Majid Alwan
D | 380

Archival unit 605

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

Archival unit 606

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21 / 2 / 1956
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 20
I received from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only twenty Dinars and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for my salary for the month of March 1956 ⟦line⟧
Iraq
10 Fils
D/382
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 607

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21 / 2 / 1956
Fils: 750
Dinar: 7
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only seven dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils, nothing else
And that is for my salary for the month of March 1956, and that is for my receipt
at the door
10 Fils
Republic of Iraq
POSTAGE
Khattab Hamid
D/383

Archival unit 608

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 6-7 / 1956
Fils: 900
Dinar: —
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only nine hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧
And that is for working as a bulldozer for three days from 29 / 6 to 1 / 7 / 956 in planting grass
⟦line⟧
D/384
⟦illegible fingerprint stamp⟧
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Jabr

Archival unit 609

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.

Archival unit 610

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21/2/56
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 no more
And that is for my salary for the ball court for the month of March
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D/386
Signature of the recipient
Yahya Mahdi

Archival unit 611

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
For: My wages for the tennis court ⟦...⟧ for the month of March
Iraq
10 Fils
Finance
D/384
Recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 612

Tawfiq and Wadih Al-Hariri Company
T. & W. M. AL-HARERY
343 / 1 Al Rashid St - Baghdad 343 / 1 AL RASHID ST - BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 84499 TEL NO. 84499
Order of Ezra Hayim Daniel
On Rasha ⟦line⟧
250 - Value of 1 microphone wire
Received the amount of 10 from it
21 / 2 / 56
⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
D / 388

Archival unit 613

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
⟦line⟧
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 ⟦line⟧
And that is for taxi fares from Tawfiq al-Hariri to the school ⟦line⟧
Signature of the recipient
⟦signature⟧
Professor Behnam Basilos
D/389

Archival unit 614

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

Archival unit 615

Ezra Menahem Daniel
Baghdad
Date: 22 / 7 / 1952
Fils: —
Dinar: 28 / —
I received from the Ezra Menahem Daniel playground in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twenty-eight Dinars
And that is for carpentry: 20/600 in the name of Abu ⟦...⟧ and ⟦...⟧
Blacksmithing: 2/400 painting ⟦...⟧
General: 5/000 welding for the garden
28/000
Effected by
Signature of the recipient
D/391

Archival unit 616

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

Archival unit 617

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 25 / 2 / 1956
Fils: 800
Dinar: 8
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only eight dinars and eight hundred fils
And that is for the value of
⟦line⟧ Two pincers 600 / -
⟦line⟧ 200 / -
⟦line⟧ 800 / -
Purchased by
⟦illegible signature⟧
D/393
Signature of the recipient
For the furniture account

Archival unit 618

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 21 / 2 / 1956
Fils | Dinar
287 | 22
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twenty-two dinars and eight hundred and eighty-seven fils and no more
And that is for the salary of the past month of March ⟦...⟧
Salary for 27 days 21/774
Plus deduction for (2) days 1/013
Net salary owed 22/787
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
D/394
Signature of the Recipient

Archival unit 619

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Baghdad
Date: 2/2/1955
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 0/500
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above:
Only: Five hundred fils
For: Price of a Gratium telephone and monthly ⟦shajri⟧ and papers
D/395
⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the recipient

Archival unit 620

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Battaween Victory Square
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Salih Al-Lafta
Date: Wednesday 4 / 2 / 952
Having used car No:
From: Al-Battadiya to the Stadium
To: (The House)
Waiting:
Amount:
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Askar Baya
D/396

Archival unit 621

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date: 22/3/56
Having used car No:
From: The Stadium
To: Raysan Kubba
Waiting: 150
Amount:
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦J.R. Mansi⟧
At the stadium
⟦1153⟧

Archival unit 622

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Stadium Account
1153
Date: Saturday 22 / 2 / 1958
Used car No.:
From: Al-Battaween to the Stadium
To: (with Saturday being a holiday)
Waiting:
Amount: 500
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦Abdul Razzaq⟧

Archival unit 623

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Saleh Al-Tayeb
Date: Sunday 3/4/57
Having used car No:
From: The Stadium to Battaween
To: (The Committee)
Waiting:
Amount:
Please debit my account
Signature
Signature
Abdullah Obeid

Archival unit 624

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mujbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date Date: 4/2/56
Having used car No Used car number:
From From: The Stadium
To To: Gardens of Eden
Waiting Waiting:
Amount Fare: 150
Please debit my account Please record it on the account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible signature⟧ / ⟦Habib Al-Libya⟧

Archival unit 625

Al-Battaween Taxi Cars
ALBATTAWEEN TAXI CARS
Owned by Mijbil Ibrahim
Al-Nasr Square, Battaween
BATTAWEEN VICTORY SQUARE
Telephone 6077 Telephone 6077
Date: 17/2/56
Having used car No:
From: The Stadium
To: Bustan Kubba
Waiting:
Amount: 150 Fils
Please debit my account:
Signature
Signature
⟦illegible⟧
Stadium Club