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IJA 455

Receipts, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are receipts for school supplies (such as text books and blackboards), food, services, and maintenance, all from the Baghdadi Jewish schools.

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Archive Reference
IJA 455
Item Number
12396
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Abdullah S. Obadiah, Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Electricity Bill, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Ledger, Letterhead, Ministry of the Interior, President of the Jewish Community, Receipt, Receipts, Revenue Stamp, School Materials, Shamash Secondary School, Text Book, Thumbprint, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 76-100

Page 76

Abdul Sahib Wuheib
Wholesale and Retail Wood Shop
Al-Hadi Street - Adjacent to Al-Firdous Cinema
Number 003433
Telephone Number 87362
To Mr.: Hassoun Alwan
Respectfully:
Details of goods sold to you on date: 2 / 8 / 1959
Payment: Cash
Fils | Dinar | Type of Goods | Quantity | Measurement | Length | Area sq | Volume cu ft | Price Fils | Price Dinar | Remarks
400 | 2 | Wood | 2 | ⟦3/4⟧ |  |  |  |  |  |
250 |  | Car |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
650 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
⟦illegible⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties
I have received the goods described above in full

Page 77

Telephone:
EGHAM 114.
ENGLEFIELD GREEN,
SURREY.
A. S. Obadiah, Esq.,
Principal, Shamash Secondary School,
New Alwiyah, Baghdad, Iraq.
6th August, 1959
Dr. to THE ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE.
4 | sets Scholarship papers, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1958 | 8 | -
Received with thanks
⟦illegible⟧
400 fils price of exam papers for the school
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
400
20
420

Page 78

Telephone: ENGLEFIELD GREEN,
EGHAM 114. SURREY.
206
⟦illegible⟧
The Principal
Shamash Secondary School
Alwiyah, Baghdad, Iraq.
30/6/59
Dr. to THE ROYAL HOLLOWAY COLLEGE.
| £ | s. | d.
4 sets Scholarship & Entrance |  |  |
Examination papers: |  |  |
1949, 1950, 1951, 1958 |  | 8 | -
400 fils for the price of examination papers for the school
40 postage fee
440 fils total four hundred ⟦and forty⟧

Page 79

F. A. Kettaneh & Co. (W.L.L.)
Capital 500,000 Dinars fully paid
Established 1939 - Commercial Register No. 57/784
Registered Management Center - Baghdad - Al-Bab Al-Sharqi
(Installation and Repair Department)
Telephone 98462
CASH SALE
F. A. KETTANEH & Co. (with limited liability)
INSTALLATION & SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Tel No 98462
№ 005895
gave
Date: 19/3/59
Time of Call:
Merchandise: Water Cooler
Service card No.:
Model:
Customer: Frank Iny School
Cabinet Serial No:
Address: Alwiyah near the Radio
Unit Serial No:
Complaint: not working well
Telephone No.:
Guarantee: ☐ Yes ☐ No
JOB PARTICULARS
Date of Service ⟦line⟧ Serviceman Mousa
Action Taken to be brought to the workshop glass filter ⟦illegible⟧
Qty. Used | Part Description | Cat No | Price I.D. | Price Fils | QT Rec. | Ser. Sig. | QT. Ret. | St Keeper's Sig
| Service Charge |  | 1 | 500 |  |  |  |
TOTAL |  |  | 1 | 500 |  |  |  |
The repairs and/or replacement of the parts mentioned above were carried out and delivered to me in good condition
I am thoroughly satisfied with the above mentioned parts and/or services
Customer's Signature توقيع العميل
Serviceman's Signature توقيع العامل الفني
Note: - This list is considered an official receipt for the amount received

Page 80

205
Stamps - Engraving Clichés | National Stationery Warehouse | Printing, Binding, Stationery
via Zincograph Modern | Baghdad - Bank Street | Accounting Ledgers
Method by Owner: Hassan Alwan Al-Rubaie | Wholesale, Retail
Shop Phone 88045 | and Owner of Al-Rubaie Stamp Factory | At affordable prices
Home Phone 98315
Factory Branch 88045
Baghdad on: 2 / 8 / 1958
To the Honorable: Frank Iny School
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price | Remarks
000 | 1 | Quantity of Quink Royal Blue Ink | 12 | 080 | 1
|  | Only one dinar and nothing else |  |  |
000 | 1 |  |  |  |
Received
⟦illegible⟧

Page 81

⟦...⟧ books ⟦...⟧ due to ⟦...⟧
Mackenzie's Bookshop
MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP
TEL. : 83304 Telephone 83304
FRANK INY SCHOOL,
BAGHDAD.
Baghdad 4th. July, 1959 Baghdad
Ordered by Second Class Airmail. |
Social Work for Jill | .500
Postage | .475
The Golden Grindstone | .370
Postage | .400
Fortune my Foe | .630
Postage | .600
The Voysey Inheritance | .210
Postage | .245
IDs. | 3.430
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP
PAID
ID 3.430
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 82

204
1949
From 7/23 to 7/31
600 | Fare for transporting materials by car July 24
098 | ⟦Cork⟧ for managing bottle number
140 | ⟦Jack⟧ ⟦can⟧ 7/31
090 | 1 bottle of carbolic acid
100 | 1 notebook of 100 sheets
045 | 1 ⟦can⟧ of Vim
⟦line⟧
1073
⟦Khadouri⟧
1073
10/7

Page 83

202
2800 | Consumption
400 | Gratuity to Vari <del>Salman</del> Abu Al-Ma the tailor
200 | Car wages 4 times for acquaintances
540 | Ice 4 blocks number price 140
056 | Written stamp
508 | Tea 4 bags of scraps
4524 |
⟦illegible⟧

Page 84

Administration account from ⟦2/7/59⟧ to ⟦7/7/1959⟧
Cola | Coffee | Tea
Quantity | Quantity | Quantity
12 | 11 | 27
Fils | Fils | Fils
182 | 110 | 216
182
110
216
⟦line⟧
<del>508</del>
⟦line⟧
508
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 85

AL BAYATI STORE
103/10 Sooq Safafir,
We sell water rubber hose, Scales,
and every kind of metals and
different kinds of wires and
cylinder keys
Tel. No. 85432
Al Bayati Store
Sooq Al-Safafir 103/10
Deals in selling all types of hoses and scales
and all kinds of metals and making keys
Telephone: 85432
Date: 1959/7/11
To: Frank Iny School
Price | No. | Kilo | Particulars | I. D. | Fils
| | | Price of 1/2 Funky ⟦plastic⟧ hose | 2 | 800
Only two dinars and eight hundred fils and no more
Received the amount in cash | | Foot
| | | | 40 | 70
⟦signature⟧

Page 86

202
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: ⟦line⟧
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
400/000 Dinars vaccination fees for about 500 male and female students against Typhoid
300/000 Dinars " " " " " " Typhoid
doses and Polio
700/000
I received from the management of the Frank Iny School the amount mentioned above
Seven hundred dinars only, fees for vaccinating the school's male and female students
against Typhoid and Polio
Republic of
Iraq
10 Fils
Doctor ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧

Page 87

299
Cooler backing with cooling cloth | 400
Stair runner for the school | 300
Syrian solder for wrapping the cooler curtain | 750
Lunch for teachers on Sunday ⟦10/1/54⟧ ⟦Number 10⟧ | 2440
Lorry of sand for the garden | 900
Packet of garden cress seeds Abeer | 60
Tea and Coca for the teachers | 140
| <del>4990</del>
| 4990
⟦illegible⟧

Page 88

2748
Iraqi Industries Company ⟦Limited⟧
IRAQ ENGINEERING WORKS Co. Ltd.
Marjan Building - South Gate MARJAN BLDG. SOUTH GATE
Baghdad BAGHDAD
Office 87126 - 87127 Office 87126 - 87127
Factory 9016 - 9017 Factory 9016 - 9017
Showroom 85242 Show Room 85242
Order Bill
Bill No.: W 612
Factory No.: 612
Date:
Date: 1/7/1959
To: Management of Shamail Mixed School - Baghdad
To:
Quantity | Dinar | Fils
1 Aluminum ladder 14 feet long at a price of 22/000 Dinars | 22 | 000
Received according to receipt number 14692 dated 14/6/59 | 10 | 000
Remainder | 12 | 000
Only ⟦twelve⟧ Dinars and nothing more
Amount received in cash
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties
E. & O. E.
Accounts Manager
⟦signature⟧

Page 89

1959
2/21
Lunch for teachers on Sunday 2/21
Fish, quantity 2 | 2750 -
Bread | 240 -
⟦Salad⟧ with fish | 150 -
Apples, 2 kg | 300 -
| 3440
Delivered by Nasser the servant

Page 90

Received from Frank Ayni School
the amount of 900 fils for the value of a lorry
of soil for the school garden
Saleh Jarallah
<del>Saleh</del>
fils
900
1 / 7 / 1959

Page 91

Burhan Al-Sayyid Hassan Al-Kilidar
General Trade - Commission
Saadoon - Near Sinbad Cinema
Telephone [ ]
Baghdad on 2 / 7 / 1959
AL-KILIDAR
General Trade & Commission
Saadoon. St
Tel [ ]
Number 000281
Storehouse
Agricultural Seeds
Requested from: Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Item | Number | Gram | Kilo | Ton | Price Fils | Price Dinar
600 |  | Zinnia seeds packet | 12 |  |  |  | 50 | 0
600 |  | Only six hundred fils and no more |  |  |  |  |  |
I received the amount in cash
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Note: Sold goods are not returnable
Mona Office Advertisements
Signature

Page 92

Coke and tea for teachers on the occasion of the exams
Date
⟦2/22⟧
28 | Friday | Tea
5 |  | Coke
27 | Sunday | Tea
7 |  | Coke
5 | Monday | Coke
2 | Friday | Coke
⟦illegible⟧
Tea | Coke
Number | Number
75 | 20
Fils | Fils
600 | 240
240
600
840
⟦illegible⟧

Page 93

298
Price of toys for prizes for the various classes | 1/670
Car fares on the occasion of purchasing the toys | -/200
| 1/870
I received one dinar and eight hundred and seventy fils
for the purchase of the above toys
⟦W M C A⟧
⟦1947⟧
Mazhar

Page 94

⟦stamp⟧
1/200 Dinars
Received from the administration of Frank Aini School
An advance in the amount of one dinar and two hundred fils
For the purchase of postage stamps

Page 95

170/ Fils
I received one hundred and seventy fils
fees for one of the teachers on the occasion of marking
the final exam.
Secretary
⟦illegible⟧

Page 96

Iraqi Electrical Equipment Company
Al-Urfaliyah 1/7/1
IRAQ ELECTRIC SUPPLY Co.
AL - URFALIYAH 1/7/1
Telephone:
Messrs.: Frank Aini
Date: 2 / 7 / 1958
Number: 001995
CASH MEMO
Amount (Fils / I.D.) | Price (Fils / I.D.) | Qty. | Particulars
750 - | 750 - | 1 | ⟦Sira Magazine⟧
⟦Cup⟧
750 - | ⟦Company shipment⟧
Only seven hundred and fifty fils and no more
For Equipment
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 97

297
Description | Dinar | Fils
Registered letter stamp |  | 180
Transfer for Abboud's bag |  | 88
Ice for students, one Dabashi before Eid |  |
Water bill | 7 | 574
Water bill | 0 | 100
Electricity bill | 14 | 715
Eid gift to the municipality workers, i.e., garbage collectors |  | 250
Lunch for teachers on Sunday |  | 400
" " " Monday |  | 200
" " " Tuesday | 1 | 260
" " " Wednesday | 1 | 250
" " " Thursday | 1 | 290
Coca and tea with coffee for the administration from 1 to ⟦...⟧ | 1 | 220
Coca and tea for teachers on the occasion of exams | 1 |
Coca for the July 14 committee |  |
Aslavenic bottle number |  |
Jar 2 |  |
Ice for students from Sunday |  | 250
Car fare |  |
⟦...⟧ | 29 | 185
Telegram of Al-Rah⟦...⟧ |  | 440
Coal kaleh |  | 250
1400
2220
2460
2250
2690
1240
⟦line⟧
12260
17/990
1959
25/2
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 99

25 ⟦illegible⟧ 59
057 -1.240
Continued value

Page 100

Modern Tajran Restaurant
Owned by Abbas Tajran and his brother Namdar
Baghdad - Bab al-Sharqi - Opposite the Sa'doun Statue
Telephone Number: 84572
Date: 3 / 10 / 1958
To: ⟦line⟧ Respectfully
Number | Details | Dinar | Fils
| Fish for 8 persons | 1 | 120
| Kebab 30 pieces | . | 600
| 〃 | . | 200
| Bread 45 | . | 450
| ⟦line⟧ | 2 | 370
| Apple 2 Kilo |  | 200
| Cucumber |  | 090
| ⟦line⟧ | 2 | 660
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties