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IJA 455

Receipts, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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Description

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

Metadata

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

AI English Translation, Pages 1-25

Archival unit 1

TECHNICAL FURNITURE
&
WOODWORKS ARTIN KRIKORIAN
Rashid Street Bab El-Sharqi
ARTIN KRIKORIAN Management 83954
Office 83954 Factory 84390
Workshop 84390
No 1645
Baghdad: 28 / 9 / 1953
Baghdad: 28 / 9 / 1953
Mr.: Frank Iny School
Required from Mr.: Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Qty | Details
⟦line⟧ | 5 | 1 | typewriter base
250 | 0 |  | carpenter's fee for installing the glass
 |  |  | circular glass piece and draft
 |  |  | in the shape of ⟦Mena⟧
250 | 5 |  | ⟦line⟧
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
10 Fils
Received in cash
28/9/53
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 2

Bab Al-Agha 18-109
Baghdad - Aqad Al-Jam
Munir and Ragheb Hussein Al-Tamimi
Sale and installation of all types of glass and mirrors
Telephone 85212
Number 4626
Date: 28 / 9 / 1959
Dear Mr.: Respectable Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Dimensions | Quantity | Square Foot | Price
 |  | 48 x 30 Cleaning and installation Belgian | 4 | 40 | 280
 |  | 48 x 12 | 2 | 8 | 
 |  | 48 x 12 | 5 | 25 | 
 |  | 40 x 12 | 2 | 4 | 
 |  | 24 x 12 | 4 | 20 | 
 |  | 80 x 24 | 1 | ⟦13 1/2⟧ | 
 |  | 60 x 15 | 1 | ⟦6 1/4⟧ | 
910 | 28 | Total only twenty-eight dinars and nine hundred and ten fils only |  | 102 3/4 | 
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Received Belgian
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 3

GABRIEL J. OBAGI
KHAN AL-MUSTANSER
PHONE 7477
BAGHDAD
Gabriel Youssef Obagi
Al-Mustansir Street - Baghdad
Telephone: 7477
No: 1380
Baghdad on: 8 / 2 / 59
Requested from: Youssef Francis Issa
For the value of the goods listed below:
Fils | Dinar | Quantity | Price | Details | Boxes Qty | Boxes No. | Remarks
⟦line⟧
- - - | 45 | 1 | 45/- | Complete sewing machine without glass |  |  |
Received the amount
Gabriel Youssef Obagi
Republic of Iraq
10 Ten Fils
Total only forty-five Dinars and no more
45/- - -
Errors and omissions excepted
Recipient's Signature
Gabriel Youssef Obagi

Archival unit 4

Telegram 12
192
Telegram Receipt No.: ⟦line⟧
Addressed to: ⟦line⟧
Place of delivery: ⟦line⟧
Fils: Dinar Value of stamps affixed to it
Number of words paid for in advance:
Name and address of the sender of the telegram: ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
25 SEP 58
TEL
BAGHDAD
Date
Receiving Officer
This receipt must be presented when making inquiries regarding this telegram

Archival unit 5

292
Receipts in Dirhams for subscriptions to collect donations for building a mosque
in Tall Muhammad according to the Ministry of Interior's letter No. 12237
dated 4-6-1959
No. 1539
Fils | Dinar
--- | 2
Received from Mr. Frank School
an amount of two Dinars only
Signature of the authorized person and his name
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ and affairs
⟦illegible⟧ / 1959

Archival unit 6

Public Subscription
Respected Director Sir
Based on the ⟦...⟧ Interior by its letter, a copy of which is listed below, for a public subscription to collect donations for building a mosque in "The Workers' and Employees' Houses," and therefore we request our fellow believers in the dear Iraqi Republic to contribute to the special committee according to
⟦...⟧ your generous hands, hoping for your love of goodness, and God does not waste the reward of the doers of good, for if you lend God a loan
⟦...⟧ many, and whatever good you send forth for yourselves, you will find it with God. And peace be upon you.
Committee for the Affairs of the Workers' and Employees' Houses Mosque
Copy of the Ministry of Interior letter No. 11337 dated 4-6-959
Pursuant to the authority vested in us by virtue of the second paragraph of Article Seven of the Lotteries and Subscriptions Law
No. 44 of the year 939, we authorize the committee whose members are listed below to conduct a subscription to collect an amount of [2000]
⟦...⟧ Tal Muhammad village and others for the purpose of establishing a mosque in the mentioned neighborhood, provided that the subscription is conducted
⟦...⟧ months starting from the date of the ⟦...⟧ statement, and that the mentioned committee submits a table to this
⟦...⟧ Financial, including all subscription amounts and the names of the participants therein, with reference to the receipt number
⟦...⟧ by it in implementation of the text of the first paragraph of the aforementioned article.
Minister of Interior
Ahmed Mohamed Yahya
Committee Members: | 
1- Hamdan Khader Al-Kubaisi - President | 2- Muhammad Hassan Al-Azzawi - Member
3- Sattar Mahdi - Member | 4- Hassan Arab - Member
To the Ministry of Finance
To all governorates except Baghdad Governorate
To the Directorate of General Security, its letter No. 608 dated 11/15/959
To the Directorate of General Awqaf, its letter No. 323 dated 11/19/959
To the Baghdad Governorate, its letter No. 7365 dated 3/25/959
⟦...⟧ in reference to his request dated 12/24/⟦...⟧

Archival unit 7

244
List of names ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Omran Abd ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ the fourth
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 8

Al-Samarrai Store
For the sale and repair of all electrical tools and wiring contractor
Owned by Hamid Muhammad Al-Samarrai
Al-Alwiya Street, Al-Maghazji Market, adjacent to Al-Alwiya Police
Telephone ( )
Number: 000044
Fils: 250
Dinar: 1
Received from Mr.: Frank Iny School
The above-mentioned amount only: One dinar and two hundred and fifty fils only
For the value of: Changing an electrical plug with labor
Date: 29 / 9 / 1959
Signature
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 9

Hussein Haj Ali
Seller of Carpentry Tools, Blacksmithing, Ginko, and Fryers
General Agent for Nails, Screws, and Wire Products Company
Al-Rashid Street - Bab Al-Agha No. 1/182
Date: 29 - 9 - 1959
Telephone: ( )
To: The Honorable ⟦Franco School⟧
Fils | Dinar | Details
200 |  | ⟦illegible⟧
 |  | Three hundred and twenty only
 |  | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 10

Shop
Mr. Murtaza Mohammed Ali Al-Madrasi
For the sale of furniture and all household items
Baghdad - Shorja - Diya Jafar Market - Opposite Marjan Mosque
Baghdad on 24 / 9 / 1959
Telephone ( ⟦illegible⟧ )
To the Respected Mr. Madrassat Frank Eini
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price
760 |  | Clothes wire ⟦illegible⟧ | 4 | 190
440 |  | Trays | 4 | 110
450 |  | Chair cushion | 1 | 450
 |  | Dinars |  | 
 |  | Six hundred and fifty |  | 
 |  | Fils only |  | 
1650 |  |  |  | 
Errors and omissions excepted
Signature

Archival unit 11

59
to 2/9
Daily wage | Number of days | Fils Dinar | Laborers' work at the school from
⟦illegible⟧ | 7 | 500 | Work from Saturday to
 |  |  | Wednesday ⟦illegible⟧ 1959
 | 2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
750 ⟦illegible⟧ Abdul Nabi

Archival unit 12

Shop for selling paints and coatings
Edwar Toma
Karrada - Rakhita - Sabri Tuaima Market
Baghdad on: 28 / 9 / 958
To: Master Kadhim
Respected:
Details | Dinar | Fils
Khaki ⟦commercial⟧ ordinary green | 2 | 600
Gravel half ⟦A⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
 | 2 | 600
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 13

H
Tea | Cola | Beer
Qty | Qty | Qty
25 | 11 | 7
Fils | Fils | Fils
200 | 154 | 70
⟦line⟧
200
154
70
⟦line⟧
424
⟦illegible signature⟧
Within two weeks
10/1
29/9

Archival unit 14

Fils Dinar
To the Frank ⟦My Eye⟧ school materials
Fils | Dinar | Description
200 | 5 | Iraqi cement number of bags
650 | 7 | Tiles 12 400
 |  | ⟦12850⟧ Total ⟦17000⟧
200 | 1 | Khabbana sand 6 the ⟦...⟧
500 |  | Regular sand 10
550 | 14 | 
Republic of Iraq
10 Ten Fils
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 15

Hinky Dinky
HINKY DINKY
Tel. 988⟦illegible⟧
TABLE No.:
№: 3834
Date: ⟦illegible⟧/⟦illegible⟧/59
Details | I.D. | Fils
4 Hamburger Sandwiches |  | 200
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible oval stamp⟧
TOTAL |  | 200

Archival unit 16

222
Lock for the outer door 450 /
Lock for the back door 150 /
Paint for the blackboards 250 /
⟦illegible⟧ cars 100 /
⟦illegible⟧ the school 200 /
Also ⟦illegible⟧
The four ⟦illegible⟧ 800
In the
Inspection for transporting books
⟦illegible⟧ walking 4 I was if finished
8 14
Work during a week
Permanent for the garage
Fee for repairing the gates, replacing washers
258
2000
21 500

Archival unit 17

JAFFAR K. HADDAD
Rashid Street - Bab Al Agha 190/1 Rashid Street No. 190/1
Cable: "HARDWARE" Bab Al Agha Baghdad Iraq
Cable Address
HARDWARE
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Dear Sir: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils | I. D. | Particulars | Price
450 |  | Master lock slave number ⟦illegible⟧ | 
⟦line⟧ |  | Four hundred and fifty fils | 
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties

Archival unit 18

READY MIXED PAINT
VARNISH PAINT
4 HOUR ENAMEL
MURESCA — THE IDEAL DRY DISTEMPER
A BLUNDELL PAINT FOR EVERY PURPOSE
Telephone:-: 6268
Company: K. S. ABDULALY & CO.,
Address: Al Rashid Street, : BAGHDAD.
M:
Date: 22/9/59 19
1 Tin Black Board |
Composition | = 350
Cash Memo. |
⟦S.H.H.⟧

Archival unit 19

List of materials for ⟦Salih⟧ Aybi School
Fils | Dinar
Gravel quantity loads price per load 1400 | 2100
Cement bag quantity price 400 | 3200
Yellow tiles quantity 100 price 16 | 1600
Abbas Alwan
24 / 9 / 59

Archival unit 20

Frank ⟦...⟧ School
New Alwiyah — Baghdad Telephone 91693
Frank Iny School
NEW ALWIYAH - BAGHDAD, Tel. 91693
⟦line⟧
Hamburger sandwich
Without onion
Behind
⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
2/2
⟦illegible⟧ CO

Archival unit 21

1929
1955
The ⟦illegible⟧
Daily Wage | Worker Name | Number of Days | Fils | Dinar
1500 | Cost of Ghazi Sahn | 6 | 000 | 9
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 6 | 400 | 2
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 6 | 100 | 2
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 6 | 100 | 2
350 | The worker ⟦illegible⟧ Antar | 5 | 750 | 1
Workers' register at the ⟦illegible⟧ school on Saturday

Archival unit 22

Shop for Selling Paints and Coatings
Edward Toma
Karrada - Rakhita - Sabri Tuaima Market
Baghdad on: 22 / 9 / 1959
To: Master Karki
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details
⟦illegible⟧ | 1 | Green Alawiya jar
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 1 tin of putty
800 | 1 | Total
1800
820
650
⟦line⟧
3/270

Archival unit 23

Shop for Paints and Varnishes
Edward Touma
Karrada - Rakhita - Sabri Tuaima Market
Baghdad on: 24 / 8 / 55
To: Ishaq Kazim
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details
250 |  | Green paint mix
200 |  | 1 2 container
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> |  | 1 2 paint brush
820 | - | ⟦Tinnah حصيرة⟧ 1
⟦signature⟧
⟦faint circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 24

Paints and Coatings Shop
Edward Toma
Karrada - Rakhita - Sabri Tuaima Market
Baghdad on: 25 / 9 / 59
To: Ishaq Kadhim
Respectfully:
Fils | Dinar | Details
650 | - | Quarter gallon white
 |  | Receipt ⟦6⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 25

1959
Fils
Original pipe 1/2 inch 4 ⟦...⟧ 400
Float valve inch 200
⟦line⟧
Washers quantity 4 with labor cost 1500
200
⟦line⟧
200
⟦line⟧
Total 2000
45/440
Yassin Al-Khafaji
⟦signature⟧