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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.

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 76-100

Archival unit 76

Head Office: P.O. Box No. 17
Baghdad
Technical Department
⟦...⟧ P.O. Box No. 1
Basra
African & Eastern (Near East) Limited
(Incorporated in England)
Technical Dept.
AFRICAN & EASTERN (N. E.) LTD.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
T No 000642
Tel. No. 88450 Tel No. 88450
INVOICE / INVOICE:
Baghdad / Baghdad: 7/8/ 1952
Terms:
Description Details | Dinars
I.D. | Fils
Fils | Dinars
I.D. | Fils
Fils
2 Packets Stencil No. 6 | 1 | 400 | 2 | 800
No claims or objections accepted after the goods leave the company's warehouse
Errors and Omissions Excepted
E. & O. E.
No claims entertained after the goods leave the Company's godown,

Archival unit 77

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 15 / 8 / 1959
To Mr.: Heskel Zilkha Ani, Respectfully
Fils | Dinar | Details
200 | 1 | Salim Alim ⟦...⟧ carton
900 | 0 | Glue ⟦...⟧
480 | 0 | Paper notebook ⟦...⟧
580 | 2 | Two Dinars and five hundred and eighty Fils
Saleh
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Archival unit 78

Final Notice
Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
FINAL NOTICE
⟦illegible⟧
Near Al-Alwiyah
18 hours in 12
MAIN
M. IO M 441239/36053
4002640
44355
The last amount shown
in the field below
is the total of our
due claims.
Account Number | Date | Bill Period | Amount
40 02 640 |  | from 514 59 to 622 | 11283 Dinars 11283 Fils
 |  |  | 11283
We draw your attention to our outstanding bills, requesting payment within (48)
hours from the date of this notice, otherwise the current will be subject to disconnection - and it will not be restored in
case of disconnection except after fulfilling all claims and paying a fee of (380) fils
for disconnection and connection expenses according to Article Seven of the Consumers Agreement.
On behalf of Baghdad Electricity Services
⟦signature⟧
Chief Accountant
The Bill
Techn
Lah from
Fund
LAMSON PARAGON LONDON

Archival unit 79

Telegram 12: No. 75
Telegram receipt No.: ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
Place of delivery: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps affixed to it:
Number of words for which the reply was prepaid:
Name and address of the telegram sender: ⟦illegible⟧
Receiving officer: ⟦illegible⟧
BAGHDAD
9 AUG 39
Telegram 12: No. 76
Telegram receipt No.: it 70
Addressed to: Anjery
Place of delivery: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils:
Dinar value of stamps affixed to it:
Number of words for which the reply was prepaid:
Name and address of the telegram sender: Landa
Receiving officer: ⟦illegible⟧
BAGHDAD
9 AUG 39

Archival unit 80

208
12/150 Dinars
From the management of Frank Aini School: twelve dinars
and one hundred and fifty fils, the price of wood and repair wages for desks
as detailed below
2/250 | Price of wood according to the list
9/900 | Wages for repairing 28 desks at a price of 350 fils
 | per desk
⟦line⟧ |
12/150 |
Hassan the Carpenter
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
1/7
W. L. & CO
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 81

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

Archival unit 82

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On the night of April 25, year ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 4 / 1951 ⟦illegible⟧
Telephone | By hand | Message | By ⟦illegible⟧ | Telephone | By hand | Message | By hand | Message | By telephone | By hand | Message
 |  |  |  | Sarkis | D |  | Naji | D | Kh-r
Industrial Bank
Information
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 83

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

Archival unit 84

Telephone:
EGHAM 114.
ENGLEFIELD GREEN,
SURREY.
206
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
040 postage fee
⟦line⟧
440 fils total four hundred and forty

Archival unit 85

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

Archival unit 86

205
Stamps - Engraving Clichés
by Zincography in the
modern way
Shop Phone 88045
Residence Phone 98315
Factory Branch 288045
National Stationery Store
Baghdad - Bank Street
Owner: Hassan Alwan Al-Rubaie
And owner of Al-Rubaie Stamps Factory
Printing, Binding, Stationery
Accounting Ledgers
Wholesale, Retail
At reasonable prices
⟦line⟧
Baghdad on: 2 / 5 / 1958
To the Honorable: Frank Iny School
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price | Remarks
000 | 1 | Quantity of Quink Royal Blue ink | 12 | 100 | ⟦line⟧
 |  | Only one dinar and no more |  |  | 
000 | 1 | Total |  |  | 
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 87

⟦illegible⟧ Books ⟦illegible⟧
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
The Republic
of Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ & CO.
⟦illegible⟧
ID 3-430
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 88

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

Archival unit 89

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⟧

Archival unit 90

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
⟦line⟧
182
110
216
⟦line⟧
<del>508</del>
⟦line⟧
508

Archival unit 91

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⟧

Archival unit 92

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⟧

Archival unit 93

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⟧

Archival unit 94

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⟧

Archival unit 95

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

Archival unit 96

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

Archival unit 97

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

Archival unit 98

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⟧

Archival unit 99

298
Price of toys for prizes for various classes
Car fare on the occasion of purchasing the toys
I received one dinar and eight hundred and fifty fils
for the purchase of the toys mentioned above
⟦illegible⟧
Suad

Archival unit 100

⟦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