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IJA 2631

Receipts, Primarily from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee

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Description

These are financial documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, mostly receipts and paid electric, gas, and water bills. The majority are from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, including bank statements for the committee from the Eastern Bank. Some of the receipts are for sports equipment, like volleyballs and basketballs. Other items include auto parts, uniforms, plumbing and electrical services, and groceries.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2631
Item Number
9318
Date
Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Baghdadi Jewish Community, Revenue Stamp, Invoice, Letterhead, Thumbprint, Ezra Menahem Daniel Sports-Ground Committee, Frank Iny School, Electricity Bill, Basrah, Typed, Bank of the East, Bills, Annotation, Ink Stamp, Baghdad Light and Power, Society of Water, Handwritten, Receipts

AI en Translation, Pages 26-50

Page 26

31/2
⟦illegible⟧
22/4/15
⟦line⟧
⟦3⟧
17/78 -
⟦line⟧
2 2 7/96
Dinars 9/80
⟦line⟧
Ezra Awqaf Club 8527
Daniel

Page 27

Iraqi Republic          Zone 11
Central Telephone Department
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ 196          No.: BT / ⟦line⟧
To ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
The amount of ⟦line⟧ Dinars requested under
our telephone bill number ⟦line⟧ and dated ⟦line⟧
for your telephone number ⟦line⟧ has not been paid yet
despite the passing of (15) days from the date the bill was issued
so we regret to inform you that the telephone connection will be cut in case
you do not pay the requested amount within three days and the device will be removed
after seven days from this date and the contract concluded
between you and this administration will be cancelled.
Center Manager
Copy to :-
General Directorate of Post and Telegraph - for information. The
telephone connection will be cut after the end of the specified period.

Page 28

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
Date: 12 / 6 / 1962
Mohammed Sajit Jarrah
( 184 )
Fils | Dinar
500 | —
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only five hundred Fils
That is for additional work wages on the day of Ashura 12 / 6 / 962
⟦E. M. D. S. G.⟧
Signature of the Recipient
Mohammed Sajit Jarrah
The Iraqi Republic

Page 29

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 182 )
Date 12 / 6 / 962
Fils: -
Dinar: 50
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above mentioned amount
Only fifty Dinars
As for check No. 8499830 dated 12/6/1962
Signature of Recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 31

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
Date 11 / 6 / 1962
( 181 )
Fils: 500
Dinar: 8
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above mentioned amount
Only withdrawn from Ashur Check No. P499829
For the repair of Dawood Salem's lorry car
consisting of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Kenzel
Signature of the recipient
⟦illegible⟧

Page 32

Dawood Salem Abdo - Baghdad
DAVID S. ABDOO
Rashid Street 228/A1/1
Telephone No. 7464
Baghdad, 11/2/1954
| I.D. | Fils
Menahem Daniel Football Field |  |
Weekly gas clock |  |
Chrome number <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | 8 | 500
Eight and a half Dinars only |  |
Received the amount of (8/500) Dinars
By check on the Eastern Bank Limited
No. P 499829 dated 11 / 2 / 54
⟦signature⟧
ZENITH

Page 33

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( ⟦18⟧ )
Date: 21 / 5 / 1964
Fils: -
Dinar: 4
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: four Dinars and no more
And that is for: garden cleaning fees
Ismail Ibrahim
The Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
Revenue Stamp
Signature of the Recipient
Ismail Ibrahim
⟦27 / 5⟧

Page 34

Ismail's Absences
Month of April ⟦1954⟧
4 May morning did not work
8 " did not work
14 " absent
22 " absent
24 " absent
25 " half day
26 " day
27 " absent
28 " absent
29 " "
30 " "
Remaining ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 36

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 179 )
Date: 21 / 5 / 1964
Fils | Dinar
840 | 7
I received from the Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only: seven dinars and 840 fils
That is for: expenses ⟦...⟧
Signature of recipient
⟦illegible⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 37

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
Date: 21 / 5 / 1962
( 178 )
Fils: —
Dinar: 12
I received from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twelve dinars and nothing else
This is for sixteen lectures during the month of May for the year 1962
At a price of seven hundred and fifty fils per lecture
Republic of Iraq
10 Fils
21 / 5 / 1962
Signature of the Recipient
⟦signature⟧

Page 38

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 877 )
Date 21 / 5 / 1964
Fils: --
Dinar: 12
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twelve dinars
And that is for ⟦sports uniforms⟧ for the Seventh Unit
Republic of Iraq
Revenue Stamp
10 Fils
Recipient's Signature
⟦Abdul Razzaq⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 40

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
000226
Messrs. Menachem Daniel Stadium
Expenditure and Fees Transfer Department - Leila
Sequence - 102 09 16
F 10 - 69672/11226455
102 09 16
Account Number | Date | Meter Recording | Monthly Fee Fils
102 09 16 | 62512 | Sequence 3 Number 26405 | Fixed
Various Prices | To 26405 | For Meter 35
1 - Arrears Fees | From 2412 |
2 - Special Reading Fee | Units Supplied 11 |
3 - Meter Damage Cost | At a price of 16 Fils |
4 - Transferred from your account | At a price of 12 Fils |
| At a price of 10 Fils |
| Various prices - see side |
| Total |
000226
Messrs. Menachem Daniel Stadium
Expenditure and Fees Transfer Department - Leila
Sequence - 102 09 16
F 10 - 69672/11226455
102 09 16
Bills are paid daily except Fridays at the following centers:-
1 - Abakhana 7 - New Baghdad.
2 - Bab al-Muadham 8 - Al-Washash
3 - Karkh Side - Sheikh Marouf Street
4 - Karradat Maryam - Abdul Aziz Al-Qassab Market
5 - Al-Bataween 10 - Kadhimiya
11 - Adhamiya
6 - Eastern Karrada - Albu Jumaa
Note
1 - To be paid
Day
His insurance
After a...
In place
12 Sh
This list is not considered
Paid unless it is
Stamped above by
The cashier
Reader
Amount
For office use only
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.
PAPER PATENTED BY N.C.R CO C B
44561
⟦illegible⟧

Page 41

Baghdad Electricity Department
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium Committee
House Serial No. - 180 -
Al-Saadoun Park Deposit
F 10 - 71068/10498975
1609100
44561
000224
172
Fils | Fixed Monthly Fee | Meter Registration | Date | Account Number
⟦illegible⟧ | 98975 | 1 Numbered | Serial | 62512 | 16 | 09 | 10
25 | For the meter | 2375 | 62 | 412 | from | Various prices |
|  |  |  |  |  | 1 - Arrears | 15
|  | Units Supplied |  |  |  | 2 - Special reading fee |
| 122 | at 16 fils |  |  |  | 3 - Cost of damage to the meter |
|  | at 12 fils |  |  |  | 4 - Transferred from your account | 14
|  | at 10 fils |  |  |  |  |
Various prices - see reverse
Total 277
Notes
1- ⟦illegible⟧
2- On ⟦illegible⟧
After ⟦illegible⟧
In the ⟦illegible⟧
12 ⟦illegible⟧

Page 42

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 175 )
Date 29 / 5 / 1964
Hussein Abdullah ⟦Feryal⟧
Fils | Dinar
== | 14 /
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only fourteen Dinars and no more
And that is for the competition advertisement fees
Signature of the Recipient
Hussein Abdullah ⟦Feryal⟧
The Republic of Iraq
10
Fils
Revenue Stamp

Page 43

Ezra Menachem Daniel Playground
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
Date 29 / 5 / 1964
Hassan Abdullah Zabal
( 174 )
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 4
I received from the Ezra Menachem Daniel Playground in Baghdad the aforementioned amount
Only four Dinars and no more
And that is for - 4 Dinars wages for additional work during May afternoons 1964
1 - Wages for planning the fields
1 - Wages for additional work on Friday afternoons during May 1964
4 - Dinars
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Abdullah Zabal
29 / 5
The Republic of Iraq
10 ten fils

Page 44

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 174 )
Date 29 / 5 / 1964
Muhammad Thabit Jarrah
Fils: 750
Dinar: 12
I received from the Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only twelve dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils
And that is for the salaries of the month of May 1964
Maintenance work wages in the stadium
12.750 Dinars
Signature of the Recipient
Muhammad Thabit Jarrah
Republic of Iraq
⟦fingerprint⟧

Page 45

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 174 )
Date 22 / 5 / 1962
Fils: —
Dinar: 806
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only one hundred dinars only
For check No. 844625 dated 22 / 5 / 1962
Signature of the Recipient
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Issued
Number ⟦...⟧
Date 27 / 5 / 1962

Page 46

Spending at the bar
300 fils tall beer cans
800 " small
1,100 Dinars
Spent at a reception
Students
171

Page 47

Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( ⟦170⟧ )
Date: 27 / 5 / 1962
Fils: —
Dinar: 20/
I received from Ezra Menachem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above-mentioned amount
Only twenty dinars only
And that is for the salary of the month of May 1962
Iraqi Republic
10 Fils
Revenue Stamp
Receiver's Signature
⟦illegible⟧

Page 48

MUSTAFA H. KATTAN
DEALER OF AUTO PARTS & BELT
MURABBA'A
Rashid St., 439/1
Phone No. 85796
Baghdad
Mustafa Hassoun Kattan
Dealer of Auto Parts and Belts
Murabba'a
Al-Rashid Street 439/1
Telephone: 85796
Baghdad on: 22 / 5 / 62
To: Mr. Mohammad Sahir
Mr.: Mr. Mohammad Sahir
Qty. | Particulars | Price | I.D. | Fils
| Chassis Tube |  |  | 500
| ⟦...⟧ Piece |  | 1 | 250
| Only one dinar and seven hundred and fifty fils |  |  |
| Amount received in cash |  |  |
1750
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧

Page 49

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 168 )
Date 19 / 5 / 1962
Mohammed ⟦Sabit⟧ Jarrah
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2/
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the above mentioned amount
Only: Two dinars only
And that is for: 1/000 fees for additional work ⟦gratuities⟧ of the blessed Eid al-Adha
1/000 Eid gift for the blessed Eid al-Adha
2/000 Dinars
⟦Revenue stamp with thumbprint⟧
Signature of recipient
Mohammed ⟦Sabit⟧ Jarrah
19 / 5

Page 50

Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium
Near the White Palace
Baghdad
( 967 )
Date 29 / 5 / 1962
Hassan Abdullah Zabbal
Fils — Dinar 2
I received from Ezra Menahem Daniel Stadium in Baghdad the amount mentioned above
Only two dinars only
And that for 1- Wages for additional work on the Eid al-Adha carts
2- Eid al-Adha gift
3- Dinar "
Republic of Iraq
⟦illegible⟧ fils
Signature of the recipient
Hassan Abdullah Zabbal
⟦illegible⟧ a