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IJA 2840

Receipts and Invoices for the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

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These are receipts and invoices from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools from a variety of vendors for electrical and maintenance work, book orders, water, electricity, labor, travel for teachers, carpentry, pharmacy orders, toys, food services, office and school supplies, sporting goods, printing, fire insurance policy renewal, and newspaper advertising. Vendors include: Mackenzie’s Books, The Bookshop – Baghdad, Edward Raby Pharmacy, Al-Muthanna Library, Iraqi Mercantile Limited, The Union Pharmacy, the Middle East Store, Victory Bookshop, Coronet Bookshop, Trading & Printing Co. Ltd., Dar Es Salaam Hospital, Iraq Insurance Office Ltd, The Times (London), Manchester Guardian, and Foyles.

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Archive Reference
IJA 2840
Item Number
1427
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
The British Council, Financial, Chart, Employment, Shamash Secondary School, London, Address, Teachers, Geography, File Folder, Thumbprint, Chemistry, Business Cards, Typed, English Literature, Electricity Bill, Fragments, Baghdad Power and Light, Office of Telephone Administration, Economics, Receipts, Ink Stamps, Math, University of London, Letterhead, Invoice, Frank Iny School, French, Paris, Insurance, Personal Letterhead, Directorate of Education, Annotation, Ministry of Industry - Office of Electricity, Handwritten, Hospital, Travel, Revenue Stamps, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 101-125

Page 101

1957
1957
Management account from 7/26 to 8/2/1957
Tea Pepsi | Coffee | <del>Coffee</del>
Quantity | Quantity | Quantity
35 | 68 | 24
280 | 1088 | 240
| 1088
| 0280
| 0240
Total | 1608
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 102

Ali Hassan Najjar
Seller of Carpentry Tools
Sheikh Omar Abu Seifein Street No. 149/74
Fils | Dinar | Goods | Price | Quantity
420 | - | Screws ⟦...⟧ |  |
060 | - | ⟦...⟧ |  |
150 | - | ⟦...⟧ |  |
⟦630⟧ | - |  |  |
090 | - | Hinge ⟦...⟧ |  |
⟦720⟧ | - |  |  |
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Page 103

Volume Number 184162
⟦Form⟧ Accounting 137
Receipts for amounts collected for the government
Serial Number: 53
Fils/Dinar: 72/750
Department Name:
Received from: Frank Aini School
Amount: Seventy-two dinars and seven hundred and fifty fils
On account of: Price of school books
On date: 24 / 8 / 57
Signature of the collector: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: ⟦signature⟧

Page 104

Number 4676
The Shop of Al-Hajj Ibrahim and his partner Hussein
For Selling Timber
Telephone Number ( )
Baghdad on 24 / 8 / 1957
Abi Saifin - Adjacent to Cinema Al-Andalus
To: The Respected ⟦Frank Iny School⟧
Details of the funds spent on your behalf on this date and the compensation:
Fils | Dinars | Type of Material | Quantity | Measurement | Total Length Feet | Total Square Inch | C | Cubic Foot | Price Fils | Price Dinars | Notes
⟦line⟧ | 2 | Teak | 2 | 6 x 4 |  |  |  |  | 500 | 1 |
950 |  | '' | 1 | 7 x 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2950 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
030 |  | Porterage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2980 | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Only two dinars and nine hundred eighty fils ⟦nothing else⟧
⟦scribble⟧
Errors and omissions excepted by both parties
I have received the materials described above in full and accepted them regardless of any defect

Page 105

69
Written stamp | 050
Iran written stamp | 030
Car fare | 050
Water bill | 60700
Water bill | 0420
7 dozen soaps | 7400
24 threads of Shali Kebab | 0400
Stationery carrier | 0020
Stationery list | 7152
To Dawood Abu Al-Ma' Al-Khabit and the dirty | 0250
Ice for the administration | 225
Ice for foreigners | 500
15846

Page 107

Baghdad District Water Supply Service
Amounts | Fee Type | Consumed Quantity | Meter Readings | Reading Date
1.440 | 1 | 4153 | 64 | 46
4.510 | 2 | 3582 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
0.120 | 16 |  |  |
6.070 | TOT |  |  |
School: Frank Iny
Address: Dahbetah
Subscription Number: 2433
Meter: 84260
Date: 22/6/15
Final Warning
Due to your failure to pay the bill within the specified period, we hereby warn you of the necessity of
paying the amount within 7 days from the date of your notification of this warning, otherwise the
supply will be cut off and will not be restored until after the debt, restoration fee, and insurance are paid.
Baghdad District Water Supply Service
87
5
4/3

Page 108

Water Supply Service for the Baghdad Area
Amounts | Type of Fees Month or Past Period | Consumed Quantity | Meter Readings | Date of Subsequent Previous Readings
.260 - 25 64 4 6
.155 16 2 ⟦illegible⟧ 4
.415 TOT
School: Frank Eini
Address: 22/6/15 Rahita
Subscription Number: 3432
Meter: 92252
Final Notice
Due to your failure to pay the bill within the specified period, we hereby notify you of the necessity of
paying the amount within 7 days from the date of your notification of this warning, otherwise the
supply will be cut and will not be restored except after paying the debt, the restoration fee, and insurance.
Water Supply Service for the Baghdad Area

Page 109

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 21 / 7 / 195
To: Frank Einy School
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 |  | Einy paneled file
700 | 2 | Large bound notebook (100) pages Einy - 80 -
167 | 1 | Notebook 60 / Einy 15
584 |  | " 40 / " 50
500 |  | " 20 / " 50
900 |  | Set of Rema transparent gummed ⟦1/2⟧ 8 x 10 Lib
800 |  | Notebook 80 / school bound Einy
|  | White Sheeb glue
151 | 7 | 12
⟦red scribble⟧

Page 110

68
- 4
Servants summer abaya ⟦profits⟧ | 050
Written stamp | 440
Porter with car fare to transport the cooler | 450
Car fare to transport the filter for the cooler | 180
Car fares to Work and Social Security |
three times | 058
Written stamp by the hand of Yahya | 151
Fiscal stamp for Work and Social Security | 030
Fee for telephone call | 420
Cardboard box number | 100
⟦Stly⟧ threads for wrapping | 800
Lunch for the servants on Sunday at the party | 325
Ice for the administration room and teachers | 900
Ice for the account of students | 250
Car fare to transport books from Mackenzie |
| ⟦line⟧
| ⟦9/829⟧
17 742

Page 111

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 11 / 8 / 1957
To:
Fils | Dinar | Details
450 |  | Frank Iny School
|  | Four hundred and fifty fils
⟦signature⟧
780
230
⟦line⟧
550
170
9584
9829
⟦illegible bleed-through text from reverse side⟧

Page 112

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days of
its date.
2 - Any subscriber who considers that their deposited insurance
is more than necessary after maintaining continuous
service in one location for a period of no less than
12 months should apply for a second assessment.
Frank Iny School
Near Al-Alwiyah
9 hours in 16
M 441238/36053
40 02 64
22388
Account Number | Date | Sequence | Meter Reading | Monthly rate for limit | Fils | Dinars
40 | 17 / ⟦illegible⟧ | 7 | To 8506 | 1038 | |
| | 620 | From 8427 | 57 | 35 |
Various prices | | Supplied units | 79 | Meter | 170 |
1 - Arrears | 79 | | | | ⟦illegible⟧ |
2 - Special reading fee | 195 | at 16 fils | 599 | | 9584 |
3 - Cost of meter damage | 225 | at 12 fils | | | |
4 - Carried from your account | 599 | at 10 fils | | | |
Previous period | | Various prices - see side | | | |
20088 | 20088 | 167 1760 | | Total | 9829 |
9839
G CSM
03344
86724
86725
86726
13-AUG-57
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier
PAID
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

Page 114

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days of
its date.
2 - The subscriber who sees his deposited securities
exceeding the requirement after taking a continuous
course in one place for a period of no less than
12 months must follow up for a second assessment.
M 387531/34589
INT. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
LL SERIAL 40 02 640
Factor difference fee
40 02 640
Meter | Units Supplied | Various Prices | Total
35 | 225 | 1 - Late fees |
9693 57 620 |  | 2 - Special reading fee |
9618 7 22 |  | 3 - Cost of meter damage |
87031 |  | 4 - Transferred from your account |
Dinar | Fils | Monthly fee for the specified
0 | 500 |
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier
Bills are paid daily except Friday at:
1 - Al-Abakhana
2 - Bab Al-Muazzam
3 - Al-Karkh side - Sheikh Marouf Street
above Abdul Aziz Al-Qassab Pharmacy
4 - Karrada Maryam
5 - Al-Bataween
6 - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Al-Bu Juma'a
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.

Page 115

Established 1920
67
Folio:
Date: 24th July 1957
M: FRANK INY SCHOOL,
Address: B A G H D A D.
Dr. to
Mackenzie Library: Baghdad
(MACKENZIE & MACKENZIE)
THE BOOKSHOP,
BAGHDAD.
Booksellers, Publishers, and Stationers,
Telephone No 83304 Telephone Number 83304
TELEGRAMS: CODES
"MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP A.B.C. 6TH. EDITION
BAGHDAD" BENTLEYS.
OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS ARE SOUGHT FOR AND FOUND
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING BY THE LEADING ENGLISH AND EGYPTIAN FIRMS.
A SPECIALITY IS MADE OF OLD AND RARE BOOKS DEALING WITH IRAQ. ARABIA AND PERSIA
BOOKS NOT IN STOCK ARE PROCURED PROMPTLY FROM ANY PART OF THE WOLRD
40 / 5th Primary | The Oxford English Course for Iraq Book 1 @ 100= | 4.000 | ✓
25 / ✓ | Morris: An English Course for Students etc. I @ 200= | 5.000 | ✓
40 / 6th | The Oxford English Course for Iraq Book II @ 200 | 8.000 | ✓
35 / " | " " " " " " " III @ 200 | 7.000 | ✓
30 / Preparatory (English) | Stories from the Near East @ 100= | 3.000 | ✓
10 / Preparatory | Lorna Doone - Simplified @ 150 | 1.500 | ✓
30 / Preparatory (English) | The Golden Earth - Michael West @ 100 | 3.000 | ✓
35 / 1st Intermediate (A) Commercial | The Children of the New Forest @ 150 | 5.250 | ✓
3 / For the Teacher | Teachers Notes to O.E.C. I @ 250 | .750 | ✓
3 / ✓ ~ | " " " " II @ 250 | .750 | ✓
3 / ✓ ~ | " " " " IV @ 250 | .750 | ✓
25 / 2nd Intermediate (A) & (B) + 2nd Commercial | Comprehension and Precis Pieces - Hill @ 150 | 3.750 | ✓
16 / 5th Preparatory | Louis Pasteur - E. Attwood @ 180 | 2.880 | ✓
25 / 3rd Intermediate + 4th Commercial | Oliver Twist - Tales Retold @ 150 | 3.750 | ✓
49.380 /
Less 10% discount... 4.938 /
IDs. 44.442 ✓
10 FILS 10 Fils
REVENUE
IRAQ
⟦illegible signature⟧
ID 44-442

Page 116

Telegraph 12 66
Number 16
Telegram receipt number
Addressed to ⟦Naturals⟧
Delivery location
Fils Dinar Value of the stamps attached to it
Number of words paid for its reply in advance
Name and address of the telegram sender
596
Dina ⟦...⟧
Receiving officer
Date stamp
⟦illegible⟧
This receipt must be presented when requesting investigations regarding this telegram

Page 117

66
FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No. :
Date :
5/-
And his tongue Ali
I received from Frank Iny School five dinars only and that for
Fils | Dinar
- | 2 | Price of Angle Iron brackets for installing the air cooler unit
500 | 2 | Labor fee
500 | 0 | Air cooler cleaning Dinar
|  | Price of tap ⟦water⟧ for the bracket
- | 5 |
Received here
10 fils
Republic of Iraq
Ismail Khidr
Ali's Shop
⟦signature⟧
⟦red scribbles⟧

Page 118

66
Four iron library shelves
for the school textbook store
FRANK C. STRICK & CO.,
INVOICE
1957
(Busra) Ltd. Baghdad
10 Fils
10 FILS
FRANK C. STRICK & CO., (BUSRA) LTD. BAGHDAD:
INVOICE:
No: 06909
Baghdad: 3/8/57
Received from: Frank Iny School
I. Dinars: Thirty six fils 100
in payment of our: Invoice Nos 8009, 8015 D/N FCS/119 plus Labour Charges
For FRANK C. STRICK & CO., (BUSRA) LTD.
I. D. 36/100 ⟦AMahitaya⟧

Page 119

Frank C. Strick & Co., (Busra) Ltd. Frank C. Strick & Co. (Basrah) Limited
( Incorporated in Great Britain ) ( Incorporated in England )
and at Baghdad
Basrah, Mohammerah & Abadan.
Telegraphic Address : P. O. Box No. 25,
"OUTFLOW" Baghdad Baghdad, 3/8/1957
Code used :
BENTLEY'S
Telephones 83329 & 85655
M: Frank Iny School
MONTHLY STATEMENT.
Dear Sirs,
For convenience of reference we beg to inform you that the undernoted items stand to the debit of your account in our books. We shall be much obliged if you will arrange settlement of same as early as possible, ⟦before the end of this month⟧.
Yours faithfully,
for FRANK C. STRICK & CO., (BUSRA) LTD.
⟦R.B. Art⟧
Debit Note No. | Date | Goods | AMOUNT I.D. | Fils
8009 | 25/7/57 | c/o 304 ft. Dexion S. Angle | 23 | 450
8015 | 26/7/57 | " 16 " " " | 1 | 200
D/N FCS/119 | 3/8/57 | " 264 Sq. ft. Masonite Sheets | 7 | 550
|  | 26 hours labour charges at 150 fils p.h. | 3 | 900
|  |  | 36 | 100
For four steel shelving units for storing textbooks in the school
475.2
⟦red scribble⟧

Page 120

Tel. No. 85555 & 86450 Telephone No: 85555 and 86450 Invoice No 008009 Invoice No.
P. O. Box No. 25 P.O. Box No. 25
Baghdad, 25/July 1957
Frank Iny School
M Frank Ani School
Baghdad.
Dr. To FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD.
(Incorporated in Great Britain)
Debtor to: Frank C. Strick & Partners (Basra) Limited - Baghdad
(Incorporated in England)
Quty Quantity | Description Type of goods | Price Price | Amount Amount I.D. | Amount Amount Fils
304 | feet Dexion Steel Angle (225) | 0/075 | 22 | 800
| Pick-up & Coolie hire |  | — | 650
|  |  | 23 | 450
| (I.D. Twenty three & fils four hundred & fifty only) |  |  |
| ⟦flourish⟧ |  |  |
No claim will be considered after the goods leave the Company's stores. No claim is considered after the removal of goods from the company's warehouse
E. & O. E. Errors and omissions excepted for both parties

Page 121

Tel. No. 85655 & 86450 Telephone Number: 85655 and 86450 Invoice No. 008015 Invoice No.
P. O. Box No. 25 P.O. Box Number 25
Baghdad, 26/July 1957
M Frank ⟦Ani⟧ School
Baghdad.
Dr. To FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD.
( Incorporated in Great Britain )
Debtor to: Frank C. Strick & Partners (Busra) Limited - Baghdad
( Incorporated in England )
Quty Quantity | Description Type of goods | Price Price | Amount Amount I.D. | Amount Amount Fils
16 | feet Dexion Steel Angle (225) | 0/075 | 1 | 200
| (I.D. One & fils two hundred only) | | |
| ⟦signature⟧ | | |
No claim will be considered after the goods leave the Company's stores. No claim is considered after taking the goods out of the company's warehouse
E. & O. E. Errors and omissions excepted for both parties

Page 122

No D/N. FCS/119
Baghdad, 3rd August, 1957.
Frank Ani School,
Baghdad.
⟦line⟧
Dr. to FRANK C. STRICK & CO., (BUSRA) LTD.
(INCORPORATED IN GREAT BRITAIN.)
To cost of:- |
264 square ft. masonite bought from the market at 25 Fils per square ft. plus coolie and transport charges ⟦line⟧ | ID.7-550
26 hours labour charges at 150 Fils per hour ⟦line⟧ | 3-900
| ID.11-450
(Iraq Dinars Eleven & Fils four hundred fifty only). |
E. & O. E.
⟦line⟧
For FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD.
⟦illegible signature⟧
AS/EG.

Page 123

D/N. FCS/119
FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD
BAGHDAD
3rd August, 1957.
Frank Ani School,
Baghdad.
To cost of:-
264 square ft. masonite bought from the
market at 25 Fils per square ft. plus
coolie and transport charges ⟦line⟧ ID.7-550
26 hours labour charges at 150 Fils per
hour ⟦line⟧ 3-900
ID.11-450
(Iraq Dinars Eleven & Fils four hundred fifty only).
E. & O. E.
For FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD.
(Sgd.) GEO. NEWLANDS
⟦illegible⟧ NEWLANDS
AS/EG.

Page 124

D/N. FCS/119
FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD
BAGHDAD
3rd August, 1957.
Frank Ani School,
Baghdad.
To cost of:-
264 square ft. masonite bought from the
market at 25 Fils per square ft. plus
coolie and transport charges ⟦line⟧ ID.7-550
26 hours labour charges at 150 Fils per
hour ⟦line⟧ 3-900
ID.11-450
(Iraq Dinars Eleven & Fils four hundred fifty only).
E . & . O . E .
For FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD.
(Sgd.) G RO. NEWLANDS
AS/EG.

Page 125

D/N. FCS/119
3rd August, 1957.
Frank Ani School,
Baghdad.
To cost of:-
264 square ft. masonite bought from the market at 25 Fils per square ft. plus
coolie and transport charges ⟦line⟧ ID.7-550
26 hours labour charges at 150 Fils per
hour ⟦line⟧ 3-900
ID.11-450
(Iraq Dinars Eleven & Fils four hundred fifty only).
E. & . O. . E.
For FRANK C. STRICK & CO. (BUSRA) LTD.
(Sgd.) GEO. NEWLANDS
AS/EG.
⟦illegible blue handwriting⟧
⟦illegible blue mark⟧
⟦illegible blue handwriting⟧ ID. 7.550