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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 226-250

Page 226

No.: 013
Date: 20/5/54
Tel.: 87501
DR. To:: Frank Aini School
CORONET BOOKSTORE
SOUTH-GATE
BAGHDAD
Quantity | I T E M | Price | Total I.D. | Total Fils
1 | The News Ill. Reg |  |  | 900
1 | H. G. Wells |  |  | 350
|  |  | 1 | 250
(ID. One & fils 250/1000)
Received the amount
For the Lady Doctor
⟦signature⟧
⟦circular stamp⟧
E. & O. E.

Page 227

Al-Nasr Library
VICTORY BOOKSHOP
RASHID STREET - P. O. BOX 59
BAGHDAD - IRAQ
Tel 4828
No.: 49 U
Date: 21-5-57
Mr.: Frank Iny School
Dr. to Victory Bookshop.:
Quantity | Description | Rate | Total I.D. | Total Fils
1 | 88 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Map | | 1 | 000
1 | Ma Vie d'enfant | | | 300
| | | 1 | 300
VICTORY BOOKSHOP
(ID) one & 300/⟦...⟧
Received the amount
Committee ⟦...⟧

Page 228

VARTAN MARTIN
GENERAL MERCHANT
&
NEWSAGENT
TELEPHONE NO. 84975
406/1 Rashid Street
Baghdad 20/5/57
(Iraq)
⟦Mr.⟧ Youssef Dangoor
To
Frank Iny School
Baghdad
Cost of:-
One Book Pleasure of
Ruins ID 1-500
V. M.
&
N. S.
Received the amount
Linda Dangoor
Received Payment
With Thanks
⟦signature⟧

Page 229

No: 06⟦...⟧
Date: 22nd May 57
Tel.: 87501
Name/Address: David Stephen Frank Ani School Baghdad
DR. TO: CORONET BOOKSTORE
SOUTH-GATE
BAGHDAD
Quantity | ITEM | Price | Total I.D. | Total Fils
1 | The New Illustrated |  |  |
| Mag - |  | - | 960
| (ID. Nil + fils 960 only) |  |  |
Received the amount
David Stephen
⟦Refuis⟧
CORONET
BOOK STORE
TEL. 87501
E. & O. E.

Page 230

Prizes for outstanding students
In the 1957 distribution
22
Elias Hasso and Partners
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad
A. HASSO & Co.
Rashid St. Baghdad
Tel. 6346 Tel. 6346
Date 20-5-57 Date 20-5-57
4 | Parker 61 @ 7.- | 28 | -
I.D. Twenty eight only
paid cash with thanks
10 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq
⟦illegible⟧
20-5
A. Hasso & Co.
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
⟦Supplied from the account of Frank Iny School⟧

Page 231

The Trading & Printing Co., Ltd. - Baghdad
The Trading & Printing Co., Ltd., BAGHDAD
No. 006260
Received from: ⟦The administration of Frank Iny School, respected⟧
the sum of: Five Dinars and ⟦Four Hundred⟧ Fils only
in settlement of: Settlement of our invoice numbered 707 on 5/19/1958
Fils | I.D.
500 | 5
W. M. S.
⟦illegible⟧
The Trading & Printing Co. ⟦Ltd.⟧
THE TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
5 / 21 / 1958
Accountant
⟦Signature⟧
Iraq
20 Fils 20 Fils

Page 232

The Trading & Printing Co. Ltd.
KING FAISAL I STREET, BAGHDAD
TELEGRAMS: PRINTERS, BAGHDAD.
PHONE: 30624
The Trading & Printing Co. Ltd.
King Faisal I Street - Baghdad
Telegraphic Address: Printers - Baghdad
Telephone Number 30624
5615
Debit Note No: 007078
Request List No:
Date: 19 / 5 / 957
To: The Respected Frank Iny School
at Price @ | Qty. | PARTICULARS | I. D. | Fils
|  | Printing cost of 600 copies (Graduation Ceremony) | 5 | 500
|  | Only five dinars and five hundred fils and no more |  |
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on account
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧

Page 233

22
Committee of Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Please pay the amount of four Dinars to Mr.
Abbas Al-Haddad for the repair of the classroom, thank you.
(4 ID only)
⟦signature⟧
19/5/1958
⟦illegible⟧
18 / 5 / 67

Page 234

26
Orosdi-Back Establishments - Baghdad
Etablissements Orosdi-Back
SOCIETE ANONYME
Capital : 80,000,000 de Francs
Telephones: 5037 5038 5039
Post Box : 26
Baghdad: 6 / 5 / 1954
Order List: Frank Iny School
Details | Quantity | Dinar | Fils
French Dictionary | 1 | 6 | 250
New ⟦...⟧ French Dictionary Vol I
⟦...⟧ French Dictionary Vol II
⟦...⟧ 6 / 250
⟦illegible stamp⟧
10 Fils
Invoice

Page 235

21
Orosdi-Back Establishments - Baghdad
Etablissements Orosdi-Back
SOCIETE ANONYME
Capital : 80,000,000 de Francs
Telephones 5037 5038 5039
Post Box : 26
Baghdad 5 / 6 / 1954
Order List
Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Quantity | Details
250 | 6 | 1 | French Dictionary
|  |  | Nouveau Larousse Universel Vol. I
|  |  | Nouveau Petit Larousse
|  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ 6/55
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ N. S.
Paid

Page 236

2 | 000 | Roll screws count ⟦10⟧ for boards ⟦...⟧
1 | 080 | Clothes hanger ⟦...⟧
- | 180 | Stairs cleaning brush ⟦...⟧
- | 180 | Lock
- | 180 | Spring bottle count ⟦...⟧
1 | 200 | Envelopes for report cards ⟦...⟧
- | 150 | Envelopes
- | 160 | Soap for washing toilets
- | 250 | Nails for toilet carpentry
- | 600 | Sham raw fabric, yard count
- | 500 | Eidiya for the municipality workers, i.e., garbage collectors
9 | 199 | Electricity bill
- | 600 | Polish for advertisements
- | 050 | Black paint for the chalkboard for the downhill
- | 840 | Naphthalene, kilogram count
- | 250 | Polish for the indigo machine
- | 400 | Ice, 4 blocks
2 | 000 | Bolt of Sham raw fabric
- | 100 | Bottle of Phenic
- | 088 | Written deed
- | 090 | Car fare
- | 060 | Porterage for furniture
| 2480 |
| 13775 | 20/257
| 20/257 |
2-48

Page 237

ALI RAFAT Co. Ltd. No 000389 ALI RAFAT Co. Ltd.
Rashid Street - Baghdad Rashid Street - Baghdad
Tel. No. { Office 84737 Tel. No. { Office 84737
Showroom & Store 6339 Tel. { For Showroom & Store 6339
Sales Invoice
Date: 11 / 5 / 73
Supplied Materials List: Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Quantity Number Unit | Details | Ledger No.
⟦line⟧ | 2 | ⟦line⟧ | 1 | 2 pcs | Rod Bolt F19 |
|  |  |  |  | Only two dinars no more |
Paid in Cash
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Signature of Responsible Employee Signature of Recipient

Page 238

8080 -
I have received from Franck Aini School
8 Dinars and eighty Fils
Value of ⟦advertisements⟧
⟦School funds⟧
W. M. S. C.
A. M. S.
S.
Tahir Abdul Karim
5 / 11 57
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 239

FINAL NOTICE
Baghdad Electricity Service
FINAL BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES NOTICE
Frank Iny School
Near Al-Alwiyah
90 hours in 16
M 441238/36053
44355
Account Number: 40 . 02 640
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Bill period to: 420
Bill period from: 319 57
Amount Fils: 199
Amount Dinar: 9
We draw your attention to our outstanding bills, requesting you to kindly settle them within (48)
hours from the date of this notice, otherwise the current will be subject to disconnection - and it will not be restored in
the event of its disconnection except after satisfying all claims and paying a fee of (380) fils
for the costs of disconnection and connection according to Article Seven of the Consumer Agreement.
For the Baghdad Electricity Service
⟦signature⟧
Chief Accountant
The final amount shown
in the field below
is the total of our
due claims.
This list is
considered paid unless
it is stamped above by
the cashier
14 MAY 57
00239
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
9.199
Fils FILS
Dinar I.D.
Receipt Number
Bill Number

Page 240

Hasso Brothers Limited - Baghdad
Retail Store
HASSO BROTHERS LTD.
Iraq's Shopping Centre
133   BAGHDAD   Tel. 83001
20
⟦540⟧
660
1.220
⟦illegible⟧
12-5-57

Page 241

Shop of Ali Al-Hajj Najm
For selling all types of glass, mirrors, and picture frames
Al-Rashid Street - Bab Al-Agha - Baghdad
Fils | Dinar | Details | Number of glass | Millimeter | Ort | Price
540 | == | Glass | 2 | 2 | 6 | 80
⟦040⟧ | == | Allowance |  |  |  |
500 | == | Remainder |  |  |  |
100 |  |  |  |  |  |
600 |  |  |  |  |  |
⟦illegible⟧
Only five hundred fils and no more
I received the amount in cash
Receipt ⟦...⟧ its right
The original
Note: Errors and omissions are returned to both parties
Signature

Page 242

4/18
I have received from
Frank Eini an amount of eight hundred
and forty fils for
naphthalene
Kilo number
4
Naphthalene balls
Price
Kilo 210
According to the list
W.M.S.
N.S.
47
4/18

Page 243

9/199
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days of
its date.
2 - The subscriber who considers that their deposited insurance
is excessive after taking a continuous supply
at one location for a period of no less than
12 months should apply for a second assessment.
Meter: 25
Fixed monthly fee: 500
Fils: 8064
Dinar: 8
Meter reading number: 41328
Sequence: 1
Date: 27 ⟦illegible⟧ 50
Account number: 400240
Various prices see side | Units supplied | From | To
1 - Late fees | 219 | 57 | 276
2 - Special reading fee | 124 |  | 124
3 - Cost of agreement for meter damage | 559 |  | 559
4 - Carried over from your account 559 |  |  |
M 441233/36053
16 hours at 90
Frank Iny School
Near Al-Alwiya
No. 86784 = 24
No. 86777 = 25
No. 86778 = 5
9/199
PAID
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.

Page 245

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2 - Any subscriber who finds that the insurance is excessive after continuous consumption in one location for a period of no less than 12 months should request a re-estimation.
Meter 35 | 8602 | 57 | 319 | From | Supplied Units | 190
Limited 50 | 87521 | Meter Recording | To | 2 | Various prices | 1 - Arrears
Fils Dinar | Number 3 | Serial 57420 | Date 20 02 64 | Account Number 242 | 2 - Special reading fee |
Monthly fee |  |  |  |  | 3 - Cost of repairing meter damage | At a price of 16 fils
|  |  |  |  | 4 - Carried over from your account | At a price of 12 fils
|  |  |  |  | Various prices - see side | At a price of 10 fils
Frank Aini School
RT. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
LL SERIAL 40 02 640
M 387531/34589
4002 642
Bills are paid daily except Fridays at the following centers:
1 - Al-Abakhana
2 - Bab Al-Muazzam
3 - Karkh side - Sheikh Maarouf Street
4 - Karadat Maryam - Abdul Aziz Al-Qassab Market
00049
5 - Al-Bataween
6 - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Al-Bu Jumaa
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.

Page 247

28
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number:
Date:
Date:
⟦W. M. S. Co.⟧
⟦N. S.⟧
30/- Dinars
I received from the administration of the Frank Iny School the sum of thirty Dinars only
for the price of wood, materials, and carpentry labor for the blackboards and other
repairs
⟦red flourish⟧
The Carpenter
Amin Hamza
Iraq
REVENUE
10
Fils

Page 248

Electric Carpentry Factory
Owned by Abdul Hadi Mahdi
Al-Sheikh Omar Street
Abu Saifian 74/149
Telephone No. 85845
Baghdad / / 195
⟦illegible⟧
Honorable Mr.: Ayni
Receipt No.: ( )
Fils | Dinar | Minute | Foot | Price | Notes
700 | | | | | Machine fee
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Please settle the amount
Signature

Page 249

Haj Ali Abdul Hussein
No. 1756
Deals in Shoemaking and Carpentry Tools Telegraphic: Zamzam
And all kinds of dyes, wholesale and retail P.O. Box 315
Al-Ma'mun Street - No. 27 and 29 / 27
Telephone No. 84768 / 84768 A
Baghdad on 6 / 5 / 1957
To:
Respected:
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price
400 | - | Value of ⟦belt⟧ ⟦N⟧ | Half | 800
240 | - | Value of joints | 4 pairs | 60
120 | - | Value of sandpaper | 4 sheets | 30
050 | - | Value of beads | ⟦illegible⟧ |
050 | - | Value of lead crucible | ⟦illegible⟧ |
040 | - | Value of ⟦tweezers⟧ | 2 pairs | 20
040 | - | Value of grain glue | 2 | 20
060 | - | Value of oil | Half | 120
W. M. S.
N. S.
1000 / 940 Received in cash
Errors and omissions excepted
⟦signature⟧

Page 250

Electric Carpentry Factory
ELECTRIC CARPENTERY FACTORY
Owned by Abdul Hadi Mahdi
ABDUL HADI MAHDI
Number 1097
Al Shaikh Umar St., Abu Saitain. 74 - 149
Sheikh Omar Street, Abu Saifain 74 - 7 / 149
TELEPHONE NO. 85845
Telephone - 85845
Baghdad 5 / 5 / 1957
Baghdad
Timber Section
FIMBER SECTION
To the Honorable Shamash School
Fils | Dinars | Type of Material | Quantity | Measurement | Total Length | Inch | Cubic Foot | Square Foot | Price
170 | 2 | Sugar Pine 6 | 2 | 2x2 | 40 |  | 4/50 |  | 870
|  | Sugar Pine 3 | 2 | 2x2x⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ |  | 1/51 |  | 870
228 | 3 | Porterage |  |  |  |  |  |  |
398 | 6 | Received in Cash |  |  |  |  |  |  |
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties