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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 326-350

Page 326

Stars Kebab Restaurant
Bab Al-Sharqi - Opposite Miami Cinema
We have all excellent dry dishes
Gus * Tikka * Kebab
Baghdad
Telephone 6363

⟦Sun⟧
Fils
⟦line⟧
Dinar
Sandwich | 500
Pepsi | 500
Potato | 225
⟦Salad⟧ | 200
⟦Tea⟧ | 150
⟦illegible⟧ | 300
1875
⟦signature⟧

Page 327

25 | Habashi Kebab | 750
|  | 125
15 | Bread | 150
5 | Yogurt | 200
100 | Chicken Sandwich | 600
100 | Egg Sandwich | 600
25 | Orange | 375
2725
⟦signature⟧

Page 329

15
2. For him
5 /
0
0
⟦signature⟧
15 cases of chicken 05 /
5 eggs 07
5 tongues
25 Shish Kabab 250
10 pickles
Bread 10

Page 330

About me
⟦illegible⟧ leather ⟦illegible⟧ | 280
Takeaway Kebab quantity 2 | 400
Bread 10 count | 100
Chicken sandwich 2 | 1200
⟦illegible⟧ 400 | 600
2580
Sinbad Restaurant
Friday

Page 331

15 | x | Brain sandwich
15 | + | Chicken
10 |  | Bulgur kibbeh
15 | + | Aleppo kibbeh
25 |  | Orange
10 | + | Cup of yogurt
⟦line⟧

Page 332

Bab Al-Najaf Restaurant
Ali
15 | Meat sandwich | 900
15 | " Chicken | 900
10 | Baked bulgur kibbeh | 800
15 | Aleppo kibbeh | 500
25 | Orange | 375
10 | Cups of yogurt | 250
20 | Kebab skewer | 600
15 | Bread | 150
4475
Abdo Al-Hajji
⟦signature⟧

Page 333

Elev. Bottom of Hole: ________
RECORD OF PRESSURE:
No. of Tests:
Test | Depth From | Depth To | Time Started | Elapsed Time Min. | Pressure at Start lbs. per sq. in.
Test No. |  |  |  |  |
(a) Pressure |  |  |  |  |
Flow |  |  |  |  |
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Page 334

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧                                 Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧      Date ⟦line⟧
⟦...⟧ / 3 / Second
⟦...⟧ Advance ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Pressure Roller Model T130 ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ / 2 / 1977

Page 335

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number
Date ⟦line⟧ Date
5/- Dinars
To the Management of Frank Iny School
The price of purchasing four boxes of (Nestlé) ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
6/2/1957
⟦red signature⟧
⟦illegible blue stamp⟧

Page 336

Mackenzie's Bookshop
MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP TEL. : 83304 Telephone 83304
4
FRANK INY SCHOOL,: BAGHDAD.
Baghdad: 5th March, 1957
Baghdad:
24 | Introductory Exercises in Comprehension and Expression by C.C. Harris @ 210= | 5.040
40 | Clause-Analysis for General Certificate of Education. by J.M. Charlton @ 120= | 4.800
| | 9.840
| Less 10% dis.... | .984
| IDs. | 8.856
10 Fils
Republic of Iraq
ID 8/856
13/1/1957
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 337

21
Photograph of His Majesty King Faisal II | 1 | 000 | /
Photograph of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince | 1 | 750 | /
Al-Muthanna Library List | 4 | 950 | /
Registered letter stamp | - | 020 | /
Letter stamp | - | 054 | /
Bedouin - Warda Subhi home decoration ⟦Eid⟧ | 2 | 000 | /
Carnation flower | - | 400 | /
Box of chalk | 26 | 000 | /
Car fare for transporting exam books | 1 | 250 | /
Porter fee for moving books from the press to the street | - | 050 | /
Car fare for distributing letters | - | 070 | /
Car fare to the Directorate of Labor and Social Security | - | 050 | /
Composition of His Eminence Abu al-Nubun with Shiyatah | 2 | 000 | /
Soap for washing kaliyat | 180 | /
Friday laborer's wage, Abdullah Khader | - | 500 | /
Oud ⟦stick⟧ incense | 2 | 000 | /
Can of Vim | - | 250 | /
Postage stamps difference from the post office for a letter | 4 | 000 | /
7484
7986
15470

Page 338

I have received from Frank Aini School
an amount of one dinar for
a photograph of His Majesty King
Faisal Fadel
Fadel
5 / 2 / 57
⟦illegible⟧

Page 339

Fils Dinar
750 Only seven hundred and fifty fils
Received from Al-Frank Aini Private School
the above-mentioned amount, which is seven hundred and fifty
fils, for the price of (a photograph stamp of His
Royal Highness), and therefore this receipt was given for the time of
need
The Seller
Ali Al-Haj Razooqi
5/2/57
⟦illegible red scribble/signature⟧

Page 340

Al-Muthanna Library
Qasim Muhammad Al-Rajab
Telephone: 83588
Baghdad — Iraq
Number 4908
Date 2/2/57
Cash Sale Invoice
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price - Fils | Price - Dinar
950 | 4 | French Notebook | 99 | 50 |
Only four Dinars and 950 Fils, nothing else
Amount received ⟦...⟧
Seller

Page 341

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 12 / 5 / 1957
To: Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 | 6 | White chalk, Sab Ali ⟦...⟧ 100 -/65
100 |  | Holder
600 | 6 |
Six Dinars and Six Hundred Fils
only
And it has been received
151
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 342

9/19
⟦illegible⟧
6
Hussein
Abboud
Shamasha

Page 343

Number: 91
7 - Registered items:
Registered:
Sender: ⟦...⟧
Addressed to: ⟦Shamash⟧
Value of stamps affixed if it is a parcel:
Dinar:
Fils:
For prohibited materials:
Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures): ⟦...⟧
In words: ⟦...⟧
Insurance fee: ⟦750⟧
Weight in words:
Entry (letter) bundle (parcel) as the case requires:
Receiving officer: ⟦...⟧
2 MAR 57
⟦W.P.⟧
Date stamp

HILAL PRESS
PRINTING BINDING, RULING
PROPRIETOR:
Haron M. Shasha
Tel. : 6379
Mutanabbi Street No. 6/26
BAGHDAD
185
No 000554
Al-Hilal Press
For printing, binding and paper ruling
Proprietor: Haron Murad Shasha
Telephone No. 6379
Al-Mutanabbi Street No. 6/26 Baghdad
Baghdad on: 7 / 1 / 1957
To: The Honorable Administration of Frank Iny School
Date | Particulars | I. D. | Fils
150 | Value of paper and printing fees for 200 receipt books | 22 | 500
150 | Ledger fees and ruling, binding, numbering, and printing fees for 12 registers | 20 | 000
2500 | Value of paper and printing fees for daily entry vouchers 20 books No. B | <del>22</del> | <del>000</del>
150 | Total | 55 | 500
| Discount allowance due to repeated quantity 20% | 11 | 100
| Only forty-four Dinars and four hundred Fils | 44 | 400
| Received in cash |  |
Al-Hilal Press, Proprietor Haron M Shasha
HILAL PRESS H. M. SHASHA
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Booklet
12 x 7750 Ledger books
150 x 900 Receipt books
20 x 800 Daily entries
26100
Press Administration

Page 344

192 and 194
Envelopes from Times store ⟦quantity⟧ 1000 | 2 | 500
Electricity bill | 9 | 727
Gratuity to Wadi with Daoud | - | 200
Registered letter stamp | - | 30
Registered letter stamp | - | 26
Signal | 1 | 800
Pots for wiping and cleaning | - | 200
Car fare | - | 50
A piece of soap | - | 40
Palmolive soap dozen ⟦and⟧ ⟦...⟧ | - | 780
Aspenic 2 bottles | - | 180
Kerosene 2 cans | - | 480
Photographs of His Majesty King Faisal | 6 | 500
Overseer for the new construction Abdullah Khalaf | 1 | 500
| 22 | 793
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 345

BAGHDAD
School of ⟦...⟧
Frank Eini School ⟦...⟧
I have received an amount of six dinars and five hundred
fils, which is for the value of twelve photos of His
Majesty with their frames, and therefore I gave this receipt
for when needed
The Seller
Ali Al-Haj Razzouqi
28 / 2 / 57

Page 346

BAGHDAD  Khan Al-Shabandar * Baghdad
Khan El-Shabandr  Telephone 84366
Tel. No. 84366
Date  / / 195
Mr.
Fils | Dinar | Habba | Mithqal | Price | Notes
Upon return, the fee is deducted and the gold is at market price

Registered - 7: No. 13
Registered: ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to: Directorate of General Accounts
Value of stamps affixed if it is a packet: Dinar — Fils —
For insured items:
Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures): —
In words: Ten
Insurance fee:
Weight in words:
ALWIYA
27 FEB 67
Baghdad
Registered (Letter) bundle or
(Packet) as the case requires
⟦illegible signature⟧
The receiving clerk

Page 347

⟦File⟧
Shamash Secondary School
Al-Fina
Outgoing
1/1
Issued
⟦signature⟧

Page 349

Baghdad Light & Power Company Limited
BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
For Of
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- The subscriber who believes that their deposited security
is more than necessary after maintaining a continuous
supply in one location for a period of no less than
12 months should apply for a re-assessment.
Baghdad Electricity Authority
Frank Iny School
Near Al-Alwiyah
90 hours in 16
M 441238/36053
40 . 2 640
44355
Account Number | Date | Meter Registration | Monthly Fee
640 02 40 | 57417 | Sequence 1 Number 41238 | Fixed 500 Dinars 0
Miscellaneous charges 150
1- Arrears 194
2- Special reading fee 248
3- Cost of damage to the meter 592
4- Transferred from your account ⟦Great Power⟧
1700 = 20 X 85
To 77957 / 2 / 77
From 57119 / 7645
Units supplied 150
At 18 Fils 592 X 16
At 12 Fils
At 10 Fils
Miscellaneous charges - see side
Total 9727
9.727
AIN
1-
A
25 FEB 57 00214
This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the Treasurer
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Page 350

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
Note: 1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- Any subscriber who intends to secure their deposited connection: in excess of what is necessary after having a continuous supply in one location for a period of no less than 12 months should apply for an assessment of that.
Dinar | Fils | Estimated fees for the Limited Co. | Meter Reading | Number | Sequence | Date | Account Number
0 | 500 | 41572 | 81628 | 2 | 57417 | 40 | 641
Meter | From | To | Units Supplied
25 | 11424 | 119 | 57
1- Arrears
2- Special reading fee
3- Cost of damage to the meter
4- Transferred from your account
Various prices
According to the attached lists
According to list No. 13
According to list No. 18
Various prices - Other side
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
IO M 441573/35395
44255
G. Q. 641
Electricity Bill Payment Centers:
1- In Abakhana
2- In Bab al-Muazzam
3- On the Karkh side in Sheikh Marouf Street
4- In Bataween
M - D - 1
30
00047
Daily except Fridays
18
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS, PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.
This bill is
considered paid
unless it is stamped
above by the
Cashier