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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.

Metadata

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 351-375

Page 351

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGHDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
For Office Use Only
For Office Use Only
57
Baghdad Electricity Authority
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of
its date.
3- A subscriber who believes that their deposited security
is more than necessary after having a continuous
supply in one location for a period of not less than
12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Frank Iny School
ANT. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
TO M 38753I/34589
44355 40 02 642
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee | Fils | Dinar
40 02 642 | 17/2/57 | Sequence 3 Number 87531 | Fixed | 50 |
|  | To 17/2 ⟦illegible⟧ 8242 | Meter | 35 |
|  | From 19/1 57 8145 |  |  |
|  | Units Supplied 97 |  |  |
Miscellaneous Charges
1- Arrears
2- Special reading fee
3- Cost of damage to the meter
4- Transferred from your account
Miscellaneous charges - see side
M-D.I-
30
048
Electricity Bill Payment Centers:
1- In Al-Abakhana
2- In Bab Al-Muadham
3- In Karkh, Sheikh Ma'ruf Street
4- In Battaween
Daily except Fridays
Reader:
Amount:
This list is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the cashier
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Page 352

The Times Printing & Publishing Coy. Ltd.
STATIONERY SHOP - BAGHDAD
CASH SALES VOUCHER:
No: 0840 /Sty
Date: 25-2-57
M:
Description of Stationeries | Quantity | Sale Proceeds. I.D. Fils.
Manilla ⟦Envelopes⟧ 11 x 5 | 1000 | 2 500
TOTAL IDs. Two ⟦&⟧ five five hundred only
2 500
⟦signature⟧
f/C Sty Shop

Page 353

Occupation: Foreman on the new construction
Dinar
1500
Abdullah Khader
School ⟦...⟧
1957
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 354

DAR ES SA ⟦illegible⟧ AAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
No. ⟦illegible⟧ 1044
Date: 26, 9, 57
Received From: Jamila Frank
OPD No.: C. 413
Dinars: 1/000
For: ⟦vis⟧ ⟦W⟧
1/000 Signed ⟦Has⟧

Page 355

DAR ES SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
Date: 26.2.57.
No.: 1045
Received From: ⟦Jamil Frank⟧
OPD No.:
Dinars: —
1000: 350
For: Inj.
ID: -/350.
Signed: ⟦n.s.⟧

Page 356

DAR AS SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
Date: 51-2-26
No.: 1012
Received from: Jamil Frank Ini
Dinars: ---
Fils: 023
For: First Grade Primary
ID: 023 / ---
Sign: ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 357

189 and 190
Lock for the neighborhood water | - | 250
Neighborhood water vessel handles | - | 100
Wages for the pipe worker | - | 250
Bricks quantity 50, sand length with a bag of cement | 1 | 800
Qasim Rajab invoice, price of books | 1 | 950
Salih Darwish invoice, ream of carbon paper | 2 | -
Al-Shaab newspaper subscription | 2 | -
Al-Ma'arif books difference invoice | 1 | 240
To Mr. Ali, British Cultural Magazine | - | 640
Brooms, large and small | 2 | -
Letter stamp | - | 410
Toothpaste for the bathroom | - | 120
Repairing a pipe faucet for the garden | 4 | 700
Kerosene, 2 tins | - | 700
Porterage for pipes to the sewers, porterage with transport | 1 | 600
Laborer Abdullah Khudair's work | 1 | 500
17 371
17 271
⟦2500⟧
⟦2000⟧
⟦2000⟧
⟦2000⟧

Page 358

⟦...⟧
Job: ⟦construction⟧ worker ⟦...⟧ new
Five days
Fils | Dinar
1500 | Abdullah Khudair
⟦Circular stamp⟧
1947
⟦Signature⟧

Page 359

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 12 / 9 / 1957
To:
Fils | Dinar | Details
800 |  | Amount ⟦according to⟧ account of
750 |  | Al-⟦...⟧ charity
450 |  | ⟦...⟧ carton of flag ⟦...⟧
⟦line⟧ | 2 | Only two dinars ⟦only⟧
White paper for the stamp
Saleh
⟦signature⟧
⟦red ink markings and faded blue stamps/text at bottom of page⟧

Page 360

I have received from ⟦School⟧ Frank Ayni
2700 dinars, twenty-seven
for the value of the price of journals
foreign ones for the school
Salih Jar Allah
Salih
19 / 2 / 1957
⟦illegible⟧

Page 361

Volume Number: 181935
Accounting 127
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the government
Serial Number: 95
Dinar: 1
Fils: 240
Department Name: Baghdad Education / Center
Received from: Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Amount: One Dinar and two hundred and forty fils
On account of: Evening proficiency exam fees as revenue for Item (5) Schedule (2)
Collector's Signature: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 18 / 2 / 1957
Job Title: Primary Accountant

Page 362

Al-Sha'ab
An Independent Political Daily Newspaper
No 998 A
Fils: -
Dinars: 2
Received from: Frank Iny School
The sum of: Only two dinars and nothing more
For: Newspaper subscription fee for a full year from 2/21 to 2/20/1957
Date: 2/20/1957
Recipient
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Note: Receipt is not accepted unless it is stamped with the administration seal

Page 363

Al-Muthanna Library
Qassim Mohammed Al-Rajab
Telephone: 83588
Baghdad — Iraq
No 4574
Date: 12/2/57
Cash Sale List: For Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price Fils | Price Dinar
950 | 1 | Al-Tayeb Despite Him | 15 | 130 |
⟦Secondary Education⟧
⟦Received⟧
Only ⟦...⟧ Dinars and ⟦...⟧ Fils, nothing else
Seller

Page 364

Shop
Jassim Mohammed Ali - Kharbanda
Telephone:
For the supply of construction materials Shop ( )
For residence 97732
Fils | Dinar | Type | Bag | Ton | Price | Number | Date
|  | Ordinary Gypsum |  |  |  |  |
|  | Technical Gypsum |  |  |  |  |
| 1 | Mechanical Bricks |  |  |  | 200 |
|  | Artificial Bricks |  |  |  |  |
|  | Farshi Bricks |  |  |  |  |
|  | Ordinary Bricks |  |  |  |  |
|  | White Sand |  |  |  |  |
200 | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | Black Sand |  |  |  | 6 |
|  | Gravel |  |  |  |  |
500 | <del>1</del> | Cement |  |  |  | 10 |
| <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> |  |  |  |  |  |
800 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Errors and omissions are returnable to both parties.
⟦signature⟧

Page 365

Rami Francis and Louis Ghassali
Metal Furniture Manufacturing Factory
Contractors for the Sale of Construction and Sanitary Materials
(Showroom) Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Abu Qalam Street
(Factory) Camp Sarah No. 7-7-26
Telephone { Factory ⟦line⟧
Showroom ⟦line⟧
Residence 91396
Number: 599
Date: 19 / 2 / 1957
Order list to Mr.: Frank Iny School
Respectfully:
Amount Fils | Amount Dinar | Details | Quantity | Unit | Price Fils | Price Dinar | Remarks
250 | - | Lock ⟦l⟧ |  |  |  |  |
200 | 1 | Nails ⟦m⟧ |  |  |  |  |
450 | 1 | Cash |  |  |  |  |
Signature
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties

Page 366

88
I have received from the administration of the Frank Iny ⟦Shamash⟧ School
the amount of 5 five dinars only
for the wages of cleaning the school roof
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
Noah Joseph
2/23/1957
⟦red mark⟧

Page 367

187
Lorry gasoline quantity 4 | 1 | 610
Installing cages in the middle rows | - | 350
Oil tin quantity 7 | - | 910
Unloading a fertilizer lorry for the garden | 2 | 400
For the marksman police | - | 200
Work of laborer Abdullah Al-Khudair supervisor of the new building | 2 | 100
Fruit trees with ⟦view⟧ with cypress in the garden | 4 | 400
Repairing heaters quantity 9 to religion quantity | 1 | -
| 16 | 540
Seven days
7
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
⟦red crayon marks⟧

Page 368

I have received from the ⟦Frank Iny⟧ school one dinar
For repairing the heaters, for a total of 5 heaters
1957
2/12
Yassin

Page 369

Fils | Dinar
200 | 1 | Number of Ibrahim ⟦soaps⟧
200
440 | 1 | Brush quantity, price per unit
8
180
960 | 3 | Myrrh trees quantity, price per unit
22
180
600 | 6 |
Jawad Alidi
⟦purple thumbprint⟧
⟦red mark⟧

Page 370

⟦...⟧ watchman on the new building
From Saturday to Friday
Seven days
Abdullah Khudair
10 / 5 / 1957

Page 371

I have received from Frank Eyni School ⟦three⟧ ⟦dinars⟧ ⟦and⟧ ⟦six hundred⟧ fils
for the value of four loads of manure for the school garden
Fils | Dinar
600 | 2
2.600 |
Salih Jarallah
⟦signature⟧
15 / 2 / 1957
⟦red scribble⟧

Page 372

2 / 4          2 / 7 / 18
250 Fils Al-Ahlia
The Bathrooms
⟦Fouad⟧

Page 373

81 V  ⟦...⟧  3/7
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
In Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
⟦...⟧

Page 374

⟦1186⟧
№ 003069
CASH INVOICE
CASH INVOICE
THE TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
THE TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
Phone No. 30624
Phone No. 30624
Baghdad: ⟦10/2/1957⟧ 5492
To: ⟦The Honorable Administration of Frank Iny School⟧
Qty. | PARTICULARS | I.D. | Fils.
⟦1⟧ | ⟦Cost of printing 1500 Manila envelopes⟧ | ⟦1⟧ | ⟦250⟧
⟦Only one dinar and two hundred fifty fils, nothing more⟧
THE TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
Iraq
10
Fils
REVENUE
⟦red scribble⟧

Page 375

E. D. B.
STATIONERY
18:
No: 0555
Baghdad on: 7. 2. 1957
Quant. | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | TOTAL
4 | ⟦sharpen⟧ | 70 | 280
3 | ⟦...⟧ | 50 | 150
3 | ⟦...⟧ | 60 | 180
5 | ⟦pencils⟧ | 40 | 200
| 810 |  | 810
Name:
151