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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 English Translation, Pages 251-275

Archival unit 251

The Trading & Printing Co., Ltd. - Baghdad
The Trading & Printing Co., Ltd., BAGHDAD
Number № 006260
Received from: Messrs. ⟦...⟧ School, respected
the sum of: Fifteen Dinars only
in settlement of: Renting our hall numbered 707 for the night of 1957/5/25
TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
The Trading & Printing
Company Limited
W. M. S.
Fils | I.D.
⟦line⟧ | 15
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
21 / 5 / ⟦...⟧
⟦Revenue Stamp with portrait of King Faisal II⟧

Archival unit 252

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⟧

Archival unit 253

5125
15 / 7 / 54 AD
⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧
(⟦illegible⟧) ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ in ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 254

22
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Professor ⟦illegible⟧ respected
Greetings,
Please pay the amount of one Rupee to Mr.
Abbas Al-Tawrad for repairing the classroom, and thank you.
(4 ID only)
⟦signature⟧
1958/5/19
⟦circular stamp⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1957/10/⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 255

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

Archival unit 256

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

Archival unit 257

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

Archival unit 258

ALI RAFAT Co. Ltd.   ALI RAFAT Co. Ltd.
Rashid Street - Baghdad   Rashid Street - Baghdad
No 000389
Office Number 84737 Office 84737
Showroom & Store Telephone 6339 Showroom & Store
Sales Invoice
Date: 11 / 5 / 53
List of materials supplied: Frank Iny School
Registry No. | Details | Quantity Number | Price Fils Dinar | Total Value Fils Dinar
 | 1 Road Bolt F19 | 1 | 2000 | 2000
 | Only two dinars and nothing more |  |  | 
Paid in cash
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Signature of the responsible employee   Signature of the recipient

Archival unit 259

800
I have received from Nuzhat Aini School
Dinar and eighty fils
Value of hangers
For my clothes
W. M. S. C.
G. S.
Tahir Abdul Karim
<del>Ahmed Al-Kurdi</del>
47
11 / 5

Archival unit 260

BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES FINAL NOTICE
FINAL BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES NOTICE
Name: Frank Iny School
Address: Near Al-Alwiyah
90 hours in 16
40 . 2 640
44355 ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ M 441238/36053
Amount | Bill Period
Fils | Dinar | From | To
9199 |  | 57 319 | 420
9199 |  |  | 
Date:
Account Number: 40 02 640
We draw your attention to our outstanding bills, requesting payment within (48)
hours from the date of this notice, otherwise the current will be subject to disconnection - and it will not be restored in
case of disconnection except after fulfilling all claims and paying a fee of (380) fils
for disconnection and reconnection expenses in accordance with Article Seven of the Consumers' Contract.
On behalf of Baghdad Electricity Services
⟦signature⟧
Chief Accountant
The final amount shown
in the field below
is the total of our
due claims.
14-MAY-57
00239
⟦illegible⟧
This bill is not
considered paid unless
stamped above by
the cashier

Archival unit 261

Hasso Brothers Limited. Baghdad
Wholesale Showroom
HASSO BROTHERS LTD.
Iraq's Shopping Centre
BAGHDAD
Tel. 83001
133
12-5-57
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦line⟧
20 ⟦illegible⟧ 550 1.200
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 262

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

Archival unit 263

⟦illegible⟧ Received from
Farid Ali ⟦illegible⟧ eight hundred
and forty fils for
two trips
W. M. S.
N. S.
⟦illegible⟧ kilo ⟦illegible⟧
Mudabal
⟦line⟧
kilo Alu
⟦illegible⟧
4
2
47
9/4
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 264

For Department Use Only
57 4
M.P.I.
NO: 86784 = 24
NO: 86777 = 25
NO: 86778 = 5
Frank Aini School
Near the Pharmacy
90 hours in 16
Bills are paid daily except Fridays at the following departments:-
1 - ⟦illegible⟧ 4
2 - Bab al-Muadham
3 - Karkh side - Sheikh Maarouf Street
4 - Karradat Maryam - Abdul Aziz al-Qassab Market
5 - Al-Bataween
6 - Karrada al-Sharqiya - Buja'a
00047
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier
Reader:
Amount: 9/199
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 265

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days from
its date.
2 - The subscriber who believes that their deposited security
is more than necessary after taking another without
interruption in one place for a period of not less than
12 months should apply for a second assessment.
Issued year: Frederick Chimney
Near: Al-Muawiya
9 o'clock on 16: M 441238/36053
44355: 40 5 64
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Fixed Monthly Fee | Fils | Dinar
640 02 20 | 57450 | Sequence 1 Number 41238 | Meter 5 | 05 | 
 |  | From 219 to 8064 | 25 | 170 | 
 |  | Units Supplied 7845 |  | 8944 | 
1 - Arrears
2 - Special reading fee
3 - Cost of damage to the meter
4 - Transferred from your account
Various prices - see side
⟦illegible⟧
559
Total 9199
Period until 25-10-1964

Archival unit 266

Baghdad Electricity Services
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Note:
1 - This bill must be paid within 15 days from
its date.
2 - The subscriber who believes that their deposited security
is more than necessary after having a continuous flow
in one operation for a period of no less than
12 months should apply for a second assessment.
Fardak Tamimi School
INT. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
LL SERIAL 40 02 640
M 441573/35895
44355
Dinar | Fils
Monthly fee for the specified | 0 | 5 | 41572
Meter registration number | 4 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
The meter | 25 | 57 | 11820
Sequence | 2 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
From | 219 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
To | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Units supplied | 450 | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
Date: 20/4/57
Account Number: 2 / 641
Various prices
1 - Late fees
2 - Special reading fee
3 - Cost of damage to the meter
4 - Transferred from your account
Various prices - see side
At a price of 16 fils
At a price of 12 fils
At a price of 10 fils
Total
Fardak Tamimi School
INT. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
LL SERIAL 40 02 640
M 441573/35895
44355
Bills are paid daily except Fridays at the following centers:-
1 - Al-Abakhana
2 - Bab Al-Muadham
3 - Karkh side - Sheikh Marouf Street
4 - Karradat Maryam - Abdul Aziz Al-Qassab Market
5 - Al-Bataween
6 - Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Albu Jumaa
00048
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier
Reader:
Amount:
For office use only
57 4
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 267

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.

Archival unit 268

Wood
2500 Taxi fare x
400 Porterage x
200 Transport from Al-Rashid Street to Sheikh Omar Street x
5000 Taxi fare for transporting wood x
200 Porterage for wood x
700 Purchase of joints for the cypress with the roller x
4680 Total 78 feet at a price of 60 fils x
100 Nails x
7000 Machine fee ⟦(4)⟧ x
940 Serto and Damlouk, glass and paint ⟦(1)⟧ x
4450 Purchase of teak wood ⟦(2)⟧ x
2520 Purchase of pine wood ⟦(1)⟧ x
⟦stamp⟧
⟦line⟧
33690
Carpenter's labor wages ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 269

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

Archival unit 270

Electric Carpentry Factory
Electric Carpentry Factory
Owned by Abdul Hadi Mahdi
ABDUL HADI MAHDI
Al-Sheikh Omar Street
Al Shaikh Umar Street
Abu Saifian 74/149
Abu Saifian 74/149
Telephone 85845
TELEPHONE No, 85845
Baghdad / / 19
Baghdad / / 195
To the Honorable Mr.: Effendi
Fils | Dinar | Minute | Foot | Price | Remarks
⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  |  | Machine fee
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
Please pay the amount
Signature

Archival unit 271

Haj Ali Abdul Hussein
Deals in shoemaking and carpentry tools Telegram: Zamzam
and all kinds of dyes, wholesale and retail P.O. Box 315
No: 1756
Telephone No: 84768 / 84768 A
Al-Ma'mun Street - No. 27 and 29/27:
Baghdad on: 6 / 5 / 1957
To: The Respected
Fils | Dinar | Details | Quantity | Price
400 | - | Value of ⟦belt⟧ ⟦N⟧ | Half | 10
240 | - | Value of ⟦Damlouk⟧ | 4 | 60
120 | - | Value of sandpaper | 4 sheets | 30
200 | - | Value of style |  | 
200 | - | Value of lead bottom |  | 
400 | - | Value of ⟦Matla'⟧ | 2 | 200
400 | - | Value of casting number | 2 | 200
060 | - | Value of ⟦oil⟧ | Half | 
W. M.
N. S.
2020 - Goods received
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 272

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

Archival unit 273

Wood Shop
Ali Hussein Mashhadi
For selling the finest types of Teak
Sheikh Omar Street - Abi Saifain
Shop No. 263/1/149
Baghdad on 5 / 5 / 1957
No. 000874
Telephone: 6861
Mr.: Amin
Respectfully:
Details of the funds spent on you on this date and the compensation: Cash
Fils | Dinar | Type of Material | Quantity | Measurement | Foot Length | Inch Square | Foot Square | Price
810 | 7 | Teak Wood | 1 | 125 x 9 x 10 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 71 | 19/1 | 240
600 | 1 | | 1 | 4 x 14 | 4 | 26 | 25 | 440
410 | 9 | | | | | | 44/1 | 
400 | 0 | | | | | | | 
410 | 9 | | | | | | | 
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
Only nine dinars and four hundred and ten fils and no more
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties
I received the above-mentioned funds in full

Archival unit 274

27 and 28
List of the Electrical Works Company ⟦for the school⟧
Semi-monthly air ⟦b⟧ land code | 100 | 200 | 705
Brown paper quantity |  |  | 200
Acid packet ⟦q⟧ | 100 |  | 350
Financial stamp to the Directorate of Labor and Security |  |  | 080
Aspenic bottle |  |  | 050
Anshi bottle |  |  | 180
Postal stamps for letters |  |  | 095
Postal stamp for the letter |  |  | 110
For students for extra car fare to transport them, Riyadh Yassin and others |  |  | 040
Anshi day |  |  | 250
Syrup bottle for visits |  |  | 27
Car fares |  |  | 180
Car fare for transporting commercial containers |  |  | 250
Idol carrier |  |  | 060
Gypsum pieces for blackboards quantity |  |  | 200
Photographs of His Majesty the King 14 |  |  | 400
Rings for the blackboards |  |  | 100
Glass 2 with putty |  |  | 100
Fire for the blackboard |  |  | 388
Gratuity for the guard at the General Secretariat |  |  | 500
 |  |  | 8620
 |  |  | 5780
 |  |  | 14400
⟦circular stamp impression⟧
Dates

Archival unit 275

CASH MEMO
Technical Works Limited
TECHNICAL WORKS Ltd.
No 2494
Baghdad 28-4-1957
M/s: Frank Iny School
Address: Baghdad
Part No. | Bin No. | Particulars | Qty. | Unit Price I.D. Fils | Amount I.D. Fils
 |  | 8' x 4' x 1/4" Masonite (Black) | 3 | 2 500 | 7 500
 |  | Seven I.D. 500/- |  |  | 
⟦T. W. Ltd⟧
⟦N. S.⟧
TOTAL 7 500
Salesman ⟦signature⟧
PAID
28/4/1957
Cashier ⟦signature⟧