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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 26-50

Archival unit 26

L/20.
Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School
⟦line⟧
Medical Form
⟦line⟧
School Phone: 91693
Dear Doctor: ⟦illegible⟧
Please examine Mr.: ⟦illegible⟧
From:
Members of the school staff, with thanks.:
The Principal
Doctor's Clinic Phone: 6200
Doctor's Residence Phone: 83346
Date: / /
Note: The examination took place at the patient's home / doctor's clinic

Archival unit 27

List of Medical Examinations
Number | Date | Name | Type of Examination | Fils | Dinar
1 | 11/4/57 | Samir Yaqoub Basem | Clinic Examination | 250 | 
2 | 28/4/57 | Yassin Khudair | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
3 | 5/5/57 | Tarbat Sousa | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
4 | 25/7/57 | Mrs. Celine Ibrahim | Home Examination | 500 | 
5 | 25/7/57 | Karjila Jacqueline | Clinic Examination | 250 | 
6 | 25/8/57 | Mrs. Van Saqeel Moussa | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
7 | 2/9/57 | Nir Nassim | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
8 | 29/9/57 | Nir Nassim | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
9 | 20/10/57 | Miss Falaki | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
10 | 20/10/57 | Mr. Herve | ⟦"⟧ | 250 | 
 |  |  |  | 2750 | 2
Only three dinars and a quarter dinar and nothing else
W. M. & Co.
N 5
Dr. Raji ⟦Hubbi⟧
Baghdad 24/10/57

Archival unit 28

Dr. IHSAN SAMRA
Dr. Ihsan Samra
Tel. Nos. { Clinic 6200
Telephone { Clinic 6200
Residence 83346
Fils | Dinar
250 | 3
Received from the administration of the
Frank Eyni School a sum of three dinars
and two hundred and fifty fils only (3.250 Dinars)
representing the fees for examining some students
and teachers during the period between
3/4/54 and 14/8/54
⟦signature⟧
Baghdad 10/5/54
M. & S. ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 29

AL SAMERAI STORE
For mending and selling all
electrical applinces
Contractor for electrical lines
HAMEED M. AL SAMERAI
ALWEYAH STREET
Maghazachi Bazar
Near the Police Station
AL SAMERAI STORE
For selling and repairing all electrical tools
And contractor for laying wires
Owned by Hameed Mohammed Al-Samerai
Alwiyah Street, Al-Maghazachi Market
Adjacent to Alwiyah Police
Date: 195 / /
Phone: ( )
Messrs: M
Fils Fils | I. D. Dinar | Qty. Quantity | Kind Type | Remark Notes
 |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | 
 |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | 
 |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | 
 |  |  | ⟦illegible⟧ | 
W. M. Co.
N:
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
Errors and omissions excepted
95

Archival unit 30

92
Sami Ezra Chitayat
Al-Rashid Street 216/1 Khan Majid
SAMI E. CHITAYAT
Telephone No. 85296 85296 Telephone Number
Debit Note No.: 240
Invoice Number:
Baghdad: 17 / 11 / 1957
Baghdad:
Frank Iny School: Baghdad
Qty. | Particulars | Rate | I. D. | Fils | I. D. | Fils
2 | Number of steel cabinets size 26 x 47 x 76 inches with two doors and three movable shelves with lock and two keys "Art Metal" with an additional shelf | Price | 25 | 000 | | 
 | | | 1 | 000 | | 
 | | | 26 | 000 | 52 | 000
( The amount of fifty-two dinars only )
⟦illegible⟧
Received in cash on 22 / 11 / 1957
Sami Chitayat
For Sami Chitayat
I received the above-mentioned materials free of any defect.
Goods received in good order.

Archival unit 31

92
Established: 1920
Folio:
Date: 29th Oct... 1957
M: Frank Iny School,
Address: Baghdad.
Dr. to:
Mackenzie Bookstore: Baghdad
(MACKENZIE & MACKENZIE)
THE BOOKSHOP,
BAGHDAD.
Booksellers, Publishers, and Stationers,
OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS ARE SOUGHT FOR AND FOUND
A SPECIALITY IS MADE OF OLD AND RARE BOOKS DEALING WITH IRAQ. ARABIA AND PERSIA
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING BY THE LEADING ENGLISH AND EGYPTIAN FIRMS.
BOOKS NOT IN STOCK ARE PROCURED PROMPTLY FROM ANY PART OF THE WOLRD
Telephone No 83304 Telephone No. 83304
TELEGRAMS: "MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP BAGHDAD"
CODES A.B.C. 6TH. EDITION BENTLEYS.
15 | Bryant: General School papers in French @ 300 | 4.500
15 | Lister: Junir French Composition Passages @ 150 | 2.250
1 | La France | .600
1 | Rops: Histoire de France | 1.050
1 | Lough: An Intr. to Seventeenth Century France | 1.440
1 | Roe: Modern France | 1.250
1 | Ritchie: France A Companion to French Studies | 1.950
 |  | 13.040
 | Less 10% dis... | 1.304
 | IDs. | 11.736
These books
are considered lessons
High school for girls
The School
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
PAID
11-736
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 32

N. I. AMBER
EXPORT - IMPORT
COMMISSION - INSURANCE
CABLES : "NABROSE"
243 DASHWOOD HOUSE
OLD BROAD STREET
LONDON, E.C.2.
London, 22nd November, 1957.
Received from FRANK INY SCHOOL, Baghdad the sum of
Fifty Pounds only being Advertising charges, travelling
expenses, postages and sundry expenses incurred in
connection with the appointment of English teachers
for the School.
£.50/-.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible handwriting in blue ink⟧
⟦illegible faint grid lines and numbers⟧
1957
2/10

Archival unit 33

92
Medicines for the clinic | 650
Car fares for arrival and departure | 090 | -
Letter stamps | 195 | -
Need for photographing the King inside the second intermediate class | 120 | -
 | 050 | 0
A tank of drinking water for the school | 1198
⟦line⟧
152 ←
2202
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 34

⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Drops { Koramine
Eye drops { Argyrol
Eye drops
W ⟦illegible⟧
O N. S.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 35

1957
Management account from ⟦illegible⟧
Tea | Coffee | Coca
Quantity | Quantity | Quantity
67 | 29 | 35
Fils | Fils | Fils
418 | 290 | 490
⟦line⟧
1198
⟦illegible⟧ M. A.
⟦illegible⟧ S.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 36

E. O. B.
STATIONERY
18
No 18161
Baghdad on: ⟦illegible⟧ 195
Q. | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | TOTAL
8 | ⟦Stay⟧ | 90 | 720
4 | " | 40 | 160
2 | " | 60 | 120
4 | ⟦Total⟧ | 40 | 160
4 | ⟦Stay⟧ | 40 | 160
W. N. B. C.
N. S.
Name: ⟦line⟧
150
119

Archival unit 37

91
Buying books from Al-Ma'arif | 44000/
Written stamp | 056
Gratuity to the resident's family from the trust as an Eid gift for the ⟦servants⟧ | 500
Jarik with acid pallet | 250/
Cabinets for the nursery for children's clothes, count | 260
Mat for the nursery under the clothes rack | 140
Rotring ink steel pallet | 2250/
Car fare | 060
Welding a float for the toilets | 070
Water bill | 10120/
Electricity bill | 5887/
Lunch for the guards | 145
 | 318 | 24
 | 192 | 24

Archival unit 38

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 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
90 hours at 16
M. 10 M 441238/36053
44755 40 . 2 640
Account No. | Date | Sequence | Meter | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee | Fils | Dinar
40 640 | 27 ⟦illegible⟧ | 22 | 923 | To | 722 | 35 |
 |  |  | 57 | From | 8647 | 7 |
Various prices |  | Units supplied | 85 |  |
1 - Arrears |  | at 16 fils | 252 | 252 | 5
2 - Special reading fee |  | at 12 fils |  |  |
3 - Cost of damage to meter |  | at 10 fils |  |  |
4 - Transferred from your account |  | Various prices - see side |  |  |
Total |  |  |  | 887 | 5
31-OCT-57
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the cashier
5.887
Q 0 2 5 3

Archival unit 39

Baghdad Electricity Department
BAGHDAD ELECTRICITY SERVICES
Frank Eini School:
PART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO:
BILL SERIAL: 40 02 640
M. ID: M 441573/35895
44255:
40 2 641:
Dinar | Fils | Meter No. | Meter Reading | Units Supplied | Reading
57 | 923 | 10772 | 12980 | 124 | 
Note:
1- Any subscriber who leaves their deposited insurance in excess after taking a continuous stream in one place for a period of not less than 12 months must follow up for a second assessment.
2- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
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 - Al-Bu Jumaa
M - D - 1
30
57.10
49
This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the treasurer
Total
Dinar Fils
PRINTED IN G.T. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 40

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 excessive after taking another without
interruption in one place for a period of not less than
12 months should apply for a second assessment.
Frank Iny School
PART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
BILL SERIAL 40 02 640
M. IO M 387531/34589
44755
40 02 642
Date | Account No. | Meter Reading | Fixed Monthly Fee | Meter | Fils | Dinar
27/10/52 | 40 02 642 | Number 3 | 87021 | ⟦line⟧ | 05 | 0
Various Prices | ⟦line⟧ | Serial ⟦illegible⟧ | 22 | ⟦line⟧ | 25 | 
1 - Arrears | | From 923 | 57 | 10087 | | 
2 - Special Reading Fee | | To ⟦illegible⟧ | 82 | 122 | | 
3 - Cost of Damage to Meter | | Supplied Units | | | | 
4 - Transferred from your account | | At a price of 16 Fils | | | | 
At a price of 12 Fils | | | | | | 
At a price of 10 Fils | | | | | | 
Various Prices - See side | | | | | | 
M - D - 1
30
18
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 Juma'a
This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the cashier
Amount 50 Reader
PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON (ALACRA) LTD., LONDON.
57 16

Archival unit 41

Baghdad District Water Supply Service
Bill
Amount | Consumed Quantity | Readings | Subsequent Reading Date
1.440 | 120 | 5570 | 14 15
8.560 | 856 | 4594 | 1
0.125 |  |  | 2
10.125* |  |  | 16
Heirs of Faraj Kaisi:
Address: 23/97 Dahabta
Subscription Number: 2922
5
843 4/3
87 - 2/41
Meter
The bill amount must be paid within one month from the date of its issuance, and upon
the expiration of this period, a notice will be given to pay within 7 days, after which the flow will be cut off
if payment is not made.
Baghdad District Water Supply Service

Archival unit 42

Showroom
African & Eastern (Near East) Limited
(Incorporated in England) S.A.G. No 000405
SHOWROOM
AFRICAN & EASTERN (N. E.) LTD.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
Tel. No. 87393 Telephone No. 87393
Invoice
INVOICE
Baghdad Baghdad 31/10/195⟦7⟧
Rashid Street.
Frank Iny School
Baghdad
Frank Iny School
Baghdad
Terms Cash
S.A.
Description | I.D. | Fils | I.D. | Fils
1 Packet Stencil No. 62 |  |  | 1 | 500
1 Tube Gest Ink Black |  |  | - | 750
 |  |  | 2 | 250
⟦signature⟧
E. & O. E. Errors and Omissions Excepted
Claims and objections are not accepted after the goods leave the company's warehouse.
No claims entertained after the goods leave the Company's godown.

Archival unit 43

181943
Volume Number
Accounting 37
Receipts for funds collected for the government
Serial Number: 9
Fils / Dinar: 4/400
Department Name: Baghdad Central Education
Trusts:
Received from the administration of Frank Iny Private School
The amount of four dinars and <del>four hundred</del> fils
On account of textbook prices - trusts
Signature of the collector
⟦signature⟧
Date: 27 / 10 / 1957
Job Title: Primary Accountant

Archival unit 44

Warehouse: Baghdad Education (Rusafa)
Ministry of Education:
Exit Document:
Volume: 1499
Sequence: 74939
To: Frank Iny School
Transaction: ⟦illegible⟧
Sequence | Item | Quantity in figures | Quantity in words | Unit Price Fils | Unit Price Dinar | Total Price Fils | Total Price Dinar | Notes
1 | School dresses | 40 | Forty | 400 | | 000 | 16 |
2 | White school shirts | 20 | Twenty | 400 | | 000 | 8 |
 | According to the department - Education | | | | | | |
Twenty-four dinars only and nothing else
I received from Baghdad Education Warehouse
Rusafa
nothing else
⟦illegible⟧
Total: 24000
Name of deliverer and his position: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 22 / 10 / 57
Name of recipient and his position: ⟦illegible⟧
Signature: ⟦signature⟧
Date: 24 / 10 / 57

Archival unit 45

⟦illegible⟧ and preparations ⟦illegible⟧
and European foods
Telephone 97936
Alwiyah
Phone No. 97936
ALWIYAH
Baghdad / / 195: 28 / 10 / 1957
Baghdad / / 195:
Dear Mr. : ⟦line⟧
Fils | I. D. | Particulars | Price | Qty.
260 | | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ cans | | 
090 | | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | | 
350 | | ⟦line⟧ | |

Archival unit 46

89 and 90
Medicines for the clinic | 1175 /
Aspenic with items, yes | 640 /
Box of chalk with lined paper | 8400 /
Wood with machine refining | 1450 /
Planning for two boards for the first intermediate and sixth grades | 400 /
Number of barrels for shipping | 2500 /
Car fare for transporting barrels with campaign wood | 200 /
Lock | 100 /
Window putty on Saturday | 100 /
Iron file | 75 /
2 for the drain with the mouse | 640 /
Car fare four times | 200 /
Number of brooms | 280 /
Worm dye for blackboards | 100 /
Body pallet for the car | 60 /
Number of water tanks | 100 /
Tire pallet | 80 /
Stamp written to Lebanon | 20 /
Number of desk repairs | 5800 /
Polishing | 200 /
⟦line⟧
22 815

Archival unit 47

I have received from Kadoorie School in my presence an amount of
five dinars and eight hundred fils for the repair of desks
22 desks at 250 fils and four desks at 75 fils
⟦line⟧
Total 26 desks | fils | dinar
 | 800 | 5
The carpenter Ali Hussein Alwan
⟦signature⟧
22 / 10 / 957

Archival unit 48

ELECTRIC CARPENTERY FACTORY
ABDUL HADI MAHDI
Al Shaikh Umar St., Abu Saifain. 74 - 149
TELEPHONE NO. 85845
Electric Carpentry Factory
Owned by Abdul Hadi Mahdi
Sheikh Omar Street, Abu Saifain 74 A / 149
Telephone - 85845
Number 1438
Fils | Dinar | Type of Material | Quantity | Measurement | Total Length | Inch | Cubic Foot | Square Foot | Price
266 | 1 | Teak | 1 | 11x14 | 12 | 2144 | 749 |  | 850
24 |  | Naghia |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
290 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
150 |  | Only one dinar and three hundred forty |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
 |  | Carpentry wage ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
440 | 1 | ⟦signature⟧ |  |  |  |  |  |  | 
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties

Archival unit 49

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 22 / 10 / 195
To: Respectable Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Details
560 |  | Dozen rulers ⟦(30)⟧ cm ⟦280⟧
200 | 1 | Staedtler copy pencils ⟦original⟧ ⟦100⟧ ⟦total⟧ ⟦20⟧ ⟦price⟧
240 |  | Parker ink ⟦bottle⟧ ⟦240⟧
625 | 6 | White Staedtler leads ⟦poured⟧ on it ⟦625⟧
625 | 8 | Labor ⟦150⟧
150 |  |
400 | 8 | Only eight dinars and four hundred fils and no more
And I have received the amount in cash
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦signature⟧
22 / 10

Archival unit 50

Middle East No. 883 Tel. No. 97936
Cash Voucher
Baghdad: 28.10
195: 7
Qty | Particulars | I. D. | Fils
 | 4 Movilac | 2 | 360
 | 2 Amstica |  | 200
 | 2 Ink pens |  | <del>80</del>
640
Total