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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 351-375

Archival unit 351

Mansi
⟦line⟧
500 Sandwich
500 Tongue
500 Chicken 200
15 Orange 225
200 Shish Kebab 600
150 Bread 150
⟦line⟧
1875
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 352

Baghdad
Al-Nujoom Kebab Restaurant
Bab Al-Sharqi - Opposite Miami Cinema
We have all kinds of excellent dry dishes
Kebab * Tikka * Guss
Telephone 6362

Archival unit 353

25 Habashi Kebab 700
15 Bread 150
5 Naan 200
100 Chicken Sandwich 600
100 Meat Sandwich 600
25 Orange 2750
⟦line⟧
4725
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 354

Baghdad
Al-Nujoom Kebab Restaurant
Bab Al-Sharqi - Opposite Miami Cinema
We have all excellent dry dishes
Kebab * Tikka * Kass
Telephone 6362

Archival unit 355

15 Chicken Shish
5 Brain Kibbeh
5 Eggplant Kebab
⟦line⟧
1500
700 Chicken Kebab
⟦line⟧
2200 Two dinars and two hundred fils only
Al-Khayyam Restaurant
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 356

⟦illegible⟧ 2.5
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
15 Chicken Sandwiches 1500
5 ⟦illegible⟧ 700
5 Tongue ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
25 Shish Kebab 2500
Tashi
10 Bread ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 357

Nº 5049 CASH SALE VOUCHER
IRAQ MERCANTILE LIMITED - BAGHDAD
Name: ⟦Frank⟧ School
Receipt No.:
Date: 12th March 1957
Only the Company's official receipt will be Recognised
PARTICULARS | Quantity | Amount I. D. | Amount Fils
Roneo Black ink | 1 Tube |  | 750
Seven Hundred Fifty Fils only
⟦illegible⟧
Sig. of Recipient

Archival unit 358

280   ⟦illegible⟧ chicken
400   Shish kebab quantity 2
100   Bread 10 pieces
1200  Chicken sandwich quantity 4
600   ⟦illegible⟧ quantity 4
⟦line⟧
2580
Sinbad Restaurant
Jumaa

Archival unit 359

15 | x | Meat sandwich
15 | x | Chicken
10 |  | Bulgur Kibbeh
15 | x | Aleppo Kibbeh
25 |  | Orange
10 | x | Two custards
⟦line⟧

Archival unit 360

Layali Al-Najaf Restaurant
Ali
15 ⟦line⟧ Meat sandwich ⟦line⟧ 900
15 ⟦line⟧ " Chicken ⟦line⟧ 900
10 ⟦line⟧ Bulgur yogurt ⟦line⟧ 800
15 ⟦line⟧ Canned yogurt ⟦line⟧ 500
25 ⟦line⟧ Orange ⟦line⟧ 275
10 ⟦line⟧ Sour yogurt ⟦line⟧ 250
20 ⟦line⟧ Kebab skewer ⟦line⟧ 600
15 ⟦line⟧ Bread ⟦line⟧ 150
⟦line⟧
4475 Abboud Al-Hajji
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 361

HILAL PRESS
PRINTING BINDING RULING
PROPRIETOR:
Haron M. Shasha
Tel. : 6379
Mutanabbi Street No. 6/26
BAGHDAD
№ 000702
HILAL PRESS
For Printing, Binding and Paper Ruling
Proprietor: Haron Murad Shasha
Telephone No. 6379
Mutanabbi Street No. 6/26 Baghdad
Baghdad on: 7 / 2 / 1957
To: The Respected Administration of Frank Iny School for Girls
Date | Particulars | I. D. | Fils
2/1 | Value of one sheet printing cover for preparatory exam notebooks, quantity 2000 | 15 | 000
7/2/57 | ⟦line⟧ Frank Iny School 6000 | 27 | 000
 | Fees for engraving a new cliché in the name of the school | 0 | 500
 | Only forty-two dinars and five hundred fils and no more | 42 | 500
With all respect
I received the above amount, which is forty-two
dinars and five hundred fils
Iraq
10 Fils
1957
Total
Press Management

Archival unit 362

⟦illegible⟧
Test | Depth From | Depth To | Time Started | Elapsed Time Min. | Pressure at Start lbs. per sq. in.
Test No. |  |  |  |  | 
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Flow |  |  |  |  | 
(b) Pressure |  |  |  |  | 
Flow |  |  |  |  | 
Test No. |  |  |  |  | 
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Flow |  |  |  |  | 
(b) Pressure |  |  |  |  | 
Flow |  |  |  |  | 
Test No. |  |  |  |  | 
(a) Pressure |  |  |  |  | 
Flow |  |  |  |  | 
(b) Pressure |  |  |  |  | 
Flow |  |  |  |  | 
Test No. |  |  |  |  | 
(a) Pressure |  |  |  |  | 
Flow |  |  |  |  | 
(b) Pressure |  |  |  |  | 
Flow |  |  |  |  | 
Elev. Bottom of Hole: ⟦line⟧
No. of Tests:
RECORD OF PRESSURE

Archival unit 363

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: ⟦line⟧
Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
3/ Binary
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Pressure Roller Model T130 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
George ⟦illegible⟧
2/4/1957

Archival unit 364

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⟧

Archival unit 365

Mackenzie's Bookshop
MACKENZIE'S BOOKSHOP TEL. : 83304 Telephone 83304
TO: FRANK INY SCHOOL, BAGHDAD.
Baghdad: 5th March, 1957 Baghdad
24 | Intorudctory 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
Kingdom of Iraq
10 Fils
D 8/856
13/1/57
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 366

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

Archival unit 367

I have received from the Frank Aini School
an amount of one dinar of the denomination
photograph of His Majesty King
Faisal Fadel
Fadel
5 / 2 / 57
⟦red scribble⟧

Archival unit 368

Fils Dinar
750 ⟦line⟧
Seven hundred and fifty fils only
Received from Al-Farank Ain Private School
The above-mentioned amount, which is seven hundred and fifty
fils, for the value of (a portrait stamp of His
Royal Highness), and therefore this receipt was given for time
of need
The Seller
Ali Al-Haj Razzouqi
5 / 2 / 57
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 369

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

Archival unit 370

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 5 / 2 / 1957
To: Mr. Yusuf Aini
Fils | Dinar | Details
500 | 6 | Remainder of September according to the account
100 |  | Porterage
600 | 6 | Six Dinars and six hundred Fils
only
And I have received in cash
151
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 372

Date Stamp
2 MAR 57
⟦illegible⟧
Receiving Officer ⟦signature⟧
Registered (letter) bundle (package) as the case requires
Fils ⟦line⟧ Dinar ⟦line⟧
Addressed to ⟦line⟧
Arrived ⟦line⟧
Registered - 7
Weight in words ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee ⟦line⟧
In words ⟦line⟧
Insured for an amount of Dinar (in figures) ⟦line⟧
For protected materials ⟦line⟧
Value of affixed stamps if it is a package ⟦line⟧
Number ⟦line⟧
91
⟦illegible⟧
Allawi
Registered

Archival unit 373

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

Archival unit 374

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⟧

Archival unit 375

Al-Franj Aini School ⟦illegible⟧
I have received an amount of six dinars and five hundred
fils, for the value of twelve photographs of His
Majesty with their frames, and therefore this receipt was given
for when needed
The Seller
Ali Al-Haj Razzouq
28 / 4 / 57