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IJA 2840

Receipts and Invoices for the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

Description

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 376-400

Archival unit 376

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

Archival unit 377

Registered - 7
Number 13
AL-KIFL
27 FEB 67
Al-Kifl
Sender: ⟦illegible⟧
Registered: ⟦illegible⟧
Addressed to: General Directorate of Recruitment
Date Stamp:
Fils: 15
Dinar:
Value of stamps affixed if it is a package: ⟦illegible⟧
Recorded as (letter) bundle or (package) as the case requires: Letter
For insured items:
Insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures): ⟦line⟧
In words: Ten
Insurance fee: ⟦line⟧
Weight in words: ⟦line⟧
Receiving Officer
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 378

Number: 566
Registered: ⟦illegible⟧
Registered Receipt: ⟦line⟧
Addressed to: ⟦illegible⟧
Fils: 20
Dinar: ⟦line⟧
Value of stamps affixed if it was a parcel: ⟦line⟧
Registered as (letter) bundle or (parcel) as the case requires: S
For insured items insured for an amount of Dinars (in figures): ⟦illegible⟧
In words: ⟦line⟧
Insurance fee: ⟦illegible⟧
Weight in words: ⟦line⟧
Receiving officer:
Alwiya
25 FEB 57
ALWIYA
Date stamp

Archival unit 379

I have received from ⟦...⟧ Ani
dinars and eight hundred fils for the value of three
signal stamps
Fils | Dinar | Talha Abbas
1800 | ⟦line⟧
24 / 4 / 1957
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 380

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.

Archival unit 381

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

Archival unit 382

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.

Archival unit 383

The Times Printing & Publishing Coy. Ltd.
STATIONERY SHOP-BAGHDAD
CASH SALES VOUCHER: № 0840 /Sty
Date: 25-2-67
M: ⟦line⟧
Description of Stationeries | Quantity | Sale Proceeds. I.D. Fils.
Manilla Envelopes 11 x 5 | 1000 | 2 500
TOTAL IDs.: Two fils five hundred only
2 | 500
⟦signature⟧
I/C Sty Shop

Archival unit 384

Job: Worker, supervisor on the new building
From him, Dinar Abdullah Khader
1500
⟦illegible⟧
1957
⟦illegible⟧
Abboud

Archival unit 385

DAR ES SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
Date: 26, 2, 57
No.: 1044
Received From: Jamile Frank
OPD No.: C. 413
Dinars: 1/000
For: ⟦illegible⟧
Signed: ⟦illegible⟧
1000

Archival unit 386

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

Archival unit 387

192
CASH INVOICE
CASH INVOICE
№ 003082
THE TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
THE TRADING & PRINTING CO. LTD.
Phone No.: 30624
Baghdad: 26/4/1957
To: The Respected Gentlemen of Frank Iny School
Qty. | PARTICULARS | I.D. | Fils.
 | Cost of printing 10,000 Manila envelopes |  | 750
 | Only seven hundred and fifty fils and no more |  | 
⟦signature⟧
Amount received in cash
26/4/1957

Archival unit 388

DAR ES SALAAM HOSPITAL
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
Date 26-2-61 .No. 1045
Received From ⟦illegible⟧ .No. 490
Dinars ⟦illegible⟧
For ⟦illegible⟧
ID -/320 Signed ⟦illegible⟧
Jamil Khazaal Nasser
First Grade Primary
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 389

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⟧

Archival unit 390

⟦illegible⟧
Worker's job ⟦illegible⟧
Five days
Five Dinars ⟦illegible⟧
1500 Abdullah Khudair
1947
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
1947 ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 391

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 9 / 12 / 1957
To:
Fils | Dinar | Details
800 |  | Amount ⟦according to⟧ ⟦receipt⟧
750 |  | Amount ⟦ink⟧ ⟦pen⟧
450 |  | ⟦"⟧ ⟦carbon⟧ ⟦flag⟧ ⟦Arabic⟧
⟦line⟧ | 2 | ⟦Only⟧ ⟦two dinars⟧ ⟦only⟧
White paper for the stamp
Saleh
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 392

I have received from ⟦...⟧ your company on my behalf
2700 Dinars, twenty-seven hundred
as a clearance for the patrols
Spring for the association
Saleh Jarallah
Saleh
19 / 4 / 1947

Archival unit 393

181935
Volume Number ⟦illegible⟧ Accounting 127
Receipts for funds collected for the government
Serial Number: 95
Fils / Dinar: 1 / 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: Certificate fee, written as revenue fee, Article (5), Number (2)
Signature of the Receiver: ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: Primary Accountant
Date: 18 / 2 / 1957

Archival unit 394

Al-Sha'ab
An independent daily political newspaper
№ 998 A
Fils: ⟦line⟧
Dinar: 2
Received from: Frank Aini School
The sum of: Only two dinars and no more
For: Newspaper subscription fee for two months from 1/21 to 3/21/1957
Date: 2/21/1957
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Recipient
⟦signature⟧
Note: The receipt is not accepted unless it is stamped with the administration's seal

Archival unit 395

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

Archival unit 396

Shop
Jassim Mohammed Ali - Kharbanda
For supplying construction materials
Telephone:
(Shop)
Residence 97732
Fils | Dinar | Type | Bag | Ton | Price | Number | Date
 |  | Ordinary Gypsum |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Technical Gypsum |  |  |  |  |
 | 1 | Mechanical Bricks |  |  |  | 200 |
 |  | Surface Bricks |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Floor Bricks |  |  |  |  |
 |  | Ordinary Bricks |  |  |  |  |
 |  | White Sand |  |  |  |  |
200 | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | Black Sand |  |  |  | 6 |
 |  | Gravel |  |  |  |  |
500 | <del>5</del> | Cement |  |  |  | 10 |
<del>700</del> | <del>6</del> |  |  |  |  |  |
800 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Errors and omissions are subject to correction by both parties.
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 397

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

Archival unit 398

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 7531 | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
050 | In the name of |  |  |
001 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
051 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 399

I received from the administration of ⟦illegible⟧ school
an amount of ⟦illegible⟧ and a half Dinars, and that is
for the transportation fees of ⟦illegible⟧ for this season
Noah Yusuf
10/27/1957
⟦purple fingerprint⟧
⟦red pencil mark⟧

Archival unit 400

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⟧