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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 476-500

Archival unit 476

Job: Worker supervisor on the new building
Abdullah Khudair from Saturday to Friday
Number of days: 7
Abdullah Khudair
⟦illegible⟧
2100
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 477

13
E. O. B.
TOYS
No. 12821
Baghdad on: ⟦illegible⟧ 195 ⟦illegible⟧
Qty. | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | TOTAL
1 | ⟦illegible⟧ B.A. |  | 3 000
 | ⟦illegible⟧ |  |
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible stamp with Arabic text⟧
Name: ⟦illegible Arabic script⟧
16

Archival unit 478

13 E. O. B. N° 12819
TOYS
Baghdad on: 7.12.195⟦1⟧
Quant. | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | TOTAL
4 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 320 | 1 280
1/2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 190 | 670
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 350 | 700
 |  |  | 2 650
2 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 700
1 | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 350
 | 17 |  | 3 700
Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad

Archival unit 479

Paper
15
Directorate of the Water Supply Service for the Baghdad General Area
Volume
1630
Subscription Sequence Number:
Subscriber Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Meter Number: 8926
Property Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Meter Type:
District: ⟦illegible⟧
Meter Size:
Date: 1 / 12 / 195
Register Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Page Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Meter Reading | Quantities cubic meters | Prices and Fees | Amounts
Subsequent on 1 / 12 / 195 | 2904 | ( 20 ) meters at a price of ( 12 ) fils | 194
Previous on 2 / 9 / 195 | 2330 | ( 554 ) meters at a price of ( 10 ) fils | 4540
Consumed Quantity | 574 | ( ) meters at a minimum price of (180) fils | 
 | Payments | ( ) fils monthly meter fee | 120
 |  | Total | 6100
9 - January 1956
W. M. B.
On behalf of the Water Supply Service for the Baghdad Area
Notice: - This bill should be paid within one month from the date of its issuance.
Form M. A. M. ( 39 )

Archival unit 480

The Times Printing & Publishing Coy. Ltd.
STATIONERY SHOP
CASH SALES VOUCHER
No.: 6566 /Sty
Date: 11-12-56
M: ⟦line⟧
Description of Stationeries | Quantity | Sale Proceeds. I.D. Fils.
⟦gummed labels Medium⟧ | 200 | — 300
TOTAL IDs. Fils three hundred only. |  | — 300
W. M. & Co.
N. S.
170
7102
For Managing Director.
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 481

Baghdad Electricity Department
Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who considers their deposited security to be excessive after receiving uninterrupted service in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Frank Iny School
Near Al-Alwiyah
90 hours at 16
441233/36053 M 10 .1
44255 40 .2 640
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee for Fixed | Fils | Dinar
640 02 20 | 19/11/56 | Sequence 1 Number 41238 | 7292 | 500 | 
 |  | To 119 |  |  | 
Various Prices |  | From 7295 20/10/56 | For Meter | 35 | 
1- Arrears |  | Units Supplied 98 |  |  | 
2- Special Reading Fee | 98 | At 18 Fils |  | 1848 | 
3- Cost of Damage to Meter | 248 | At 12 Fils |  |  | 
4- Carried from your account | 428 | At 10 Fils |  |  | 
For period until 24/10/56 | 16 x 1680 | Various Prices - See Aside | (1) | 170 | 
 |  | Total |  | 7102 | 
⟦illegible stamp⟧
7.103
7849
779 = 01
77 ⟦illegible⟧
11-DEC 56
This bill is not considered paid unless stamped above by the Treasurer
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 482

FINAL NOTICE
Bagdad Light & Power Co., Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
Final Warning
For Office Use Only
For office use only
Invoice Period | Amount
From 1/10/56 to 1/11/56 | 7 Dinars 102 Fils
Total | 7 102
We draw your attention to our outstanding invoices and request payment within (48) hours from the date of this notice, otherwise the current will be subject to disconnection. In the event of disconnection, it will not be restored until all claims are met and a fee of (280) fils is paid for disconnection and reconnection expenses in accordance with Article Seven of the Supply Conditions.
For the Bagdad Light & Power Co., Ltd.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Chief Accountant
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO. LTD.
M. S.
⟦illegible⟧
Invoices are paid daily except Fridays at the following centers:
1- Al-Pasha
2- Bab Al-Muazzam
3- Karkh Side - Sheikh Marouf Street
4- Karradat Maryam - Abdul Aziz Al-Qassab Market
5- Al-Battaween
6- Karrada Al-Sharqiya - Abu Jumaa
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 483

Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
⟦illegible⟧
Dinar | Fils | Monthly Fees | Metering
 | 25 |  | 
1 | 665 |  | 071100
 |  |  | 248
1 | 690 |  | 
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who believes their deposited security is excessive after maintaining continuous service for no less than 12 months should apply for a reassessment of their security.
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
M. IO M 441573/35895
44255
G. M. 641
Electricity Payment Centers:
1- In Al-Bataween 44
2- In Bab al-Muazzam
3- On the Karkh side on Sheikh Marouf Street
4- In Al-Bataween
Daily except Fridays
This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped by the cash register machine by the treasurer.
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
M. IO M 441573/35895
44255
G. M. 641
For Office Use Only
56
II
For Office Use Only
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.

Archival unit 484

Bagdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
For Office Use Only
For Office Use Only
56 II
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
⟦...⟧. IO M 38753I/34589
44355 40 02 642
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 40 02 640
⟦...⟧. IO M 38753I/34589
44355 40 02 642
Note :-
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of
its date.
2- The subscriber who finds that his deposited security
is excessive after having a continuous supply
in one place for a period of no less than ⟦...⟧
12 months may apply for a re-assessment.
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Rent | Fils | Dinar
40 02 642 | 561119 | Seq 3 No 87521 | Fixed | 5 | 
 | to ⟦...⟧ | 7822 |  |  | 
 | from 561020 | 7741 | for Meter | 25 | 
 | Supplied Units 82 |  |  |  | 
 | at rate 18 fils |  |  |  | 
 | at rate 12 fils |  |  |  | 
 | at rate 10 fils |  |  |  | 
 | Miscellaneous prices - see side |  |  |  | 
Total |  |  |  |  | 
Miscellaneous Prices
1- Arrears
2- Special reading fee
3- Cost of damage to the meter
4- Transferred from your account
Electricity Payment Centers:
1- In Al-Abakhana 45
2- In Bab Al-Muazzam
3- On the Karkh side in Sheikh Ma'ruf Street
4- In Al-Bataween
Daily except Fridays
Reader
Amount
This bill is not considered
paid unless it is
stamped above by
the Cashier
⟦illegible stamp⟧
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.
Baghdad Electricity Authority

Archival unit 485

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 11 / 12 / 1956
To:
Fils | Dinar | Details
000 | 2 | Sila envelopes ⟦Arabic⟧ size ⟦14 x 17⟧
050 | - | Threads ⟦dozen⟧ ⟦machine⟧
240 | - | Glue ⟦packet⟧ ⟦Arabic⟧
290 | 2 | Only two dinars and two hundred and ninety fils
Quantity 1
Carton
Saleh
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 486

157
Wages for a worker supervising the new construction | 0 | 90
List for brown grease ⟦for the⟧ porch | 1 | 800
Wood omen |  | 
Vam for the laboratory | 0 | 870
List of books | 7 | 500
Cigarette pack for the administration during the film screening in the hall | 1 | 100
To Hadi, the saltwater man | 1 | 000
Latches for the groups | 1 | 200
 | 4 | 600
 | 4 | 600
Baghdad Education
⟦illegible⟧
Road ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the owner
of the shop
⟦signature⟧
⟦circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 487

Copy Number 181936
Accounting 37
Receipts for Dirhams Collected for the Government
Serial Number: 12
Fils / Dinar: - / 700
Department Name: Baghdad Education
Revenue for Article (5) Center: Number (7)
Received from: Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Amount: Seven hundred fils only
On account of: Prices of school books revenue for Article (5) Number (7)
Date: 2 / 10 / 1956
Job Title: Education Accountant
Signature of the Receiver
⟦signature⟧
⟦circular stamp with Latin and Arabic text⟧
⟦illegible⟧ & Co.
N. S. ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 488

Ali Al-Haj Najm Shop
For selling and installing all types of glass, mirrors, and picture frames
Al-Rashid Street - Bab Al-Agha - Baghdad
362
Baghdad on: / / 195
To Mr.: The Estate of Frank Eini, Respectfully
Fils | Dinar | Details | Glass Type | Millimeter | Square Foot | Quantity
770 | — | Glass of various sizes | 14 | Ordinary | ⟦line⟧ | 25
 |  | Only seven hundred and seventy |  |  |  | 
 |  | fils and no more |  |  |  | 
100 |  | Extra putty |  |  |  | 
870 |  | The coffin |  |  |  | 
⟦signature⟧
W. M. & C.
⟦illegible⟧
Note: The matte and the polish are returned by both parties
Signature

Archival unit 489

Telephone 6268
Company
Khamana Sahib Abdul Ali & Co.
Rashid Street - Baghdad
K. S. ABDULALY & CO.
Rashid Street, Baghdad
Telephone 6268
2- ⟦illegible⟧ Bludco
⟦illegible⟧ preservative
-900 D.I -800
⟦illegible⟧
Cash Memo
⟦illegible⟧
7/12/56

Archival unit 490

Field worker supervisor over labor
Three days 3
Abdullah Khudair
Fils
900
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
7 / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦red mark⟧

Archival unit 491

Telephone { Administration 6837 Laboratory 83915
B/ NO 004319
OFFIC - 6837 TEL. WORKS 83915
The Iraq Building Materials Co., Ltd.
THE IRAQ BUILDING MATERIALS CO., LTD.
WAY BILL
W. M. & Co.
156
Delivered to Adil Nazim
6/12/956
To: Engineer Saleh Youssef
We have loaded for you according to Order / Invoice No.: 2041
Delivered to: Alwiyah, Raphael Aini's house
The following materials :-:
Quantity | Particulars | Truck No.
1500 | Technical bricks ⟦Nasif⟧ | 1904
 | ⟦Number⟧ ⟦fifteen⟧ ⟦hundred⟧ | ⟦In the name of⟧
Supply Clerk: ⟦signature⟧
Gate Supervisor:
I received the materials listed above safe and in good condition
Driver's name ⟦Abdul Razzaq Hamai⟧ signature ⟦signature⟧
Recipient's name ⟦line⟧ signature ⟦line⟧
Note: Please sign the second (blue) copy of this paper and return it to us.

Archival unit 492

156
No. 03021
THE IRAQ BUILDING MATERIALS CO., LTD.
THE IRAQ BUILDING MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Telephone : Telephone
Office 6837 Office 6837
Works 83915 Works 83915
INVOICE INVOICE
Amount Amount | Rate Rate | Quantity Quantity | Particulars Particulars
7/550 | 7/550 | 1500 (One thousand five hundred) | Second grade rock bricks
 |  | By Ali Al-Raouf | Delivered to a school
 |  | Statement | Frank Aini - Al-Shamashy
 |  | 1956/12/7 | Kazem
 |  | According to the request of Mr. Yaqoub Maatouk for repairing the school garden | 
W. M. B. CO.
M. S.
Manager Manager
S. B. Folio ⟦line⟧ E. & O.E. Errors and omissions excepted
Received a sum of seven dinars and five hundred and fifty fils only Received the sum, of I.D. 7/550
for the value of the materials listed above. being cost of the above materials.
Cashier Cashier
7/550 Dinars I.D.
THE IRAQ BUILDING MATERIALS COMPANY LIMITED
THE IRAQ BUILDING MATERIALS
COMPANY LIMITED

Archival unit 493

Leon and Deran Mangasarian Company Limited
L. & D. MANGASARIAN LTD.
Dealers in all electrical appliances, refrigerators, radios,
generators, motors, equipment, etc.
Tel. { 7042 4255 } Tel. { 7042 4255 }
Ras-el-Qaria 3/184 Ras-el-Qaria 3/184
Baghdad on Baghdad: 2/12/56
To M.: Frank Iny School
No: 0658
DEBIT SALES:
Particulars | Qty. | Rate | I.D. | Fils
Cinema lamp (2 speakers) ⟦illegible⟧ |  |  |  | 
500 candlepower 110 volts |  |  | 2 | 000
Only three dinars and no more |  |  |  | 
Leon Mangasarian |  |  |  | 
Amount received in cash |  |  |  | 
Leon Mangasarian |  |  |  | 
Iraq
10 Fils
⟦signature⟧
2/12/56

Archival unit 494

REF.:
A/C No.:
Dr. to ::
Required to ::
HASSO Bros. Ltd.
IRAQ'S SHOPPING CENTRE
BAGHDAD
Tel. 83001
30/11/56
12. Eeneson.
720
⟦illegible⟧ seven ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Please pay
⟦illegible⟧
2/12/56
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 495

152
Worker's labor | 1 | 500
Soap packet | - | 450
Toilet paper roll count | - | 160
Samir | - | 050
Letter stamp | - | 088
Abu Al-Zoon packet with matches for the house | - | 071
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
 | 2 | 319

Archival unit 496

Work of a supervisor laborer on the new building
From Saturday 24 / 11 / 1954
To Wednesday 28 / 11 / 1954
5 days
Abdullah Khudair
⟦fingerprint⟧
30 / 11 / 1954
⟦red scribble/mark⟧

Archival unit 497

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 26 / 8 / 1956
To: ⟦line⟧
Fils | Dinar | Details
450 |  | 8 reams of Taj paper
 |  | Only four hundred and fifty fils
Saleh

Archival unit 498

151
2700 | Astonia | ✓
1440 | Astnel | ✓
0684 | Water bill | ✓
2480 | Water bill | ✓
0050 | Car fare |
21000 | Tailoring clothes bill | ✓
02100 | Laborer Abdullah Khudair's work | ✓
0064 | Letter stamp |
0050 | Washer for the faucet near the entrance |
24294

Archival unit 499

Work of a supervisor worker on the new building
From Saturday 11/17/1952 to Friday
To Friday 11/23/1952 seven days
Number
7
2100 Abdullah Khudair

Archival unit 500

I have received from the administration of the Frank Aini School the amount of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars
only and nothing else for the sewing fees of 7 ⟦illegible⟧ suits for the school janitors
21/11/52
The Tailor
Ahmed Ismail
⟦line⟧