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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 501-525

Archival unit 501

Paper
11
Directorate of the Water Supply Service for the Baghdad General Area
Volume
1466
Subscriber Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Subscription Sequence Number:
Property Number: 15/21
Meter Number: 9245
District: ⟦illegible⟧
Meter Type:
Date: 2 / 9 / 1957
Meter Size:
Register Number: 14
Page Number: 55
Meter Reading | Quantities cubic meters | Prices and Fees | Amounts
Subsequent on 9 / 9 / 95 | 1046 | ( 4 ) meters at a price of ( 12 ) fils | 440 | 1
Previous on 2 / 7 / 1957 | 1028 | ( 9 ) meters at a price of ( 10 ) fils | 940 |
Consumed Quantity | 18 | ( ) meters at a minimum price of ( 180 ) fils |  |
 |  | ( ) fils monthly meter fee | 100 |
 |  | Total | 480 | 2
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.
⟦illegible⟧
26 ⟦illegible⟧ 1957
(11)
Form M. A. M. (39)

Archival unit 502

Paper
10
Directorate of the Water Supply Service for the Baghdad General Area
Volume
1466
Subscription Sequence Number:
Subscriber Name: Sayyid Razzuqi
Meter Number: 84260
Property Number: 1/15
Meter Type: 2
District: Adham
Meter Size: 2
Date: 2 / 9 / 1956
Register Number: 12
Page Number: 55
Meter Reading | Quantities in Cubic Meters | Prices and Fees | Amounts
Subsequent on 9 / 9 / 95 | 2330 | ( 120 ) meters at a price of ( 12 ) fils | 1 440
Previous on 2 / 7 / 1956 | 1682 | ( 548 ) meters at a price of ( 10 ) fils | 5 480
Quantity Consumed | 648 | ( ) meters at a minimum price of ( 180 ) fils | 
 | | ( ) fils monthly meter fee | 120
 | | Total | 7 040
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.
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
Signature ⟦illegible⟧
Form M. A. M. ( 39 )

Archival unit 503

Sales Department
African & Eastern (Near East) Ltd.
(Incorporated in England)
SALES DEPARTMENT
AFRICAN & EASTERN (N. E.) LTD.
(INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
Telephone No. 7879 Tel. No. 7879
No: 794
Invoice INVOICE:
Baghdad Baghdad: 19 / 11 / 1956
Name: Cash Sales
Arabic Name: Frank Iny School
Terms: Cash
Description Description | I. D. Dinar | Fils Fils | I. D. Dinar | Fils Fils
1 packet Stencils 62 D 1440/fils |  |  | 1 | 440
PAID
INITIALS
⟦illegible⟧
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.
Errors and Omissions Excepted
E. & O. E.

Archival unit 504

AL - TASAHUL STORE
AL-SAMAW'AL STREET, 17 D-240
For selling all kinds of stationery
Commercial of books, Contractor
for printing binding, Books and
⟦licen⟧sed to sell revenue stamps.
Tel. 84276
Date / / 195
No 000402
Al-Tasahul Store
Al-Samaw'al Street 17 D / 240
For the sale of commercial ledgers and all types of stationery
Wholesale and retail at affordable prices
And licensed to sell revenue stamps
And ready for printing and binding
Telephone: 84276
Baghdad on: 19 / 11 / 1956
To Mr.: ⟦Scribe⟧ of Frank Iny School
Respectfully:
Fils | Dinar | Details
220 |  | Price of 1 ream of ⟦ledger⟧
 |  | Only two hundred and twenty fils
 |  | nothing else, received in cash
050 |  | Paid for ⟦travel⟧
270 |  | Only two hundred and seventy fils
 |  | nothing else, in cash
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Errors and omissions excepted for both parties

Archival unit 505

15 -
Folio:
Established: 1920
Date: 19th November 1956
M: FRANK INY SCHOOL,
Address: BAGHDAD.
Dr. to
Mackenzie Library : Baghdad
(MACKENZIE & MACKENZIE)
THE BOOKSHOP,
BAGHDAD.
Booksellers, Publishers, and Stationers,
Telephone No. 3304 Telephone Number 4034
TELEGRAMS: CODES
"MACKENZIES BOOKSHOP A.B.C. 6TH EDITION
BAGHDAD" BENTLEYS.
OUT-OF-PRINT BOOKS ARE SOUGHT FOR AND FOUND
PRINTING AND PUBLISHING BY THE LEADING ENGLISH AND EGYPTIAN FIRMS.
A SPECIALTY IS MADE OF OLD AND RARE BOOKS DEALING WITH IRAQ, ARABIA AND PERSIA
BOOKS NOT IN STOCK ARE PROCURED PROMPTLY FROM ANY PART OF THE WORLD
120 | The Little Oxford Dictionary @ 360 | 43.200
45 | Oliver Twist - by Dickens @ 300 | 13.500
15 | The Oxford English Course Book 4 @ 250 | 3.750
25 | Four Tales - by Conrad @ 270 | 6.750
30 | Emil and the Detectives @ 100 | 3.000
10 | Louis Pasteur @ 180 | 1.800
 |  | 72.000
 | Less 10% discount. | 7.200
 | IDs. | 64.800
Received By Cash
Mackenzie's Bookshop
⟦illegible signature⟧
Baghdad

Archival unit 506

149
Work of laborer Abdullah Khudair | 1800
Books receipt | 15500
Books receipt | 24100
Cart fare for transporting books from the Education warehouse to the school | 1000
Letter stamp | 020
Letter stamp to Beirut | 028
⟦line⟧
41574

Archival unit 507

181934
Volume Number
Accounting 137
Receipts for funds collected for the government
Serial Number: 44
Fils / Dinar: 900 / 11 Deposits for textbook prices
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧ Jewish School
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 508

166677
Receipt Number
Accounting 37
Receipts for Dirhams collected for the Government
Serial Number: 99
Fils / Dinar: 24/000
Department Name: ⟦illegible⟧
Received from: Shamash Private Secondary School
Amount: Twenty-four dinars and one hundred fils
On account of: Shamash Secondary School Deposits
Date: 12/11/52
Fils Dinar
24/000 Written
2/000 Additions
26/000 Total
Signature of the Receiver
⟦signature⟧
Job Title

Archival unit 509

Employment of a foreman on the new
building for six days
1800- Abdullah Khudair
⟦line⟧
1800--
From Saturday to
Thursday
1954
11 / 15
I
1954
11 / 20
H

Archival unit 510

148
Baghdad 16 / 11 / 1956
I received from the administration of Frank Iny School an amount of 5/760
Five dinars and seven hundred and sixty fils only, for the price of
thirty Tajweed Mushafs, the price of one book is one hundred and ninety-two fils
And for that I signed
Fils | Dinar
760 | 5
Accountant of the Tawfiq Torah Association
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 511

148
We received from Frank Eini School an amount of
14.500 Dinars for 88 copies of the book
Sami el Nada
10 / 2 / ⟦57⟧
Our book dated 11/1/56 an amount of
⟦...⟧ for ⟦...⟧ France books
10 / 2 / ⟦57⟧
5 / ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 512

146
Wages for the overseer of the new building, Abdullah Khudair, year | 1 | 800
Medical fees for the sixth grade | - | 120
Zabibi list: 4 lorries with 4 loads of fertilizer to the garden | 6 | 320
Lunch for the janitors during the holiday for their work in the garden | - | 300
 | 8 | 540
1800

Archival unit 513

Worked as a construction foreman ⟦...⟧
11 / 2 / 1954 Abdullah Khudair from Saturday
11 / 8 / 1954 until Thursday
On his account
18.00
⟦line⟧
Six days of Eid
Abdullah Khudair
7 / 8 / 1956

Archival unit 514

I have received from the Frank Iny school
6.200 six dinars and two hundred fils for the value of
1.400 two loads of watering with three loads of fertilizer
4.800 six lorries of sand, the lorry at 800 fils
Saleh Jarallah
6.200 Total
Saleh
8 / 11 / 54

Archival unit 515

145
Baghdad 9 / 11 / 1956
I received from the administration of Frank Iny School an amount
of nine dinars only, for the price of sold
thirty history books, the price per book is 300 fils, and the pens were donated
Superintendent of Community Properties
⟦signature⟧
⟦red stamp⟧

Archival unit 516

142 and 143
Stationery value, quantity 2 | 0 | 180
Soap for the administration, 24 dozen | 0 | 740
Postage stamp 2 | 0 | 058
Fiscal stamps, quantity 2 | 1 | 000
Fiscal stamp 1 | 0 | 010
Erasers, box of 20 | 0 | 650
Biscuits purchased by Ms. Salma for nursing | 0 | 200
Car with porter for packages from the post office to Ghazi Street | 0 | 100
Medicines list for the clinic | 0 | 640
Wages for supervisor worker on the new building, Abdullah Khudair | 1 | 800
Electricity bill | 7 | 007
Ice, 1-1/2 blocks | 0 | 150
 | 12 | 715
Books list | 12 | 500
 | 25 | 215
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 517

Saleh Darwish
Stationery Seller - Shorja - Baghdad
Date: 1 / 11 / 1956
To: Frank Iny School
Fils | Dinar | Details
600 | - | Carbon erasers and stamps, quantity (40)
 |  | Only six hundred and fifty fils and no more
 |  | And this is our receipt
⟦signature⟧
W. M. A. C.
N. S.

Archival unit 518

3438
Telephone 9-786
Zaglul House
ZAGLUL HOUSE Tel. 9-786
Order for Goods Debit Note
To ⟦illegible⟧
91187
1/2
One
Can
Small shaving soap
225
W. A. ⟦illegible⟧
N. S.

Archival unit 519

Fils | Dinar
200 | ⟦line⟧ | Receipt book
240 | ⟦line⟧ | Aspirin quantity
100 | ⟦line⟧ | Aspirin ⟦illegible⟧
200 | ⟦line⟧ | Sulfaton
270 | ⟦line⟧ | Noramin injections
200 | ⟦line⟧ | Iodine quantity
60 | ⟦line⟧ | Kerosene ointment
160 | ⟦line⟧ | Nose quantity
60 | ⟦line⟧ | 4 Seb quantity
240 | ⟦line⟧ | 4 Dettol
150 | ⟦line⟧ | Qabli Qudamah
150 | ⟦line⟧ | Shafi Ghadah
600 | ⟦line⟧ | 1 Aspirin box
⟦line⟧
2670 | ⟦line⟧ | 1000
⟦illegible⟧
N. S.

Archival unit 520

⟦line⟧
Rp.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦line⟧
ATRIMON For enterobiasis
4831 SuS 10 11 54

Archival unit 521

Job: Construction Foreman
Supported from Saturday the 27th
to Thursday
11/2
Abdullah Khudair
27 / 11 / 1954
6 days × 200
W. M. C.
N. S.

Archival unit 522

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who considers that their deposited security is excessive after having an uninterrupted supply in one location for at least 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Name: ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
Address: Near Al-Alwiyah
Account Number: 640 02 40
Meter Number: 44355
Bill Number: M 441238/36053
Account Number | Date | Meter Reading | Monthly Fixed Charge | Fils | Dinar
640 02 40 | 561220 | Sequence 1 Number 41238 | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧
⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧ | To 7295 | For the meter | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧
Various prices | ⟦blank⟧ | From 6918 56 7199 | ⟦blank⟧ | 35 | ⟦blank⟧
1- Arrears | 96 | Units supplied | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧
2- Special reading fee | 185 | At 18 fils | ⟦blank⟧ | 6754 | ⟦blank⟧
3- Cost of damage to meter | 141 | At 12 fils | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧
4- Carried from your account | 422 | At 10 fils | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧ | ⟦blank⟧
For lighting power | 2284 | Various prices - see side | ⟦blank⟧ | 170 | ⟦blank⟧
Total | ⟦blank⟧ | 168685 | ⟦blank⟧ | 7007 | 7
7.007
M.D.N.
0363
31-OCT-56
This bill 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 523

181934
Transfer Number
Receipts in Dirhams collected for the Government
Serial Number: 24
Fils/Dinar: 500 / 21
Department Name: Directorate of Education
Revenue for Article ( ): Baghdad (Finance)
Number ( ):
Received from the administration of Frank Iny Private School ⟦line⟧
The amount of twenty-one dinars and five hundred fils
On account of the prices of school books ⟦line⟧ Revenue Article (5)
Number (2)
⟦illegible⟧
K. S. ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of the Receiver ⟦signature⟧
Job Title: Revenue Accountant
Dated 1 / 11 / 1956
137

Archival unit 524

Baghdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
Fadak Issa Directorate:
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO:
ILL SERIAL: 40 02 640
M. IO M 441573/35995:
44355:
Account Number | Date | Sequence | Meter Reading | Monthly Fee
40 02 641 | 20 6 66 | 2 | 41572 | 50
Various Prices | To | From | Units Supplied | Fils | Dinar
1- Arrears | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | 918 | 10480 | 10
2- Special reading fee |  |  | 56 |  | 
3- Cost of damage to the meter |  |  |  |  | 
4- Transferred from your account |  |  |  |  | 
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A subscriber who wishes to withdraw their excess deposited insurance after continuous consumption in one location for a period of no less than 12 months must apply for a second assessment.
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.
Electricity Payment Centers
1- In Al-Abakhana
2- In Bab Al-Muadham
3- On the Karkh side in Sheikh Maarouf Street
4- In Al-Bataween
Daily except Friday

Archival unit 525

Bagdad Light & Power Co. Ltd.
BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER Co. Ltd.
(Incorporated in the United Kingdom.)
For Office Use Only
56 IO
Note:
1- This bill must be paid within 15 days of its date.
2- A consumer who believes that their deposited security is more than necessary after having continuous supply in one location for a period of no less than 12 months should apply for a reassessment.
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 10 02 640
M. IO M 33753I/34589
44255 40.2 642
Account Number | Date | Meter Registration (Serial, Number) | Monthly Rental for Fixed | Fils | Dinar
40.2 642 | 20 06 ⟦52⟧ | 2 | 87521 | 5 | 0
From 56918
To 57059
Units Supplied 141
At a price of 18 fils
At a price of 12 fils
At a price of 10 fils
Various charges - see side
Total 35
Various charges
1- Arrears
2- Special reading fee
3- Cost of damage to the meter
4- Transferred from your account
Frank Iny School
ART. TRANSFER CONSUMPTION & RENTAL TO
ILL SERIAL 10 02 640
M. IO M 33753I/34589
44255 40.2 642
Payment Centers
1- In Al-Abakhana
2- In Bab Al-Muadham
3- In Karkh on Sheikh Ma'ruf Street
4- In Al-Battaween
Daily ⟦...⟧ Friday
This bill is not considered paid unless it is stamped above by the cashier
45
Reader:
Amount:
ALACRA BUSINESS FORMS. PRINTED IN GT. BRITAIN BY W. H. SMITH & SON, LTD., LONDON.