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IJA 3780

Telegrams To and From Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd

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Description

This is a group of telegrams about business transactions, including travel plans and financial confirmations. Most seem to be from the same company, the Nazih al-Swaid Co., Ltd., and include information about sugar transactions, oil, financial transactions, and construction plans. Many offer well wishes for the new years and holidays and concerns of health of family members and business partners. The travel plans include when someone is arriving in a city (which flight or train) and what hotel that person is staying at or if travel arrangements need to be made. The correspondence is to and from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities (Basrah, Mosul, Kirkuk), cities in Germany (Dusseldorf, Cologne), Teheran (Iran), Istanbul, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris, cities in Italy (Rome), Switzerland, New York, Los Angeles, Beirut (Lebanon), Damascus (Syria), Saudi Arabia, Tripoli (Libya) and Amman (Jordan). Telegrams are in English, Arabic, French, and German.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3780
Item Number
12389
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Kirkuk, Financial, Lt Alswaidi, Correspondence, French, Travel, Tawfiq al-Suwaidi, London, Telegram, Lebanon, Beirut, Paris, Iraqi Government, Annotation, Ink Stamp, Crown Crest, Turkey, Iran, Ottoman Bank, Handwritten, Iraqi Embassy, The British Bank of Iran, Saudi Arabia, Department of Posts & Telegraphs, Kuwait, Mosul, Ltd., Receipts, Teheran, Cairo, New York, Basrah, Typed, Nazih al-Swaid Co.

AI en Translation, Pages 901-925

Page 901

No. 3
Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration
Foreign Telegram / Foreign Telegram:
Class / Class of Telegram:
Time / Time:
No. / Number:
Office of Origin / Office of Origin:
Route / Route:
Words / Word Count:
CHARGES / Fees:
Sent to / Sent to:
At / Time:
By / From:
Serial No. / Serial Number:
nothing to be written by the sender above this line except the route indication. The sender should not write anything above this line except the name of the route
Affix stamps on the back of this form | Write the word official here if the telegram is for government business | Write the type of telegram here if it is registered
Affix Stamps at the back of this form | State business write the word State here. | If Express write the class here.
To:: ISTANBUL
FASON
OYIBA ASXES OBMUG ONKRE IMRUN MTUSE
Concern your telegram of 26th
Have arrange for
travel
September 8th
please cable
if suitible
ALSWAIDI
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.
Address / Address Baghdad. 27-8-53
Signature / Signature ⟦line⟧
The Telegraph Dept. declines responsibility for delay, errors in deliveries, etc.
The administration does not accept responsibility for any errors, delays, or non-delivery
The administration declines all responsibility for delays, errors, non-delivery, etc.

Page 902

Summary of the conditions under which foreign telegrams are accepted
1 - This telegram is sent in accordance with the foreign telegraph instructions published in the Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide.
2 - The Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration shall not be responsible for delay, error, loss, or damage that may occur to the telegram from non-transmission or non-delivery, ⟦or⟧
transmission or distribution.
3 - Compound or altered words that do not convey the explicit meaning of the language in which the private foreign telegram is written may not be accepted.
4 - The sender of the telegram must record in the space provided on the left side of the address on the face of the form his desire to send the telegram by any of the
telegraph routes used, or record that it is urgent or that the reply fee is paid in advance. If the telegram is for the interest of the Iraqi government, the word (Official) is recorded.
5 - The Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration has the right to refuse to register the telegram, and it also has the right not to send it even if it has been registered for transmission or distribution. In
this case, its fee shall be returned to the sender upon submitting a request for that.
6 - Requests related to the recovery of fees and all complaints about telegrams shall be submitted to the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs in Baghdad.
7 - To prevent errors, this telegram should be written carefully and clearly.
Conditions on which Foreign Telegrams are accepted.
1. This telegram shall be forwarded in accordance with the rules for Foreign Telegrams, published in the 'Iraq
Post and Telegraph Guide.
2. The Administration of Posts and Telegraphs, 'Iraq, shall not be liable to make compensation for any delay,
error, loss, injury or damage arising from omission, non-transmission or non-delivery of the telegram.
3. Combinations or alterations of words, contrary to the usage of the language, are not admitted in Private
Foreign Telegrams in plain language.
4. The sender may write the instructions in the space provided at the left side of the address, on the face of
this form, such as Route, Urgent, Reply Paid, or State if on 'Iraq Government Service.
5. The Administration of Posts and Telegraphs, 'Iraq, may decline to accept the telegram. It may also decline
to forward it although it has been booked. In such case the amount paid for transmission shall be refunded
to the sender on application.
6. Complaints and applications for refund should be addressed to the Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs,
Baghdad.
7. To prevent mistake the Telegram must be legibly written.

Page 903

Summary of the conditions under which foreign telegrams are accepted
1 - This telegram is sent in accordance with the foreign telegraph instructions published in the Iraqi Post and Telegraph Guide.
2 - The Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration shall not be responsible for delay, error, loss, or damage that may occur to the telegram from its non-transmission or non-delivery ⟦or⟧ loss of
transmission or distribution.
3 - Compound or substituted words that do not convey the explicit meaning of the language in which the private foreign telegram is written may not be accepted.
4 - The sender of the telegram must record in the space provided on the left side of the address on the face of the form his desire to send the telegram by any of the
telegraph routes used, or record that it is urgent or that the reply fee is paid in advance. If the telegram is for the benefit of the Iraqi government, the word (Official) is recorded.
5 - The Iraqi Post and Telegraph Administration has the right to refuse to register the telegram, and it also has the right not to send it even if it has been registered for transmission or distribution. In
this case, its fee shall be returned to the sender upon submitting a request for that.
6 - Requests related to the recovery of fees and all complaints about telegrams are submitted to the General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs in Baghdad.
7 - To prevent errors, this telegram should be written carefully and clearly.
Conditions on which Foreign Telegrams are accepted.
1. This telegram shall be forwarded in accordance with the rules for Foreign Telegrams, published in the 'Iraq
Post and Telegraph Guide.
2. The Administration of Posts and Telegraphs, 'Iraq, shall not be liable to make compensation for any delay,
error, loss, injury or damage arising from omission, non-transmission or non-delivery of the telegram.
3. Combinations or alterations of words, contrary to the usage of the language, are not admitted in Private
Foreign Telegrams in plain language.
4. The sender may write the instructions in the space provided at the left side of the address, on the face of
this form, such as Route, Urgent, Reply Paid, or State if on 'Iraq Government Service.
5. The Administration of Posts and Telegraphs, 'Iraq, may decline to accept the telegram. It may also decline
to forward it although it has been booked. In such case the amount paid for transmission shall be refunded
to the sender on application.
6. Complaints and applications for refund should be addressed to the Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs,
Baghdad.
7. To prevent mistake the Telegram must be legibly written.

Page 904

LC UHDEING
DORTMUND
CODE MOSSE STOP 5002 BALADRUZ
ALSWAIDI
⟦initials⟧
Nazih al Swaidi Co. Ltd.,      26 -7-53.
Nazih al
Name

Page 905

GERSTEIN
FRIEDRICH UHDE
DORTMUND
DYDOE UVVEK UOMPF BOYP ⟦M⟧URK BO⟦M⟧P B⟦N⟧KZ EODIG L⟦A⟧WA EREPY
5002 AHZUB BOFKY
ALSWAIDI
1. Concerns our letter of 7th inst.,
2. 1000
3.  6
4. Tender
5. Sent off yesterday
6. Tender ⟦...⟧ sub⟦m⟧it⟦...⟧ rep⟦...⟧ latest
7. 25th August
8. Request sendi⟦...⟧nce .
9. Recommend Tal⟦...⟧etion⟦...⟧
10. Stop
11. 5002
12. have you ⟦...⟧
13. Tender.

Page 906

com
Book Number 232988 Accounting 37 A
Receipts in Dirhams collected for the government
Serial Number 51 ⟦24/7/54⟧ Fils/Dinar ⟦27/611⟧ Department Name ⟦line⟧
Received from ⟦line⟧ Mr. Nazih ⟦...⟧
Amount ⟦line⟧ ⟦...⟧ Dinars ⟦...⟧ Fils
For the account of ⟦line⟧ ⟦...⟧
Signature of the collector ⟦line⟧
Job Title ⟦line⟧
5

Page 908

1959
Regarding the account of ⟦the M...⟧ 1959
Coca Tea ⟦...⟧ from ⟦...⟧
Number Number
6 84