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Hadiya Manshi Saleh School Official School for Girls
IJA 2843
Receipts, Girl’s School; Construction Bills, Menahem S. Daniel's Clinic
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These archival materials contain handwritten notes and receipts paid by Hadiah Munchi Salih Girls School for various services: restoration, worker payments, revenues and expenses, bidding list for rubble sale, electrical repair, and an amount of state tax. Also included are bills for construction of Menahem S. Daniel's clinic: plans for the construction, building, security and property tax. It also includes bills belonging to the National School: construction, furniture plans, doors, and maintenance.
AI en Translation, Pages 1-25
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The door repairer Fakhri Jubair for repairing the door in the amount of ⟦...⟧ dinars only 7/7 1951 signature ⟦signature⟧
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⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | 200 ⟦illegible⟧ | 280 ⟦illegible⟧ | 200 ⟦illegible⟧ | 180 ⟦illegible⟧ | 445 ⟦illegible⟧ | 120 ⟦illegible⟧ | 750 ⟦illegible⟧ | 1825 I have received the aforementioned amount, which is ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦expenditure⟧ against this amount By order of His Excellency the Vice President Ruina 15 / 10 / 51 ⟦illegible⟧ 15 / 10 / 51 Accountant ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 10
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School Hadiyya Munshi Saleh Official for Girls in Baghdad Number: ⟦...⟧ Date: 5/28/⟦58⟧ Honorable Secretary of the Israelite Community An electrical failure occurred in the past week and the firefighters came and the engineering department ⟦...⟧ and cut the electricity from the outside, please restore the electricity flow urgently Thank you Fatina ⟦...⟧ School Principal Please look into the matter and inform me of the result ⟦signature⟧ ⟦5/31⟧
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List of conditions for the auction to sell the debris of the second floor of the old house ⟦school⟧ Munshi Saleh for Girls numbered 50 / 128 ⟦decisions⟧ Presidency of the Community dated 27 / 10 / 950 First - The buyer shall demolish the second floor of the completed staircase ⟦provided⟧ that he ⟦is⟧ to transport the debris by emptying two rooms except for the small teachers' room, the iron stone, the paving, and the sound bricks in the manner in which they must be demolished and emptied. Second - The buyer must transport the debris within a period of (two days) days from Tuesday morning coinciding with 31 / 10 / 950 and the buyer guarantees the amount of 5/- (five) Dinars daily for each day he is late in transporting the mentioned debris during the specified period, to be paid to the Acting Head of the Israelite Community in addition to his official position, and this debris shall be the property of the buyer. Baghdad 27 / 10 / 950 The technical director of the council, Mr. Naeem Zubaida, attended the auction, as did the school trustee, Mr. Shmuel Zalouf or his deputy, and the secretary of the properties committee, Mr. Naji ⟦Khadouri⟧ and the community ⟦broker⟧ Mr. Selim Jabbaza, and after a public auction took place among a number of bidders, the auction was awarded to Mr. Ali Mohammed Al-Amir for the amount of 210/- Dinars (only two hundred and ten Dinars) according to the conditions mentioned above, and the attendees signed it. School Trustee Shmuel Zalouf Ali Mohammed Al-Amir Technical Director of the Council Naeem Zubaida Secretary of the Properties Committee
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⟦illegible⟧ Restoration expenses for Hadiya Munshi Saleh Girls School Fils | Dinar | Details | | Labor wages as follows :- 950 | | Monday 13 / 2 / 1950 } 550 | 2 | Tuesday 14 / 2 / 1950 } 550 | 2 | Wednesday 15 / 2 / 1950 } according to attached receipt 550 | 2 | Thursday 16 / 2 / 1950 } 300 | 2 | Friday 17 / 2 / 1950 } 534 | 3 | Costs of re-installing some electrical wires due to wall demolition, as old wires were unfit for use - according to attached receipt 250 | 2 | Carpenter's fee for three days according to receipt 340 | 25 | Construction materials (bricks, cement, sand, gypsum, lime) - according to attached receipt 100 | 2 | Restoration and re-installation of the balustrade and the curtain 500 | 4 | Wages for a work supervisor and a carpenter for six days 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 23 / 2 / 1950 - according to attached receipt 400 | 3 | Costs of re-installing drinking water pipes - according to receipt 800 | | Electrical repair fees 250 | | Power disconnection fees 300 | | Value of nails and hooks for carrying 150 | | Value of four glass panes 534 | 53 | Only fifty-three Dinars and five hundred and twenty-four Fils, nothing else. Baghdad on 2 / 3 / 1950 The Accountant ⟦illegible⟧ Note This work was completed under the supervision and guidance of the engineer Mr. Abdul Nabi Shamoun Signature of the Secretary ⟦illegible⟧ 50/3/2/A 1- Please obtain the engineer's signature on this list 2/3/50 2- ⟦illegible⟧ Review completed ⟦illegible⟧ On the occasion of ⟦illegible⟧
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Hadiya Munshi Saleh School for Girls ⟦illegible⟧ With reference to the letter from the administration of the aforementioned school, No. 19 dated 2/5/954 We have ⟦illegible⟧ accompanied by the Secretary of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, and after inspecting a classroom, we found that one of the classroom walls on the upper floor has cracked due to decay, as it was originally built with mud bricks, and this classroom has been evacuated of students. The Jewish Community has taken the necessary precautions to remove the danger from this classroom based on the recommendation of the Chief Engineer of the Municipality in ⟦illegible⟧ the engineer "to support a wall on the ground floor, which is a room that is not the wall of the aforementioned classroom, while placing wooden supports for this wall from the outside and the foundation, and closing the door and windows and others from the street side to prevent students from passing near the wall and the work through which the ⟦project⟧ was achieved, and I have also inspected the same ⟦illegible⟧ location in the old building in the room adjacent to the aforementioned classroom to another location in the courtyard of the building the new one, to prevent water leakage into the foundation and building a wall near the school door ⟦illegible⟧ for inspection, and the Community will carry out the aforementioned works and other necessary renovations, and thus the danger to the students will be removed Note that it is the Community's intention "to discharge responsibility and preserve the lives of the students" to evacuate this building at the end of the current school year and rent another house to move the students who occupy the rooms of the old building, until the completion of the construction of the new building if the necessary funds for demolishing the building and rebuilding it are not available Accordingly, we submit the proposal as mentioned above, and we will begin the necessary renovations next Thursday Corresponding to 2/20/954 Office M. Engineer 2/20/1954 A copy to Baghdad Education Directorate - Please issue the necessary order to suspend study in the aforementioned building starting from 2/20/954 until 3/5/954 for ⟦the possibility of⟧ carrying out the required renovations Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad - To carry out the required renovations according to the proposal agreed upon between us to remove the danger from the aforementioned old building.
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The Lay Council of the Israelite Community * Baghdad Honorable Vice President Allow me to inform you of the existence of a danger in the school building of Menashi Saleh for Girls, a matter which required ⟦carrying out⟧ an inspection by the specialized body and taking what is necessary in this regard I have brought with me Mr. (Edward Salem), the municipality engineer, and Mr. Abdul Nabi Shamoun, the private engineer, and Mr. Fadel, the engineer of Education. After inspecting the aforementioned building jointly by all of them, it was decided that the areas of danger must be repaired immediately as stated in the report of the Education engineer attached herewith. The cost of this has been estimated at no less than 200 Dinars. These repairs will be carried out under the supervision of the engineer, Mr. Abdul Nabi Shamoun, as usual. Please approve this in principle to begin the restoration immediately. ⟦Do you see⟧ it as appropriate to present the matter for urgent deliberation to the Council The Secretary 2/2/1957 Approved Please proceed with implementation To the Council to be within their knowledge ⟦signature⟧ 2/2
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Labor wages for Thursday ⟦12/12/46⟧ Hadiya Manshi Saleh School Fils | Dinar 1100 | Foreman | 1 450 | Plumber | 1 1000 | ⟦Workers⟧ | 4 2/550 | | Only two dinars and five hundred and fifty fils ⟦red mark⟧
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Fils Dinar 2/250 Only two dinars and a quarter I received from the accountant of the Israelite Community the above-mentioned amount, and that is for my labor wages at the Hadiya Munshi Salih school for carpentry work for three days, and for this purpose I have given this receipt. 1950/2/27 Ezra Subhi Kingdom of Iraq 8 Fils Ezra ⟦I witness⟧
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Dinar | Fils 900 150 1/050 Only one dinar and fifty fils, no more Received from the accountant of the Jewish community the above-mentioned amount for the auction tax provided to the Hadya Munshi Saleh School and its annex dated below 2/29/50 On behalf of the committee Hussein Ismail ⟦illegible⟧
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Telephone No: ⟦495⟧ Baghdad on: June 7, 1950 To Mr.: Respectable Professor Salim ⟦Razzouk⟧ Invoice for the goods supplied to you listed below :-: Fils | Dinar | Details | Date 400 | | Value of ⟦gum⟧ plug 3/4 quantity ⟦4⟧ | 0/400 750 | | ⟦Siphon⟧ 3/4 1 | 0/750 400 | | Complete resistor 3/4 1 | 0/400 500 | | White elbow 3/4 1 | 0/500 200 | | White thread 3/4 1 | 0/200 ⟦illegible⟧ | | Complete tar | ⟦illegible⟧ 500 | | ⟦illegible⟧ | 0/500 700 | | Thick 3/4 x 1/2 1 | 0/700 200 | | Bulb 3/4 1 | 0/200 120 | | Lead 3/4 ⟦inch⟧ | 0/120 150 | | Complete resistor 3/4 1 | 0/150 500 | | Nut 3/4 1 | 0/500 1/190 | | Total | 1/190 One Dinar and one hundred and ninety Fils only Errors and omissions excepted ⟦Management⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Recorded on June 7, 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ and our balance June 5, 50