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Isa Town School Saleh Official 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 English Translation, Pages 1-25
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The door repairman Fakhri Jubeir has repaired the door for an amount of ⟦...⟧ dinars only 7 / 1 / 1951 Signature ⟦illegible⟧
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Passport Escort Book Departure 2/750
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⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 200 ⟦illegible⟧ 280 ⟦illegible⟧ 200 ⟦illegible⟧ 180 ⟦illegible⟧ 445 ⟦illegible⟧ 120 ⟦illegible⟧ 750 ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 1825 The Accountant And you, Honorable Vice President Verbally on the payment of this amount ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Arrived 10/15/55 I received the above-mentioned amount, which is Five Dinars and ⟦illegible⟧ 10/15/55 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/15/55
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School Hadiya Munshi Saleh Official For Girls Baghdad Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ Respected Secretary of the Israelite Community An electrical fault occurred in the past week and the firefighters came and the responsible manager decided to cut the electrical current from the outside, so please restore the electrical current quickly and thank you I hope for your influence The matter and notification of the result ⟦signature⟧ 21/11 ⟦signature⟧ School Principal
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Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Date: ⟦line⟧ I received from the Jewish Community the sum of five dinars for clerical work fees for the Kadoorie Menashi Saleh School for Girls for the fiscal year 50 / and for that I signed 7 / 7 / 951 ⟦signature⟧ Salim Tarsh
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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 ⟦line⟧ Honorable Vice President Allow me to inform you of the existence of a danger in the building of ⟦...⟧ Saleh Hospital for Girls, a matter which required ⟦...⟧ an inspection by a specialized committee and taking ⟦...⟧ in this regard. I have accompanied Mr. Edward Salem, the Municipality Engineer, and Mr. Abdul Nabi Shamoon, the private engineer, and Mr. Fadel, the engineer of the Ministry of Education. After a continuous inspection of the mentioned building by each of them, it was decided that the danger spots must be repaired immediately as will be determined by 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 Shamoon free of charge. Please grant preliminary approval for this to start the restoration immediately, provided that we will, on the occasion, present the matter of the building in general to the Council. The Secretary 2 / 4 / 957 Approved Please place the report before the Council for their information ⟦signature⟧ 4/4
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⟦illegible⟧ Pay (⟦...⟧ Dinars) ⟦...⟧ Sabri Kamal for the restoration of ⟦...⟧ to reinstall the television and the curtain Ibrahim Ghanaba Al-Riyah ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Daily wage for Master Sabri for the day 2/22/5 ⟦...⟧ Daily wage for a laborer 600 Daily wage for a laborer 600 Wood nails 150 And gasoline and a bale of straw 2/100 ⟦signature⟧ 5/2/22 To the accountant?
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Fils / Dinar ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ Received from the accountant of the Israelite community the amount mentioned above, for labor wages at the Bint Salih City School for Girls for a period of five days according to the attached lists ⟦illegible⟧ this place ⟦illegible⟧ Abd ⟦illegible⟧ Wages ⟦line⟧
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Ahmed Al-Saleh ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Fils / Dinar 100 | Khalfa | 1 450 | Qarar | 1 750 | Hazar | 2 ⟦line⟧ 2/300 Only two dinars and three hundred fils ⟦red mark⟧
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Labor wages for Thursday ⟦12/12/57⟧ for Hayyim Kashi Saleh School ⟦line⟧ Fils | Dinar 100 | 1 | Foreman | 1 450 | | Murad | 1 1000 | 1 | Fuad | 4 ⟦line⟧ 2/550 Only two dinars and five hundred and fifty fils ⟦line⟧
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Transport fare for Wednesday ⟦...⟧ For the school of ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ Wood ⟦...⟧ 1000 Ring 450 Sidewalk ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ 2/550 Only two dinars and five hundred and fifty fils
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Labor wages for repairing the bunkers ⟦illegible⟧ In the name of Mr. Hosni Saleh Fils | Dinar 100 | 1 Master craftsman 400 | 1 <del>Master craftsman</del> ⟦line⟧ 1000 | 4 Glazier ⟦line⟧ 2500 | Two thousand five hundred Dinars and five hundred Fils only ⟦line⟧
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Canal rent ⟦illegible⟧ for the school ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ Fils / Dinar ⟦line⟧ 600 Rent 500 Faraz ⟦line⟧ 950 Only nine hundred and fifty fils
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Fils ⟦illegible⟧ Only ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 2/250 I received from the accountant of the Israelite community the amount mentioned above, for cleaning wages at the Hadiya Shentob School ⟦illegible⟧ commercial three days ⟦illegible⟧ this receipt 1950/2/17 Ezra Subhi Iraq 8 Fils Revenue 2/17
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Fils | Dinar 090 | 18 | Value of bricks 000 | 12 | Cement bags 600 | | Sand 12 loads 050 | 4 | Gypsum 27 loads 750 | | Qudra one weight 34/490 Only thirty-four Dinars and four hundred and ninety Fils I received from the accountant of the Israelite community the amount mentioned above, for the value of the mentioned construction materials counted and supplied to the Hebrew School in the Girls' Craft [Section] and for that I gave this receipt 27 / 2 / 50 Ezra Akka Ezra Ab
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Fils Dinar ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 900 ⟦illegible⟧ 150 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 1050 Only one dinar and fifty fils and no more Received from the accountant of the Jewish Community the above-mentioned amount, being the price of materials supplied to the ⟦illegible⟧ Menashi Saleh school and for the Aznawa kindergarten 29/2/50 Ezra Akka on behalf of Ismail ⟦illegible stamp⟧
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Receipt Voucher 4/000 Only four dinars I received from the accountant of the Israelite community the above-mentioned amount, and that is for transportation fees for a period of five days in my own car valid for the transport of endowments in Hillah for some business commercial works, and according to the grant of this text 2/5/1950 Abdul Razzaq Iraq Fils 8 Fils 324 8
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Fils Dinar 500 8 I received from the community accountant the amount mentioned above, and that is for the wages of supervising the work in the ⟦Mutasaddi⟧ school ⟦for construction⟧ ⟦...⟧ for the day 22 / 9 / 950, and according to the request this receipt 22 / 9 / 950 Abd Murad Abd Murad
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Fils / Dinar ⟦illegible⟧ / 4/200 I received from the accountant of the Israelite Community the above-mentioned amount, being the value of materials and labor wages for re-installing water pipes in the Hadia Hosni Saleh School for Girls and the necessary repairs ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 7 / 1950 Sion Abboud ⟦illegible⟧ Abboud
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Telephone No.: 5951 Baghdad on: June 17, 1950 To Mr. Professor: Salim ⟦Ezra⟧, Respectfully Copy of our supply to you of the items listed below :-: Fils | Dinar | Details | Date 400 | 0 | Value of ⟦for God⟧ ⟦Hm⟧ 1/2 ⟦...⟧ | 17/6/50 750 | 0 | ⟦English⟧ lock 1 1/2 | 17/6/50 140 | 0 | Full shock absorber 1 1/2 | 17/6/50 050 | 0 | White elbow 1 1/2 | 17/6/50 060 | 0 | White thread 1 1/2 | 17/6/50 050 | 0 | ⟦Lock⟧ cover 5 | 17/6/50 070 | 0 | ⟦Half⟧ ⟦Hm⟧ 3/4 x 1 3/4 | 17/6/50 040 | 0 | Pelkula 1 3/4 | 17/6/50 120 | 0 | ⟦Eng⟧ lead 3/4 | 17/6/50 150 | 0 | Full hooks 2 3/4 | 17/6/50 050 | 0 | Nut 1 3/4 | 17/6/50 190 | 1 | One Dinar and nine hundred and eighty Fils only | Total Errors and omissions excepted for both parties Recorded on date ⟦...⟧