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IJA 3704

Correspondence between the Iraqi Government and the Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad. Included is correspondence between the Iraqi government and the Jewish schools administrations concerning employment of foreign teachers, students' behavior, graduate lists, and other administrative matters.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3704
Item Number
6613
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Abdullah S. Obadiah, Annotation, Baghdad College, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Citizenship, College Entrance Examination Board, Correspondence, Employment, Financial, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Iraqi Government, Jewish Lay Council, Labor, Laura Khedouri School for Girls, Letterhead, Ministry of Education, Ottoman Bank, Photograph, President of the Mosaic Community, Revenue Stamp, Shamash Secondary School, Students, Sun Crest, Teachers, Typed, University of Baghdad

AI English Translation, Pages 101-125

Archival unit 101

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ F / 60
Date ⟦line⟧ 2/20/1960
To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to provide Ms. Armin Arshak with a certificate of no criminal record
in two copies for the purpose of employment in our school.
With much gratitude to you.
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director

Archival unit 102

Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ ⟦F⟧ / 60
Date ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧ 1960/2/20
To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to provide Mr. Shlomo Somekh with a certificate of no criminal record
in two copies for the purpose of his employment in our school.
With much gratitude to you.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 103

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number 60/⟦line⟧ F
Date. ⟦line⟧ Date 20/ 5 / 1962
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
⟦Subject / Entry Certificate⟧
To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to provide Mr. Shlomo Somekh with a certificate of no criminal record
in two copies for the purpose of his employment in our school.
With our sincere thanks to you.
⟦Director of Intelligence⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
The Director
⟦Hadi Arh⟧

Archival unit 104

Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Interior
Directorate of General Security
(Residency Division)
Number - Sh Kh /: 256
Baghdad on -: 12 / 1 / 1960
Frank Iny School
Subject / Entry Visa
Your letter F / 11 / 60 dated 5 / 1 / 960
Please provide us with a copy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs letter numbered 55 / 55 / 100
so that we may consider the aforementioned request.
Director of Residency
Hadi / A

Archival unit 105

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Number: 60/⟦illegible⟧
Date:
Date: 1/19/1960
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings,
We confirm to you that Mrs. Marjorie Lucille ( ⟦illegible⟧ ), of British
nationality, is a teacher at this school and is still continuing her educational duties
at this school. She holds passport number 1020 and is registered in your directorate under file
number MA/G/3462/59. Since we are in dire need of her services and the period of
her residency in Iraq is about to expire, please be so kind as to order the renewal of her residency
along with her daughter Nina. With thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Abdullah Odia
The Director

Archival unit 106

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ 600/F ⟦line⟧ No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧ 19/10/1965 ⟦line⟧ Date ⟦line⟧
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
We confirm to you that Mrs. Marjorie Lucille ( ⟦Mrs. Marjorie Lucille⟧ ), a British
national, is a teacher at this school and is still continuing in her educational duties
at this school. She holds passport number 1020 and is registered in your directorate under file
number MHA/G/59/3462. Since we are in dire need of her services and the period of
her residency in Iraq is about to expire, please be so kind as to order the renewal of her residency
along with her daughter Nina. With thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Abdullah Odia
The Director

Archival unit 107

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: ⟦line⟧
Date.: ⟦line⟧
Number: 977
Date: 10 / 18 / 1960
To the Honorable Director of Baghdad Security
Greetings,
It is intended to employ Miss Ellen Menashi Daoud as a monitor in the school's student
transportation buses. Please order that she be provided with a certificate of good conduct, noting that she holds a
non-conviction certificate numbered 249 and dated 1/13/1960 and a non-revocation of citizenship ID number
1083 and dated 4/5/1952.
With our deepest gratitude to your Excellency.
⟦illegible stamp with text: FRANK INY SCHOOL BAGHDAD⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director

Archival unit 108

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 656
Date: 1960/2/8
No.:
Date:
To the Honorable Director of Baghdad Security
Greetings,
It is intended to employ Miss Alice Menashi Daoud as a monitor in the school's student
transportation buses. Please order the issuance of a certificate of good conduct for her, noting that she holds a
non-conviction certificate numbered 249 and dated 1960/1/13 and a non-revocation of citizenship ID No.
1083 dated 4/5/1952.
With our sincere thanks to you.
⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Archival unit 109

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Frank Iny School
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number 60/......../80
Date ⟦line⟧ Date 10/10/1960
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17496 Baghdad, owned by Hamza Habib, which is
a Chevrolet car similar to the Baghdad College buses, to pass through Rashid Street, Al-Kifah
Street, Al-Jumhuriya Street, and the Karkh side to transport the female and male students of our school from
seven o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 110

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ : 80/⟦...⟧
Date ⟦line⟧ : 10/10/1960
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17499 Baghdad, owned by Hamza Habib, which is
a Chevrolet car similar to the Baghdad College buses, to pass through Al-Rashid Street, Al-Kifah
Street, Al-Jumhuriya Street, and the Karkh side to transport the students of our school from
seven o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 111

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: | No.: 607/F/10
Date.: | Date: 10/10/1963
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17230 - Baghdad, owned by Abed Awad, which
is a Chevrolet bus, to pass through Al-Jumhuriya Street, Al-Kifah Street, Bab Al-Sharqi,
and Al-Jumhuriya Bridge, from seven o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon,
as this vehicle is a permanent duty vehicle for the school that performs various services
required by the school in addition to transporting students.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 112

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: ⟦F/607⟧
Date:
Date: ⟦10/10/1960⟧
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17230 - Baghdad, owned by Abd Awad, which is
a Chevrolet bus, to pass through Al-Jumhuriya Street, Al-Kifah Street, Bab Al-Sharqi,
and Al-Jumhuriya Bridge, from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon,
as this vehicle is a permanent guard vehicle for the school that performs various services
required by the school in addition to transporting students.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 113

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: ⟦line⟧
Number: F/ 600 / ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
Date: 11 / 10 / 1960 ⟦line⟧
To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations
Greetings =
It is intended to employ Mrs. Alice Menashi Dawood as a monitor in the student transport buses
for this school, so please order that she be provided with a certificate of no criminal record in two copies.
With much gratitude to your Excellency.
Frank Iny School
⟦illegible⟧
Date
Number
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director

Archival unit 114

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Number: 600 / F
Date: 10 / 10 / 1960
No.:
Date:
To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations
Greetings -
It is intended to employ Mrs. Alice Menashi Dawood as a monitor in the student transport buses
for this school, so please order providing her with a certificate of no criminal record in two copies.
With much gratitude to you.
⟦FRANK INY SCHOOL⟧
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 115

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: | No.: 656
Date: | Date: 10/22/1967
To the Honorable Director of Technical Investigations
Greetings -
It is intended to employ Mrs. Ellen Menashi Daoud as a monitor in the student transport buses
for this school, so please order that she be provided with a non-conviction certificate in two copies.
With much gratitude to your Excellency.
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
Frank Iny School
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad

Archival unit 116

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/ 607
Date: 1960/6/7
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Our school is in dire need of the services of Mr.
( ⟦...⟧ )
of British nationality to teach the English language in this school, and the aforementioned
is currently in England and has been contracted through an advertisement in the newspapers
to carry out the teaching mission. With reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs letter No. 100 / 554 / 55
please kindly grant him an entry visa to Iraq, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
Number ⟦...⟧
Date ⟦...⟧
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director

Archival unit 117

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 60
Date: 1 / 1 / 1960
No.:
Date:
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Our school is in dire need of the services of Mr.
( ⟦illegible⟧ )
of British nationality to teach the English language in this school, and the aforementioned person
is currently in England and has been contracted through an advertisement in the newspapers
to carry out the teaching mission. With reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs letter No. 55 / 554 / 100
please kindly grant him an entry visa to Iraq, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
⟦Administration⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Archival unit 118

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 607
Date: 7/6/1960
No.:
Date:
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Our school is in urgent need of the services of Mr.
( )
of British nationality to teach the English language in this school, and the aforementioned
is currently in England and has been contracted through an advertisement in the newspapers
to carry out the teaching mission. With reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs letter No. 55 / 554 / 100
please kindly grant him an entry visa to Iraq, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Director
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Archival unit 119

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/59
Date: 12/28/1959
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
We confirm that Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i, of Lebanese nationality, has been a teacher in this school for
seven years according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No. 42875 dated 12/14/52
and is still continuing in his teaching position at this school. He is registered in your directorate in
file number MHA/52/4853 and holds residency permit number 1275. Since we
are in need of his services and as his residency in Iraq is about to expire, please be so kind
as to order the renewal of his residency in Iraq along with the residency of his wife, Mrs. Nihad Shalhoub, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Abdullah Odia
The Director

Archival unit 120

Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/59
No.:
Date: 28 / 12 / 1959
Date:
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
We certify that Mr. Amin Mansour Marei, of Lebanese nationality, has been a teacher at this school for
seven years according to the letter from the Directorate of General Education No. 42875 dated 14 / 12 / 9
and is still continuing in his teaching position at this school, and he is registered in your directorate in
file number MB / 52 / 4853 and holder of residency book number 1275, and since we
are in need of his services and as his residency in Iraq is about to expire. Please be so kind
as to order the renewal of his residency in Iraq along with the residency of his wife, Mrs. Nihad Shalhoub, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
The Director

Archival unit 121

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/597
Date: 10 / 12 / 1959
Directorate of General Security
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered S/1953 and dated 11/10/1959.
Please kindly approve the appointment of Miss Saliha Salman Daniel as a teacher
in this school if you have no objection to that.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 122

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. / Number: 596
Date / Date: 10 / 11 / 1959
Directorate of General Security
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered S/1953 and dated 10 / 11 / 1959.
Please kindly approve the appointment of Miss Saliha Salman Daniel as a teacher
in this school if you have no objection to that.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 123

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: F/509
Date: 30 / 11 / 1959
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings,
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17499 Baghdad, which is a Chevrolet sedan,
to pass through Al-Rashid Street, Al-Kifah Street, Al-Jumhuriya Street, and the Karkh side to transport female
and male students of our school, from seven o'clock in the morning until two o'clock in the afternoon,
as this vehicle is a permanent duty vehicle for the school that performs various services
required by the school in addition to transporting students.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 124

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
No. F/251/59
Date 28 / 10 / 1959
Baghdad District Security Directorate
Greetings.
It is intended to employ Miss Saliha Salman Daniel as a teacher in this school
so please order the issuance of an identity verification certificate for her, noting that she has a certificate of
non-conviction numbered 8439 and dated 18 / 10 / 1959.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Starting from ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 125

Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 59
No.:
Date: 29 / 10 / 1959
Date:
Residency Directorate Baghdad
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to provide us with a second copy of your letter No. 4744 dated
27 / 10 / 1959 regarding your approval of the appointment of Mrs. Marjorie Lucille as a teacher of
English in this school for the purpose of submitting it to the Ministry of Education, as the
original copy was used for the purpose of the aforementioned obtaining an identity verification paper from the
Baghdad Security Department.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
A copy to -
Technical Investigation Directorate. Please be so kind as to provide us with another copy
of the non-conviction certificate No. 8577 dated
22 / 10 / 1959 ⟦and that is⟧ for the same purpose please