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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 651-675

Archival unit 651

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/ 59/
Date: 23 / 11 / 1959
To the Honorable Director General of Labor and Social Security
Greetings.
Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i, of Lebanese nationality, was appointed as a teacher in this school seven
years ago pursuant to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No. 42875 dated 14 / 12 / 1952 and is still
continuing in his position at this school until now. He is registered with the Directorate of General Residency and holds
Residency Booklet No. 39 and Lebanese Passport No. 60 / 54. He has also filled out the required forms in accordance
with your letter No. 14598 dated 23 / 10 / 1958. Since we are in need of his services, and with reference to
the instructions issued in the Regulation for Non-Iraqis Practicing Work in Iraq No. 14 of 1958, please
kindly provide him with a work permit in Iraq, noting that the total number of employees, Iraqis and foreigners, in
this school currently is (28), including the aforementioned person, and the number of Iraqis out of this total is (25) employees.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Director
Attachments
Passport No. 60 / 54
Residency Booklet No. 39

Archival unit 652

Republic of Iraq
Central Region Labor Directorate
"Inspection Division"
Number / 23779
Date 10 / 10 / 59
To - All Employers
Subject / Illiteracy Eradication
In line with the goals of the eternal (July 14) Revolution in raising the cultural level of the Iraqi
individual, eliminating ignorance, and fighting illiteracy, and given the government's desire to
open classes to educate workers and teach them reading, writing, and arithmetic, and our desire
for you to cooperate with us in the success of this vital and important project, please inform us of the number
of illiterate workers and employees belonging to you and the number of those among them wishing to learn,
as well as the number of volunteers to undertake teaching and other capabilities available to you such as locations,
stationery, means of transport, and everything related to that, hoping that we receive
your response as quickly as possible.
⟦illegible⟧
Tawfiq Jalal
Director of Central Region Labor
A copy to /
General Directorate of Labor - with reference to its letter No. 23779
dated 10 / 27 / 1959 for your kind information.
Inspection Division.
Mr. Ahmed
Please respond if necessary ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
11 / 22 / 959
Fathallah / M / 10

Archival unit 653

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: F/59/0207
Date: 16 / 11 / 1959
To the Director General of Labor and Social Security.
Greetings.
Our school is in urgent need of the services of Mrs. Marjorie Lucille ( ⟦Mrs. Marjorie Lucille⟧ ), a British
national, as a teacher to teach the English language. The Directorate of General Security has approved her entry into Iraq according to
its telegram sent to the Iraqi Consulate in London numbered 21086 and dated 7 / 10 / 1959. She
entered Iraq on 17 / 10 / 1959 and was granted residence permit number 3446 dated 20 / 10 / 1959
<del>⟦on the identity card⟧</del> and she also holds passport number 1020. The Directorate of General Security also approved in its letter numbered
4744 and dated 27 / 10 / 1959 the employment of the aforementioned person.
With reference to the instructions issued in the regulation for non-Iraqis practicing work in Iraq No. 14 of 1958
which appeared in your circular numbered D / 14598 and dated 22 / 10 / 1958. Please be so kind as to provide her with a
work permit in Iraq, noting that the total number of employees, both Iraqis and foreigners, in this school currently is
( 28 ) including the aforementioned person, and the number of Iraqis out of this total is ( 25 ) employees.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
Attachments
Passport No. 1020

Archival unit 654

The National School
In Al-Sinak - Annex
Baghdad - In an old building
Telephone: 63213
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91392
Number: 135/22/7
Date: 11/21/1966
Subject: Settlement of financial accounts for the aforementioned school
Greetings,
Mr. Director of Education ( ) Respected
We attach herewith a statement of the financial accounts for the aforementioned school for the period from 10/1/1966 to 10/31/1966
according to the attached disbursement and receipt vouchers totaling (28016) twenty-eight thousand and sixteen fils
for transportation fees, stationery, salaries, and other wages for the aforementioned period according to the attached lists
hoping you will kindly review and approve the disbursement of the aforementioned amount totaling (28016) twenty-eight thousand and sixteen fils
and pay it to the administration of the aforementioned school via a check to the order of the School Director.
With appreciation.
Attachments:
1- Salary and wage lists.
2- Disbursement and receipt vouchers.
School Director
Signature
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 655

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.: Sh / 597
No.:
Date: 15 / 11 / 1959
Date:
Deanship of the College of Arts
We certify that Miss Samha Sion Shuaa Gigi is one of the graduates of the
preparatory study for the academic year 58 / 1959 and she is of good conduct and biography and her
attendance in our school was good and based on her request we provided her with this letter.
Abdullah Odia
The Director

Archival unit 656

⟦F⟧RANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F / 59
No.:
Date: 15 / 11 / 1959
Date:
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Subject: Security Booklet
Greetings.
We enclose herewith security booklet No. 65389 belonging to the employee Habiba Yaqoub
requesting you to kindly provide us with a new booklet for the purpose of affixing stamps according to the regulations.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

Archival unit 657

⟦Frank Iny⟧ SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: | No.: F/ 59
Date: | Date: 15 / 11 / 1959
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Subject: Security Booklet
Greetings.
We enclose herewith security booklet No. 65389 belonging to the employee Habiba Yaqoub
Requesting you to kindly provide us with a new booklet for the purpose of affixing stamps according to the regulations.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
Director

Archival unit 658

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ No. F/ 59 /
Date ⟦line⟧ Date 15 / 11 / 1959 /
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Subject/ Resignation of an employee
Greetings,
Based on the resignation of Mr. Muhammad Hassan al-Souri from his teaching position at this
school starting from 1 / 10 / 1959 and the termination of his relationship with the school, we have sent him
the security book numbered 2 / 36638 Baghdad. Please take the necessary action.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obeidia
The Director
A copy to - Mr. Muhammad Hassan al-Souri - Administration of Al-Hadara Newspaper
Further to our letter numbered F/ 241 / 59 and dated 13 / 10 / 1959
We are sending you the aforementioned security book belonging to you; please visit the
aforementioned department for the purpose of collecting your entitled security share.
Please be informed that the reason for not sending the security book before now is
because you were outside Iraq for the entire period following your resignation.

Archival unit 659

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/59/
Date: 11/11/1959
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Greetings.
Please be so kind as to provide us with three service books for the female employees whose names are listed
in the attached list, on the occasion of their recent appointment at this school for the purpose of
affixing the required stamps.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Obadia⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Archival unit 660

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 59/F
No.:
Date: 11/11/1959
Date:
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Greetings.
Please kindly provide us with three service books for the female employees whose names are listed
in the attached list, on the occasion of their recent appointment at this school for the purpose of
affixing the necessary stamps.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Director

Archival unit 661

FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 509
No.:
Date: 11 / 11 / 1959
Date:
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Greetings.
Please kindly provide us with three service booklets for the female employees whose names are listed
in the attached list, on the occasion of their recent appointment in this school for the purpose of
affixing the necessary stamps.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obeidia
The Director

Archival unit 662

Full Name | Address | Date of Birth | Nationality | Profession | Marital Status | Residence Permit Number
Alice Daoud Munshi | 85 / 26 Karimāt | 1916 | Iraqi | Clerk | —— | ——
Leonie Rahmin Levy | Al-Bataween | 1938 | Iraqi | Teacher | —— | ——
Marjorie Lucille | ⟦Y.W.C.A.⟧ | 1913 | <del>⟦Egyptian⟧</del> British | Teacher | —— | 3446 dated 10/20/1951

Archival unit 663

Full Name | Address | Date of Birth | Nationality | Profession | Marital Status | Residence Permit Number
Alice Daoud Munshi | 85 / 36 Karimāt | 1911 | Iraqi | Clerk | === | ===
Leonie Rahmin Lutfi | Al-Bataween | 1938 | Iraqi | Teacher | === | ===
Marjorie Lucille | ⟦Y. W. C. A⟧ | 1913 | <del>French</del> British | Teacher | === | 3446 dated 20 / 10 / 1956

Archival unit 664

Full Name | Address | Date of Birth | Nationality | Profession | Marital Status | Residence Permit Number
Alice Daoud Munshi | 26/85 Karimāt | 1916 | Iraqi | Clerk | == | ==
Leumi Rahmin Lutfi | Al-Bataween | 1938 | Iraqi | Teacher | == | ==
Marjorie Lucille | Y.W.C.A | 1913 | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> British | Teacher | == | 3446 dated 10/20/1959

Archival unit 665

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Alwiyah Al-Jadriya - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: 597 / Q
Date: 15 / 11 / 1959
No.:
Date:
Secretariat of the Teachers Syndicate
Greetings.
With reference to the letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa No. 5146 dated 2 / 11 / 1959
We list below the names of the Iraqi male and female teachers of this school who
are on the permanent staff of Frank Iny School and Shamash Secondary School. We also send by the bearer an amount of (7)
dinars as their subscription fees for the Teachers Syndicate.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal
Copy to - Branch of the Teachers Syndicate in Karrada Al-Sharqiya
With reference to your letter No. 3 dated 19 / 10 / 1959.
Names |
Abdullah Owaidia | Principal
Isaac Cohen | Assistant
Saida Moshi | Teacher
Simha Nassim | Teacher
Haskiel Ephraim | Teacher
Munir Nassim | Teacher
Saliha Salman | Teacher | New appointment
Violet Sabha | Teacher
Fawzia Ahmed Medhat | Teacher
Najiba Munshi | Teacher
Bedour Zisa | Teacher
Yassa Tweig | Teacher | ⟦Seraphim⟧
Seraphim Darwish | Teacher
Lucy Rahmin | Teacher | New appointment
Youssef Telko | Teacher

Archival unit 666

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: 446/59
Date:
Date: 8/10/1969
Student Health Clinic
With the intention of employing Miss Saliha Salman Daniel as a teacher in this school
Please perform the necessary medical examination and inform us
With our thanks to you
Abdullah Kuwayra
The Director
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Kuwayra
The Director

Archival unit 667

Teachers' Union Branch in Karrada
Al-Sharqiya
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1/19/1959
To - Administrations of Karrada Al-Sharqiya Schools
Our branch has taken the Al-Sharqiya Intermediate School for Boys located in the Al-Saadoun neighborhood near the Al-Sharqiya
tunnel at number (4) as its temporary headquarters. Schools are requested to elect a representative for each school to be a link
between the branch and the school, through whom problems and suggestions related to each school will be discussed and debated for the purpose
of classifying them and submitting them to the administrative body for consideration of their implementation. Please inform us as soon as possible of the names of the female
and male teachers who have completed (25) years of service for the purpose of holding a (Silver Jubilee) ceremony for them in honor of their services in
the field of education.
It was also decided to form sports teams for the union members of our sector. Teachers wishing to join
these teams are requested to visit the branch headquarters so that the teams can be formed and training can begin.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Karrada Al-Sharqiya Sector Branch
Saeed Al-Kazemi
Note: -
Tuesday
1- The meeting of the liaison members will be on Tuesday, 10/27/1959, at
five o'clock in the evening at the branch headquarters.
2- Please send the school staff list as soon as possible.

Archival unit 668

Telegrams: "ISHRAB" | Commercial Register | Telegrams: "ISHRAB"
Eastern Industries Limited
(Joint Stock Company) Established 13-1-1949
EASTERN INDUSTRIES LIMITED SA.
ESTABLISHED 13-1-1949
NOMINAL CAPITAL I.D. 200,000/- PAID UP CAPITAL I.D. 152,200 / Nominal Capital 200,000 Dinars. Paid-up Capital 152,200 Dinars
Authorised Bottlers of | Authorized Bottlers of the drink
COCA-COLA | Coca-Cola
Baghdad | Baghdad
Offices: South Gate 2/9/1 | Administration: South Gate 2/9/1
Bottling Plant | Bottling Plants
Sheikh Omer St. | Sheikh Omar Street
Telephones: Offices: 86141 - 86143 Plant: 6332 | Telephones: Administration: 86141 - 86143: Plant: 6332
Date: ⟦14/1/59⟧
To the Honorable ⟦Director of Frank Iny School for Boys⟧
Greetings,
Since its establishment, our company has consistently welcomed visits from students and teaching
staff to our factory located opposite the Fire Department on Sheikh Omar Street to show them
the method of bottling Coca-Cola using the latest and cleanest means. It gives us pleasure
on the occasion of the start of the current academic year to invite you to visit our bottling plants, especially after
we have installed bottling machinery considered among the newest and largest bottling machines in the Middle
East.
Therefore, please contact me by telephone between eleven o'clock and one o'clock
in the afternoon of any day except Friday of each week to book a visit appointment.
Our company is prepared to provide refreshments and some appropriate gifts during
the visit for the students and teaching staff.
Please accept our highest respect.
Sunday 18 / 1 / 959
10:30 AM visit of the sixth primary grade with Mr. Yusuf Malko
⟦Thabit Qasrawi⟧
Sales and Advertising Manager
DELICIOUS & REFRESHING | Delicious and Refreshing

Archival unit 669

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: ⟦line⟧
Number: 217 / 59
Date: ⟦line⟧
Date: 20 / 10 / 1959
Student Health Physician
On the occasion of employing Mrs. Sarah Khoury Lucille as an English language teacher
in this school, please perform the necessary medical examination and inform us.
With our thanks,
Abdullah Shobira
Abdullah Shobira
Principal

Archival unit 670

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Ref No. F/: 59
Date: 18 / 10 / 1959
Directorate of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/ 59/231 dated 1 / 10 / 1959 and with reference to
your telegram No. 21086 dated 7 / 10 / 1959 regarding your approval to grant an
entry visa to Mrs. Marjorie Lucille and her daughter.
The aforementioned have arrived in Iraq on 17 / 10 / 1959, so please kindly
grant them the necessary residency.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧
⟦...⟧ (Marjorie Anne Culby)
Marjorie Anne Culby
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 671

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.: Sh/59/966
Date: 10/15/1959
Deanship of the College of Science
We certify that Ms. Suad Amra Yaqub Shohet is one of the graduates of the
secondary study for the academic year 1958/59 and she is of good conduct and character and her
attendance at our school was good, and at her request we have provided her with this letter.
⟦illegible stamp/signature⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

Archival unit 672

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
⟦illegible⟧
Number: Sh/165/59
Date: 13/10/1959
No.:
Date:
Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry in Abu Ghraib
Greetings.
Please grant your approval for Mr. Hazem Shammas, an employee in your department, to deliver six
lectures per week on the subject of Physics, four of which are in the subject of Chemistry for the
Secondary section and two of which are in the subject of General Science for the Intermediate section, provided
that this takes place outside of his official working hours.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Archival unit 673

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
⟦illegible⟧
Number: 59 / 165 / Sh
Date: 13 / 10 / 1959
No.:
Date:
Department of Soil and Agricultural Chemistry in Abu Ghraib
Greetings.
Please grant your approval for Mr. Hazem Shammas, an employee in your department, to deliver six
lectures per week on the subject of Physics, four of which are on the subject of Chemistry for the
preparatory section and two of which are on the subject of General Science for the intermediate section, provided
that this takes place outside of his official working hours.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 674

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ ⟦217⟧ / 59
No.:
Date: 13 / 10 / 1956
Date:
Directorate General of Labor and Social Security
Subject: Resignation of an employee
Greetings,
Based on the resignation of Mr. Muhammad Hassan Al-Souri from his teaching position
at this school starting from 1 / 10 / 1956 and the termination of his relationship with the school.
We attach herewith the security book numbered 2 / 36638 Baghdad belonging to the aforementioned person
hoping for the necessary action to be taken.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
Copy to - Mr. Muhammad Hassan Al-Souri - Administration of Al-Hadara Newspaper
Please visit the aforementioned department for the purpose of collecting what you are entitled to
from the security share
⟦Abdullah Oweidia⟧

Archival unit 675

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/240/59
Date:
Date: 10/13/1959
Directorate of Labor and Security of the Central Region
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 21048 and dated 10/6/1959
Please be informed that there is no employee working in this school by the name of Mujbil
Kadhim.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature/stamp⟧
Abdullah Obeidia
The Director
A copy of it to.
General Directorate of Labor and Social Security.