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IJA 3753

Correspondence between Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary School and Iraqi Government

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These are documents from the Frank Iny School and the Shamash Secondary School. The item includes correspondence between school administrations and the Iraqi government concerning inspection results, library holdings, teacher employment, requests for school-related supplies, and reports about male/female integrated education.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3753
Item Number
12953
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Annotation, Exam, Frank Iny School, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Iraqi Government, Letterhead, Ministry of Education, Receipts, Shamash Secondary School, Students, Teachers, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 551-575

Page 551

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧: 58/⟦line⟧
No. ⟦line⟧: 58/⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧:
Date ⟦line⟧: 7 / 12 / 1958
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Province
Greetings,
1- Please refer to our letter No. F/58/240 dated 10/21/1958 and inform us
of what has been done regarding our request to appoint Miss Lillian Maria Vignol to teach French in
the primary section of our school.
2- Please refer to your letter No. 30167 dated 10/27/1958 addressed to
the Directorate of General Education (Private Primary) and its copy to us regarding Mrs. Marie
Antoinette Michel, as the phrase (possibility of her return) was mentioned, while in our letter No. F/58/221
it stated (possibility of her not returning). Please be advised of this.
With highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
⟦illegible⟧

Page 552

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: 58/⟦line⟧
Date:
Date: 26 / 10 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
Subject / School Staff
Your letter numbered 28762 on 21 / 10 / 1958.
Upon checking the names listed in your above-mentioned letter, some names
were found to be written incorrectly, so please correct that on your end.
Please accept our highest respect.
Name written incorrectly | Name written correctly
Ms. Samha Abdul Ahad | Ms. Salma Abdul Ahad
Ms. Saida Moussa | Ms. Saida Moshi
Abdullah Ovadia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Page 553

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. 800/⟦line⟧
Date 21 / 10 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
With reference to your marginal note dated 12 / 10 / 1958 on our letter numbered F/ 221 / 58
and dated 9 / 10 / 1958
We return to you our above-mentioned letter with its attachments after adding the identity
verification paper to the attachments.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal

Page 554

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 135 / 58
Date: 16 / 10 / 1958
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
Please mediate with the Directorate of General Education to approve the transfer of
Mr. Yusuf Telko to teach in the primary section of our school the subjects of
Social Studies and Arabic Language instead of the teacher Suad Ja'far al-Awqati
who left the position at this school starting from 1 / 10 / 1958. This is with
the knowledge that the Directorate of Education previously approved his appointment at Al-Sharq
Private Primary School during the academic year 57 / 58. We attach herewith the original letter
from the management of the aforementioned school numbered 18 and dated 16 / 10 / 1958 with the
written consent of the aforementioned person to that effect.
Please accept our utmost thanks,
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Page 555

True copy of the original
⟦28⟧
16 / 10 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Mr. Yusuf Telko is a teacher in this school during the academic year 57 / 58
And based on his desire to transfer to Frank Iny Private Primary School, we have provided him with this
letter. Noting that he is still on the staff of our school.
Principal of Al-Mashriq Private Primary
School
A copy of it to the administration of Frank Iny Private School

Page 556

(True Copy)
Ministry of Education
Please approve my transfer from Al-Mashriq Private Primary School
to Frank Iny Primary School. Thank you.
(Signature)
Yousef Telko
16 / 10 / 1958

Page 557

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: F/58
Date: 9 / 10 / 1958
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings.
In view of Mrs. Marie Antoinette Michel's travel outside Iraq and the possibility of her not returning, please approve the appointment of Ms. Lillian Maria Vignol to teach the French language in the primary section of our school. We attach herewith the necessary papers for her appointment, with the request to return them to us after they have been processed.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Odia
The Director
Attachments
1- Medical certificate of freedom from communicable diseases
2- Certificate of good conduct numbered 6550 and dated 7 / 10 / 1958
3- Certificate of no criminal record numbered 2043 and dated 7 / 10 / 1958
4- Study certificate certified by the Consulate General of the Iraqi Republic in Beirut
5- Passport of the aforementioned person numbered 699
6- Residency book numbered 1068 and dated 16 / July / 1957
7- Revenue stamp of 50 fils
8- Two photographs.

Page 558

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No. Sh/ : 58/138
Date: 10 / 10 / 1958
Subject
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings.
Reference to the third paragraph of our letter No. Sh/ 58/136 dated 28 / 9 / 1958
Please approve for Mr. Yusuf Haddad, teacher at Kadhimiya Secondary School for Boys, to deliver
eight lectures per week on the subject of Biology to the students of our school. We attach herewith <del>attached</del> the original
letter from the Directorate of Kadhimiya Secondary School for Boys No. 659 dated 7 / 10 / 1958 allowing him
to deliver these lectures, along with the written consent of the aforementioned person. Note that the mentioned
teacher is a graduate of the Higher Teachers' Training College, Department of Natural Sciences, for the academic year 44 / 1945.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Oweidia
Principal
⟦illegible⟧

Page 559

True Copy
Directorate
Al-Kadhimiya Secondary School
for Boys
Number / 659
Date 7 / 10 / 1958
Subject / Delivering Lectures
To - Shamash Preparatory School
We have no objection to Mr. Yusuf Haddad teaching ⟦eight⟧ lectures in the subject of
Biology at your school, noting that the number of his lessons at our school is (20) twenty hours only and he
has not been provided with another letter to any other school.
Secondary School Director
Alwan Ali Al-Khalil

Page 560

True copy of the original
Ministry of Education.
Please approve my request to deliver eight lectures per week on the subject of Biology
to the students of Shamash Preparatory School, noting that this does not conflict with my official duties and I do not
have lectures in any other school. With my thanks.
Youssef Haddad
8 / 10 / 1958

Page 561

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧: 508/⟦...⟧/⟦...⟧
Date. ⟦line⟧: 1/10/1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/180/58 dated 28/8/1958.
1- Please note the letter from Shamash Preparatory School No. Sh/136/58 dated 28/9/58
regarding the lectures of Mr. Hazim Matty Shammas in the intermediate section of this school,
as we have previously submitted the necessary papers for him to conduct the required lectures in Shamash
Preparatory School and Frank Iny Intermediate School together in one transaction.
2- Please approve for Mr. Khazaal Al-Hashimi, a teacher at Al-Irfan Intermediate School
for Boys, to deliver five lectures per week on the subject of drawing to our school students.
We attach herewith the original letter from the Directorate of Al-Irfan Intermediate School No. 393 dated 29/9/58
granting him permission to deliver these lectures, along with the written consent of the aforementioned person.
The mentioned teacher graduated from preparatory school and the education course for the year 1941.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature/stamp⟧
Abdullah Huwaidia
The Director

Page 562

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Number: ⟦58/2000⟧
Date:
Date: 20 / 9 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings.
Your letter 20781 on 11 / 9 / 1958
Since the first paragraph of your letter numbered 18969 on 31 / 8 / 1958 required
the submission of staff lists during the last week of September 1958.
We are returning to you the staff list and the budget along with the lesson distribution schedule, and in this schedule we
have included the names of the nominated lecturers to conduct the vacant lessons in the various classes and subjects.
Please be informed that we will provide you with all the necessary approvals from the administrations
of these lecturers' schools as soon as study begins in their schools after confirming
the number of their weekly lessons in those schools.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Page 563

Frank Iny School
Lesson Distribution Schedule for the Academic Year
1958 / 1959
Name | First Intermediate A | First Intermediate B | First Intermediate C | Second Intermediate A | Second Intermediate B | Third Intermediate | Total
Karim Abdul Ghafour B | 6 French | 6 French |  |  |  | 6 French | 18
Hikmat Simo |  |  | 6 French | 6 French | 6 French |  | 18
Habib Ibrahim |  |  | 4 English |  |  | 4 English | 8
Idris Nasser | 8 English | 6 English | 8 English | 4 English |  |  | 26
Munir Simo | 4 Science | 5 | 5 Mathematics | 5 Mathematics |  |  | 24
Salman Khadhuri Daniel | 4 Geography | 4 Geography |  | 4 Geography | 4 Geography | 2 History | 18
Michel Ibrahim | 4 Chemistry | 4 Chemistry | 4 Chemistry | 4 Chemistry | 4 Chemistry | 4 Chemistry | 24
Isaac Cohen |  |  | 4 Mathematics |  | 4 Mathematics | 4 Mathematics | 12
Saadoun Yousef |  | 5 Arithmetic | 7 Geometry | 3 Trigonometry |  |  | 15
Salim Shashou | 5 French | 5 French | 5 French |  | 5 French | 5 French | 20
Khorshid Anis (Lecturer) |  |  |  | 2 Statistics | 2 Statistics | 2 Commerce | 6
Khairi Riyadh (Lecturer) | 4 Science | 4 Science |  |  |  |  | 8
⟦illegible⟧ (Lecturer) |  |  |  | 4 Economics |  |  | 4
Aida Basim W | 4 History | 4 History | 4 History | 4 History | 4 History |  | 20
Abdul Qadir Said (Lecturer) |  |  | 6 French |  |  |  | 6
Tawfiq Al-Rashid (Lecturer) | 1 Drawing | 1 Drawing | 1 Drawing | 1 Drawing | 1 Drawing | 1 Drawing | 6
Total | 32 | 30 | 35 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 207
BAGHDAD
Frank Iny School

Page 564

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
New Alwiyah - Baghdad -
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No. Sh/508
Date: 27 / 9 / 1958
No.:
Date.:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Subject: Staffing and Budget
Greetings,
Your letter 20769 on 11 / 8 / 1958
Since the first paragraph of your letter 18969 on 31 / 8 / 1958 required the submission of staffing lists during the last
week of September 1958, and in view of the approaching deadline for submitting these lists before we are able to fill all the vacancies
existing in our school's staff, we are returning the staffing and budget to you along with the lesson distribution schedule. Please note the following:
1- Mr. Alfred Nasri, a teacher at Baghdad College (who is a graduate of the Faculty of Science at Cairo University, Department of
Mathematics for the year 1945), has been nominated to give six lectures on the subject of Physics to our school students. We attach herewith
the original letter from the Director of Baghdad College No. D/M/527 dated 25 / 9 / 1958, granting him permission to give these
lectures, along with the written consent of the aforementioned person.
2- Mr. Hazim Matty Shammas, Technical Observer at the Irrigation and Drainage Laboratory (who is a graduate of the Higher Teachers' Training College,
Chemistry branch for the year 1953), has been nominated to give six lectures on the subject of Chemistry, four of them to our school students
and two of them to the intermediate section of Frank Iny School. We attach herewith the original letter from the Directorate of the Irrigation and Drainage Laboratory
No. 113 dated 15 / 9 / 1958, along with the written consent of the aforementioned person.
3- As for the only vacancy remaining in the school staff, it consists of eight lectures in the subject of Biology, and
Mr. Yusuf Haddad, a teacher at Kadhimiya Secondary School for Boys, has been nominated. We will provide you with the written consent along with the approval of
the aforementioned school directorate when classes begin in official schools.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Owaidia⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal

Page 565

Irrigation and Drainage Laboratory
Tell Mohammed
Number / 113
Date 15 / 9 / 1958
To - Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Subject / Delivering Lectures
We have no objection to Mr. Hazim Shamas, the technical observer in our laboratory,
delivering six lectures in Chemistry at your school outside of official working hours during this
academic year.
Assistant Director of the Irrigation
and Drainage Laboratory

Page 566

True copy of the original
Ministry of Education
Please approve my request to give six lectures per week on the subject of Chemistry
four of which are for the preparatory section of Shammas and two of which are for the
intermediate section of Frank Iny School, noting that I do not have lectures
in any other school and this does not conflict with my official duty.
With thanks.
Hazim Shammas Touma
1958/9/15

Page 567

Copy
True copy
Ministry of Education
Greetings.
Please approve my request to deliver six lectures per week on the subject of Physics
to the students of Shamash Preparatory School, noting that this does not conflict with my school duties.
Alfred Nasri
Teacher at Baghdad College
25 / 9 / 1958
⟦illegible⟧

Page 568

True Copy
Baghdad College, Sulaikh, Baghdad, Iraq
No. - D / M / 527
Date - 25 / 9 / 1958
Respected Professor Abdullah Obeidia
Principal of Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Greetings.
We have no objection - as far as we are concerned - to
Professor Alfred Nasri delivering six lectures to your school's students
for the current 1958 / 1959 academic year.
Father Robert Sullivan
Principal of Baghdad College
⟦illegible⟧

Page 569

Table of lesson distribution for the Kindergarten and Primary buildings
for the Shamash School for the academic year 58 / 59
Name | Fourth Primary | Fifth Primary | Total
Abdullah Zakaria | 4 Religion | 3 Christian Religion | 7
Narjis al-Nouri | 2 Status | 6 Arabic Language | 8
Samha Salim | 6 Arabic Language |  | 6
Fawzi Ibrahim | 7 English | 6 English | 13
Munir Salim | 2 Islamic Education | 2 Islamic Education | 4
Saleh Ibrahim |  | 3 Religion / 3 Arithmetic | 6
Isaac Cohen | 3 Arithmetic | 2 Geography (Tribes) | 5
Saleh Yusuf | 2 Arithmetic |  | 2
Arabic School (Stamp) | 4 Geography | 2 Geography | 6
Shamash School (Stamp) |  | 4 Arithmetic | 4
Salim | 4 Arithmetic | 4 Zoology | 8
| 25 | 25 | 70
⟦illegible⟧
Shamash School
The Principal

Page 570

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: 58
Date: 23 / 9 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Greetings,
Your letter 20984 on 13 / 9 / 1958
1- Regarding Marie Louise Sabrie, we inform you that the aforementioned was part of the school staff
approved last year, and her name was also included in the staff list for this
year. As for the reason the aforementioned name did not appear in the school report, it was likely
due to her being on sick leave at that time.
2- Regarding the third paragraph, we inform you that Mrs. Marie Antoinette had sent
her academic certificate to the competent authorities and we will send it as soon as
it reaches us. In the event of a delay in its arrival, we will request you to strike the name of the aforementioned
from the school staff.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Page 571

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No. F/: 58/
Date: 28 / 8 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
Your marginal note dated 24 / 8 / 1958 on our letter numbered Sh/113 and dated
21 / 8 / 1958 regarding the teachers of Arabic Language and Social Studies.
To clarify this, we inform you that the teachers of Arabic Language and Social Studies in the
Shamash and Frank Iny schools whose names are listed below are on the permanent staff and have been appointed
to teach the subjects listed next to each of their names. Therefore, we return to you our letters numbered Sh/113/58
and F/142 on 21 / 8 / 58 for your kind necessary action.
Please accept our highest respect,,
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
1- Mr. Muhammad Hassan al-Souri: Appointed by letter of the General Directorate of Education 1010 on
10 / 1 / 1952, notified by letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
M/M/1402 on 15 / 1 / 52 to teach Arabic Language.
2- Miss Samha Nassim - Appointed by letter of the General Directorate of Education 19540 on 5 / 12 / 50
notified by letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province M/M/3452 on 28 / 1 / 51
to teach Arabic Language.
3- Miss Suad al-Awqati - Appointed by letter of the General Directorate of Education 18532 on 30 / 4 / 56
notified by letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center 12255 on 6 / 5 / 1956

Page 572

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
No.: 58/F
Date: 25/8/1958
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings.
Reference to your marginal note dated 23/8/1958 inscribed on our letter F/140/58 on 20/8/1958
returned herewith.
We transcribe for you below our letter F/391/57 on 27/11/1957 regarding the primary section of our school
concerning the male and female teachers of Social Studies and Arabic Language, from which it is clear that all of them have been approved regarding
their teaching of the subjects indicated next to each of them.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Oudia
The Director
1- Miss Samha Nassim - Graduate of the Higher Teachers' Training College, Arabic Language branch for the year 1943, and her appointment was made
pursuant to the letter of the General Directorate of Education No. 19540 dated 5/12/1950, notified by the letter of the Directorate of
Education of Baghdad Province No. 3452 dated 28/1/1951.
2- Suad Ja'far Al-Awqati - Graduate of the Higher Teachers' Training College, Social Studies branch for the year 1950, and was appointed pursuant to
the letter of the General Directorate of Education No. 18532 dated 30/4/1956 and pursuant to the letter of the Directorate of Education of
Baghdad Province / Center No. 12255 dated 6/5/1956.
3- Fawzia Ahmed Medhat - Graduate of preparatory studies for the year 1947 - was appointed by the Ministry of Education to teach
Social Studies at the Munir Twayq School, which is currently closed, pursuant to the Ministry of Education order No. 20345 on
25/10/1950. When the Munir Twayq School was abolished and merged with the Masouda Salman School and made into
one school under the name of Frank Iny Primary School, the aforementioned became a teacher on our school's staff approved
by the General Directorate of Education in its letter No. 9583 dated 28/3/1951, notified by the letter of the
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province No. M/M/6182 dated 21/3/1951.
5- Yassa Yaqub Nassim - Graduate of preparatory studies 1944 - her appointment was completed at the Laura Kadoorie School pursuant to
the approval of the Ministry of Education in its letter No. 26630 dated 21/10/1947, and the letter of the Directorate of Education of
Baghdad Province No. Muluk 13041 dated 30/10/1947. Approval was granted for her appointment
to teach Arabic Language pursuant to the Ministry of Education order No. 31738 dated 29/10/1949, notified
by the letter of the Provincial Directorate of Education No. M/M/16678 dated 1/11/1949, then she was transferred to the
Frank Iny School pursuant to the approval of the General Directorate of Education in its letter No. 397 dated 5/1/1952.

Page 573

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE AND PRIMARY
BAGHDAD
Telephone Number 91693
Number: 582
Date: 21 / 8 / 1958
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
Your letter 17329 on 10 / 8 / 1958
We are enclosing two copies of Form No. (1) regarding the staff of Frank Iny Intermediate School
after recording the required information in it. We are also enclosing two copies of the distribution schedule
of lessons among the group of male and female teachers and two copies of the estimated budget for this
school for the academic year 58 / 1959. Please note the following:
1- The mentioned staff is the same school staff ⟦approved⟧ last year, except
that Miss Chris Shakar has been appointed to teach English instead of Mr. Willis
Riding, and Mr. Heskel Ephraim has been appointed to teach Mathematics.
2- The vacancies in the school staff for this year do not exceed 20% of the total
lessons, and this is consistent with the text of paragraph (a) of Article Nine of the Private Schools
Regulation No. 67 of 1954.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Huwaidia⟧
Abdullah Huwaidia
The Director

Page 574

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number:
Date:
Date:
Estimated Budget for Frank Iny Intermediate School
For the academic year 1958/1959
Attached to our letter No. ⟦100⟧ / 58 dated 8/21/1958
Expenses | Revenues
Fils | Dinar | | Fils | Dinar |
*** | 8320 | Salaries with cost of living | *** | 2000 | School fees
*** | 800 | Lectures | *** | 500 | Student transportation fees
*** | 500 | Repairs and miscellaneous expenses | *** | 7350 | Grants from the Jewish
*** | 230 | Student transportation fees | | | Lay Council
| | | | | in Baghdad
*** | 9850 | Total | *** | 9850 | Total
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Frank Iny School
Baghdad
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director