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IJA 3301

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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Description

These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. Each file folder contains individual student records, student photographs, exam scores, and student certifications. Some folders include admissions letters, letters of reference; correspondence with various government agencies relating to students, and doctor’s notes. One letterhead is from the Dunya Bureau for Films and Cinema. Another letter is to Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, N.Y.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3301
Item Number
16324
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Adal Primary School, Address, Advertisement, Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Business Card, Chart, Chemistry, Correspondence, Crown Crest, Directorate of Education, Education, Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, English Literature, Exam Records, File Folder, Form, Frank Iny School, French, General Certificate of Education Overseas, Geography, Geometry, Handwritten, Health, Illustration, Ink Stamp, Laura Khedouri School for Girls, Letterhead, Literature, Lower Certificate in English, Mathematics, Medicine, Menahem S. Daniel’s School, Non-Denationalization Number, Office of Assessment - Exams and Certifications, Office of Education – Baghdad, Personal Letterhead, Photograph, Physics, Primary Education Certificate, Primary School, Revenue Stamp, School Material, Science, Secondary Education Certificate, Secondary School, Shamash Secondary School, Students, Thumbprint, Transcript, Typed, University of Cambridge, University of London

AI English Translation, Pages 376-400

Archival unit 376

Frank Iny Intermediate
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Students who have passed the primary school examination are admitted to the first intermediate grade.
2 - Students who have passed the entrance examination are admitted to the fourth preparatory grade.
3 - ⟦illegible⟧ participates in the entrance examination
4 - Every student must submit:
a - A transfer certificate from ⟦illegible⟧
b - A medical certificate of ⟦illegible⟧ health
c - A vaccination certificate against ⟦illegible⟧
d - The civil status identity book.
e - Two copies of a ⟦illegible⟧ photograph
5 - The student must be from ⟦illegible⟧
Student's name (according to the civil status book):
His address (according to the civil status book):
His date of birth (according to the civil status book):
Student's current address:
School transferred from:
Grade transferred from:
His result in the grade transferred from:
Last general examination passed and its date:
Student's guardian | Name |
 | Relationship |
 | Profession |
 | Address |
Frank Iny Primary
Albert David Sassoon Private School for Boys
Intermediate and Primary
Number: 5216
Baghdad on: 8 / 8 / 1952
Subject: Transfer Certificate
To the Directorate of Frank Iny Intermediate School
Nahum (Said) Kohi Mardukh, whose photograph is fixed above, is one of the students of
the sixth primary grade of our school for the academic year 1951 - 1952
and he participated in the general examinations for primary studies for the mentioned year
in which he achieved (295) (three hundred and ninety-five) marks.
He is of good character and conduct, and based on his desire to transfer to your school, we have provided him with this certificate.
Arabic Language 81
English Language 81
Social Studies 65
Arithmetic and Measurements 85
General Science and Health 83
Total 295
Principal
⟦illegible⟧
50 Fils
Doctor ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 377

⟦illegible⟧
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Students who have passed the primary school examination are admitted to the first intermediate grade.
2 - Students who have passed the entrance examination are admitted to the fourth preparatory grade.
3 - Students who passed or have re-sit exams in the intermediate school examination participate in the entrance exam.
4 - Every student must submit, upon admission, a file containing the following documents:
a - A transfer certificate from his school certified by the Directorate of Education of the Province.
b - A medical certificate of freedom from communicable diseases.
c - A vaccination certificate against smallpox and typhoid.
d - Civil status identification (Nufous).
e - Two copies of his photograph.
5 - The student must be of good conduct and character.
Student's name (according to the Nufous): ⟦illegible⟧
Address (according to the Nufous):
Date of birth (according to the Nufous): 1936
Student's current address: ⟦illegible⟧
School transferred from: ⟦illegible⟧
Grade transferred from: ⟦illegible⟧
Result in the grade transferred from: ⟦illegible⟧
Last general examination passed and its date: 1951
Student's guardian | Name | ⟦illegible⟧
 | Relationship | ⟦illegible⟧
 | Profession | ⟦illegible⟧
 | Address | ⟦illegible⟧
Dr. Gurji Rabi
Al-Rashid Street - Baghdad
Telephone { 6016 Clinic
9393 Residence
Name:
Age:
Address:
Date:
I have examined Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
for communicable diseases, and he has been vaccinated against
smallpox and inoculated against typhoid on this
day ⟦line⟧
24 / 10 / 50

Archival unit 378

⟦illegible⟧
Ibn Sassoon Shwayt (Rouhi)
One of the lawyers of Sassoon Shwayt
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 379

Ministry of Education
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Students who have passed the primary school examination are admitted to the first intermediate grade.
2 - Students who have passed the entrance examination are admitted to the fourth preparatory grade.
3 - Students who passed or have re-sit status in the intermediate school examination participate in the entrance exam.
4 - Every student must submit, upon admission, a file containing the following documents:
a - A transfer certificate from his school certified by the Directorate of Education of the Province.
b - A medical certificate confirming freedom from infectious diseases.
c - A vaccination certificate against smallpox and typhoid.
d - Civil status identification (Nufous).
e - Two copies of his photograph.
5 - The student must be of good conduct and character.
Stamp fee 50
Doctor ⟦illegible⟧
Student's name (according to the Nufous): ⟦illegible⟧
His address (according to the Nufous):
Date of birth (according to the Nufous): 1946
Student's current address: Al-Rashid Street ⟦illegible⟧
School transferred from: ⟦illegible⟧
Grade transferred from: First
His result in the grade transferred from:
Last general examination passed and its date: 1958 - 1959
Name of student's guardian: ⟦illegible⟧
Relationship: Uncle
Occupation:
Address: Baghdad - Al-Rashid Street ⟦illegible⟧
Signature of student's guardian

Archival unit 380

Frank Eini
Kindergarten and Primary
Telephone 7448
Baghdad
Number:
Date: 4 - 2 - 1952
Subject - Expulsion of a student
In view of the assault by the student Nahum Said Karhi Hardoun on one of his classmates
by harmful beating, and in view of previous complaints from many teachers about his behavior in
and out of the classroom, it has been decided to expel him from the school for a period of three days starting
from 3 - 2 - 1952, with a deduction of twenty points from his conduct grade, and to issue a public warning to the student Jamil
Sion Zilkha in accordance with Articles 48, 49, and 50 of the Primary Schools Regulation
No. 12 of 1950.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Director
Type
Nuriel School A
And did not participate in the
P

Archival unit 381

Nuriel Private Primary School
Number: Extraordinary
Date: 11 / 11 / 1951
To keep his father's photo
Number 822
24 / 7 / 51
⟦signature⟧
12 / 11 / 51
To
Frank Iny Private Primary School
Subject: Transfer Certificate
We confirm that Nahum Said Karchi, whose photo is attached above, was a student in the fifth primary grade at
Nuriel Private Primary School for the academic year 1949 - 1950 and passed to the sixth primary grade
and did not participate in the general primary examinations. Based on his request to transfer to your school, we have provided him with this certificate.
Head of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community
Baghdad
On behalf of the Director
⟦signature⟧
Certified the authenticity of the signature
On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧