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IJA 3321

Correspondence about Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools, Iraqi Government

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These are documents from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools in Baghdad. The item includes correspondence between the schools and the Iraqi government concerning teachers' salaries for assessing income tax, and requests from the schools of the Iraqi government’s permission to hire certain individuals to teach and deliver lectures. The item also contains a record book of faculty information and employment agreements and contracts.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3321
Item Number
16770
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Office of Income Tax, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Teachers, File Folder, Typed, Iraqi Government, School Material, Sun Crest, Ministry of Education, Ink Stamp, Receipts, Letterhead, Income Tax, Frank Iny School, Tax, Photograph, Eagle Crest, Correspondence, Annotation, Office of the Police, Handwritten

AI en Translation, Pages 476-500

Page 476

Shamash Private Preparatory School
Baghdad
Al-Alwiya Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: 10 / 66
Date: 1 / 2 / 1966
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid the gentlemen listed below, who are on the staff of Al-Nidhal Preparatory School for Boys, the amounts
listed next to each of their names for their lecture fees at this school for the months shown below.
Please add this to their income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
Samha Nassim
Principal
Copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Muhammad Jawad Muzaffar | Nur al-Din al-Daghistani | Hazim Shammas Touma | Yahya al-Azzawi | Abdul Majeed Sultan
Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils | Dinar Fils
15.000 | 17.000 | 18.500 | 17.250 | 11.250 | October 1965
25.500 | 35.250 | 25.500 | 35.250 | 32.250 | November 1965
30.000 | 35.000 | 31.250 | 36.000 | 30.000 | December 1965
70.500 | 87.250 | 75.250 | 88.500 | 73.500 | Total

Page 477

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: ⟦...⟧ / 65
Date: 2 / 2 / 1965
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid the gentlemen listed below, who are on the staff of Al-Nidhal Secondary School for Boys, the amounts
listed next to each of their names for their lecture fees at this school for the months shown below.
Please add this to their income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
Samha Nassim
Principal
Copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Muhammad Jawad Muzaffar | Nur al-Din al-Daghistani | Hazim Shammas | Yahya al-Azzawi | Abd al-Majid Sultan
Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar | Fils Dinar
24 000 | 40 500 | 14 250 | 34 500 | 24 600 October / 64
24 000 | 30 750 | 31 750 | 31 500 | 28 200 November / 64
30 000 | 36 250 | 24 000 | 36 750 | 32 000 December / 64
78 000 | 107 500 | 70 000 | 102 750 | 85 800 Total

Page 478

Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91663
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: Sh/64/
Date: 19/7/1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Muhammad Jawad Muzaffar, the teacher at Al-Nidal Preparatory School for Boys, an amount of (21/-) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school for the month of April 1964. Please add this to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Samha Nassim
The Director
A copy to / General Income Tax Directorate.

Page 479

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: Sh/ 64/ ⟦31⟧
Date: 29 / 3 / 1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
After greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Muhammad Jawad al-Muzaffar, the teacher at Al-Nidal Preparatory School for Boys, an amount
of (66/750) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school for the three months
January / March 1964 as detailed below. Please add this to his income for the purpose of calculating
income tax.
Samha Nassim
The Principal
Fils | Dinar |
250 | 20 | January 1964
500 | 22 | February 1964
⟦line⟧ | 24 | March 1964
750 | 66 |
A copy to / General Income Tax Directorate
Administration of Al-Nidal Preparatory School for Boys

Page 480

Shamash Intermediate School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91663
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: 10 / 63
Date: 1 / 1 / 1963
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
After greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Muhammad Jawad Al-Muzaffar, the teacher at Al-Nidal Secondary School for Boys,
an amount of (46.000) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school
for the three months of October / December 1963 as detailed below. Please add
this to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Fils | Dinar |
... | 18 | October 1963
... | 10 | November 1963
... | 18 | December 1963
... | 46 |
Samha Nassim
The Principal
A copy to / General Income Tax Directorate
Al-Nidal Secondary School for Boys

Page 481

Shamash Intermediate School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91663
Number: Sh / 177 / 63
Date: 20 / 10 / 1963
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa
Subject: Lectures
Greetings.
Please kindly approve for Mr. Muhammad Jawad Al-Muzaffar, a teacher at Al-Nidal
Secondary School for Boys, to deliver eight lectures per week on the subject of Biology to our school students for the
academic year 1963 / 1964. Attached is the original letter from the school administration numbered 253 and dated
17 / 10 / 1963 along with his written consent for that.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
⟦illegible⟧
1/1

Page 485

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91663
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: Sh / 64
Date: 19 / 7 / 1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
After greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Hadi al-Khafaji, the teacher at the Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys,
an amount of (36 / -) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school
for the months of April and May 1964 as detailed below. Please add this to his income
for the purpose of calculating income tax.
⟦signature⟧
Samha Nassim
The Principal
Fils | Dinar |
⟦line⟧ | 19 | April 1964
⟦line⟧ | 17 | May 1964
⟦line⟧ | 36 |
A copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax

Page 486

Shamash Junior High School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: Sh / ⟦28⟧ / 64
Date: 2 / 3 / 1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
After greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Hadi al-Khafaji, the teacher at the Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys, an amount
of (62.500) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school for the three
months of January / March 1964 as detailed below. Please add this to his income
for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Samha Nassim
The Principal
Fils | Dinar
⟦line⟧ | 27 | January 1964
⟦line⟧ | 12 | February 1964
500 | 23 | March 1964
500 | 62 |
A copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys

Page 487

Shamash Intermediate School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
Number: 64/ ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 1/⟦illegible⟧/1964
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Hadi al-Khafaji, the teacher at the Commercial Preparatory School for Boys,
an amount of (53/-) Dinars for his lecture fees at this school for the three
months of October / December 1963 as detailed below. Please add this
to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Samha Nassim
The Principal
Fils | Dinar |
⟦line⟧ | 6 | October 1963
⟦line⟧ | 17 | November 1963
⟦line⟧ | 30 | December 1963
⟦line⟧ | 53 |
Copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Commercial Preparatory School for Boys
⟦illegible⟧

Page 488

Shamash Intermediate School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/179/63
Date: 4 / 11 / 1963
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
Subject: Lectures
Greetings.
Please approve the individuals listed below to deliver the lectures indicated
next to each of their names for the current academic year 1963/64. Attached is the original letter from the administration of the
Commercial Preparatory School for Boys, No. 535 dated 31 / 10 / 1963, granting permission to the aforementioned
to deliver these lectures, along with the specific approval for each of them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦initials⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
Name | Number of Lectures | Subject
Ahmed Shukr | 10 | Economics and Geography
Safaa Al-Rubaie | 6 | Accounting
Hadi Al-Khafaji | 3 | Laws

Page 492

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: 65 /
Date: 2 / / 1965
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Al-Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid the gentlemen listed below the amounts indicated next to each of their names for their
lecture fees at this school for the months listed next to each of them. Please add this to their income for the purpose
of calculating income tax, noting that all of them are on the staff of the Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys.
Please accept our highest respect.
Samha Nassim
Principal
Copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys
| Sadiq Al-Muhaidi |  | Safaa Al-Rubaie |  | Nadim Al-Salihi |  | Fadhil Abbas |
| Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar | Fils | Dinar
October 1964 | ⟦...⟧ | 24 | 250 | 19 | ⟦...⟧ | 6 | ⟦...⟧ | 6
November 1964 | ⟦...⟧ | 22 | ⟦...⟧ | 28 | ⟦...⟧ | 12 | ⟦...⟧ | 13
December 1964 | ⟦...⟧ | 23 | ⟦...⟧ | 26 | ⟦...⟧ | 15 | ⟦...⟧ | 12
Total | ⟦...⟧ | 69 | 250 | 73 | ⟦...⟧ | 33 | ⟦...⟧ | 31
| Ahmed Shaker
| Fils | Dinar
December 1964 | ⟦...⟧ | 9
Total | ⟦...⟧ | 9

Page 493

Shamash Intermediate School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: Sh / 64 / ⟦22⟧
Date: 7 / 7 / 1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Ahmed Shaker, the teacher at the Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys, an amount
of (32/250) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school for the months of
April and May 1964 as detailed below. Please add this to his income for the purpose of calculating
income tax.
Fils | Dinar |
000 | 24 | April 1964
250 | 8 | May 1964
250 | 32 |
Samha Nassim
The Principal
A copy to / General Income Tax Directorate

Page 494

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91663
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Number: ⟦Sh⟧ / 64
Date: 29 / 3 / 1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
After greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Shaker Ahmed, the teacher at the Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys, an amount
of (66/-) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school for the three months
January / March 1964 as detailed below. Please add this to his income for the purpose
of calculating income tax.
Samha Nassim
The Principal
Fils | Dinar |
000 | 27 | January 1964
000 | 10 | February 1964
000 | 28 | March 1964
000 | 66 |
A copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Preparatory School of Commerce for Boys

Page 495

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
Number: 10 / 63 / ⟦...⟧
Date: 1 / 1 / 1964
Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District / Rusafa
Greetings.
We have paid to Mr. Ahmed Shaker, the teacher at the Commercial Preparatory School for Boys, an amount
of (66/250) Dinars, for his lecture fees at this school for the three
months of October / December 1963 as detailed below. Please add this
to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Samha Nassim
The Principal
Fils | Dinar |
500 | 13 | October 1963
500 | 16 | November 1963
250 | 36 | December 1963
250 | 66 |
A copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax
Commercial Preparatory School for Boys

Page 496

Shamash Junior High School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/179/63
Date: 9 / 11 / 1963
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Rusafa
Subject: Lectures
Greetings.
Please approve the individuals listed below to deliver the lectures indicated
next to each of their names for the current academic year 1963/64. Attached is the original letter from the administration of
the Commercial Preparatory School for Boys, No. 535 dated 10/31/1963, granting permission to the aforementioned
to deliver these lectures, along with the written consent of each of them.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Name | Number of Lectures | Subject
Ahmed Shukr | 10 | Economics and Geography
Safaa Al-Rubaie | 6 | Accounting
Hadi Al-Khafaji | 3 | Laws

Page 500

Undertaking and Request for Approval to Give Lectures
in Private Schools for the Year 1966 / 1967
1- Full Name of Teacher: Yahya Muhammad Ali al-Azzawi
2- Job Title: Teacher
3- Degree Held: Bachelor of Arts
4- Specialization: Arabic Language
I, Yahya Muhammad Ali al-Azzawi, teacher at Al-Nidal Preparatory School,
request approval to give ( 8 ) lectures at ( Al-Raja' for Shamash ) school
in the subject of ( Arabic Language ) during the academic year ( 66 - 1967 ) and I undertake
to complete the prescribed curriculum ⟦for the subject⟧
50 Fils
Teacher's Signature
Teacher's Name: Yahya Muhammad Ali al-Azzawi
Endorsement of the Principal of the School to which the Teacher belongs
We endorse that Mr. Yahya Muhammad Ali al-Azzawi giving lectures at ( Al-Raja' for Shamash ) school
does not conflict with his official job duties in our school, noting that their number is ( 22 ) per week
in the subject of Arabic, and his official lessons are ( 22 ) and he has ( 8 ) lectures
at ( Al-Nidal Preparatory School ) .
Administration of Al-Nidal Preparatory School for Boys
Number
Date
School Principal's Stamp and Signature
Name of School Principal ⟦illegible⟧
Approval of the Director of Education in the Province to which the Teacher belongs
We have no objection to the aforementioned person giving lectures in the mentioned school, provided that
their number does not exceed ( 8 ) lectures .
Signature of the Director of Education
The Stamp
Republic of Iraq
Ministry of Education
(Private and Foreign Education)