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1/21/1949
Department Copy
Administrative Order
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It has been decided to grant the two religion teachers at the Hadia Munshi Saleh Official School for Girls
Miss Sabiha Yusuf and Hassiba Daoud cost-of-living allowances in the amount of (2/500)
Two and a half dinars per month each, consistent with religion teachers in the district schools, provided
that these allowances are recorded as a debt against the endowment of the aforementioned school, effective from
the first of January 1949.
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
2/21
Copy to -
The Headmistress of Hadia Munshi Saleh Official School for Girls, with reference to her letter
Numbered 1 and dated November 30, 1948
The Head of the Schools Committee, with reference to the letter numbered 9/1/383 and dated
12 / 16 / 1948.
Teacher Sabiha Yusuf
Teacher Hassiba Daoud
The Accountant - for action accordingly
Personal File
To be archived
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Jewish Schools Committee Jewish Schools Committee
BAGHDAD BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧ Number 91/1/282
Date 12/16/48
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings.
Upon studying the case of the two teachers appointed to teach religion at
the Hadya Munshi Saleh School, this committee found in its meeting held
on 12/12/48 that their salary of six dinars without high cost of
living is very low. Therefore, we recommend creating high cost of living allowances similar
to those of school teachers at a minimum, which is two and a half dinars per month.
We suggest that this addition be paid from the Council's fund as a debt against
the endowment revenues allocated for these salaries, and even in case of insufficiency
of these revenues to settle what accumulates to the Council as debt for this reason, then
our committee believes it is fair to pay these allowances from the fund of
the Council itself. With high respect to your Excellency.
On behalf of the Vice President
Yousif ⟦...⟧
Administration of the Lay Council - Baghdad:
Number: 260
Date: 12/17/948
File number:
Effective from 10/1/1948.
Administration of Hadia Fattash Saleh Al-Rukba School for Girls
Number
Date 20 / 11 / 948
27 Muharram 1368
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
Since the teacher appointed to our school's account by you is performing her duties and work
in the best manner, and has become the one teaching the Jewish religion in this school
in a satisfactory way, we therefore hope to include her in your kindness and promote her salary because she deserves
the promotion. For this, we thank you in advance.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private Number 571
Date 1 / 12 / 948
Principal of Hadia Fattash Saleh Al-Rukba School
for Girls
847
2 / 12 / 1948
Referred to the Schools Committee to provide
an opinion, please.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Referred to the Committee
⟦signature⟧
2 / 12
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Accounts Department
Number: 12165
Date: 2/11/1948
22 Muharram 1368
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Number 566
Date 28/11/948
Subject - Renovations
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community
The administration of the Hadia Munshi Saleh Girls' School has informed us that its school building
requires the renovations and repairs listed below. Please proceed with them
as quickly as possible in view of the onset of the winter season.
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
The administration of the Hadia Munshi Saleh Girls' School - with reference to its letter
Numbered 326 and dated 2/11/1948
Repairs
1 - Convert the balcony on the ground floor into a glass-enclosed room to be used
for one of the classes.
2 - Change all the mesh/wire netting placed on all the windows.
3 - Repair the doors of the fourth-grade classroom.
4 - Repair the water taps and level the school yard.
5 - Repair the electrical wiring.
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11/2/1948
⟦Department Copy⟧
His Excellency, the virtuous benefactor, Mr. Ezra Menahem Daniel, the Respected
Greetings and respect,
Thereafter, we have received with great thanks the sum of twenty-five Dinars
from Your Excellency as a contribution from you towards the costs of renovating the Manshi Saleh School
for girls.
We take this opportunity to express to Your Excellency our deepest gratitude and appreciation
for this generosity of yours; may you remain a supporter of humanitarian projects.
Please accept our highest respect;
Sincerely,
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
⟦signature⟧
11/28
To be filed
Manshi Saleh School
A. A.
⟦Department Copy⟧
842
11/29/1948
Renovations in Hadya Meshi Saleh School
for Girls
His Excellency the Director of Education of Baghdad Province, Respected
After greetings
With reference to your letter numbered 16165 and dated 11/24/1948
regarding carrying out the required repairs in the Hadya Meshi Saleh school building.
We are pleased to inform you that we have previously carried out all the repairs
requested and mentioned in your aforementioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect!
⟦illegible signature⟧
Head of the Community
Copy to - Administration of Hadya Meshi Saleh School for Girls.
11/28
To be archived
⟦Hadya School⟧
⟦Meshi Saleh⟧
Department Copy
778
9/30/1948
Honorable Chairman of the Schools Committee
Greetings,
With reference to your letter No. M/257 dated 8/29/1948.
I transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Baghdad Province Education Directorate No.
12800 dated 9/26/1948 regarding the Adwar Aboudi building for your kind review
of its contents ⟦line⟧.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
For filing
Director
Adwar Aboudi School
Copy of the Letter
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To -
Headquarters of the Jewish Community
In response to your letter No. 749 dated 8/31/1948.
The Refugee Affairs Management Committee at the Ministry of Defense informed us in its letter
No. 633 dated 9/20/1948 that the Adwar Aboudi building is currently a shelter
for housing Palestinians and it is not believed that its evacuation will be soon ⟦line⟧.
Copy to:-
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Ministry of Education - Private and Foreign Education
Referring to its letter No. 12124 dated 9/12/48
On behalf of/
27 SEP 47
5 PM
DELY.
BAGHDAD
ON STATE
SERVICE
8 FILS IRAQ POSTAGE
Baghdad
Presidency of the Israelite Community
The Respected
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⟦illegible⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province:
Office: Personnel
Number:
Date: 21/9/48
Dhu al-Qi'dah: 1367
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming No. 525
Date 28 / 9 / 1948
Subject ⟦line⟧
To . -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
In response to your letter numbered 749 and dated 31/8/48
The Refugee Affairs Management Committee in the Ministry of Defense informed us in its letter numbered 633 and dated
20/9/48 that the Abu Ragheef building is currently a shelter for housing Palestinians and it is not
believed that its evacuation will be soon.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to . -
Ministry of Education ⟦line⟧ Private and Foreign Education
Referring to our letter numbered 12124 and dated 12/9/48
Kh / Lawi 25
Baghdad 2/29/1941
Number 548
Date 3/1/1941
His Excellency the Respected President of the Jewish Community
Presented to Your Excellency
Sir: I have taken up teaching at the Munshi Saleh Government School
And now I have entered the fifth year in the teaching profession at this same school
Your Great Excellency: The school certificate that I presented upon entering the school
is a graduation from intermediate studies and I am still until now receiving
a salary of six dinars (6 Dinars) and it does not satisfy the necessities of life
under these difficult economic conditions and what we, the community of
girls, suffer from the pains of life and the aches of poverty and need, and therefore what
I receive is not acceptable by reality.
I ask Your Excellency to pity my condition and extend a helping hand in any form
possible to increase this meager salary, and by this you would have performed a great
and noble humanitarian service, and please accept the highest respect.
Sir
Sincerely,
Sabiha Yusuf Darwish
Sabiha
Address: Baghdad Munshi
Saleh Government School for Girls
Without addition
Before ⟦...⟧
Ibrahim ⟦...⟧
Written to the council to decide what it sees fit
⟦...⟧ all ⟦...⟧ teachers?
⟦...⟧ at least
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749
8/21/1948
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
After greetings
We kindly ask for your approval to transfer the Private Intermediate School
for Girls to its new building located in the Al-Sa'dun neighborhood, with a request
to approve naming it "Edouard Abboudi School for Girls". Best regards.
⟦illegible signature⟧
On behalf of
Head of the Community
For filing
Schools
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Jewish Schools Committee
Baghdad
Jewish Schools Committee
Baghdad
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Number: M / 51 / 257
Date: 29 / 8 / 1948
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, respected
After greetings
I kindly request you to contact the Baghdad Directorate of Education to request
their approval to move the Private Intermediate School for Girls to its
new building located in the Al-Sa'adoon neighborhood and to approve naming the school
"Edward Aboudi School for Girls"
With highest thanks and respect to your Excellency
⟦signature⟧
Vice President
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 511
Date 2 / 9 / 948
Baghdad Province Directorate of Education
<del>Accounts Department</del>
Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
6 / 7 / 1948
Rajab 1367
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Incoming Number 462
Date 11 / 7 / 948
Subject: Paving of the school
Mr. Shaul Saleh Shlomo Daoud
The custodian of the Hadia Munshi Saleh School building for girls
After conducting an inspection of the school building mentioned above by
the Directorate of Buildings at the Ministry of Education, it appeared <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> that it needs the repairs listed
in the memorandum of the Directorate of Buildings, a copy of which is attached herewith. Therefore, we hope you will carry out what is necessary
of the repairs to the building, and please also consult with Messrs. Khedouri and Rubin
at its delivery that they have a responsibility from your side to carry out the necessary repairs to the property
belonging to them located under the upper floor rooms of the school building and the completion
of all repairs as quickly as possible due to the necessity of that.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - for favor of endorsement
Administration of Hadia Munshi Saleh School for Girls - for information
Department Accountant - for follow-up
Attachments
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Copy of the memorandum of the Directorate of Buildings at the Ministry of Education
Y 6/7
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⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad ⟦...⟧
Hadiya Munshi Saleh School ⟦line⟧
Copy of the Memorandum
⟦line⟧
Director of Buildings
⟦line⟧
With reference to the letter of the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province No. 7297 dated 11/5/48
1 - After inspecting the building of the aforementioned school, it was found that one of the upper
floor rooms located at the rear of the building has cracked walls and even its floor,
which has made its occupation impossible, and it has actually been evacuated due to its danger.
<del>⟦...⟧</del> - Four rooms were built on the upper floor, and the majority of the floors of these rooms
are located on properties belonging to other people, and the properties of these people (shops and storehouses) have
had their arches cracked and their walls damaged, which leads to fear of their collapse, therefore
these arches, i.e., (the room floors), must be removed and the roofing re-done with steel beams
or wood, and this is at the expense of the building owners. As for the walls of the shops, they must be repaired
by the owners of the <del>house</del> property.
2 - There is a water station room located under the room mentioned above whose floors have cracked and
water has begun to leak into the foundations of the building. Keeping the water station in this spot affects
the building, therefore it must be removed and a station built adjacent to the toilets in the courtyard of the new
wing of the school, and the sewers and the sinkhole must be buried.
3 - The floor tiling of a room on the ground floor must be removed, filled with soil, and re-tiled.
4 - There are also other renovations in the old building such as gypsum plastering, cement salt, pointing, etc.
which the owners of the building can carry out.
19/5/1948
N. G. / 7
⟦Department Copy⟧
622
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His Excellency the Honorable Minister of Supply
Baghdad
After greetings and respect
With reference to your letter No. 2932 dated 2/23/1948.
We attach for Your Excellency an import license application form supported by a list
detailed with the medical tools and materials to be imported for the laboratory belonging to
the school of the founder benefactor Edwar Abboudi, requesting your kind approval and return
to us. At the same time, we offer Your Excellency our deepest thanks for the assistance
you have shown in encouraging charitable works of this kind in service of the public interest.
With highest respect to Your Excellency, Sir;
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For inspection
⟦The Benefactor⟧ Edwar Abboudi School
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Sassoon
Head of the Community
Ministry of Supply
Department of Licenses and Cards
"Import"
Number / ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
2925
1/24
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
With reference to your petition dated 1/26/1948.
This Ministry has allocated to you an amount of 1500/- Dinars for the import of technical tools
for the store belonging to the institution of the benefactor Edward Abboudi, and therefore please provide a detailed schedule showing the type
of equipment, their values, and the names of the suppliers so that we can issue the necessary license.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Private Number 464
Date 2/22/948
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Minister of Supply
List of names and ranks of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 2nd Wireless Company
Rank | Number | Remarks
Chief Warrant Officer Signals Technician | 46 | 000
Corporal Wireless Technician (Signals) Radio Mechanic | 7 | 002
Corporal Signals Technician | 7 | 007
Lance Corporal Signals Technician | 1 | 000
Lance Corporal Mechanic | 3 | 088
Signals Private | 66 | 065
Mechanic Private | 3 | 000
Vehicle Mechanic Private | 1 | 000
Vehicle Driver | 3 | 022
Bicycle Mechanic Private | ⟦illegible⟧ | 003
Electric Generator Mechanic Private | 7 | 000
Lance Corporal Vehicle Mechanic | 1 | 063
Lance Corporal ⟦illegible⟧ | 1 | 016
Lance Corporal Bicycle Mechanic | ⟦illegible⟧ | 003
Lance Corporal Electric Generator Mechanic | ⟦illegible⟧ | 013
Motorcycle Mechanic Private | 66 | 086
Wireless Vehicle Mechanic Private | 1 | 057
Electric Generator Mechanic Private and Vehicle Driver | 13 | 003
571 / 000
Total sum of non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 2nd Wireless Company ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Commander of the 2nd Wireless Company
To be kept
To be written in the register
Based on the request of the company
or
List of costs for the reconstruction of Hadiyah Shashi Saleh School for Girls
Dinar | Fils
25 | 500 | Value of four lorries of bricks
2 | 900 | Wages for transporting bricks from the street to the school.
3 | 250 | Repair of faucets
1 | 500 | Value of a compactor for leveling a room
4 | 880 | Asphalt with porterage
23 | 535 | Gypsum and sand
9 | 500 | Windows, number 4
1 | 500 | Value of a threshold for the glass showcase
9 | 960 | Value of wood
| 900 | Red clay and straw
7 | 500 | Electrical installations
1 | 430 | Value of corrugated iron (Jinko) with porterage
1 | 310 | Wire
| 450 | Repair of a lock with a key
| 910 | Nails, hinges, and sundries
23 | 380 | Value and wages for installing glass
1 | 755 | Wages for painting the corrugated iron and a room
61 | 400 | Wages for labor, carpenters, and foremen according to the attached list.
175 / 800
Only one hundred and seventy-five dinars and eight hundred fils, and nothing else.
Secretary
Accountant
⟦signature⟧
For filing
School dossier
Hadiyah Shashi Saleh [School] for Girls
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Fils Dinar
Previous ⟦line⟧ | 21 | 400
Labor wages for Thursday 11/4/1948
2x1100 | Khalfa | 2 | 200
6x300 | Vibrator | 1 | 800
| Carpenter | 1 | ...
⟦line⟧ | | 5 | ...
Labor wages for Friday 11/5/1948
3x1100 | Khalfa | 3 | 300
8x300 | Vibrator | 2 | 400
| Carpenter | 1 | ...
⟦line⟧ | | 6 | 700
Labor wages for Saturday 11/6/1948
3x1100 | Khalfa | 3 | 300
9x300 | Vibrator | 2 | 700
| Carpenter | 1 | 500
⟦line⟧ | | 7 | 500
Labor wages for Sunday 11/7/1948
3x1100 | Khalfa | 3 | 300
9x300 | Vibrator | 2 | 700
| Carpenter No. 2 | 1 | 500
⟦line⟧ | | 7 | 500
Labor wages for Monday 11/8/1948
1x1100 | Khalfa | 1 | 100
3x300 | Vibrator | | 900
| Carpenter No. 2 | 1 | 750
| Wassaf | 4 | ...
(Architect (Usta Hasqi | | 6 | ...
⟦line⟧ | | 13 | 750
⟦line⟧ | | 61 | 400
Only sixty-one dinars and four hundred fils and no more ⟦line⟧ .
Secretary
⟦signature⟧
Accountant
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Hadiya Munshi Saleh Official School
For Construction
Number 0 ( 1 )
Date 11 / 11 / 1958
Urgent for the forest
2 / 1
Subject: Claiming expenses for
Restoration
The Respected Presidency of the Israelite Community
We have previously asked the accountant to come down, and he replied
that the allocations have been cut off from the school graduates
The answer in writing so that we can claim ⟦illegible⟧ expenses
Baghdad, the company and others are demanding from us, we hope for an answer
as soon as possible
Presidency of the Israelite Community:
Number ⟦illegible⟧: 1581
Date: 16 / 11 / 958
⟦illegible⟧
School Principal
List of details for amounts paid to labor, glaziers, and foremen
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Fils Dinar
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Labor wages for Wednesday 10/20/1948 | | | |
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Khalfa | 1 | 100 | |
Murar | | 400 | |
Shaker 4x300 | 1 | 200 | 2 | 700
Labor wages for Thursday 10/21/1948 | | | |
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Khalfa | 1 | 100 | |
Murar | | 400 | |
Shaker 3x300 | | 900 | 2 | 400
Labor wages for Friday 10/22/1948 | | | |
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Khalfa | 1 | 100 | |
Murar | | 400 | |
Shaker 3x300 | | 900 | |
Carpenters (2) | 1 | 800 | 4 | 200
Labor wages for Saturday 10/23/1948 | | | |
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Khalfa | 1 | 100 | |
Murar | | 400 | |
Shaker 3x300 | | 900 | 2 | 400
Labor wages for Sunday 10/24/1948 | | | |
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Khalfa | 1 | 100 | |
Murar | | 400 | |
Shaker 2x300 | | 600 | |
Carpenter | 1 | 000 | 3 | 100
Labor wages for Monday 10/25/1948 | | | |
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Khalfa | 1 | 100 | |
Murar | | 400 | |
Shaker 3x300 | | 900 | |
Carpenter | | 750 | |
Foreman wage | 3 | 500 | 6 | 650
698
2 / 7 / 1948
Department Copy
His Excellency the Respected Minister of Supply
After respect
I submit to your Excellency that the benefactor Mr. Edward Aboudi, as an encouragement for culture and charitable works,
has donated one hundred desks for his school which he recently built in Baghdad, and he shipped these desks on the ship
Enston City on 11 / 5 / 1948. Therefore, I hope you will kindly agree to grant us an import license for the
mentioned desks without compensation so that we can release them from customs custody, noting that their price with shipping costs
amounted to about -/300 Dinars or 1258/14 US Dollars.
We attach herewith the necessary form supported by the bill of lading and the price list, hoping to have them returned to us
after they are processed. I take this opportunity to offer your Excellency my further thanks for the assistance you have provided
in encouraging charitable works ⟦line⟧ .
Please accept my further respect ⟦line⟧ that ;
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
Jewish
His Excellency the President
For signature please
⟦signature⟧
7/2
A1
Double
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Iraqi Government
⟦illegible⟧
IRAQ
ON STATE SERVICE
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Accounts ⟦line⟧ Department
Number ⟦line⟧ 4269
Date ⟦line⟧ 21 / 3 / 1948
Subject ⟦line⟧ The school building
Mr. Shaoul Saleh
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the administration of Hadiya Menashi Saleh School for Girls
Numbered 67 and dated 15 / 3 / 948, requesting that you carry out the necessary repairs in the building of the aforementioned
school and remove the danger from it as quickly as possible and inform us.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Presidency of the Jewish Community - for information.
Administration of Hadiya Menashi Saleh - for review and to inform us after completing the required repairs.
Department Accountant - to send someone to clean the school's septic tank.
Copy of the letter
We request you to warn Mr. Shaoul Saleh, the representative of the school owner, as we have previously warned him in two previous letters
but we have not received any answer so far, as he long evades every necessary procedure, which is yes, and dangerous to the lives
of hundreds of students. These four very dangerous classrooms, which we emptied weeks ago and seated
the students in the corridors under the mercy of the cold and rain due to the fall and collapse of the arch on which these rooms
rest from below, as the owners of the warehouses informed us of its condition. This is in addition to other dangers threatening the rest of
the classrooms, which shake under the students' feet, and rainwater falls on them throughout the winter days.
And these septic tanks in the school yard are full, making it impossible for the janitresses to wash the house, in addition to other
unhealthy matters and the grumbling of the teachers. I hope you do not neglect this issue because it is dangerous to
the lives of hundreds of students. Thank you.
(Signature)
School Principal
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Special Registered Number
Date 28 / 3 / 48
N. Kh / 21