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IJA 2735

Correspondence Regarding Teachers, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

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These are documents from the Frank Iny and the Shamash Secondary Schools in Baghdad. They are primarily correspondence with Iraqi government offices confirming teachers’ credentials, character, travel plans, and citizenship. There is correspondence regarding hiring teachers.

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Archive Reference
IJA 2735
Item Number
11969
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Employment, Shamash Secondary School, London, Revenue Stamp, Teachers, File Folder, Typed, Iraqi Government, English Literature, Advertisement, Baghdadi Jewish Community, School Material, Newspapers, Legal, Ink Stamp, Ministry of Defense, Labor, Letterhead, Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Frank Iny School, Envelope, French, Certificate of Non-Criminal Record, France, Department of Passport and Nationality, Certificate of Good Conduct, Passport, Receipt, Office of Transportation and Traffic Police, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Military, Education, Travel, Lebanon, Office of Criminal Investigations and Administration, Britain

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BY AIR MAIL
PAR AVION
AIR LETTER
AEROGRAMME

[Stamp] POSTAGE 6D
[Stamp] POSTAGE 6D
[Stamp] BASINGSTOKE HANTS
[Stamp] 15 OC 54

To:: Obediah Abdullah Esq.,
The Manager,
"Frank Iny" Secondary School
Nr. Alwiya, Baghdad
I R A Q.

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

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Sender's name and address:: Sasson Hakkak, Hilsea
College, Oakley Hall, Nr. Basingstoke
Hants, England.

IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED THIS LETTER
MAY BE SENT BY ORDINARY MAIL

[Stamp] 3 PM
[Stamp] 18 OCT 54

Page 478

Sasson Hakkak
Hilsea College
Oakley Hall
Nr. Basingstoke
Hants

To                                  Oct. 15th 1954.
Obediah Abdullah Esq.
Manager of "Frank Iny"
Secondary Scool
Alwiya, Baghdad

Dear Sir,

I would be very obliged to receive
from you some information about this
matter:-
One of my friends has taken
at your College the Arabic Language
and passed in it in Advanced level
in
<del>at</del> Summer 1952.
As it is his mother's tongue they
do not accept it in the university as a
subject in Advanced level, and I believe,
if I am right to say, that it has been
arranged by Mr. Khabaza with the
University of London <del>at that time</del> to be accepted
as a subject in Advanced level, althou⟦gh⟧

Page 479

FRANK INY SCHOOL
مدرسة فرنك عيني
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
متوسطة وابتدائية
Baghdad
بغداد
Telephone No. 91693
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣
No...................
الرقم...................
Date...28th October, 1954.
التاريخ...................

Mr. Sasson Hakkak,
Hilsea College, Oakley Hall,
Nr. Basingstoke,
Hants, England.

Dear Mr. Hakkak,

In reply to your letter of 15th October, 1954,
concerning your question about the G.C.E. examination
in Arabic, all I can say is, that to the best of know-
ledge, English Universities in general consider a pass
in Arabic at the advanced level just as equal to a pass
in any other subject at the advanced level disregarding
whether arabic is the mother tongue of the candidate or not.

I do not personally know whether any arrangement
has been done with the University of London in the past
regarding this matter. It seems obvious that the best
quarter where you can get correct information about this
question is London University itself. I suggest that you
write to London University for enquiry on this subject. I
hope that you will get the answer to your question there.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦A Obadiah⟧

Abdullah S. Obadiah
Principal.

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

Page 480

FRANK INY SCHOOL مدرسة فرنك عيني
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY متوسطة وابتدائية
Baghdad بغداد
Telephone No. 91693 رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No..................... الرقم:
Date.................... التاريخ: 15/10/1954

Messrs. The United States Information Service,
Baghdad.

Dear Sirs,

I shall be much obliged if you will
kindly supply my school with Geographical Maps
and any other publication of cultural or educa-
tional value that you usually distribute to
educational institutions in Baghdad free of cahrge.

Tahnking you, I beg to remain.

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] Abdullah S. Obadiah
[Signature] Principal.

[Stamp] مدرسة فرنك عيني
[Stamp] التاريخ
[Stamp] BAGHDAD
[Stamp] FRANK INY SCHOOL

[Marginalia] الذاتي
[Marginalia] حفظه في ملف ⟦illegible⟧

[Marginalia] Alwiyah

[Stamp] ⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 481

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No:
الرقم: ف/ ٥٤/٥٢٠
Date:
التاريخ: ١٥/١٠/١٩٥٤

حضرة مدير ادارة معاهد اوروزدى باك المحترم
بـغـــــداد .

بعد التحية .
يرجى تزويد مدرستنا بالخرائط التالية مع اعطائنا
السماح المعتاد ولكم الشكر .

| ١) قارة اسيا الطبيعية |
| ٢) " اوربا الطبيعية |
| ٣) " افريقيا |

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المديـــــر

[Stamp] مدرسة فرنك عيني
[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧
[Stamp] FRANK INY SCHOOL

Page 482

FRANK INY SCHOOL مدرسة فرنك عيني
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY متوسطة وابتدائية
Baghdad بغداد
Telephone No. 91693 رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No........................ الرقم ف / ⟦...⟧ / ٥٤
Date........................ التاريخ ١٤ / ١٠ / ١٩٥٤

حضرة مدير محطة غربي بغداد .
بعد التحية .

نؤيد بهذا ان الآنسة روث شلومو شمبي طالبة في هذه
المدرسة للسنة الدراسية الحالية ١٩٥٤ - ١٩٥٥ .
فيرجى منحها الامتيازات التي تستحقها فيما يتعلق بأجور
السفر المخفضة في القطار . هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المدير

Page 483

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693

مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
Date.:
الرقم: ف / ٥٤ / ⟦...⟧
التاريخ: ٤ / ١٠ / ١٩٥٤

حضرة مدير محطة غربي بغداد .

بعد التحية .

نؤيد بهذا ان الآنسة روث شلومو شمبي طالبة في هذه
المدرسة للسنة الدراسية الحالية ١٩٥٤ - ١٩٥٥ .
فيرجى منحها الامتيازات التي تستحقها فيما يتعلق بأجور
السفر المخفضة في القطار . هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Signature] عبد الله عبيد
[Signature] المدير

[Stamp] ⟦...⟧
[Stamp] FRANK INY SCHOOL

Page 484

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
الرقم:
Date:
التاريخ: ٢٣ / ١٠ / ١٩٥٤

دائرة الاستعلامات الاميركية

نؤيد بهذا ان الطالب سعيد برشان هو احد طلاب
الصف الاول المتوسط من مدرستنا للسنة الدراسية ٩٥٤/٩٥٣
وبناء على طلبه زودناه بهذا الكتاب .

[Signature] عبد الله عويديا
[Signature] المدير

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

Page 485

FRANK INY SCHOOL مدرسة ⟦فرنك عيني⟧
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY متوسطة وابتدائية
Baghdad بغداد
Telephone No. 91693 رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No. .................... الرقم ..... ف / ٢٤٠
Date .................... التاريخ ١٩ / ١٠ / ١٩٥٤

حضرة مدير شركة البيبسي كولا المحترم

بعد التحية .

يرجى تجهيز مدرستنا بثلاجة كبيرة واحدة
لتبريد قناني البيبسي كولا . هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Signature] ⟦illegible⟧
[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المدير

Page 486

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
Date.:
الرقم: ف / ٥٤
التاريخ: ١٩ / ٩ / ١٩٥٤

حضرة مدير شركة البيبسي كولا المحترم

بعد التحية .
يرجى تجهيز مدرستنا بعشرة صناديق من
البيبسي كولا ولكم الشكر .

[Signature] عبد الله عويديا
[Signature] المدير

[Marginalia] ⟦استلمت محتويات هذه القائمة⟧
[Marginalia] ⟦مع الشكر والامتنان⟧

Page 487

مدرسة فرنك عيني
FRANK INY SCHOOL
متوسطة وابتدائية
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
بغداد
Baghdad
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣
Telephone No. 91693

الرقم: ف / ٤٧٤ / ٩٥٤
No.:
التاريخ: ١٤ / ٩ / ١٩٥٤
Date:

مديرية دائرة البريد المركزية
بغداد

بعد التحية
يرجى الامر بتسليم الطرود البريدية التسعة عشرة الواردة باسم
مدرستنا بيد حامل هذا الكتاب كاظم مكي وهو فراش المدرسة مع
العلم أن محتويات هذه الطرود كتب ادبية وعلمية . هذا ولكم
مزيد الشكر والاحترام

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المدير

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧
[Stamp] FRANK INY SCHOOL
[Stamp] BAGHDAD

Page 488

FRANK INY SCHOOL   مدرسة فرنك عيني
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY   متوسطة وابتدائية
Baghdad   بغداد
Telephone No. 91693   رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No........................:
الرقم..: ف/ ٤٠٠
Date........................:
التاريخ..: ٦ / ٩ / ١٩٥٤

مديرية دائرة البريد المركزية
بغداد .

بعد التحية .

يرجى الأمر بتسليم الطرود البريدية المسجلة الواردة باسم
مدرستنا بيد حامل هذا الكتاب كاظم مكي وهو فراش المدرسة
مع العلم ان محتويات هذه الطرود كتب أدبية وعلمية . هذا
ولسعادتكم مزيد الشكر والاحترام .

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المدير

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

[Marginalia] ⟦illegible⟧

Page 489

FRANK INY SCHOOL مدرسة فرنك عيني
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY متوسطة وابتدائية
Baghdad بغداد
Telephone No. 91693 رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No........................ الرقم... ف/ ٥٤٠ ....
Date.................................... التاريخ... ٣ / ٩ / ١٩٥٤ ...

مديرية دائرة البريد المركزية
بـغــــــــداد .

بعد التحيـــــــــــــة .

يرجى الأمر بتسليم الطرود البريدية السبعة والاربعين
الواردة باسم مدرستنا بيد حامل هذا الكتاب كاظم مكي وهو
فراش المدرسة مع العلم ان محتويات هذه الطرود كتب ادبية
وعلمية . هذا ولسعادتكم مزيد الشكر والاحترام .

[Signature] ⟦signature⟧
[Signature] عبد الله عوبديـــــا
[Signature] المديــــــــر

Page 490

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No....................:
الرقم ف/: ٥٤/⟦١٠٠⟧
Date....................:
التاريخ: ٢٣ / ٧ / ١٩٥٤

شركة اير فرانس (Air France)

عزرا (فاروق) ابراهيم شينا من الصف الخامس الابتدائي
يوسف ابراهيم شينا        "  "   التمهيدي
بلونش ابراهيم شينا       "  "   الثاني المتوسط

بعد التحية ،

نؤيد بهذا ان المذكورين اعلاه هم طلاب في مدرستنا للسنة
الدراسية ١٩٥٣ / ١٩٥٤ فيرجى منحهم الامتيازات التي يستحقونها
فيما يتعلق باجور السفر المخفضة وغير ذلك ، وتفضلوا بقبول فائق
الاحترام .

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المدير

[Marginalia] ⟦عبد الله عوبديا⟧

Page 491

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

الرقم: ⟦٥٤/٨٣٤/٢⟧
التاريخ: ٢٧ / ٦ / ١٩٥٤
الموضوع:

ان السيد محمد حسن السوري هو احد
الاساتذه الموظفين من قبل وزارة المعارف
في مدرستنا ثانوية شماش وبالنظر لرغبته
زودناه بهذه الشهادة .

[Signature] ⟦عبد الله عويديا⟧
[Signature] عبد الله عويديا
[Signature] المديـــــر

Page 492

مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693

الرقم: ف / ٤١٨ / ٥٤
التاريخ: ٢٤ / ٥ / ١٩٥٤
No.:
Date:

سعادة امين العاصمة المحترم
بـغــــــــداد .

بعد التحية .
يرجى التفضل بالامر بتزويد حدائق مدرستنا بالماء الخابط
مع العلم ان الماء في الوقت الحاضر يجرى بصورة منتظمة في الجدول
المحاذي الى بناية المدرسة .
هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Stamp] ⟦مدرسة فرنك عيني⟧
[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المديــــر

Page 493

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.:
Date.:
الرقم: ⟦...⟧/ف/⟦...⟧
التاريخ: ١٨ / ٥ / ١٩٥٤

ادارة شركة الاسمنت العراقية
بـغـداد .

بعد التحية .
يرجى تزويدنا بمقدار اربع اطنان ( ٨٠ كيس )
اسمنت نظرا لحاجة مدرستنا الماسة اليه مع الشكر .
هذا وتفضلوا بقبول فائق الاحترام .

[Signature] عبد الله عوبديا
[Signature] المدير

[Stamp] ⟦illegible⟧

Page 494

مدرسة فرنك عيني
FRANK INY SCHOOL
متوسطة وابتدائية
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
بغداد
Baghdad
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣
Telephone No. 91693

الرقم: ⟦illegible⟧
No.:
التاريخ: ١٩٥٤/٥/١٣
Date:

ادارة شركة الاسمنت العراقية
بـغــــــــداد .

بعد التحية .
نظرا لحاجة مدرستنا الماسة الى الاسمنت
لاستعماله في ترميمات المدرسة . يرجى التفضل
بالامر بتجهيزنا بطن واحد لقاء الثمن المقرر
ولكم مزيد الشكــــــــر .

[Signature] عبد الله عويديشا
[Signature] المـديــــــــر

[Stamp] ⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 495

FRANK INY SCHOOL
AND
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693

مدرسة شماش الاعدادية
بغداد
تلفون ٩١٦٩٣

[Marginalia] الكتاب
[Marginalia] للحفظ في ملف ⟦المتفرقات⟧

الموضوع:
الرقم:
التاريخ:

To,
Mr. L.S. Pearson,
The British Council,
Baghdad.

Dear Mr. Pearson,

With reference to your letter No.Bag/604/17
dated 5th April, 1954, I have duly received the seven ⟦ert⟧
Certificates belonging to our successful candidates in the
Cambridge Lower Certificate Examinations for which I
thank you very much. These Certificates have been for-
warded to their respective owners.

Yours faithfully,

[Signature] ⟦Abadiah⟧
[Signature] Abdullah S. Obadiah
[Signature] Principal.

Page 496

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.................... الرقم................
Date....14th April...1954.... التاريخ................

To,
Mr. Eric N. Metcalfe,
Quai du Bassin des Yachts,
Deauville (Calvados),
France.

My dear Metcalfe.

I have received your letter of 25th March, 1954 and am glad
to know that both you and your wife are enjoying good health.

As regards your remarks about entry visas into Iraq, while it
is really difficult to get an entry visa for foreigner in some cases,
it is not so difficult to get visas for non Jews. Only a year ago
I had managed to get an entry visa into Iraq to a French lady teacher
from Paris who is still teaching in our school to her great satisfac-
tion. In your case, the best way would be to try & get a tourist visa
from any Iraqi Embassy abroad, & once you are in Baghdad the question
of your residence can be easily arranged by our school administration.
In the last resort, even if a tourist visa will not be granted to you
I can always manage to obtain visas for you from our end given a reason-
able period of time before your intended departure for Baghdad.

Conditions here are not as bad as you describe them to be. I
think that your outlook on this part of the world is unjustifiably
pessimistic. Do not forget that nowadays there is lack of stability
all over the world

As regards the terms of employment, in case you and your wife
would like to work in our school, I am enclosing, herewith, two copies
of a contract form written in French in which every side of the question
is clearly stated. I may add here that, having in the past worked with
us and for the Iraqi Ministry of Education, you are probably quite
aware of the fact that teaching in our school requires much more ear-
nest work on the part of the teacher, in the class-room as well as
outside. But the work in our school is, I believe, much more interesting.
We are after good results more than anything else. Unfortunately our
school budget does not permit us to offer to a foreign teacher a treat-
ment as liberal as is usually offered by the Iraq Government, and in
your case, I think, I shall have to do a lot of persuasion with our Lay
Council, who by the way have the final say in the matter, before gett-
ing their approval to sanction the scale of salaries I am suggesting in
the contract forms herein enclosed.

Hoping to hear from you as early as possible, I close with my
best regards to you and your wife.

[Signature] Yours Sincerely,
[Signature] ⟦Abdullah⟧
[Signature] Abdullah. S. Obadiah

Page 497

⟦Shammash Secondary School and⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL
مدرسة فرنك عيني
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
متوسطة وابتدائية
⟦Alwiyyah,⟧ Baghdad
بغداد
Telephone No. 91693
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.: F/357/54
الرقم:
Date: 19th February 1954
التاريخ:

To,
Mr. Metcalfe,
Quai du Bassin des Yachts,
Deauville (Calvados),
France.

Dear Mr. Metcalfe,

You would probably be interested to hear once again about
Bagdad and about the Shammash & Frank Iny Schools. In the last 18
months something of a revolution has taken place in the district where
our school is situated. The whole place is now dotted with small love-
ly villas surrounded with green gardens where it was a stretch of open
& dusty fields two years ago. As for Bagdad, it now boasts of the
most modern streets with clean side-pavements and long belts of green
trees & flowers in the middle. As for our school, there is more sta-
bility & better discipline now than when you last left us.

I learnt that your wife is now teaching somewhere near the
place where you are staying. I hope that her health is good.

I would like to mention that I am trying to recruit for the
next scholastic year, two good teachers, one a Britisher, for teaching
English, (G.C.E. level as well as lower levels), and another a French,
for teaching French literature & language, to coach our students for
the Certificat d'Etudes Primaires, the Brevet Elementaire, and the
G.C.E. exams. in French, advanced level. I wonder whether you and
Mrs. Metcalfe would like to consider filling two such posts at our
school. I shall be very glad to hear from you as early as possible
about this subject as I have decide about the choice of my staff for the
next academic year, before the summer vacation if possible.

In closing, I ask you please to convey my best regards to
your wife and accept the same to you.

Sincerely yours

[Signature] ⟦Abdullah⟧

Abdullah S. Obadiah
Principal.

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⟦Shamash Secondary School⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
⟦Alwiyyah⟧, Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.: F/25-2/54
Date: 19th February, 1954

To,
Messrs. A.Gallenkamp & Co., Ltd.,
17-29 Sun Street, London, E.C.2,
England.

Dear Sirs,

I have glanced through your Catalogue, twelfth edition, volume 1, general section, and have found that there are quite a number of articles and apparatus which are suitable to be used in my school- laboratories. For the time being I am in need of the articles mentioned below with their specifications. Will you kindly send me a quotation of same so that I can arrange to make the formalities for obtaining the foreign exchange necessary for the purpose

|  | Catalogue No. | Name of Article | Specifications | Quantity |
| 1) | d 2931 | Bunzen Burner | diameter of flame 20 mm. | 12 |
| 2) | d 2973 | Flame spreader | to fit the above | 2 |
| 3) | d-11602 | Rubber tubing | size No.1 | half a coil (30 ft). |
| 4) | -do- | -do- | size No.2 | -do- |
| 5) | -do- | -do- | size No.3 | -do- |
| 6) | -do- | -do- | size No.4 | one third of a coil (20 ft.) |
| 7) | Either d 237 } or d 238 } | Water tap | as described in the catalogue | 2 |
| 8) | d-3744 | Cork boring machine | with the complete set of borers | 1 |
| 9) | dp-440 | Petrol-air gas generator | electrically driven (Bagdad Voltage 220) | 1 |

Hoping to have your reply as early as possible, I close with best regards.

[Signature] Faithfully yours
[Signature] ⟦illegible⟧
[Signature] Abdullah. S. Obadiah
[Signature] Principal.

Page 499

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Alwiyah, Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.: F/356/54
Date: 11th February, 1954.
الرقم:
التاريخ:

Librairie - Papeterie
<del>Du Quartier Latin,</del>
Paul Boulinier,
19 et 20 Boul. Saint-Michel,
PARIS VI

Dear Sirs,

I thank you for your letter of 12.1.54. I have just now
received in good condition the 8 parcels of books which you sent
me. As for the small illustrated dictionaries, (éditions Flammarion),
you can very well substitute them with the encyclopedia of the same
publishers, Flammarion, that you mention in your letter. As for the
volumes of Lizette, will you please replace them Semaine de Suzette.
I shall be much obliged if you will kindly send me the final list of
all the books that you intend to send eventually with the prices and
other charges for the records of the school. I shall be ready to
settle any outstanding difference in the total cost if there will be
any.
Thanking you in anticipation, I close with best regards.

Yours Sincerely,

[Signature] ⟦Abdullah⟧
[Signature] Abdullah. S. Obadiah.
[Signature] Principal.
[Signature] ⟦illegible⟧

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Shammash Secondary School and
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Alwiyah Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
مدرسة فرنك عيني
متوسطة وابتدائية
بغداد
رقم التلفون ٩١٦٩٣

No.: E/1354/54
الرقم:
Date: 11th February, 1954
التاريخ:

To,
Messrs. Henry B.Saxtons' Bookshop, Ltd.,
7 King Street,
Nottingham,
England.

Dear Sirs,

I thank you for your letter of 16th December, 1953 as well
as for the 12 books I ordered from your Bookshops which arrived in
pretty good condition except one book which reached me with its
cover slightly torn. I am enclosing herewith, draft No.A4998/2500/F
dated 8th February 1954 drawn by the Rafidain Bank, Baghdad to your
order on Rafidain Bank, London receipt of which please acknowledge
at your earliest convenience. I shall be much obliged if you will
supply me with one more copy of each of the following books:

| 1 | The Universe Around Us |
| 1 | The Silent World |
| 1 | Children's New Illus. Encyclo. |
| 1 | Kon tiki Expedition |
| 1 | Pictorial Encyclo. |
| 1 | Wonder Book of Science |

I shall not fail to send you a draft to meet the cost of these
books as soon as I get your bill in the amount.

Thanking you, I close with best regards.

⟦M/111⟧

[Signature] Yours faithfully,
[Signature] ⟦A. Obadiah⟧
[Signature] Abdullah S. Obadiah
[Signature] Principal.