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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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Shamash Secondary School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 5590/F
Date: 20/3/1959
Directorate of General Security - Baghdad
Greetings,
We list below the types and numbers of typewriters present in our school:
(A) Machines we use and are in working order:
1- Arabic typewriter, Underwood brand, American made, No. 7129558 - 15
Large size
2- English typewriter, Ideal brand, German made - No. 71948 - Medium
size.
3- English duplicating machine (Roneo) of Gestetner type, Model 130T - No.
510437
(B) Old typewriters that are unfit for use:
1- English typewriter of small type - Remington Rand, American made, Model
5T (Portable).
2- Arabic typewriter of small type (Portable), German made, No. 83078
3- Arabic typewriter, American made, medium size, No. (ML 20058)
Please accept our highest respect
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: F/9/2/6000
Date: 2/2/1959
No.:
Date:
Residency Directorate - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please be informed that Ms. Lillian Maria Louis Vignol has been employed at
this school as a French language teacher. She holds passport number 699 and a
residency permit number 1068. We are in need of her services, and she has been provided with this letter at
her request.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Frank Iny School
and Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No: Sh / 58 /
Date: 20 / 11 / 1958
Subject:
To the Honorable Director of Residency
Baghdad
Greetings,
Please be informed that the wife of Mr. John Irvine, a teacher at this school,
had traveled at the beginning of the past summer vacation to her family in England
for the purpose of childbirth. Since she wishes to join her husband with her two children, please
kindly grant her an entry visa to Iraq.
Please accept our highest respect,,
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

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Frank Iny School
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
and Shamash Intermediate School
BAGHDAD
Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/58
Subject:
Date: 20 / 11 / 1958
To the Honorable Director of Residency
Baghdad
After greetings,
Mr. John Irvine
of British nationality has been employed as an English language teacher in our school according to
the letter of the Directorate of General Education No. 52083 dated 16 / 11 / 1957, and he
is the holder of Residency Book No. 256 dated 5 / 2 / 1958 and is registered in your department
under file number 2932 / 1957. He has been teaching in this school
since his arrival in Iraq, and since we are in need of his services, please kindly agree
to extend his residency in Iraq for a period of one year, noting that his residency in Iraq
ends on 27 / 12 / 1958.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

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Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 582
No.:
Date: 8 / 10 / 1958
Date:
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17333 Baghdad, type bus (pick-up), to pass
through Al-Rashid Street, Al-Kifah Street, Al-Jumhuriya Street, and the Karkh side to transport female and male students
of our school, from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, as this
vehicle is a permanent guard vehicle for the school that performs various services required by
the school <del>such as classes</del> such as emergency and other things in addition to transporting students. We attach herewith the permit
granted to the owner of the vehicle last year.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ Number... F/ ⟦580⟧
Date ⟦line⟧ Date... 10/8/1950
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17333 Baghdad, type bus (pick-up), to pass
through Al-Rashid Street, Al-Kifah Street, Al-Jumhuriya Street, and the Karkh side to transport the female and male students
of our school, from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, as this
vehicle is a permanent guard vehicle for the school that performs various services required by
the school <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> such as ambulance and other things in addition to transporting students. We attach herewith the permit
granted to the owner of the vehicle last year.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. 58/667/F
Date 20/9/1958
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i, of Lebanese nationality, was appointed as a teacher in this
school according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No. 42875 dated 14/12/52
and is still continuing his duties in this school until now. He is registered in your directorate
under file number MHA / 52/4853 and holds residency book number 1275.
The aforementioned person had traveled during the summer vacation to Lebanon and is still there. In view
of the approaching start of the next school year and the school's urgent need for him, please be kind enough
to grant him an entry visa to Iraq with his wife, Mrs. Nihad, by telegram if possible at
our expense, with much thanks. Please note that the aforementioned person had previously obtained a
return visa to Iraq from your esteemed department before leaving Baghdad at the beginning of the summer.
Please accept our highest respect.
Private
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/58/
Date: 20 / 9 / 1958
Subject:
To the Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings,
Mr. John Irvine ( ⟦John Irvine⟧ ), a British national, has been employed
as an English language teacher in our school according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No.
52083 dated 16 / 11 / 1957. He is the holder of Residency Book No. 256
dated 5 / 2 / 1958 and is registered in your department under file No. 2932 / 1957.
He has been teaching at this school since his arrival in Iraq. In view of the proximity of ⟦...⟧
our urgent need for his services and in view of the upcoming opening of the 1958 / 1959 academic year,
please kindly renew his residency, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal
Shamash School ⟦...⟧
Baghdad

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No.: Sh/58/
Date: 25 / 9 / 1958
Subject: ⟦line⟧
To the Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Mr. John Irvine ( ⟦John Irvine⟧ ), a British national, has been employed
as an English language teacher in our school according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No.
52083 dated 16 / 11 / 1957, and he is the holder of Residency Book No. 256
dated 5 / 2 / 1958 and registered in your department under file No. 2932 / 1957.
He has been teaching in this school since his arrival in Iraq. In view of the proximity of <del>opening</del>
our urgent need for his services and in view of the approaching opening of the academic year 1958 / 1959,
please kindly renew his residency, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Oweidia
Director
⟦Shamash School⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
64

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/52/10607
Date:
Date: 20/9/1958
To the Honorable Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i, of Lebanese nationality, was appointed as a teacher in this
school according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No. 42875 dated 12/14/52
and is still continuing his duties in this school until now. He is registered in your directorate
under file number MB/52/4852 and holds residency book number 1275.
The aforementioned person had traveled during the summer vacation to Lebanon and is still there. In view
of the approaching start of the next school year and the school's urgent need for him, please be kind enough
to grant him an entry visa to Iraq with his wife, Mrs. Nihad, by telegram if possible at
our expense, with many thanks. Please note that the aforementioned person had previously obtained a
return visa to Iraq from your esteemed department before leaving Baghdad at the beginning of the summer.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Frank Iny School in Baghdad⟧
Date
Number
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal

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Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 1067/58
Date: 1958/9/23
No.:
Date:
His Excellency the Respected Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Mr. Amin Mansour Mar'i, a Lebanese national, was appointed as a teacher in this
school according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education No. 42875 dated 12/14/52
and is still continuing his duties in this school until now. He is registered in your directorate
under file number MBA/52/4852 and holds residency book number 1275.
The aforementioned person had traveled during the summer vacation to Lebanon and is still there. In view
of the approaching start of the next school year and the school's urgent need for him, please be kind enough
to grant him an entry visa to Iraq with his wife, Mrs. Nihad, by telegram if possible at
our expense, with much thanks. Please be informed that the aforementioned person had previously obtained a
return visa to Iraq from your respected department before leaving Baghdad at the beginning of the summer.
Please accept our highest respect.
Frank Iny School in Baghdad
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Date
Number
Abdullah Oweidia
Principal

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: F/ ⟦118⟧ / 58
Date: 23 / 6 / 1958
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Baghdad
Greetings.
We hereby certify that Ms. Fawzia Ahmed Medhat is a teacher in this school and she
intends to travel outside Iraq for the purpose of tourism and summer vacation, and the school administration has no objection
to her travel.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
⟦illegible⟧

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. / Number: F / 28 / 58
Date / Date: 1/31/1958
His Excellency the Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Miss Grace Telfer, of British nationality, has
been employed as an English language teacher in our school according to the letter of the Directorate of General Education
numbered 50248 and dated 11/7/1957. Therefore, please be so kind as to
approve the extension of her residency permit in Iraq for one year, noting that her residency
paper is numbered MBA/G/2933/1957. With our thanks to Your Excellency.
⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/13/58
Date: 31 / 1 / 1958
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Residency - Baghdad
Greetings.
Mr. John Irvine ( ) of British nationality
has been employed as an English language teacher in our school according to the letter of the Directorate
of General Education No. 52083 dated 16 / 11 / 1957, therefore
please kindly agree to extend his residence permit in Iraq for one year
noting that his residence paper is numbered MHA/G/2832 / 1957.
With our thanks to Your Excellency.
Shamash School ⟦illegible⟧
SHAMASH SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/25/58
Date: 1/27/1958
No.:
Date:
His Excellency the Director of Residency Police - Baghdad
Greetings,
Mrs. Therese Tofiro (wife of Mr. Omar bin Mabkhout) has been employed
as a teacher in our school, and since her residency according to the arrival notice expires on
1/28/1958, please kindly agree to extend it for one year, noting
that her residency paper is numbered ⟦Mba⟧ / 3089 / 57.
With our thanks to Your Excellency.
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Frank Iny School
Baghdad
Date
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date.:
Number: F/385/57
Date: 10/18/1957
His Excellency the Director of Security for the Baghdad Area, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings,
It is intended to employ Mrs. Therese Toufiro, wife of Mr. Omar bin
Mabkhout, of French nationality, as a French language teacher in this school. Please
order that she be provided with a certificate of good conduct in two copies, noting that she holds passport
number 8189 and a form from the Residence Police Directorate in Baghdad numbered MHA/57/3089.
Please accept our highest respect,
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ F/384/57
Date ⟦line⟧ 11/18/1957
His Excellency the Director of Technical Investigation Police, Respected
Baghdad
After greetings,
It is intended to employ Mrs. Therese Tofiro, wife of Mr. Omar
bin Mabkhout, of French nationality, as a French language teacher in this school.
Please order that she be provided with a certificate of no criminal record in two copies, noting that she
holds passport number 8189 and a form from the Residence Police Directorate in Baghdad
numbered ⟦MHA⟧/3089/57.
Please accept our highest respect,
Frank Iny School
Baghdad
Abdullah Owaid
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No: F/57/285
No:
Date: 10/18/1957
Date:
His Excellency, the Director of Security for the Baghdad Area, Respected
Greetings.
It is intended to employ Mrs. Therese Ben Mabkhout, of French nationality, as a teacher of the
French language in this school. Please order that she be provided with a certificate of good conduct, noting
that she holds passport No. 8189 and a form from the Residency Police Directorate in Baghdad
numbered 3089 / 57.
With much gratitude to Your Excellency.
FRANK INY SCHOOL
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Baghdad
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
⟦handwritten flourish/mark⟧

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/ ⟦282⟧ / 57
Date:
Date: 10 / 10 / 1957
His Excellency the Director of Technical Investigation Police, Respected
Baghdad
Greetings.
It is intended to employ Mrs. Therese bin Mabkhout, of French nationality, as a teacher of the
French language in this school. Please order that she be provided with a certificate of no criminal record in two copies,
noting that she holds passport number 8189 and a form from the Directorate of Residency Police in Baghdad
numbered MHA / 3089 / 57.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
⟦illegible stamp with text: Frank Iny School⟧
⟦handwritten signature⟧

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/57/⟦366⟧
Date: 1/11/1957
His Excellency the Director of Residence Police - Baghdad
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/57/351 dated 10/16/1957 regarding
the request to grant an entry visa to Mr. Ben Mabkhout and his wife Therese Tofiro.
The aforementioned individuals arrived in Iraq on 10/29/1957. Please
kindly grant them the necessary residency, and we thank your Excellency very much.
Abdullah Obadia
Director
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
⟦FRANK INY SCHOOL⟧
⟦BAGHDAD⟧

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Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 75 / 57
Date: 10 / 10 / 1957
No.:
Date:
Transport Police Directorate - Baghdad
Greetings,
Please allow the vehicle numbered 17333 Baghdad, type bus (pick-up), to pass
through Al-Rashid Street, Queen Alia Street, Ghazi Street, and the Karkh side to transport female and male students
of our school, from seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, as this
vehicle is a permanent guard vehicle for the school that performs various services required by the school
such as ambulance and other tasks, in addition to transporting students.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL * BAGHDAD
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
Date

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Shamash Secondary School
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Telephone 91693
Tel. No. 91693
No. Sh/: 57/⟦148⟧
Date: 8 / 10 / 1957
Subject:
His Excellency the Director of Technical Investigation Police, Respected.
Baghdad
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. Sh/148/57 dated 4 / 10 / 1957.
You have previously provided Mr. John Irvine, a British national who is intended to be appointed as a teacher
of the English language in this school, with a certificate of no criminal record; however, the aforementioned certificate
was used for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of good conduct from the Baghdad District Security Directorate.
Since the aforementioned person needs a certificate of no criminal record to submit to the Ministry of Education
for the purpose of deciding on his appointment, please be so kind as to order that he be provided with the said certificate.
With much gratitude to Your Excellency.
SHAMASH SCHOOL * BAGHDAD
Shamash School * Baghdad
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

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Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Number: F/ ⟦312⟧ / 57
Date: 8 / 10 / 1957
No.:
Date:
His Excellency the Director of Technical Investigation Police, Respected.
Greetings.
Further to our letter numbered F/312 and dated 4 / 10 / 1957.
You have previously provided Miss Chris Telvis, of British nationality, who is intended to be appointed as a teacher
of the English language in this school, with a certificate of no criminal record; however, the aforementioned certificate
was used for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of good conduct from the Baghdad District Security Directorate.
Since the aforementioned person is in need of a certificate of no criminal record to submit to the Ministry of Education
for the purpose of deciding on her appointment, please be so kind as to order providing her with the mentioned certificate.
With much gratitude to your Excellency.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
The Director