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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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IJA 2735
Item Number
11969
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
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AI en Translation, Pages 251-275

Page 251

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Number: 508/F
Date:
Date: 10/18/1958
Administration of the Scientific Institute Secondary School
With reference to the transfer certificate numbered F/174 and dated 9/1/1958.
We list below the final exam grades for the student (Sabah Nizar) Nazim Dubai for the
academic year 1957/58, noting that his attendance at this school was good.
⟦Abdullah Obeidia⟧
Abdullah Obeidia
Principal
Subject | Grade
Arabic Language | 50 | Fifty
English Language | 37 | Thirty-seven
Geography | 70 | Seventy
History | 67 | Sixty-seven
Duties | 75 | Seventy-five
Arithmetic | 52 | Fifty-two
Algebra | 55 | Fifty-five
Geometry | 30 | Thirty
Biology | 45 | Forty-five
Chemistry | 39 | Thirty-nine
Physics | 43 | Forty-three
Total | 563 | Five hundred and sixty-three

Page 252

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number:
Date:
Date: 10/6/1958
Administration of the Scientific Institute Secondary School
Reference to the transfer certificate numbered F/203 and dated 9/25/1958
We list below the final exam grades for the student Sami Munshi Yaqub
Lawi for the academic year 1957 / 1958.
⟦illegible⟧
The Principal
Abdullah Obadia
Subject | Grade |
Arabic Language | 53 | Fifty-three
English Language | 18 | Eighteen
Geography | 61 | Sixty-one
History | 78 | Seventy-eight
Arithmetic | 36 | Thirty-six
Geometry | 35 | Thirty-five
Science | 54 | Fifty-four
Total | 335 | Three hundred and thirty-five

Page 253

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No: Sh/ ⟦101⟧ / 1958
Date: 4 / 11 / 1958
Subject:
Deanship of the College of Commerce.
We certify to you that the student Majid Muhammad Hassan Al-Souri is one of the graduates of the secondary study
for the year 1955 / 1956. He is of good character and conduct, and his attendance at our school was good.
Based on his request, we have provided him with this letter.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal

Page 254

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 255 / 58
Date: 4 / 11 / 1958
No.:
Date:
Administration of the Scientific Institute High School
With reference to the transfer certificate numbered F/ 189 and dated 14 / 9 / 1958 belonging to
the student Elias Ezra Daoud Debsi.
We confirm to you that the aforementioned has passed to the second intermediate grade according to the letter of the Directorate of
General Technical Affairs / Examinations No. 46685 dated 1 / 11 / 58, as communicated
by the letter of the Directorate of Education for the Baghdad District No. 31345 on 2 / 11 / 1958.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal

Page 255

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧ : F / 249 / 58
Date ⟦line⟧ : 2 / 11 / 1958
Ottoman Bank Baghdad
There is a current account with you under number 2088 in the name of Frank Iny School. Please
be so kind as to instruct to provide us with:
1- A detailed statement including withdrawal and deposit transactions for the period from 1 / 4 / 1956
until 1 / 1 / 1958 for the purpose of auditing by Messrs. Whinney Murray
and Partners ( ⟦Whinney Murray⟧ )
2- We request you to kindly confirm to Messrs. Whinney Murray the school's balance as of
30 / 9 / 1958 by sending a letter to them directly and informing us.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Huwaidia
The Director
A copy to - Messrs. Whinney Murray, Chartered Accountants, for your kind information
The Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews - for your kind information
The Schools Committee - for your kind information.

Page 256

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/586
Date: 21 / 10 / 1958
Subject:
Directorate of Cultural Relations at the Ministry of Education
We confirm to you that Daoud Ezra Daoud Dabby is one of the graduates of the preparatory study for the year
1955/56. Of good character and conduct, and his attendance at our school was good, and based on
his request, we have provided him with this letter.
Abdullah Ovadia
The Principal
⟦illegible⟧

Page 257

Names of users in Frank Iny and Shamash schools
Name | Job | Address | Nationality | Date of Birth
Abdullah Kudia | Director | Bustan al-Khass, Plot 145 | Iraqi | 1908
Aki Susi Cohen | Assistant | Al-Rawafi 11 / 2 / 2 |  | 1922
Muhammad Ali al-Suri | Teacher | Karrada al-Sharqiya 7 / 1 / 1 |  | 1909
Jamil Ibrahim |  | Al-Sa'doun 21 / 4 / 1 |  | 1917
Munir Sim |  | Al-Nasr Street, Karrada |  | 1924
Shaul Swaih | Accountant | Bustan Kubba 92 / 1 |  | 1905
Badour Baba Nassab | Teacher (f) | Al-Sa'doun, Plot 149 | Iraqi | 1924
Fawzia Ahmed Medhat |  | Al-Waziriyah 8 / 4 / 10 |  | 1928
Basim Yaqub |  | Bustan al-Khass 24 / 17 / 1 |  | 1922
Juliet Seha |  | Alwiyah, Plot 64 |  | 1920
Seraphin Haroun Darwish |  | Al-Orfala 20 / 4 / 2 |  | 1928
Radour Ghaniya ⟦Saleh⟧ Munshi |  | Al-Karimat 85 / 26 |  | 1920
Samira Sim | Teacher (f) | Abu Nuwas Street 41 / D / 1 |  | 1919
Saida Yusuf |  | Alwiyah, Plot 118 |  | 1926
Annie Sephor Marji | Teacher | Al-Alwiyah, opposite the last stream | Lebanese | 1926
John Abrin | Teacher | Y.M.C.A | British | 1929
Salma Annie | Supervisor | Karrada 9 / 7 / 21 | Iraqi | 1926
Yaqub Shousha | Teacher | Al-Orfali 7 / 9 / 1 | Iraqi | 1908
Lillian Baba Sanbul | Teacher (f) | ⟦Al-Saba'⟧ ⟦Abkar⟧ ⟦25 / 8⟧ |  | ⟦1933⟧
Yassin Khudair | Janitor | The Capital | Iraqi | 1927
Habiba Yaqub | Nanny | Al-Dahana | Iraqi | 1926
Fadhila Subhi | Janitor | Frank Iny School | Iraqi | 1940
Hussein Baral |  | The Capital |  | 1914
Nasser Rumman |  |  |  | 1927
Rahim Shams |  | Frank Iny School |  | 1925
Kadhim Ali |  |  |  | 1919
Naji Kadhim | Guard |  |  | 1898
In the academic year
The original list was given to the
Baghdad Security Department on 19 / 8 / 1958

Page 259

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number Sh/: ⟦121⟧ / 1958
Date: 16 / 10 / 1958
Deanship of the College of Science
We certify to you that the student Latif Salman Blas is one of the graduates of the preparatory study
for the year 57 / 1958. He is of good character and conduct, and his attendance in our school was good.
Based on his request, we have provided him with this letter.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
The form is addressed to the College of Science
⟦For the Director⟧

Page 260

Name | College Name | Arabic | English | Mathematics | Chemistry and Physics | Biology | Physics | Total | Graduation Year
1 Eliyahu Ibrahim Al-Ani | College of Engineering | 72 | 88 | 84 | 72 | 60 | 92 | 521 | 1957/1958
2 (Basim Albert) Abdul Nabi Toubia | Arts and Sciences | 75 | 81 | 86 | 75 | 54 | 88 | 544 | 1955/1956
3 (Awni Bil-Saif) Sassoon Shohet | College of Engineering | 56 | 74 | 99 | 85 | 98 | 90 | 561 | "
4 Ibrahim Shani Ibrahim Akbar | Medicine | 80 | 92 | 94 | 90 | 100 | 97 | 654 | 1957/58
5 (Mahmoud Al-Gharib) Ezra Shmuel | College of Engineering | 62 | 72 | 97 | 74 | 98 | 80 | 567 | 1957/58
6 (Nassim Narjis) Havan Benjamin | Arts and Sciences | 71 | 91 | 55 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 490 | 55/56
7 Salem Haron Darwish | College of Engineering | 61 | 74 | 87 | 60 | 80 | 82 | 518 | 1957/58
8 (Elias Nassim) Hasouri Khader | Arts and Sciences | 74 | 86 | 95 | 84 | 94 | 94 | 602 | 55/56
And he is the first on the lists
Cohen, Letter of the Central Committee
for Preparatory Study No.
1 dated 7/27/58
⟦illegible⟧ all ⟦illegible⟧
9/28/1958

Page 261

Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Labor and Social Security of the Central Region
"Inspection"
Number / 10145
Date 25 / 8 / 1958
Very Urgent
Subject / Employment of non-Iraqis
To: All projects, institutions, and companies that employ non-Iraqis.
Please follow the following with full accuracy and due diligence:
First: Audit the passports and residency books of all your foreign employees and workers and provide us with a list
of those whose passports have not been stamped and whose residency in Iraq has not been renewed according to the rules,
stating the reasons for that.
Second: Provide all your foreign employees and workers with identity cards from you, on which their solar photographs
are pasted, signed and stamped by you, and in which the name, nationality, date of birth, and date of
entry of the holder into Iraq, his profession, and his salary are recorded, and instruct them to carry them with them.
Third: Provide us with a written undertaking signed by the responsible manager in your institution, in which he undertakes that
all your foreign employees and workers will perform only the tasks assigned to them and will not engage
in any activity or work prejudicial to security.
Sabah Khosrow
Director of Labor and Social Security of the Central Region
A copy of it to: -
General Directorate of Labor and Social Security - its letter numbered S / J / 109 and dated
17 / 8 / 958 for your kind information.
Inspection Division - for follow-up.
All inspectors - please note this during your inspection visits to projects and institutions.
⟦Jawad Abyad⟧
⟦Murad Nadhir⟧
Adnan / 25

Page 262

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Number:
Date: 28 / 9 / 1958
No.:
Date:
To the African Eastern Company Ltd.
Greetings,
Please supply us with one hundred reams of white duplicating paper No. 306 and we will pay its value
after the submission of the invoice for its price, with thanks.
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Page 263

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. / الرقم:
Date / التاريخ: 9/28/1958
To the African Eastern Company Limited
Greetings,
Please supply us with one hundred reams of white duplicating paper No. 306 and we will pay its value
after the invoice for its price is submitted, with thanks.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director

Page 265

FRANK INY SCHOOL &
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number: SH/134/1958.
Date: 23rd September, 1958.
Dear Sir,
My School is in need of the services of
Mr. Alfred Nasry who is on the permanent staff of
your College for six lectures a week in physics
during the present academic year, 1958-1959. The
Ministry of Education requires a written authorisation
from your College to that effect.
I shall be much obliged if you will kindly
supply Mr. Alfred Nasry with a letter, in Arabic,
addressed to my School giving your consent if you
have no objection.
Thanking you, I remain,
Yours sincerely,
⟦AObadiah⟧
Abdullah S. Obadiah,
Principal.
The Rector,
Baghdad College,
Baghdad.

Page 266

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 582
Date: 11 / 9 / 1958
No.:
Date:
Directorate General of Agricultural Research and Projects.
Greetings.
We kindly request your approval for Mr. Joseph Al-Qas Suleiman, the Assistant
Specialist in the Botany Department, to deliver six lectures per week to our school students
on the subject of Natural Sciences outside of official working hours.
With our thanks.
⟦Abdullah Owaidia⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

Page 267

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: 118 / 8 / ⟦...⟧
Date: 1958 / 8 / ⟦...⟧
Subject:
To Swiss Air Transport Co. Ltd.
Alwiyah, Salman Faik Street No. 465
Greetings,
We have paid to Madame George Georgie an amount of 24/- Dinars
for her lecture fees at this school for the months of April and May 1958 as
listed below, so please add that to the income of her husband employed in your administration
for the purpose of calculating income tax. Please accept our respect..
12/- Dinars for the month of April 958
12/- " " May "
⟦line⟧
24/-
⟦line⟧
Copy to:
Directorate General of Income Tax for information
Madame George Georgie
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 268

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL                                Shamash Secondary School
New Alwiyah - Baghdad                                          Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693                                            New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.:
Number: Sh/58
Date.: ⟦...⟧/8/1958
Date: 8/8/1958
Mr. McCorkindale Hunting,                       Mr. McCorkindale Hunting
Technical Services,                                Technical Services - Abu Nawas Street
9/1/3A2 Abu Nawas Street,                                Alwiyah Baghdad
Alwiyah, Baghdad.
Dear Sir,                                                 Greetings,
Mr. Scawin of your Department           We have paid to Mr. Scawin, an employee in
has drawn a sum of I.D. 50/- for his            your department, a sum of 50/- Dinars for
lecture fees in this School for the             lecture fees in this school for the months of April /
three months April, May & June 1958             June 1958 as detailed below. Please add
as detailed below. Please add same              this to his income for the purpose of calculating
to his income for the purpose of                income tax. Please accept our respect.
deducting his income tax.                       Fils Dinar
Yours faithfully,
Abdullah Obadiah
Abdullah S. Obadiah,
Principal.                                        Principal
I.D.    Fils                                    14/- for the month of April 958
14      000   For April 58                      25/- " " May "
25      000   "   May   "                       11/- " " June "
11      000   "   June  "                       ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧                      50/- Total
50      000      Total                          ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
Copy to the Directorate General of Income Tax for information
c.c. Directorate General of Income Tax          Mr. Scawin
for information.
Mr. Scawin.

Page 269

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Shamash Secondary School
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693
New Alwiyah
Telephone 91693
No.: ⟦...⟧
Number: Sh/58/
Date.: ⟦...⟧/8/1958
Date: 8/8/1958
Mr. McCorkindale Hunting,
Mr. McCorkindale Hunting
Technical Services,
Technical Services - Abu Nawas Street
9/1/3A2 Abu Nawas Street,
Alwiyah Baghdad
Alwiyah, Baghdad.
Greetings,
We have paid to Mr. Scawin, the employee in
your department, a sum of 50/- Dinars for
lecture fees in this school for the months of April /
June 1958 as listed below. Please add
this to his income for the purpose of calculating
income tax. Please accept our respect.
Dear Sir,
Mr. Scawin of your Department
has drawn a sum of I.D.50/- for his
lecture fees in this School for
three months April, May & June 1958
as detailed below. Please add same
to his income for the purpose of
deducting his income tax.
Yours faithfully,
Abdullah Obadiah
Abdullah S. Obadiah,
Principal
Principal.
Fils Dinar
I.D. Fils
14 000 For April 58 | -/14 for the month of April 1958
25 000 " May " | -/25 " " May "
11 000 " June " | -/11 " " June "
⟦line⟧
50 000 Total | -/50 Total
⟦line⟧
Copy to the Directorate General of Income Tax for information
c.c. Directorate General of Income Tax
for information.
Mr. Scawin
Mr. Scawin.

Page 270

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: ⟦8 / 12 / 58⟧
Date: ⟦18 / 8 / 1958⟧
To the Directorate of General Agricultural Research and Projects
Greetings,
We have paid to Mr. Joseph Al-Qas Salman an amount of 25/- Dinars
for his lecture fees at this school for the three months April / June 1958 as
listed below, so please add that to his income for income tax calculation purposes.
Please accept our respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Owaid Yassa
Principal
Fils | Dinar |
500 | 9 | for the month of April 58
500 | 9 | " " May "
000 | 6 | " " June "
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
000 | 25 |
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ |
Copy to:
General Income Tax Directorate for information
Mr. Joseph Al-Qas.

Page 271

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: ⟦Sh⟧ / 112 / 58
Date: 11 / 8 / 1958
Subject:
To Baghdad College - Sulaikh
Greetings,
We have paid to Mr. Alfred Nasri an amount of -/60 Dinars
for his lecture fees at this school for the three months of April, May, and June
1958 as listed below. Please kindly add this to his income
for the purpose of calculating income tax. Please accept our respect,
Fils Dinar |
23/750 | April 1958
27/000 | May "
10/000 | June "
60/750 | ⟦line⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal
Copy to:
General Directorate of Income Tax for information
Mr. Alfred Nasri "
⟦Shamash School⟧
⟦Secondary⟧

Page 272

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: 58 / ⟦111⟧
Date: 19/8/1958
Subject:
To the Directorate General of Irrigation - Baghdad
Greetings,
We have paid to Mr. Hazim Shammas Touma, the Technical Observer in the
Irrigation and Drainage Laboratory, an amount of 28.500 Dinars as lecture fees in this
school for the three months April/June 1958 as listed below. Please add
this to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax. Please accept our respect.
Fils | Dinar
17/000 | for the month of April 958
8/500 | " " May "
3/000 | " " June "
⟦line⟧
28/500
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible stamp/signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy to:
Directorate General of Income Tax for information
Mr. Hazim Shammas Touma.

Page 273

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/58/⟦...⟧
Date: 11 / 8 / 1958
Subject:
University of Baghdad
We certify to you that the student (Eliyahu Naeem) Khedhouri Hazqeel Ephraim is one of the graduates
of the secondary study for the year 1955/56 and he is of good conduct and biography and his attendance
in our school was good. Based on his request, we have provided him with this letter.
Abdullah Ovadia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧
Engineering, Arts and Sciences

Page 274

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/ ⟦100⟧ / 58
Date: 8 / 8 / 1958
Subject ⟦line⟧
University of Baghdad
We certify to you that the student Sabah Ishaq Kindi is one of the graduates of the preparatory study
for the year 1957 / 1958 and he is of good character and conduct and his attendance in our school was good.
Based on his request, we have provided him with this letter.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadiah
The Principal

Page 275

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/ ⟦...⟧ / 58
Date: 8 / 8 / 1958
Subject:
University of Baghdad
We certify to you that the student Salem Haroun Heskel Darwish is one of the graduates of the preparatory study
for the year 57 / 1958, and he is of good character and conduct, and his attendance at our school was good.
Based on his request, we have provided him with this letter.
⟦Abdullah Ovadia⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal
H. S.