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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

AI en Translation, Pages 651-675

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188
5/20
Iraqi Government
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services:
Number / Kh: 2151
Department of Affairs:
Date: 1956/4/1
Subject / Holding a theatrical performance
To: Al-Shammas Secondary School.
The Director of Frank Eini School has requested us in his letter numbered F/56/96 and dated 1956/4/19 for approval
to hold a theatrical performance in which the play (The Miser) by Molière will be performed in the school hall on Saturday and Sunday
falling on the 28th and 29th of the current April, noting that its proceeds will be allocated to poor students in the school. And since
we have no objection as far as this Directorate is concerned in granting the request, we hope you will take the necessary measures for that.
Dr. Hadi Al-Pachachi
Acting Director General of Social Services
⟦illegible stamp⟧
A copy to: -
Ministry of Social Affairs / Reference to its letter numbered 2158 and dated 1956/4/25 / For your kind information
Governorate of Baghdad Province / Local Administration
Directorate General of Police
Administration of Frank Eini School
Khalil 28 M

Page 652

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧
Number: F/ 506
Date: 7 / 5 / 1956
Directorate of the National Nutrition Institute
Greetings.
With reference to the second paragraph of your letter No. 303 dated 5 / 5 / 956
We confirm to you that our school is a private school.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

Page 653

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
Number: F/108/56
Date: 7 / 5 / 1956
Directorate of the National Nutrition Institute
Greetings.
With reference to the second paragraph of your letter numbered 303 and dated 5 / 5 / 956
We confirm to you that our school is a private school.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Oweidia⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director

Page 654

Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health                                Number /
Directorate of the National Nutrition Institute      Date 5 / 5 / 956
Accounting
To - Directorate of Frank Iny School
Subject - Income Tax
⟦illegible⟧
With reference to your letter numbered F 73 / 56 and dated 30 / 3 / 956.
1- Income tax has been deducted from the salary of Mr. Riyadh Rashid, the chemical analyst, for the month of April 956 on the amount of (33/000) Dinars paid to the aforementioned for his lecture fees for the month of March 956 after adding the mentioned amount to his income for the 955-956 fiscal year.
2- You informed us by telephone that your school is one of the private schools, so please confirm this with an official letter to this directorate for the purpose of notation in our records.
⟦signature⟧
Director of the National Nutrition Institute
Dr. Hrand Izmirlian
A copy of it to: / -
General Income Tax Directorate, in reference to the letter mentioned above
" " Central Treasury Directorate.
" " Accounting Division.
Al-Kayyar.

Page 655

Capital Secretariat
- Secretariat -
Number / 10857 (( Bahman No. 24 ))
Ramadan 1375
April 1956
Based on the second paragraph of Article Six of the Municipal Collection and Elections Law
No. 60 of 1939, the Frank Iny School Committee is authorized to open its doors to collect subscriptions
from donors by holding two theatrical performances, the proceeds of which are dedicated to the care of (those registered) with International Migration as follows below.
When the permit is issued, it shall be given in the name of the aforementioned school committee for an amount not exceeding 235
dinars, on the evenings of Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, 1956, provided that the profit is spent
after deducting expenses for the benefit of poor students at the school.
⟦illegible⟧
Mayor of the Capital
Copy to:-
Ministry of Interior - Please be informed.
Ministry of Social Affairs - For information and with reference to your letter No. 817 dated 4/25/56.
Governorate of Baghdad - Local Administration.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate - Center -
Directorate of General Police.
Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
Directorate of Inspection and Traffic Police.
Directorate of Baghdad Governorate Police.
General Translator.
Director of Accounts - To take necessary action based on the budget reference and navigation stamp fees for the taxpayers.
Director of Subsistence and Acquisitions.
Director of Personnel.
Editorial Observer.
Frank Iny School - With reference to your letter No. T/817 dated 4/25/1956.
Please send the tickets with serial numbers for the purpose of stamping them before distribution, printing and stamping them,
and returning the unspent records thereafter with a list of resources obtained by you,
the body, and to the Ministry of Social Affairs, and that none of the amounts collected exceed
the expenditure, with a statement of the name of the spender, the date of distribution, and the party to which the proceeds
of the two mentioned performances were spent.
Party on 4/28/1956 | Party on 4/29/1956
Number of tickets Ticket price | Number of tickets Ticket price
300 250 fils = 75/000 | 260 500 fils = 130/000
| 50 One Dinar = 50/000
75/000 | 180/000
| 75/000
| 255/000
⟦illegible handwriting⟧

Page 656

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 560
Date: / / 1956
No.: ⟦illegible⟧
Date:
To the Secretariat of the Capital - Baghdad
Greetings.
Our school will hold two performances of the play (( The Miser )), one for the school students and the second
for their guardians, on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29
of this month. The proceeds of these two performances will be allocated to the poor students in the school, and the number
of tickets and their prices are as follows:
Number of student tickets: 230 | Number of guardians' tickets: 200
Price per ticket - 250 fils | Price per ticket - 500 fils
Please exempt the tickets for these two performances from stamp duties, noting that
the Ministry of Education and the Directorate of Social Affairs have approved the holding of these two performances.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Oweidia
Principal

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Frank Iny School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate and Primary
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / ⟦72⟧ / 56
No.:
Date: 19/4/1956
Date:
To - Directorate of Social Services
at the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Greetings.
Please approve the performance of the play "The Miser" by the author
Moliere by our school students on Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29.
Note that the proceeds will be allocated to poor students in the school and that the Ministry of Education has
approved the holding of this play in its letter No. 10736 dated 15/4/1956
and this play has previously been authorized for performance in the past on other occasions.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadiah
Principal

Page 659

Baghdad Provincial Administration
The Secretariat
Number / 8646
Date / 2 / 4 / 1958
11
2/4/58
Baghdad Provincial Police Directorate
Subject - Holding two theatrical performances
Based on what you stated in your letter numbered 7793 and dated
30 / 3 / 1958, we have no objection to the Director of Frank Iny School
holding two theatrical performances (of the play The Imaginary Invalid) on the evenings of
12 and 13 / April / 1958 in the school hall. Please take the necessary measures
to maintain security and order at the specified times.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Jabbar Fahmi
Governor of Baghdad Province
A copy to :-
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate of General Police
Directorate of General Security
Mayoralty of the Capital
Baghdad Area Security Directorate
Administration of Frank Iny School

Page 660

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/ 508
Date:
Date: 19 / 1 / 1958
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 1947 and dated 18 / 1 / 1958.
We have received the copy of the novel sent to us with your above-mentioned letter.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

Page 661

Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting
Baghdad
Foreign Publications
⟦emblem of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧
Director of Frank Iny School in Baghdad
Subject / Performing a play
With reference to your letter numbered F / 9 / 58 and dated 3 / 1 / 1958.
We have no objection to the students of your school performing the play
(The Imaginary Invalid) referred to, which is returned to you herewith.
Staff Colonel
Muhsin Muhammad Ali
Director of Guidance and General Broadcasting
Copy to :-
Ministry of Social Affairs | With reference to the letter
Directorate of General Social Services | referred to
Amanat Al-Asima (Mayoralty of Baghdad) | above.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province - Center |
Abdul Baqi / 11

Page 662

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No. / الرقم: F/58
Date / التاريخ: 19 / 1 / 1958
To - Secretariat of the Capital
Subject/ Request to perform a play
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/3/58 dated 3 / 1 / 1958.
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center No.
1947 dated 18 / 1 / 1958 / for your information.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy of the letter
Frank Iny School
Your letter No. 9 / 58 dated 3 / 1 / 1958
We approve your holding of the two ceremonies mentioned in your letter above and we return herewith the play
sent with your letter above. Please inform us of receipt.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Attachments / Play
Copy to / Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting / Your letter No. 448
dated 11 / 1 / 1958
Secondary School Accounting / For information

Page 663

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: 58/F/ ⟦...⟧
Date: 1/19/1958
To - Baghdad Municipality
Subject/ Request to perform a play
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/3/58 dated 1/3/1958.
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center, No.
1947 dated 1/18/1958 / for your information.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy of the letter
Frank Iny School
Your letter No. 9/58 dated 1/3/1958
We approve your holding of the two ceremonies mentioned in your letter above, and we return herewith the play
sent with your letter above. Please inform us of receipt.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Attachments / Play
Copy to / Directorate of General Guidance and Broadcasting / Your letter No. 448
dated 1/11/1958
Secondary School Accounting / for information

Page 664

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: F/ 58 / ⟦...⟧
Date: 19 / 1 / 1958
To - Secretariat of the Capital
Subject/ Request to perform a play
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/3/ 58 dated 3 / 1 / 1958.
We convey to you below the text of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center No.
1947 dated 18 / 1 / 1958 / for your information.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy of the letter
Frank Iny School
Your letter No. 9 / 58 dated 3 / 1 / 1958
We approve your holding the two ceremonies mentioned in your letter above and we return herewith the play
sent with your letter above. Please inform us of receipt.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Attachments / Play
A copy to / Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting / Your letter No. 448
dated 11 / 1 / 1958
Secondary School Accounting / For information

Page 665

The Directorate of Education of Baghdad District / Center approved
by its letter 1947 dated 1/18/58 the adjustment of
salaries
The letter is kept in the Education file, general affairs

Page 666

⟦illegible⟧
Military Forces Command of the First Region
Baghdad
Number: M.F.C /: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 4 / 4 / 957
To - Secretariat of the Capital
Subject / Approval
We approve the holding of two theatrical performances by the students of Frank Iny School on the evenings of
April 27 and 28. Please take the necessary action.
Major General, Staff
Tariq Said Fahmi
Commander of the Military Forces of the First Region
A copy to :-
Ministry of Social Affairs
Governorate of Baghdad Brigade
Directorate of General Social Services
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Brigade (Center)
Directorate of Police of Baghdad Brigade
Frank Iny School

Page 667

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: F / 58 /
Date: 2 / 1 / 1958
To /
Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting
Baghdad
Subject / Request to perform a play.
Greetings,
The students of this school will host two nights to perform the well-known play (The Imaginary Invalid)
by Molière in our school hall during the days of April 12 and 13, 1958, one for the students
and the other for their guardians. We enclose a copy of the original play mentioned for your review and we hope
for approval to allow our school to perform this play, with the request to return the copy when finished with it.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy to:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center, with a copy of the original play mentioned
for your kind approval, noting that the net proceeds of the party will be spent on the poor
students of this school and that the number of tickets intended to be sold for the party is
200 tickets to students at a price of 250 fils per ticket and
200 tickets to the students' guardians at a price of 500 fils per ticket.
Ministry of Social Affairs / Directorate of General Social Services, to inform us if
you have any objection to the performance of this play.
Mayoralty of the Capital - please exempt the party tickets from stamp duties upon application, as
is your usual custom, noting that the file number related to our school
kept in your department is M 4 / 5 / 43 / 37.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 668

Amanat Al-Asima (Capital Secretariat)
- Secretariat -
Number /
Ramadan 376
April 957
(( Statement No. 66 ))
Based on the second paragraph of Article Seven of the Lotteries and General Subscriptions Law
No. (40) of 1939, we authorize the Frank Iny School to collect subscriptions by holding
two theatrical performances featuring the play "The Doctor in Spite of Himself," which was authorized for performance by the
Directorate of General Guidance and Broadcasting in its letter No. 4112 dated April 23, 957, on the stage
of the aforementioned school hall with an entry fee as shown below in the number and prices of tickets, with a total amount not exceeding
-/200 Dinars, on the evenings of Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28, 957, provided
that the proceeds, after deducting expenses, are spent for the benefit of the school's poor students. The entry tickets
for the performance on April 27, 957, have been exempted from stamp duties based on the provisions of Article Three of the
Municipal Entertainment Tax Law No. 32 of 1956, authorized to us by the letter of the Ministry of Social Affairs
No. 5967 dated June 20, 1956.
Acting Mayor of the Capital
Copy to --
Ministry of Interior - For your kind information
Ministry of Social Affairs - Directorate of General Social Services - Reference to its letter
No. 2261 dated April 23, 957
Command of the Military Forces for the First Zone - Reference to its letter No. Q. Q. A. / 5 / 3552
dated April 22, 957
Governorate of Baghdad Liwa - Local Administration
Directorate of General Guidance and Broadcasting - Reference to its letter above
Directorate of General Police
Directorate of General Security
Directorate of Baghdad Liwa Police
Directorate of Transport and Traffic Police
General Consultant
Accounts Manager - To take necessary action and affix stamps on the tickets for the second performance on
April 28, 957
Manager of Discipline and Cleaning
Editing Supervisor
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa - Center - Reference to your letter No. 10177 dated
20 / 4 / 957. Please instruct the management of Frank Iny School to send the tickets
for the two performances in serial numbers for the purpose of stamping them and affixing stamps on the tickets for the performance of
day 28 / 4 / 957, and returning the unused tickets thereafter with a list
of revenues certified by you to us and to the Ministry of Social Affairs, and
to confirm to us that the collected amounts have been deposited in the bank, stating the name of the
bank and the date of deposit.
First Performance Tickets | Second Performance Tickets
Number | Price | Number | Price
200 | 250 Fils | 200 | 500
The number of tickets is four hundred tickets only.
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 669

Ministry of Interior
Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting
Publications ⟦illegible⟧
Number: 4112
Date: <del>1957/4/⟦illegible⟧</del>
⟦Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Iraq⟧
25 / 4 / 2
University Administration
Subject / Examination of a theatrical play..
We have no objection to the administration of the Frank Iny Private Primary School
performing the play (The Wolf over the Sheep) authored in Aleppo.
⟦signature/stamp⟧
Khalil Ibrahim
Director of Guidance and General Broadcasting
A copy to:-
Command of the Military Forces for the Baghdad Region
Directorate of Education of the Baghdad Province (Center) - Further to our letter No. 3960 dated
18/4/1957, it would have been more appropriate for you, above all, to send
the aforementioned play to us for examination according to the followed Article 4 instead of
allowing the performance of the play.
Directorate of General Social Services - With reference to its letter mentioned above.
Administration of the Frank Iny Private Primary School - With reference to its letter
dated 22/4/1957.
School file in the administration
3 / 4 / 5 / 42 / 27
Abdul Wahab / 22

Page 670

Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Social Affairs
Directorate General of Social Services
Section ⟦line⟧ Affairs
Number Kh/ 1804
Date 4/6/1957
Subject ⟦line⟧ Performing a play
To - ⟦q⟧ Directorate of Frank Iny School - Baghdad
With reference to your letter numbered F 7 / 57 and dated 3/20/957
We return to you herewith the original play attached to your above letter to consult the competent
Directorate of Education to consider the matter of obtaining a permit for its performance.
Fuad Al-Ankarli
Director General of Social Services
G/ Al-Ajjaj 4/3
6
✓

Page 671

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Primary Accounts
Number / 8758
Date / 3 / 4 / 1957
To /
Ministry of Social Affairs / Directorate of General Social Services
The administration of Frank Iny Private School requested us in its letter No. F/68/57 dated
20 / 3 / 1957 approval to perform the play (The Doctor in Spite of Himself) by Molière in
the school hall during two nights at the end of April, one for students and the other
for their guardians, with ticket prices detailed below. The proceeds of the party are allocated to poor
students in the school. Please kindly review and approve its holding and inform us of the result.
A copy to -
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Baghdad Governorate / For your kind review
Administration of Frank Iny Private School / Reference to your letter mentioned above
The Accountant with all attachments / For follow-up
Number of Tickets | Price | Total
250 | 200 | 50 /-
200 | 500 | 100 /-
150 / - Total

Page 672

Frank Iny School
Intermediate & Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / ⟦82⟧ / 57
Date: 5 / 4 / 1957
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Social Services
at the Ministry of Social Affairs
Baghdad
Subject: A Play.
Greetings,
We confirm our letter No. F / 70 / 57 dated 3/20/1957
to which we attached a copy of the play (The Doctor in Spite of Himself). We request
approval to allow our school to perform this play, given our need
for sufficient time to make the necessary arrangements for this performance, which will be
on the 28th and 29th of the current month.
Please be informed that this play has previously been performed by the Iraqi
Broadcasting House in Baghdad in the past.
Please accept our highest respect,
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Page 673

Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 57
Date: 20 / 3 / 1957
No.:
Date:
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Subject / Party
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered 7440 and dated 18 / 3 / 1957. Regarding the play
(The Physician in Spite of Himself).
Please be informed that the number of tickets intended to be sold at the party is
200 tickets to students at a price of 250 fils per ticket
200 tickets to students' parents at a price of 500 fils per ticket.
And the net profit of the party will be spent on the poor students of this school.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Page 674

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. F / 57 / ⟦7⟧
Date: 20 / 3 / 1957
Directorate of Social Services
at the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Greetings.
Reference to your letter No. 1431 dated 13 / 3 / 1957.
We attach herewith a copy of the original play (The Doctor in Spite of Himself) by Molière, intended
to be performed in our school hall during the latter part of next April 1957
as per your request in your above-mentioned letter. Please grant approval.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
⟦Issa⟧