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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 English Translation, Pages 351-375

Archival unit 351

nk Iny School &
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number: ⟦SH 1/5/7⟧
Date: 6th October, 1957.
Dear Sir,
Mr. Alfred Nasry who has worked as a visiting
lecturer in physics in this School for the last two years
informs me that he is now on the permanent staff of your
College. My school is in need of his services for six lectures
a week during the present academic year 1957-1958.
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, add-
ressed to my School giving your consent if you have no
objection.
Thanking you, I remain,
Sincerely yours,
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah S. Obadiah,
Principal.
The Rector,
Baghdad College,
Baghdad.

Archival unit 352

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: F/295/57
Date: 13 / 9 / 1957
Management of the Iraq Cement Company
Baghdad.
Greetings.
Please provide us with ten tons of cement due to
our school's urgent need for it, with thanks.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Archival unit 353

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / 125 / 57
Date: 6 / 9 / 1957
Subject: ⟦illegible⟧
General Directorate of Recruitment.
Greetings.
Based on the request of the student Sabah Isaac Karandi. We confirm to you that the opening of the school
will be on 20 / 10 / 1957, which is the date of the end of the religious holidays.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director

Archival unit 354

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F / 247 / 57
Date:
Date: 15 / 9 / 1957
To
The teacher, Ms. Thuraya Abdul Rahman Ibrahim.
Reference to your petition dated August 28, 1957.
I was outside Iraq when your aforementioned petition was submitted, so I did not see it
at the time, and now I would like to inform you that the primary education staff for this school
is complete, and therefore the request cannot be decided upon at the present time. However, there is no objection
from the administration of this school for you to attend on the morning of any day of the week except
Saturday for an interview, as we may need your services in the future when a vacancy occurs in
our school staff.
Abdullah Owaidia
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director

Archival unit 355

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number: Sh / ⟦118⟧ / 57
Date: 21 / 8 / 1957
General Directorate of Recruitment.
Greetings.
Reference to your letter numbered Q 2 / Travel / 23106 dated 14 / 8 / 1957.
The student Fouad Yaqoub Aboudi was one of the students of this school who attended
the fifth preparatory grade of this school for the academic year 56 / 1957 and participated in
the general examination for preparatory studies for the mentioned year and passed it, and attached we enclose the school
document numbered Sh / 103 / 57 dated 25 / 7 / 1957 which confirms that.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦Abdullah Ovadia⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal

Archival unit 356

Ministry of Defense
General Directorate of Recruitment
Number - Q2 / Travel /
Date - / 8 / 1957
To / Director of Shamash Preparatory School
Subject / Statement of Exam Result
Your confidential letter No. 57 dated 17 / 7 / 1957
Please state the exam result of the Jewish conscript Fouad Yaqoub Khadouri, born 939, while attaching the
school document that confirms this.
Staff Brigadier
Yahya Nezhat Ahmed
General Director of Recruitment
Copy to -
Section Two Travel - with attachments for follow-up.

Archival unit 357

Number: ⟦line⟧
Date: ⟦line⟧ / 7 / 1957
The Iraqi Government
Directorate General of Irrigation
Section ⟦line⟧ Accounting ⟦line⟧
To -
Shamash Preparatory School - Baghdad
Subject - Addition of an amount
⟦line⟧
Your letter numbered S / 57 / 92 and dated 5 / 7 / 1957.
We have added the amount of 72/350 Dinars which was received by
Mr. Hazim Shamash Touma from your school as lecture fees to
his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
⟦signature⟧
Jamil Murad Al-Sheikh
For Director General of Irrigation
A copy to -
Directorate General of Income Tax - for information.
Wadis / 25

Archival unit 358

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Frank Iny School
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F/30/57
Date:
Date: 8/5/1957
General Pension Directorate
Greetings.
The student (Fouad Ezra) Heskel Isaac is one of the students of this school
who were attending the third intermediate grade for the academic year 1956/57 and
participated in the final exam for the mentioned year and passed it, and we have provided him with this letter
based on his father's request.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director

Archival unit 359

Iraqi Government
Ministry of Health
Preventive and Social Medicine (( Immediately ))
Date: 17 / 7 / 1957
Number: 1 / 1958
<del>Order</del> Ministerial
Based on Article (13) of the Infectious Diseases Law of 1926
We have decided to close all educational institutions and private schools in the city of Baghdad and the provinces of Hilla,
Karbala, and Basra until further notice.
On behalf of the Minister of Health
Dr. Abdul Hamid Al-Toukhi
Copy to the Ministry of Interior - for information.
Copy to the Ministry of Education - for information and to notify all relevant schools.
Copy to the Directorate of Guidance and General Broadcasting - to broadcast the ministerial order from the radio station - three
times with the news bulletin.
Copy to the Capital Health Directorate.
Copy to the Health Presidency of the Province of ⟦line⟧ Hilla, Karbala, and Basra - for the same purpose, and please address
a letter to the director of each institution intended to be closed.
Copy to the Director of School ⟦line⟧ your school is to be closed immediately until further notice.
Salman /

Archival unit 360

Deanship
College of Arts and Sciences
Baghdad
True Copy
Number / 1576
Date 21 / 7 / 1957
(Ordinary)
General Directorate of Income Tax
Subject / Addition of Incomes
Reference to the letter of Frank Aini School No. F/186/57 dated 5 / 7 / 1957
We confirm the addition of the amount 19.200 Dinars paid to Mrs. Wasila Abdul Rahman Al-Bahri
for her lecture fees for the months of April, May, and June 1957 to the income of her husband Mr.
Hassan Abdullah Al-Tikriti for the current fiscal year for the purpose of calculating income tax. With appreciation
The Dean
Dr. Fadhil Al-Taie
A copy to -
Frank Aini School - reference to its letter mentioned above

Archival unit 361

Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Subject:
Number: Sh / 101 / 57
Date: 22 / 7 / 1957
General Directorate of Pensions
Greetings.
Reference to your letter No. 19807 dated 18 / 7 / 1956.
We inform you that the student Eliyahu Menashi Ibrahim's connection with this school has been severed
starting from Sunday, 21 / 7 / 1957, which is the day the results of the general examinations
for preparatory studies were released.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal
Copy to -
Head of Pensioner Salary Supervisors - for information
And in follow-up to our letter No. 151 / 57 dated 17 / 6 / 1957

Archival unit 362

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Date:
No.: F/169/57
Date: 6/30/1957
United States Information Service
Greetings.
We confirm to you that the student (Emile Youssef) Manshi Cohen is one of the students of this
school for the academic year 1956/1957 and we have provided him with this letter upon his request.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal

Archival unit 363

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: F / 66 / 57
Date:
Date: 28 / 6 / 1957
United States Information Service
Greetings.
We hereby confirm that the student Sassoon Yehuda Azouri is one of the students of this school
for the academic year 56 / 1957, and at his request we have provided him with this letter.
Abdullah Oweidia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 364

Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Number: 151 / 57
Date: 17 / 6 / 1957
Subject:
General Pension Directorate.
Greetings.
The student Eliyahu Munshi Ibrahim is one of the students of the fifth secondary grade
for the academic year 1956 / 57 and he is still a student in this school and has not left
it, and we have provided him with this letter based on his request.
Abdullah Owaidia
Principal
A copy of it to the Pensioners' Salary Observation Office
We refer you to the letter of the General Pension Directorate No. 19807 dated
18 / 7 / 1956 addressed to the Head of Pensioners' Salary Observers
and its copy to us.
The aforementioned student is one of the students of this school who
are participating in the general examination for secondary studies for the current
academic year 1956 / 57 and we will inform you when his relationship with this
school is severed.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 365

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
General Pension Directorate.
Greetings.
The student Eliyahu Munshi Ibrahim is one of the students of the fifth secondary grade
for the academic year 1956 / 57 and he is still a student in this school and has not left
it, and we have provided him with this letter based on his request.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Abdullah Owaidia
The Principal
A copy of it to - Pensioners' Salaries Observation Office
We refer you to the letter of the General Pension Directorate No. 19807 dated
18 / 7 / 56 addressed to the Head of Pensioners' Salaries Observers
and its copy to us.
The aforementioned student is one of the students of this school who
are participating in the general examination for secondary studies for the current
academic year 1956 / 1957 and we will inform you when his connection with this
school is severed.

Archival unit 366

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
BAGHDAD
Telephone No. 91693
FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F/ 148 / 57
Date: 15 / 6 / 1957
No.:
Date:
General Directorate of Income Tax.
Greetings.
We confirm to you that Mr. Isaac Cohen is the Assistant Director of this school and he intends
to travel outside Iraq during the summer vacation. The school administration undertakes
to pay all taxes due from him. Please confirm this to the Directorate of Travel
and Nationality Police.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Director

Archival unit 367

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.: Extraordinary
Date: 10 / 6 / 1957
Student Health Directorate
Please examine the student Siham Naji Bashiri, one of the students of the private Frank Iny School
noting that she is participating in the final exam for intermediate studies.
⟦illegible⟧
The Inspector
Hassan Zalzala
The Exam Supervisor

Archival unit 368

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / 60 / 57
Date: 13 / 5 / 1957
Subject:
United States Information Service
We hereby confirm that the student Suhaila Abdul Rahman Salimoun is one of the students of the
fourth preparatory grade in our school for the current academic year 1956 / 57. Based on
her request, we have provided her with this letter.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Archival unit 369

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. / الرقم: F / 86 / 57
Date / التاريخ: 1 / 4 / 1957
To Air France Company - Baghdad
Greetings,
We have paid to Madame Delirio, wife of Mr. Michel Delirio,
an employee in your company, an amount of 133/- Dinars for her lecture fees
at this school during the period from November 1956 until March
1957. Please add this to her husband's income for the purpose of calculating
income tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
The Director
A copy to / Directorate General of Income Tax for information
Madame Delirio.
Daoud ⟦Mukhlis⟧

Archival unit 370

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
⟦Shamash Secondary School⟧
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.: F / 85 / 57
Date: 9 / 4 / 1957
No.:
Date:
To the Directorate of General Income Tax - Baghdad
Greetings,
The total amount received by Mr. Selim Isaac Sofer from this school
as lecture fees during the period from 1 / 1 / 1957 (which is the date he started
lecturing) until 31 / 3 / 1957 was (36/-) Dinars. Please kindly record
this with you for the purpose of calculating the income tax for the aforementioned person.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦illegible⟧
The Director
A copy of it to Mr. Selim Isaac Sofer for information.
Sofer

Archival unit 371

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Primary Accounts
Number / 8758
Date / 3 / 4 / 1957
To /
Ministry of Social Affairs / Directorate General of 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.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to -
Presidency of the General Provincial Council / Baghdad Governorate / For 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
240 | 250 | 50 /-
200 | 500 | 100 /-
150 Total /-

Archival unit 372

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
⟦Frank Iny School⟧
Subject:
Number: F / 80 / 57
Date: 2 / 4 / 1957
Directorate General of Irrigation - Accounting.
Greetings,
The total amount received by Mr. Hazim Shamash Touma in lecture fees
at this school outside of his official working hours amounted to 118/500 Dinars
for the period from October 1956 until the end of March 1957, so please
add that to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our respect,
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy to /
Directorate General of Income Tax for information
Mr. Hazim Shamash.

Archival unit 373

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory
and
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. F/48/57
Date: 5/3/1957
His Excellency the Director General of Labor and Social Security, Respected
Subject / Application of the Social Security Law
Greetings.
Reference to your letter No. S/2760 dated 28/2/1957.
We attach herewith a list of the names of our school's employees and staff numbering thirty, with
the knowledge that the school teacher Mrs. Francoise Raphael, of French nationality, left Iraq
on sick leave on 14/11/1956 (i.e., before the application of the Social Security Law)
and has not returned until now. It is also probable that she will not return in the future as well.
Accordingly, the number of employees currently attending our school is 29 persons.
Therefore, please kindly consider the matter of applying the Social Security Law to our school
at the present time or not, so that we may do what is necessary. This is for your Excellency's
order.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obadia
The Director
Delay in attendance ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 374

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. 576 / 22
Date: 1/20/1957
His Excellency the Mayor of the Capital, the Respected - Baghdad
Subject / Request for re-measurement of the garden area for the purpose of
reducing the raw water fees.
After greetings.
Please be so kind as to order the re-measurement of the garden of the Frank Iny School located in
the lands of Hamdi Al-Pachachi - Alwiyah, as we have completed the construction with
paving a large part of the garden.
Accordingly, we request a reduction in the raw water fees currently being collected.
With much gratitude to Your Excellency.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Obadiah
The Director

Archival unit 375

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
No: Sh/ ⟦188⟧ / 56
Date: 15 / 7 / 1956
Subject:
Aviation Company
Olive Yusuf Twayq is one of the students of this school attending the
fourth preparatory grade and she intends to spend the summer outside Iraq.
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director