Description
These archival documents contain correspondence between the head of Shamash Secondary School to different institutes: Ministry of Defense, Directorate of the Scholar Mission, Directorate of Recruitment, Robert College in Istanbul regarding students’ academic matters. It also includes student folders containing grades, achievement reports, smallpox vaccines, warning for misbehaving, recommendation letters, graduation diplomas, and photographs.
AI en Translation, Pages 176-200
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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Student's full name (his name, father's name, and surname): Khalid Salem Sayyoun
Date of birth according to the census record: 1926
Address according to the census record: Al-Qishla District, House No. 1/4
Current address: Al-Bataween District, House No. 1/22
Last school the student attended: Al-Saadoun Model Secondary School, Fourth Grade - Scientific
The year in which he passed the last general exam: Al-Karkh Intermediate School, Year 1941 - 1942
Name of the student's guardian: Salem Sayyoun
Occupation of the student's guardian and his address: Occupation: Cloth Merchant, Address: Alwa Al-Qishla District
Signature of the student's guardian ⟦illegible⟧
Terms of Admission
First: Admission to the first intermediate grade depends on passing the general examination for primary studies.
Second: Admission to the fourth preparatory grade depends on passing the general examination for intermediate studies.
Third: The student must submit a special file containing:
1 - A transfer certificate of his success in the primary or intermediate study exam, certified by the Directorate of Education of the Liwa.
2 - A medical certificate of his safety from communicable diseases.
3 - A certificate of vaccination against smallpox and typhoid.
4 - Census record (identification document).
5 - Two copies of his photograph.
6 - A list of the grades he obtained.
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To /
Frank Iny Secondary School for Boys - Baghdad
Iraqi Ministry of Education
Transfer Form for Secondary and Intermediate Education
Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Name of school transferred from: Samawa Secondary School for Boys - Diwaniyah
The student: Khalid bin Salim
From the neighborhood of: Al-Qishla
And the city of: Samawa
Entered grade: First
From our school on: 17 / 9 / 49
Year: 1949
Transferred from school: Al-Mansur Primary School
And attended classes until the date of: end of 53 - 1954
And reached grade: Fifth Scientific
And obtained the following marks in the final exam conducted on: 10/10/54
Subjects | Grade in digits | Grade in writing | Subjects | Grade in digits | Grade in writing | Remarks
Religion | | | Natural History | | |
Arabic Language | | | Physiology and Health | | |
English Language | | | Zoology | | | Passed to the Fifth Scientific Grade
Third Language | | | Botany | | | for the year 53 - 1954
History | | | Economics | | |
Modern European History | | | Commercial Transactions | | |
Near East | | | Principles of Statistics | | |
Hadith | | | Bookkeeping | | |
History of Islamic Civilization | | | Typewriter | | |
Arithmetic | | | Military Information | | |
Algebra | | | Drawing | | |
Geometry | | | Sports and Youth Movement | | |
General Mathematics | | | Child Rearing | | |
Principles of Science | | | Home Economics and Handicrafts | | |
Physics | | | Ethics and Duties | | |
Chemistry | | | Citizenship | | |
| | | Total | | |
Muhammad Mahdi Bilal
Principal of Samawa Secondary School
Amount of behavior marks deducted during the year: ⟦line⟧
Amount of school fees paid: ⟦line⟧
Principal's remarks: ⟦line⟧
Signature of the School Principal ⟦line⟧
Government Press 2099 - 11 - 46
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SHAMASH SECONDARY
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 9169
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
8 September 56
42742
Number: Sh / 143 / 56
Date: 2 / 9 / 1956
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings.
Number / 1024
Date / 17 / 9 / 56
Transmitted to you is a copy of the ⟦...⟧ General / Examinations No. 37727
Dated 13 / 6 / 1956 regarding the correction of the student's name to make it Sabih
Ibrahim Haik instead of Sabah Ibrahim Haik, noting that he is one of the graduates
of the preparatory study, Scientific Branch, for the year 54 / 1955.
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Examinations for your kind information
Certificates and Statistics Observation Unit.
Copy of the letter
Your letter No. 22042 dated 11 / 9 / 1956
We approve the correction of the name of the aforementioned person to be Sabih Ibrahim Haik instead of Sabah
Ibrahim Haik, based on the recommendation of the Director of Shamash Preparatory School and the Iraqi
Nationality Certificate No. 26243 dated 7 / 7 / 1955 which is returned to you
enclosed.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
⟦Photograph of a young male student attached to the document⟧
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SHAMASH SECONDARY
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 9169
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / 143 / 56
Date: 7 / 9 / 1956
To: Baghdad Liwa Directorate of Education / Center
Baghdad Liwa Directorate of Education / Center
8 September 56
42742
Baghdad
September 1956
Greetings,
(True Copy)
Baghdad Liwa Directorate of Education / Center
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 1024
Date / 17 / 9 / 56
Shamash Private Secondary School
We forward to you a copy of the General Directorate of Education / Examinations letter numbered 32727
and dated 12 / 9 / 1956, regarding the correction of the student's name to Sabih
Ibrahim Haik instead of Sabah Ibrahim Haik, noting that he is a graduate of
preparatory studies, Scientific Branch, for the year 54 / 1955.
Director of Baghdad Liwa Education
Center
A copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Examinations for your kind information
Certificates and Statistics Department.
Copy of the letter
Your letter numbered 22047 and dated 11 / 9 / 1956.
We approve the correction of the name of the aforementioned person to Sabih Ibrahim Haik instead of Sabah
Ibrahim Haik, based on the review of the Principal of Shamash Secondary School and the Iraqi
Nationality Certificate numbered 26243 and dated 7 / 7 / 1955 returned to you
enclosed.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
50 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
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43742
8 September 56
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province / Center
Number 43742
Date 8 September 56
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date 8 September 1956
Number: SH / 143 / 56
Date: 7 / 9 / 1956
To: Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings.
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: SH / 122 / 56
Date: 7 / 9 / 1956
Subject:
To: General Recruitment Directorate.
Sabih Ibrahim Haik, whose photograph is affixed above, was one of the students of this school who
attended it and graduated from it after participating in the general examination for secondary studies for the
academic year 1954/1955 and passed it in the first session, and his examination number was 1454.
The aforementioned person was not provided with any transfer certificate to any other school during his studies at this school
and he was previously provided with a graduation document addressed to Robert College in Turkey, numbered SH/352/55
and dated 19 / 8 / 1955, and he was also provided with a document addressed to the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province and referred
to the General Recruitment Directorate, numbered SH/345/55 and dated 29 / 7 / 955
The identity card for non-deprivation belonging to the guardian of the mentioned student, in which the aforementioned is registered,
is numbered 819 and dated 27 / 3 / 1952.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
50 Fils
Isaac Cohen
Acting Principal
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Shamash Secondary School
FRANK INY SCHOOL
Shamash Secondary School
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject
Baghdad
8 September 1956
Center
8 September 1956 and Registered
42742
No.: Sh / 143 / 56
Date: 7 / 9 / 1956
Directorate of Education for Baghdad District / Center
After greetings,
We attach herewith the school document numbered Sh / 142 and dated 7 / 9 / 1956 belonging
to ⟦Sabih⟧ Ibrahim Hayek. Please kindly certify it.
Please accept our highest respect.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Name: Sabah Ibrahim Hayek
Shamash Secondary School
Telephone:
Number:
Date:
To
That
Passed the exam for the
for the year 19 / 19 and
Arabic Language
English Language
Solid Geometry
Zoology and Botany
Algebra and Trigonometry
Chemistry
Physics
Total
And the duration of his attendance in
in their lessons and among those of
Headmaster.
⟦illegible⟧
General that his examination number is (2922)
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Shamash Secondary School
Shamash Secondary School
Shamash Intermediate School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh/140/56
Date: 7/9/1956
SHAMASH SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
⟦Number⟧
Directorate of General Recruitment.
That ⟦Sabih⟧ Ibrahim Haik, whose photograph is shown above, was one of the students of this school who
attended it and graduated from it after participating in the General Examination for Preparatory Studies for the year
academic year 1954 / 1955 and passed it in the first session, and his examination number was 1454.
The aforementioned person was not provided with any transfer certificate to any other school during his studies in this school
and he had previously been provided with a graduation document addressed to Robert College in Turkey, numbered Sh/352/55
and dated 8/19/1955. He was also provided with a document addressed to the Directorate of Education of the Baghdad Brigade and referred
to the Directorate of General Recruitment, numbered Sh/345/55 and dated 7/29/1955.
The non-renunciation identity card belonging to the guardian of the mentioned student, in which the aforementioned is registered,
is numbered 819 and dated 3/27/1952.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Arabic Language
English Language
Solid Geometry
Animal and Plant
Algebra and Trigonometry
Chemistry
Physics
Total
Headmaster.
Director
In the public [record] that his examination number was (2922)
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Shamash Secondary School
Shamash Secondary School
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 6028
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 6028
No.:
Number :: ⟦illegible⟧
Date ::
Date :: 1954/8/2
To,:
To: Baghdad Recruitment Directorate
This is to certify that:
That: Sabah Ibrahim Sahyoun
has passed the Iraqi Government Secondary Schools Examination (Scientific Section) held in Baghdad in June 19:
Passed the General Examination for Preparatory Studies (Scientific Branch) for the year 1953/1954 and completed his secondary studies. Below is a statement of his grades:-:
Arabic Language:
Arabic Language: 74
English Language:
English Language: 78 Seventy
Solid Geometry:
Solid Geometry: 94
Biology:
Zoology and Botany: 84
Algebra & Trigonometry:
Algebra and Trigonometry: 85
Chemistry:
Chemistry: 77
Physics:
Physics: 83
Total:
Total: 575 Five hundred and seventy-five
During his study in our school, he has shown himself to be:
And during his time at the school, he was among the students: diligent
and of character:
in their studies and of good conduct and character.:
Yours faithfully.
The Director
Abdullah Obadia
Headmaster.
Note that his examination number is
1454
The Director
Note that his examination number is (2922)
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FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No. ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Frank Iny School
Primary and Intermediate
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Number ⟦line⟧
Date ⟦line⟧
Noted the health of his esteemed father
819 and dated 27 / 2 / 54
Transfer Certificate
To the Director of Shamash Private Secondary School
That Sabih Ibrahim Hayek, whose photo is attached below, is one of the
students of the Third Intermediate grade in our school for the academic year 1953 - 1954
He participated in the general exam for the mentioned year and passed it, and he is of good
character and behavior. Based on his desire to transfer to your school, we have provided him with this certificate, and below
is a statement of his grades:
Religion | |
Arabic Language | 70 | Seventy
English Language | 79 | Seventy-nine
French Language | |
Geography | |
History | 71 | Seventy-one
Moral Duties | |
Arithmetic | |
Algebra | 76 | Seventy-six
Geometry | |
Health and Biology | 81 | Eighty-one
Physics | |
Chemistry | 71 | Seventy-one
Objects and Health | |
Drawing and Manual Work | |
Sports and Anthems | |
Total 448 Four hundred and forty-eight
Director
⟦signature⟧
Note that his exam number is (2922)
Frank Iny School Baghdad
⟦Revenue stamp with portrait and value 50 fils⟧
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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Students who have passed the primary school examination are admitted to the first intermediate grade.
2 - Students who pass the entrance examination are admitted to the fourth preparatory grade.
3 - Students who passed or have re-sit requirements in the intermediate school examination participate in the entrance examination.
4 - Upon admission, every student must submit a file containing the following documents:
a - A transfer certificate from their school, certified by the District Directorate of Education.
b - A medical certificate confirming freedom from contagious diseases.
c - A vaccination certificate against smallpox and typhoid.
(Number 7)
Ministry of Education
Directorate of Education Health
Initial Medical Examination Form
Name: ⟦Ibrahim⟧
Age: ⟦11⟧
The examination was conducted on the student ⟦Ibrahim⟧ and it appeared that he is free from contagious
diseases and in good health.
Date: ⟦7/9⟧ Education Doctor ⟦signature⟧
d - Civil Status Identification (Nufous Booklet)
e - Two copies of ⟦illegible⟧
5 - That the student be ⟦illegible⟧
Student's name (according to the ⟦doc...⟧
His address (according to the ⟦ident...⟧
His date of birth (according to the ⟦doc...⟧
Student's current address
School transferred from
Grade transferred from
Result in the grade transferred ⟦from...⟧
Last general examination passed
Student's guardian:
Relationship:
Occupation:
Address:
Signature of the student's guardian
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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Students who pass the primary school examination are admitted to the first intermediate grade.
2 - Students who pass the entrance exam are admitted to the fourth preparatory grade.
3 - Students who pass or have completions in the intermediate school examination participate in the entrance exam.
4 - Upon admission, every student must submit a file containing the following documents:
a - A transfer certificate from their school, certified by the Directorate of Education of the Governorate.
b - A medical certificate confirming freedom from infectious diseases.
c - A certificate of vaccination against smallpox and typhoid.
d - Civil Status Identification (Identity Book).
e - Two copies of their photograph.
5 - The student must be of good conduct and behavior.
Student's name (as per the Identity Book): ⟦Subhi Ibrahim Samuel⟧
Address (as per the Identity Book): ⟦Bab al-Sheikh⟧
Date of birth (as per the Identity Book): ⟦1938/4/15⟧
Current student address:
School transferred from: ⟦illegible⟧
Grade transferred from:
Result in the grade transferred from:
The last general exam passed and its date: ⟦illegible⟧ 1954/6/1
Student's guardian - name: ⟦Ibrahim Samuel⟧
Student's guardian - relationship:
Student's guardian - profession:
Student's guardian - address:
⟦Ibrahim Samuel⟧
Signature of the student's guardian
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Frank Iny Middle School
Baghdad
Admission Form
Admission Conditions
1 - Admission to the first intermediate grade depends on passing the general examination for primary studies.
2 - The student must not be known for bad character or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony.
3 - The student must attach to this form (1) the school document certified by the Baghdad District Directorate of Education (2) the
Identity Card (3) certificate of vaccination against smallpox (4) certificate of vaccination against typhoid (5) a medical certificate of freedom from
communicable diseases (6) two copies of his solar photograph.
4 - All documents mentioned in paragraph three listed above are kept in a special file on which the owner's name is written as it is
explained in the school document.
Student's name according to the school document: Sabih Ibrahim Hayek
His father's name and family surname according to the school document: Ibrahim Hayek
School transferred from: Al-Yarmouk
Grade transferred from: Sixth
His result in the grade transferred from: Pass
Year of graduation from primary studies: 49 / 50
Name of the primary school from which he graduated: Al-Yarmouk
Grade into which he was admitted: First
Name (Identity Card): Sabih Ibrahim Hayek
Date of birth: 1938
Address: Bab Al-Agha 218/111
Nationality: Iraqi
His name (student's guardian): Ibrahim Hayek
Relationship: His father
Profession: Employee in the General Irrigation Administration
Current address: General Irrigation Administration
Phone number (if any): —
Student's current address: Baghdad 10 / 12 / 1957
Student's signature
Guardian's signature
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Shamash Secondary School
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 6028
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 6028
871
8 / 9
⟦illegible⟧
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
To: The Honorable Principal of ⟦Rahel Shemtov⟧ School
Sabih Ibrahim Malil is a first-grade student at our school
for the year 1950 - 1951 and participated in the final exam for the mentioned year successfully
for the second grade. Based on his desire to transfer to your school, we have provided him with this document, and he is of
good conduct.
Arabic Language 50 Fifty
English Language 66 Sixty-six
History 77 Seventy-seven
Geography 50 Fifty
Arithmetic 67 Sixty-seven
Algebra 85 Eighty-five
Geometry 90 Ninety
General Science 82 Eighty-two
Total 582 Five hundred eighty-two
Principal
⟦Stamp: Shamash Secondary School⟧
Principal of ⟦Rahel Shemtov⟧ School
Number 118
Date 7 / 9 / 50
Rahel Shemtov School
Baghdad
Location: Aqad Sakhar No. 26 - 114
Telephone Number: 5214
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Rachel Shahmoon School
Baghdad
Location: Aqed Bahr No. 26 - 114
Telephone Number: 5214
Number 118
Date 17 / 9 / 50
P 7019
18 - 9 - 50
Principal of Rachel School ⟦...⟧
The Honorable Principal of Frank Iny Intermediate School
After greetings,
The student Sabeeh Ibrahim Hayek, whose photo is attached above, has entered the general
examinations for primary studies for the year 1949 - 1950 and obtained three hundred and eighty-eight marks and became
eligible to enter intermediate schools. Sincerely.
He has paid the required certificate fees.
Examination Number: 2492
Grades
Arabic 78 seventy-eight
English 75 seventy-five
Social Studies 77 seventy-seven
Arithmetic 95 ninety-five
General Science and Health 58 fifty-eight
Total 383 three hundred and eighty-three
Principal
Principal of Rachel School ⟦...⟧
Iraq 25 fils
Iraq 25 fils
aging
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Israeli Schools Committee
Rachel Shahmoon School
Telephone - 5214
I have examined the student Sabah Ibrahim
And found him free of communicable diseases
And he has been vaccinated against typhoid and smallpox
⟦illegible⟧
Israeli Schools Committee
19 / 9 / 950