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IJA 2709

Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Schools and Iraqi Government, Education Departments

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This is a folder from the Iraqi government. It contains correspondence between the Office of Education – Baghdad, the Ministry of Education, the Office of Civilian and Foreign Primary School Administration for All Boys and Girls (Schools), the Ministry of Finance, and various local Jewish schools. Subject matters include agreements regarding a collaborative competition, certifications, student disciplinary issues and expulsions, employee pay, annual report, religious education (both Jewish and Muslim), lists of students in higher education institutions, students' paperwork, and the schedule of general exams.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 2709
Item Number
11970
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Office of Income Tax, Financial, Employment, Form, Exams, File Folder, Typed, School Material, Ministry of Education, Ink Stamp, Letterhead, List, Fragment, Frank Iny School, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Ministry of Finance, Annotation, Office of Civilian and Foreign Primary School Administration for All Boys and Girls (Schools), Handwritten, Education, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 151-175

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⟦Kingdom of Iraq⟧
⟦Ministry of Education⟧
Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates
Number / 20719
Date / 10 / 5 / 1955
To all administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and preparatory schools for boys and girls
⟦line⟧
It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of the students whose names are listed below in the general examinations for the studies
Intermediate and preparatory as external students in Kirkuk province. Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year or their failure in the
second class for the past year 1953 - 1954 regarding intermediate study, or in the fourth class regarding preparatory
study.
Intermediate Study
⟦line⟧
Iftikar Ahmed Al-Yaqoubi
Nahida Rifaat Bakr
Adnan Bahjat Al-Nasibi
Adham Abdul Hadi
Abdul Karim Muhammad Salih
Preparatory Study - Literary
⟦line⟧
Zakia Abboudi Haddad
Kozin Ata Al-Naftaji
Nadira Muhammad Tahir
Emmanuel Houshaba
Preparatory Study - Scientific
⟦line⟧
Ghanem Abed Younis
Janet Nalbandian
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Directorate of Education for Kirkuk Province - with reference to its letter No. 3155 dated 11 / 5 / 1955
Observation of Certificates and Statistics
Sadiq / 29

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Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
No. / 111 / 19
Date / 8 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys and Girls, all
It has been decided to accept the students whose names are listed below to participate in the general examinations
for primary education in Kirkuk Province. Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year or their leaving school
after the mid-year examination.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Directorate of Education for Kirkuk Province - with reference to its letter No. 2852 dated 26 / 4 / 1955
Certificates and Statistics Observer ⟦line⟧
1- Subhi Abdul Qader 2- Suad Taha 3- Mustafa Hassan Saleh
4- Fawzia Ammu Qatf 5- Abdullah Rida 6- Karam Asaad
7- Khalil Ibrahim Sarkhosh 8- Ahmed Suhaidun 9- Bakr Shaker Mahmoud Darwish
10- Kamal Ali Mardan 11- Abdul Razzaq Abdul Wahab 12- Muhammad Hussein Ali Mardan ⟦line⟧
M / Amin / 17

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Directorate of Education
⟦illegible signature⟧
20 / 5 / 55
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
No. / 19110
Date / 18 / 5 / 1955
To all administrations of public, private, and foreign elementary schools for boys and girls
It has been decided in principle to accept the participation of the students whose names are listed below for the elementary level
as external students in the Amarah Province. Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year or their withdrawal from
school after the mid-year exam.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education for Amarah Province, with reference to its letter No. 4005 dated 5 / 5 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Observation.
Name
⟦line⟧
1- Khairallah Ahmed Rustum | 2- Abdul Karim Majid Bada' | 3- Kamil Yassin Al-Obaidi
4- Ali Shalash Obaid | 5- Abdul Razzaq Hamid Nusrah | 6- Fatima Abdul Hussein
7- Amjad Abdul Wahid | 8- Najat Tawfiq Al-Bahati | 9- Pakiza Taqi Mulla Hassan
M/ Amin / 17

Page 155

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 19110
Date / 18 / 5 / 1955
To the administrations of all official, private, and foreign elementary schools for boys and girls
It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of the students whose names are listed below for elementary studies
from external candidates in the Amarah Province. Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year or their withdrawal from
the school after the mid-year examination.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education, Amarah Province, with reference to its letter No. 4005 dated 5 / 5 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Note
Name
1- Khairallah Ahmed Rasm | 2- Abdul Karim Majeed Bada' | 3- Kamil Yassin al-Mahdi
4- Ali Shalash Abbas | 5- Abdul Razzaq Hamid Nasra | 6- Fatima Abdul Hussein
7- Amjad Abdul Wahid | 8- Najat Tawfiq al-Bayati | 9- Pakiza Taqi Mulla Hassan
M / Amin / 17

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Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates
Number / 20217
Date 20 / 5 / 1955
Register ⟦the incoming in the special ledger⟧
⟦Pursuant to⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Diwaniyah Province Education Directorate No. 4715 dated 4 / 5 / 1955
Please consider the two documents canceled upon finding them.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Baghdad Province Education
File
A copy to:-
Diwaniyah Province Education Directorate - for information
Certificates and Statistics Observation.
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
Student Hadi Maajoun lost his document numbered 12 dated 7 / 3 / 1955 addressed to the Company Commander of the Second Regiment
Ninth Brigade, and student Shakir Kabush lost his document numbered 41 dated 19 / 9 / 1950 addressed to the Directorate of
Diwaniyah Secondary School for Boys, so please consider them canceled upon review.
Sadiq / 29

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The name is to be registered in the specialized ledger
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 5 / 1955
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number / 20217
Date / 20 / 5 / 1955
To all administrations of public, private, and foreign elementary schools for boys
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah Province No. 4715 dated 4 / 5 / 1955
Please consider the two documents canceled upon finding them.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to -
Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah Province - for information
Certificates and Statistics Note
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
The student Hadi Sahoun lost his document numbered 12 and dated 7 / 3 / 1955, addressed to the Commander of the Second Battalion Company
Ninth Brigade, and the student Shaker Kamoush lost his document numbered 41 and dated 19 / 9 / 1950, addressed to the Directorate of
Diwaniyah Secondary School for Boys; please consider them canceled upon review.
Sadiq / 29

Page 158

642
To register the name in the designated ledger
⟦illegible signature⟧
20/5/1955
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 19108
Date / 8 / 5 / 1955
To all administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Boys
Aboud Abdul Aziz Marza, a student at Al-Najaf Secondary School, claimed to have lost his document numbered
28 and dated 16 / 3 / 1955 addressed to the Ministry of Health; please consider it cancelled upon
finding it and do not accept the owner's request when he visits.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli
On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Directorate of Education of Karbala Province - with reference to its letter No. 3134 / 24 dated
8 / 5 / 1955 .
Observation of Certificates and Statistics ⟦line⟧
M/ Amin / 17
Archive

Page 159

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 19108
Date / 8 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys
Aboud Abdul Aziz Marzah, a student at Al-Najaf Secondary School, claimed the loss of his certificate numbered
28 and dated 19 / 3 / 1955 addressed to the Ministry of Health, so please consider it cancelled upon
finding it and do not accept the owner upon review.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education of Karbala Province - referring to its letter numbered 3134 / 24 and dated
8 / 5 / 1955.
Note on Certificates and Statistics ⟦line⟧
M / Amin / 17

Page 160

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number / 20079
Date 29 / 5 / 1955
Registered at the present time
⟦illegible⟧
29 / 5 / 955
Administrations of official, private and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys
It has been decided to expel the two students Khudair Abbas in the first grade (B) from Samawah Secondary School and Jabbar Saeed Mahdi in the second grade (B) from the aforementioned school, a permanent expulsion, so please do not accept them upon application ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to: -
Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah Province - reference to its letter No. S/135 dated 12 / 5 / 955
Note on certificates and statistics
S. N. / 28
File

Page 161

Professor Shaul
To register the name in the specialized ledger
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 5 / 955
Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates
Number / 46 / 199
Date 28 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Secondary Schools for Boys
Student Muwaffaq Muhammad al-Maswa has lost his document numbered 90 and dated 24 / 4 / 1955 issued
by the Al-Jaafariya Private Day Secondary School for Boys and addressed to the General Directorate of Recruitment in Syria; please do not
accept its holder upon review or consider it canceled when found.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
Directors of Education of all provinces - for the same purpose.
Al-Jaafariya Private Day Secondary School for Boys - referring to its marginal note dated 21 / 5 / 1955 on
the original petition of the aforementioned person; there is no objection to providing him with a replacement document for the lost one, provided that you mention the number
and date of the lost document
Note of Certificates and Statistics
⟦illegible signature⟧
644
Issued No. 28

Page 162

To be recorded today in the specialized register
⟦illegible signature⟧
31 / 5 / 55
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number / 20076
Date 29 / 5 / 1955
To the administrations of all official, private, and foreign primary schools for boys
⟦line⟧
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah Province No. 4715 dated 24 / 5 / 1955
Please consider the two documents cancelled if found
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah Province - for information
Office of Certificates and Statistics
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
The student Hadi Ma'joon lost his document No. 12 dated 7 / 3 / 1955 addressed to the Company Commander
of the Second Battalion, Ninth Brigade, and the student Shaker Kammoush lost his document No. 41 dated 19 / 9 / 1950 addressed
to the Directorate of Diwaniyah Secondary School for Boys - please consider them cancelled upon review.
SAD 28 / 3

Page 163

To be archived
⟦illegible⟧
5/30/1955
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Number / 20076
Certificates
Date: 5/29/1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys
⟦line⟧
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Diwaniyah Province, No. 4715, dated 5/24/1955
Please consider the two documents null and void upon discovery
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to: -
Directorate of Education, Diwaniyah Province - for information
Certificates and Statistics Note
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
The student Hadi Ma'joon lost his document No. 12, dated 3/7/1955, addressed to the Company Commander
Second Battalion, Ninth Brigade. Also, the student Shakir Ka'oush lost his document No. 41, dated 9/19/1950, addressed
to the Administration of Diwaniyah Secondary School for Boys - so please consider them void upon presentation.
SAD 3 / 28

Page 165

Baghdad Province Directorate of Education
Certificates
Number / 20077
Date / 20 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of official, private, and foreign elementary schools for boys all ⟦line⟧
The transfer forms for the students Halim Karim, a student at Al-Tahdhib School in Diwaniyah, numbered 64 and dated
30 / 4 / 1954 and addressed to Al-Shatra Elementary School, and student Turki Jabr, a student at Al-Sada School in Diwaniyah,
numbered 48 and dated 27 / 4 / 1955 and addressed to Tal Muhammad School in Baghdad, have been lost; please consider them cancelled
upon their presentation to you.
It was also decided to expel the student Hassoun Ali Al-Sabbagh, a student in the sixth grade of Ghamas Elementary School; please do not
accept him into your schools.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy of it to: -
Diwaniyah Province Directorate of Education - referencing its two letters numbered 5175 and 5124 dated
15 / 5 / 1955 and 12 / 5 / 1955
Certificates and Statistics Observation
S. A. D. T / 28

Page 167

To be filed
⟦illegible⟧
May 21, 1955
Baghdad Provincial Directorate of Education
Certificates
No. / 20078
Date: May 21, 1955
To the administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate schools for boys
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Al-Muntafiq Province, No. 40/4776, dated May 9, 1955.
Please do not accept it upon review.
⟦signature⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education of Al-Muntafiq Province - in reference to its aforementioned letter - for information
Note on Certificates and Statistics
Copy of the Letter
⟦line⟧
Due to the loss of the document belonging to Salih Shalhar Shahin, a second-grade student in your school, No. 182, dated
November 27, 1954, which was transferred to the Directorate of Al-Mansur Intermediate School in Baghdad, we request it be considered cancelled and a new one be issued
for him and sent to us for authentication as soon as possible. Attached you will find his photograph and a fiscal stamp of (50)
fils denomination.
Sadiq / 28

Page 168

Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates Department
Number / 18718
Date 11 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Boys and Girls
It has been decided in principle to accept the participation of students in the general examinations for intermediate and secondary studies
for the current year as external candidates in the Muntafiq Province
Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year or their failure in the fourth secondary grade regarding
the secondary study, or the second intermediate grade regarding the intermediate study for the past year
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
For / Director of Baghdad Province Education
A copy to:-
Muntafiq Province Education Directorate - Reference to its letter No. 658/52 dated 4 / 5 / 1955
Certificates and Statistics Observation
Secondary Study - Literary Branch | Intermediate Study
1- Talib Al-Hajj Kadhim Al-Shahir | 1- Yahya Al-Hajj Hassan Al-Hamadani
2- Abdul Jabbar Al-Hajj Abboud Al-Jaza' | 2- Mazhar Abdullah Al-Saadoun
3- Ali Abdul Ridha Al-Shahrabaji | 3- Ghazi Ahmed Al-Salbi
4- Hamid Abdul Razzaq Al-Hamad | 4- Yunis Ahmed Al-Hassan
5- Salim Abdul Aziz Al-Bakr | 5- Aziz Ahmed Al-Rifa'i
6- Amer Abdul Aziz Al-Shahli | 6- Fadhil Salih Al-Karwi
7- Rashid Jaber Al-Khalidi | 7- Abdul Sattar Rahim Al-Hayati
8- Abdul Hamid Ne'ma Al-Katib | 8- Rashid Hadi Al-Dhamen
9- Qassim Dawoud Al-Azzawi | 9- Abdul Sahib Abdullah Khalaf
10- Abdul Hamid Majid Al-Farah | 10- Kadhim Muhammad Al-Khafaji
11- Abdul Karim Jalil Ibrahim |
Secondary Study - Scientific Branch
1- Kamal Abdul Hamid Sami

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To be filed
⟦15⟧ / 5 / 955
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates
No. / 18716
Date: 11 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Intermediate Schools for Boys
Please confirm the non-attendance of the external student Kamal Abdul Karim for the current year, who is being examined in Erbil Province.
Also, please confirm that he did not fail <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> in the second grade for the past year 1953 - 1954.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qara Ghuli
For / Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education, Erbil Province - with reference to their letter No. 3930 dated 3 / 5 / 1955
Certificates and Statistics Note
Outgoing 10

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Professor Shaul
For response
⟦illegible⟧
10/5/955
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Governorate
Certificates and Statistics
Number - J / 17 / 11960
Date / 8 / 5 / 1955
To - All administrations of official, private, and foreign preparatory schools for boys and girls
It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of male and female students for preparatory studies as external candidates for the current year in Kirkuk Governorate
Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year and their failure in the fourth grade for the past year 1954/53.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli
For / Director of Education, Baghdad Governorate
Copy to -
Directorate of Education, Kirkuk Governorate - Reference to its letter No. 2919 dated 10/4/55 for notification.
Certificates and Statistics Department.
Preparatory Study / Arabic Commercial | Preparatory Study / Literary Branch | Preparatory Study / Scientific Branch
Fattah Sayyid Omar | Ali Muhammad Al-Obaidi | Subhi Abdullah
Sami Dawood Said | Shukriya Abdul Qadir | William Shaul
Qutaiba Shakir Ali | Salem Shaheen Al-Sarraj | Dikran Khachik
Haden Ahmed Abdullah | Mardan Raouf Muhammad Agha | Jamal Omar Muhammad Agha
Mahmoud Muhammad Salih | Ali Muhammad Ahmed | Ashour Ibrahim
Fouad Shukri Said | Sarhad Shamoun | Munir Rafiq
Ismat Ezz El-Din | Adnan Ahmed Nazim | Burhan Siddiq
Abdullah Omar Ahmed | Hussein Asad Al-Jalali | Najat Rashad
Ali Al-Sheikh Mahmoud | Khudair Ibrahim Al-Samar | George Ammo Slivani
Abdul Khaliq Saber | Mahdi Karim Abu Al-Hubb | Sankheiros Jonathan
Adnan Muhammad Al-Mufti | Batoul Abdul Qadir |
Amin Ahmed | Fahmiya Jamil Al-Dabbagh |
| Nihad Abdul Majid |
Khaled / 8
722
12/5/955