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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.

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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 76-100

Page 76

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / J / 10 / ⟦26111⟧
Date / 16 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of official, private, and foreign elementary schools for boys
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Amarah Province, number 4475, dated
21 / 5 / 1955. Please consider the aforementioned form cancelled if found and do not
accept its holder upon application.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Amarah Province - for information.
Certificates and Statistics Observation Unit
Copy of the Letter
Hashim Madloul Al-Sakk, a student in the fifth grade at Al-Nibras School for Boys, claimed
the loss of his transfer form number 16 / 955 dated 7 / 5 / 955 addressed to Al-Maymouna
Elementary School for Boys. Please consider it cancelled and do not accept it upon application.
Acting Director of Education of Amarah Province
788
22 / 6 / 955
M / Amin / 15

Page 77

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 22698
Date / 16 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of all Official, Private, and Foreign Intermediate Schools for Boys
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Mosul Province No. 9380 dated
7 / 6 / 1955. Please do not accept him upon application . . . . .
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
⟦Abdul Razzaq al-Qaraghouli⟧
Copy of the Letter
The student Nafe' Samouhi, a student in the Second Grade (B) of Zakho Intermediate
School for Boys, has been expelled for the remainder of the current school year 54 / 1955 according to the Teachers' Council decision
No. 1 dated 17 / 5 / 1955 in accordance with Article (43) of the Secondary Schools Regulation No.
54 of 1954. Please be informed, and attached is a copy of the aforementioned decision.
Director of Education, Mosul Province
Copy to -
Directorate of Education, Mosul Province - referring to its aforementioned letter above.
Certificates and Statistics Observation . . . . . . .
787
22 / 6 / 55
1/1 Ein / 15

Page 78

Directorate of Education of ⟦Baghdad⟧ Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 22698
Date / 16 / 6 / 1955
To the administrations of all official, private, and foreign intermediate schools for boys
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Mosul Province numbered 9380 and dated
7 / 6 / 1955. Please do not accept him upon application.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
On behalf of the Technical Assistant
Copy of the Letter
Student Nafe' Samou'i, a student in the second grade (B) of Zakho Intermediate School
for boys, has been expelled for the remainder of the current academic year 54 / 1955 according to the Teachers' Council decision
Numbered 1 and dated 17 / 5 / 1955 in accordance with Article (43) of the Secondary School Regulations No.
54 of 1954. Please be informed, and attached is a copy of the aforementioned decision.
Director of Education of Mosul Province
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Mosul Province - in reference to its letter numbered above.
Certificates and Statistics Observation ⟦line⟧
1/1 Amin / 15

Page 79

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 22697
Date / 6 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Amara Province No. 4666 dated
5 / 6 / 1955, requesting not to accept it and to consider it void upon review.
⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Copy of the Letter
Abdul Zahra Zaboon, a student in the sixth grade of the former Shaway Al-Fahad Rural School, claimed
the loss of his school certificate numbered 15 / and dated 10 / 6 / 1946 issued by the
aforementioned school and addressed to whom it may concern. Please do not accept it and consider it void upon review.
Acting Director of Education, Amara Province.
Copy to.
Directorate of Education, Amara Province - Reference to its letter mentioned above - for information.
Note on Certificates and Statistics . . .
782
22 / 6 / 955
M 7 Min / 15

Page 80

Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 4696
Date / 16 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys
It has been decided to expel the student Imad Kadhim al-Rufaie, a student at Al-Sudair Intermediate School in Najaf
permanently, due to a sentence issued against him by the Najaf court for a political crime. Please do not accept him
upon application.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar al-Qaraghouli
On behalf of the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to -
Kerbala Province Education Directorate - referring to its letter No. 28 / 3781 dated 5 / 6 / 1955
Observation of Certificates and Statistics ⟦line⟧
785
22 / 6 / 1955
M / 1 Amin / 15

Page 82

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
No. / 2695
Date / 11 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys (All)
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Amarah Province No. 27/4567 dated
1/6/1955. Please do not accept the aforementioned person upon application.
On behalf of the Authorized Professor
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Copy of the Letter
With reference to your letter No. S/1 dated 12/5/1955,
And to the decision of the Teaching Staff No. 13 dated 11/5/1955. We confirm the decision to expel Hashim Muhammad Rasan
Al-Maliki, one of the sixth-grade students from your school, a permanent expulsion. Please implement this.
Director of Education, Amarah Province
A copy to -
Directorate of Education, Amarah Province - in reference to its aforementioned letter - for information.
Note on Certificates and Statistics.
784
22 / 6 / 55
Amin / 15

Page 84

25578
Date - 12/18/1954
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
- Administration -
SA
⟦illegible⟧
12/9/1954
227
Administrations of the Official and Private Primary Schools for Boys and Girls belonging to this Directorate
In view of the student health doctors carrying out a preventive vaccination campaign to vaccinate students of primary schools
and kindergartens against whooping cough and diphtheria, assisted by medical assistants and nurses, it has been decided to temporarily stop treating
eye diseases for the male and female students of your schools, so please be informed accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Ghani al-Jarjafchi
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to -
Student Health Directorate - with reference to its letter No. 6511 dated 12/15/1954.
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Governorate
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar al-Qaraghouli ⟦line⟧
For filing
⟦signature⟧
12/19/954

Page 85

Baghdad Province Education Directorate
- Administration -
No. 25578
Date 18 / 12 / 1954
To the administrations of public and private primary schools for boys and girls affiliated with this Directorate
In view of the student health doctors conducting a preventive vaccination campaign for male and female students of primary schools
and kindergartens against pertussis and diphtheria, assisted by medical assistants and nurses. It has been decided to temporarily suspend
the treatment of eye diseases for male and female students of your schools, so please be informed accordingly.
⟦illegible⟧
Abdul Ghani al-Jirjafchi
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to -
Student Health Directorate - with reference to its letter No. 6511 dated 15 / 12 / 1954.
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar al-Qaraghouli ⟦line⟧
For filing
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 12 / 54

Page 86

728
955/2/7
To all teachers of English in Secondary Schools
(Government and Private)
The Secondary Baccalaureate Examination in English.
1. The Secondary Baccalaureate Examination paper in English in 1955
will be in two parts: Language and Literature.
2. In the Language part, questions on Comprehension and the use of
English will be set.
3. In the Literature part, questions will be set on the two books
Don Quixote (translated by Hornby, O.U.P.) and Wells: The Country of
the Blind and other Stories (Longmans) (from the last two lines of
page 14 to page 74). These questions will test whether the students
have read the books in English and understood them.
4. There are enough copies of these two books in stores for all
students. If your students have not yet got copies of both books,
please ask for them at once.
C. W. MORRIS
Chief Inspector of English
28.2.55
The Clerk
For the attention of Mr. ⟦Zorba⟧ and to arrange ⟦what is necessary⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 87

FRANK INY SCHOOL * BAGHDAD
707
14 / 12 / 54
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Accounts - Secondary
Number / 24974
Date / 12 / 12 / 1954
To the administrations of all intermediate and secondary schools for boys and girls
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Cultural Affairs No. 45690 dated 5 / 12 / 1954 regarding
the literature book for the fourth and fifth grades which you received from the Central Warehouse Department. Please act accordingly.
Abdul Ghani Al-Jarjafji
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Copy to:-
Warehouse Department - For information
Secondary Education Accountant - For information
Copy of the Letter
We inform you that the Diwan of Literature book for the fourth grades which you received from the Central Warehouse Department, on whose
cover is written the year 1954 - 1955, is the book to be studied this year. As for the reference mentioned in the list sent with
our letter No. 42920 dated 17 / 11 / 1954 stating that the prescribed Diwan of Literature book for the fourth grade for this year
is the one with 1947 - 1948 written on its cover, it refers to the first year the book was printed and taught. The same applies
to the Diwan of Literature book for the fifth grades.
Sadiq / 11
The Clerk
For the information of Professor ⟦...⟧ and the professors
1) Professor ⟦...⟧
2) Professor ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ 14 / 12 / 54

Page 89

⟦illegible⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL
⟦illegible⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Number 75757
- Personnel -
Date 15 / 12 / 1954
Mr. Abdul Razzaq Shaker Al-Badri - Teacher at Al-Hadi Primary School for Boys
This directorate is pleased to offer you its sincere thanks and appreciation based on your notes on the book History
of Your Country and Your Nation, which demonstrates your tracking and interest, wishing you luck and success.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Ghani Al-Jirjifchi
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy of it to: -
All administrations of public and private primary schools - we convey to you below the text of the letter from the Directorate of General
Cultural Affairs numbered 45691 and dated 5 / 12 / 954, requesting that the necessary correction be made to the book
(History of Your Country and Your Nation) for the fourth primary grades, fourth edition for the year 1371 - 1953
Directorate of General Cultural Affairs, your letter referred to above.
Personnel Budget.
Copy of the letter
We convey to you below the note of the teacher Mr. Abdul Razzaq Shaker Al-Badri regarding some errors in the book
History of Your Country and Your Nation for the fourth primary grades, fourth edition for the year 1372 - 1953.
Correction of an error
It was stated in the book History of Your Country and Your Nation in my hands for the fourth primary grades, written by Mr.
Hassan Al-Dujaili and Mr. Yusuf Yaqoub Maskouni, and supervised by Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Douri - fourth edition, printed
at Al-Ani Press in Baghdad for the year 1372 - 1953.
I say it was stated on page (33) of this book under the subject "Zarqa al-Yamama" - in the seventh line this -
phrase, which is: -
(A woman from Jadis named Afira stood up and began inciting her tribe to revolt and said to them, O Jadis)
And the meaning does not hold up with respect to the fifth and sixth lines on one hand, and with respect to the eighth line on the other hand, with the presence of
the phrase in the seventh line, and it must be crossed out and replaced with "O Jadis" -
(So when the men of Jadis heard her words, they became enthusiastic and jealous, and their master Al-Aswad stood up and addressed them and said to them, O Jadis).
Najib / 13
The Clerk
For the information of the professors and teachers of Al-Mamouniya
⟦signature⟧
18 / 12 / 954

Page 90

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa
Administration
Number / 45772
Date 18 / 12 / 1954
Administrations of all Secondary, Intermediate, and Primary Schools, Official and Private, for Boys and Girls, belonging
to this Directorate ⟦line⟧
Reference to the letter of the Ministry of Education, Directorate of General Cultural Affairs - Number 15568, dated 30 / 4 / 1953
Please request Arabic language teachers (male and female) to encourage male and female students to acquire
the Correct Composition book series due to its great benefit to them, provided that their purchase is not mandatory. As for the series
and its prices, they are as follows, and the distribution point is Al-Kashaf House:-
Part One | 125 Fils | Part Five | 315 Fils
Part Two | 225 " | Part Six | 315 "
Part Three | 270 " | Part Seven | 375 "
Part Four | 280 " | Part Eight | 375 "
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Ghani al-Jarchafchi
Director of Education of Baghdad Liwa
A copy to:-
Administration of Al-Kashaf House, Baghdad, Jadid Hassan Pasha, behind the Iraqi Museum
S / 18
To be filed
⟦signature⟧
18 / 12 / 54
⟦illegible⟧
628
222

Page 92

Education
517
⟦illegible⟧
FRANK
653
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad Liwa Education Directorate
Administration
Number / 24779
Date 8 / 12 / 1954
Administrations of official and private secondary and intermediate schools for boys and girls affiliated with this directorate
Please rely on the prescribed book in case it differs from the syllabus items
To be filed
⟦signature⟧
12/12/954
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Ghani al-Jirjafchi
Director of Baghdad Liwa Education
A copy to :-
Directorate General of Secondary Education - Secretariat of Curricula and Books for Secondary Studies - with reference to its letter numbered
45961 dated 6 / 12 / 1954
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar al-Qara Ghulli
Sadiq / 8

Page 93

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Administration
No. / 14719
Date 8 / 12 / 1954
Administrations of Official and Private Secondary and Intermediate Schools for boys and girls affiliated with this Directorate
Please rely on the prescribed book in the event that it differs from the curriculum details.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Qadir ⟦illegible⟧
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
General Directorate of Secondary Education - Curricula and Books Secretariat for Secondary Education - with reference to its letter numbered
45961 dated 6 / 12 / 1954
Assistant Mr. Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli
Clerk
To be notified to the teachers with signatures taken
⟦signature⟧
12 / 12 / 954
5 Q / 8

Page 94

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa ⟦line⟧
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 801 / 22
Date / 8 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Secondary Schools for Boys ⟦line⟧
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Kirkuk Liwa No. 4261 dated
5 / 6 / 1955. Please do not accept him upon application.
Director of Education of Baghdad Liwa
⟦signature⟧
Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧
Your letter No. S/18 dated 29 / 5 / 1955
Based on the authority vested in us under paragraph eight of article forty
of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954. We approve the decision of your school's teachers' council ⟦line⟧
ruling the expulsion of Khurshid Aziz, a student in the Fifth Grade (Literary), from your school under the
first paragraph of article forty-four of the aforementioned regulation. Please do not provide him with documents to any
other school whatsoever until the end of the expulsion period.
Acting Director of Education of Kirkuk Liwa ⟦line⟧
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education of Kirkuk Liwa - For information ⟦line⟧
Observation of Certificates and Statistics ⟦line⟧
782
22 / 6 / 955
M / Amin / 15

Page 95

Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates and Statistics.
Number / 801 / 22
Date / 8 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of all Public, Private, and Foreign Secondary Schools for Boys
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Kirkuk Province Education Directorate No. 4261 dated
5 / 6 / 1955. Please do not accept him when he applies.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
⟦signature⟧
Copy of the Letter
Your letter No. S/18 dated 29 / 5 / 1955
Based on the authority vested in us under paragraph eight of Article forty
of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954. We approve the decision of your school council
stipulating the expulsion of Aziz Khurshid Aziz, a student in the fifth grade (Literary), from your school, in accordance with the first
paragraph of Article forty-four of the aforementioned regulation. Please do not provide him with a transcript for any
other school until the period of expulsion ends.
Director of Education of Kirkuk Province
A copy to: -
Kirkuk Province Education Directorate - for information.
Certificates and Statistics Note. 51
1/2 Amin / 15

Page 96

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number:
Date: 6/14/1955
Number 24222
Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Accounts / Secondary
To -
General Income Tax Directorate
In reference to Shamash Secondary School letter No. 699
dated 5/29/1955, we confirm the addition of 7.500 Dinars to
the savings of Mr. Zakaria Mikhail for the fiscal year 54 / 55 for
income tax calculation purposes
A copy to -
Shamash Secondary School
Secondary Accountant
Saeb / 6 / 12 thereof
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
782
6 / 15 / 955

Page 98

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number / 21982 | Directorate of Knowledge of Baghdad Province | Number
Date / 2 / 6 / 1955 | Accounts / Secondary | Date
To
⟦To us⟧ Mikhail Yusuf Haddad
Administration of Shamash Secondary School
Reference to your letters numbered 2005 and 2012 and dated 15 / 4 / 55
We confirm to you the addition of the mentioned amounts to the income of their owners for the purpose
of calculating income tax for the fiscal year 54 / 55 .
A copy thereof to -
Income Tax Directorate - for information
Secondary Accountant
Saeb / 11 / 6 of it

Page 99

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Subject:
Number: 21826
Date: 11 / 4 / 1955
Reference:
Date:
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Accounts - Secondary
To the General Directorate of Income Tax
With reference to the letter from the Directorate of the Official Industrial School in Baghdad
Numbered 1182 and dated 4/26/1955, a copy of which is sent to you, we confirm
to you the addition of the amount of 4.500 Dinars to the income of Mr. Jabr Ali Mahmoud
for the fiscal year 954 / 955. Please be informed.
Copy to -
Official Industrial School - For information
Shamash Private Secondary School

Page 100

Professor Shaul
To be recorded
12 / 6 / 55
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number / 21066
Date 5 / 6 / 1955
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys (All)
It has been tentatively decided to accept the students whose names are listed below in the general exams for primary education
as external students in Diyala Province. Please confirm their non-attendance for the current year or their leaving school after the mid-year
exam.
Primary Education
1 - Sayyid Abbas Al-Hajj Muhammad
2 - Saadullah Faydullah Haidar
3 - Ahmed Salman Mahmoud
4 - Abdul Moniem Ibrahim
Director of Education, Baghdad Province
Copy to -
Directorate of Education, Diyala Province - referring to its letter No. 3424 dated 5 / 9 / 1955
Certificates and Statistics Office
Issued H
772
12 / 6 / 955