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IJA 3708

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are archival documents from Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores and test booklets, student certifications, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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IJA 3708
Item Number
12946
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
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AI en Translation, Pages 176-200

Page 176

Sh / 14 / 1
62 / 1 / 14
Iraqi Ministry of Education
Directorate of Shammash Preparatory School
No. - Sh / 868
Date: 14 / 1 / 1962
2478
Examination Number
To - Directorate of Examinations
Faiza Yaqoub Ezra Abdullah, whose photograph is attached above, is one of the students of the (Fifth Scientific Preparatory) class
from our school who entered the (General) examination for the year 1961 / 1962 and her result was (Failed)
in (Second) and obtained the grades listed on the back, and based on
her request, we have provided her with this document.
1- Admitted according to Transfer Certificate No. 521 dated 11 / 9 / 1960
issued by Zubaida Intermediate School for Girls in Baghdad
2- Documents previously provided.
The entity to which the document is addressed | Number | Date | Type of Document
⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧ | ⟦line⟧
3- Classes she failed in, number of years of failure, and cause of failure (illness or other) (Fifth Preparatory)
1961-1962
4- Subjects in which she completed.
5- Her behavior and regularity of attendance.
6- Date of leaving school. Her papers were withdrawn at the end of
the school year 61-1962 because she did not attend.
Non-dropping identity card number 249 on 21 / 2 / 1952
School Clerk
⟦signature⟧
School Principal
Akram Wahbi
Acting
⟦signature⟧
A. Kord Rees

Page 177

Statistics and Certificates
No. 2578 Date ⟦...⟧
Directorate of ⟦...⟧
Iraqi Ministry of Education
Directorate of Frank Iny Intermediate School
Number: 521 / D
Date: 11 / 9 / 1960
Examination Number: 4485
⟦Photograph of a female student⟧
To - Management of Shamash Preparatory School
Faiza Yaqub Ezra Abdullah, whose photo is attached above, is one of the students of the
(Third Intermediate) class of our school. She entered the general examination for the year
1959 / 1960 and the result was Pass in the first session and she obtained
the grades listed on the back. Based on her request, we have provided her with this document.
1- Admitted according to transfer certificate No. 712 dated 22 / 9 / 1955
issued by Frank Iny Primary School in Baghdad.
2- Documents previously provided.
The party to whom the document is addressed | its number | its date | type of document
⟦line⟧
3- Classes she failed and number of years of failure (illness or other) Intermediate stage 55 / 1956
56 / 1957
4- Subjects in which she completed requirements.
5- Her behavior, orderliness, and attendance.
6- Date of leaving school.
Non-dropping identity card number 249 dated 20 / 2 / 1954
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils revenue stamp
School Clerk
⟦Akram Karah⟧
Abdullah Kuwayna
School Principal

Page 179

Baccalaureate
Subject | First Grade | Second Grade | Third Grade | Subject | Entrance Exam | Fourth Grade | Fifth Grade (Ministerial)
| | | First Session | Second Session | | | |
Arabic Language | | | 69 Sixty-nine | | | | |
English Language " | | | 65 Sixty-five | | | | |
Social Studies = | | | 67 Sixty-seven | | | | |
Mathematics = | | | 58 Fifty-eight | | | | |
Sciences = | | | 59 Fifty-nine | | | | |
Total } | | | 318 Three hundred eighteen | | | | |
⟦illegible⟧ SCHOOL

Laura Kadoorie Private School for Girls
Baghdad
Conditions of Admission
1 - Admission to the first intermediate grade depends on passing the general examination for primary education.
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 certificate certified by the Baghdad District Education Directorate
(2) Smallpox vaccination certificate (3) Typhoid vaccination certificate (4) A medical certificate of health from
communicable diseases (5) Two copies of her photograph.
4 - All documents mentioned in paragraph three listed above are kept in a special file with the owner's name written on it as
explained in the school certificate.
Student's name according to the school certificate: Faiza Yaqoub Anad
Father's name and family surname according to the school certificate: Yaqoub Anad Abbas
Guardian's name: Her father
Occupation of the father or guardian: Retired in the Railways Department
Current address of the guardian (house number and neighborhood): 2/B/9/1 Bashariyat
Student's birthplace: Baghdad
Date of birth according to the civil status register: 1944
Last school attended: Frank Iny Primary School
Last grade attended: Sixth
Year of graduation from primary school and name of the school graduated from: 1958 Frank Iny School
Total marks obtained in the general examinations for primary education: 442
Grade to which admitted: First Intermediate
Student's Signature
Faiza Yaqoub
Guardian's Signature
Yaqoub Anad Abbas

Page 180

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Primary and Intermediate
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
No.:
Date.:
Transfer Certificate:
Number: 55/712
Date: 5/9/1955
To the Principal of: Frank Iny Intermediate School
That: The named Naira Yaqoub Ezra
Students (is one of the students) of Class: First Intermediate
From our school for the academic year 1954 - 1955:
And participated in the general exam for the mentioned year and: Passed
it, and she is of good character and behavior, and based on her desire to transfer to your school, we have provided her with this certificate. Below is a statement of her grades:
Religion |  |
Arabic Language | 80 | Eighty
English Language | 72 | Seventy-two
French Language |  |
Geography |  |
History | 57 | Fifty-seven
Moral and Civic Duties | 77 | Seventy-seven
Arithmetic and Mathematics | 67 | Sixty-seven
Algebra |  |
Geometry |  |
Health and Biology |  |
Physics |  |
Chemistry |  |
Science and Health | 88 | Eighty-eight
Drawing and Handcrafts |  |
Sports and Chanting |  |
Total | 442 | Four hundred and forty-two
Social Studies
Mathematics
Note that she was promoted to the second class
7402
⟦illegible stamp over photo⟧
FRANK INY SCHOOL BAGHDAD
Non-transfer ID
228
20/2/54
Abdullah Cohen
Principal

Page 182

48 - 49 | First Primary | Na'im School
49 - 50 | Second | " "
50 - 51 | Third |
51 - 52 | Fourth |
52 - 53 | Fifth B |
53 - 54 | Fifth A |
54 - 55 | Sixth | Na'im
55 - 56 |  |
56 - 57 |  |

Page 183

Faiza Betob N-⟦illegible⟧
55 - 56 Fail
56 - 57
57 - 58 Pass
Arabic | 62
English | 61
French | 59
Geography | 69
History | 75
Arithmetic and Algebra | 60
Geometry | 74
Science | 60
Drawing | 72
Total | 522 /
Behavior | 29
Absence | 12
65.2 |
⟦A3- P3⟧ | ⟦88- 89⟧ | ⟦87- 88⟧ | Academic Year 58 - 59 Second Intermediate
Arabic | 59
English | 62
French | 54
Geography | 76
History | 71
Mathematics | 84
Arithmetic | 72
Algebra | 58
Geometry | 54
Biology | 61
Physics | 55
Chemistry | 69
Total | 773 /
Behavior | 26
Absence | 11
64.4 |
Academic Year 60 - 61 Fourth Preparatory
Arabic | 65
English | 57
Translation and Literature | 70
Arithmetic and Trigonometry | 68
Algebra | 58
Plane Geometry | 51
Physics | 50
Chemistry | 50
Economics | 75
Total | 544 /
Behavior | 40
Absence | 25
French | 52
60.4 |

Page 185

Technical Accounting Branch
55 - 56 First Intermediate -
56 - 57 " "
57 - 58 Second (Left/Dropped out)
58 - 59 Third Intermediate
59 - 60 Fourth Preparatory (Failed)
Not registered
General Examination 1957 Second Session 24 Rank 27
Intermediate Studies June 1959 " 23 " 21

Page 186

Statistics and Certificates
We certify the authenticity of the school principal's signature
Number ⟦...⟧ Date 27 / 9 / 1959
Certificates Observer
Director of Education for ⟦Baghdad⟧ District
Iraqi Ministry of Education
School Directorate: Shamoon Aini Intermediate School
Number: KH / 229
Date: 6 / 9 / 1959
Number: 039820 A
To: - Administration of Shamash Preparatory School
Fawzia Shibi Ibrahim, whose photo is attached above, is one of the students in the third intermediate grade of our school. She entered
the public examination for the year 58 / 1959 and her result was successful in the first session and she obtained the listed grades
on the back. Based on her request, we have provided her with this document. Examination number 11574
1 - Admitted by virtue of transfer certificate numbered 249 and dated 19 / 9 / 1955 issued by Menahem Daniel School
in Baghdad
2 - Documents previously provided.
Entity to which the document is addressed | Its number and date | Document type
3 - Grades failed in, number of years of failure, and reason for failure (illness or other). Intermediate session 1956/55
4 - Subjects in which she completed requirements.
5 - Her conduct and attendance regularity.
6 - Date of leaving the school. June 1959
Non-enrollment ID number 7774 and date 27 / 4 / 1954
Iraqi Republic
50 Fils
Revenue Stamp
School Principal
School Clerk
Akram Cohen
⟦Red mark/signature⟧
⟦Government Press - Baghdad - 1958⟧

Page 188

FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: 824/57
Date: 4/11/1958
To - The Administration of an Intermediate School in Beirut
We certify that the student Fifi Kashi, whose photograph is attached above, entered the first intermediate grade at
the beginning of the academic year 1955 / 56 after passing the General Examination (Baccalaureate) for primary
studies for the year 1954 / 1955. She participated in the final exam for the academic year 56 / 57
and passed to the second intermediate grade.
The conduct of the aforementioned student was good and her attendance was regular, and she was given this transfer certificate
based on the request of her guardian.
⟦signature⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal

Page 189

Baghdad
Number ⟦...⟧
1955
By Number ⟦...⟧
10/9
To the administration of Mini Rusafa Mixed School
The administration of this school certifies that the student Farah Heshmat Lashi Al-Sheikha
pictured above is one of the students of the sixth primary grade
and she participated in the general examinations of the Ministry of Education for the academic year
1954 / 1955 and achieved a total of 425 marks and was considered successful.
Below we list the grades obtained by the aforementioned student:-
77 | Arabic Language
60 | English Language
64 | Principles of Science and Health
69 | Social Studies
100 | Arithmetic and Measurements
55 | Religion and Duties
425 | Total
She was of good conduct and behavior and regular in school attendance.
We have provided her with this certificate based on her request for the purpose of transferring to
Mini Private School
⟦stamp⟧
50 Fils
⟦signature⟧
A photo that cannot be separated for the purpose of photographing it aging

Page 191

Na'im Saleh Daniel School
1954 / 1955
Certificate Number 6819
Baghdad 3 / 19 / 1955
Number 449
To the management of the respected Frank Iny Private School
The management of this school certifies that the student Farah Haqqi Kashi, whose
photo is fixed above, is one of the students of the sixth primary grade
and participated in the general examinations of the Ministry of Education for the academic year
1954 / 1955 and obtained a total of 445 marks and was considered successful.
The following is a statement of the grades she obtained in the aforementioned exam: -
77 Arabic Language
60 English Language
64 Principles of Science and Health
69 Social Studies
100 Arithmetic and Measurements
75 Religion and Duties
445 Total
She was of good conduct and behavior and diligent in school attendance.
We have provided her with this certificate based on the desire of her parents to transfer to
Frank Iny Private School
⟦illegible⟧
Na'im Saleh Daniel School
The Principal
A photo that cannot be detached for its ⟦aging⟧ reproduction

Page 193

Menachem Salih Daniel School
Private Elementary School for Boys
Certificate Number ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad 19 / 3 / 1955
Number 449
Administration
Dated
19 / 3 / 55
To the Administration of Frank Iny Private Mixed School
The administration of this school certifies that the student Farah Munshi Lashi Al-Shaikha
pictured above is one of the students of the sixth primary grade
And she participated in the general examinations of the Ministry of Education for the school year
1954 / 1955 and obtained a total of 425 marks and was considered successful
The following is a statement of the grades she obtained in the mentioned exam:
77 | Arabic Language
60 | English Language
64 | Principles of Science and Health
69 | Social Studies
100 | Arithmetic and Measurements
55 | Religion and Duties
425 | Total
She was of good conduct and behavior and regular in school attendance
We have provided her with this certificate based on her desire for the purpose of transferring to
Frank Iny Private School
50 Fils
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
A photograph that cannot be separated for the purpose of imaging aging

Page 194

Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Students who passed the primary school examination are accepted into the first intermediate class.
2 - Students who pass the entrance examination are accepted into the fourth preparatory class.
3 - Students who passed and those with incomplete results in the intermediate school examination participate in the entrance examination.
4 - Every student must submit, upon acceptance, 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 communicable diseases.
c - A certificate of vaccination against smallpox and typhoid.
d - Civil Status Identification (Nationality Book).
e - Two copies of their photograph.
5 - The student must be of good conduct and behavior.
Student's name (according to the identity book): Faraj Munshi Kashi
His address (according to the identity book): Alwiyah 2/25
Date of birth (according to the identity book): 1941
Current student address: Alwiyah Ghruba 299
School transferred from: Menachem Daniel
Class transferred from: Sixth
Result in the class transferred from: Passed
Last general examination passed and its date: Primary education
Guardian's name: Munshi Kashi
Relationship: His father
Occupation: Broker
Address: Al-Shorja
Receipt 1774
27 / 4 / 52
Room 299
19 / 9 / 958
Signature of the student's guardian

Page 197

Fouad Rubin Ezra Hezekiah Qashqoush
Academic Year 60 - 1961 First Intermediate
62 - 1963
63 - 1964 Second
⟦line⟧
67 - 1968 Fourth Preparatory - Commercial

Page 198

Number 000011
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
School Directorate
Shamash Private Preparatory School
« Secondary Study Document »
Ref / ⟦...⟧ / 97
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Preparatory School
Ibn Sina Private Evening Institute
Commercial * Scientific * Literary
Baghdad - Bataween - Sa'doon Street
Telephone: 81015 - 81175
Ref :: ⟦...⟧
Date :: ⟦14⟧ / 9 / 1964
To: -: ⟦Shamash Private Preparatory School⟧
Subject /: Student Admission
We have no objection to admitting the student: Fouad Maurice
In Class: Second Commercial
For the Academic Year: ⟦64 / 65⟧
The Director
Sadiq Haidar
From our school
And he obtained
⟦Al-Mutanabbi Institute⟧
⟦Private⟧
⟦Non-failure status has been issued⟧
⟦12 / 9 / 1964⟧
⟦Photograph of a student⟧

Page 199

Number 000011
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
« Secondary Education Document »
School Directorate
Shamash Private Preparatory School
No. / Sh / 97
Shamash Private Preparatory School
Baghdad
Alwiyah al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
(In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)
No. Sh / 130 / 68
Date 14 / 9 / 1968
Directorate of Education for the Governorate of Baghdad / Rusafa
After greetings:
Attached herewith is the document numbered Sh/ 97 and dated 14 / 9 / 1968 belonging
to the student Fuad Robin Ezra Qashqush for certification.
Please accept our highest respect.
Samha Nassim
The Principal
from our school
and obtained
Head of the Technical Committee
Private
Fourth
Year
Non-failure certificate issued 14 / 9 / 1968

Page 200

Ministry of Education
Iraqi
« Secondary Education Document »
Number: 000011
School Directorate: Shamash Private Preparatory School
Ref /: SH/97
Date: 14 / 9 / 1968
Examination Number:
To / ⟦Ibn Sina National Evening Preparatory Institute⟧
That ⟦Anwar Wadi' Hannun⟧ whose photo is attached above, is one of the students of the ⟦Fourth Scientific⟧ grade of our school
entered the ⟦final⟧ examination for the year 1967 / 1968 and his result was ⟦successful⟧ in the ⟦second⟧ round and he obtained
the grades listed on the back and based on his request we provided him with this document.
1 - Accepted according to the transfer certificate numbered ⟦1696⟧ and dated 2 / 9 / 1967 issued by ⟦Al-Sharq Private Secondary⟧ school
in ⟦Baghdad⟧.
2 - Documents previously provided.
Entity to which the document is addressed | Its Number | Its Date | Document Type
/ | / | / | /
3 - Grades failed in, number of years of failure, and reason for failure (illness or other): —
4 - Subjects in which he was incomplete: —
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance: Very Good
6 - Date of leaving school: 14 / 9 / 68
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate: No
Stamp
Assistant
School Clerk
⟦Salim⟧
⟦Salim⟧
School Principal
Identity number for non-use: ⟦11⟧
14 / 9 / 1968