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IJA 3073

Correspondence between Baghdadi Jewish Schools and Iraqi Ministry of Education; Name Changes of Streets in Baghdad

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This is correspondence from the Iraqi Ministry of Education and Office of Education in Baghdad to all school administrations with regards to public health for students, the battle against illiteracy, school statistics, school inspectors, explaining amendments to the personal status law, the opening of a new school, personnel issues, administrative instructions, school daily and annual calendars, extracurricular activities, transfer of students, exams, curriculum standards, a national anthem contest, book lists, girl and boy scouts, lists of school administrative officials, and field trips. Also included is a list of recent name changes of streets and public square names throughout Baghdad.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3073
Item Number
15740
Date
Approx. January 1, 1961 to December 31, 1970
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Employment, Teachers, Pan-Arabism, Typed, Association for Iraqi Students, Iraqi Government, School Material, Legal, Labor, Letterhead, Revolutionary Command Council, Postage Stamp, Ministry of Health, Frank Iny School, Office of Public Health, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Directorate of Education, Annotation, Ministry of Agriculture

AI en Translation, Pages 326-350

Page 326

Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Student Affairs
Number / 50
Date / 2 / 2 / 1963
Very Urgent
83
2/4
To - Administrations of Official and Private Intermediate and Secondary Schools for Girls only
Subject / Student Identity
We record for you below a copy of the letter from the Ministry of Defense / Special Investigation Commission No. 87/5
dated 1/27/63 for review of its contents and to inform us if Khawla Hamid al-Rawi
is one of your school's students as quickly as possible.
Hassan al-Jamil
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Copy to -
Ministry of Defense / Special Investigation Commission, we will provide you with the result as soon as the answer arrives
Student Affairs for auditing.
/ Copy of the Letter /
In an investigative case presented to this commission, it was necessary to know the identity of one of the students
assigned to the first intermediate grade named Khawla Hamid al-Rawi, so please circulate this to the
relevant schools affiliated with you to inform us of her identity and the school she belongs to as quickly as possible.
Colonel / Abdul Wahab al-Mudarris
Head of the Special Investigation Commission at the Ministry Headquarters
Defen⟦line⟧ce
For filing
Professor ⟦Ahmed⟧
Please take the necessary action
⟦As such⟧
4/2/1963

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For follow-up
⟦illegible⟧
82
4 / 2
4 / 2 / 1963
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Curricula
Number /: 5 - - ⟦illegible⟧
Date /: 2 / 2 / 1963
To - Administrations of all schools associated with this Directorate.
Subject / School Library Books.
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Libraries No.
5121 on 24 / 1 / 1963. Please review and act accordingly.
Hassan Al-Ajil
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs - Libraries - for your information
Curricula Department.
-/ Copy of the Letter /-
The owners of "Dar Al-Maaref Foundation in Damascus" submitted a request to us regarding the purchase of copies of
the "Nawabigh al-Fikr" (Geniuses of Thought) series for libraries. Since we believe in its benefit for students and teachers, we have no objection to
purchasing copies of it for the school libraries affiliated with you from the proceeds of school activity donations designated
for school libraries.
On behalf of the Director of General Technical Affairs
Nihad Abdul Majid
Nawabigh al-Fikr Series
1- Al-Farazdaq | 2- Al-Baha' Zuhair
3- Rifa'a al-Tahtawi | 4- Ikhwan al-Safa
5- Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi | 6- Safi al-Din al-Hilli
7- Al-Mutanabbi | 8- Ibn Sina
9- Khalil Mutran | 10- Ibn al-Rumi
11- Mahmoud Sami al-Baroudi | 12- Ibn al-Muqaffa
13- Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani | 14- Al-Suhrawardi
15- Ibn Qutaybah | 16- Al-Khansa
17- Al-Farabi | 18- Sheikh Nasif al-Yaziji
19- Al-Jahiz | 20- Jarir
21- Al-Buhturi | 22- Wali al-Din Yakan
23- Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi | 24- Badi' al-Zaman
25- Ibn Rushd |
Jabbar / 31

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
2 / 4 / 81
Save ⟦illegible⟧ 4/4/1963
Number / 4972
Date / 2 / 3 / 1963
To - All Secondary, Intermediate, and Vocational Schools for Boys
and Girls.
Subject / Notifying Employees.
We record for you below a copy of the circular from the Directorate of General Administration - Personnel
Numbered 5013 and dated 1/24/1963 for review and to notify the concerned parties accordingly
please.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Suhail
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy of it to.
Directorate of General Administration - Personnel - with reference to its letter above for your kind review
Assistants of this Directorate
Personnel of Secondary Education and Administration
All departments - for the same purpose please.
-/ Copy of the Circular /-
1- This Ministry has available a number of grades under the titles of Assistant Observer and Assistant Accountant
with a salary of 34 / 8. On this basis, it has changed the titles of a number of clerks based on seniority in
obtaining the salary. This procedure included those whose salary was 30 dinars or 29 dinars only,
and there are no vacant grades left in the titles shown above for the purpose of changing the titles of the remaining clerks.
2- This Ministry has approached the Ministry of Finance regarding the creation of titles for those entitled to promotion due to
seniority and professions and changing the title during the current fiscal year. The mentioned Ministry agreed to that
by deleting their grades and creating them with the new titles in accordance with the Ministry of Finance circular numbered
21818 on 12/9/1962.
3- Please note the first and second paragraphs and notify your employees of their content and instruct them
to stop submitting requests regarding changing their titles, as this Ministry has all the information
about every employee and will look into the matter of everyone who needs to change their title when the possibility is available in the future.
On your part, please do not refer such requests.
Director of General Administration
Ahmed Yaqoub Al-Shamsi
Jabbar / 31

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Statistics
Number - 4929
Date - 2 / 2 / 1963
To be filed
79 / 2 / 4
738 / 922 / 4 / 2
Administrations of official, private, and foreign primary schools for boys and girls and kindergartens
Subject / Vaccinating students with the polio vaccine
We transmit to you a copy of the letter from the Student Health Directorate No. 1015 dated 27 / 1 / 1963. Please provide
the necessary facilities and cooperate with the vaccination team to ensure the success of their mission in the best possible way when they visit your schools.
⟦illegible⟧
Hassan Al-Muhail
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to: -
Student Health Directorate
Statistics Department
/ Copy of the letter / -
This directorate will vaccinate male and female students of kindergartens and the first four grades of primary
schools with the polio vaccine in two doses on 9 / 2 / 1963, immediately after the end of the spring break.
Please instruct school administrations to assist the vaccination team when they visit the schools.
Signature / -
Director of Student Health
Hani 30
⟦line⟧
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa

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77
4 / 2
For filing
⟦illegible⟧
4/2/63
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
and Administration
Number /: 4888
Date /: 2 / 2 / 1963
To - Administrations of all secondary, intermediate, and vocational schools
for boys and girls.
We record for you below a copy of the circular from the Directorate of General Education - Secondary
No. 28064 dated 6 / 7 / 1962 for your information and to notify the members of the teaching
staff accordingly.
Hassan Al-Dujail
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to.
Assistant for Administrative Affairs
Secondary Education Personnel - in three copies
-/ Copy of the Circular /-
It has been noted that some provincial education directorates provide some Ministry employees and teachers
belonging to other education directorates with medical forms for health institutions ⟦this⟧
And since the rule is that every employee is obliged to consult their specialized authority in their province and that traveling to a province
other than the one where their work center is located requires the knowledge of the department in which they work. We would like to inform you
of the impermissibility of providing any teacher or employee not affiliated with you with a medical form regardless of the reasons.
Please act accordingly.
Director of General Education
Dr. Mahmoud Ghanawi Al-Zuhairi
Jabbar / 31

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
Number / 158
Date / 2 / 2 / 1963
76
2 / 4
- Secret / -
Noted
⟦illegible⟧
22 / 2 / 4
To - Administrations of all secondary, intermediate, and vocational schools.
Subject / Request for names . .
With reference to the letter of the Directorate of General Education - Secondary, No. S 11 / 1 / 545
dated 28 / 1 / 1963.
Please inform us of the names of the male and female teachers and assistants
who are not performing any work, whether for medical reasons or otherwise, as quickly as possible
with confirmation in the event that there are no persons covered by our letter above.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Dujail
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
A copy to .
Directorate of General Education - Secondary - Reference to its letter above.
Secondary Education Personnel - Mr. Kamil for consolidation.
Jabbar 2

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Mr. Ahmed
Please inform the teaching staff about the subject
⟦illegible signature⟧
27 / 1 / 963
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
and Administration
57
⟦line⟧
1 / 27
Number / 2822
Date / 24 / 1 / 963
To - All school administrations
Subject / Visiting the Ministry's Office
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Education / Secondary No.
3822 dated 19 / 1 / 963 for review and to notify all members of the teaching
staff accordingly.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Hassan Al-Majeed
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Education
Directorate of General Administration
General Education Inspectorate
Directorate of General Cultural Relations
Directorate of General Technical Affairs
Directorate of General Vocational Education
Assistants of this Directorate
All Departments
/ Copy of the Letter /
Please inform all employees of the secondary and intermediate schools affiliated with you not to
visit the office of this Ministry personally to follow up on their transactions or submit any request
directly; rather, their visits must be restricted to your directorates and all their transactions must pass through you
as you are the competent authorities before reaching us. Violators will be held accountable.
Director of General Education
Dr. Mahmoud Ghannawi Al-Zuhairi
Yassin 23 / 1
The staff is notified
⟦illegible signature⟧

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Sports Activity
22
1 / 16
Number - 8 - 24
Date - 15 / 1 / 1963
Mr. Ahmed
When sending the schedule, arrange a schedule based on physical
education conducted in the school. Please meet me before returning to the Education Directorate.
⟦illegible⟧
16/1/63
To all administrations of secondary, intermediate, and vocational schools
Subject/ Weekly lesson schedule for physical education, sports activity,
and extracurricular scouting
Reference to the letter of the General Directorate of Physical Education No. 6441 on 9 / 1 / 1963.
Please send the weekly lesson schedule for physical education, sports activity, and scouting
extracurricular activities and the daily timetable to this Directorate / Sports and Scouting Activity Division, and
we emphasize the necessity of sending any amendment that occurs to the schedule during the school year and informing us.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Ajeel
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to:-
General Inspectorate of Education
General Directorate of Physical Education - your letter referred to above.
General Directorate of Education / Secondary
General Directorate of Vocational Education / Industrial
General Directorate of Vocational Education / Commercial
General Directorate of Vocational Education / Home Arts
Secondary Personnel
Supervisor of Physical Education Affairs for Girls' Schools
Supervisor of Physical Education Affairs
Hani / 14

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Noted
⟦illegible⟧
72
1 / 29
1963
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
and Administration
Number: 4258
Date: 27 / 1 / 963
To - All school administrations ⟦line⟧
Subject/ The arrival of the blessed month of Ramadan
We provide you below with a copy of the letter from the Diwan of the Council of Ministers No. 201 on
17 / 1 / 963, which was communicated to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Administration - Personnel No. 4855 dated
23 / 1 / 963 for your information and to act accordingly.
Hassan Al-Ajil
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to.
Directorate of General Administration - Personnel - Please be informed with reference to the above letter
All Directorate departments
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
In view of the approaching month of the blessed Ramadan, His Excellency the Faithful Leader, Prime
Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has directed the issuance of orders to all members of your ministry and the departments
affiliated with it to welcome this great month with all the celebration, ceremony, and adherence
to its rituals it deserves, and to avoid eating in public in government offices during it, and to take measures
against those who violate its sanctity, in line with what is stated in the Constitution of the Iraqi Republic regarding the consideration of the
true Islamic religion as the official religion of the state, and in commitment to honoring this noble national heritage.
Abdul Latif Bartu
Head of the Diwan of the Council of Ministers
Habao / 27

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Accounts
Number / 4176
Date / 27 / 1 / 1963
70
1/29
Mr. Khudair
Please inform the accountant of the content of this circular
⟦illegible⟧
1/29 / 63
To - Administrations of all schools associated with this Directorate
Subject / Cancellation of revenue stamps
We transmit to you below a copy of the Ministry of Finance circular No. 4851 / 2 / 1 dated 26 / 12 / 62
notified to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Administration and Personnel at the Ministry of Education No. 4001 dated
on 20 / 1 / 963. Please review it and act according to its contents, then note the placement of the date on the stamp
when signing it.
Hassan Al-Ajeel
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to -
Secondary Accounts / Mr. Ali Khudair
Primary Accounts / for information
All departments of the Directorate to notify your employees of this.
/ Copy of the Circular /
The text of Financial Instructions No. (1) attached to the Stamp Duty Law No. (50) of 1950 as amended
stipulates the manner in which revenue stamps are cancelled and required that part of the signature and date
be on the stamp and the other part on the paper. We have received inquiries from some departments from which we sensed
that they considered the cancellation illegal simply because the signature or date went beyond the sides of the stamp onto the paper.
To clarify the instructions mentioned above and based on the provisions of Article Thirty-Nine of
the Stamp Duty Law No. (50) of 1950, it is announced to all departments that the cancellation of revenue stamps
is formal as long as the signature and date are shared between the stamp and the paper, regardless of whether
they extend from the stamp onto the paper from one side of the stamp or from more than one side, and that the cancellation
is informal if the signature and date, or either of them, are on the stamp alone or on the paper alone.
Minister of Finance
Mudhaffar Hussain Jamil
Yassin / 26
Director / For information
⟦illegible⟧
1/29 / 63

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Accounts
69
1/29
= Extremely Urgent =
For filing
⟦illegible⟧
1/29/1963
Number -: 4172
Date -: 1/27/1963
To = Administrations of all secondary, vocational, and intermediate schools affiliated
with this Directorate
Subject/ Furniture Repair
Please do not allow the carpenter Majid Khudair to repair the desks and furniture
present in your school, and this Directorate is not responsible for paying any amount
to him.
⟦illegible⟧
Hassan Al-Ajil
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to = -
Secondary Accounts / Mr. Ali Khudair
Disbursement Accounts / Mr. Muhammad Abdullah / For information and not to process any document
signed by the aforementioned person
Fadhil 1/26

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For filing
⟦illegible⟧
1/29/963
68
1/29
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Accounts
Number 4172
Date 1/27/1963
To / Administrations of all secondary, intermediate, and vocational schools affiliated with this Directorate
Subject/ Telephone Repair
⟦line⟧
Based on what was stated in the letter of the Directorate of General Administration - Accounts No. 4387 dated 1/21/963
When a defect or malfunction occurs in your school's telephone set and you contact us regarding its repair, please inform us of the telephone number
to be repaired and the location of the building in which the telephone is installed in detail so that we can notify the Central Telephone Directorate
of that.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Ajeel
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
⟦signature⟧
1/28
Copy to /
Secondary Accounts / Mr. Ali Khudair
Primary Accounts / For information
Abdullah / 26

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel Department
Number 4248
Date 27 / 1 / 1963
For filing
⟦illegible⟧
29 / 1 / 63
To / Administrations of all official secondary and intermediate schools for boys and girls
Subject / Lesson distribution schedules
Based on some recent transfers among secondary staff teachers (male and female) and in view of the desire of this
Directorate to identify vacancies, please provide us with the lesson distribution schedules for the teachers of your schools along with
the semi-monthly staff vacancy schedules immediately upon receipt of this letter of ours.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Ajeel
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to /
Secondary Personnel / Mr. Kamil
Abdullah / 24

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Supplies
Number - 4174
Date - 27 / 1 / 1963
Noted
⟦illegible⟧
To -
Principals (male and female) of Secondary, Intermediate, and
Official Vocational Schools for boys and girls affiliated with this Directorate
All
Subject / Regarding the inspection of school laboratories
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Laboratories 3243 on 16 / 1 / 1963 regarding the visit
of Mr. Assistant Laboratory Supervisor Farouk Fateh Al-Tikriti to the laboratories of the schools in the governorates of the Iraqi Republic
to review their contents and needs, for your information.
Hassan Al-Ajil
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Copy to -
Directorate of General Administration / Laboratories / Your letter above /
For your kind review
Head of the Supplies Supervision - For information
Copy of the Letter
It has been decided that Mr. Farouk Fateh Al-Tikriti, Assistant Supervisor in the Directorate of Laboratories at the Diwan of this
Ministry, will visit the schools of the governorates for the purpose of overseeing the organization of their laboratories and auditing the laboratory
records therein and matching them with the duplicate copies kept at the Directorates of Education of the governorates
regarding the organization of records and the registration of output lists therein, and conducting the handover process between
teachers, performing the annual inventory, and organizing a special file for laboratories and so on. Also, to review
the extent and guarantee of the schools' benefit from the materials and equipment provided to them and to ensure proper
usage, in addition to identifying the surplus and shortages in these laboratories and then
conducting immediate transfers between schools.
Signed / Director of General Administration
Ahmed Yaqoub Al-Shamsi
Fadhil 24 / 1

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1/27
Mr. Ahmed
This circular does not include our school because
no unusual incident has occurred in our school. Therefore, I do not
excuse myself from attendance except by a
continuous and extremely urgent order
⟦signature⟧
1/27/963
Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
Number 125
Date 1/27/1963
To / Administrations of all intermediate, secondary, preparatory, and vocational schools for boys and girls.
Subject / Study Statement.
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Education / Secondary No. 12 / 24 / 478
dated 1/23/963.
For your information and to take the necessary action accordingly.
Hassan Al-Dujail
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to /
General Directorate of Vocational Education
General Inspectorate of Education
Secondary Education Personnel Note / for follow-up.
(( Copy of the Letter ))
The administrations of intermediate, secondary, and preparatory schools, and teacher training institutes and industrial schools in which
unusual incidents occurred must hold a meeting of the teachers' council (male and female) and consider the following matters
and submit detailed proposals, recommendations, and decisions of the teachers' council regarding them, supported by names and numbers, and send them
to the Ministry of Education, provided that the specialized inspector supervising the school attends this meeting.
1 - Discussing the situation before and during the mid-year exams.
2 - Student attendance during exams and the reasons for the non-attendance of students (male or female) who did not participate in
the exams.
3 - Submitting proposals regarding possible solutions to be applied in light of the school system currently in force, provided that
these meetings are held immediately after the end of the mid-year exams and on the same day.
Signature
For / Minister of Education
Dr. Abbas Taha Al-Najm
Abdullah / 26

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
Scouting Activity for Girl Guides
Number - 2822
Date - 24 / 1 / 1963
Noted
⟦illegible⟧
27 / 1 / 63
747 ⟦illegible⟧
Urgent
⟦line⟧
To -
Administrations of Secondary, Intermediate, and Vocational Schools belonging to this Directorate
Administrations of Model Primary Schools only
Subject / Screening of Scouting Films
⟦line⟧
Based on the approval of the General Directorate of Physical Education in its letter numbered 6971 and dated
12 / 1 / 63 regarding the screening of scouting films specifically for Girl Guides and Brownies, and given the importance
of showing such films to physical education teachers for their benefit and to benefit others.
Please instruct the physical education teacher in your school to attend the hall of Al-Gharbiya Intermediate School
for Boys accompanied by the patrol leaders and the troop leader in scouting uniform to watch some scouting
films at two-thirty in the afternoon on Thursday, corresponding to
14 / 2 / 1963.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Muhayya
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Rusafa
A copy to -
Directorate of Secondary Education
Directorate of Primary Education
General Directorate of Physical Education / Scouting Activity
Administration of Al-Gharbiya Intermediate School for Boys - to prepare the hall, please.
Supervisor of Student and Scouting Activity / Rusafa Education
" " " " " / Karkh
Supervisor of Girl Guide Affairs / Rusafa Education
Hani 23

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Curricula
Number / 3787
Date / 22 / 1 / 963
55
727
For filing
1/27/963
To - School administrations affiliated with this Directorate
Subject / Regarding the introduction of books
We transmit below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Libraries
Numbered 3218 on 16 / 1 / 963. Please review and act accordingly.
Hassan Al-Majeel
Director of Education, Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Copy to -
Directorate of General Technical Affairs / Libraries / For your information
Curriculum Department.
/ Copy of the letter /
In view of the publication of the books listed below, we see no objection to introducing them into school
libraries, using the proceeds from school activity donations.
Book Title | Author | Price
1 - Matn al-Ajurrumiyya | Ahmed Habib al-Qusayr | 150 Fils
2 - Al-Manhal in Arabic Literature | Dr. Ali Jawad al-Tahir | = 300
3 - Labid bin Rabi'ah al-Amiri | Yahya al-Jubouri | = 250
4 - Al-Ashwaq al-Ha'irah | Salman Hadi al-Tu'ma | = 200
5 - Grounds for Criminal Non-responsibility | Abdul Rahman al-Jowrani | = 500
6 - Border Area Affairs of the Republic of Iraq | Adel Rashid al-Jawshli | = 250
7 - Criticism and Inflection | Abdullah al-Jubouri | = 400
8 - Contemporary Literature in Iraq | Dr. Dawood al-Salloum | = 400
On behalf of / Director of General Technical Affairs
Nihad Abdul Majeed
Yassin / 22

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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Curricula
54
727
⟦1/27⟧
Number -: 277
Date -: 22 / 1 / 1963
To -: All school administrations affiliated with this directorate
Subject /: Schedule and working hours for the holy month of Ramadan
On the occasion of the approaching holy month of Ramadan, we list below the amendments to the schedule
for primary, intermediate, and secondary education, teacher training institutes, and home arts to be implemented accordingly.
Note / Working hours shall be a single shift for all educational levels.
Hassan Al-Ajeel
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to -
General Inspectorate of Education
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Curricula and Books / for your kind information
Secondary Personnel Department
Primary Personnel Department
Staffing Division
All male and female inspectors of this directorate
Curricula Note 10 copies
1 - Double-shift primary schools: working hours remain as they are according to the schedule currently
in effect.
2 - Non-double-shift primary schools for boys and girls -- one hour is deleted from Art Education
lessons and another from Physical Education lessons for all grades.
3 - Double-shift intermediate schools . . one hour is deleted from Art Education and another from Home Economics
and the working hours become five hours per day.
4 - Non-double-shift intermediate schools
a - One hour is deleted from Art Education lessons and another from Physical Education lessons
for the three grades for boys.
b - As for girls' intermediate schools, one hour is deleted from Art Education lessons and another
from Physical Education lessons for the first grades.
c - One hour is deleted from Physical Education lessons and another from Home Economics lessons
for the second grades thereof.
d - One hour is deleted from Physical Education lessons and another from Home Economics lessons
for the third grades thereof.
5 - Non-double-shift secondary schools
a - One hour is deleted from Physical Education lessons and another from Art Education for the
fourth and fifth scientific and literary grades for boys' schools.
b - One hour is deleted from Physical Education lessons and another from Home Economics lessons
for the fourth and fifth scientific and literary grades for girls' schools.
6 - Home Arts Schools
One hour is deleted from Physical Education and another from Art Crafts lessons for all
grades of the intermediate and secondary sections; also, the music hour and one hour of drawing
and design are deleted from the third and fourth grades, and it shall be five hours daily for all grades.
7 - Primary Teacher Training Institutes for Men and Women
Two hours of Art Education, two hours of Physical Education, and the music and anthem hour are deleted in
the first grades thereof, and one hour is deleted from Art Education lessons and another from Physical
Education for the second grades thereof, and no hour is deleted from the third-grade lessons. As for
Please follow
Fadel / 22 / 1

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Attached to the Education Letter
2776
1/22/1962
Continued / 2
Regarding the physical education branches of the mentioned institutes, one hour is deleted from
art education lessons, another from music and singing, and two hours from practical lessons.
8- The schedule for double-shift schools that have evening schools (primary), intermediate,
or secondary schools with them during the month of Ramadan shall be as follows:
Morning Shift | From | To
First Lesson | 8:00 | 8:40
Second Lesson | 8:45 | 9:25
Third Lesson | 9:30 | 10:10
Fourth Lesson | 10:15 | 10:55
Fifth Lesson | 11:00 | 11:40
B- Schedule for the second double-shift section | |
First Lesson | 11:50 | 12:30
Second Lesson | 12:35 | 1:15
Third Lesson | 1:20 | 2:00
Fourth Lesson | 2:05 | 2:45
Fifth Lesson | 2:50 | 3:30
C- Evening Shift (Night) | |
First Lesson | 3:35 | 4:15
Second Lesson | 4:15 | 4:55
Break | 4:55 | 5:00
Third Lesson | 5:00 | 5:40
Fourth Lesson | 5:40 | 6:20
Note/ As for non-double-shift schools that have night shifts in their buildings, the evening school schedule
starts at three-fifteen
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Secondary Personnel
For attachment
⟦illegible signature⟧
54
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Number -: 3775
Date -: 22 / 1 / 1963
To =
All School Administrations
Subject/ The advent of the holy month of Ramadan
We convey to you below a copy of Statement No. (1) dated 8 / 1 / 1963 issued by the Ministry of
Social Affairs and communicated to us by the letter of the Directorate of General Administration / Personnel / Numbered
2895 on 15 / 1 / 1963 on the occasion of the advent of the holy month of Ramadan for review and action
accordingly.
⟦signature⟧
Hassan Al-Ajil
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Rusafa
Copy to = -
All departments of the Directorate
Copy of the Statement
On the occasion of the approaching holy month of Ramadan for the year 1382 AH, and in view of this month's
sanctity and dignity, which necessitates adherence to maintaining the exaltation of its religious rituals and preserving its sanctity,
we have hereby decided to take the following measures during this blessed month.
1 - Publicly breaking the fast is strictly prohibited.
2 - a - All nightclubs, casinos, restaurants, bars, and shops for drinking and selling
liquor of all kinds, refreshment shops, and all shops in official
and semi-official institutions, companies, and private and commercial establishments shall be closed during the day, including
itinerant food vendors.
b - Excepted from the provision of paragraph (a) of this article are excellent and first-class hotels
and very necessary restaurants, by permit from the Provincial Governor's Office.
3 - The Provincial Governor's Office shall assess the urgent need and extreme necessity in granting the above permits
in a manner that does not violate the preservation of the sanctity of this blessed month and within the smallest possible scope.
4 - It is prohibited to open and operate nightclubs, dance halls, bars, and shops for drinking and selling liquor before
eight-thirty PM.
5 - All nightclubs, dance halls, bars, and shops for drinking and selling liquor shall be closed on the nights
of the 19th, 21st, and 27th of the holy month of Ramadan.
6 - Excepted from this statement are restaurants, cafes, and hotels of railway stations,
airports, and ports.
7 - Violators shall be punished according to the provisions of Articles 126 and 211 of the Baghdad Penal Code.
Signed/ Minister of Social Affairs
Hassan Al-Talabani
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Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Certificates
Number 2702
Date 1 / 1 / 1963
To be filed
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To / Administrations of all schools associated with this Directorate
Subject / Transfer Documents
We record for you below a copy of the letter from the General Directorate of Technical Affairs, Examinations and Certificates, No. 3640
dated 19 / 1 / 1963. Please act accordingly regarding providing students with documents.
⟦Signature⟧
Hassan Al-Sajin
Director of Education of Baghdad Governorate / Al-Rusafa
Copy to /
General Directorate of Technical Affairs / Examinations and Certificates
Certificates / in two copies.
(( Copy of the Letter ))
Reference to your letter 56556 dated 17 / 12 / 1962, school documents addressed to each of
the schools mentioned below are not considered transfer documents.
1 - Institute of Fine Arts (2) Vocational institutes belonging to the local administration (3) Schools belonging
to the Ministry of Defense (such as the Supply School, the Aviation College, and the Air Crafts School).
Signature
General Director of Technical Affairs.
Abdullah / 22