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IJA 3305

Teacher Files, Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary Schools

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These are file folders from the Frank Iny and Shamash Secondary schools. This item contains records concerning the employment and payment of teachers. Included are teachers’ resumes, photographs, tax information, and correspondence between the schools and the Iraqi Ministry of Education concerning teacher employment.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3305
Item Number
16669
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic
Keywords
Financial, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Teachers, File Folder, Typed, Baghdadi Jewish Community, School Material, Ministry of Education, Ink Stamp, Letterhead, Frank Iny School, Tax, Photograph, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Teachers Union, Students

AI English Translation, Pages 51-75

Archival unit 51

Republic of Iraq
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Secondary Accounts
(True Copy)
General Income Tax Directorate ⟦line⟧
Number 18634
Date 26 / 8 / 58
With reference to the letter of Shamash Preparatory School No. 109 dated 19 / 8 / 1958, we have added
the amount of 38/- Dinars to the income of Mr. Yusuf Samaan for the fiscal year 58 / 1959 for the purpose of deducting
the tax. Please be informed.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Administration of Shamash Preparatory School - their aforementioned letter - please be advised.
Primary Education Accounting.

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Shamash Preparatory School
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
Baghdad
BAGHDAD
Telephone 91693
Tel. No. 91693
Subject:
Number: ⟦illegible⟧ / 58
Date:
To the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
We have paid Mr. Yusuf Samaan an amount of 38/- Dinars
for his lecture fees at this school for the three months of April / June 957
as detailed below. Please add this to his income for income tax calculation purposes.
Please accept our respect.
Fils | Dinar
- | 12 | April 58
- | 13 | May "
- | 13 | June "
- | 38 | ⟦line⟧
Abdullah Owaid Yasa
Principal
Copy to:
General Directorate of Income Tax for information
" Eastern Secondary School for Boys
Mr. Yusuf Samaan.

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
⟦line⟧
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
⟦line⟧
Subject:
Number: SH / 581
Date: 18 / 4 / 1958
To the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
We have paid to Mr. Yousef Samaan, the teacher at the Eastern Secondary School
for Boys, an amount of 12/- Dinars for his lecture fees at this school
for the month of March 1958, so please add that to his income for the purpose of calculating
income tax.
Please accept our respect,,
Abdullah Owaidia
The Director
Copy to /
General Directorate of Income Tax for information
Eastern Secondary School for Boys
Mr. Yousef Samaan.

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Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Number: ⟦87 / 58⟧
Date: 14 / 3 / 1958
Subject:
To the Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings,
We have paid to Mr. Yusuf Samaan, the teacher at the Eastern Secondary School
for Boys, an amount of 75/- Dinars for his lecture fees at this school
for the months of November 957 to February 1958 as detailed below. Please add
this to his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our respect,
Fils | Dinar
19/- | Month of November 957
20/- | " December "
20/- | " January 1958
16/- | " February "
75/- | Total
⟦line⟧
Abdullah Obadia
Principal
Copy to /
General Directorate of Income Tax for information
Eastern Secondary School for Boys
Mr. Yusuf Samaan.

Archival unit 55

True Copy
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 2585
Date 25 / 1 / 1958
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Subject / Lectures
Reference to your letter No. Sh/ 184 / 57 dated 25 / 12 / 1957.
The Directorate of General Education approved in its letter No. 3242 dated 18 / 1 / 1958 for Mr.
Youssef Samaan Haddad, teacher at Al-Sharqiya Secondary School for Boys, to deliver three lectures weekly on the subject of
Mathematics to the students of your school.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education - Secondary - Private
Private Education Personnel Department

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(True Copy)
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 34006
Private and Foreign Education
Date 29 / 12 / 1957
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Lectures
⟦line⟧
We transmit to you below the text of the letter from the administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School No. ⟦184 / 57⟧
dated 25 / 12 / 1957, and we request you to kindly consider the required approval. Attached you will find the attachments
of the mentioned letter.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
1- Letter from Al-Sharqiya Secondary School
2- Written approval
A copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
Please approve for Mr. Yousef Samaan Haddad, a teacher at Al-Sharqiya Secondary School for Boys,
to give three lectures per week on the subject of Mathematics to the students of our school. We attach the original letter
from the administration of Al-Sharqiya Secondary School No. 83 dated 13 / 12 / 1957, allowing him to give these
lectures, along with the written consent of the aforementioned person. Note that the mentioned teacher is a graduate of the Higher Teachers'
Training College, Mathematics Department, for the year 1944.
Please accept our highest respect.

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(True Copy)
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 34006
Date 29 / 12 / 1957
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Lectures
We transmit to you below the text of the letter from the administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School No. ⟦Sh/184/57⟧
dated 25 / 12 / 1957, and we request you to kindly consider the required approval. Attached you will find the enclosures
of the aforementioned letter.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Enclosures
1 - Letter from Al-Sharqiya Secondary School
2 - Written approval
A copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Copy of the letter
Please approve for Mr. Yusuf Samaan Haddad, a teacher at Al-Sharqiya Secondary School for Boys,
to deliver three lectures per week on the subject of Mathematics to the students of our school. We attach herewith the original letter
from the administration of Al-Sharqiya Secondary School No. 83 dated 13 / 12 / 1957, permitting him to deliver these
lectures, along with the written approval of the aforementioned person. Note that the said teacher is a graduate of the Higher Teachers'
Training College, Mathematics Department, for the year 1944.
Please accept our highest respect.

Archival unit 58

SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
⟦line⟧
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
⟦line⟧
Subject: ⟦line⟧
Number: Sh / 57
Date: 25 / 12 / 1957
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Greetings.
Please approve for Mr. Yousef Samaan Haddad, a teacher at the Eastern
Secondary School for Boys, to deliver three lectures per week on the subject of Mathematics to the students of
our school. We attach herewith the original letter from the administration of the Eastern Secondary School numbered 83 and dated
13 / 11 / 1957 allowing him to deliver these lectures with the approval of the Khaliliya
Committee. Note that the aforementioned teacher is a graduate of the Higher Teachers' Training College, Mathematics Department,
class of 1944.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obeidia
Principal

Archival unit 59

To the Ministry of Education
Please approve my request to deliver three lectures on the subject of mathematics weekly to the students of Shamash
Preparatory School, as this does not conflict with my official duties.
Yousef Samaan Haddad

Archival unit 60

True copy.
Directorate
Number / 83
Al-Sharqiya Secondary School for Boys
Date 13 / 11 / 1957
Administration of Shamash Private Intermediate School
We have no objection to Mr. Yusuf Samaan, a teacher at our school, giving three
lectures on the subject of Mathematics to the students of your school, provided it does not conflict with his
official classes, noting that he has 22 official lectures (8) lectures and three
at the Nuns' School.
Director of Al-Sharqiya Secondary
for Boys

Archival unit 61

⟦illegible⟧
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: ⟦illegible⟧
Subject: ⟦illegible⟧
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧, Respectfully
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 63

Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Education
True Copy
Number / 28955
Date / 22 / 7 / 1957
To / Directorate of General Income Tax
Reference to the letter of Shamash Frank Iny School No. 57/184 dated 5/7/1957
We confirm the addition of the amount of 11/250 Dinars to the income of Mr. Zakaria Mikhail (Egyptian
Nationality), teacher at the Primary Teachers' House in Baghdad, for his lecture fees at the
aforementioned school for the months of April, May, and June 1957. Please be informed.
Acting Director General of Education
A copy to /
Directorate of Personnel Matters - For information
Directorate of the Primary Teachers' House - Your letter No. 399 dated 15/7/957
Directorate of Shamash Frank Iny - Your letter above
Accounts Department - Salaries

Archival unit 64

FRANK INY SCHOOL
INTERMEDIATE & PRIMARY
Baghdad
Telephone No. 91693
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
No.:
Number: L/184/57
Date:
Date: 5/7/1957
To the Directorate of the Primary Teachers' Training College
Baghdad
After greetings,
We send herewith to Mr. Zakaria Mikhail an amount of 11/250
dinars from his lecture fees at this school for the months of April, May
and June 1957 as detailed below. Please add this to his income
for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Obeidia
The Director
Fils | Dinar
3/000 | For the month of April 1957
4/500 | " " May "
3/750 | " " June "
11/250 |
A copy of it to the General Income Tax Directorate for information
" " Baghdad Province Education for the parties
" " Mr. Zakaria Mikhail.

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Ministry of Education (True Copy)
Directorate of General Education Ordinary Number - 16459
Baghdad Date - 22 / 4 / 1957
Shamash Secondary School
Subject / Income.
Reference to your letter No. 33 / 57 dated 9 / 4 / 1957
We have added the amount of 4/500 Dinars to the income of Mr. Zakaria Mikhail, the teacher
at the Primary Teachers' House. Please be informed and note this by informing us
directly about his lecture fees in the future.
(Signature)
For the Director General of Education
Copy to
Directorate of General Income Tax / For information.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Outskirts / For information.
Directorate of Primary Teachers' House / Baghdad / Your letter No. 5 dated
13 / 4 / 1957
Directorate of Personnel Matters / For information
Accounts Department / Salaries.

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL   Shamash Secondary School
BAGHDAD   Baghdad
Tel. No. 91693   Telephone 91693
Number: 14 / 57
Date: 4/9/1957
Subject:
To the Directorate of the Primary Teachers' Training College
Baghdad
Greetings,
We have paid Mr. Zakaria Mikhail 4.500 Dinars for his
lecture fees at this school for the month of March 1957. Please add this to
his income for the purpose of calculating income tax.
Please accept our highest respect,
The Director
A copy to / General Directorate of Income Tax for information
" " Baghdad District Education (Outskirts)
" " Mr. Zakaria Mikhail.
⟦Faltah⟧

Archival unit 67

Ministry of Education
Directorate of General Education
Accounts
Number 12989
Date 25 / 3 / 1957
(True Copy)
Subject: Income.
Directorate General of Income Tax
Reference to Shamash Preparatory School letter No. 17 / 57 dated
8 / 3 / 1957, the amount of 15/- Dinars has been added to the income of Mr. Zakaria
Mikhail, teacher at the Primary Teachers' House, for the lecture fees he
delivered at the aforementioned school. Please be informed.
Director General of Education
A copy to:
Directorate of Personnel Affairs / For information.
Directorate of the Primary Teachers' House / Your letter No. 1849 dated
16 / 3 / 1957 - For information.
Accounts Department - Salaries
Shamash Preparatory School - For information.

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Ministry of Education
General Directorate of Education
Accounts
Number 12989
Date 25 / 3 / 1957
(True Copy)
Subject: Income.
General Directorate of Income Tax
Reference to the letter of Shamash Preparatory School No. 17 / 57 dated
8 / 3 / 1957, the amount of 15/- Dinars has been added to the income of Mr. Zakaria
Mikhail, teacher at the Primary Teachers' Training College, for the lecture fees
he delivered at the aforementioned school. Please be informed.
General Director of Education
A copy to:
Directorate of Personnel Matters / For information.
Directorate of Primary Teachers' Training College / Your letter No. 1849 dated
16 / 3 / 1957 - For information.
Accounts Department - Salaries
Shamash Preparatory School - For information.

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SHAMASH SECONDARY SCHOOL
BAGHDAD
Tel. No. 91693
Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / 7 / 57
Date: 8 / 2 / 1957
Subject:
Directorate of the Primary Teachers' House
Greetings,
The total amount received by Mr. Zakaria Mikhail in lecture fees
at this school amounted to 15/- Dinars for the period from October 1956
until the end of February 1957. Please add this to his income for the purpose
of calculating income tax.
Please accept our respects,
⟦illegible⟧
Abdullah Ovadia
Principal
Copy to /
General Directorate of Income Tax for information
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province (Assistance)
Mr. Zakaria Mikhail ⟦line⟧

Archival unit 70

True Copy
⟦line⟧
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center   No. / ⟦216⟧
Private and Foreign Education   Date 3 / 2 / 1957
Administration of Shamash Private School.
Subject - Lectures
Reference to your two letters numbered Sh/4 and 7/57 dated 4 and 21 / 1 / 57
The Directorate of General Education has approved, by its letter No. 4563 dated 29 / 1 / 1957,
the delivery of lectures by Mr. Youssef Haddad and Mr. Zakaria Mikhail to
the students of your school in accordance with what was stated in your aforementioned letters.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts
Private Education Personnel Office

Archival unit 71

(True Copy)
Baghdad Province Education / Center
Number / 2434
Private and Foreign Education
Date 26 / 1 / 1957
Directorate General of Education
« Secondary Education / Private »
Subject - Lectures at Shamash Preparatory School.
With reference to your marginal note dated 12 / 1 / 1957 written on our letter numbered
716 and dated 9 / 1 / 1957 returned to us originally.
-1- We are sending you herewith a copy of the latest schedule for the distribution of lessons to the ⟦teaching⟧ staff
at the Private Shamash Preparatory School - we also return to you herewith the original of our aforementioned letter with its attachments regarding the lectures of Mr. Yusuf Haddad. We kindly ask you to consider approving the aforementioned person to deliver his lectures to the students of the said preparatory school - noting that the administration of this school has indicated to us that the total number of lectures there does not exceed 28% of the total lessons.
-2- The school administration itself has requested our approval for Mr. Zakaria Mikhail, a teacher at the Primary Teachers' House and a graduate of the Faculty of Arts at the Egyptian University and the Higher Institute of Education, to deliver two lectures per week on the subject of translation to the fourth-grade preparatory students of the aforementioned school - we kindly ask you to consider the requested approval, and you will find attached the original letter from the Directorate of the Teachers' House along with the written consent of the mentioned teacher.
Director of Education for Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
1- Lesson distribution schedule.
2- Our returned letter with its attachments number (2)
3- Letter from the Primary Teachers' House.
4- Written consent.
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel.
Administration of the Private Shamash Preparatory School - with reference to its two letters numbered Sh/7/57
and F/57/23 dated 21 / 1 / 1957 - for information.

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FRANK INY SCHOOL
Intermediate & Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
TELEPHONE NO. 91693
and
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
New Alwiyah - Baghdad
Telephone: 91693
No.: F / 12 / 57
Date: 21 / 1 / 1957
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Subject / Lectures
Greetings.
Further to our letter No. F/12/57 dated 1/17/1957 containing the distribution schedule
of the final weekly lessons in Shamash Preparatory School and Frank Iny Intermediate School.
Please kindly approve.
1- For Mr. Zakaria Mikhail, a teacher at the Primary Teachers' House, to give two lectures
per week to the students of the fourth preparatory grade of our school on the subject of translation,
noting that the aforementioned is a graduate of the Faculty of Arts at the Egyptian University for the year 1929
and the Higher Institute of Education for the year 1931.
2- For Mr. Najib Khader, a teacher at the Eastern Secondary School for Boys, to give six lectures
per week on the subjects of health and biology to the students of the third and second intermediate grades,
noting that the aforementioned is a graduate of the Higher Teachers' House, Department of Natural Sciences, for the year
1947.
Attached herewith is the original letter from the Directorate of the Primary Teachers' House No. Sh/1356 dated
1/20/1957 and the original letter from the Directorate of the Eastern Secondary School for Boys No. 32 dated
1/21/1957 with the written consent of the two aforementioned individuals.
Please accept our highest respect.
Abdullah Ovadia
The Director
⟦illegible⟧

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True Copy
⟦line⟧
Directorate:
Primary Teachers' House:
Baghdad:
Number / Sh /: 1356
Date: 20 / 1 / 1957
Baghdad
To the administration of Shamash School
We have no objection to Mr. Zakaria Mikhail, the teacher at this House, giving
two lectures per week to the students of your school. Note that he has - 19 - nineteen
hours per week at the House.
Naji Abdul Amir
Director of the Primary Teachers' House
A copy to -
The aforementioned teacher
The House accountant

Archival unit 74

Ministry of Education.
Your approval is requested for me to give two lectures per week on the subject of translation to
the students of Shamash Preparatory School, noting that this does not conflict with my ⟦illegible⟧ duty.
⟦illegible⟧ my lessons in our school are nineteen periods. Thank you.
Zakaria Mikhail
Teacher at the Primary Teachers' House
in Adhamiya - Baghdad

Archival unit 75

True Copy
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Center / Secondary Accounts
Number / ⟦15253⟧
Date / ⟦17⟧ / 6 / 1956
Shamash Preparatory School
With reference to your letter numbered 86 and dated 11 / 6 / 1956.
We have added the amount of -/ 18 Dinars to the income of Mr. Zakaria Mikhail, teacher at
Ibn Hayyan Intermediate School, for his lecture fees at your school. Please be informed.
Acting Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
General Income Tax Directorate
Secondary Accountant