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IJA 3709

School Materials, Correspondence with Iraqi Ministry of Education, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These documents include school materials such as exams, curricula, syllabi, and teacher's guides for an English course. The item also contains notifications put out by the Iraqi Ministry of Education concerning regulations for test administration, hiring approvals, requests for information concerning schools' students and graduates, and instructions for filing and transferring students' records.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3709
Item Number
6832
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Teachers, Ledger, Typed, Iraqi Government, English Literature, Primary School, School Material, Ministry of Education, Ink Stamp, Receipts, Letterhead, Frank Iny School, University of Cambridge, Standardized Test, English Language, Photograph, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Education, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 326-350

Page 326

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center:
Private and Foreign Education:
Number /: 23857
Date: 10 / 10 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Regarding the school staff.
Reference to your letter No. F/228/1957 dated 26 / 8 / 1957. We transmit to you
below the text of the letter from the General Directorate of Education No. 40804 on 28 / 9 / 1957
Please respond to what is stated therein and inform us urgently.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education / Secondary / Private
Private Education Personnel
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
Your letter No. 19396 dated 26 / 8 / 1957. It has appeared to us as a result of auditing the staff
of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School for the year 57 / 958 sent to us with your above letter that
a number of male and female teachers of this school are teaching at Shamash Preparatory School and this
is what contradicts the provisions of paragraph (c) of Article 4 of the Private and Foreign Schools Regulation
No. 67 of 1954. Please request the administration of the aforementioned school to state the reasons
for that as quickly as possible and inform us.
Acting Director General of Education.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 20252
Private and Foreign Education
Date 5 / 9 / 1957
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Subject / Staffing and Budget
Reference to your letter No. Sh/115/57 dated 16 / 8 / 1957.
The Directorate of General Education has approved the staffing and budget of your school for the 1957 / 1958 academic year
sent to us with your above-mentioned letter; please act accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to / Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Reference to its letter No.
35420 dated 1 / 9 / 1957.
General Education Inspectorate.
Private Education Personnel.

Page 329

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number: 20457 /
Date: 8 / 9 / 1957
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Secondary Education /
Subject: Request for appointment of a teacher
We transmit to you below the text of the letter from the administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School No. F/234/57 dated
25 / 8 / 1957 and we request you to kindly consider the required approval.
Attached you will find the documents of the mentioned candidate along with the original letter from the Baghdad Area Security Directorate No.
8581 dated 4 / 9 / 1957 regarding the investigation of his identity.
Attachments
1- The confidential letter in a sealed envelope.
2- Iraqi Nationality Certificate.
3- Civil Status Record (Nufous).
4- Non-conviction Certificate.
5- Certificate of Good Conduct.
6- Identity card of non-revocation of citizenship.
7- Medical report.
8- The ministerial order issued accepting his resignation.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
Private Education Personnel Office
Administration of Frank Iny Private School / For information
Copy of the letter

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Education
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Central District
Number / 15962
Private and Foreign Education
Date 1 / 7 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Primary School
Subject / Appointment of a teacher.
Reference to your letter No. F/308/56 dated 10/19/1956.
The General Directorate of Education approved, by its letter No. 25246 dated 6/22/1957, the appointment of
Mrs. Marie Antoinette Michel, of Egyptian nationality, as a teacher in your school to teach the French language.
We will return to you the rest of her documents after completing the organization of her educational identity
card. As for the passport belonging to the aforementioned person, it was received from this directorate by Mr. Isaac Cohen.
Please be advised accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad District
The Center
A copy to -
General Directorate of Education / Primary Education / Private
Presidency of the General District Council - Baghdad District Governorate -
Private Education Personnel

Page 332

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center: Number / 9249
Private and Foreign Education: Normal
Date: 10 / 4 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Lectures
Reference to your letter No. F/69/57 dated 25 / 3 / 1957.
The Directorate of General Education approved in its letter No. 14338 dated 3 / 4 / 1957
for Ms. Labiba Al-Badrawi, the teacher at Al-Ma'rifa Primary School for Girls, to give six lectures
to the students of your school outside of official working hours at the times indicated in your referred letter
provided that this does not conflict with her official duties.
Weekly
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education - Secondary Education / Private
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate / Reference to its letter No.
14 / 14345 / 6 dated 6 / 4 / 1957
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts
Private Education Personnel

Page 333

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center          Number / 6830
Private and Foreign Education          Date 13 / 3 / 1957
Very Urgent          Subject / Lectures
Administration of Frank Eini Private Intermediate School
Reference to your letter numbered F/35/57 dated 15 / 2 / 1957.
Please inform us of the times during which the teacher Ms. Labiba Al-Badrawi will deliver her lectures
at your school in order to consider the required approval.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private / Reference to your letter numbered
9599 dated 4 / 3 / 1957
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Provincial Governorate
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts
Private Education Personnel Department

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 5775
Private and Foreign Education
Date 3 / 3 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Subject: Regarding lectures ⟦line⟧
Reference to your letter No. F/ 39 / 57 dated 20 / 2 / 1957.
Upon auditing the lesson distribution schedule for both your primary and intermediate schools for the current
academic year sent to us via your letters No. F/ 209 and 210 / 56
dated 26 / 8 / 1956, we found that you assigned religion lessons in the primary
section to the teacher Najiba Munshi and that you did not mention anything regarding these lessons
in the intermediate section. All of this is evidence that the lecturer Mr. Yaqub
Moussa Shohet has not continued teaching the aforementioned subject. Therefore, it is not possible to approach the General
Directorate to add the aforementioned person to your school's staff without a request for his reappointment in accordance
with the instructions explained to you and which were followed last year. Please take the necessary action.
(Signature)
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province Center
Copy to: /
General Directorate of Education / Private Education
Private Education Personnel Department.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education Personnel
(True Copy)
Number / 5437
Date 27 / 2 / 1957
To -
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education - Private and Foreign -
The administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School has requested our approval for Ms. Labiba Al-Badrawi
to deliver six lectures per week in the subject of Arabic language instead of Mr. Zaki Al-Dada, the teacher
at Al-Rashid Intermediate School for Boys, due to the aforementioned person ceasing to deliver his lectures at the
said school. We enclose herewith the approval of the administration of Al-Ma'rifa School for Girls No. 172 dated
9 / 2 / 1957 along with the written approval of the aforementioned person, noting that the said teacher is a graduate of
Alexandria University - Faculty of Arts - Bachelor's degree, and she currently teaches (26) hours per week
at the present time.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
Letter from Al-Ma'rifa School administration
Written approval
A copy to -
Administration of Frank Iny School - your letter No. T/ 25 / 57 dated 15 / 2 / 1957.
Private and Foreign Education Personnel for follow-up.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center:
Number /: 4280
Private and Foreign Education:
Date: 14 / 2 / 1957
Administration of Menahem Salih Daniel Private Primary School.
Subject - Regarding a lecturer teacher
Reference to your letter No. 446 dated 1 / 2 / 1957.
Upon auditing the staff of Frank Iny Private School for the current academic year, we did not find a name
for Mr. Yaqub Shushi Shohet in it; therefore, please provide us with the necessary documents for his appointment
at your school in accordance with the instructions issued in this regard so that we may take the necessary action.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to /
Administration of Frank Iny Private School / For information
Private Education Personnel

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center          Number / 4842
Private and Foreign Education          Date 21 / 2 / 1957
Urgent
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
With reference to your letter numbered F/3/57 dated 3 / 2 / 1957.
And confirming our letter numbered 35078 dated 29 / 12 / 1956. We request speed
in providing us with the residence permit of Mrs. Marie Antoinette, the candidate for appointment at your school, provided that
it reaches us within five days; otherwise, we will be forced to return her documents to you and consider the correspondence
finished.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
Directorate of Education of the Capital Province - Primary Education
Private Education Personnel - for appointment

Page 338

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province          (True Copy)          Number / 3381
Center / Private and Foreign Education                              Date 5 / 2 / 1957
Directorate General 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 / 10 / 57
dated 1 / 2 / 1957
We request your kind approval, and you will find enclosed the original letter from the Central Preparatory School
with the written consent of the mentioned teacher, noting that we have previously sent you the latest schedule for the distribution
of lessons in the aforementioned Private Preparatory School.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Attachments
1 Preparatory School letter
2 Written consent
Copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Copy of the Letter
⟦line⟧
Further to our letter No. F / 17 / 57 dated 17 / 1 / 1957
in which we enclosed the latest schedule for the distribution of lessons to the teaching staff of our school.
Please approve for Mr. Alfred Nasri, a teacher at the Central Preparatory School
for Boys, to deliver five lectures per week on the subject of Physics to our school students. We attach
the original letter from the Directorate of the Central Preparatory School for Boys No. Sh / 970 dated 31 / 1 / 57
permitting him to deliver these lectures, along with the written consent of the person concerned. The mentioned
teacher is a graduate of the Faculty of Science at Cairo University, Department of Mathematics and Physics, for the year 949
Please accept our highest respect
Signature / Director

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center     Number / 3216
Private and Foreign Education                             Date 3 / 2 / 1957
Administration of Shamash Private School.
Subject - Lectures
Reference to your two letters numbered Sh/4 and 7/5 dated 4 and 21 / 1 / 57
The Directorate General of Education has approved in its letter No. 4563 dated 29 / 1 / 1957
for both Mr. Yusuf Haddad and Mr. Zakaria Mikhail to deliver their lectures to
your school students in accordance with what was stated in your two aforementioned letters.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
Directorate General of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts
Private Education Personnel Office

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center          Number / 3016
Private and Foreign Education                  Date 31 / 1 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Lectures
Reference to your letter numbered F/23/57 and dated 21 / 1 / 1957
The Directorate of General Education has approved by its letter numbered 4562 and dated 29 / 1 / 57
for Mr. Najib Khader, the teacher at the Eastern Secondary School, to deliver his lectures indicated
in your letter referred to above to the students of your school.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
A copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private
Private Education Personnel Office.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 2929
Private and Foreign Education
Date 30 / 1 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Lectures
With reference to your letters numbered 10, 14, and 17 dated 11, 12, and
17 / 1 / 1957, the Directorate of General Education has approved in its letter numbered 4393
dated <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 28 / 1 / 1957 for Mr. Zaki Al-Dada,
Mr. Matty Zako, and Mrs. Wasila Abdul Rahman to deliver their lectures indicated
in your aforementioned letters to the students of your school.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Copy to :-
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education - Private.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts.
Private Education Personnel Office.
Kadhim / 29
Education

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
(True Copy)
Number / 2434
Date 26 / 1 / 1957
Directorate of General Education
"Secondary Education / Private"
Subject - Lectures at Shamash Preparatory School.
With reference to your margin dated 12 / 1 / 1957 recorded on our letter numbered
716 and dated 2 / 1 / 1957 returned to us originally.
-1 We send you herewith a copy of the latest schedule for the distribution of lessons to the teaching staff
at Shamash Private 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 request 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 administration of the same school 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 students of the fourth preparatory grade of the aforementioned school -
We kindly request you to consider the required approval, and you will find attached the original letter from the Directorate
of the Teachers' House with the written consent of the mentioned teacher.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The 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 of it to:-
Private Education Personnel.
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School - with reference to its two letters numbered Sh / 57 / 7
and F / 23 / 57 dated 21 / 1 / 1957 - for information.
Zaida

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Liwa / Center
(True Copy)
Number / 2435
Private and Foreign Education
Date 26 / 1 / 57
To -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject - Lectures
Further to our letter No. 2102 dated 22 / 1 / 1957.
The administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School has requested our approval for Mr. Najib Khader,
a teacher at Al-Sharqiya Secondary School for Boys and a graduate of the Higher Teachers' Training College - Mathematics,
to deliver six lectures per week on the subjects of Health and Biology to the students of the third and second
intermediate classes of the aforementioned school. We are sending you herewith the original letter from his school
administration issued in this regard along with the teacher's written consent, and we request your kind approval,
noting that the latest lesson distribution schedule was sent to you with our letter referred to above.
Director of Education of Baghdad Liwa
Center
Attachments
1 - Letter from Al-Sharqiya Secondary School
2 - Written consent
A copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School, with reference to its letter No. F / 23 / 57 dated
31 / 1 / 1957
Mr. Najib Khader is a specialist in Physics/Natural Sciences and not in Mathematics
as mentioned above. Therefore, we have replied to the Education [Directorate] regarding the correction of this while taking the necessary action.
28 / 2 / 1957

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 2434
Date 26 / 1 / 1957
General Directorate 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 Shamash Private 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 request 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 administration of the same school 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 students of the fourth preparatory grade of the aforementioned school -
We kindly request you to consider the required approval, and you will find attached the original letter from the Directorate
of the Teachers' House with the written consent of the mentioned teacher.
Director of Education of 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 of it to:-
Private Education Personnel.
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School - with reference to its two letters numbered Sh/7/57
and F/23/57 dated 21 / 1 / 1957 - for information.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 2929
Date 30 / 1 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Lectures
With reference to your letters numbered 10, 14, and 17 dated 11, 12, and
17 / 1 / 957, the General Directorate of Education has approved in its letter numbered 4393
dated 28 / 1 / 957 for Mr. Zaki Al-Dada,
Mr. Mattai Zako, and Ms. Wasila Abdul Rahman to deliver their lectures indicated
in your aforementioned letters to the students of your school.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to :-
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education - Private.
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts.
Private Education Personnel.
Kadhim / 29

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center (True Copy)
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 2102
Date 22 / 1 / 1957
Directorate of General Education
Secondary Education / Private
Subject - Lectures at Frank Iny Private Intermediate School.
With reference to your marginal note dated 12 / 1 / 1957 written on our letter No. 71 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
Frank Iny Private Intermediate School, noting that the administration of the aforementioned school has informed us that the number of lectures
therein does not exceed 27% of the total lessons.
2- We return to you herewith the original of our aforementioned letter with its attachments regarding the lectures of Mr. Zaki Al-Dahwa.
3- The administration of the aforementioned school has requested our approval for Mrs. Wasila Abdul Rahman Al-Bahri,
an employee at the College of Arts and Sciences, a graduate of the College of Law, and a former social studies teacher at
the same school, to deliver eight lectures per week on this subject as well to the students of
the school - we are sending you herewith the original letter from the Deanship of the College of Arts and Sciences and the written consent
of the aforementioned person.
4- It also requested our approval for Mr. Matty Zako, a teacher at Adhamiya Secondary School and a graduate
of the American University of Beirut with a Sophomore degree, to deliver nine lectures weekly on the subject of
Mathematics to the school's students to fill the indicated vacancies - please kindly consider the requested
approvals - and you will find attached the original letter from Adhamiya Secondary School with the written consent of the aforementioned teacher.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
1- Lesson distribution schedule
2- Our returned letter and its attachments
3- Two official letters
4- Two written consents
A copy to -
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts - regarding the fourth paragraph of this letter of ours.
Private Education Personnel.
Administration of <del>Int</del> Frank Iny Private Intermediate School - with reference to its letters numbered F/10, 14, and 17
dated 11, 12, and 17 / 1 / 1957.
Education

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 2113
Date / 22 / 1 / 57
To /
Directorate General of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject: Assistant and Teacher in a private school.
We transmit to you below the text of the letter from the administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School No.
Sh / 6 / 1957 dated 18 / 1 / 1957. Please be informed and mark
accordingly.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Copy of the letter
Please be informed
1- That Mr. Shaul Shochet, the assistant principal of this school, has left the service of this
school since the beginning of the academic year due to his travel outside Iraq and his lack of desire
to join his post.
2- That Mr. Donald Alexander Calhan, the English language teacher, was granted leave for one academic year
to be spent outside Iraq for the purpose of obtaining a DHP certificate in the English language.
Please accept our respects
Education

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Urgent
Number / 1595
Date / 17 / 1 / 1957
Subject / Lectures
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Reference to your letter No. Sh / 57 / 4 dated 4 / 1 / 957
In preparation for considering Mr. Yusuf Haddad's delivery of lectures to
your school's students, please provide us with two copies of the distribution schedule
of lessons for the teaching staff at your school and state whether the number
of lectures is in light of the wording of paragraph (A) of Article (9)
of the Private Schools Regulations.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private
Reference to your marginal note dated 2 / 1 / 957 written on the original of our letter
No. 7106 dated 9 / 1 / 957 returned to us.
Private Education Surplus.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 1403
Date / 15 / 1 / 1957
(Urgent)
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Lectures
Reference to your letter numbered F/5/57 and dated 3 / 1 / 1957
In which you requested approval for Mr. Zaki Al-Dada to deliver lectures at your school,
Please provide us with two copies of the latest schedule for the distribution of lessons to the teaching staff
at your school and confirm whether the total number of lectures is in accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 9 of
the Private Schools Regulation.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Copy to :-
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education - Private -
Reference to your marginal note dated 12 / 1 / 957 written on the original of our letter numbered
718 and dated 9 / 1 / 1957 returned to us.
Private Education Personnel.