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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.

Metadata

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 English Translation, Pages 326-350

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number /: 28213
Date: 14 / 11 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject - Appointment of a Teacher
With reference to your letter numbered F / 234 / 57 and dated 25 / 8 / 1957.
The Directorate of General Education approved in its letter numbered 50044 and dated 6 / 11 / 1957
the appointment of Mr. Heskel Ephraim Heskel as a teacher in your school. We return to you herewith the documents
belonging to him and request that the necessary action be taken.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
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1 - Iraqi Nationality Certificate
2 - Civil Status Record (Nufous)
3 - Identity card of non-revocation of nationality
4 - Ministerial order accepting his resignation
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 27717
Date 11 / 11 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject - Appointment of a foreign teacher.
Reference to your letter numbered F/346/57 and dated 14 / 10 / 1957.
The Directorate General of Education approved by its letter numbered 50248 and dated 7 / 11 / 1957
the appointment of Miss Chris Telfer, of British nationality, as a teacher in your school. We return to you herewith the rest of
the documents of the aforementioned person and request that the necessary action be taken.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Center
Attachments
⟦line⟧
1- Educational certificate.
2- Passport
3- Residency Police Directorate form
A copy to - Directorate General of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Personnel of Private Education.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 9 / 11 / 1957
Date 9 / 11 / 1957
General Directorate of Education
Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Lectures
The administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School has requested our approval for Mr. Khazaal Al-Hashimi,
a teacher at Al-Irfan Intermediate School for Boys, to deliver five weekly lectures ⟦on the subject of drawing⟧ to the students of the
aforementioned intermediate school. We are sending you herewith the original letter from Al-Irfan Intermediate School No. 83 dated 3/11/57
issued in this regard, along with the original written consent of the mentioned teacher, and we kindly ask you to consider
the requested approval. Please note that the aforementioned person is a graduate of preparatory studies and the
Education Course for the year 1941, as stated in the referred school letter.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Al-Irfan Intermediate School for Boys
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School - with reference to its letter No.
F / 370 / 57 dated 4 / 11 / 1957

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 26405
Private and Foreign Education
Date 2 / 11 / 1957
Directorate General of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Request for Teacher Appointment
With reference to our letter No. 24437 dated 16 / 10 / 1957.
The administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School has requested our approval to appoint Mr. John Irvine, a British
national, as an English language teacher in the aforementioned preparatory school. We kindly ask you to consider the requested approval. Attached you will find
the documents of the aforementioned person along with the original letter from the Baghdad Area Security Directorate No. 3020 dated 21 / 10 / 1957 regarding the investigation
of his identity.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
The ⟦very⟧ confidential letter in a sealed envelope
Degree certificate with an M.A. from the University of Glasgow
Medical certificate
Certificate of non-conviction
Certificate of good conduct
British passport No. 88354
Residence Police Directorate form No. ⟦MHA⟧ / G / 2832 / 57 fixed inside the passport, noting that
the aforementioned person will request the specialized department to extend his residency in Iraq according to the regulations upon the expiration of the period
indicated in the paper.
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School / with reference to its letter No. S / 155 dated
14 / 10 / 1957.

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⟦illegible⟧ Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 26279
Date 2 / 11 / 1957
Private and Foreign Education
Directorate General of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Lectures

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 25981
Date 29 / 10 / 1957
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Request for Teacher Appointment
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With reference to our letter No. 24440 dated 16 / 10 / 1957.
The administration of the Frank Iny Private <del>Intermediate</del> School has requested our approval to appoint Miss Chris Telfer, a British national,
as a teacher to teach the English language in the aforementioned school. We enclose herewith the documents of the person concerned along with the original letter
of the Baghdad Area Security Directorate No. 3021 dated 21 / 10 / 1957 regarding the investigation of
her identity. We kindly ask you to consider the requested approval and inform us.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
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1- The confidential letter in a sealed envelope
2- Educational certificate with a degree of (M.A.) from the University of Edinburgh
3- Medical certificate
4- Non-conviction certificate
5- Certificate of good conduct
6- British passport No. 158633
7- Residence Police Directorate form No. MHA / G / 2933 / 1957 fixed inside the passport, noting
that the person concerned will request the competent department to extend her residency in Iraq according to the observed procedures
upon the expiration of the period indicated inside the paper.
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School / with reference to its letter No. F / 346 / 57
dated 14 / 10 / 1957.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 25840
Date 28 / 10 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private School.
Reference to your letter No. F/355 dated 18 / 10 / 1957.
We return to you the original of your letter No. F/290 dated 1 / 10 / 1957 with its attachments
for the following reasons, and we request that the necessary action be taken and that we be informed.
1 - It is not possible to obtain approval for any lecturers in the primary section staff
at your school, as this violates the provisions of the regulations currently in force.
2 - Upon reviewing the letter from Al-Irfan Intermediate School for Boys attached to your aforementioned letter, we found
that the said letter did not include the data that must be recorded in it regarding the number of official hours
for the mentioned teacher and the number of his lectures in other official and private schools, and the lack of confirmation
by the school administration that he has not been provided with any other letter in this regard.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to -
Directorate General of Education / Private and Foreign Education
Private Education Personnel Department

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center:
Number /: 25820
Private and Foreign Education:
Date: 28 / 10 / 1957
General Directorate of Education / Secondary Education / Private
Subject / Lectures
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We transmit to you below the text of the letter from the administration of Frank Iny Intermediate School No. F/352 / 57 dated
18 / 10 / 1957. We kindly request you to consider the required approval and inform us. Attached
you will find the original letter from the administration of the Western Intermediate School No. 859 dated 15 / 10 / 57
issued in this regard with the original written consent of the nominated lecturer.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Attachments
⟦line⟧
1- Letter from the Western Intermediate School
2- The written consent
A copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private School.
Copy of the letter
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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center:
Private and Foreign Education:
Number /: 25835
Date: 28 / 10 / 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/161/57
dated 20 / 10 / 1957. We request your kind consideration for the required approval, and you will find
attached the original letter from Baghdad College along with the original written approval for the mentioned lecturer.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
The Center
Attachments
1- Baghdad College letter
2- Written approval
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center | Number / 24590
Private and Foreign Education | Date 19 / 10 / 1957
To
Directorate of General Education / Private Secondary Education
Subject / Regarding the staff of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
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Reference to your letter numbered 40804 and dated 28 / 9 / 1957.
We transmit to you below the text of the letter from Frank Iny Intermediate and Shamash Private Preparatory Schools numbered
F / 342 / 1957 and dated 13 / 10 / 1957 regarding what was stated in your letter referred to
above about the staff of the two mentioned schools, and we kindly ask you to consider approving them
and informing us.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number 24440
Date 16 / 10 / 1957
Directorate General of Education
Secondary Education / Private
Subject / A private teacher leaving education
The administration of Frank Private Intermediate School has informed us that ⟦and⟧ Mr. William Anthony Riding, a British
national, has left teaching at the aforementioned school as he left Iraq during the past summer
vacation and has not returned until now. Therefore, we kindly ask you to note this with you, noting
that the school administration has nominated Miss Chris Telfer, a British national, instead of the aforementioned person.
We will present the school's request in this regard to you in another letter after completing the
relevant transaction.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to: /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Aini Private School / Reference to its letter numbered ⟦346 / 57⟧ dated
14 / 10 / 1957.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number 24437
Date 16 / 10 / 1957
General Directorate of Education
⟦line⟧ Secondary Education / Private ⟦line⟧
Subject / Nomination of a teacher instead of another
The administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School has informed us that Mr. John Millen, a British
national, has left teaching at the aforementioned school due to his departure from Iraq and his non-return
to it. Please kindly note this with you, knowing that the school administration has nominated instead of
the aforementioned person Mr. John Irvingson, a British national, to teach the English language, and we will present
the school's request to you regarding this matter in another letter.
(Signature)
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School, in reference to its letter No. Sh / 155 dated
14 / 10 / 1957

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 23807
Date 10 / 10 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Regarding the school staff.
With reference to your letter No. F/228 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
Center
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
conflicts with 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 / 23807
Private and Foreign Education
Date 10 / 10 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Subject / Regarding the school staff.
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Reference to your letter numbered F/228 / 1957 dated 26 / 8 / 1957. We transmit to you
below the text of the letter from the Directorate of General Education numbered 40804 on 28 / 9 / 1957.
Please respond to what is stated therein and inform us urgently.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary / Private
Private Education Personnel
⟦line⟧ Copy of the Letter ⟦line⟧
Your letter numbered 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
conflicts with the provisions of paragraph (c) of Article Four of the Private and Foreign Schools Regulation
No. 67 of 1954. Please request the administration of the aforementioned school to state the reasons
for this as quickly as possible and inform us.
Acting Director of General Education.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 23355
Date 6 / 10 / 1957
To - Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education
Private
Subject / Confirmation of Letter
We confirm our letter No. 20457 dated 8 / 9 / 1957 and request you to kindly
consider the request of the administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School regarding the appointment of Mr. Heskel
Ephraim Heskel Moshi as a teacher there and return his documents to us.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to -
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private Intermediate School / Reference to its letter
No. F/297 dated 2 / 10 / 1957

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 20252
Date 5 / 9 / 1957
Administration of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Subject / Staffing and Budget
Reference to your letter No. Sh/57/115 dated 16 / 8 / 1957.
The Directorate of General Education has approved the staffing and budget of your school for the academic year 1957 / 1958.
Sent to us in your letter referred to above, please act accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
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.

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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
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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.
Enclosed 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
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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 nationality.
7- Medical report.
8- The ministerial order issued accepting his resignation.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private School / For information ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧ Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Number / 20457
Private and Foreign Education
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 and ⟦illegible⟧
on 25 / 8 / 1957 and we request you to kindly consider the required approval.
Attached you will find the documents of the mentioned candidate with the original letter from the Baghdad Area Security Directorate No.
8581 dated 4 / 9 / 1957 regarding the investigation of his identity.
Attachments
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1 - The letter sealed in a sealed envelope.
2 - Iraqi Nationality Certificate.
3 - Census Book (Identity Card).
4 - Non-conviction Certificate.
5 - Certificate of Good Conduct.
6 - Identity card of non-revocation of nationality.
7 - Medical report.
8 - The ministerial order issued accepting his resignation.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Copy to /
Private Education Personnel
Administration of Frank Iny Private School / for information ⟦line⟧
Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Central District
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 15962
Date 1 / 7 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private Primary School
Subject / Appointment of a female teacher.
Reference to your letter numbered F / 308 / 56 and dated 19 / 10 / 1956.
The Directorate of General Education has approved, by its letter numbered 25246 and dated 22 / 6 / 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 the documents belonging to her 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 informed accordingly.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad District
The Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Primary Education / Private
Presidency of the General District Council - Baghdad District Governorate -
Private Education Personnel

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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, a teacher at Al-Ma'rifa Primary School for Girls, to deliver six lectures
to the students of your school outside official working hours at the times indicated in your aforementioned letter
provided that this does not conflict with her official duties.
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
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.
6 / 14 / 14345 dated 6 / 4 / 1957
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts
Private Education Personnel

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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 Iny Private Intermediate School
Reference to your letter No. F/30/57 dated 15 / 2 / 1957.
Please inform us of the times during which the teacher, Miss Labiba Al-Badrawi, will deliver her lectures
at your school in order to consider the required approval.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
A copy to -
Directorate of General Education / Secondary Education / Private / Reference to your letter No.
9599 dated 4 / 3 / 1957
Presidency of the General Provincial Council - Baghdad Governorate
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Outskirts
Private Education Personnel

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Number / 5775
Date 3 / 3 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
Subject: Regarding Lecturers
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Reference to your letter numbered F/57/39 and 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 under your letters numbered F/209 and 210 / 56
and 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 this is evidence of the discontinuation of the lecturer Mr. Yaqub
Moshe Shohet in teaching the mentioned 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 according
to the instructions explained to you and which were followed last year. Please take the necessary action.
(Signature)
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province Center
Copy to /
General Directorate of Education / Private Education
Private Education Personnel Department.

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Number / 5437
Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center (True Copy)
Date 27 / 2 / 1957
Private and Foreign Education Personnel
To -
Directorate of General 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 on the subject of the 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
mentioned school. We are sending you 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 mentioned teacher is a graduate of
Alexandria University - Faculty of Arts - Bachelor's degree, and the aforementioned person is currently teaching (26) hours per week
at the present time.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarah Ghouli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
Attachments
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Letter from the administration of Al-Ma'rifa School
Written approval
A copy to -
Administration of Frank Iny School - your letter No. T / 57/25 dated 15 / 2 / 1957.
Private and Foreign Education Personnel for follow-up.

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center:
Private and Foreign Education:
Number /: 4280
Date: 14 / 2 / 1957
Administration of Menahem Salih Daniel Private Primary School.
Subject - Regarding a lecturer teacher
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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 Shamoshi 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 can 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 Office

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Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province / Center
Private and Foreign Education
Urgent
Number /: 4842
Date: 21 / 2 / 1957
Administration of Frank Iny Private School
With reference to your letter No. F/3/57 dated 3 / 2 / 1957.
And confirming our letter No. 35078 dated 29 / 12 / 1956. We request you to expedite
providing us with the residency book of Ms. 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
concluded ⟦line⟧ .
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Center
A copy to /
Directorate of Education of Amarah Province - Primary Education
Private Education Personnel - for follow-up