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IJA 2748

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, letters of recommendation, applications to foreign institution, doctor’s notes, and correspondence regarding student affairs. In addition, there are several copies of the 1960-1961 Shamash Secondary School class rosters for grade/form five.

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Archive Reference
IJA 2748
Item Number
9500
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
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AI en Translation, Pages 676-700

Page 677

Shamash Secondary School
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91663
Number: Sh / 115 / 61
Date: 28 / 9 / 1961
Presidency of the University of Baghdad
Greetings.
We confirm to you that Habiba Wadad Munir Yehuda is one of the graduates of the preparatory study
for the academic year 60 / 1961, and she is of good conduct and her attendance in our school was good.
Based on her request, we have provided her with this letter.
Isaac Cohen
Acting Director
Statistics and Certificates
We certify the authenticity of the school principal's signature
Number 19 Date ⟦...⟧
Certificates Observer
Director ⟦...⟧
Directorate
Number
Date
That
The exam
On its back and
1 - Accepted with
In
2 - Documents
The addressed entity
3 - Classes
4 - Lessons
5 - His/Her conduct
6 - Date of leaving school.
School Clerk
School Principal
50 Fils Revenue Stamp
⟦red mark/signature⟧

Page 678

Statistics and Certificates
We certify the authenticity of the school principal's signature
Number ⟦...⟧ Date ⟦...⟧
Certificates Observer, Director of Schools
Republic of Iraq
Iraqi Ministry of Education
School Directorate:
Number: ⟦...⟧
Date: 10 / 9 / 1959
No: 39818 A
To: -
That ⟦...⟧ whose photo is attached above is one of the students of the ⟦...⟧ grade of our school, he entered
the exam for the year 19 / 19 and his result in the session was and he obtained the grades listed
on the back of it, and based on his request, we have provided him with this document.
1 - Admitted according to the transfer certificate numbered and dated / / 19 issued by the school
in
2 - Documents previously provided to him.
The entity to which the document is addressed | Its number and date | Type of document
3 - The grades in which he failed, the number of years of failure, and the reason for failure (illness or otherwise).
4 - The subjects in which he completed requirements.
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance.
6 - Date of leaving the school.
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils Revenue Stamp
School Clerk
School Principal

Page 681

Laura Kadoorie ⟦...⟧ School
Baghdad
Dr.
Albert Hakim
Tel { Clinic 7376
Residence 86349
Doctor
Albert Hakim
Telephone { Clinic: 7376
Residence: 86349
I examined Widad Shabo and found her
free from communicable diseases
and she has been successfully vaccinated against smallpox
and against typhoid for the second time
17/9/55
20/9/55
⟦signature⟧
27/9/55
Conditions of Admission
1 - Admission is to the first intermediate grade
2 - The student must not be known for bad behavior
3 - The student must attach to this form
(2) Smallpox vaccination certificate
Communicable diseases (5) two copies
4 - All mentioned documents are kept in
as explained in the school document.
Student's name according to the school document:
Father's name and family surname according to the document:
Guardian's name: Her father
Occupation of the father or guardian:
Current address of the guardian (house number and neighborhood):
Student's place of birth:
Date of birth according to the identity card:
Last school she attended:
Last grade she was in:
Year of graduation from primary school:
Total score obtained in the exam:
Grade she was admitted to:
Student's signature
Photo
Widad
Kadoorie

Page 683

Laura Kadoorie Private School
Baghdad
Admission Requirements
1 - Admission to the first intermediate grade depends on passing the general examination for primary education.
2 - The student must not be known for bad character or convicted of a misdemeanor or felony.
3 - The student must attach to this form (1) the school document certified by the Directorate of Education of the Baghdad District
(2) smallpox vaccination certificate (3) typhoid vaccination certificate (4) a medical certificate of freedom from
communicable diseases (5) two copies of her photograph.
4 - All documents mentioned in paragraph three listed above are kept in a special file on which the owner's name is written as
explained in the school document.
Student's name according to the school document: Hanina (Hasina) Munir Yehuda
Father's name and family surname according to the school document: Munir Yehuda
Guardian's name: Her father Munir Yehuda
Occupation of the father or guardian:
Current address of the guardian (house number and neighborhood):
Student's birthplace: Baghdad
Date of birth according to the census book: 1942
Last school attended: Sna Mir Rail
Last grade attended: Sixth
Year of graduation from primary school and the name of the school graduated from: 1954 - 1955
Total score obtained in the general examinations for primary education: 422
Grade admitted to: First Intermediate
Student's signature
Guardian's signature
1208
22/2/955
251
Laura
19

Page 689

Faiza Salim Abdullah Kabbay
1- Primary ⟦Sis⟧ 1957 Rank 44
2- Kindergarten 1959
OL 85
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
General Certificate of Education Examination
Overseas
Ordinary level: June 1962
Dear Sir or Madam,
Below is a statement of your performance in the above examination showing the grades obtained in each
Ordinary level subject; a separate statement will be issued if you also sat for subjects at the Advanced level. Some
notes which will enable you to interpret your result will be found overleaf. This notice should be carefully preserved
as a duplicate cannot be issued.
Yours faithfully,
G. BRUCE
Secretary to the University Entrance
and School Examinations Council
Name: ⟦Faiza Kabbay⟧ F S KABBAY
Centre No.: 769
Candidate No.: 85
Subjects | Grades
E N | 0
(This document is not a certificate)
003086

Page 690

Notes
This document contains information which is sent out in advance of the issue of Certi⟦ficates⟧, and while every effort has
been made to ensure that the contents are accurate, the University reserves the right to make corrections. It is not a
Certificate, and must not be regarded as such.
The results overleaf are indicated by grades which are to be interpreted as follows:
Grades 1 to 6 are grades of pass arranged in descending order of merit from Grade 1; Grades 7 to 9 are grades of failure similarly arranged. To help un-
successful candidates to assess their future prospects Grades 7 to 9 are so arranged that 7 indicates that the margin of failure was narrow, 8 that the margin
was wider and 9 that the candidate did not obtain more than about one-third of the marks for the subject as a whole.
An O in the Grade column indicates that a candidate was entered for the subject but has been marked 'A B S E N T'.
If a candidate has failed in a subject because of poor English or inferior presentation of the work, a separate notification to this effect will be sent.
No further information about performance in the examination will be supplied by the University. The decisions of the Examiners, which have been
reached after the most careful consideration, are final.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATES IN CERTAIN AREAS
Private Candidates sitting for the examination in Aden, Argentina, Kenya, Mauritius, Somali Republic, Tanganyika and Zanzibar are required to pass in a
prescribed minimum number of subjects in order to qualify for the award of a certificate. If you are one of these candidates and have not qualified
for a certificate the word 'F A I L E D' will appear in the space immediately below your Candidate Number. If there is nothing in the space it
indicates that you have qualified for a certificate. If, however, you possess one of the necessary exempting qualifications and are eligible for a certificate
in respect of any subjects passed, the word 'F A I L E D' will not appear even if you have not passed in any subjects.
Only subjects in which you have obtained Grades 1 to 6 (inclusive) will appear on the certificate, if you have qualified for one. In areas where a satis-
factory standard of attainment, which may be below the normal pass grades, is accepted in English Language, this subject will not appear on the certificate
unless Grade 6 or a better Grade has been obtained in it.
Certificates
Certificates for successful candidates will be sent to the Overseas Authority for distribution as soon as possible after the publication of these results.
Candidates who have passed in subjects at both levels will receive two certificates, one for Ordinary level subjects and another for Advanced.
Key to subject symbols
A Art | EH English Economic History | HS Hausa | PR Principles of Accounts
AC Amharic | EN English Language | HU Hungarian | PT Portuguese
AF Afrikaans | ES Estonian | HW Handicraft (Woodwork) | PY Physics
AH Ancient History | EW Ewe | I Italian | R Russian
AL Albanian | F French | IC Icelandic | RK Religious Knowledge
AN Armenian | FA Fante | IG Igbo (Ibo) | RN Rumanian
AR Classical Arabic | FI Finnish | IR Irish | S Spanish
B Botany | G German | J Japanese | SA Sanskrit
BC British Constitution | GA Ga | LA Latin (Syllabus A) | SC Serbo-Croat
BE Bengali | GE Geology | LB Latin (Syllabus B) | SD Swedish
BI Bahasa Indonesia | GK Greek | LI Lithuanian | SG Scottish Gaelic
BU Burmese | GL Greek Literature in | LO Logic | SI Siamese
BY Biology | Translation | LV Latvian | SK Slovak
C Chemistry | GM Modern Greek | MA Pure Mathematics (Syll. A) | SL Slovene
CH Chinese | GS General Science | MB Pure Mathematics (Syll. B) | SN Sinhalese
CO Commerce | GU Gujarati | MC Additional Pure Mathematics | SU Elementary Surveying
CZ Czech | GX Additional General Science | MD Applied Mathematics | SW Swahili
DA Danish | GY Geography | MH Modern Hebrew | TA Tamil
DC Domestic Subjects (Cookery) | H History | ML Maltese | TU Turkish
DG Geometrical and Mechanical | HA Human Anatomy, Physiology | MR Marathi | TW Twi
Drawing and Hygiene | MU Music | UK Ukranian
DN Domestic Subjects | HB History of the British | MY Malay | UR Urdu
(Needlework) | Commonwealth and Empire | N Norwegian | V Vietnamese
DU Dutch | HC Classical Hebrew | P Polish | W Welsh
EA English Literature (Syllabus A) | HD Hindi | PA Pali | WR White Russian
EB English Literature (Syllabus B) | HE Handicraft (Embroidery) | PC Physics with Chemistry | Y Yoruba
EC Economics | HM Handicraft (Metalwork) | PE Persian
28
27

Page 691

Notes
This document contains information which is sent out in advance of the issue of Certificates, and while every effort has been made to ensure that the contents are accurate, the University reserves the right to make corrections. It is not a Certificate, and must not be regarded as such.
The results overleaf are indicated by grades which are to be interpreted as follows:
Grades 1 to 6 are grades of pass arranged in descending order of merit from Grade 1; Grades 7 to 9 are grades of failure similarly arranged. To help unsuccessful candidates to assess their future prospects Grades 7 to 9 are so arranged that 7 indicates that the margin of failure was narrow, 8 that the margin was wider and 9 that the candidate did not obtain more than about one-third of the marks for the subject as a whole.
An O in the Grade column indicates that a candidate was entered for the subject but has been marked 'A B S E N T'.
In French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian, two columns of grades are given. The left-hand one represents the result obtained in the subject as a whole, including the oral test, and the second the result in the oral examination on its own. There are four oral grades also arranged in descending order of merit; Grades 1, 2 and 3 are pass grades and Grade 4 indicates a failure. Failure in the oral test does not necessarily indicate failure in the subject as a whole.
If a candidate has failed in a subject because of poor English or inferior presentation of the work, a separate notification to this effect will be sent.
No further information about performance in the examination will be supplied by the University. The decisions of the Examiners, which have been reached after the most careful consideration, are final.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATES IN CERTAIN AREAS
Private Candidates sitting for the examination in Aden, Argentina, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Somali Republic, Tanganyika and Zanzibar are required to pass in a prescribed minimum number of subjects in order to qualify for the award of a certificate. If you are one of these candidates and have not qualified for a certificate the word 'F A I L E D' will appear in the space immediately below your Candidate Number. If there is nothing in the space it indicates that you have qualified for a certificate. If, however, you possess one of the necessary exempting qualifications and are eligible for a certificate in respect of any subjects passed, the word 'F A I L E D' will not appear even if you have not passed in any subjects.
Only subjects in which you have obtained Grades 1 to 6 (inclusive) will appear on the certificate, if you have qualified for one. In areas where a satisfactory standard of attainment, which may be below the normal pass grades, is accepted in English Language, this subject will not appear on the certificate unless Grade 6 or a better Grade has been obtained in it.
Certificates
Certificates for successful candidates will be sent to the Overseas Authority for distribution as soon as possible after the publication of these results. Candidates who have passed in subjects at both levels will receive two certificates, one for Ordinary level subjects and another for Advanced.
Key to subject symbols
A Art | EC Economics | HS Hausa | PT Portuguese
AC Amharic | EH English Economic History | HU Hungarian | PY Physics
AF Afrikaans | EN English Language | HW Handicraft (Woodwork) | R Russian
AH Ancient History | ES Estonian | I Italian | RK Religious Knowledge
AL Albanian | EW Ewe | IC Icelandic | RN Rumanian
AN Armenian | F French | IG Igbo (Ibo) | S Spanish
AR Classical Arabic | FA Fante | IR Irish | SA Sanskrit
B Botany | FI Finnish | J Japanese | SC Serbo-Croat
BC British Constitution | G German | LA Latin (Syllabus A) | SD Swedish
BE Bengali | GA Ga | LI Lithuanian | SG Scottish Gaelic
BI Bahasa Indonesia | GE Geology | LV Latvian | SI Siamese
BU Burmese | GK Greek | MA Pure Mathematics (Syll. A) | SK Slovak
BY Biology | GM Modern Greek | MB Pure Mathematics (Syll. B) | SL Slovene
C Chemistry | GS General Science | MC Additional Pure Mathematics | SN Sinhalese
CH Chinese | GU Gujarati | MD Applied Mathematics | SW Swahili
CZ Czech | GX Additional General Science | MH Modern Hebrew | TA Tamil
DA Danish | GY Geography | ML Maltese | TU Turkish
DC Domestic Subjects (Cookery) | H History | MR Marathi | TW Twi
DG Geometrical and Mechanical | HA Human Anatomy, Physiology | MU Music | UK Ukrainian
Drawing and Hygiene | MY Malay | UR Urdu |
DN Domestic Subjects | HB History of the British | N Norwegian | V Vietnamese
(Needlework) | Commonwealth and Empire | P Polish | W Welsh
DU Dutch | HC Classical Hebrew | PA Pali | WR White Russian
EA English Literature (Syllabus A) | HD Hindi | PC Physics with Chemistry | Y Yoruba
EB English Literature (Syllabus B) | HM Handicraft (Metalwork) | PE Persian |

Page 692

Notes
This document contains information which is sent out in advance of the issue of Certificates, and while every effort has been
made to ensure that the contents are accurate, the University reserves the right to make corrections. It is not a Certificate,
and must not be regarded as such.
The results overleaf are indicated by grades which are to be interpreted as follows:
Grades 1 to 6 are grades of pass arranged in descending order of merit from Grade 1; Grades 7 to 9 are grades of failure similarly arranged. To help un-
successful candidates to assess their future prospects Grades 7 to 9 are so arranged that 7 indicates that the margin of failure was narrow, 8 that the margin
was wider and 9 that the candidate did not obtain more than about one-third of the marks for the subject as a whole.
An O in the Grade column indicates that a candidate was entered for the subject but has been marked 'ABSENT'.
In French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian, two columns of grades are given. The left-hand one represents the result obtained in the subject as a
whole, including the oral test, and the second the result in the oral examination on its own. There are four oral grades also arranged in descending order
of merit; Grades 1, 2 and 3 are pass grades and Grade 4 indicates a failure. Failure in the oral test does not necessarily indicate failure in the subject as a whole.
If a candidate has failed in a subject because of poor English or inferior presentation of the work, a separate notification to this effect will be sent.
No further information about performance in the examination will be supplied by the University. The decisions of the Examiners, which have been
reached after the most careful consideration, are final.
SPECIAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF CERTIFICATES IN CERTAIN AREAS
Private Candidates sitting for the examination in Aden, Argentina, Hong Kong, Kenya, Mauritius, Somali Republic and Zanzibar are required to pass in a
prescribed minimum number of subjects in order to qualify for the award of a certificate. If you are one of these candidates and have not qualified for a
certificate the word 'FAILED' will appear in the space immediately below your Candidate Number. If there is nothing in the space it indicates that you
have qualified for a certificate. If, however, you possess one of the necessary exempting qualifications and are eligible for a certificate in respect of any
subjects passed, the word 'FAILED' will not appear even if you have not passed in any subjects.
Only subjects in which you have obtained Grades 1 to 6 (inclusive) will appear on the certificate, if you have qualified for one. In areas where a
satisfactory standard of attainment, which may be below the normal pass grades, is accepted in English Language, this subject will not appear on the
certificate unless Grade 6 or a better Grade has been obtained in it.
Certificates
Certificates for successful candidates will be sent to the Overseas Authority for distribution as soon as possible after the publication of these results.
Candidates who have passed in subjects at both levels will receive two certificates, one for Ordinary level subjects and another for Advanced.
Key to subject symbols
A   Art                     EH  English Economic History  HS  Hausa               PR  Principles of Accounts
AC  Amharic                 EN  English Language          HU  Hungarian           PT  Portuguese
AF  Afrikaans               ES  Estonian                  HW  Handicraft (Woodwork) PY  Physics
AH  Ancient History         EW  Ewe                       I   Italian             R   Russian
AL  Albanian                F   French                    IC  Icelandic           RK  Religious Knowledge
AN  Armenian                FA  Fante                     IG  Igbo (Ibo)          RN  Rumanian
AR  Classical Arabic        FI  Finnish                   IR  Irish               S   Spanish
B   Botany                  G   German                    J   Japanese            SA  Sanskrit
BC  British Constitution    Ga  Ga                        LA  Latin (Syllabus A)  SC  Serbo-Croat
BE  Bengali                 GE  Geology                   LB  Latin (Syllabus B)  SD  Swedish
BI  Bahasa Indonesia        GK  Greek                     LI  Lithuanian          SG  Scottish Gaelic
BU  Burmese                 GL  Greek Literature in       LO  Logic               SI  Siamese
BY  Biology                     Translation               LV  Latvian             SK  Slovak
C   Chemistry               GM  Modern Greek              MA  Pure Mathematics (Syll. A) SL Slovene
CH  Chinese                 GS  General Science           MB  Pure Mathematics (Syll. B) SN Sinhalese
CO  Commerce                GU  Gujarati                  MC  Additional Pure Mathematics SU Elementary Surveying
CZ  Czech                   GX  Additional General Science MD  Applied Mathematics SW  Swahili
DA  Danish                  GY  Geography                 MH  Modern Hebrew       TA  Tamil
DC  Domestic Subjects (Cookery) H History                 ML  Maltese             TU  Turkish
DG  Geometrical and Mechanical HA Human Anatomy, Physiology MR Marathi             TW  Twi
Drawing                     and Hygiene               MU  Music               UK  Ukrainian
DN  Domestic Subjects       HB  History of the British    MY  Malay               UR  Urdu
(Needlework)                Commonwealth and Empire   N   Norwegian           V   Vietnamese
DU  Dutch                   HC  Classical Hebrew          P   Polish              W   Welsh
EA  English Literature (Syllabus A) HD Hindi              PA  Pali                WR  White Russian
EB  English Literature (Syllabus B) HE Handicraft (Embroidery) PC Physics with Chemistry Y Yoruba
EC  Economics               HM  Handicraft (Metalwork)    PE  Persian
⟦illegible⟧
BAGHDAD

Page 696

University of Baghdad
Admission Form
Photograph and School
Stamp
Name: ⟦Naji⟧
Father's Name: ⟦Daoud⟧
Surname or Grandfather's Name: ⟦Ezra⟧
Date of Birth: ⟦1943⟧
Place of Birth: ⟦Baghdad⟧
Province: ⟦Baghdad⟧
Permanent Address:
Student's Guardian and his Permanent Address:
Profession of Father or Student's Guardian:
School | Date of Entry | Date of Graduation | Certificate
1- ⟦Shamash⟧ | ⟦1955 - 1956⟧ | ⟦1959 - 1960⟧ | ⟦Secondary⟧
2- ⟦Shamash⟧ |  |  |
3- ⟦Shamash⟧ |  |  |
4- |  |  |
Student's Qualifications for Admission: Type of Certificate:
Branch:
Total:
Year of Graduation:
College (or Institute) that (1) Specialization Branch (1) (2)
he wishes to join (2) = (1) (2)
(3) = (1) (2)
Student's hobbies and types of activity:
Student's services in government departments or others:
School Clerk
School Principal
50
Fils
6 - Date
5 - His conduct
4 - Lessons
3 - Classes
Addressed Entity
2 - Documents
1 - Accepted
on its back and
Exam
that
Date
Number
Director

Page 697

Student's grades in the general examination for secondary education
School Name: ⟦line⟧
Location: ⟦line⟧
Year of Graduation: ⟦line⟧
Session: ⟦line⟧
Subject | Grade in numbers | Grade in words | Subject | Grade in numbers | Grade in words
1 |  |  | 8 |  |
2 |  |  | 9 |  |
3 |  |  | 10 |  |
4 |  |  | 11 |  |
5 |  |  | 12 |  |
6 |  |  | 13 |  |
7 |  |  | Total |  |
Certification of the District Education Directorate and Director's signature
Director's signature and school stamp
Stamp
50 Fils
Name
Rank
Average
Session
Result
Total
69
206
25
17
72.4
First