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IJA 2867

Student Folders with Photographs, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish schools. The documents consist of individual student records including photographs, exam scores, student certifications, admissions forms, doctor’s notes, photographs, and correspondence regarding student affairs.

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Archive Reference
IJA 2867
Item Number
9682
Date
Approx. January 1, 1951 to December 31, 1960
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
The British Council, Chart, Menahem S. Daniel's School, Illustration, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Geography, Teachers, Form, File Folder, Chemistry, Vaccination Certificate, Medicine, Typed, Primary Education Certificate, Iraqi Government, English Literature, Kindergarten and Primary National Children's House, Science, Baghdadi Jewish Community, School Material, Albert David Sasson School, ’Adel Primary School, Al-Habbaniyah School, Lower Certificate in English, Non-Denationalization Number, Crown Crest, Ink Stamp, Literature, Iraq State Baccalaureate Examination, University of London, Letterhead, General Certificate of Education Overseas, Mathematics, Frank Iny School, Ministry of Health, French, University of Cambridge, Middle School, Office of Student Health, Standardized Test, Photograph, College Entrance Examination Board, Jewish Schools Committee, Transcript, Correspondence, Directorate of Education, Office of Education – Baghdad, Personal Letterhead, Annotation, Eagle Crest, Exam Records, Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, Society of Arts and Culture, Handwritten, Education, Ministry of Travel, Travel, Office of General Enlistment, Students

AI English Translation, Pages 326-350

Archival unit 327

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Date ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / 1970
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Archival unit 328

Saleh Shaul Baruch Yahya Nissan
Academic Year 1966 - 1967 First Intermediate (A)
1967 - 1968 Second :
1968 - 1969 Third "
1969 - 1970 Fourth Scientific
1970 - 1971
1971 /

Archival unit 329

( In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful )
Shamash Private School ( Private )
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadidah
Telephone 91693
⟦line⟧
Number: Sh / 71
Date: 23 / 5 / 1971
Student Health Clinic
Saleh Shaoul Baroukh Nissan claims he is ill and requests to be excused from the exam
Please examine him to determine if his claim is correct and warrants postponing
his exam and inform us, with thanks.
The Principal
Simha Nassim

Archival unit 330

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Number: 71 / 57 /
Date: ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
( In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful )
Shamash Preparatory School (Private)
Baghdad
Alwiyah Al-Jadida
Telephone 91693
Number: Sh / 71 / ⟦line⟧
Date: 23 / 5 / 1971
Student Medical Health
Saleh Shaoul Baroukh Nissan claims he is ill and requests to be excused from the exam
Please examine him to determine if his claim is correct and warrants postponing
his exam and inform us, with thanks.
The Principal
Simha Nassim
Ezra Al-Sarraf and she is
B Habib Elias Ibrahim
deprived of his conduct grade
Tar Tawfiq Al-Dallal and that
Date 15 / 4 / 71
Twenty degrees.
% and above
The Principal
Simha Nassim
To be kept in the student's personal file.
To be kept in the announcements file.

Archival unit 331

Shamash Preparatory School
Baghdad
Number /: 1 / 57 / 71
Date /: 20 / 5 / 1971
Announcement
Subject / Student Punishment
In view of the following students leaving the classroom without permission on Thursday, 13 / 5 / 71
The school administration has decided, based on the request of the specialized teacher, Mr. Nasser Al-Diwani, to deduct five marks from
the behavior average of each of:-
1- Eddie Robin Ezra Qashqosh
2- Hayyim Elias Ibrahim Dannous
3- Saleh Shaoul Baroukh Nissan
4- Qutaiba Abdul Sattar Tawfiq Al-Dallal
And they are from the Fourth General Grade
It has also decided to deduct ten marks from the behavior average of the student Violet Hayawi Ezra Al-Sarraf, who
is from the Fourth Grade Preparatory Commercial for the same reason and because she is the class monitor.
This is with the knowledge that five marks had previously been deducted from the behavior average of the student Hayyim Elias Ibrahim
Dannous on the date of 26 / 10 / 1970, and thus the total marks deducted from his behavior average
has reached ten marks.
It also previously occurred that ten marks were deducted from the behavior average of the student Qutaiba Abdul Sattar Tawfiq Al-Dallal on
the date of 27 / 10 / 1970, and another ten marks were also deducted from his behavior average on 15 / 4 / 71
And thus the total marks deducted from his behavior average has reached twenty-five marks.
Furthermore, a student is considered to have failed in their grade if 51% or more is deducted from their behavior marks.
The Principal
Sa'ida Nassim
Copy to / Guardian of the student for information.
For storage in the student's personal file.
For storage in the announcements file.

Archival unit 332

Number 000137
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
School Directorate
« Intermediate Study Document »
Frank Eini Private Intermediate School
Number /:
Date: / / 19
Examination Number:
To /
That ⟦line⟧ whose photo is attached above is one of the students of the ⟦line⟧ grade of our school
He entered the exam for the year 19 / 19 and his result was ⟦line⟧ in the ⟦line⟧ session and he obtained
the grades listed on the back, and based on his request, we provided him with this document.
1 - Admitted by virtue of the transfer certificate numbered ⟦line⟧ and dated / / 19 issued by the school
in ⟦line⟧
2 - Documents previously provided.
The entity to which the document is addressed | Its number | Its date | Type of document
⟦illegible⟧
Certifies the authenticity of the school principal's signature
and its stamp ⟦illegible⟧
Date 28 / 4 / 1970
On behalf of the Director of Education ⟦illegible⟧
Akram ⟦illegible⟧
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 ⟦line⟧
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance ⟦line⟧
6 - The date he left school ⟦line⟧
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate. ⟦line⟧
School Clerk
School Principal
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils Revenue Stamp
Republic of Iraq
20 Fils Revenue Stamp
Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date 1970/4/15

Archival unit 334

Number 000137
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
School Directorate
Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
« Intermediate Study Document »
No. /: 137
Date: / / 19
Examination Number: 11711
Photograph
x
To / Management of Shamash Private Preparatory School
Saleh Shaul Baroukh Benyan, whose photo is attached above, is one of the third-grade intermediate students of our school.
He entered the general examination for the year 1969 / 1970 and his result was successful in the first session and he obtained the
grades listed on the back, and based on his request we provided him with this document.
1 - Admitted under transfer certificate No. 2266 dated 25 / 7 / 1966 issued by Frank Iny Primary School
in Baghdad Governorate
Entity to which the document is addressed | Number | Date | Type of document
 |  | Not provided | 
3 - The grades in which he failed and number of years of failure and reason for failure (illness or other): Did not fail
4 - Subjects in which he completed (re-sit).: None
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance.: Very good
6 - Date of leaving the school.: 10 / 8 / 1970
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate.: No, not provided
Stamp
School Clerk
Suad Qanbar
School Principal
Iraqi Nationality Retention Identity Number: 1226 / 1425 on 15 / 10 / 1964

Archival unit 335

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Student address for the academic year: 1967 / 68
Student Name :: Saleh Shaoul Baroukh Nissan
Mother's Name: Mazli Hafsi Danous
Frank Iny School
Intermediate and Primary
Baghdad
Telephone Number 91693
Number: F / 70
Date: 6 / 4 / 1970
ANNOUNCEMENT
Subject / Student Punishment
In view of the attempt by student Saleh Shaoul Nissan, who is in the third
intermediate grade, to cheat in Mr. Saadoun Al-Samarrai's class during the texts exam,
the school administration has decided, based on the teacher's request, to impose the following punishment:
1) His grade in the exam shall be zero.
2) Imposing the punishment of reprimand against the mentioned student with a deduction of fifteen points
from his conduct average.
The Director
Isaac Cohen
A copy to /
1) The student's guardian for information.
2) For filing in the student's personal file.
3) For filing in the announcements file.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Nissan

Archival unit 336

⟦illegible stamp⟧
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⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Subject | First Grade | Second Grade | Third Grade (Ministerial)
 | Grade in digits | Grade in words | Grade in digits | Grade in words | Grade in digits | Grade in words
Religion |  |  |  |  | 64 | Sixty-four
Arabic |  |  |  |  | 82 | Eighty-two
Mathematics |  |  |  |  | 70 | Seventy
Social Studies |  |  |  |  | 70 | Seventy
Physics and Chemistry |  |  |  |  | 82 | Eighty-two
Biology and Health |  |  |  |  | 61 | Sixty-one
Total |  |  |  |  | 429 | Four hundred and twenty-nine

Archival unit 337

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Student address for the academic year 1967 / 68
Student name :: Saleh Shaoul Baroukh Nissan
Student's year of birth and mother's name :: 22 April 1954, mother's name Sophie Hafsi Danous
Student's birthplace :: Baghdad
Residential address :: Karrada Al-Sharqiya 91 B / 3 / 21
Home telephone :: .
Name and address of the student's guardian's workplace :: Bishal Shaoul Baroukh Nissan
Student's guardian's profession :: Employed: — or Unemployed:
Work telephone :: —
Non-revocation identity number :: 1295 / 1226
Date of non-revocation identity :: 15 / 10 / 1962
Last school the student attended :: Saleh Daniel Suburb
Civil status record number :: 192027
Date of civil status record :: 10 / 1 / 1962
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ST. DANIEL SCHOOL

Archival unit 338

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Subject | Grade⟦illegible⟧ | No.⟦illegible⟧
Religion |  |
Literature and Writing |  |
Mathematics |  |
Mathematics |  |
Physics and Chemistry |  |
Drawing and Crafts |  |
Total |  |

Archival unit 339

"In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful"
Menahem Saleh Daniel Private Primary School Daniel's School
3/3/34 Bahoshi Arasat BAHOSHI
Behind Al-Wahda Park
Telephone Number 94972 94972
Certificates and Statistics
Baghdad 25 / 7 / 1966 regarding the authenticity of the school principal's signature and the contents of the document
Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧
Responsible Official Director of Education for Baghdad Al-Rusafa District
Baghdad on: ⟦illegible⟧
Number :: 2266
Subject :: Transfer Certificate
To the Management of the Respected Frank Iny Private Intermediate School.
The student Saleh Shaul Shibyan, whose photo is attached above, is one of the students
of the sixth primary grade in our school. He participated in the general examinations
for primary studies for the Baghdad Al-Rusafa District - first session for the academic
year 965 / 966. His examination number was 14218 and he obtained a total
of (460) marks out of a total of 600 marks and was considered successful.
Below we list the marks he obtained in the aforementioned examination:-
Subject | Grade
Arabic Language | 86
English Language | 85
Social Studies | 85
Mathematics | 58
Science and Health | 72
National Education | 74
460 Marks Total
He was of good conduct, behavior, and regular school attendance. We have provided him
with this certificate based on his father's desire to transfer him to Frank Iny Private Intermediate School.
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils Revenue
BAGHDAD 1910
M. S. DANIEL SCHOOL
His father's Iraqi Nationality Retention Identity Card number 1226/1745 dated 15 / 7 / 1964

Archival unit 341

Menaham S. Daniel's School
31/314 ARASAT BAHOSHI
TELEPHONE 94375
Menaham S. Daniel School for Boys and Mixed Nursery
Established in 1963
Baghdad - Arasat Al-Hindiya
Telephone 94375
Number: ⟦illegible⟧
Date: 197 / ⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
Subject: ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
MENAHAM S. DANIEL SCHOOL
BAGHDAD 1963
To the honorable guardian of the student ⟦illegible⟧
We would like to inform you that your daughter has failed the final exam in
the following examination subjects mentioned below. Since the school
regulations do not allow a student to remain in her grade for more than two years,
therefore, please come to the school for the purpose of withdrawing her file
within a maximum period of ⟦illegible⟧ days from this date; otherwise,
the student will be considered permanently dismissed from the school. With appreciation.
Subject | Grade
Religious Education | 48
Arabic Language | 58
English Language | 58
Mathematics | 85
General Science | 77
Social Studies | 76
Total | 402
Note: The grades mentioned above are the final exam grades,
as the student is considered to have failed in case of absence from the final exam
for any reason unless a medical excuse certified by the specialized medical committee is provided.
The Administration

Archival unit 342

Saleh Naeem Saleh Shamoun
Academic Year 1967 - 68 First Intermediate A |
" " 1968 - 69 " " B .
1969 - 70 Second Intermediate B .
1970 - 71 Third "

Archival unit 343

Number 000187
Ministry of Education
Iraqi
« Intermediate Study Document »
School Directorate
Frank Eini Private Intermediate School
Solar Photography
x
Number /:
Date: / / 19
Examination Number: 2957
To / ⟦Shatt al-Arab Preparatory School for Boys Administration⟧
That ⟦Saleh Naeem Saleh Shamoun⟧ whose photo is attached above is one of the students of the ⟦Second Intermediate⟧ grade of our school
Entered the ⟦General⟧ exam for the year 1970 / 1971 and his result was ⟦Successful⟧ in the ⟦First⟧ session and obtained
The grades listed on the back and based on his request we provided ⟦him⟧ with this document.
1 - Accepted under the transfer certificate numbered ⟦292⟧ and dated ⟦28⟧ / ⟦9⟧ / 1969 issued by ⟦Al-Kifah Preparatory⟧ school
in
The entity to which the document is addressed | Its number | Its date | Type of document
2 - The document previously provided to him. | | |
⟦22016 / 12 / 18 / 71⟧
3 - The grades in which he failed, the number of years of failure, and the cause of failure (illness or other) ⟦Did not fail⟧
4 - The subjects in which he was incomplete. ⟦None⟧
5 - His behavior and regularity of attendance. ⟦Very good⟧
6 - Date he left school 30 / 8 / 1971
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate? ⟦No except for this document⟧
School Clerk
⟦Suad ...⟧
School Principal
Abdul Razzaq Abdul Wahhab
Republic of Iraq
50 Fils revenue stamp
School Principal
Baghdad
Republic of Iraq
National Defense
20 Fils
Verification of the signature with the circular stamp 568 / 569
⟦1971 / ...⟧

Archival unit 344

Number 000187
Ministry of Education
Iraq
« Intermediate Study Document »
School Directorate
Frank Iny Private Intermediate School
Number /
Date / / 19
Examination Number 6957
Photograph
x
To /: Administration of Shamash Preparatory School
That: Saleh Naeem Saleh Shabbo
Whose photo is attached above, is a student of the grade: Third Intermediate
From our school, he entered the general examination for the year: 1970 / 1971
And his result was: Successful
In the session: First
And he obtained the grades listed on the back of it, and based on his request, we have provided him with this document .:
1 - He was admitted based on the transfer certificate numbered: 92
And dated: 17 / 9 / 1967
Issued by the school: Frank Iny Primary
In: Baghdad Governorate
The entity to which the document is addressed | Its number | Its date | Type of document
Not provided
3 - Grades in which he failed, the number of years of failure, and the cause of failure (illness or other): Second session 67 / 68
4 - Subjects in which he was incomplete .: None
5 - His conduct and regularity of attendance .: Good
6 - Date he left the school: 10 / 8 / 1971
7 - Was he provided with a transfer certificate .: No, except for this document
School Clerk
Suad Habib
School Principal
Ages were corrected by the Provincial Committee 568 / 569 on 26 / 9 / 1964
⟦Circular stamp: Frank Iny Private Intermediate School - Baghdad⟧

Archival unit 345

Saleh ⟦illegible⟧
Literature
Ma'ruf al-Rusafi
From Al-Rusafi's political and national poetry during the Ottoman era
The land that was once our country ⟦line⟧ O men, with the light of justice shining
We descended to receive injustice in our land ⟦line⟧ and we slumber under the rule of the oppressors and submit
Rise to pure glory with a determination ⟦line⟧ that shakes the heads of tyrants and unsettles them
From his political and national poetry during the Monarchy era
I am more knowledgeable about government and politics ⟦line⟧ O you who refute it, what are you?
Science, a constitution, and a national assembly ⟦line⟧ all are distorted from their true meaning
Names of which we have nothing but their words ⟦line⟧ as for their meanings, they are not known
Whoever reads the constitution knows that it ⟦line⟧ is classified according to the Mandate document
From his social poetry
I am in the country, our hardship and our misery are high ⟦line⟧ as for you, O key of Damascus, you are few
Do you not see the sons of the country in misery ⟦line⟧ dying and being killed in the nights and dwelling
For there is no one among the sons of the ignoble in the family of Ya'rub ⟦line⟧ to their door who is a supporter and helper
From his descriptive poetry
She descended, dragging her trails toward the sunset ⟦line⟧ yellow, resembling a lovesick lover
She trembles in the hands of the sunset as if she were ⟦line⟧ a pining lover tossing in bed, ill
Her eastern horizons laughed in your face in the morning ⟦line⟧ and her western horizons wept blood in the evening

Archival unit 346

⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Subject | First Grade | Second Grade | Third Grade Ministerial
 | In numbers | In writing | In numbers | In writing | In numbers | In writing
Religion |  |  |  |  | 64 | Sixty-four
Arabic |  |  |  |  | 73 | Seventy-three
Mathematics |  |  |  |  | 50 | Fifty
Social Studies |  |  |  |  | 91 | Ninety-one
Science and Environment |  |  |  |  | 61 | Sixty-one
Physics and Chemistry |  |  |  |  | 59 | Fifty-nine
Total |  |  |  |  | 408 | Four hundred and eight

Archival unit 347

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A new generation in the crowd
For the crowded path in systems is closer to unconscious crowding
The sky contains stars with systems of suns, great and not limited
And every sun has a body in its proportion, the ether flows to it and from it it ignites
And it is that which makes all volumes a push upon it, by it the volumes prevail
You think the sky is attractive, not as is famously defined among people
And the second poem is about the stars, the ether, and space
Why did the stars move? As if you are something that does not know
And what is the movement of the ether by which the fabric of space is organized?
And between the jewels is an attraction that grew its bonds? Indeed we shall know
And the third poem is in a section of his social and political poetry
O best shadow of God, O land of Taha, may God be pleased with him and the revered Messenger
The hopes of the believers have increased with a vision and a good system of what nurtures and descends
O King, O his shadow, the shadow of our secret, neither is mankind wronged nor is he changed
Endure a little and do not break, for if the sun of light shines, it does not falter
And support, for if it lasts long, do not be shaken, for the hand of days is the transformer from it

Archival unit 348

1922
To the sons of the nation from the youth of Rusafa, I witnessed it when King Faisal I returned to Baghdad
Walk through your life a noble path ⟦line⟧ despite time, and do not fear it
And if you settle in a homeland ⟦line⟧ then make your place upon its hills
And choose for yourself a dwelling ⟦line⟧ that the stars yearn for its domes
And seek glory by taking risks ⟦line⟧ in what you attempt of its essence
And glory is not attained ⟦line⟧ except by the risk-taker in its pursuit
And if the base man builds glory ⟦line⟧ then why did your hearing turn from his speech
And if he steps forward to insult you ⟦line⟧ then answer him with nobility instead of his response

Archival unit 349

And she said a detestable war
My homeland, O Gulf, O lofty one, where is the Lord of youth from me, where is the world?
Where is ⟦my house⟧ in it and my insightful shore, I used to establish it, O my frankness?
I wish that I, because of me, had confirmed them before I knew the core, I wish that I
If he had assaulted me as the translator did, would he have been compassionate, he would not have sold me

Archival unit 350

And what he said about the impulse of the woman and she collapsed
My journey is news for my love, O daughter of Fand ⟦...⟧ Sodad, O only merciful one
My heart is moving towards renewal, so for this reason this old one is discarded
My journey, for betrayal is inevitable for people, and the veil is a dark night
How much regret is in the veil, this is a foundation that no wise man has ascended
The limits of Sharia, nature, literature, reason, and the elder are blameworthy
Spring and Birds
From the poem Sword of Nature
I will not forget the news I heard from the nightingale, that he was charming and enchanting
He shouted in the garden a cry and then flew, as if the nightingale had set a fire
When he shouted in the depths of the canary
Chanting like the clouds in the morning, a survival that bewilders the souls
And if the secret of passion is revealed by the heart, O anthem that brings comfort to the souls
I have transferred it from the birds