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IJA 3326

Financial Documents, Baghdadi Jewish Community; Correspondence and School Records, Baghdadi Jewish Schools

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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community including financial records; blueprints; correspondence regarding charitable donations, synagogues, and Torah scrolls; lease agreements, taxi receipts, utility bills, and stationary receipts. There are also documents from the Jewish schools in Baghdad, including correspondence regarding student affairs, teachers, lists of students sitting for exams, school administration and financial matters, curriculum development; schedules; and chemistry notes from the Frank Iny School.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3326
Item Number
16771
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Financial, Illustration, Bills, Shamash Secondary School, Revenue Stamp, Synagogue, Teachers, Baghdad Light and Power, Form, Charity, File Folder, Thumbprint, Contract, Typed, Primary Education Certificate, Iraqi Government, Accounting, Primary School, Baghdadi Jewish Community, School Material, Fragments, Ink Stamp, Torah, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Engineering, Receipts, Synagogues Commission, Administrative Committee for Iraqi Jews, Taxi, High School, Letterhead, Income Tax, Jewish Lay Council, Property Commission, Postage Stamp, President of the Jewish Community, Frank Iny School, Ministry of Health, Lease, Middle School, Waqf, Office of Education – Baghdad, Correspondence, Directorate of Education, Education Administration Headquarters of Secondary Schools, Architectural Plans, Annotation, Exam Records, Handwritten, Secondary School Certificate, Iraqi Embassy, Education, Travel, Students

AI en Translation, Pages 101-125

Page 102

Directorate of Education, Baghdad District
Certificates
Number / 17914
Date 8 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of official, private and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys
⟦line⟧
The students Kadhim Muhammad al-Khafaji, a student in the second grade of Nasiriyah Secondary School for Boys, and Faik Muhammad
Amin, a graduate of the Iraqi School in Mosul for the year 949 - 950, addressed to the Ministry of Defense, claim to have lost their documents.
Therefore, please do not accept them and consider them canceled if found.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar al-Qaraghouli
On behalf of / Director of Education, Baghdad District
A copy to:
Directorate of Education, Muntafiq District - referencing its letter No. 4477/40 dated 25 / 4 / 1955
Directorate of Education, Mosul District - referencing its letter No. 7243/47 dated 28 / 4 / 955
Observation of Certificates and Statistics
Sadiq / 7

Page 103

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 17828
Date / 7 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and preparatory schools for boys (all)
It has been decided to expel student Mawloud Azab Latif, a student of the Fifth Literary Class from Anna
Secondary School, permanently, based on the first paragraph of Article forty-four of the Secondary
Schools System 54 for the year 1954. Please do not accept him upon application. .
⟦Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghouli⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education, Dulaim Province
Reference to its letter No. 2847/23/1 dated 16 / 4 / 1955 .
Note on Certificates and Statistics . . .
747
12 / 5 / 955
1/ Amin / 7

Page 104

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 17828
Date / 7 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Intermediate and Preparatory Schools for Boys
It has been decided to expel the student Mawloud Adhab Latif, a student of the Fifth Literary Grade at Ana
Secondary School, permanently, based on the first paragraph of Article Forty-Four of the Secondary
Schools Regulation 54 of the year 1954. Please do not accept him upon application.
⟦signature⟧
⟦Abd al-Sattar al-Qarah Ghuli⟧
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
Copy to: -
Directorate of Education of Dulaim Province
Reference to its letter No. 1 / 13 / 2847 dated 16 / 4 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Department ⟦line⟧
M / 1 Amin / 7

Page 105

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7 / 8 / 1958
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ committee ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦red ink signature⟧

Page 106

Professor Shakir, for recording the name in the specialized register
⟦illegible⟧
11/5/955
Directorate of Education for Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 17829 /
Date / 7 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧
It has been decided to expel the student Bashir Majid Al-Za'rou, one of the second-grade students from the ⟦Teachers' Association⟧
Secondary School in Mosul, from the school permanently, based on the first and fourth paragraphs of Article
forty-four of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954. Please do not accept him upon
application ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Qadir Al-Qarahghuli
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:-
Directorate of Education for Mosul Province - reference to its letter No. 491 dated 19/4/1955
Note on Certificates and Statistics
748
12/5/955
M/Amin/7

Page 107

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 17829
Date / 7 / 5 / 1955
To the administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧
It has been decided to expel the student Bashir Majid Al-Za'rou, a second-grade student at the Teachers Association Secondary School ⟦line⟧
in Mosul, from the school permanently based on the first and fourth paragraphs of Article ⟦line⟧
Forty-four of the Secondary Schools Regulation No. 54 of 1954. Please do not admit him upon ⟦line⟧
referral ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
Abd al-Sattar al-Qaraghouli
On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education, Mosul Province - referring to its letter No. 491 dated 19 / 4 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Unit ⟦line⟧ .
M/ Amin / 7

Page 109

Directorate of Education, Baghdad Province
Certificates
Number / 17912
Date 8 / 5 / 1955
To the administrations of all public, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys ⟦line⟧
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Karbala Province, No. 3031/28, dated ⟦line⟧
30 / 4 / 1955. Please do not accept him upon application ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Qara Ghuli
For / Director of Education, Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Directorate of Education, Karbala Province - for information
Certificates and Statistics Observation
Copy of the letter ⟦line⟧ ⟦Ab⟧
⟦line⟧
It has been decided to expel the student Hamoudi Razzaq Al-Qazzaz, a student in the second grade (B) of Al-Sudair Intermediate School in Najaf
Based on Article 44 in reference to Paragraph 4 of the Secondary School Regulations No. 54 of 1954, and that is
due to his severe imprisonment for a period of (6 months) and being placed under police surveillance for one year due to his adoption of ⟦line⟧ destructive
inclinations. Please kindly circulate his non-acceptance to the schools of your province.
Sadiq / 7

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Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Certificates and Statistics
Number / 17762
Date 7 / 5 / 1955
Administrations of official, private and foreign intermediate schools for boys all ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Kut Province Education Directorate No. 19 / 3757 dated 28 / 4 / 1955
Please confirm his non-enrollment in your school and his attendance for the current year as quickly as possible.
⟦signature⟧
Abdul Sattar Al-Sarhang
For the Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to:
Kut Province Education Directorate -
Note on Certificates and Statistics
Copy of the letter
⟦line⟧
The administration of Kut Secondary School for Boys had provided the student Muhammad Nouri Shahbaz, a third-grade intermediate student
Who participated in the general exam for intermediate studies 1950 - 1951 and 51 - 1952, and the result was failure, with a document
Addressed to you under number 149 on 7 / 9 / 1953 certified by us, but the aforementioned person has claimed its loss, so we hope
To inform us whether he did not submit the document to you and did not attend your school promptly, please.
Sadiq / H

Page 113

Directorate of Education, Baghdad District
Certificates and Statistics
Number / G / 12 / 17728
Date / 5 / 5 / 1955
To " - Administrations of all public, private, and foreign intermediate and preparatory schools for boys and girls
It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of the external male and female students whose names are listed below in
the general examinations for the preparatory and intermediate studies for the current academic year 54/955 in Erbil District ⟦line⟧
Please provide an answer regarding the following points:-
1- Confirm that they have not registered as regular attending students for the current year.
2- That they are not among the students who failed in the second grade last year regarding the intermediate study
and the fourth grade regarding the preparatory study. ⟦line⟧
On behalf of the Director of Education, Baghdad District
Abdul Sattar Al-Qara Ghuli
Copy to " -
Directorate of Education, Erbil District - reference to its letter No. 3868 dated 30 / 4 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Note.
Preparatory Study ⟦line⟧ | Intermediate Study ⟦line⟧
1- Khalil Suleiman | 1- Khalil Ali Al-Zwayek
2- Abdullah Kak Ahmed | 2- Ibrahim Muhammad
3- Joseph Mkrdij | 3- Khalid Ahmed Hamad
4- Muhammad Abdul Wahab Olji | 4- Hamza Taha Al-Asadi
5- Wali Hassan Reda | 5- Muhammad Zaki Mahmoud
6- Kamal Abdul Qadir Miran | 6- Muhammad Nihad Mustafa
7- Abdul Wahid Al-Haj Muhammad | 7- Ihsan Mustafa
8- Abdul Qadir Daoud Al-Yaqoubi | 8- Sharif Abdul Rahman
9- Dhahir Rashid Saber | 9- Ismail Haidar Qassab
10- Abdul Samad Taher | 10- Salah Muhammad Ali Al-Mukhtar
11- Jamal Al-Sayyid Qasim | 11- Abdul Salam Raouf
12- Nihal Muhsin Agha | 12- Muhammad Mahmoud
13- Hamdiya Saber | 13- Taher Bakr Al-Haj Abdullah
14- Nabiha Abdullah Tutunji | 14- Jalal Ahmed Hamdik
15- Hussam al-Din Tayeb | 15- Nahida Fakhri Al-Mufti
| 16- Bari Ali Shawqi
| 17- Nadhira Taher Al Mulla Qara
Khalid / 5
Mr. Shaul
For response please
⟦illegible signature⟧
8 / 5 / 955

Page 115

Baghdad Province Education Directorate
Number / J / 17 / 7 / 1772
Certificates and Statistics
Date / 5 / 5 / 1955
To - All administrations of official, private, and foreign primary schools for boys and girls.
It has been tentatively decided to accept the participation of the external male and female students
whose names are listed below in the general examinations for primary education
for the current academic year 1954 / 1955 in Erbil Province. Please confirm
their non-attendance for the current year or their leaving school after the mid-year
exam if they were among the registered students.
Abdul Sattar Al-Qarahghuli
Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to -
Erbil Province Education Directorate - referring to its letter No. 3864 dated
4/30/1955 for information.
Note on Certificates and Statistics
Names
1 - Salah al-Din Farid | 10 - Aziz Siddiq
2 - Hussein Ali Mahdi | 11 - Salih Hama Hussein
3 - Abdul Qadir Rasool | 12 - Anwar Salih
4 - <del>Hamid Faraj Subhi Shihab</del> | 13 - Hassan Amin
5 - Hamad Amin Hosni | 14 - Sayyid Ahmad Sayyid Saeed
6 - Muhammad Khurshid Aziz | 15 - Behnam Shisha Kunda
7 - Khader Siddiq | 16 - Zalil Ahmad
8 - Wali Haji Ali | 17 - Jamal Khurshid
9 - Abdullah Muhammad Ahmad | 18 - Sabiha Ahmad Haris
| 19 - Saniya Abdullah
Khalid / 5
Professor Shaul
For communication
⟦illegible⟧
8 / 5 / 55

Page 118

Directorate of Education of Baghdad Province
Census and Statistics
No. / C / 17 / 112
Date / 1 / 5 / 1955
To - Administrations of official, private, and foreign intermediate and secondary schools for boys and girls
All
It has been decided in principle to accept the students whose names are listed below and in the attached lists to participate in the general exams for both studies
intermediate and secondary as external students for the current year in Basra Province. Therefore, please confirm their non-attendance for the current year
54 / 955 and ensure they are not among those who failed in the second grade for the year 53 / 54 (for intermediate) and in the fourth grade
(for secondary study).
Abdul Sattar Al-Qaraghouli
For / Director of Education of Baghdad Province
A copy to -
Directorate of Education of Basra Province / with reference to its letter numbered 488 and dated 23 / 4 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Observation.
Secondary Study / Literary Branch | Secondary Study / Scientific Branch | Secondary Study / Commercial Branch
Abdul Amir Abdul Redha | Abdul Sattar Ali Jawad | Abdul Wahhab Ali
Mustafa Jassim Al-Baghdadi | Manuel Abdul Ahad | Abdul Kadhim Moussa
Raphael Touma | Abdul Mahdi Kadhim | Wanis Waskin
Hamid Khalaf Al-Suraihi | Muhammad Najib Abdul Karim | Muhsin Khamis
Ali Hussain Hosni | Nasser Yassin Al-Sayed Al-Najid | Ahmed Mahmoud Qasim
Marzan Hamoud Al-Salman | Abdul Karim Jabr Al-Ramadhan | Abdullah Muhammad Hassan Al-Muzaffar
Aboudi Salam | Zakia Saber Fateh | Sadiq Jaafar Al-Dhamin
Rajab Al-Sayed Ahmed | Najah Abdul Rahman Al-Hashimi | Abd Ali Hassan
Abdullah Manahi Al-Ali | Nasiha Yusuf Yatim | Abd al-Salam Abd al-Karim
Ismail Khudair | Badia Abdul Wahhab Al-Taha | Ali Muhammad Al-Musalli
Abdul Jabbar Abdul Wahhab | Qasim Ghali |
Hussein Hamoud | Abdul Khaliq Abdul Wahid Issa |
Muhammad Mahdi Saleh | Yahya Abdul Karim Al-Manasir |
Muhsin Lazim | Abdul Wadood Al-Salhari |
Abdul Baqi Abdul Aziz Al-Furaih | Yusuf Yaqub Al-Muhammad |
Yassin Abdul Hamad | Abd al-Salam Abd Allah |
Nayef Al-Hajj Itab | Abdul Kadhim Mal Allah Al-Nafidh |
Saleh Yasser | Fouad Muhammad Ali |
Sabri Shamoun | Umm Abdul Qader Al-Dulaimi |
Abdul Rahim Al-Suwadi | Khalida Abdul Wahhab Jasata |
Burhan Saeed Al-Jubouri | |
Fadel Abdullah Al-Taha | |
Alia Marjan Al-Rayhani | |
Hassan Numan | |
Abdullah Muhammad Al-Nimah | |
Rami Dawood Juwaida | |
Habib Al-Sayed Muhammad | |
Ahmed Tamim Al-Sayed Al-Wahid | |
Intermediate Study | |
Adnan Abdul Majid Al-Azzawi | Saleh Nader | Ghazi Mikhail
Farouk Bahjat Faraj | Majid Al-Hajj Naqawa | Gabriel Shamoun
Taha Yassin Al-Othman | Ali Al-Hajj Najm | Abdul Hadi Muhammad Jawad
771
4 / 5 / 955
Professor Shaoul
The Names Committee with the Registry
⟦illegible signature⟧
4 / 5 / 955

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Directorate of Education for Baghdad District
Certificates and Statistics
No. / J / 17 / 11306
Date / 9 / 5 / 1955
To - Administrations of public, private, and foreign Intermediate and Preparatory schools for boys and girls
All
It has been decided in principle to accept the students whose names are listed below and in the attached lists to participate in the general examinations for
Intermediate and Preparatory studies as external students for the current year in Basra District. Therefore, please confirm their non-attendance for the current year
54 / 1955 and verify that they are not among those who failed in the second grade for the year 53 / 54 (for Intermediate) and in the fourth grade
(for Preparatory study).
Abdul Sattar al-Qarqouli
For / Director of Education for Baghdad District
Copy to -
Directorate of Education for Basra District / Reference to its letter No. 4880 dated 23 / 4 / 1955.
Certificates and Statistics Department.
Preparatory Study / Commercial Branch | Preparatory Study / Scientific Branch | Preparatory Study / Literary Branch
Abdul Wahab Ali | Abdul Sattar Ali Jawad | Abdul Amir Abdul Ridha
Abdul Kadhim Musa | Manuel Abdul Ahad | Mustafa Jassim al-Baghdadi
Vanik Vaskin | Abdul Mahdi Kadhim | Rothael Toma
Muhsin Khamis | Muhammad Najib Abdul Karim | Hamid Khalaf al-Murai'i
Ahmed Mahmoud Qassim | Naji Yassin al-Sayyid al-Wahid | Ali Hussein Hosni
Abdullah Muhammad Hassan al-Muzaffar | Abdul Karim Jabr al-Rowdhan | Mardan Hammoud al-Salman
Sadiq Ja'far al-Dhamen | Zakia Maher Faik | Abboudi Salam
Abdul Ali Hassan | Najah Abdul Rahman al-Hashimi | Rajab al-Sayyid Ahmad
Abdul Salam Abdul Karim | Nasiha Yusuf Yatim | Abdullah Manahi al-Ali
Ali Muhammad al-Muslihi | Badi'a Abdul Wahab Allah | Ismail Khudhair
| Qassim Ghali | Abdul Jabbar Abdul Wahab
| Abdul Khaliq Abdul Wahid Issa | Saad bin Hammoud
| Yahya Abdul Karim al-Nasiri | Muhammad Mahdi Saleh
| Abdul Wadoud al-Mulayzi | Muhsin Lazem
| Yusuf Ya'qub al-Muhammad | Abdul Baqi Abdul Aziz al-Furaih
| Abdul Salam Abdullah | Yassin Abdul Samad
| Abdul Kadhim Malallah al-Faiz | Nayef al-Hajj Atab
| Fouad Muhammad Ali | Saleh Yasser
| Umm Abdul Qadir al-Dulaimi | Sabri Sham'oun
| Khalida Abdul Wahab Jamata | Abdul Rahim al-Sawadi
|  | Burhan Saeed al-Jubouri
|  | Fadhil Abdullah Allah
|  | Aliyya Marjan al-Rihani
|  | Hassan Nu'man
|  | Abdullah Muhammad al-Ni'ma
|  | Rami Dawood Jweideh
|  | Habib al-Sayyid Muhammad
|  | Ahmed Na'im al-Sayyid al-Wahid
Intermediate Study
Ghazi Mikhail | Saleh Nader | Adnan Abdul Majid al-Mazawi
Gabriel Sham'oun | Majid al-Hajj Naqawa | Farouk Bahjat Faraj
Abdul Hadi Muhammad Jawad | Ali al-Hajj Najm | Taha Yassin al-Othman
To be continued ⟦line⟧
Mr. Shaoul
To submit the names with the books
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 5 / 955

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Attachment 17204/3/5
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Muhammad Muslih al-Qaisi
Youssef Abdel Rahman
Abdul Mohsen Barrak Al-Yassin
Khawla Taqi al-Din al-Dalali
Daoud Salman Lafta
Abdul Sattar Mahmoud Al-Khalid
Ali Al-Sayyid Youssef
Abdul Razzaq Al-Ra'i
Abdul Salam Abdul Karim
Ali Hussein Muhammad Ali
Jundi Abdel Nabi
Taybah Arif
Farid Aziz Khalawata
Abdul Karim Adam Al-Kawaz
Abdul Karim Abdul Rida
Habiba Majeed Al-Dalali
Ahmed Sayyid Jaber Moussa
Shaker Jaafar Al-Basir
Hashim Al-Sayyid Moussa Al-Hashimi
Issa Abboud Al-Taha Maysah
Abdul Qadir Al-Hajj Lazim
Mikhail Youssef
Youssef Salman Al-Zidan
Suad Sufi
Jassim Muhammad Al-Mashhour
Abdul Karim Abdel Nabi
Wafi Fadel
Abdul Hassan Shaniah
Muhammad Ali Mohsen
Sami Ahmed Al-Hamdani
Saeb Manaa Al-Zurkani
Abdul Sahib Al-Sabi Al-Saadi
Abdul Rahman Muhammad
Jarallah Fathi
Razia Makki Al-Adhami
Abdul Wahhab Hussein
⟦line⟧
Khalid /

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Directorate of Education, Baghdad Liwa
Certificates and Statistics
Number / J / 17 / 17
Date / 1 / 5 / 1955
To all administrations of Official, Private, and Foreign Primary Schools for Boys and Girls
We convey to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate of Education of Karbala Liwa, No. 2866/23 dated 20 / 4 / 1955. Please confirm
the non-registration of any of them in your schools this year or their leaving school after the mid-year examination.
⟦illegible signature⟧
For / Director of Education
Director of Education, Baghdad Liwa
Copy to :-
- Directorate of Education, Karbala Liwa - for information.
- Department of Certificates and Statistics.
Copy of the Letter
⟦line⟧
Below are the names of students whose provisional acceptance for participation in the General Examination for Primary Studies as external candidates
this year has been decided. Please confirm that none of them were registered in your schools during this year or left school after the mid-year exam,
ensuring your reply reaches us as quickly as possible.
Ali Muhammad al-Husayni | Muhammad Muhammad Hussein al-Hakim
Zayn al-Abidin Khalil | Muhammad Rida Muhammad
Ni'ma Mahdi | Ibrahim Mahdi
Majida Murtada Zayni | Muhammad Kadhim Jamal al-Khoei
Muhammad Hussein Abd al-Abbas al-Amili | Abd al-Zahra Muhammad
Hussein Imran | Hassan Qasim
Hadi Kadhim al-Janabi | Abd al-Sahib Muhsin al-Hakim
Rajiha Hassan Shamsa | Abd al-Ilah Ja'far
Su'ad Sadiq | Ali Musa al-Hakim
Salih Mahdi al-Dulaimi | Muhammad Rida al-Samiri
Imran Musa Naji | Mahdi Hadi
Abd al-Hadi Muhsin al-Hakim | Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Habubi
Rida Asad Allah | Rashad Hamid Dawsh
Abd al-Jabbar Majid | Mahmoud Salih Mahdi Muhammad
Kadhim al-Sheikh Hussein | Hassan Taqi al-Wa'iz
Rida al-Sheikh Hussein | Mahdi Ali Bahr al-Ulum
Jawad Kadhim al-Farawi | Sadiq Ja'far Rabih
Muhammad Abdullah al-Shajari | Rashad Hamid al-Shukri
Mahdi Hamza al-Janabi |
Professor Sha'ul
To audit the names against the registers
⟦illegible signature⟧
4 / 5 / 1955
Khalid / 30