Verification Certificates, Confirmations of Members Vocations, Lineages, Citizenship
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, comprised of birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death certificates; confirmations of Jewish lineage, vocations, ethnicity, and citizenship. Certificates were issued in 1950 and cover the 1890s-1950. Some of the certificates have names written in Hebrew.
We, the undersigned, testify that Jamil Hammoud was blessed with a baby girl ⟦...⟧ Sabiha on the morning of 7/⟦...⟧/50 and for this purpose we have signed this statement. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of the Torah Quarter Salim Daoud Salam Ezra ⟦...⟧ | Tabi Yehuda Iskafi Fousiel | (Certifies the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) Number: ⟦...⟧ - 50 / Dated: 6 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
We, the undersigned, testify that Talabi Yehuda was blessed with a child ⟦...⟧ and time on the date 1 / 7 / 1950 and for that ⟦...⟧ this statement. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the Torah Quarter, Salim Daoud Salam Jamil Hammo - Dyer - Mosul | Yona Marij Dyer Mosul | Mordechai, Representative of the Israelite Community in Mosul We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above ) Number: 50 / ⟦...⟧ Date: ⟦...⟧ / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
4002/50 10/1950/ ⟦Department Copy⟧ Mr. Rahmin Hezekiel Ezra known as Rahmin Hezekiel Ezra Rahmin Muzayyin Miss Esther Ibrahim The sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and five AD. ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/9/10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 8 / 10 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 250, I hereby certify that Mr. Menashe son of Benjamin Menashe Eiwani married in Baghdad Ms. Sabiha daughter of Abid Al-Hakham Dally on the day 9 September / 1929 (corresponding to 24 Av year 5689) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubah amount: 150 Dinars in gold standard Witnesses Naim Hakham Shaul Salim Hakham Eliyahu Yosef Kali Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧
501 1/10/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 350 Munshi Benjamin Moshi Irani Miss Saida Abed Ishaq Dakbi The ninth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD. 4 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/8/10
Department Copy 50/ 4005 10/ ⟦...⟧ /1950 184 Yehuda Selim bin Khedhouri Isaac Miss Victoria Saleh Daoud Haroun Isaac Larry The eleventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD ⟦Isaac Larry⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/8/1950
The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad: After greetings: Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that: The named: ⟦Menachem Isaac Dori⟧ Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: ⟦Eleventh⟧ Of the month: ⟦November⟧ Year: 5700 And for that reason, I have signed below: (22 / 1 / 1940) ⟦Menachem Isaac⟧ ⟦Dori⟧ Haskel Haddad The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Jewish⟧
⟦Copy to etc.⟧ 4002 / 50 Death Certificate 10/9/1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named ⟦Salim⟧ Heskel died in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦Muhammad Salih⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Number ⟦Isfahani⟧ 10/8/1
⟦illegible⟧ 7 - 4 / 50 9 / 10 / 1950 522 Yona Nissim Eliyahu Munir Miss Mary Salim Hezekiel Ezra Isaac The eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. 200 Fils ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10 / 8 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 8 / 10
⟦Birth Register⟧ We, the undersigned, testify that Abraham Ezra has been blessed with a baby girl named Amal on 10 / 9 / 1950, and for this purpose we have signed this statement. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takia neighborhood Ezra Mukbal Salim Aziz Iskafi Mosul | Sabri Nahum Attar Mosul | Mordechai, Representative of the Israelite Community in Mosul (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above) Number: 8 - 4 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8/1
Copy of the ledger We, the undersigned, testify that Khadhouri Miro, husband of Yazi Khadhouri, passed away thirteen years ago and left behind children who are Shafiq, born in 1938, Ghanem, born in 1940, and Naji, born in 1933, and accordingly we have signed this petition. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tawrat neighborhood, Salim Daoud Salam Jamil Hammo Sabbagh Mosul | Yuna Marnakh Sabbagh Mosul | Number: 4009 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on <del>10/10/1950</del> Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that ⟦Miss⟧ Rachel daughter of Gurji is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦As God wills⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 50/4010 10/9/1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad this is to certify that the woman named Rachel Gurji is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Correct ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Mustafa Kamal ⟦signature⟧ 1/8/10
⟦Department Copy⟧ 4011 / 55 9 / 10 / 1950 The Exhibit Munshi Yamin, known as Munshi Benjamin Elia Miss Rachel Ephraim Yehuda The twenty-seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD ⟦Uncle's Page⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 10 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ We, the undersigned, certify that Nouri Yahya Nouri was blessed with a daughter whom he named Amira on 23 / 8 / 950, and for this purpose we have signed this statement. Witness Witness Stamp of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood Ezra Mukammal Naji Nahoum, shoe dyer, Mosul Sabri Nahoum, grocer, Mosul Mordechai, Representative of the Israelite Community in Mosul ( We certify ⟦line⟧ the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp ⟦line⟧ above ) Number: 2012 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
We the undersigned testify that Yonah Mordakh was blessed with a baby girl named Carmila on 19/7/50 ⟦line⟧ and for this we have signed bel⟦line⟧ow Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tawrat neighborhood Saleem Dawood Salam Tali Yehuda - Shoemaker - Mosul | Jamil Hammu - Dyer - Mosul | Mordechai, the representative of the Israelite community in Mosul ( We certify the authenticity of the signatures: the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above ): Number -: 50/4012 Date -: 9/10/1950 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council Class of Jewelry 10/8/1
⟦illegible⟧ We, the undersigned, testify that Saleh Aziz Nahoum has been blessed with a female child named Lulu Saleh on 8/10/1950 and for this purpose we have signed below. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tawrat neighborhood Salim Dawood Salam Jamil Aziz Kaddo, car parts seller Mosul | Elo Shua Dawar Mosul | Number ⟦line⟧: 4014 / 50 Date ⟦line⟧: 9 / 10 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures: and the seal of the Mukhtar above): Saafani 8/10 ⟦illegible⟧ Mobile ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council 1/8/10
Department Copy We, the undersigned, testify that Naji Nahum was blessed with a baby girl whom he named Marcelle on 22 / 8 / 1950, and for that purpose we have signed below. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood Ezra Mukammal Nouri Yahya, shoe shiner, Mosul | Sabri Nahum, perfumer, Mosul | Mordechai Maatouk, the Israelite Community in Mosul (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above) Number: 2015 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Isfahani ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8 1 / 8 / 10
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Ibrahim Hakkak⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦fifteenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦July⟧ in the year ⟦86⟧ (15/7/1926) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Avraham Hakkak⟧ ⟦Moshe⟧ Heskel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Heskel
Department Copy Death Certificate 4017 / 50 10/9/1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Eliyahu Ibrahim Al-Kabir died in Baghdad on the first day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦Asfani⟧ 8/10 ⟦illegible⟧ 1/8/10
4018 / 50 10 / 9 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 602 Benjamin Salim Benjamin Qassab Miss Daisy Yusuf Eliyahu Mushia The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Certified ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 8 / 10
⟦Department Copy⟧ Certificate 50 / 2019 9 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Miss Juliet Meir is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Second Class ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named Moshe Hayim Yitzhak Nissim passed away in Baghdad on the 26th day of the month of Nisan in the year 5702 (10 / 4 / 1942) and for that reason I have signed below Yitzhak Nissim Moshe Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8