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IJA 1454

Verification Certificates, Confirmations of Members Vocations, Lineages, Citizenship

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These 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.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 1454
Item Number
12603
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Arabic, English
Keywords
Abrogation of Citizenship, Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Birth Certificate, Certification of Non-Impediment, Charitable Sewing Society for Girls, Contract, Correspondence, Death Certificate, Department of Passport and Nationality, Divorce Certificate, Engagement Certificate, Financial, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Jewish Lay Council, Legal, Letterhead, Marriage Certificate, Mosul, Office of the Police, Passport, President of the Jewish Community, Revenue Stamps, Spiritual Council, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 176-200

Page 176

⟦Department Copy⟧
COPY
No: 4128/51
Baghdad 15th October 1950.
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
Copy of Certificate
Number - 50/4128
Date - 15 / 10 / 1950
Birth Certificate
In accordance with testimonials
presented, I hereby confirm that
Mr. AKRAM ABRAHAM (whose photograph
is affixed hereabove) was born at
Baghdad on the 27th day of January
1919 (nineteen hundred nineteen A.D.).
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Akram Abraham, whose
photograph is attached above, was born in Baghdad on
the twenty-seventh day of January
in the year 1919 (one thousand nine hundred and nineteen
AD).
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Abraham / 14
1/24
⟦illegible⟧
100 Fils required

Page 177

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧ Department
Baghdad on: 10/16/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 288, I hereby certify that
Mr. Selim son of Shaul son of Levi
has married in Baghdad Miss Habu daughter of Nasser Saleh Moallem Elia
on the day 2/1/1929 (corresponding to 24 ⟦Shevat⟧ year 5689)
⟦signature/flourish⟧
Amount of the Ketubah: 150 One hundred and fifty only
Witnesses: Heskel Sabounchi
Selim Hakkak Al-Baher
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
Certified
10/16
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 178

Department Copy
4129 / 50
10 / 16 / 1950
388
Selim Meir, known as Selim Meir Banu Levi
Miss Habu Nahum, known as Habu Nahum Saleh Moallem Elia
The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD.
⟦Youssef Al-Khay⟧
10/16
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Acting
President of the Lay Council
1/16/10

Page 179

4120 / 50
16 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
584
Sion Eliyahu, known as Sion Eliyahu Sultan Meshaal
Miss Simha Yaqub, known as Simha Yaqub Saleh Hakham Saleh
The eighteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Chief Rabbi
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10/16
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 16 / 10

Page 180

50 / 4121
10 / 16 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
14
Munir Yaqub Abdullah Shahrabani ⟦line⟧
Miss Elise Eliyahu Azzouri
The eighteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
200 Fils
⟦signature⟧
Required 700 Fils
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 16 / 10

Page 181

4122 / 50
16 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
68
Simantob Youssef Heskel Sha'a Levi
. Miss Karjiya Sion, known as Karjiya Khatun, daughter of Sion Abdullah Obeid
The seventeenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦Youssef Al-Ani⟧
1/10/16

Page 182

50 / 4122
10 / 26 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
272
Shua Hezekiel, known as Shua Yehoshua bin Hezekiel Shua Zarour
Miss Leah Menashi, known as Leah daughter of Menashi Hezekiel Sahij
The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
10/16
⟦illegible⟧
10/16/1
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 183

4124 / 50
10 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
21
Anwar Nassim Mureidakh
Miss Jahla Yuna, known as Jahla Rachel, daughter of Yuna Yermia Arwili
The eighteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦Isaac⟧
10/10
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
10/16/1

Page 184

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 10/16/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Haron son of Yusuf Safouri
has entered into an engagement with Miss Khatoun daughter of Daoud son of Eliyahu Kadouri
in Baghdad on the day 08/18/1950 (corresponding to 5 Elul 5710)
and has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
One hundred Ottoman gold liras and half of it deferred | Rabbi Shaul
Shimon Samuel
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible signature⟧
10/16/50

Page 185

⟦Department Copy⟧
4625 / 50
26 / 10 / 1950
Haroun Youssef Jaflawi
Miss Khatoun Daoud Eliyahu Azouri
The eighteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible handwriting⟧
⟦signature⟧
10/16
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧
1 / 16 / 10

Page 186

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on (15 / 10) 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify
that Miss Esther Youssef
is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers.
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon
Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
10/16
⟦illegible⟧

Page 187

Department Copy
4126 / 50
12 / 10 / 1950
Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Esther Joseph is neither engaged nor married and has no record
in the relevant registers.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦84⟧
Required ⟦fifty fils⟧
Fair ⟦...⟧
⟦signature⟧
1 / 12 / 10
⟦...⟧

Page 188

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 individual named ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Ezra⟧ passed away in Baghdad
On the ⟦28th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tishrei⟧ in the year 5711 5741
( 10/10/1950 ) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦Yitzhak Moshe Ezra⟧
⟦Moshe⟧
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
⟦...⟧
20/16

Page 189

⟦Department of Health⟧
50 / 4127          Death Certificate
10 / 16 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of the garden in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that the person named Maurice Meir Tati died in Baghdad on the first day of October
in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
Al-Hayy District
10/16
⟦illegible⟧
1/16/10

Page 191

⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧
4128 / 50
Death Certificate
16 / 10 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the woman named Rahma Hay died in Baghdad on the twenty-first day
of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10/16
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 16 / 10

Page 192

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 person named ⟦Yitzhak Yosef Daoud⟧ died in Baghdad
On the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦June⟧ in the year ⟦5704⟧
( 9 / 6 / 1944 ) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦signature⟧
Yitzhak Yosef Daoud
⟦signature⟧
6/10
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs

Page 193

⟦illegible⟧
4129 / 50
26 / 10 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Nissim Isaac Nahum died in Baghdad on the ninth day
of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Isaac Nahum
10/26
10/16/17/14

Page 194

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 ⟦Farah Mudrik Khadhouri⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦November⟧ in the year 5705
(12/17/1944) and for this reason I have signed below.
⟦Signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Hezekiah Haddad
⟦illegible⟧
Rabbinical Classifier
⟦Signature⟧
10 / 16

Page 195

⟦Department Copy⟧
Death Certificate
4140 / 50
26 / 10 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
⟦W⟧e hereby confirm that the named Yaqub Hakouli passed away in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of December
in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦Latif Al-Kini⟧
10/16
10/16/1
⟦illegible⟧

Page 196

Department Copy 50/4140
10/22/1950
43
Haroun Daoud, known as Haroun Daoud Issachar
Miss Sabiha Yaqoub, known as Toba Sabiha daughter of Yaqoub Hesqel
The fifth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10/11
10/16/1

Page 197

⟦illegible⟧
50/4122
50/10/22
48
Yousef bin Saleh bin Yousef Aghayee
Miss Habiba bint Shamoun Khadouri Eliyahu
The ninth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
200 Fils
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible red mark⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 198

Department Copy
4142 / 50
18 / 10 / 1950
40
Husaym Abed Rubin
Miss Nouna Shmuel Moshi
The eighth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD.
⟦signature⟧
17 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
As per examination
⟦signature⟧
17 / 10
10 / 17 / ⟦illegible⟧

Page 199

Department Copy
2144 / 50
10 / 10 / 1950
367
Nouri Ishaq Daniel Awili
Miss Samha Robin Ephraim
The twentieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
10 / 16
⟦signature⟧
10 / 18
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 16 / 10

Page 200

Number 585
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts ⟦Department⟧
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 10 / 27 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm
that Miss Daisy daughter of Samah
is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
10/27
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
H. Shimon
Baghdad