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.
⟦illegible⟧ 4145 / 50 18 / 10 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Daisy Samih is neither betrothed nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Isfahani⟧ 10/17 10/17/1 ⟦illegible⟧
4146 / 50 18 / 10 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ The prominent Sassoon Ezra Isaac Hai Mordechai Miss Sarah Khatun daughter of Shalom Joseph The nineteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and three AD ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council As a guarantee ⟦illegible⟧ 10/17 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/17/1
⟦Department Copy⟧ 4147 / 50 16 / 10 / 1950 542 Munshi Shaul Salman Twena Miss Lulu Sion Saleh The twenty-first of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦Signature⟧ 18 / 10 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Lisfawi⟧ 17 / 10 ⟦Signature⟧ 1 / 17 / 10
His Excellency the Deputy Head of the Community, Respected Presented to your Excellency I request the favor of certifying that I, Habiba Ezra Daoud, am the daughter of Ezra bin Daoud and that my mother is Lulu Sasson, based on the request of the Munir Twayq administration, and to your Excellency my thanks Petitioner: Habiba Ezra Resident of: Faraj Allah Quarter, House No. 72 / 151 Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya Quarter Edward Moshe Nissim | Roubin Salman Daoud | Torah 94/396 | Torah 94/396 | (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal listed above) ⟦signature⟧ 10/8 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Certified ⟦signature⟧ 10/17 Number - 4149 / 50 Date - 18 / 10 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate Drop Number 7997 Amal daughter of Ibrahim passed away on Saturday, 10/14/950, at the age of one year, and the cause of death was a doctor's certificate Dar al-Shifa Private Clinic, and for this purpose, this was decided. Witness | Witness | <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Hanoun al-Saghir neighborhood Sassoon Daoud | Ezra Sassoon | House Number 9 / 124 Stamp of the Mukhtar of al-Tatran neighborhood, Ibrahim Gurji Shmouli Burial Officer Heskel Ezra Haddad Number -: 4150 / 50 Date -: 10/18/1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp above) ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 18 1 / 18 / 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 ⟦Menachem Hakham Nissim Hakham⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦20th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Elul⟧ in the year ⟦5709⟧ ( ⟦10 / 9 / 1949⟧ ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Hezekiel Haddad⟧ Hesqel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Hesqel Haddad 10/9
Department Copy 4151 / 50 Death Certificate 18 / 10 / 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 Salman Yaqub Nasim Habba died in Baghdad on the first day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ 18 / 10 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 10 1 / 17 / 10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10/17/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 52, I hereby certify that Mr. Abdullah son of Mansour son of Ibrahim Sahyoun has married in Baghdad the honorable Miss Inaam daughter of Salman Sahyoun on the day 10/11/1950 (corresponding to 30 Tishrei 5711) Amount of the Ketubah | Witnesses 200 Dinars, as God wills | Heskel Sabay Shaul | Salim Sabay Al-Bahir Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Cantor For filing 10/17
⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/4122 10/18/1950 52 Abdullah Khadouri Abraham Maslawi Miss Rachel Isaac Salman Habbaqouq The eleventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/28 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Second Category⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 10/17/A
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 4152 / 50 Certificate 10 / 18 / 1950 We hereby certify that Mr. Nassim Hakham Shalom is one of the employees of the community institutions (the slaughterhouse) and trains those interested in the rules of ritual slaughter. ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/18/10
⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Year⟧ ⟦...⟧ 4154 / 50 10 / 18 / 1950 482 Benjamin Shaul Eliyahu Naqqar Miss Farah Khedhouri, known as Farha Nour, daughter of Khedhouri Eliya Murad The nineteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 10/18/⟦1⟧
Department Copy 4155 / 50 10/18/1950 488 Shaul Ibrahim, known as Shaul Rahmin Ibrahim Farfouri Miss Rachel Isaac Ibrahim Farfouri The seventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. 200 Fils 10/17 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/17/1 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Baghdad The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Baghdad Department Copy Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named יצחק אברהם passed away in Baghdad on the 8th day of the month of תמוז in the year 5709 (1949/7/2) and for that reason I have signed below יצחק אברהם ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 10/8/50
Department Copy Department Copy Death Certificate 4156 / 50 10/18/1950 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 Yusuf Eliyahu Hayek died in Baghdad on the third day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 20 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 10/17/⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 50/4157 10/18/1950 386 Hayim Munshi Hayim Miss Qaddaha Shmuel Shaul The eighth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. Pay to ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 ⟦red stamp mark⟧ ⟦signature⟧ The On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/18/10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10/17/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Miss Naima daughter of Salman Moshi is not betrothed or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ ⟦Arranger of Sanctifications⟧ ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ ⟦Registrar of Marriage Contracts⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 10/17
Department Copy 4758 / 501 28 / 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 the woman named Nahi'a Salman Moshi is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/28 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦Mustafa⟧ 10/17 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/17/1
⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 50 / 4156 10 / 18 / 1950 131 Ezra Nassim Yehuda Miss Esther Daoud Youssef Zakhouli The seventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦Pages of the ⟦...⟧⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 17 10 / 17 / 1
Department Copy 44 / 501 10 / 18 / 1950 388 Abdullah Yusuf Hayyim Darzi Miss Marcelle Haskel Eliya Shahrabani The ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. Certified ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 ⟦initials⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 18 / 10
Department Copy 4121 / 50 10/18/1950 89 Haroun Mordechai Haroun Miss Warida Ibrahim Shlomo The fifteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. Status Record ⟦illegible⟧ 1/18/10 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Duplicate 50/4161 50/10/18 Department Copy 89 Haroun Khadhouri, known as Haroun Mordechai Haroun Miss Kelly Ibrahim, known as Warida Ibrahim Shlomo The fifteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 50/ 4262 50/10/ 28 185 Rahmin Haroun, known as Rahmin Haroun Rahmin Miss Karjiya Haskil, known as Karjiya Haskil Ibrahim Shalom The eighteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine AD. Approved ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 ⟦signature⟧ 10/28 ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council /1
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that The named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Menachem⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦12th⟧ day of the month of ⟦October⟧ in the year ⟦48⟧ (10/12/1948) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Paid ⟦signature⟧ 12/1/50
Health of the District 4162 / 50 18 / 10 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Heskel Nessim Sa'at died in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Required ⟦...⟧ 20 Fils 18 / 10 / 50 ⟦signature⟧