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.
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community In Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: Date: 18 / 6 / 950 Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad Please provide Victoria daughter of Ezra Cohen a certificate including her divorce from her husband Baruch son of (Abdullah) named Aboudi, dated 22 Sivan 5705 Corresponding to June 4, 1945 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Husni⟧ 18 / 6 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧
Copy for the ⟦Financial⟧ Department Divorce Certificate 50 / 4164 10 / 18 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Victoria Ezra Cohen has been divorced from her husband named Baruch (Abdullah) Aboud on the fourth of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10 / 18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10 / 18 / 50
Department Copy 4425 / 50 10 / 18 / 1950 138 Naji Rahmin, known as Naji Ephraim son of Rahmin Moshe Miss Habiba Moshe, known as Habiba Sabiha daughter of Moshe Shamoun The thirtieth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10 / 18 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10 / 18 1 / 18 / 10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦Presidency⟧ Baghdad on 11/18/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 214 I hereby certify that Mr.: Abdullah Mansha son of Al-Hajja Ashir married in Baghdad Miss: Aida Rubin on the day: 20 / June / 1940 (corresponding to 24 Sivan 700) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 75 Seventy-five Dinars | Shamoun Shaul | Salim Sofer Eliyahu Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun The Rabbinical Court Baghdad COURT OF THE CHIEF RABBI 11 / 20 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 50/4126 10/18/1950 314 Abdullah Matana bin Ishaq Ashir Miss Simha Abed Rubin The twentieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. 200 Fils 10/18 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 1/10/18 10/18 ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Jewish⟧ 4167 / 50 18 / 10 / 1950 Certificate We hereby confirm that Mr. Sasson Sion Abed is the Chairman of the Jewish Hospitals Committee in Baghdad. ⟦illegible⟧ 18 / 10 - Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 18 / 10 1 / 18 / 10
Department Copy 4428 50/ 10/18/1950 235 Yahya Munir Yahya Sadaqa Miss Toba Salman Shaul Samira The seventeenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/10/18
⟦Presidency of the Community ...⟧ 44 / 501 28 / 10 / 1950 The Exhibit Yaqub Abdullah Cohen Miss Karjiya Munshi The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD. ⟦signature⟧ 20 / 10 / 8 ⟦signature⟧ 20 / 10 / 8 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 18 / 10
Department Copy 4130 / 50 10 / 18 / 1950 426 Shlomo Meir, known as Shlomo Meir Shlomo Miss Salima Meir, known as Salima Meir Ibrahim Masri The ninth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦Saifani⟧ 10/18 ⟦signature⟧ 10/18/⟦1⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10/18/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that ⟦Miss Zakia Ibrahim Salim⟧ is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul⟧ ⟦H. Shimon⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ ⟦Sabih Shaul⟧ 10/18
Presidency of the ⟦Jewish⟧ Community ⟦in Baghdad⟧ 4971 / 50 10 / 18 / 1950 Certificate Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Zakia Ibrahim Salim is neither engaged nor married and does not have any record in the relevant registers. The 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Yousef Zilkha ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 10/18/50
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10/18/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. Habib son of Shlomo Yahya Maslawi has entered into an engagement with Miss Fawzia daughter of Yusuf Eliyahu Benjamin in Baghdad on the day 10 / November / 1949 (corresponding to 21 Cheshvan 5710) ⟦line⟧ And has not married yet. Witnesses | Conditions ⟦Selim⟧ Hakham Eliyahu | 300 Three hundred dinars only. ⟦In the presence of⟧ Hakham Shaul | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon | ⟦signature⟧ 10/18 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad - BAGHDAD
⟦Copy in the Department⟧ 4752 / 50 / 10 / 18 / 1950 Habib Shamoun Yahya Maslawi Miss Khazna Yusuf Eliyahu Benjamin The tenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 18 1 / 18 / 10
Incoming Copy 50/4172 19/10/50 762 Aziz bin Marij bin Ishaq Miss Yafi daughter of Aziz Shaul Baruch The sixth of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. Hifzi ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council F/10/19
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10/21/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 224 I hereby certify that Mr.: Abdullah son of Ibrahim Saleh married in Baghdad Miss: Masouda daughter of Rabbi Yosef Hayyim On the day: 6/7/1892 Corresponding to: 5 Sivan year 5652 Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 92,000 Ninety-two thousand Qirsh | Raouf Hakham Sassoon | Ezra Al-Shammaa Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦signature⟧ Shimon ⟦Cantor⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 10/19
⟦Department Copy⟧ 424 / 50 18/10/50 224 Abdullah bin Ibrahim Saleh Miss Masouda bint Ishaq Youssef Habib The seventh of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/18 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 F/ 1991 / 10
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community In Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: Date: 10/19/52 Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Rahil, also known as Rachel and known as (Badriya) daughter of Haron Shadhaqa including her divorce from her husband Daoud bin Daoud (bin Salman) on the date of August 22, 57 corresponding to ⟦corresponding to⟧ 8/19/1927 Accountant ⟦illegible⟧ 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19
Department Copy 50 / 4175 Divorce Certificate 50 / 10 / 19 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Rahil Haroun, known by the name Rahil Rachel Badriya Haroun, has been divorced from her husband named Daoud bin Daoud (bin Sultan) on the nineteenth of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 F / 10 / 19
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Copy to ⟦...⟧ 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 Yitzhak bin Abraham Hazan died in Baghdad on the sixth day of the month of Av in the year 5707 (22 / 8 / 1947) and for this reason I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Mustafa ⟦Al-Hajji⟧ 10/19 He has no heir except for Hawa daughter of ⟦...⟧
Department Copy 4176 / 50 Death Certificate 19 / 10 / 50 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 Daoud Yamin Marikh Hawa died in Baghdad on the twenty-second day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council F / 10/19
Department Copy 50/ ⟦illegible⟧ 50/10/29 582 Yona bin Daoud bin Yona Miss Nouriya bint Manshi Youssef Cohen The eighteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 10/19 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 10/19 F /10/19
⟦illegible⟧ Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 19 / 10 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim has entered into an engagement with Miss Majla Salman Ibrahim in Baghdad on the day 6 / 7 / 1950 (corresponding to 22 Av 5710) and has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 200 Two hundred Dinars | Ahlal Shaul | Ezra Ibrahim Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ 19 / 10 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 4178 / 50 10/19/50 Youssef Ibrahim Miss Jahla Salman Ibrahim The sixth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Chief Rabbi President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 F / 10 / 19
Department Copy 9 / 50 / 1 50 / 10 / 1 A Exhibit Fawzi Yaqub Habib xxx Kirkuk Miss Hanna Hay Shalom Pinhas The seventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10/19 F / 10 / 19
Duplicate Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 4179 / 50 19th October 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. NOORY HESKEL MASLIYAH was born at Baghdad on the 29th November, 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty nine A. D. ). He is a Jew and of Jewish parentage. ⟦illegible⟧ 19/10 Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧