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.
Department Copy ⟦Law⟧ Copy 4194 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 701 Ezra Rahmin, known as Ezra Zion Matana son of Rahmin Miss Munira Ishaq Khleif The twenty-seventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 20 / 10 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10 / 22 / 50 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Required 25 fils 10 / 22 / ⟦50⟧
Department Copy 4195 50/1 10/22/1950 Exhibit Azouri Abed known as Ezra Sofer son of Abed Shlomo xxxx Mandali Miss Victoria Salman Yaqoub Dubai The thirteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven AD. ⟦Safani⟧ 10/22 ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 10/22/50
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad 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 Meir bin Yitzhak Levi died in Baghdad on the fourteenth day of the month of February in the year 922 (14/2/1922) and for this reason I have signed below The Banker 10/22 ⟦Signature⟧ 5/10/22 ⟦Signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
Department Copy 4196 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the late Moallem Sion David Hay passed away in Baghdad on the fourteenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Second Bank⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 A / 22 / 10
4192 / 50 10 / 22 / 1950 Presidency of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community 117 Yaqub Sion Saleh Banat Miss Sabiha Ezra Khedhouri The twentieth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. Second pages ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 10/22/A
⟦illegible⟧ Department Register ⟦illegible⟧ 4428 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 571 Mir Munshi, known as Mir Naji son of Munshi Habboub Miss Farha Murad, known as Farha Flora daughter of Murad Munshi Murad Daoud The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. 20 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 22 / 10
50 / 4189 22 / 10 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 556 Yaqub Ishaq Rubin Hijama Miss Juliet Ezra Ibrahim The fourteenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2000 10 / 22 / 1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 10/22/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 72, I hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim Cohen Ibrahim, teacher B.G. has married in Baghdad the named Bada daughter of Isaac Levy on the day 10/19/1950 (corresponding to 8 Cheshvan 5711 Hebrew) Ketubah amount: 500 Dinars Witnesses: Ghosoun Shaul Rabbi Meir Horish Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible stamp with Hebrew and Arabic text⟧ 200 Fils 10/22
22 / 4 / 501 10 / 22 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ The Community ⟦illegible⟧ 72 Ibrahim Gurji Ibrahim Moallem Rabie Miss Sim Isaac Baruch The nineteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 22 ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 22 On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 22 / 10
4281 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 Department Copy 426 Maghshi Murad Ezra Naqqar Miss Dina Isaac Hayyim bin Eliyahu Levi The eighteenth of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 10 / 22 / A
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 confirm that The named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧ died in Baghdad 5705 on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year ⟦5705⟧ (3/24/1945) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 3/22/50 ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦Asif al-Khalisi⟧ 3/22/50
⟦illegible⟧ 50/4202 Death Certificate 10/22/1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Sassoon Daoud Dallah passed away in Baghdad on the thirteenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 10/22/1
⟦Health of the District⟧ 4202 / 501 10/22/1950 Monsieur Rahmin Houki, known as Rahmin Hanouka Miss Lulu Ibrahim Rubin The tenth of April, the year one thousand nine hundred and four AD. ⟦Mustafa Al-Khani⟧ 10/22 ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council A / 10/22
⟦True Copy⟧ 4204 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 300 Isaac Yusuf Elia Miss Salima Shmuel Shaul The seventh of March of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦signature⟧ Yusuf Elia 10/22 ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Lawyer for the Community President of the Lay Council A / 22 / 10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 21 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 220, I hereby certify that Mr. Hajjaj son of Nissim Meir Levi married in Baghdad Miss Najma daughter of Heskel son of Yona on the day 26 / 2 / 1922 (corresponding to 8 March year 5682) Ketubah amount | Witnesses 150 One hundred and fifty Rupees | Heskel Sassoon Shaul | Selim Sassoon Eliyahu Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Baghdad Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Certified 10/22 ⟦Number 220⟧
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦in Baghdad⟧ 4205 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 220 Ajaj Nassim Mordech Nissi Miss Najma Sion Shua The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 1 / 22 / 10
Department Copy 50/4406 10/22/1950 Mr. Munshi Yusuf Musa Cohen Miss Naima Abdullah Yusuf Cohen The twelfth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD. Mustafa Al-Khi⟦...⟧ 10/22 ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 22 / 10
⟦illegible⟧ 50/4207 50/10/22 49 Shimon Ezra, known as Shimon Balfour son of Ezra Shua Nassim Shimon Suhayq Miss Sabiha Karji, known as Sabiha Eliyahu Karji Ibrahim Sayegh The ninth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 10/22/1
⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ 4208 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 Certificate We hereby certify that His Eminence Rabbi Elia Yehoshua, member of the Jewish Spiritual Council, is an employee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad. ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 22 / 10
Department Copy A.A. / 501 10/22/1950 378 Heskel Eliyahu Youssef Miss Nazima Youssef Aziz The fourth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/22 On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Mustafa 10/22 1/22/10
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad ⟦Burial Committee⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that The named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦25th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar I⟧ in the year ⟦5707⟧ (17/3/1947) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs 200 Fils 1/15 ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate 50 / 4210 10 / 22 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Shua Rubin Shua died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 20 Fils 10/22 1/22/10
The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦Department Health⟧ 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 ⟦Yitzhak son of Abraham (Raham) Murad⟧ died in Baghdad On the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tammuz 5702⟧ year 5702 ( ⟦20 / 7 / 1942⟧ ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Murad⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Salim Effendi Do you agree to the issuance of such a certificate? ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 22 No problem in issuing such a certificate ⟦signature⟧ ⟦10 / 22⟧ 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 22
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 4216 / 50 Death Certificate 10 / 22 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the woman named Nasiha, wife of Shua Rubin Shua, passed away on the twentieth of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 22 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 20 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 22 A / 22 / 10
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 4212 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 78 Heskel Moshi known as Heskel Abdul Aziz bin Moshi Ibrahim Miss Rosa Saleh known as Rosa Saleh Yusuf Shahrabani The fourth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Secretary of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 22 / 10