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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 301-325

Page 301

Department Copy
⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 22 / 7 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate number 261, I hereby certify that
Mr. Shaul Ibrahim
married in Baghdad <del>Miss</del> Saida daughter of Cohen
on the day 7 / 4 / 1944 (corresponding to 14 Nisan 704)
Witnesses | Ketubah Amount
Shimon Shaul | 200 Dinars
Ibrahim Hakham Eliyahu |
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon |
Yusuf Tahir
22 / 7
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon

Page 302

Department Copy
4212 / 50
10 / 22 / 1950
361
Shaul Ibrahim
Miss Saida daughter of Sassoon
The seventh of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
⟦Certified⟧
10/22
⟦On behalf of⟧
10/22
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
10/22/A

Page 303

Department Copy
4264 / 50
22 / 10 / 1950
503
Youssef Nassim Youssef
Miss Salha Khedhouri Ibrahim Muzayyin
The twelfth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
Youssef Nassim
22 / 10
⟦illegible⟧
22
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 22 / 10

Page 304

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 ⟦Yitzhak Avraham David⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦eighth⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year ⟦29⟧
(1/8/1929) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
⟦illegible⟧
10/22
⟦illegible⟧

Page 305

⟦Department Copy⟧
Death Certificate
50 / 4285
22 / 10 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that the named Nassim Youssef Khousandji passed away in Baghdad on the eighth day of January
in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD.
⟦signature⟧
22 / 10
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Mustafa
22 / 10
⟦signature⟧
10 / 22 / 50
Suf
22 / 10

Page 306

Department Copy
50/4215
10/22/1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that the named Nissim Yusuf Khosanjak passed away in Baghdad on the eighth day of January
in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on June 26, 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
1/26/10
⟦illegible⟧
10/26

Page 307

The person in charge of 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: Ezra Abraham Isaac
Died in Baghdad:
On the day: Wednesday
Of the month: Rajab Hijri
Year: 98
( 4 / 4 / 1928 ) and for that reason I have signed below:
Yehezkel Haddad
Haskil Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
⟦illegible⟧
10/22
⟦illegible stamp in top left corner⟧

Page 308

⟦Department Copy⟧
50/4216
10/22/1950
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 person named Khedhouri Ibrahim Isaac died in Baghdad on
the fourth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD.
Mustafa ⟦illegible⟧
10/22
⟦illegible⟧
10/22
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1/10/22

Page 309

50 / 4217
10 / 24 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
356
Ephraim Heskel Ephraim
Miss Maryam Yaqub Salman
The sixteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
10 / 24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
10 / 24 / 1

Page 310

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 investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm
that Miss Daisy daughter of Samuel Levy
is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers.
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible Hebrew signature⟧
5 Fils
10/29

Page 311

⟦Department Copy⟧
50 / 4218
10 / 24 / 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 person named Daisy Ezekiel Levy is not engaged or married and does
not have any record in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Refinery
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
80/24/1

Page 312

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 Yitzhak Ezra Salman Murad passed away in Baghdad
on the 6th day of the month of Elul in the year 5702
18
(21 / 7 / 1942) and for that reason I have signed below
Yitzhak Ezra Murad
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
I certify the correctness of the date above
⟦illegible⟧
24/8/50
Certified
⟦illegible⟧

Page 313

⟦illegible⟧
Death Certificate
4219 / 50
24 / 10 / 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 Yaqub Naji Ibrahim Taha died in Baghdad on the
twenty-first day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Certified
⟦signature⟧
10/24
A / 24 / 10

Page 314

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 number: 250
I hereby certify that Mr.: Yaqub son of Shaul Sabha
Married in Baghdad Miss: Salima daughter of Saleh son of Yeshu' Hakham Shimon
On the day: 8/2/1920 (Corresponding to 19 Ab year 5691)
⟦illegible signature⟧
Ketubah amount 122/50
6000 Rupees two thousand only
Witnesses
Hakham Jbeil Hoki
Raji Salman Sabha
Certified
10/24
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦Hebrew stamp text⟧

Page 315

422 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
⟦Second Copy⟧
350
Yaqub Shaul Sahiha
Miss Salima Saleh Moshi Hakham Shimon
The ninth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Sahiha
24 / 10
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 24
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 24 / 10

Page 316

501 / 4421
10 / 24 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
385
Ezra Khlaif Ibrahim Shalom
Mrs. Maryam Nahum Arwaili
The twenty-sixth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD.
⟦signature⟧
10 / 24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Refinery
⟦signature⟧
10 / 24
1 / 24 / 10

Page 317

4222 / 501
24 / 10 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
109
Eliyahu bin Ibrahim bin Eliyahu, known as Eliyahu bin Ephraim bin Eliyahu
Miss Qadaha Munshi, known as Qadaha Munshi Shmuel
The twenty-fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight
AD.
The
24 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Safat
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
1 / 24 / 10

Page 318

4222 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
⟦Department Portfolio⟧
777
Naim Benjamin Salman Yousef Daoud Hay
Miss Ghazali Rahim, known as Ghazali Rahim Saleh Maslawi
The eleventh of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Certified
⟦illegible⟧
24/10
A / 24 / 10

Page 319

4224 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
598
Isaac Shalom Shabbo
Miss Karjiya Rubin Hesqel Baniya
The twenty-fourth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
Refinery
10/24
⟦The⟧
10/24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 24 / 10

Page 320

Presidency of the Jewish Community
4225 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
233
Fathi Moshi, known as Fathi Ezra bin Moshi Yehoshua
Miss Madeleine Yaqub Ishaq
The eighth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD.
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Safat
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
1 / 24 / 10

Page 321

Department Copy
50 / 4226
10 / 24 / 1950
91
Nouri Ezra, known as Nouri Abdullah bin Ezra Elia Baqqal
Miss Bertine Khedhouri Elia Baqqal
The twenty-first of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight
AD year .
⟦signature⟧
10 / 24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 24
A / 24 / 10

Page 322

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦...⟧ Department
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 10/24/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that
Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim Yehuda
has entered into an engagement with Miss Salima daughter of Haidar Al-Sayegh
in Baghdad on the day 9/5/1950 (corresponding to 24 Tishrei 5711)
( ⟦line⟧ )
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
300 Three hundred Dinars | Shmuel Shaul
| Rahmin Ibrahim Rahmin
| Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
20 Fils
10/24
⟦The Rabbinical Court⟧
Court of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦of the Babylonian Community⟧

Page 323

Department Copy
4227 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
Yousef Yehuda
Miss Salima Hayu Mir Al-Sayegh
The fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
1 / 24 / 10

Page 324

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Elia Youssef Shahmoun married Karjia Ephraim Nassim in Baghdad in the year 1920
One thousand nine hundred and twenty, and we also certify that both Evelyn and Maurice are the children of Elia Youssef Shahmoun and Karjia Ephraim Nassim
And for this purpose, we have signed below.
Witness | Witness | I endorse the contents of this testimony
Munshi Shaul | Ibrahim Khadouri | The Mukhtar
|  | Abdul Latif bin Sayyid Sulayman
Number -: 4228 / 50
Date -: 24 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal
above)
Acting President of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 325

The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 10 / 19 / 58
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Please provide Salloum son of Hayim (Sheri) with a certificate
stating his divorce from his wife Khatoun daughter of Moshi
(Mamouka) on the date of June 7, 1958, corresponding to
10 / 16 / 58
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
10 / 24