Description
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.
AI en Translation, Pages 376-400
Page 376
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧
To Whom It May Concern
We, the undersigned, testify that Mazli daughter of Shamoun, wife of Khedhouri Ishaq the Iranian
nationality, was blessed by God with a daughter named Sabiha on 14 / 4 / 942 and for this reason we have signed. 26 / 10 / 950
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tatran neighborhood Ibrahim
Nassim Aziz - Carpenter | Naji Youssef - Yarn Spinner | Karji Shamouli
Number: 4274 / 50
Date: 29 / 10 / 1950
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above)
Certified
⟦signature⟧
10/29
⟦signature⟧
10/29/1
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Page 377
⟦Department Copy⟧
50 / 4275
10 / 29 / 1950
399
Yaqub Eliyahu Dawud
Miss Samira Ibrahim Ezra Harun
The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD.
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 29
Copy
(Copy of Certificate)
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 29 / 10
Page 378
⟦illegible⟧ Department
50 / 4276
10 / 29 / 1950
271
Nassim Munshi Zakaria ⟦line⟧
Miss Hayla Moallem Yousef Hayyim Isaac Shohet
The fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD.
⟦signature⟧
10 / 29
Exempted
⟦signature⟧
10 / 29
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 10 / 29
Page 379
⟦illegible⟧
79 A A / 551
29 / 10 / 1950
430
Ibrahim Khleif, known as Ibrahim Youssef Khleif
Miss Victoria Meir Youssef
The ninth of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦illegible⟧
29 / 10
Mustafa
⟦signature⟧
10 / 29
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
-7
1 / 29 / 10
Page 380
Department Copy
501 / 428
10 / 1950 / Kh
742
Abdul Aziz Salman, known as Abdul Aziz Suleiman Haskeel Koko
Miss Toba Saleh, known as Toba Saleh Abdullah Bahsoon
The twenty-eighth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
Refinery
10/29
⟦illegible⟧
10/29/1
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Page 381
⟦illegible⟧
81 AA / 501
29 / 10 / 1950
35
Yousef Benjamin Saleh
Miss Naeema Khedhouri Saleh Benjamin
The sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
200 Fils
10/29
501
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
10/29/1
Page 382
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts ⟦Department Register⟧
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 10/27/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 71, I hereby confirm that
Mr. Shimon son of Eliyahu Darwish
Has married in Baghdad Miss Naima daughter of Yaqub Saleh Fattal
On the day 11/22/1946 (corresponding to 8 Kislev 5607)
⟦line⟧
Ketubah Amount | Witnesses
Dinars | Saud Shal
75 | Hayim A. Eliyahu
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
Exempt
⟦signature⟧
10/29
Page 383
Department copy
50/4282
10/29/1950
71
Shimon Eliyahu Darwish
Miss Naeema Yaqub Saleh Fattal
The twenty-second of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Safan
10/29
⟦signature⟧
10/29
10/29/1
⟦signature⟧
Maghaltani on behalf of
President of the Somatic Council
Page 384
Department Copy
4282 / 501
10/29/1950
48
Nouri Yousef Saleh
Miss Bertha Israel Shaul
The seventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10/29
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
10/29
8 / 10/29
Page 385
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 ⟦Shimon Yitzhak Daoud⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦twentieth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year ⟦5709⟧
(⟦3/22/1949⟧) and for this reason I have signed below.
⟦signature⟧
⟦Shimon Yitzhak⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦3/22/50⟧
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs⟧
Page 386
⟦Department Copy⟧
50/ 4277
10/29/1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Shimon Yaqub Kirkukli passed away in Baghdad on the
twenty-sixth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
10/29
200 Fils
⟦illegible signature⟧
10/29
1/10/29
Page 387
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 10/27/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 80, I hereby certify that
Mr. Nahum son of Eliyahu Saleh
has married in Baghdad Miss Masouda daughter of Mordechai
on the day 10/26/1950 (corresponding to 15 Cheshvan 5711)
Ketubah amount: 150 Dinars
Witnesses: Simon Shaul
Salim Hakim Eliyahu
⟦signature⟧
10/29
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
Page 388
Financial Department Copy
4278 / 50
10 / 29 / 1950
80
Nahum Eliyahu Saleh
Miss Masouda Marikh
The twenty-sixth of October of the year nineteen hundred and fifty
AD.
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
10/29
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1/10/29
⟦illegible⟧
Page 389
Department Copy
4278 / 50
10 / 29 / 1950
Nahum Eliyahu Saleh
Miss Masouda Mureih
The twenty-sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
11/5/50
(True Copy)
Baghdad on November 5, 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Copy
⟦illegible⟧
11/5
11/5/1
Page 390
The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs
Baghdad
⟦The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs in 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 ⟦Menachem Menashe⟧ passed away in Baghdad
On the ⟦6th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Av⟧ in the year ⟦5705⟧
( 15 / 7 / 1945 AD ) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦Signature⟧
29/10/50
⟦Menachem Menashe⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs
File
⟦Signature⟧
⟦10/30⟧
Page 391
⟦illegible⟧ Department
Death Certificate
50/4284
10/29/1950
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 Ibrahim Hanouka, an immigrant, died in Baghdad on the fifteenth
day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Certified
10/29
1/10/29
Page 392
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the named Yusuf ⟦Nismi⟧ Ayed
Was born in Baghdad on the 25th day of February of the year 1901 AD
And for this purpose we have signed below
Baghdad on 1 / 25 / 1950
Witness
Mudir Ibrahim
Al-Sinak neighborhood in Baghdad
1 / 25 / 50
Witness
Ezra Sassoon Hayyim
Majid Bey Street in Baghdad
50 Fils
We certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
⟦illegible⟧
F
25 Fils
Khanin