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.
We, the undersigned, testify that Jamil Hammoud was blessed with a baby girl ⟦...⟧ Sabiha on the morning of 7/⟦...⟧/50 and for this purpose we have signed this statement. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of the Torah Quarter Salim Daoud Salam Ezra ⟦...⟧ | Tabi Yehuda Iskafi Fousiel | (Certifies the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) Number: ⟦...⟧ - 50 / Dated: 6 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
We, the undersigned, testify that Talabi Yehuda was blessed with a child ⟦...⟧ and time on the date 1 / 7 / 1950 and for that ⟦...⟧ this statement. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the Torah Quarter, Salim Daoud Salam Jamil Hammo - Dyer - Mosul | Yona Marij Dyer Mosul | Mordechai, Representative of the Israelite Community in Mosul We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above ) Number: 50 / ⟦...⟧ Date: ⟦...⟧ / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
501 / 4 - 2 10 / 9 / 1950 Department Copy Exhibit Rahmin Haqqil Ezra known as Rahmin Hasqil Ezra Rahmin Muzayyin Miss Esther Ibrahim The sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 9 / 10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 8 / 10 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 250, I hereby certify that Mr. Menashe son of Benjamin Menashe Eiwani married in Baghdad Ms. Sabiha daughter of Abid Al-Hakham Dally on the day 9 September / 1929 (corresponding to 24 Av year 5689) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubah amount: 150 Dinars in gold standard Witnesses Naim Hakham Shaul Salim Hakham Eliyahu Yosef Kali Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧
501 10/1950/ ⟦illegible⟧ 350 Munshi Benjamin Moshi Irani Miss Saida Abed Isaac Digbi The ninth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/8/10
Department Copy 50/ 4005 10/ 1950/ 184 Yehuda Salim bin Khedhouri Isaac Miss Victoria Saleh Daoud Haroun Isaac Lari The eleventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD Isaac Lari ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/8/1 ⟦illegible⟧
The Official 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: Menashe Yitzhak Darzi Has passed away in Baghdad: On the day: 12 of the month of Adar Sheni, year 5700 And for this purpose I have signed below: (22 / 3 / 1940) Menashe Yitzhak Darzi Heskel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible signature⟧
Copy to the family Death Certificate 400 / 50 9 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the named Salim Haskil Tshantail died in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦line⟧ Muhammad S. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Correct ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
7 - 4 / 50 9 / 10 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 522 Yona Nissim Eliyahu Munir Miss Mary Selim Haskil Ezra Isaac The eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. 20 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 8 / 10
Health of Newborns We, the undersigned, testify that Abraham Ezra has been blessed with a baby girl named Amal on 10 / 9 / 950 and for this purpose we have signed this ⟦line⟧ statement. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood Ezra Mukammal Salim Aziz Shoemaker Mosul | Sabri Nahum Perfumer Mosul Mordechai Authorized Representative of the Israelite Community in Mosul (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) Number: 8 / 400 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
⟦illegible⟧ We, the undersigned, testify that Khedhouri Mir-Zoj Yazi Khedhouri passed away thirteen years ago and left behind children, namely Shafiq born in 1938, Ghanem born in 1940, and Naji born in 1933, and accordingly we have signed this petition. Witness: Jamil Hammo Sabbagh, Mosul Witness: Yona Marnakh Sabbagh, Mosul Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tawrat neighborhood: Salim Daoud Salam Number: 9 - 400 / 50 Date: 9 - 10 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8 Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ Head of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ 1 / 8 / 10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: <del>1950/10/11</del> Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that ⟦Miss⟧ Rachel daughter of Kohi ⟦line⟧ is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Hebrew signature⟧ God is our sufficiency ⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 401 / 50 Certificate 9 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad This is to certify that the named Rachel Gurji is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Safwani 1 / 8 / 10
40/ 4-11 9/10/1950 Department Copy The Spouse Munshi Yamin, known as Munshi Benjamin Elia ⟦line⟧ Miss Rachel Ephraim Yehuda The twenty-seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and eigh⟦line⟧teen AD⟦line⟧ Divorce expenses ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/8/10
⟦illegible⟧ Department We, the undersigned, testify that Nouri Yahya Nouri was blessed with a baby girl whom he named Amira on 23/8/950, and for this purpose we have signed this statement. Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood, Ezra Mukammal Naji Nahum, shoe shiner, Mosul | Sabri Nahum, perfumer, Mosul Mordechai, representative of the Israelite community in Mosul ⟦line⟧ ( We certify ⟦line⟧ the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above ) Number: 4012 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 8 / 10
We, the undersigned, testify that Yona Marij was blessed with a baby girl named Carmela on 19 / 7 / 50, and for this reason we have signed bel⟦line⟧ow Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tawrat neighborhood, Salim Daoud Salam Tali Yehuda - Shoemaker - Mosul | Jamil Hammo - Dyer - Mosul Mordechai, representative of the Israelite community in Mosul (We certify the valid⟦line⟧ity of the signatu⟦line⟧res of the witnesses and the seal of the mukh⟦line⟧tar above) Nu⟦line⟧mber - 12 - 4 / 50 Da⟦line⟧te - 9 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Asaf Khan 8 / 10 Asaf Khan ⟦line⟧ 8/10 12 Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 1/8/10
⟦illegible⟧ We, the undersigned, testify that Saleh Aziz Nahum was blessed with a baby girl named Lulu Saleh on 10 / 8 / 1950 and for this reason we have signed below. Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Stamp of the Mukhtar of Al-Tawrat neighborhood Salim Daoud Salam Jamil Aziz Kaddo, car parts seller, Mosul | Elu Shua Dawar, Mosul Number: 4019 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar above ) Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Certified 10/8 ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 8 / 1
Department Copy We, the undersigned, testify that Naji Nahum was blessed with a baby girl whom he named Marcelle on 22 / 8 / 1950, and for that purpose we have signed below. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood Ezra Mukammal Nouri Yahya, shoe shiner, Mosul | Sabri Nahum, perfumer, Mosul | Mordechai Maatouk, the Israelite Community in Mosul (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above) Number: 2015 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Isfahani ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8 1 / 8 / 10
We, the undersigned, testify that Salim Yona was blessed with a baby girl named Rachel on 3/10/950, and for this purpose we have signed bel⟦line⟧ow. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar Salim Daoud Salam Shamoun Nahum, Mosul worker | Isaac Moshe, Mosul Mukhtar | We certify the authenticity of the signatures of: The witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above): Number: 4012 / 50 Date: 9 / 10 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Yousef Zilkha ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 1/8/10 Kh L 1/8/10
The Official 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 ⟦Ibrahim Hakkak⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦fifteenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦July⟧ in the year ⟦86⟧ (15/7/1926) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Avraham Hakkak⟧ ⟦Moshe⟧ Heskel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Heskel
Department Copy Death Certificate 4017 / 50 9 / 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 individual named Eliyahu Ibrahim Al-Kabir died in Baghdad on the first day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Asfani ⟦signature⟧ 8 / 10 1 / 8 / 10
Copy to Basra 4018 / 50 9 / 10 / 1950 602 Benjamin Salim Benjamin Qassab Miss Daisy Yusuf Eliyahu Mushie The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Attestation ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 8 / 10
⟦illegible⟧ Department 50 / 2019 Certificate 9 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Miss Juliet Munir is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the competent registers ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ Asaf al-Hilli ⟦signature⟧ 1 / 8 / 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 Moshe Hayim Yitzhak Nissim passed away in Baghdad on the 26th day of the month of Nisan in the year 5702 (10 / 4 / 1942) and for that reason I have signed below Yitzhak Nissim Moshe Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8
Department Copy Death Certificate 200 / 501 9 / 10 / 1955 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the named Hayim Isaac Hayim Shabi died in Baghdad on the first day of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Kh L ⟦signature⟧ 10/8 1 / 8 / 10