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 501 4195 10/22/1950 The Exhibit Azouri Abed known as Ezra Sofer son of Abed Shlomo ⟦line⟧ Miss Victoria Salman Yaqub Dabi The thirteenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 10/22/⟦illegible⟧
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 Death Certificate 22 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the administrator of the endowment affairs in 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-two AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Masraf Al-Haq ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 1 / 22 / 10
⟦illegible⟧ 4167 / 501 22 / 10 / 1950 117 Yaqub Sion Saleh Banat Miss Sabiha Ezra Khedhouri The twentieth of November of 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 Second Classifier ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 A / 22 / 10
50 / 4428 10 / 22 / 1950 571 Meir Munshi, known as Meir 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. A. Munshi 10/22 ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/22/10
⟦illegible⟧ 41989 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 556 Yaqub Ishaq Rubin Hijama Miss Juliet Ezra Ibrahim The fourteenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 1 / 22 / 10
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
⟦illegible⟧ The Department 200 / A / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 72 Ibrahim Korgi Ibrahim Moallem Rabie Miss Sih Isaac Baruch The nineteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 22 / 10
4201 / 501 22 / 10 / 1950 Department Copy 426 Afshi Murad Ezra Naqqar Miss Madina Ishaq Hayyim bin Eliyahu Levi The eighteenth of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 22 / 10
The Administrator 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 Moshe Mizrahi died in Baghdad on the tenth day of the month of Adar in the year 5705 (2/22/1945) and for that reason I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad ⟦signature⟧ Haskel Haddad The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 2 / 57 Isaac Mizrahi 22 / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦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
Department Copy 501 4202 10/22/1950 Exhibit Rahmin Hoki, known as Rahmin Hanouka Miss Lulu Ibrahim Rubin The tenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and four AD. Mustafa Al-Khani 10/22 ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 22 / 10
⟦illegible⟧ 4204 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 300 Isaac Joseph Elisa Miss Salima Shmuel Shaul The seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 Acting Community Registrar President of the Physical Council According to the procedures ⟦signature⟧ 10/22 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⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 4205 / 501 22 / 10 / 1950 220 Ajaj Nasim Marikh Bisi Miss Najma Sayoun Shoua The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 1 / 22 / 10
Department Copy 4206 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 The Path Munshi Yusuf Musa Cohen Miss Naima Abdullah Yusuf Cohen The twelfth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Yusuf Zilkha 22 / 10 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
⟦illegible⟧ The Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Cairo ⟦illegible⟧ 4208 / 50 Certificate 22 / 10 / 1950 We hereby confirm that His Eminence Rabbi Elia Yehoshua, member of the Spiritual Council of the Israelite Community, is an employee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad. ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council A / 22 / 10
441 / 50 22 / 10 / 1950 Health of the Department 378 Heskel Eliyahu Youssef Miss Nazima Youssef Aziz The fourth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Keep me ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 1 / 22 / 10
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Department ⟦illegible⟧ Department 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 ⟦Yehuda (Nabi) Hanoch⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the day ⟦25⟧ of the month ⟦Adar I⟧ year 5707 ( 27 / 2 / 1947 ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yehuda Hanoch⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate 4210 / 50 22 / 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 named Shua Rubin Shua passed away in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 20 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 10 A / 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
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