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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 English Translation, Pages 326-350

Archival unit 326

To whom it may concern
We, the undersigned residents of the Jewish quarter in Sulaymaniyah, testify that Shaykh daughter of Baruch, who was
born in 1934, has no provider other than her aforementioned father Baruch Moshe, whose Iraqi citizenship was revoked according to form
158, and their brother Zion Baruch, and that the revocation for her and her brother was rejected by the competent department because her father is in the record of ⟦...⟧
Therefore, we have provided her with this certificate until further notice
Witness | Witness | Witness | Witness
Member Saadia Ishaq | Shlomo Daoud Ezra | Eliyahu Hay Yaqub | Munir Mordechai
Witness | Witness | Witness | Seal of the Head of the Community in Sulaymaniyah
Baruch Ibrahim | <del>Baruch Ibrahim</del> Meir Mordechai | Yusuf Nahum | Moshe Mordechai
Witness | Witness |  | Seal of the Mukhtar Daniel Shlomo
Ishaq Hesqel | Yaqub Ibrahim |  | 
Number: 50/427
Date: 10 / 24 / 1950
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above)
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
10/24/1

Archival unit 327

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
13/1
Baghdad on <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify
that ⟦Miss Shua daughter of Shloso⟧
is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers.
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦signature⟧
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Justice of the Peace
⟦signature⟧
21 / 1 / 951
50 Fils

Archival unit 328

Department Copy
4221 / 50
Certificate
24 / 10 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Shoni Shlomo is neither engaged nor married and has no record
in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Mustafa Al-Hilli
⟦illegible⟧
10/24
10 / 24 / 1

Archival unit 329

Second Copy
4222 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
485
Ibrahim Sayyoun, known as Ibrahim Naji bin Sayyoun
Miss Khatin Haskel Yaqub
The fifth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Current Classifier
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
1 / 24 / 10

Archival unit 330

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 16 / 10 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 418, I hereby certify that
Mr. Daoud son of Yasmin
has married in Baghdad Miss Jahla daughter of Eliyahu
on the day 22 / 5 / 1947 (corresponding to 2 Sivan 707
⟦line⟧
Witnesses
Shimon Shaul
Salim Jaafar Eliyahu
Dowry Amount
Dinars
75
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
Mediator
⟦illegible signature⟧
24 / 10 / 1950

Archival unit 331

⟦illegible⟧
22 / 4 / 50
24 / 10 / 1950
418
Daoud Yamin
Miss Jahla Eliyahu
The twenty-second of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD.
Refinery
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
⟦signature⟧
24 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 24 / 10

Archival unit 332

Department Copy
Department Copy
4242 / 55
25 / 10 / 1950
Mr.
Moshe Ibrahim
××× Erbil Miss Sih Shalom
The twentieth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
⟦signature⟧
10 / 25 / 1

Archival unit 333

4244 / 501
10 / 25 / 1950
Department Copy
166
Isaac Jacob Arbili
Miss Badriya Ezra Saleh
The first of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
Exempt
10/25
⟦illegible⟧
The
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 25 / 10

Archival unit 334

4245 / 501
25 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧ Department
⟦illegible⟧
85
Type: Salih Abid
Miss Matana Karjia daughter of Yusuf Ibrahim Shalom
The twenty-eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and ten
AD.
Classified status
⟦signature⟧
25 / 10
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
25 / 10
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 25 / 10

Archival unit 335

To Whom It May Concern
We certify that the person named Moshe Ezra Abed, the husband of Serge Marie daughter of Ibrahim Leila, according to our knowledge,
that her husband, the named Moshe Ezra Abed, has been outside Iraq for a period of three months, and for this reason we have provided this testimony.
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Seal
Shimon Youssef - Tailor | Ezra Yaqoub - Rug Seller | ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
Number: 4246 / 50
Date: 25 / 10 / 1950
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above)
The
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
20 Fils
⟦illegible signature⟧
100 -
A / 25 / 10

Archival unit 336

Department Copy
4247 / 50
25 / 10 / 1950
806
Shmuel Pinhas Salman
Miss Shafiqa Yaqub Shaul
The twenty-third of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
25 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 26 / 10

Archival unit 337

⟦Department Copy⟧
4248 / 50
25 / 10 / 1950
39
Saboun Murad Eliyahu
Miss Jawaher Doudi Khedhouri Doudi
The sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
20 Fils
10/26
10/26
⟦signature⟧
10/26
Acting President of the ⟦Court⟧
President of the Spiritual Council
1 / 26 / 10

Archival unit 338

4249 / 50
25 / 10 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
131
Anwar Shaul Yaqub Shambikho
××× Kirkuk Miss Sabiha Khadouri Hay Sabih
The seventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦signature⟧
The
25 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 26 / 10

Archival unit 339

The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
⟦line⟧ 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: Ezra Levi Yosef
Passed away in Baghdad:
On the day: Tenth
Of the month: August 950
Year: 5710
( 7 / 5 / 1950 ) and for that reason I have signed below:
⟦signature⟧
22 / 10 / 50
⟦signature⟧
Technical Official
Hezekiel Haddad
⟦signature⟧
Hesqel Haddad
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs

Archival unit 340

⟦illegible⟧
Death Certificate
M 42 / 501
25 / 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 Shaul Isaac died in Baghdad on the seventh day of May
in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
25 / 10
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Exempt
⟦signature⟧
26 / 10
A / 26 / 10

Archival unit 341

Department Copy
4451 / 50
26 / 10 / 1950
563
Murad Shaul Saleh Omair
Miss Mazli Abdullah Ezra Sion Shohet
The fifteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD.
⟦signature⟧
26 / 10
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A / 26 / 10

Archival unit 342

4454 / 55
26 / 10 / 1955
⟦illegible⟧
605
Ezra Eliyahu, known as Ezra Naji son of Eliyahu Daoud Hilali
Miss Khatoun Eliyahu Moshi
The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
200 Fils
⟦signature⟧
10/26
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 26 / 10

Archival unit 343

4252 / 50
26 / 10 / 1950
Copy of the Department ⟦...⟧
605
Ezra Eliyahu, known as Ezra Naji son of Eliyahu Daoud Hilali
Miss Khatoun Abdullah, known as Khatoun Abdullah Eliyahu Moshi
The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
(Corrected Certificate)
⟦illegible signature⟧
10 / 26 / ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 344

Name: Youssef Ibrahim Zalkha
Father: Ibrahim Youssef Zalkha
Mother: Lulu Ibrahim Sweigh
Date of Birth: April 8, 1926
Neighborhood: Tataouine
Midwife's Name: Masouda Bakhor
Masouda Bakhor
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 345

His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby testify that Mr. Yousif Ibrahim Zilkha was
born in Baghdad on the eighth day of April, the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine AD
And for this purpose we have signed below
Baghdad on 10/19/50
Yousif Ibrahim
Zilkha
Yousif Heskel, Buyer and Seller
Witness
Yousif Heskel Zubaida
Witness
Salim Hafid Habib
Salim Hafid
Private Clerk
I endorse the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
50 Fils
IRAQ
Three copies in the English language
⟦illegible⟧
10/20
1950
19

Archival unit 346

Department Copy
4253 /50
20th October 50
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Mr. YOUSIF IBRAHIM ZILKHA was born at Baghdad
on the 8th of April 1926 ( nineteen hundred & twenty six A.D.).
⟦Kh⟧
20/10
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 347

⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby testify that Mr. Solomon Cohen Levy was
born in Baghdad on the day ⟦line⟧ of ⟦line⟧ year 1917 AD
And for this purpose we have signed below
Baghdad on 10/18/50
Witness
⟦Reuben Cohen⟧
Witness
Salim Khalifa
I endorse the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
Kingdom of Iraq 5 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq 5 Fils
Kingdom of Iraq 40 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 348

⟦Department Copy⟧
4254/50
20th October 50
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Mr. SASSOON YOUSIF LAWEE was born at Baghdad
in the year 1917 ( nineteen hundred & seventeen A. D. ).
⟦illegible⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
KK
26/10
100 Fils Required

Archival unit 349

⟦illegible⟧
4255 / 501
26 / 10 / 1950
12
Eliyahu Yaqub Salih Ayni
Miss Masouda Yusuf Ibrahim
The second of April of the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight AD.
Page Two
26 / 10
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 26 / 10
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 350

Department Copy
4456 / 501
26 / 10 / 1950
663
Shaul Munir Shaul Asher
Miss Hanina Munir Eliyahu Samira
The twenty-fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD.
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
26 / 10
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
26 / 10
1 / 26 / 10
⟦faded circular stamp⟧