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.
⟦illegible⟧ Department 50 / 4272 10 / 29 / 1955 271 Nassim Munshi Zakaria Miss Hayla Moallem Youssef Hayyim Ishaq Shohet The fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 29 Exempt ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 29 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 29 / 10
79 C 44 / 551 29 / 10 / 1955 ⟦illegible⟧ 430 Ibrahim Khalif, known as Ibrahim Youssef Khalif Miss Victoria Meir Youssef The ninth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. Correct 29 / 10 Authentication ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 10 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 29 / 10
⟦Copy for the Department⟧ 428 / 501 K 1 / 10 / 1950 742 Abdul Aziz Salman, known as Abdul Aziz Suleiman Haskeel Koko Miss Touba Saleh, known as Touba Saleh Abdullah Bahsoun The twenty-eighth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Archived ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 10 1 / 29 / 10
⟦illegible⟧ 81 P 501 29 / 10 / 1950 35 Yousef Benjamin Saleh Miss Naima Khedhouri Saleh Benjamin The sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. 1 - 5 ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 10 ⟦illegible⟧ 29 / 10 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 29 / 10
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
Department Copy 4282 / 551 29 / 10 / 1936 71 Shimon Eliyahu Darwish Miss Naima Yaqub Saleh Fattal The twenty-second of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Rabbi President of the Lay Council Exempt ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 29 ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 29 1 / 29 / 10
Department Copy 482 / 501 29 / 10 / 1950 48 Nouri Youssef Saleh Miss Bertha Israel Shaul The seventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Certified 29 / 10 ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 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 ⟦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⟧
⟦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
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⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 4278 / 50 29 / 10 / 1950 80 Nahum Eliyahu Saleh Miss Masouda Merrikh The twenty-sixth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 29 / 10 ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 29 / 1
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
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Department ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby confirm that the person named ⟦Menachem Mansour Salman⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦6th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Av 5705⟧ year 5705 ( 15 / 7 / 1945 AD ) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 5 / 10 / 49 ⟦Menachem Mansour⟧ ⟦Salman⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Certified ⟦signature⟧ 10 / 10 / 49
⟦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
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