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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 51-75

Archival unit 51

The date is printed in Hebrew
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: ⟦Yitzhak Yosef Yitzhak Daluk⟧
Passed away in Baghdad:
On the day: ⟦6/2⟧
Of the month: ⟦Adar⟧
Year: ⟦5695⟧
( 19 / / ) and for that reason I have signed below:
⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧
Haskel Haddad
In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Indigent
Fifty fils required

Archival unit 52

Department Copy
40 / 4027
Death Certificate
9 / 10 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that the named Yona Youssef Yona Naftali passed away in Baghdad on the third day of March in the year
five thousand six hundred and sixty-five Hebrew.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Mustafa
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 8 / 10
File examination required

Archival unit 53

His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the person named Latif Khadouri Bakhor was
born in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD.
And for this purpose, we have signed below
Baghdad on 8 / 10 / 1950
Witness
Yaqub Ibrahim Qattan
⟦illegible⟧
Witness
Shaul Ibrahim Qattan
I certify the contents of this testimony
The Mukhtar
50 Fils
85
F
Exempt
⟦illegible⟧
10/10

Archival unit 54

⟦illegible⟧
4028 / 50
Birth Certificate
10 / 10 / 1950
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby certify that the named Latif Khadouri
Bekhor was born in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen
AD ⟦line⟧ .
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 10 / 50
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 55

Department Copy
50 / 4 - 29
10 / 10 / 1950
847
Shimon Abdullah Sayyoun Shuha ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Miss Fahima Isaac Jacob Levi
The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
According to the procedures
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Physical Council
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
1 / 10 / 10

Archival unit 56

Department Copy
50 / 4 - 40
20 / 10 / 1950
41
Moshe Rahmin Baruch
Miss Wiza Hayawi Baruch
The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 10 / 10

Archival unit 57

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: Amrah Kadoori Baghdadi
Passed away in Baghdad:
On the day: 6
Of the month: March Adar
Year: 85
And for this purpose I have signed below: (17/5/1926)
⟦illegible⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Mustafa Anwar
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 58

Department Copy
41 / 4 / 50
Death Certificate
10 / 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 Yusuf Eliyahu Shalam died in Baghdad on the seventeenth
day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 10 / ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 59

42 - 4 / 501
10 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
149
Sassoon Basaq Eel, known as Sassoon Basta'eel Nissan
Lulu Isaac, known as Morwari Lulu daughter of Isaac Shahtoub
The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD.
422
⟦line⟧
(Copy of Certificate)
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
10 / 10 / ⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 60

Department Copy
4042 / 50
10 / 10 / 1950
37
Munir Shabo Issachar
Miss Zulfa Marikh Nassim
The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
10 / 10 / 1

Archival unit 61

Department Copy
44 - 4 / 55
10 / 10 / 1955
487
Anwar Yaqub Moshi Cohen Shammah
Miss Nouriya Saliha daughter of Gurji Daoud
The thirtieth of March of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧
Asfayi
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 10 / 15

Archival unit 62

50 / 4 - 45
10 / 10 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
342
Victor Youssef, known as Victor Gurji bin Youssef Haskil Barhoum
Miss Doris Ibrahim Haskil
The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧
Certified
10 / 10
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1 / 10 / 10

Archival unit 63

Department Copy
42 - 4 - 501
10 / 10 / 1950
394
Yousef Hayoun Yousef Sabih
Miss Saida Munshi Hazqeel Agha Eliyahu
The ninth of April of the year nineteen hundred and forty-two AD ⟦line⟧
Ishaqi
10 / 9
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 9
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
10 / 9 / 1

Archival unit 64

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 person named ⟦Avraham H. Sayeg⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦fourth⟧ day of the month of ⟦November⟧ in the year ⟦98⟧
( ⟦11/4/1948⟧ ) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦Avraham⟧
Haskel Haddad
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 19 / 50

Archival unit 65

Department Copy
Death Certificate
4147 / 50
10 / 10 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that the named Lulu Habib Cohen passed away in Baghdad on the sixth day of
January in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 9
1 / 9 / 10

Archival unit 66

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 ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Avraham⟧ died in Baghdad
On the ⟦twentieth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Elul⟧ in the year ⟦5708⟧
( 2/9/1947 ) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧
⟦Hezek⟧
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
⟦Mustafa⟧
⟦Matloub Heskel⟧

Archival unit 67

⟦Department Copy⟧
9
50 / 2048
10 / 10 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Saleh Nassim Isaac bin Saleh died in Baghdad on the
third day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦Fra⟧
Mustafa
10 / 9 / 1
⟦illegible⟧
Matlab Hassan Madani

Archival unit 68

⟦illegible⟧
50/4049
10/10/1950
Certificate
We hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Mordechai is one of the retired employees of the Presidency
of the Community and receives a nominal salary from the Community Fund in the amount of one dinar and seven hundred and fifty fils with
cost of living allowances in the amount of two dinars and two hundred and fifty fils per month. At his request, he was provided with this
certificate.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Mustafa
9/10
⟦illegible⟧
1/9/10
1

Archival unit 69

Department Copy
501 / 405
10 / 10 / 1950
40
Hayim Yamin known as Hayim Benjamin Joseph
Miss Simha Nassim Isaac
The fourteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD.
File preservation
9/10
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
1 / 9 / 10

Archival unit 70

His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
After greetings
We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Selim Nessim Levy was
born in Baghdad on the 16th day of January in the year 1905 AD.
And for this purpose we have signed below ⟦line⟧
Baghdad on 8 / 10 / 1950
Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧
Shabbou Daoud Shabbou | Ibrahim Ezra | Al-Rawaya Quarter No.
Obeid Quarter 145/27 | ⟦illegible⟧ | 271/9/1
Shabbou Daoud
Shabbou
We certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
⟦circular stamp with illegible text⟧
50 Fils
Correct in two copies, one in Arabic
and the other in English
19 / 10
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 71

⟦illegible⟧ Department
50 / 4051
Certificate
10 / 10 / 1950
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby certify that Mr. Selim Nassim Masri
was born in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and five
AD ⟦line⟧
Acting Head of the Community ⟦line⟧
Head of the Lay Council
Foul
Copy
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 9 / 10
⟦circular stamp illegible⟧

Archival unit 72

⟦Department Copy⟧
4052 /50
9th October 19 50
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Mr. SALIM NESSIM MASRI was born at Baghdad
on the 16th day of January 1905 ( nineteen hundred & five
A. D. ).
422
⟦Shamael⟧
9/10
2 Copies
300 fils
⟦signature⟧ 9/x
122
⟦signature⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.

Archival unit 73

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
4053/50
9th October 1950
MARRAIGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Mr. MIER SHAOUL ABRAHAM MURDEKHAY was married
at Baghdad to Miss. NAIMA SASSON MOSHI SHELOMO DAOUD on the
21st of September 1922 ( nineteen hundred & twenty two A.D.).
⟦illegible⟧
Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
Shamael
9/10
⟦illegible⟧
9/10
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 74

Baghdad on 5 / 10 / 1950
The Honorable Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
We, the undersigned, testify that Meir Shaul Ibrahim was born in Baghdad on December 21,
1898 (one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight AD) and that his father Shaul Ibrahim was born and resided in Baghdad
and was engaged in money changing and was twenty-eight years old at the time of the birth of his son Meir. As for the mother of the aforementioned Meir,
Simha Murad, born in Al-Shamiya and residing in Baghdad, she was twenty-six years old at the time of the birth of her son Meir.
Meir and his parents are of the white race, and for this reason we have signed.
Witness
Daoud Hayqal
⟦signature⟧
Witness
Abbas Mustafa
The Mukhtar
⟦Revenue stamp with portrait and numeral 50⟧
⟦Circular ink stamp, mostly illegible⟧
35 fils
Two copies

Archival unit 75

Baghdad on 5 / 10 / 1950
To the Respected Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
We, the undersigned, testify that Nasima Sassoon, wife of Meir Shaul Abraham, was born in Baghdad on
November 25, 1908 (the year one thousand nine hundred and eight AD) and that her father Sassoon Daoud, born
and residing in Baghdad, is engaged in the buying and selling of property, and his age at the time of his daughter Nasima's birth was thirty-eight
years. As for the mother of the aforementioned Nasima, Habiba Rabie, she was born and resided in Baghdad and her age at the birth of
her aforementioned daughter was thirty-three years. Nasima and her parents are of the white race, and for this we have signed. -
Witness | Witness
⟦illegible signature⟧
Abbas Mustafa
The Mukhtar
⟦illegible stamp⟧
350 fils
True Copy