Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are: marriage certificates from the President of the Jewish; birth certificates of a father and son; request for divorce and marriage certificates; receipts from the Jewish Lay Council; request from the President of the Jewish community to facilitate hiring teachers for Jewish schools; some certificates translated to English and Judeo-Arabic.
5676 Certificate 24 August 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 61, we hereby certify that Mr. Munshi son of Shaul Noona married in Baghdad Miss Habiba daughter of Daoud son of Eliyahu on the twentieth day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 24/8 Head of the Community
Certificate ⟦Baghdad on⟧ August 7, 1946 Based on the presented documents, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu Salman Mushir was born in Baghdad around the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Also, his father Mushir Haskell ⟦also⟧ was born in Baghdad. ⟦7/8⟧ Head of the Community
706 H 22 C ) We, the Chief Rabbinate here in Baghdad, hereby testify that Mr. Isaac son of Abraham Sassoon was born in Baghdad in the year 1902 according to the community registers And based on this, this certificate was given to him signed with the seal of the Chief Rabbinate in Baghdad on the 20th day of the month of July in the year 1946 1946/7/20 Sassoon Khedouri Hakham Bashi In Baghdad ⟦squiggle⟧ The certificate was received
4222 7224 7 August 946 Certificate Based on the marriage contract numbered 49, we hereby certify that Mr. Moshe son of Yusuf Rahmin married in Baghdad Miss Rosa daughter of Shlomo son of Yusuf on the twentieth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
Certificate ⟦illegible⟧ 7 August 946 Based on the marriage record numbered 201, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Naeem son of Munshi son of Hesqiel Abras, known by the name Ezra Naeem son of Munshi, married in Baghdad Miss Farha daughter of Munshi son of Hesqiel Siddiq on the third day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty. ⟦illegible⟧ 7/8 Head of the Community
7625 Certificate 7 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf son of Ezra son of Saleh has performed his betrothal in Baghdad to Miss Naeema daughter of Shamoon son of Daniel Levi on the fifteenth day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
Certificate ⟦725⟧ 7 August 946 Based on the marriage record number 183, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh Hayyim bin Yousef Saleh Zelait, known as Saleh bin Yousef, married in Baghdad Miss Naima daughter of Eliyahu bin Nassim on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Adar in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
⟦illegible blue marks⟧ Certificate 7 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Khedhouri son of Salman son of Abdullah Khudair has held his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Nazima daughter of Mudallal son of Heskel on the tenth day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
7267 Certificate 7 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 364, we hereby confirm that Mr. Sasson son of Shuly Kahtan was married in Baghdad to Miss Rachel daughter of Moshe son of Ezra Shahrabani on the twenty-seventh day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
7627 7 August 946 Certificate Based on the marriage certificate numbered 72, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim son of Abdullah son of Salman married in Baghdad Miss Nazima daughter of Khadoori son of Ezra on the fourteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one ⟦1/4⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
7638 7 August 946 Certificate Based on the marriage contract numbered 479, we hereby certify that Mr. Nahum Naji known as Nahum son of Khedhouri Ishaq Nahum married in Baghdad Miss Victoria daughter of Ibrahim son of Mershi Elazar, known as Victoria Ibrahim Yashar, on the eleventh day of the month of June of the year nineteen forty-six. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦Certificate ⟦...⟧⟧
Certificate 7 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 479, we hereby certify that Mr. Nahoum Naji known as Nahoum bin Khedhouri Ishaq Nahoum has married in Baghdad Miss Victoria daughter of Ibrahim bin Moushi Al-Azar on the eleventh day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community 728 ⟦blue ink marks⟧
⟦N x a⟧ Certificate August 7, 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 249, we hereby certify that Mr. Nahum Salim bin Saleh bin Nahum Shammah married in Baghdad Miss Hilda daughter of Mordechai bin Yusuf on the seventeenth day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two. ⟦illegible⟧ 7/8 Head of the Community
26 Nisan 5670 Behold, there have come before us the undersigned Today, Tuesday, the 26th of the month of Nisan, the year 5670 of the creation Here in Baghdad, may God protect it And they testified with the law of complete and clear testimony from Heaven that the woman Simcha daughter of Shlomo Georgi Is a free woman and is permitted to marry any man according to the law of Moses and Israel ⟦line⟧ Signature fee ⟦illegible⟧ 150 Charity 100 The poor 150 ⟦line⟧ 400 The Treasurer Ma'atouk Sassoon The humble Isaac Abraham The humble Isaac ⟦...⟧ ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Consulate 72 B 32 To whom it may concern, Mr. Khawaja ⟦illegible⟧ and Mr. Khawaja ⟦illegible⟧ traveled from Baghdad under passport number ⟦illegible⟧ in the year ⟦illegible⟧ and they are of good character and have obtained a certificate of good conduct from official departments ⟦illegible⟧ Consulate of the Republic
7641 August 13, 946 Certificate Based on the marriage contract numbered 86, we hereby confirm that Mr. Rahmin son of Ezra son of Heskel married the woman named Gurjiya daughter of Nissim Nomi on the twenty-sixth day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four ⟦signature⟧ 8/12 On behalf of the Head of the Community
769 Certificate August 7, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abboudi son of Menashi Haskil Mahlab has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Khedouri son of Shaoul Muzayyin on the twenty-third day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 7/8 4 President of the Community
7691 Certificate August 7, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Ezra son of Baruch son of Salman Hezekiah has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Naima daughter of Abed son of Salman Hezekiah on the first day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/8 Head of the Community
7694 8 August 946 Certificate Based on the marriage contract numbered 231, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hesqel Hai known by the name Hesqel bin Sassoon Yaqub Naqqar was married in Baghdad to Miss Rachel daughter of Yaqub bin ⟦Muthir⟧ Saigh on the first day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
7643 8 August 946 Copy of Certificate Based on the marriage record numbered 353, we hereby certify that Mr. Salim son of Sasson son of Ezra Khazam has married in Baghdad Miss Albertine daughter of Munir son of Shaul Shamshua on the twenty-sixth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty two. ⟦illegible⟧ 17 / 8 7 Head of the Community
7692 9 Aug 946 Certificate Based on the marriage document numbered 514, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq Hayyim son of Yusuf Ghazziel has married in Baghdad Miss Rachel daughter of Rahmin son of Nahum on the sixteenth day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ 79 Head of the Community ⟦Current Status⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
7 / 3 / 31 23 April 931 Payment We, the undersigned, in our capacity as members of the Jewish community in Baghdad, acknowledge that we have received a sum of twenty-five Dinars only from the Jewish Community Administrative Committee in Baghdad, as our wages for teaching religion and the Hebrew language at the Alliance School in Baghdad for the academic year 1930 - 1931 And upon this we have signed Administrative Committee of the Jewish Community ⟦signature⟧ 155 15 / 9 ⟦illegible⟧