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 Certificate 7294 7 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 49, we hereby confirm 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. ⟦signature⟧ 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
With the help of God ⟦illegible⟧ 707 To the honor of the wondrous Rabbi and kindness ⟦illegible⟧ The Great Rabbi, our teacher and master Ezra Dangoor, may his light shine and radiate like the light of life, Amen After inquiring of the peace of his Torah, may his glory be exalted and his memory be for good I have come to inform him that his precious letter from the past 10th of Kislev has reached me The writer and signatory The servant of God, Shimon Mansour Salem Avraham The young Isaac son of Shimon Mansour Salem The young Isaac Iraq ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad ⟦line⟧
7 Roger 23 August 72 Consulate Four bags of Amber rice weighing 106 kg net have been sold to the teacher of the Riyad committee ⟦...⟧ During travel in the daily log of the year ⟦...⟧ four bags of Amber rice weighing 106 kg net were sold In the year 1970 in our north and sold in Ryusat Riqah in the daily log of the year 1970 On the days of 24 November 1972 ⟦illegible⟧ Trust of the reformers
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
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⟦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 Committee of the Chief Rabbi, Hakham Bashi, may God protect him On the past Sunday I sent to your honor a letter via the shop owner and I requested regarding the money registered by the late Aboud bin Shua Isaac, peace be upon him, for a memorial for the generation And I requested from your excellency to add his honor, and this is a true kindness Account of the year 24102 Expenses 150 Money 100 ⟦line⟧ 250 The remainder Excellent Six The young Abraham Isaac Georgie ⟦line⟧
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
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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⟧
The Religious Court of the Community of Baghdad, may God protect it Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD ⟦line⟧ Number :: 851 Date :: 8/8/944 File Number: 721 B 940 Reference to your letter numbered ⟦illegible⟧ Dated ⟦illegible⟧ Please provide ⟦illegible⟧ with a copy of the certificate of So-and-so daughter of ⟦illegible⟧ born on July 12, 907 Deceased in ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Registered in the death register for the year 8/9/944 According to the death certificate numbered ⟦illegible⟧ Issued by ⟦illegible⟧ Note - Defense ID number 617 Card number 781 President of the Court ⟦illegible⟧ 1/8/5