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IJA 3112

Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members; Member Lists, Financial Ledgers, Jewish Lay Council

Description

These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community comprised of marriage, divorce, birth, and death certificates and confirmations of Jewish lineage; certificates cover the 1910s-1920s. In the Jewish marriage certificates, “Miss” is added before the woman’s name if it is her first marriage; “Divorcee” is added before the woman’s name if she is divorced. There are also lists of members of the Jewish Lay Council, 1936-1940, and financial ledgers listing original purchase price, original owners, and sale price. There is also a complaint letter from a Muslim tenant asking for compensation, and a letter from a Muslim land owner offering to lease land to the Jewish community for building a hospital.

Metadata

Archive Reference: IJA 3112
Item Number: 9961
Date: Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages: Arabic, Judeo-Arabic
Keywords: Annotation, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Birth Certificate, Correspondence, Death Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Financial, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Handwritten, Ink Stamp, Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Religious Court, Judeo-Arabic, Kirkuk, Ledger, Legal, Letterhead, Marriage Certificate, Personal Letterhead, President of the Jewish Community, Revenue Stamps, Typed

AI en Translation, Pages 76-100

Page 83

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The firman regarding the hospital 6 -
The verses about Bankat, Mahda, Borjaktum, and others 7 -