Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members
View interactive document pageThese are archival materials from the Baghdadi Jewish Community containing mostly birth, engagement, and marriage certificates all issued in 1946. One certificate verifies the name of a community member and another confirms a birth date (1921).
Certificate 21 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Isaac Siddiq bin Haroun Hai Moallem has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Sabiha, daughter of Dawood bin Eliyahu Qarakla, on the thirtieth day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦N.C.⟧ Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ 706 To the honor of my friend, the dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Levi The dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Isaac Abraham, may his light shine, the dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Levi Abraham, may his light shine, many greetings With the help of God, the honorable Rabbi Levi D.Y., the dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Isaac Abraham, may his light shine, the dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Levi With the help of God, the honorable Rabbi Levi D.Y., the dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Isaac Abraham, may his light shine, the dear and exalted, the honorable Rabbi Levi ⟦illegible⟧ Pashon Abraham Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra Abraham Darwish ⟦line⟧ Pashon Abraham Ma'tuq Sassoon Ovadia Shimon Yosef Yaakov Cohen "" Your master and ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Hasani
Certificate 21 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Selim bin Jonah bin Yusuf Jonah has held his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Clarice daughter of Ezra Yusuf Dawood on the fifteenth day of the month of July in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six. And he has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 8/21 Head of the Community
For the conductor ⟦illegible⟧ Before the honor of the excellency of the honorable and exalted minister The dear and pleasant, the honorable Rabbi Abraham Isaac Sassoon, may God protect and preserve him The glory of God ⟦illegible⟧ On the sixth day of the week, 16th of Shevat, 5607 from the creation of the world, here in Baghdad, son of Joseph Isaac Ashkenazi to Judah son of Solomon Joseph, they preceded me in honor and there were witnesses ⟦illegible⟧ The humble servant Sassoon Ezra Suleiman The humble servant ⟦illegible⟧ The humble servant Simeon Hayyim The humble servant ⟦illegible⟧ The humble servant Simeon Hayyim ⟦illegible⟧ Witnesses Simeon Hayyim " Ezra Sassoon Sayyid Muhammad Abbas Thursday
⟦7685⟧ Certificate 22 August 1946 Based on the marriage contract number 65, we hereby certify that Mr. Salim son of Sadqa son of Shlomo married in Baghdad Miss Aziza daughter of Saleh son of Nissan on the first day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ 7/22 Head of the Community ⟦Community⟧ ⟦Israeli⟧
⟦7286⟧ Certificate 25 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 86, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf son of Yaqub son of Salih Shakarji married in Baghdad Miss Farha, known by the name Balah, daughter of Daoud son of Moshi son of Ishaq Hayyim Shamash on the fifth day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. ⟦signature⟧ 8/25 Head of the Community
Certificate 25 August 946 We hereby certify that Miss Amal Saleh Chamoun is known by the name Esperance Saleh Chamoun . ⟦illegible⟧ 8/25 ⟦Alawi⟧ Head of the Community Signature of His Eminence the Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 22 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 90, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu Naji known as Eliyahu Ezra son of Daoud Doudou has married in Baghdad Miss Farha Sinyoura known as Sinyoura daughter of Daoud son of Eliyahu Lawi on the eighteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
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Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 236, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel son of Yusuf son of Eliyahu Ballas married in Baghdad Miss Latifa daughter of Hayim son of Yaqub on the tenth day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. ⟦signature⟧ 7/22 Head of the Community 764
7691 Certificate August 22, 946 Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Yusuf Salih Naji, known as Yusuf bin Salim Khazzoum, became engaged in Baghdad to Miss Rachel, daughter of Ezra Ibrahim Salih, on the thirtieth day of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community ⟦section⟧
14/8/46 Before the Chief Rabbi H' Isaac Sassoon, of blessed memory Today, Thursday, the 24th of the month of Tishrei, the year ⟦5706⟧ In the city of Baghdad Before me came one Solomon son of Abraham Joseph, of blessed memory, and one Joseph son of Salem Phineas And they testified that the woman Mrs. Simcha daughter of Joseph, of blessed memory, is the wife of Phineas Dowry 500 Clothing 400 Gift 700 ⟦line⟧ 1600 The humble servant Shimon HaLevi Excellent Sassoon The humble servant Solomon son of Abraham // Joseph // Salem ⟦Lost⟧ condition Muhammad
Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Menashi son of Saleh Mahlab has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Shamoun Salim son of Aba on the twenty-eighth day of the month of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community 7692
With the help of Heaven, Sunday ⟦illegible⟧ To the honor of my dear and exalted friend, the honorable Rabbi Isaac, may his light shine Today I sent to you by the hand of Elijah ⟦illegible⟧ the honorable Rabbi Isaac Abraham, may his light shine Kosher ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ After [due] honor ⟦illegible⟧ to inform your Torah honor that we received from him a sum of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ for credit Thus we have done here according to the words of your Torah honor and the remainder will be on the account of ⟦illegible⟧ Sum Samuel Tobiah Rahamim 100 Isaac Abraham 100 Salim 100 ⟦line⟧ 300 The servant of God, Ezra Meshullam Sassoon Witnesses: Simeon Ezra " Nissim Moshe
Certificate 22 August 946 Based on the marriage document numbered 25, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Shaoul bin Hayyim married in Baghdad Miss Reine daughter of Ibrahim Ezra Abboudi on the fifteenth day of the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/22 Head of the Community
Certificate 22 August 946 ⟦768⟧ Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Nahum Murad Hai bin Simha bin Nahum has entered his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Budour daughter of Yaqub bin Shakuri on the fourth day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 8/22 Head of the Community Nasrallah ⟦signature⟧
Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the documents held by us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naji Saleh Abdul Nabi, from the members of the Jewish community in Baghdad, was born in Baghdad in the year 1921, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/22 ⟦For⟧ Head of the Community
Baghdad - August 19, 1946 To the Respected ⟦...⟧ Israeli Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Greetings; Based on the fixed information we have, we hereby certify that Naji Saleh Abdul Nabi was born in Baghdad in the year 1921, nineteen hundred and twenty-one AD, and for this reason we have recorded this statement. Witness | Witness | Witness ⟦illegible signature⟧ 19/8/46 Daoud Huwaita ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Rafidain Insurance Company Eliyahu ⟦...⟧ 19/8/46 The Mukhtar I certify its contents ⟦illegible handwriting⟧ Naji Abdul Nabi