Verification Certificates, Citizenship Paperwork
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish Community and include death certificates, birth certificates, marriage, and divorce documentation. This item also contains citizenship paperwork, documents certifying the surrendering of Iraqi citizenship in order to emigrate abroad, and letters of recommendation written for former employees. Many of the letters include photographs.
51 / 5018 1951 / 2 / 19 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 382 Daoud Eliyahu, known as Daoud Naji bin Eliyahu Daoud Miss Nazima Daoud, known as Riqa Nazima daughter of Daoud Shamil Alfi The twenty-fifth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Of poor means ⟦illegible⟧ 19 / 2 / 951 Ibrahim / 19
Presidency of ⟦...⟧ 51 / 5029 19 / 2 / 1951 547 Daoud Sassoon Yaqub Obeidia Simha Daoud Sassoon known as Simha Najia daughter of Daoud Sassoon Shamil <del>Alfi</del> The sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting President of ⟦...⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦...⟧ 19 / 2 / 1951 Ibrahim / 19
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 18 / 2 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 209, I hereby certify that Mr. Aziz son of Yaqub Shamoun Zaghuli has married in Baghdad Ms. Hanina Khatun daughter of Hamoud son of Moshi Dahuki on the day 18 / 2 / 1951 (corresponding to 12 Adar 711) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 50 Dinars | Salim H. Shamoun | Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦signature⟧ Registrar of Marriage Contracts 18 / 2 / 1951 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 5020 19 / 2 / 1951 209 Aziz Iko Shamoun Zakholi Miss Khatoun Hamoumoushi Dehoki The eighteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council Nassif Al-Khal ⟦signature⟧ 19 / 2 / 951 Ibrahim / 19
Department Copy 21 / 505 / 51 19 / 2 / 1951 39 Rahmin Salman Dixi Miss Lulu Saleh Abboudi The fourteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. 725 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Salman⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 19 / 2 / 1951 Ibrahim / 19
The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named ⟦Yitzhak son of Abraham Hazan⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦10th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Nisan⟧ in the year ⟦1916⟧ ⟦(24 / 4 / 1916)⟧ and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 76 ⟦Yitzhak Hazan⟧ ⟦stamp⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 16 / 2 / 1951
The Person 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 ⟦Yousef Murad Levy⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year ⟦5711⟧ (1/12/1951) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 2/18/951 ⟦circular seal stamp with illegible text⟧
51/5022 1951/2/19 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Shimon Heskel Rubin Shabi died in Baghdad on the twenty- second of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. 744 Ibrahim / 16 ⟦signature⟧ 51/2/29 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Baghdad on Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Menachem Ezra⟧ died in Baghdad on the day ⟦26th⟧ of the month ⟦Av⟧ year 67 ( 5 / 8 / 1907 ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Ezra⟧ ⟦Hadid⟧ Haskil Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Status record ⟦illegible⟧ 12/2/951
Department ⟦Outgoing⟧ Register 51 / 5023 19 / 2 / 1951 190 Salman Khadhuri Saleh Miss Farha Daoud Shmeil The twentieth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the ⟦Rabbinate⟧ President of the Lay Council Munsif al-Hakim ⟦signature⟧ 19 / 4 / 951 Ibrahim / 16
The person 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 ⟦Aziz Nouri Dallal⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦21st⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year ⟦5702⟧ (3/21/1942) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Hevra Kadisha⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 4 / 9 / 1951
⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 5026 1951/2/18 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burials at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the named Menashi Hesqel Hilali died in Baghdad on the day ⟦line⟧ Twenty-first of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 1951/2/19 Ibrahim 19
Department Copy 51 / 5027 1951/2/19 Document Ephraim Abdullah Ibrahim Miss Naima Haskil Ezra Siddiq The eighth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Status Sheet ⟦illegible signature⟧ 19 / 2 / 1951 Ibrahim / 16
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 ⟦Yosef Bulus Khouri⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦18th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Nisan⟧ in the year ⟦5717⟧ (19 / 4 / 1957) and for this reason I have signed below Haskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦Menachem Khouri⟧ 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 19 / 4 / 957
Department Copy Death Certificate 51/5028 1951/2/19 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 Shua Shlomo Khashina died in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 70 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 951/2/19 Ibrahim / 16
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad: After greetings: Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that: The named: ⟦Yitzhak Cohen Nissim⟧ Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: ⟦Tenth⟧ Of the month: ⟦September⟧ Year: 5708 ( 1948/5/22 ) and for that reason I have signed below: ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Yitzhak Cohen⟧ ⟦Nissim⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Classification of status 1957/2/19
51/5029 1951/2/19 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Reuben Sion Zubaida died in Baghdad on the second day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Record of the Case ⟦illegible⟧ 1951/2/19 Ibrahim 168
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 Isaac Nissim Ezra passed away in Baghdad on the 25th day of the month of Elul in the year 5705 (2 / 9 / 1945) and for this reason I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad Haskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦The current⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 19 / 2 / 951
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 51/5020 1951/2/19- Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Sassoon Shalom Ezra Aslan died in Baghdad on the third day of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Status Description 19/2/951 Ibrahim /19
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Daoud son of Yaqub⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦19th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Sivan⟧ in the year ⟦5707⟧ ( 7 / 7 / 1947 ) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yaqub Daoud⟧ ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs True copy 29 / 2 / 951
⟦Department Copy⟧ 21/2/51 289/1951 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 Daniel Sassoon died in Baghdad on the seventh day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9/2/1951 Ibrahim / 16
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 Daoud Sassoon Murad passed away in Baghdad on the eleventh day of the month of Tishrei in the year 5708 (25 / 10 / 1947) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Paper No.⟧ ⟦54⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 19 / 2 / 951
⟦The Israelite Community⟧ 51 / 5022 1951/2/19 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Khedhouri Moshe Smouha died in Baghdad on the twenty-fifth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 1951/2/19 Ibrahim / 16