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IJA 3706

Verification Certificates, Citizenship Paperwork

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These 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.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3706
Item Number
10062
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Endowments, Revenue Stamps, Travel, Death Certificate, Marriage Certificates, Annotation, Handwritten, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ink Stamps, Divorce Certificate, Jewish Lay Council, Birth Certificate, Chief Rabbi, President of the Jewish Community, Spiritual Council, Judeo-Arabic, Typed, Photograph, Meir Elias Hospital, Abrogation of Citizenship

AI en Translation, Pages 301-325

Page 301

To whom it may concern
We, the undersigned, testify that the person named Ezra Nassim Bassoon
is a former railway employee and his Iraqi citizenship was revoked under number
26815 and approved by the esteemed Council of Ministers on 27 / 6 / 951. And we testify that
his mother is alive and her name is Khatoun Daoud Sabih, and at his request we provided him
with this certificate
Witness
Yousef Shalum
Witness
⟦illegible signature⟧
Ibrahim Korgi Shua'i
Mukhtar
I certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
The Mukhtar
8
2
951
Based on the orders of ⟦illegible⟧
The required certificate is organized for him based
on the Mukhtar's testimony
20 Fils
12 / 2 / 951

Page 302

To the Honorable Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad.
Presented to your Excellency
We, the undersigned, testify that the lady named
Khatoun Daoud Hay is the mother of the petitioner Ezra Nassim Haroun
who is a bank employee and is the one providing for his aforementioned
mother, and the matter is for your Excellency to decide, sir.
The Petitioner
Ezra Nassim Haroun
Taheran Quarter
42
151
50 Fils
⟦Iraq⟧
Witness | Witness
⟦Yosef Shlomo⟧ | ⟦Ibrahim Georgia⟧
And certified the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
The Mukhtar
⟦Mukhtar of the ... Quarter⟧

Page 303

51/5180
1951/3/12
Corrected Certificate
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
We confirm that Khatun Daoud Sahij is the mother of Mr. Ezra Nassim Basson, and we have provided him
with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying her with him on the trip.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 304

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 22 / 12 / 951
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 222, I hereby certify that
Mr. Eliyahu son of Ibrahim Mukhlis
has married in Baghdad Miss Farha daughter of Khedhouri Mukhlis
on the day 7 / 4 / 1944 (corresponding to 14 Nisan 704)
Witnesses | Ketubah Amount
Yaqub Shaul | Dinars
Salim H. Eliyahu | 150
| in the living form
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon | 12 / 2 / 951
⟦illegible stamp with Hebrew and Latin characters⟧

Page 305

51 / 5187
1951 / 3 / 20
362
Eliyahu Ibrahim Hamed
Miss Nazima Farha daughter of Khedhouri Hamed
The seventh of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Page of ⟦the register⟧
⟦illegible⟧
951 / 3 / 12
Ibrahim / 12

Page 306

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 individual named ⟦Murad Daoud Murad⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the ⟦fifth⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year
(25 / 2 / 1951) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Stone Slab
⟦signature⟧
2 / 2 / 1951
Murad Daoud Murad
5711
19
⟦illegible⟧

Page 307

51/5182
12/3/1951
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Shalom Masfi Nahum died in Baghdad on the
twenty-fifth of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one
AD.
Ibrahim / 13
⟦illegible⟧
12/3/1951
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council

Page 308

51/5882
1951/3/12
342
Nassim Youssef Nahoum Yaqoub
Miss Marcelle Nagi Rahmin Oqeirib
The eighth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
⟦Selim⟧
Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧
President of the Lay Council
⟦Nassim⟧
951 / 3 / 12
Ibrahim / 12

Page 309

51/5184
1951/3/12
⟦261⟧
Mordechai Munir
Mrs. Sultana Mahtouq Faznawi
The second of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Acting President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
250 Fils
1951 / 3 / 12
Ibrahim / 13

Page 310

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on <del>12 / 3 / 1951</del>
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify
that Mr. Saleh son of Ibrahim Eliyahu Irani
is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers.
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
⟦signature⟧
12 / 3 / 951

Page 311

51 / 5185
12 / 3 / 1951
Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh Ibrahim Eliyahu Irani is not engaged or married and
has no record in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community ⟦on behalf of⟧
President of the Lay Council ⟦na⟧
⟦signature⟧
12 / 3 / 1951
Ibrahim / 13

Page 312

51 / 5186
12 / 3 / 1951
228
Sassoon Nahum Ezra Mordechai
Miss Berthe Jacob Joseph Shamash
The twenty-seventh of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
12 / 3 / 51
Ibrahim / 13

Page 313

The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 314

51 / 5187
14 / 3 / 1951
The Prominent
Saleh Haskeel Murad
Miss Juliet Salman Daboura, known as Juliet Salman Yaqub
The thirteenth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
14 / 3 / 951
Ibrahim / 14

Page 315

2/12/1951
To His Excellency the President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, the Respected
Please provide me with a certificate stating that Yusuf Yaqub Nahum
and his wife Mansha Shua are the parents of Nahum Yusuf Yaqub, the employee
in the Railways, and the matter is yours to decide.
2/12/951
Witness | Witness | Certification of that
Liahu Abboudi | Eliyahu Yaqub | The Mukhtar
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ |
5 Fils
5 Fils
5 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
200 Fils
⟦signature⟧
2/14/951

Page 316

Copy of the Marriage Certificate
Name of the Groom -: Yusuf Yaqub Nahum
Name of the Bride -: Hasna daughter of Moshi Shua
Date of Marriage -:
Based on the presented marriage certificate issued
from the city of Hillah
⟦illegible signature⟧
12 / 2 / 951
12 Shevat

Page 317

51/5188
14/3/1951
Certificate
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby certify that Mr.
Yousef Yaqoub Nahoum is the father of the person named Nahoum Yousef Yaqoub and that Rahina Manshi
Shua is his mother.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
14/3/1951
Ibrahim / 14
Copy
⟦illegible⟧

Page 318

51/5188
14/3/1951
Certificate
Based on the documents kept with us, we certify that Mr. Yusuf Yaqub Nahum
is the father of the person named Nahum Yusuf Yaqub and that Rahima Manshi Shua is his mother.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 27/3/1951
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 319

Copy of the marriage certificate
Name of the husband -: Saleh Yaqoub Makman
Name of the wife -: Karjiya Haroun Yaqoub
Date of marriage -: 4 October 927

Page 320

To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We testify that Saleh Yaqoub Mukal is the father of Yaqoub Saleh Mukal residing in
the house numbered 2/1/21, Al-Bataween neighborhood, and that Karjiya Haroun
Meshaal is his mother, and Salima and Haroun are his siblings.
I certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
14
2
951
50 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧
Witness Witness
Latif Munshi
Neighborhood Mukhtar ⟦signature⟧
200 Fils
⟦signature⟧
14 / 2 / 951

Page 321

51 / 5 / 89
1951 / 3 / 14
Certificate
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that
Mr. Saleh Yaqoub Mukammal is the father of Mr. Yaqoub Saleh Mukammal and that Karjiya Haroun
Meshaal is his mother.
789
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
200 Fils
14 / 3 / 51
Ibrahim / 14

Page 322

51 / 5190
15 / 2 / 1951
Certificate
To Whom It May Concern
We certify that the lawyer Mr. Shaul Moussa, whose photograph is attached
above, is the Secretary of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, and accordingly we have provided him with this certificate.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦On behalf of⟧ the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Page 323

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 ⟦Heskiel Hayyim Murad⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦26th⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year
(1951) and for that reason I have signed below
Heskiel Haddad
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs
Certified
⟦Signature⟧
15 / 2 / 951

Page 324

51/5191
15 / 3 / 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 Hanna Ezra Tweg passed away in Baghdad on the sixth day of March of the year one thousand
nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
Ibrahim / 15
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
15 / 3 / 951
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 325

Copy of Service Record
Name -: Salim Yusuf Hanuka
Father's Name -: Yusuf Hanuka
Mother's Name -: Habiba
Religion -: Jewish
Place and Date of Birth -: Baghdad 1904
Education -: Alliance School
Languages mastered -: Arabic, English, and French
⟦illegible⟧