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IJA 3706

Verification Certificates, Citizenship Paperwork

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Description

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 501-525

Page 501

No. ⟦line⟧
FORM No. 3
KINGDOM OF 'IRAQ.
CERTIFICATE OF 'IRAQIAN NATIONALITY.
Number 8259 —
Form No. 3
Kingdom of Iraq
Certificate of Iraqi Nationality
This is to certify that ⟦line⟧
⟦line⟧ whose photograph is attached and
who is described below having opted for 'Iraqian
Nationality and solemnly declared his allegiance to
H.M. the King of 'Iraq, is an 'Iraqian National
under article ⟦line⟧ of the 'Iraqian
Nationality Law, 1924.
Given at Baghdad this ⟦line⟧ day
of ⟦line⟧ 192
I hereby certify that ⟦Akram son of Shaul Ezra⟧ whose photograph is attached
herewith and whose description is given below, having opted for Iraqi nationality
and solemnly declared his allegiance to His Majesty the King of Iraq, is an Iraqi national
under Article ⟦Three⟧ of the Iraqi Nationality Law of 1924.
Issued in Baghdad on this ⟦eighth⟧ day of the month of ⟦December⟧
year 1927
Signature ⟦line⟧
Designation ⟦line⟧
Signature —
Position ⟦Director of Travel and Nationality Administration⟧
Age / Age: 24 years
Height / Height: 1 / 65
Eyes / Eyes: Hazel
Nose / Nose: Normal
Mouth / Mouth: Normal
Hair / Hair: Blond
Beard / Beard: Shaven
Moustaches / Moustache: Blond
Face / Face: Oval
Complexion / Complexion:
Distinctive marks or peculiarities / Distinctive marks or peculiarities: Recorded in this form
Photograph of holder / Photograph of the certificate holder
Left thumb impression of holder. / Left thumb impression of the certificate holder
IRAQ REVENUE 100 FILS
IRAQ REVENUE 200 FILS
IRAQ REVENUE 75 FILS

Page 502

His Excellency the Director of Travel and Nationality Police, Respected
Baghdad .
Presented to your Excellency
I am an employee and my Iraqi nationality was revoked by form No. 33283 pursuant to
the Council of Ministers decision dated 2/28/1951. I request your approval to take with me my father
Shaul Ezra Bassa, whose nationality was revoked by form No. 37917, and my mother named Helwa Shlomo
Houri by form No. 37918, and his sister Latifa Shaul Ezra by form No. 27396
With much thanks to your Excellency, Sir .
Kingdom of Iraq
50 Fils
The Petitioner
Akram Shaul Ezra Bassa, form number 33283
I endorse what is stated above
4 / 27
The Mukhtar
⟦illegible⟧
We have no objection
to his travel
with his father
and his mother
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 503

51 /
3/1951/
Certificate
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Shaul Ezra Bassa is the gentleman
named Akram Shaul Ezra Bassa, and that Helwa Shlomo Houri is his mother, and that Latifa Shaul Ezra
is his sister.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 504

51 /
3 / 1951 /
601
Moshe Yassin Gitayat, known as Moshe Benjamin Daoud Gitayat
Miss Victoria Nassim Murad, known as Toba Nassim Murad Bibi
The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 507

Baghdad 27 / 3 / 1951
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
We, the undersigned, testify by this document that the person named
Saadoun Shahrabani, whose nationality is registered under number 22844 in the register,
is the resident and responsible for supporting his disabled mother (Renunciation No. 22844) named
Gurjia Nassim Al-Ani and his unmarried sister (Renunciation No. 22844) named
Daisy Haron Shahrabani, and that his father (Renunciation No. 11021) has left
Iraq and they no longer ⟦have⟧ anyone to support them other than him.
Second Witness | First Witness | Mukhtar
Naim Rubin | Ibrahim Daoud |
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ |
27
⟦Revenue stamp: 50 fils, portrait of King Faisal II⟧
⟦Circular ink stamp, illegible text⟧

Page 508

⟦Postponement⟧ ⟦Postponed⟧
51 / ⟦...⟧
1951/3/ ⟦...⟧
Certificate
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
We hereby confirm that the person named Karjiya Nasim Al-Hani is the mother of Mr. Ishaq Haroun Shahrabani
and that Daisy Haroun Shahrabani is his sister, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him
on the journey.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 510

Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We hereby certify that Farha Raphael Sassoon and Doris Raphael Sassoon are
the daughters of Raphael Daoud Sassoon, and for this purpose we have issued this certificate
This is it, and with our thanks
Ibrahim Cohen Shahouli
⟦illegible⟧
Youssef Talawi
⟦illegible⟧
27
2
1951
⟦illegible⟧

Page 511

Certificate
51/⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧/3/1951
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that both Fahima Raphael
Shamash and Doris Raphael Shamash are the daughters of Raphael Daoud Shamash.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
⟦...⟧/7/1951

Page 513

⟦To⟧
⟦The Presidency⟧ of the Israelite Community
We, the undersigned, testify that Mrs. Nassim Rozin is the mother of
Mr. Shalom Kouri Nassim, and that Miss Rachel Kouri Nassim, the virgin
unmarried woman, is the sister of Mr. Shalom Kouri Nassim.
Witness Witness
Eliyahu Hoson Hezekiel Shalom
⟦illegible⟧
Hezekiel Shalom
50 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
The Mukhtar
District of ⟦Haydar Khani⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 514

⟦illegible⟧ / ⟦illegible⟧
1951/3/⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
After greetings
We hereby confirm that the person named Maryam Rubin Shamma is the mother of Mr. Nassim Shakouri Nassim and
that Miss Rachel Shakouri Nassim is his adult unmarried sister, and we have provided him with this certificate
for the purpose of accompanying him on the journey.
Please accept our highest respect.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ / 3 / 1951

Page 515

Copy of Marriage Contract
Number: ⟦...⟧
Name of Groom -: Baruch Daoud Qojman
Name of Bride -: Victoria Nouri Abboudi
Date of Registration -: ⟦...⟧

Page 516

To the Directorate of ⟦illegible⟧
We certify and confirm hereby that ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 51 /
⟦illegible⟧ 3/⟦illegible⟧/1951
⟦illegible⟧
To -
The Ottoman Bank
Baghdad
After greetings
We confirm that Victoria Heskel Hayyim, whose photo is attached above, is the same Victoria Heskel
Ezouri. Based on her request, we have provided her with this certificate.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
29 / 3 / 951

Page 518

Ministry of Interior
General Police Directorate
Baghdad
Kingdom of Iraq
Iraqi Nationality Certificate
Form No. (3)
Number / ⟦illegible⟧
Based on the verification of the acquisition of: Sassoon Yahya Moallem
Whose photograph and descriptions are established below:
Iraqi nationality according to Article: 8 A
Of the Iraqi Nationality Law of 1924 and its amendments, we certify that he is an Iraqi national:
And he has been granted this certificate in statement thereof.:
Issued in Baghdad on the day: Twenty-fourth
Of the month: August
Year: 1950
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Director of Travel, Residence, and Nationality Administration
⟦circular stamp: Directorate of Travel, Residence, and Nationality⟧
Descriptions of the Certificate Holder
Height | 1 meter 70 centimeters
Eye color | Jet brown
Nose shape | Moderate
Mouth description | Moderate
Hair color | Black
Beard description | None
Mustache description | None
Face description | Oval
Face color | Wheaten
Distinguishing marks | ⟦illegible⟧
Left thumbprint
⟦Revenue stamp: 75 FILS IRAQ POSTAGE & REVENUE⟧
⟦Revenue stamp: 100 FILS IRAQ POSTAGE & REVENUE⟧
⟦Revenue stamp: 200 FILS IRAQ POSTAGE & REVENUE⟧

Page 519

To the Travel Directorate
We hereby certify and confirm that Mazli Heskel Shalooh is the mother of Salim Shalooh
and that the aforementioned is also the brother of Rony son of Joseph Sher Shalooh, and for that purpose
this was signed.
Mukhtar of Jadid Hassan Pasha neighborhood
50 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ Mukhtar ⟦illegible⟧
7 / 28
Witness | Witness
Naji Shaul | Ibrahim ⟦...⟧
Naji Shaul | ⟦signature⟧

Details of the holder's identity
1 - Full name and surname: Isaac ⟦...⟧
2 - Place and date of birth: Baghdad 1924
3 - Father's name: ⟦...⟧ Muallim
4 - Father's place and date of birth: Baghdad 1870
5 - Mother's name: ⟦...⟧
6 - Mother's place and date of birth: Baghdad 1900
7 - Nationality held before the publication of the Iraqi Nationality Law of 1924: Ottoman
8 - Nationality held by the father before the publication of the Iraqi Nationality Law of 1924: Ottoman
9 - Nationality held by the mother before the publication of the Iraqi Nationality Law of 1924: Ottoman
10 - Religion: Mosaic
11 - Profession or trade: Student
12 - Usual place of residence: Jadid Hassan Pasha neighborhood, house number ⟦...⟧
13 - Married, single, or widowed: ⟦...⟧
Details about the wife and children who
are under eighteen years of age
Name | Place of Birth | Age
Wife |  |
Child |  |
Child |  |
Child |  |
Child |  |
Child |  |
Child |  |
Wife's previous nationality:
Photograph of the wife if possible
Left thumbprint of the wife

Page 520

51 /
Certificate
3/ /1951
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
We hereby confirm that Mazli Heskel Shlomo is the mother of Mr. Sassoon Munir Sassoon and that Yusuf
Munir Sassoon is his brother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him on the trip.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 521

I ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
We, the undersigned, testify that the widow named
Bahja Athra Mash'ou' is the mother of the person named Ibrahim
Isaac Shlourie, and for that reason we have signed ⟦illegible⟧
1) Witness
Ephraim Joseph Tweig
2) Witness
Abdullah Saleh Robin
Fingerprint
Abraham ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
I certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
whose names are listed above
The Rabbi
951
2
28
⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad

Page 522

51 /
3 / 1951
Certificate
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
After greetings
We hereby confirm that the person named Simha Ezra Shashoua is the mother of Mr. Ibrahim Ishaq
Shakouri, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him during travel.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 523

3/⟦illegible⟧/1951
Mr.
Saleh Hay Haskel Ezra
Miss Salima Shalom Ibrahim Dori
The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 524

51 /
3 / 1951 /
30
Naji Heskel Said
Miss Louise Sion Youssef Shirazi
The nineteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦Ministry of Foreign Affairs⟧
⟦Citizenship Department⟧
⟦illegible⟧ / 954

Page 525

⟦illegible⟧
1951/3/28
(133)
Yousef Daoud Ishaq Musfi
Miss Rene Rubin Haskel Shabi
The third of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
Recorded ⟦illegible⟧
In the register of ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
954/8/20