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.
⟦illegible⟧ 51/5022 1951/2/20 Certificate Directorate of Meir Elias Hospital We hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim Latif Lawi is an employee of the Community Presidency and that he is responsible for supporting his mother, Rosa Yusuf Shahrabani, and at his request, he was provided with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 20 951/2/20
Department Copy 51 / 5024 1951/2/20 Certificate We hereby certify that Rabbi Elisha Yehoshua is a member of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, and at his request, he was provided with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 1951/2/19 Ibrahim ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 510 20 / 2 / 1951 The Messengers Naji Saleh, known as Mir Naji bin Saleh Hawksi Miss Rachel Moshi Sion Levy The fifth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council May God protect him 20 / 2 / 51 Ibrahim / 20
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 5 / 22 1951 / 2 / 20 Certificate We hereby confirm that the named Rahina Shaul Ishaq has not married since the death of her husband, the named Menashi Yaqub Rahmin, until now. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Mustafa Al-Kal⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 2 Ibrahim / 20 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 1951 / 2 / 22
⟦Presidency of the Mosaic Community⟧ 51/5036 Certificate 1951/2/20 We hereby certify that the person named Rahina Shaul Ishaq has not married since the death of her husband, the named Menashi Yaqub Rahmin, until now. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 1951/2/22 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Yusuf Akal ⟦signature⟧ 51/2/22 Ibrahim / 22
Telephone No. { 7480 / 8006
Meir Elias Hospital
Baghdad
MEIR ELIAS HOSPITAL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONES { 7480 / 8006
No.:
Date: 15 / 2 / 1951
Death Certificate
Mr. Menashi Yaqub Hakham Daoud, aged (62) years, passed away in this
hospital on 4 / 11 / 1945 as a result of liver cirrhosis with chronic nephritis.
At the request of his relatives, they were provided with this certificate.
⟦Revenue stamp with portrait and circular ink seal⟧
Director of Meir Elias Hospital
Dr. Balian
Al-Zawra Press 1/8/949 5000 ⟦11/43⟧
1951/2/19 I, the undersigned, hereby declare that I have received from the General Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad a sum of fifty Dinars (50 Dinars) on account of what is due to me from the aforementioned Committee, and this is for proof In Baghdad 1951/2/19 Yaakov ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 51/5027 2/20/1951 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Jewish Cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Nassim Isaac died in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 740 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦51⟧/2/20 R. Ibrahim / 20
⟦illegible⟧ 28 / 5 / 51 1951 / 2 / 20 41 Shua Hesqail Shiri ××× Baqubah Miss Najia Khadouri Yamin The seventeenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Copy ⟦signature⟧ 20 / 2 / 1951 Ibrahim / 20
His Excellency, the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected Presented to your Excellency We, the undersigned, testify that the person named Gurji Shaul Masri passed away 15 years ago fifteen years ago in the Basra Governorate, and for this reason we have signed this on 2/20/1951 Witness | Witness Yousef Moshi | Yousef Sion I certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and attest to that Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood, Ezra Ishaq Mukammal Number: 51/5029 Date: 2/20/1951 (I certify the authenticity of the signature and seal of the Mukhtar above) On behalf of the Acting President of the Community President of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
504/51 2/2/1951 Authentication of Signature 35 Eliyahu Yaqub Moallem Ibrahim Cohen Miss Farida Ibrahim, known as Farida Rachel daughter of Ibrahim Eliyahu Danous The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Correct now ⟦illegible signature⟧ Ibrahim / 20
⟦illegible⟧ His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings, We, the undersigned, testify that the family name of Moshe Salman is Sakoon and therefore his name is Moshe Salman Sakoon, and for this purpose we have signed. 17 / 2 / 1952 2 1/2 ground Witness Haroun Azza Witness ⟦signature⟧ Number 25 / 7 / 25 I certify the ⟦validity⟧ of this testimony The Mukhtar 61 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Foreign Health⟧ 5041 /51 Feb. 20 51 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. MOSHI SALMAN is known as MOSHI SALMAN SASSON . ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. Presidnt, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD ⟦Shashi⟧ ⟦Salman Sheikh⟧ 2/20/951 I/
5009 / 51 19 / 2 / 1951 ⟦illegible⟧ 118 Ezra Saleh Abdullah Hami Fattal Miss Janet Yaqoub, known as Sarah Janet, daughter of Yaqoub Murad Hay Jumaa The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦200 Fils⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 2 / 951 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting ⟦Secretary⟧ President of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 20
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 20 / 2 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 214, I hereby certify that Mr. Rahmin son of Haron Dabi has married in Baghdad Miss Daisy daughter of Shua Shaul Shabi on the day 2 / 2 / 1951 (corresponding to 14 Adar I 5711) (⟦line⟧) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 2000 Dirhams | Sadoun Shaul Half of it advanced | Salim H. Ariyeh Shimon Shaul H. Shimon 20 / 2 / 51 ⟦illegible⟧ The Rabbinical Court Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Department Register⟧ 51 / 5042 20 / 2 / 1951 214 Rahmin Haroun Dubai Miss Daisy Shua Shaul Shabi The twentieth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Head of the Community⟧ Acting President of the Lay Council ⟦Status Page⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦20 / 2 / 51⟧ Ibrahim / 20
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 7/2/5 Testifying under oath that the late Abraham Joseph Sassoon, of blessed memory Left one son (Salman) and two daughters (Habiba) (Naima) And his late wife Habiba daughter of Abraham (son of Salman Abraham) Died after him and they have no other heir besides the aforementioned And we hereby sign Salman Hoogi Aboudi The Rabbi Chief Rabbi of Baghdad - Salman Hoogi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD Above 8 / 7 / 950 ⟦signature⟧ Status preserved ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 51 Kingdom of Iraq 40 Fils Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils
⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 542 Divorce Certificate 20 / 2 / 1951 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Ezra Sion Salman Darwish has been divorced from his wife Margaret Haron Salman Tweig on the seventh day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 2 / 1951 Ibrahim / 20
⟦...⟧ family Baghdad on 19/2/1951 We, the undersigned, testify that the woman Masouda daughter of Ibrahim, of Iraqi nationality, married Shaul Agha Jan twenty-five years ago, and he is of Iranian nationality, and he left her 14 years ago, and his current location is unknown, and Masouda Ibrahim has not married anyone else during that period, and based on the request of his wife, we have provided her with this certificate. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Qanbar Ali neighborhood Ephraim Ibrahim Naqqar | Isaac Yusuf Sultan | ⟦signature⟧ Number -: 5044 / 51 Date -: 20 / 2 / 1951 (We certify the authenticity of the signature and seal of the Mukhtar above) ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 2 / 1951 Ibrahim / 20
51/5045 1951/2/20 ⟦illegible⟧ Presidency of the ⟦Jewish⟧ Community ⟦in Baghdad⟧ Certificate To Whom It May Concern Mr. Heskel Moshi Ishaq, whose photograph is affixed above, has repaired the typewriters belonging to the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad during the past three years in a very satisfactory manner, which indicates his proficiency in this profession to the fullest extent, and this certificate was given to him in appreciation of his services. ⟦signature⟧ 20 / 2 / 951 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8/5/1927 We hereby confirm that the personality ⟦...⟧ in our records belongs to ⟦...⟧ Qasim Cohen, born in Baghdad in the year 1895 and deceased in Beirut on June 14, 1953, and that the aforementioned ⟦...⟧ is the same person named Qasim Cohen in our records according to their claim, and based on their request, we have given this certificate to confirm the validity of their claim Head of the Mosaic Community Committee | Committee Secretary | Accountant ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ 15 / 5 / 1953 No. 10/15/12 (This certificate is not considered an official document) ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Authenticity of the image⟧ 51/5092 1951/2/21 576 Youssef Saleh Ezra Abu Daoud Miss Marquit Isaac, known as Khatoun Marquit Isaac Ibrahim Moallem The seventeenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Youssef Al-Hammal⟧ 21/2/951 Ibrahim / 21
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 ⟦Razzuqi Yusuf Murad⟧ passed away in Baghdad on ⟦Sunday⟧ of the month of ⟦Iyar⟧ in the year ⟦5710⟧ 6 (22 / 5 / 1950) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ Saved to the ⟦...⟧ 20 / 5 / 950 ⟦...⟧