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 / 3/ /1951 Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that Mr. Shaul Yaqub is the father of Mr. Ibrahim Shaul Yaqub and that Yaqub Shaul Yaqub is his brother and Farha Shaul Yaqub is his sister, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him in travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
51 / 3 / 1951 / 139 Ephraim Heskel ⟦Hasham⟧ Salman Miss Rosa Ezra Abboudi The second of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD. On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 3 / 1951 / Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We ⟦hereby⟧ confirm that the named Khatoun Yehuda Sadqa is the mother of Mr. Ibrahim Saleh Suwayri, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying her with him on the trip. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
51 / 3/1951/ 145 Naim Ezra Sofer, known as Saleh Naim Ezra Sofer Miss ⟦Amouya⟧ Ibrahim Shaul Yusuf Eliyahu The first of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. The Prosecution, President of the Lay Council
51 / ⟦illegible⟧ 3/⟦illegible⟧/1951 Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby certify that the person named Josephine Victor Ezra Abdul Nabi is the daughter of Mr. Victor Ezra Abdul Nabi, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him during travel. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
51 / ⟦...⟧ 1951 / 3 / ⟦...⟧ Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the named Heskel Youssef Ibrahim is the father of the named Selim Heskel Youssef and that Nazima Youssef Ezra is his wife, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him in travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
51 / ⟦...⟧ 1951 / 3 / ⟦...⟧ Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Albert Nassim Heskel is the son of Mr. Nassim Heskel Obeida, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him during travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
51 / 3/⟦26⟧/1951 418 Gurji Ibrahim Hayyim Miss Seraphine Robin Haskel Somikh ⟦825⟧ The twenty-seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD. On behalf of President of the Lay Council
575313 51/3/30 ⟦illegible⟧ 418 Karji Ibrahim Hayyim Miss Seraphine Robin Heskel Somikh The twenty-seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 4/1/1951 On behalf of President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧ 214 3/30/1951 448 Baruch Nassim Shalom, known as Baruch Nassim Raphael Miss Latifa Murad, known as Latifa Murad Abdullah Mashita The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 4/13/51 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4/13/51
⟦illegible⟧ 3 / 27 / 1951 448 Baruch Nassim Shalom, known as Baruch Nassim Raphael Miss Latifa Murad, known as Latifa Murad Abdullah Mashyakha The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 3/30/951 On behalf of ⟦signature⟧ President of the Lay Council Copy ⟦signature⟧ 8 / 2 / 951
51 / 5215 3/20/1951 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Hakham Benjamin Hakham Moshe died in Baghdad on the twenty-first day of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦1951/7/26⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Hakham Benjamin Hakham Moshe⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the day ⟦9 Adar 705⟧ of the month ⟦corresponding to February 1945⟧ year ( 19 / / ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦H. Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦2812⟧ / 51 3/⟦20⟧/1951 Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Rima Daoud Battat is the mother of Mr. Nouri Ibrahim Al-Ani And we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him during travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 1557 3/21/1951 ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦26⟧ / 4 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 287, I hereby confirm that Mr.: Heskel Rubin Ezra Married in Baghdad: Siham Razouq Baloushi Youssef On the day: 28 / 3 / 1951 (corresponding to 20 Adar (B) 711 Ketubah Amount | Witnesses -/500 Five hundred Dinars | Shamoun Shaoul | Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shamoun Shaoul H. Shamoun ⟦illegible⟧
51 / 1951/3/ Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby certify that Mr. Munshi Basri Ishaq is the father of Mr. Naji Munshi Basri and that Habiba Shaul Cohen is his mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him on the trip. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦1951/3/10⟧
51 / 3 / 1951 / Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Najia Ishaq (Nunu Mukammal) is the sister of Mr. Haroun Ishaq Shlomo, 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 Head of the Lay Council
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad The deceased Eliyahu Sheriman has left ⟦his heirs⟧ named Najia ⟦his daughter⟧ (Uniken) ⟦and his wife⟧ Witness Yeshua Rubin Nissan ⟦In person⟧ Witness Al-Bahir Elias 3/30/1954 I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses above Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad 1370
51 / 4 / 1951 / Certificate To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Ephraim Reuben Yamin is the father of the person named Yamin Ephraim Reuben and that Jahla bint Salman is his mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him in travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧