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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 576-600

Page 576

To
The Honorable President of the Jewish Community of Baghdad
We, the undersigned, testify that Ephraim Reuben is the name of the father of the person named Amin Ephraim,
the railway employee whose citizenship was revoked under number 22001, and that
the woman ⟦his wife⟧ Nina Salman is the mother of the aforementioned named Ephraim, and accordingly
we have signed.
Witness | Witness | The Mukhtar
⟦Abd al-Naji⟧ | ⟦Zaidan al-Haj Tawfiq al-Safi⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦illegible⟧
50 Fils
⟦illegible⟧

Page 577

⟦In the name of⟧ God ⟦the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful⟧
We, the undersigned, testify and confirm that Mr. ⟦Heskel⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧
⟦Signature⟧
⟦Name⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 578

51 /
4 / 1951 /
Certificate
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
After greetings
We hereby confirm that the person named Robin Saleh Aziz is the father of the person named Salim Robin Saleh Aziz
and that Simha Ezra is his mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him in
travel.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 579

51 /
4/1951/
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
257
Shalom Musfi Nahum
Miss Nahifa Yusuf Shalom
The seventeenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD.
On behalf of
President of the Physical Council
Ibrahim /1

Page 580

1951/4/1
To the Honorable Chief Rabbi Mr. Salman Hugi, may his light shine
Sir
I hereby inform your honor that Edward Dabouri son of Yosef Hayim Shimon
married the girl H. Sercha daughter of Salman, and this was on the day ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
1/4/1951
Beth Din
The Community
Baghdad
⟦...⟧ ( ⟦...⟧ ) ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
⟦illegible⟧

Page 581

51 / ⟦illegible⟧
10 / 4 / 1951
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Karjiya Yusuf Hayyim Shahtoub, of Iranian nationality, is not
engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Ibrahim 17

Page 582

Chief Rabbi in Baghdad
Chief Rabbi of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
Salman Hoki Aboudi
CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
Number: 65
Date: 28 / ⟦illegible⟧
I testify that the young man named Abraham Joseph Elijah Abraham H. Sassoon
Was born in the year 1933 to his mother Dorit daughter of Flora (Mazal Tov)
And he is single and registered in the community books in the year 1952
Salman H. Aboudi
Chief Rabbi of the Holy Community of Baghdad, may God protect it
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Hoki Aboudi
CHIEF RABBI
SALMAN H. ABOUDI
BAGHDAD
Date of Review
1952/4/28
⟦signature⟧

Page 583

51/5324
4/1/1951
Divorce Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
Dorit Khadhouri Sawda'i has been divorced from Mr. Moshe Daoud on the twenty-eighth
day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 7/15/1951
⟦signature⟧
Naeem Ibrahim Zubaida
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Copy
⟦signature⟧
7/15/51

Page 584

51 / ⟦585⟧
1 / 4 / 1951
Divorce Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
Dorit Khedhouri Souda'i has been divorced from Mr. Moshe Daoud on the twenty-fifth
day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Copy
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 4 / 951
Copy
15 / 7 / 951

Page 585

51/5324
4/1/1951
Divorce Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
Dorit Khadouri Soda'i was divorced from Mr. Moshe Daoud on the twenty-eighth
day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 5/3/1951
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Page 586

51/5324
1951/4/1
Divorce Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
Dorit Khedhouri Sawda'i has been divorced from Mr. Moshe Daoud on the twenty-eighth
day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 1951/4/3
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 588

51 /
Death Certificate
4/1951/
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 Baruch Elia Ibrahim Muhajir died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of
January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 589

518
4/1951/
The Procession
Salman Murad Salman
Miss Hayman Munshi Ezra
The eighteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 590

⟦illegible⟧
4/1951/
699
Salim Nunu Yusuf
Miss Maryam Abboudi Ishaq
The third of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 591

His Excellency the Consul General of the Iranian Empire in Baghdad, the Respected
Presented to your Excellency
We, the undersigned, testify that Miss Karjiya Yusuf ⟦attached⟧ ⟦to her⟧ is of Iranian nationality and she is
unmarried, and her father traveled to his country, Iran, some time ago, and she has no one left in Iraq to support her, so we beg
your Excellency's kindness to approve granting her a passport to travel to her country, Iran. And to your Excellency, our thanks.
Witness - Saleh Shaul | Witness - Salim Shakarji | Mukhtar of the neighborhood - Ezra Mukammal
Number -: 51 / ⟦...⟧
Date -: 51 / 2 / ⟦...⟧
⟦Considered⟧ the case
⟦51/2/2⟧
⟦...⟧
(The authenticity of the Mukhtar's seal above is certified) on behalf of the Acting Head of the Community

Page 592

51 /
4/24/1951
24
Saleh Robin Yusuf Kaj
Miss Karjiya Sassoon Munshi Matana
The tenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 593

⟦illegible⟧/42
422
Ezra Shatoub, known as Ezra Shatoub Ibrahim Haroun Hamis
Miss Hanina Saleh, known as Hanina Janet Saleh Mounir Somikh
The twenty-sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
12/4/1950
⟦illegible stamp⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 594

51 / 1946
359
Shlomo Meir known as Shlomo Meir Baruch Somikh
Miss Flora Murad known as Flora Dina daughter of Murad Heskel
The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD.
⟦illegible signature⟧
5 / 4 / 46
⟦illegible stamp⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 595

⟦51/522⟧
4/1951/
Certificate
To
Whom It May Concern
Based on the documents kept with us, we confirm that Mrs. Rahma daughter of Moshe Qahtan is
the widow of the deceased Yusuf Rubin Dallal.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 596

Personal Status Court in Baghdad
Judge ⟦line⟧ Mr. Salman Bayat
Number ⟦line⟧ 120 / 48
Previously, Yusuf Rubin Dallal passed away on July 15, 948, and his inheritance was limited to his wife Rahma daughter of
Moushi Qahtan and his adult children, namely Salim, Naeem, and Albert from his aforementioned wife, and he has no heirs other than these
according to what was stated in the statement issued by the Mukhtar of the Battaween neighborhood dated 7/22/48 and confirmed
by the testimony of both the lawyer Yusuf Battat and Albert Yaqoub, residents of the Battaween neighborhood. Therefore, their inheritance
matter is valid based on twenty-four shares, of which three shares go to the wife Rahma daughter of Moushi
and seven shares to each of the children Salim, Naeem, and Albert according to the Sharia obligation. At the request of one of the heirs,
Naeem, this distribution was organized in writing on 7/27/1948.
Marriage certificate number ⟦line⟧ 84 ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 599

51/5/⟦10⟧
1951/4/⟦27⟧
211
Shmuel Gabriel Shmuel
Miss Nazima Baghdad Shmuel
The twenty-fifth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 600

51 /
1951 / ⟦...⟧
50 / 8
Mordechai Yahya Mordechai Yosef Nassim
⟦...⟧ Mosul Miss Fakhriya Ishaq Rahmin Yosef Nassim
The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council