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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 701-725

Page 702

51 / ⟦882⟧
4/⟦9⟧/1951
94
Ibrahim Abdullah Khabbaza
Mrs. Rachel Moshi Nassim Zakaria
The sixth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 703

51 / ⟦illegible⟧
4 / 1951 / ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
We certify that the person named Shlomo Sasson bin Ezra Daoud, whose photo is attached above,
is the same person as Sasson bin Ezra Daoud.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Photo
⟦illegible⟧
27 / 7 / 951
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ / 4 / 951

Page 704

51/5387
4/9/1951
Certificate
We certify that the person named Shaljo Sassoon son of Ezra Daoud, whose photograph is attached above,
is the same person as Sassoon son of Ezra Daoud.
(True copy)
Baghdad on 7/22/951
⟦signature⟧
Naim Ibrahim ⟦Yehuda⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦Written⟧
Audited
7/22/951

Page 705

51 /          Certificate
4/ /1951
Based on the letter of the Religious Court No. 68 dated 4/9/951, we hereby
confirm that the named Shua Hezekiel Benjamin Dallal has married Miss Claire Sassoon Aboudi Yousifan
on the ninth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 706

4 / 9 / 1951
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
The marriage of Mr. Shawkat Haqqi Rubin Dallal
to Miss Kelly daughter of Abboudi Yousifan was concluded on
the ninth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one
AD
Salman Hawki
Abboudi
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 4 / 951

Page 707

51 /
4 / 1951 /
15
Rahmin Nassim Kashi
Miss Violet Ephraim Kashi
The eighteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 708

51 /
4 / 1951 /
723
Mushih Moshi Marikh known as Ezra Mushih bin Moshi Marikh Yusuf
Miss Toba Yuna Marikh known as Esperance Toba bint Yuna Marikh
The thirtieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 709

51/5391
10/4/951
290
Saleh Sassoon Sekawi
Miss Reina Daoud Soda'i
The fourth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
(True copy)
Baghdad on 14/5/951
⟦signature⟧
Acting President of ⟦...⟧
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 710

⟦illegible⟧ /
1951/4/⟦...⟧
⟦Register 1 Number⟧ 290
Saleh Sassoon Sekawi ⟦...⟧
Miss Rifa Daoud Soda'i ⟦...⟧
The fourth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD.
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
<del>1951/4/⟦...⟧</del>
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council

Page 711

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 9 / 4 / 1951
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 404, I hereby certify that
Mr. Yusuf Shaul Ishaq
married in Baghdad Miss Sabiha Abboud Khayra
on the day 6 / September / 1928 (corresponding to 10 Elul 5689)
(⟦line⟧)
Ketubah Amount | Witnesses
Dinars | Shimon D. Shaul
200 | Hakham Eliyahu Abraham
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 712

51 /
4 / 4 / 951
404
Youssef Shaoul Isaac
Miss Sabiha Sion Abdullah
The sixth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 713

⟦illegible⟧
4/⟦illegible⟧/1951
175
Aziz Benjamin Ibrahim
Miss Bulbul Tahia bint Hayyim Shalom
The ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
President of the Physical Council

Page 714

⟦General Directorate of Civil Status⟧
6267
Death Certificate
Burial Permit
Volume: 3
D/M Number:
Neighborhood or Village:
Sub-district:
District:
Province: Baghdad
Name of the deceased and surname: Musa ⟦...⟧
Father's name: Shamoun
Mother's name: Saliha
Date of death: ⟦...⟧
Place of death: ⟦...⟧
Deceased's usual place of residence: ⟦...⟧
Direct cause of death: ⟦...⟧
Gender: Male
Single . Married . Divorced . Widowed: ⟦...⟧
Age: 90 years
Religion: Jewish
Nationality: Iraqi
Occupation:
Number of children of the deceased:
Name of the informant of death: Saleh ⟦...⟧
Signature of the informant or thumbprint: ⟦signature⟧
Relationship of the informant to the deceased: ⟦...⟧
Date of notification: ⟦...⟧
Signature of the competent official and job title
Date ⟦...⟧
I certify the accuracy of this statement
The Mukhtar
⟦signature⟧
⟦Meir Elias Hospital⟧

Page 715

51 /
4/1951/
Death Certificate
Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that the named ⟦Moshe⟧
Shimon Fattal died in Baghdad on the second day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred
and fifty-one AD.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦20⟧ / 4 / 51

Page 717

51 /
4/1951
Certificate
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
After greetings
We hereby confirm that the person named Esther Haskel Moallem is the mother of Mr. Salim Eliyahu Natalo
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

Page 719

We, the undersigned, testify that Yusuf Kurji Abboudi - the former
civil service employee whose nationality was revoked, supports his uncle named
Haroun Shehata Shagil, and that the aforementioned Haroun is disabled, bedridden, and ill
and his age exceeds seventy years. He also supports his wife named Kurjia Haroun
and his daughter named Albertine Yusuf Kurji, who is twenty years old according to her appearance.
Witness | Witness
Kurji Son | Eliyahu Yaqub
Nasser Rabbi | ⟦signature⟧
⟦I certify⟧ the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
Mukhtar of Qanbar Ali neighborhood
50 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Page 720

To
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
Greetings,
We, the undersigned, testify that Mr. Yehuda Menashe Zubaida passed away in
the city of Erbil in the year 1941 (the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD), and for this reason
we have signed.
Witness | Witness
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal
Number: 51/⟦illegible⟧
Date: /4/1951
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Page 721

51/
4/⟦.⟧/1951
131
Saleh Yousef Saleh
Miss Karjiya Shaul Moshi
The sixth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 722

51/
4/1951/
149
Yousef bin Eliyahu
Miss Naima daughter of Yadhkur bin Abed
The twenty-eighth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight AD.
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of
President of the Physical Council
⟦illegible stamp⟧

Page 723

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 10 / 4 / 1951
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Ketubah Amount | Witnesses
Rupees | Jaafar Makki
2500 | Shaul H. Moshi
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Beth Din HaTzedek
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧

Page 724

⟦illegible⟧/51
951/4/⟦illegible⟧
120
Kurji Ibrahim Yaqub
Miss Mazli Ishaq Hasqil Bibi
The twenty-sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Page 725

51 /
4/1951/
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery, we hereby confirm
that the named Shua Yamin Samra passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of
October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧