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 4 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 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 Menashi Haskel Gabbay passed away in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
51 / ⟦848⟧ 1951 / 4 / ⟦4⟧ 295 Heskel Ezra Heskel Miss Harriet Menashi Yaqub Khedhouri The fourth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦1951/4/4⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 1951 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 302 Meshi Ezra Hesqel Miss Lulu Menashi Sofair The ninth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 4 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 460 I hereby certify that Mr.: Ibrahim son of Moshi Ibrahim Married in Baghdad: Miss Karjiya daughter of Haroun Rahmin Lawi On the day: 22 / 5 / 1944 (Corresponding to 18 Iyar 5704) Ketubah amount: 7000 Rupees Witnesses: Jaafar Mir Saleh Moshi Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
51 / 4/1951/ ⟦illegible⟧ 460 Ibrahim Moshi Ibrahim Miss Karjiya Sassoon Rahmin Sassoon The twenty-second of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD. On behalf of President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 2/4/1951
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 14 / 4 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 99, I hereby certify that Mr. Naji Ben Zion bin Ibrahim married in Baghdad ⟦Miss⟧ Rosa Hannah daughter of Ibrahim Rahim on the day 28 / 6 / 1922 (corresponding to 4 Tammuz 5682) (⟦line⟧) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses Dinars | Shimon Shaul 27/500 | Khedhouri Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 4 / 1951
51 / 1951/4/⟦illegible⟧ 99 Naji Sayoun Ibrahim Miss Rosa Matna daughter of Ibrahim Rahim The twenty-eighth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Physical Council
518 4/1951/ 799 Michael Daniel Israel Irani Miss Sabiha Aziz Haroun The ninth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 4/1951/ 206 Naji Shohet Menashi, known as Naji Moshi bin Menashi Moshi Shohet Miss Farha to Salman Murad The twenty-fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
Baghdad 10 / 4 / 951 His Excellency, the President of the Jewish Community, Respected I am Nazim Eliyahu Shaul, an employee of the Railways, and I was dismissed from ⟦personal⟧ service on 28 / 2 / 951, and since I have the ⟦intention⟧ to travel, I request your Excellency's approval to certify that I am the ⟦provider⟧ for my family and responsible for their support, and their Iraqi nationality has been revoked under the numbers registered below Form Number Eliyahu Shaul Moshi (my father) } 20751 and following him on the form is Marcelle Eliyahu Hanna Yaqub Ezra (my mother) 20754 Juliette Eliyahu Shaul (my sister) 20752 We hope for your Excellency's certification of this I certify the authenticity of the signatures The Mukhtar Witness ⟦signature⟧ Yaqub Ezra Bani Residing in Arpajiyah House No. 5 P 22 1 / ⟦illegible⟧ Witness ⟦signature⟧ Salim Eliyahu Shaul Residing in ⟦Al-Sinak⟧ House Number ⟦14/1/1⟧ Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils
⟦4254⟧ / 51 4/⟦2⟧/1951 Certificate To Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Eliyahu Shaul Marshi is the father of Mr. Nazim Eliyahu Shaul and that Hanna Yaqub Ezra is his mother, and that both Juliet Eliyahu Shaul and Marcelle Eliyahu Shaul are his sisters; we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him during travel. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Number 51 / Date 4/1951/ CERTIFICATE To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the named Habiba Hesqel Nassim is the mother of Mr. Musa Yaqub Moshi, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying her with him during travel. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
51 / ⟦...⟧ 1951/4/⟦...⟧ Certificate To Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Ephraim Nassim Isaac is the father of the person named Joseph Ephraim Nassim And we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him on the journey. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
4/951/ 303 Dr. Anwar Eliyahu Al-Ani Miss Rachel Ezra Bashi The tenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD On behalf of President of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 12 / 4 / 1957 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 202, I hereby certify that Mr.: Albert Anwar Eliyahu Al-Ani Has married in Baghdad: Rachel Ezra Shabi On the day: 10 / 4 / 1957 (Corresponding to 9 Nisan 5717) Ketubah amount: One thousand and one hundred Dinars Witnesses: Shimon Shaul Salim Hakham Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 4 / 57
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦22 / 4 / 1951⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 851, I hereby certify that Mr. Sasson Hanina married in Baghdad Miss Regina Hanina Ezra Safon Shaul on the day 28 / 2 / 1951 (corresponding to 22 Adar year 5711) Ketubah amount: 200 Ottoman Gold Liras Witnesses: Hakham Yosef Hakham Sasson / Hezekiel Hayyim Abdul Rahim Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ 256 24/4/951
5428 1951/4/13 151 Sassoon Heskel Miss Rahima Hezekiah Ezra Jacob Shaul The twenty-eighth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and one AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 4/30/1951 On behalf of President of the Lay Council
⟦517⟧ 4/951/ 151 Sassoon Hantia Miss Rahifa Hantia Ezra Yaqub Shaul The twenty-eighth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 951 / 4 / 79 Gurji Moshi Youssef Saleh Miss Khatoun Munshi Rahmin The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen AD. On behalf of President of the Physical Council
⟦illegible⟧/5430 15/4/951 218 Yousef Shaoul Meshaal, known as Yousef Hai bin Shaoul Yousef Meshaal Miss Rachel Farha, daughter of Ezra Yousef Meshaal The seventeenth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 24 / 8 / 951 Draft ⟦illegible⟧ Audited 24/8/951 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
51 / 4/1951/ 218 Yousef Shaul Meshaal, known as Yousef Hai bin Shaul Yousef Meshaal Miss Rachel Farha, daughter of Ezra Yousef Meshaal The seventeenth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council 063 152/8/51 817 By virtue of this order, I have authorized the Directorate of Travel and General Nationality to grant Rafiq Anwar Shaul pursuant to Article 6 of the Law for the Deprivation of Iraqi Nationality No. 1 for the year 1950, permission to leave Iraq, renounce Iraqi nationality, and have it revoked from him (Form Number 955) 152/8/51 on 8/2/1951 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Minister of Interior Acting Director of Travel and General Nationality Registration ⟦illegible⟧ 8/2/1951
4/1951 83 Haroun Youssef Jafalwi Miss Khatoun Daoud Azouri The twenty-ninth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. On behalf of President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧
517 4/⟦illegible⟧/1951 The prominent Yehuda Shimon Eliyahu ⟦Mosul⟧ Miss Dina Daoud Shalam The second of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. On behalf of President of the Physical Council