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.
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 51 / 5 / 27 1951 / 2 / 21 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Karjiya Ishaq Israel died in Baghdad on the twenty-second day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 21 ⟦Nisf Al-Han⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 1951 / 2 / 21
The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs in Baghdad⟧ Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yousef Hawki Heskel⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦seventh⟧ day of the month of ⟦June⟧ in the year ⟦5708⟧ (⟦14 / 6 / 1948⟧) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yousef Hawki⟧ ⟦Heskel⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Case filed 21/2/1951
Department Copy 51 / 5048 2/21/1951 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the woman named Toba Daoud Shamash passed away in Baghdad on the third day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Status Clerk 2/21/1951 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 ⟦Murad Daoud Murad⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦18th⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year ⟦5711⟧ ⟦(18 / 2 / 1951)⟧ and for that reason I have signed below 5711 ⟦Murad Daoud Murad⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Of poor means 21 / 2 / 951 ⟦The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Copy to ⟦...⟧ 51 / 5029 Death Certificate 22 / 2 / 1951 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Salim Nunu Yusuf died in Baghdad on the eighteenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Received ⟦signature⟧ Latif Al-Hak 21 / 4 / 951 Ibrahim / 21
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Presidency of the ⟦Jewish⟧ Community Baghdad Number ⟦...⟧ Date ⟦...⟧ Baghdad on February 21, 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify: That: Miss Jamila daughter of Simon Isaac Michael is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers .: Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Entered ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 2 / 1951
Department Copy 505 / M / 51 1951/2/21 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Hayla Sayon Ishaq Mikhail is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 1951/4/21 Ibrahim / 21 ⟦illegible⟧
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 281, I hereby certify that Mr. ⟦Yosef son of Rahma Yosef⟧ has married in Baghdad ⟦the girl Maryam daughter of Mordechai son of Daoud Shah⟧ on the day 6 / 2 / 1919 (corresponding to ⟦6 Adar year 5679⟧) ( ⟦Wajak⟧ ) Ketubah amount: 2000 Rupees, Two Thousand Rupees Witnesses: Saleh Hassan Yona / Baruch Eliazar Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦HEBREW TEXT⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Current status 21 / 2 / 951 Three copies
Department Copy 51 / 5051 21 / 2 / 1951 381 Numan Yaqub Rais, Iranian Miss Rosa Mordechai Daoud Shamshash The sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Guest of the state ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 2 / 951
⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 5052 1951/2/21 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Menashi Menachem Isaac Eini died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 51/2/21 Ibrahim / 21
Department Copy 51/5052 1951/2/28 To Whom It May Concern Messrs. Abbas Waheeb and Ali Al-Aghwani have replaced Alwan Hammoud in guarding the cemetery, and at the request of Mr. Heskel Haddad, we have provided him with this certificate. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 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 ⟦Daoud Darwish Tweig⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year ⟦5711⟧ ( ⟦1951/3/18⟧ ) and for this reason I have signed below. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦David Darwish⟧ ⟦Tweig⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Case filed 1951/3/22
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 5054 Death Certificate 22 / 2 / 1951 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Khatoun Saleh Fathi passed away in Baghdad on the eighth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 22 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 22
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Number ⟦illegible⟧ Date ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on 21 / 2 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu Shmuel Isaac is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Save to file ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 2 / 951
24 Department Copy Certificate 51 / 505 2/22/1951 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu Nassim Isaac is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/22 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/22/951 Ibrahim / 22
⟦Presidency of the Rabbinate⟧ 51 / 5052 1951 / 2 / 22 ⟦illegible⟧ 540 Ezra Menashi Hoki Miss Evelyn Haron Eliyahu The eighth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. 2/22 Acting Chairman of the Committee President of the Lay Council Safekeeping of funds 51 / 2 / 22 Ibrahim / 22
⟦illegible⟧ 51/5057 1951/2/22 ⟦illegible⟧ 28 Saleh Daoud Bashi, known as Saleh Daoud Bashi Boyteh Miss Bertine Hesqel Eliyahu . The twenty-fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 21/2/51 Ibrahim /1
51 / 5058 1951 / 2 / 22 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 56 Munshi Rahmin Daoud Cohen Shamash Miss Masouda Ishaq Hayu Qazzaz The twenty-first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 22 / 2 / 51 Ibrahim / 22
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ Death Certificate 51/5059 2/22/1951 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Saleh Nahum passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-second day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Ibrahim / 22 ⟦signature⟧ Youssef Al-⟦...⟧ 2/22/951 ⟦illegible⟧
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community In Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israelite Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: 44 Date: 22 / 2 / 1922 We testify in the name of the Court of Justice of the Congregation of Israelites in Baghdad that Mr. Isaac son of Abraham (Sariyah) son-in-law of Abraham son of Elijah (Somayech) gave a bill of divorce according to the law of Moses and Israel to his wife Mrs. Simcha daughter of Isaac and it was on Thursday the twenty-fourth of the month of Adar in the year five thousand six hundred and eighty-two from the creation of the world ⟦illegible signature⟧ 50 Fils Chief Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧ in Baghdad CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD Kindness of the situation 1921/2/22 Date of Engagement 28 / 2 / 1922 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Date of Divorce 8 / 2 / 1922 ⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 51/5060 1951/6/23 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Naji Sayon son of Ibrahim married Mrs. Rosa (Matana) daughter of Ibrahim Hussein Maslawi on the twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD, then a divorce took place from her on the eighth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Saved to the ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 6 / 951 Ibrahim / 25
⟦illegible⟧ Department 51/5020 2/22/1951 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Naji Sion son of Ibrahim became engaged to Ms. Rosa (Matana) daughter of Ibrahim Rahmin (Maslawi) on the twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD, and then his divorce from her took place on the eighth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2/22/951 Ibrahim / 22
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦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 ⟦William Murad Meir⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦11th⟧ day of the month of ⟦January⟧ in the year ⟦5712⟧ (1/12/1952) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Murad Murad⟧ ⟦Meir⟧ Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Fairness of the situation⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ 2/22/1951 ⟦illegible⟧