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.
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ The undersigned below testify that Mr. Daoud Isaac Ibrahim Akri and his wife Saboura Ibrahim Ghazal are the parents of Messrs. Ibrahim and Daoud Isaac Akri, and they are Daoud Isaac Akri, and for this reason we have signed Witness Witness ⟦Ezra Musfi⟧ ⟦...⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses above 50 Fils ⟦illegible⟧
51 / ⟦10⟧ 4/2/1951 Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Daoud Ishaq Ibrahim Akri is the father of both Ibrahim Daoud Ishaq Akri and Habib Daoud Ishaq Akri, and that the person named Rahma Sion Ibrahim Ghazal is their mother, and we have provided them with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them in travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
51 / 4 / 1951 / 22 Ibrahim Sassoon Ibrahim Miss Khatoun Youssef Darwish The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 4/1951 Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby certify that the named Afifa Ishaq Mukammal is the wife of Mr. Saleh Haskeel Khabbaza, and Albert Saleh Haskeel is his son, and both Daisy Saleh Haskeel and Louise Saleh Haskeel are his daughters; We have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him on the journey. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
⟦List⟧ 125 13/15/1 Endorsement from the Mixed Private School To Whom It May Concern We certify that the student Renee Daoud Sassoon was a pupil in our school in the first primary grade in the school year 1949-1950 and she left the school at the end of the mentioned year and she was given this certificate based on her request to submit it to the competent authorities for the purpose of traveling outside Iraq. Written on ⟦...⟧ Principal of the Mixed Private School Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
51 / 4/1951/ Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Ezra Haskil Yaqub is the father of Mr. Haskil Ezra Haskil and that Naima Daniheel is his mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him on the journey. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
51 / 4 / 1951 Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We confirm that the named Lulu Sassoon Bulbul is the mother of Mr. Heskel Hayyim Naqqash; 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 / 4/1951 Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Rahma Munir Gurji is the mother of Mr. Eliyahu Ishaq Menahem Al-Ani, 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 / 4/1951/ Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the named Yaqub Moshi Smouha is the father of Mr. Eliyahu Yaqub Smouha and that Salima Sassoon Dallal is his mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him during travel. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
Baghdad 18 / 4 / 1951 To the Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad We, the undersigned, testify that Mrs. Simha Meshi Levi is the mother of Mr. Saleh Selim Shaul and is still alive Witness ⟦illegible⟧ Witness to the relationship ⟦illegible⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses above 4 / 51 50 Fils ⟦illegible⟧
51 / 951/4/ 877 Haroun Eliyahu Shaker Miss Rahina Munshi Ibrahim Yusuf The twenty-seventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD ⟦From⟧ ⟦951/4/8⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 4 / 1951 / Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Simha Moshe is the mother of Mr. Saleh Selim Shaul, 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 / 4/1951/ 136 Naji Saleh Abboudi, known as Hesqel Eliyahu Naji bin Saleh Abboudi Miss Saida Ibrahim Ezra The first of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD By proxy President of the Lay Council
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected We, the undersigned, testify that Musa Murad Al-Yahu is the father of the person named Moshe Murad and that Ghaniya Abboudi Yahya is the mother of the person named Murad And for this reason we have signed 17 / 4 / 951 Witness to that Witness to that <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> ⟦illegible⟧ Rubin Sheikh The Mukhtar 25 Fils 25 Fils ⟦illegible⟧
51 / 4 / 1951 / Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Moshe Murad Eliyahu is the father of Mr. Eliyahu Moshe Murad and that Aziza Abboudi Basri is his mother; we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him on the journey. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
To whom it may concern We, the undersigned, testify that the woman named Hanini Youssef is the wife of the deceased Ibrahim Meir Baruch and he has a son named Daoud son of Ibrahim Meir, and for this reason we have signed 18/4/1951 Witness | Witness Isaac Ibrahim | Ibrahim Munif ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses whose names are listed above The Mukhtar 1951 4 18 Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils 25 Fils ⟦circular stamp⟧
51 / 4/1951 Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Daoud Ibrahim Munir is the brother of Mr. Anwar Gurji bin Ibrahim and that Hanina Youssef is his father's wife, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him during travel Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council