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.
51 / 4/1951 Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Jahla Hawki Ezra is the mother of Mr. Anwar Ezekiel Ibrahim, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him during travel. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
I hereby testify that the named Habiba Munshi is the sister of Mr. Shlomo Munshi and the wife of Mordechai Shemesh, and Munshi is his mother, and Munshi is his brother, and Rabia is his father, and he is the one who supports them, and they have no provider other than him. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar Haroun Haroun | Sabri Shamil | ⟦illegible⟧ Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils Kingdom of Iraq Ministry of Interior ⟦illegible⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses
51 / 4 / 4 / 1951 Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We hereby confirm that the named Munshi Ishaq Dawood is the father of Mr. Shlomo Munshi and that Rifqa Mordechai Shamash is his mother and that Habiba Munshi is his sister, 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
51 / 4/1951/ Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Hanka Shamil is the father of the person named Fahima Hanka Shamil, and that Tuffaha Ephraim Khattara is her mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying her during travel. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦51/14⟧ ⟦14/4/1951⟧
We hereby certify that the person named Shamil is the father of Farida Shamil and Tuffaha Ephram Tamara is her mother And she is the one supporting them and they have no other provider or caregiver but her Witness Witness The Mukhtar Naji Abboud Shlomo ⟦...⟧ 1951 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Abboud ⟦...⟧ Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils IRAQ 25 FILS Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils IRAQ 25 FILS ⟦illegible⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses 115 1992/7/24 ⟦List⟧ ⟦List⟧ of items delivered to the hand of ⟦...⟧ ⟦List⟧ in the name of N old gold quarter lira, its value ⟦...⟧ expensive ⟦...⟧ old gold quarter, its value ⟦...⟧ English ⟦...⟧ One lira ⟦...⟧ its value ⟦...⟧ lira ⟦...⟧ gold ⟦...⟧ lira ⟦...⟧ gold ⟦...⟧ lira ⟦...⟧ gold ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ lira ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Signature ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
We hereby testify that the named Lulu Abboudi Zilkha is the mother of Henriette Meir Shalom and that ⟦Nazima⟧ Meir Shalom and Juliette Meir Shalom are her ⟦grandchildren⟧ and she is the one raising them and they have no guardian or educator other than her The Witness Naji Abboudi ⟦illegible signature⟧ Abboudi The Witness ⟦illegible signature⟧ The Mukhtar ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦19⟧ 25 Fils 25 Fils ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses
51 / 4 / 1951 / Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby certify that the person named Lulu Aboudi Zilkha is the mother of the person named Henriette Munir Shalom and that both Nazima Munir Shalom and Juliette Munir Shalom are her sisters; and we have provided her with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with her during travel. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Chief Rabbi in Baghdad The Chief Rabbi of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it Salman Hoki Aboudi CHIEF RABBI BAGHDAD Number: 67 Date: 8 / ⟦12⟧ / 59 On the sixth day of the week, the tenth day of the month of Sivan, the year five thousand seven hundred and eighteen (5718) from the creation of the world according to the count that we count here in Baghdad, the city situated on the Tigris River and well waters ⟦We brought⟧ ⟦before us⟧ ⟦In the Rabbinical Court⟧ Isaac S. Kadouri A.H. Abraham Ezra 50 Fils The Righteous Rabbinical Court for the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Hoki Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD
51 / ⟦8⟧ 4/1951/ Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we declare that Hanna Youssef Halawi has been divorced from her husband named Nouri Marishai on the ninth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
51 / 4 / 1951 / 499 Munshi Daoud Munshi Miss Farha Ibrahim Yahya The eighteenth of July, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council
We hereby certify that the named Khaida daughter of Hazqeel Yona is the mother of Mr. ⟦Nouri⟧ Hazqeel's religion, and he is the one who supports her The Mukhtar Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ Witness | Witness Naji Khadouri | Sahyoun Shmeil Ayouni | Certification of the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures 19 / ⟦...⟧
51 / 4/2/1951 Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police After greetings We hereby confirm that the named Khatoun Hesqel Yona is the mother of Mr. Shlomo Abdullah Sarraf, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him on the trip. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
To the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad We, the undersigned, testify that the aforementioned ⟦Shawkat⟧ ⟦Khadouri⟧ ⟦Asiya⟧ is the father of ⟦Fawzi⟧ ⟦Shawkat⟧ ⟦Khadouri⟧ ⟦Asiya⟧ and that his ⟦real⟧ name, his mother ⟦and⟧ ⟦born⟧ in ⟦Jeddah⟧ and for this reason we have signed Witness Abdullah Ishaq Aila Witness Heskel Shawi I certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils Kingdom of Iraq 25 Fils
51 / 4 / 1951 / Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We hereby confirm that the person named Shuaa Abboudi Fatya is the father of Mr. Abboudi Shuaa Abboudi Fatya and that Samha Muslih is his mother and that Masouda Fathi is his grandmother ⟦and we have⟧ provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him on the trip. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on <del>22 / 4 / 1951</del> Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 225, I hereby certify that Mr.: Saleh son of Yusuf Ibrahim Married in Baghdad: Miss Saida daughter of Shir son of Ibrahim H. Nabil Ezra On the day: 10 / 10 / 1926 (Corresponding to 17 Tevet 5686) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses Rupees | Saleh Hakham Shabi 8000 | Ephraim Babai | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp: The Rabbinical Court of the Jewish Community in Baghdad / ⟦illegible⟧⟧
51 / 1951/4/ 225 Saleh Yousef Ibrahim Miss Saida Munir Ibrahim Haskel Ezra The third of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD. On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 4/1951 Certificate Travel and Nationality Police Directorate After greetings We hereby confirm that the named Mazli Ishaq Shohet is the mother of Mr. Moshe bin Sofair, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him on the trip. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
51 / Certificate 4/1951/ Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the person named Jahla Shaul Shaker is the mother of Mr. Robin Ghali son of Isaac Shuhayta, 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 ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad 1951 Baghdad, April 20, 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. Yaqub Najib Salman Kurji has entered into an engagement with Miss ⟦Hanu H. Sayil Kabay⟧ in Baghdad on the day 15 / 3 / 1951 (corresponding to 7 Adar (B)) ⟦line⟧ And has not married yet 711 Conditions | Witnesses ⟦Without divorce⟧ | Shamoun Shaul | Eliyahu Yaqub Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦Committee of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ ⟦BAGHDAD⟧ 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 51 / 4 / 1951 / Yaqub <del>⟦Nuri⟧</del> Salman Kurji Miss Hanna Haskel Gabbay The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 4/1951 Certificate Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police Greetings, We hereby confirm that the named Shaul Eliyahu Nattar is the father of Mr. Benjamin Shaul Nattar, and ⟦given⟧ this certificate for the purpose of accompanying him on the trip. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council