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.
5242/51 21 March 1951 999 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. IBRAHIM YOUSIF HISKEL married Mrs. LAILA HISKEL SHAOUL SAWDAYEE on 27th October 1943 ( nineteen hundred fourty three). ⟦illegible⟧ Offg. president, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD Copy ⟦21 / 3 / 51⟧
Copy of the Marriage Contract ⟦line⟧ Name of the Groom: ⟦Bashir Yaqub Cohen⟧ Name of the Bride: ⟦Rahma Samuel⟧ Date of Marriage: ⟦1940⟧
Copy of the Identity Record Name —: Naim Father's Name —: Shamoun Al-Sayegh Mother's Name —: Karjiya Religion —: Mosaic Place and Date of Birth —: Khalis - Al-Sarai Quarter 80/2 Occupation —: Primary Teachers' Institute Languages he is proficient in —: Arabic and English 1951 True copy of the original ⟦signature⟧ 1951/2/21
⟦illegible⟧ Name: ⟦Saadia⟧ Father's Name: ⟦Khalid⟧ ⟦Hamid⟧ Mother's Name: ⟦Bahia⟧ Date of Birth: 1945 School: ⟦Al-Rusafa⟧ ⟦Primary⟧ ⟦School⟧ for Girls Grade: ⟦Fourth⟧ ⟦Primary⟧ Address: ⟦Baghdad⟧ - ⟦Adhamiya⟧ - ⟦Ras al-Hawash⟧ 1321 School Principal ⟦signature⟧ 1 / 10 / 1956
His Excellency the President of the respected Israelite Community. We, the undersigned, testify that Shimon Yaqub Shamil Saigh is the father of Mr. Naim Shimon and that Karjiya Hayyim Nissan is his mother, and at his request we have provided him with this certificate and that the citizenship revocation number of Shimon Yaqub Shamil Saigh is 22866 and the citizenship revocation number of Karjiya Hayyim Nissan is 22865 and the citizenship revocation number of Naim Shimon Yaqub Saigh is 22864. Witness | Witness Youssef Nassim Shimon | Hammadi ⟦...⟧ 50 Fils 19 Yaqub
51/5592 3/21/1951 Certificate Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that the person named Shimon Yaqub Shamil Saleh is the father of Mr. Naeem Shimon Yaqub and that Karjiya Hayyim Nissan is his mother and that Victor, Ibrahim, and Eliyahu are his brothers. ⟦Majid Kaddouri⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧ / 2 / 51 ⟦illegible⟧
Register of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 2/2/1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 222, I hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu Yosef son of Barkhayil has married in Baghdad Miss Farha daughter of Faraj Eliyahu and Robin on the day 10/19/1927 (corresponding to 22 Shevat 5688) Ketubah amount | Witnesses Rupees | Saleh H. ⟦illegible⟧ | Naji H. Nair Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad According to the marriage register of the community, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu Yosef son of Barkhayil married Miss Farha daughter of Faraj Eliyahu and Robin on the day 2/21/1951 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 2/21/1951
Certificate ⟦2294⟧ / 51 21 / 3 / 1951 Based on what was stated in the marriage certificate numbered 726 and based on what was stated in the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, dated 21 / 3 / 1951 We hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu Yusuf Brakhil married in Baghdad Miss Farha Ephraim Eliyahu Rubin on the nineteenth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven AD, and that he did not marry anyone other than the aforementioned lady. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 3 / 51
List 815 D R 16/15/1 D Based on Article No. 2 of Law No. 62 of 1933 and Article No. 4 of Law No. 5 of 1961, and in the meeting of the Jewish Community Council in Baghdad held in its session No. 8 on 16/5/1961, the Council decided to approve the revocation of Iraqi citizenship from the person named Youssef Ishaq Shaoul and his wife Regina Zaki Shaoul and their children Raymond, Ishaq, and Layla based on their request attached herewith with all documents related to them for the purpose of travel. ⟦signature⟧ President of the Jewish Community Council Chairman of the Jewish Property Management Committee ⟦illegible⟧ 16/5/1961
56/5245 3/25/1951 ( 188 ) Khedhouri Eliyahu Shashoua Miss Naima daughter of Shua Isaac Bechor The twenty-second of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council
51 / 5246 3 / 25 / 1951 Certificate ⟦illegible⟧ / 25 To whom it may concern Based on the marriage certificate numbered 355, we hereby confirm that Victoria Haron Saleh Cohen is the wife of Khedhouri Salman Moallem. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3 / 25 / 1951
51/5245 1950/3/25 189 Khedhouri Elyahu Shashoua Miss Naima Shua Isaac Behor The twenty-second of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Chief ⟦Clerk⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 3 / 50
Register of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 25 / 2 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 268, I hereby certify that Mr. Haron Yusuf Zarur married in Baghdad Miss Habiba daughter of Shaul Ibrahim on the day 18 / 2 / 1951 (corresponding to 11 / Adar / 711 ⟦line⟧ Ketubah Amount | Witnesses Dinars | Simon Shaul 75 | Salim H. Shaul Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ 25 / 2 / 51
51/5247 1951/3/25 268 Sassoon Youssef Zaarour Miss Habiba Shaul Ibrahim The eighteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD ⟦Classified to N⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ 951/3/25 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
51 / 5248 1951 / 3 / 25 257 Moussa Sassoon Sandouri Rivka Nissan known as Saboura Rivka daughter of Nissan Kako Sandouri The fourteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. Acting Head of Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 3 / 951
51/5249 1951/3/25 387 Najm bin Abed Ibrahim Miss Hanna bint Abed The eleventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦1951/3/21⟧
51/5249 3/25/951 387 Najm Abid Ibrahim Miss Hanna daughter of Abid The eleventh of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. Copy ⟦illegible signature⟧ 3 / 20 / 951 The Lay Council Baghdad ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community Baghdad on 21 / 3 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 287 I hereby certify that Mr.: Najm son of Saber Ibrahim has married in Baghdad: Miss Hanna daughter of Saber on the day: 11 / 7 / 1944 (corresponding to 20 Tammuz 744) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 75 | Shimon Shaul Seventy-five | Najm H. Al-K Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 7 / 951
250 / 5 / 51 S / 3 / 1951 155 Khadouri Youssef Shmeil Miss Samha Karjia daughter of Munir Eliahu The eighth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fourteen AD ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦20 / 3 / 1951⟧
51 / ⟦illegible⟧ 3/⟦illegible⟧/1951 246 Shafiq Khaddouri Salman Miss Juliet Elia Daniel Elia The ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 3 / 1951 ⟦Naeem Ibrahim⟧ On behalf of Vice President of the Lay Council
51 / ⟦552⟧ 1951 / 3 / ⟦25⟧ ⟦1951⟧ / 2 / 25 195 Heskel Isaac Jacob Shamash Miss Berthe Daoud Yassin Hawa The seventh of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦signature⟧ 1951 / 2 / 25 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of Vice President of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 25 / 2 / 1951 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 256, I hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu son of Daoud Al-Hayek has married in Baghdad Miss Doris daughter of Shaul on the day 14 / 2 / 1951 (corresponding to 8 Adar 711) (⟦line⟧ Ketubah amount: 500 Witnesses: ⟦Shaul Shamoun⟧ Eliyahu Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦The Rabbinical Court⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ 25 / 2 / 1951
51 / 3/1951/ 256 Eliyahu bin Daoud bin Ishaq Miss Doris bint Shaul The fourteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 14/3/1951
362 51/ 1951/3/ Shalom Heskel Shalom Irani The chaste Miss Salima daughter of Suleiman Shua The fifteenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. Received the original ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 3 / 1951 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 2 / 3 / 1951 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
51/5254 1951/3/26 367 Shalom Heskel Shalom Irani Miss Fariha Salima daughter of Suleiman Shuh The fifteenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. (True copy) Baghdad Baghdad on 1951/3/26 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council