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IJA 3706

Verification Certificates, Citizenship Paperwork

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Description

These 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.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3706
Item Number
10062
Date
Approx. January 1, 1931 to December 31, 1940
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Endowments, Revenue Stamps, Travel, Death Certificate, Marriage Certificates, Annotation, Handwritten, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ink Stamps, Divorce Certificate, Jewish Lay Council, Birth Certificate, Chief Rabbi, President of the Jewish Community, Spiritual Council, Judeo-Arabic, Typed, Photograph, Meir Elias Hospital, Abrogation of Citizenship

AI English Translation, Pages 826-850

Archival unit 826

51 /
4 / 1951 /
702
Raphael Shaoul Radwan
Miss Juliet Youssef Haskil Habbo
The twenty-seventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 827

⟦I, the undersigned, certify that Mr.⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Khatun daughter of Salman⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦The husband with the serial number⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦The second of the month of November /51⟧
⟦4/1951/⟧
⟦I have provided him with this certificate⟧
The Distinguished
⟦...⟧
Isaac Eliyahu Hezekiah
Miss Habiba Khedhouri Omran
The twenty-first of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty AD.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 828

To whom it may concern
The undersigned, I testify that the two invitees Khatun daughter of Salman and Regina daughter of Haqir
The first is the mother of the person named Saleh (Naji) son of Haqir and the second is his sister, and based on his request
I have provided him with this certificate
I certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures
The Mukhtar
Witness
Salim Ibrahim
⟦signature⟧
Witness
Nassim Isaac
⟦signature⟧
⟦Revenue stamp: 50 fils⟧
⟦Circular ink stamp: illegible⟧

Archival unit 829

51 / ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
4 / 4 / 1951
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
We hereby certify that Khatoun Salman is the mother of the named Saleh Haskeel and that Rahma
Haskeel is his sister, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying them with him in
travel.
⟦line⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Archival unit 830

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Saleh Mahdi Shawkat
⟦signature⟧
Saleh Mahdi
⟦illegible⟧
Kingdom of Iraq
50 Fils
Postage
17/ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦circular ink stamp - illegible⟧

Archival unit 831

⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
815
31/10/13
To the Honorable Director of General Accounts
Subject / ⟦illegible⟧
We kindly ask for your approval to disburse an amount of ⟦illegible⟧ Dinars only
for the subscription fees of the ⟦illegible⟧ scientific journal for the period from ⟦illegible⟧ until
⟦illegible⟧ .
⟦line⟧
On behalf of / Director General of the Financial Department
Head of the Financial Accounts Department

Archival unit 832

51 /
17 / 4 / 951
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
We hereby certify that the woman named Tuffaha Ilya Abboush is the mother of Mr. Abdul Aziz
Khadouri Yaqoub Nassim, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose of accompanying her with him
during travel.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Archival unit 833

51 /
4/1951
Certificate
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
After greetings
We hereby confirm that the person named Munshi Daoud Haskeel is the son of Mr. Gurji Munshi
Mashal and that Rosa Eliyahu Shukurji is his mother, and we have provided him with this certificate for the purpose
of carrying it with him during travel.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council

Archival unit 834

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⟧

Archival unit 835

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

Archival unit 836

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

Archival unit 837

815
1381531
22
Regarding the generation of children, regarding the era
Bashoy Ma Bashir Ritalf Qassa 17
• Qishlimaa Riai was Qassa Adman for the institute for the soul of Qans Ramloua Ran Bash Shana
Qasoulina Lu
Riyat Al-Mu'jaba Al-Salam Al-Sini

Archival unit 838

Copy of the Service Book
Serial: 222
First Rusafa:
Name: Albert Saleh
Date of Birth: 1929
Residing in: 102 / 57
12 / 9 / 947
Single, his parents are alive, his brother is Salim, his sisters: Lawza and Juliet
and Daisy and Esterina, and he is not infected

Archival unit 839

51 /
Certificate
4 / 1951
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Greetings,
We hereby certify that the named Hafiza Ishaq Mukammal is the wife of Mr. Saleh Haskil Khabbaza, and
Albert Saleh Haskil is his son, and both Daisy Saleh Haskil and Louise Saleh Haskil 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

Archival unit 840

⟦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

Archival unit 841

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

Archival unit 842

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

Archival unit 843

⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
50 Fils
Iraqi Post
51/⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 844

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

Archival unit 845

Baghdad on 18 / 4 / 1951
To the Israeli Sectarian Presidency - Baghdad
We, the undersigned, testify that Mr. Yaqub Musa Kamarja
and Mrs. Salima Sakoun Dul are the father and mother of Mr. Eliyahu Yaqub Kamarja
and for this reason we have signed
Witness
⟦illegible signature⟧
Witness
⟦illegible signature⟧
I certify the authenticity of the signatures
of the witnesses above
50 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧

Archival unit 846

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

Archival unit 847

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⟧

Archival unit 848

51 /
951 / 4 /
477
Haroun Eliyahu Shakir
Miss Rahina Munshi Ibrahim Yusuf
The twenty-seventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 849

51 /
4 / 1951 /
Certificate
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
After greetings
We hereby confirm that the person named Simha Moshi is the mother of Mr. Saleh Salim Shaul, 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

Archival unit 850

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