Birth and Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese documents are from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death certificates of community members. Certificates cover from the 1880s-1946. Many are in Arabic, Judeo-Arabic, and English.
⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad 12th March 1946 Birth Certificate In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ALBERT son of EZRA INI was born in Baghdad in the year 1918 (nineteen hundred & eighteen A.D.) Date President The Jewish Community Baghdad. Mr. President Based on the certificates Birth certificate of Mr. Albert Ezra ⟦Year⟧ Year 1918 And eighteen
Baghdad 12th March 1946 Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirmthat Mr. NAJI RAHMIN KHARMOUSH was born in Baghdad in the year 1911 (nineteen hundred & eleven A.D,) President The Jewish Community Baghdad. Mr. President Extract ⟦Permit⟧ Birth certificate of Mr. Naji Rahmin Kharmoushi for the year 1911 (one thousand nine hundred and eleven) AD ⟦signature⟧ 12/3
Certificate 19 March 946 Based on the marriage contract No. 63, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac son of Yohanan son of Pinhas married in Baghdad Miss Naima daughter of Shmuel son of Mordechai on the twelfth day of the month of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine. ⟦illegible⟧ 3/19 On behalf of / Head of the Community
Certificate 19 March 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 216, we hereby confirm that Mr. Pinhas bin Yohanan bin Pinhas, known by the name Pinhas bin Hafu, was married in Baghdad to Miss Rasta daughter of Yusuf bin Sabti on the third day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. ⟦signature⟧ 19 / 3 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 19 March 946 Based on the marriage record numbered 358, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq Sayoun son of Ibrahim son of Moshe, known as Sayoun bin Ibrahim, was married in Baghdad to Miss Naeema daughter of Moshe son of Sayoun on the eighteenth day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ 19/2 On behalf of the Head of the Community
Baghdad 20th March 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. YUSUF IBRAHIM SHEMIA was born in Baghdad in the year 1925 (nineteen hundred & twenty- five A.D.) ⟦illegible signature⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. President of ⟦Danu⟧ ⟦Boujat⟧ Birth certificate of Mr. Yusuf Ibrahim Shemia in Baghdad in the year 1925 one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five AD ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/20
17 Elul 5617 Before us, the undersigned witnesses below On the 1st day of the week (Sunday), 17th of the month of Elul, the year five thousand six hundred and seventeen Here in Baghdad, may God protect her Afterwards, Eliyahu son of R. Yosef Bakhour of blessed memory, son of Ezra son of Meir son of Ezra in Baghdad, said That he agreed of his own free will, son of Ezra son of Meir, to his daughter Mrs. Kachla daughter of Kachla daughter of Chaim son of Lulu ⟦...⟧ on the day mentioned above that they gave him their wages and took it upon themselves Witnesses Shimon Hazan Levi son of Moshe " Shimon Hazan Matouk Sasson ⟦illegible signature/mark⟧
7071 <del>8741</del> Certificate 22 March 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Anwar son of Murad son of Meir Saleh has conducted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Gladys daughter of Dawood son of Murad Cohen on the twenty-fourth day of the month of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married ⟦illegible⟧ 2/22 Head of the Community
7072 24 March 946 25 Certificate Based on the marriage contract number 446, we hereby certify that Mr. Shaul son of Haroun son of Hesqel Ezra was married in Baghdad to Miss Sabiha daughter of Abid son of Murad Shukerji on the sixth day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 2/24 7 Head of the Community
Certificate 7072 24 March 946 25 Based on the marriage certificate number 291, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abid son of Hayyim son of Eliya was married in Baghdad to Miss Aziza daughter of Yusuf Zalait on the eighth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 7/24 Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦25/7/811⟧ ⟦25/3/1946⟧ 7074 24 March 946 25 Certificate Based on the marriage contract numbered 421, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shua son of Moshe Isaac married in Baghdad Miss Wajiha daughter of Haskil Moshe on the third day of the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five ⟦signature⟧ 24 / 3 On behalf of the Head of the Community
The Religious Court of the Holy Congregation Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Religious Court - Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD Number: 296 Date: 25 / 2 / 946 File Number: 7 / 945 His Honor Rabbi Sassoon Khaddouri, Respectfully President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please be so kind as to give the bearer of this paper a certified copy of the consensual divorce between the husband Menasha Thall Salih Shlomo Dawoud and his wife Doreen Gurji Salem Abboud on the day of 20 Cheshvan the year ⟦corresponding to⟧ 1 / 11 / 945 ⟦illegible signature⟧ The President
Certificate 25 March 946 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Munir Shaul Saleh Shlomo Dawid has divorced his wife Doreen Gurji Salem Abdo on the first day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five. ⟦illegible⟧ 2/25 ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
17 Adar II 506 Before Mr. Isaac son of Ezra son of Isaac, may he rest in peace He made a complete admission that he received from the hand of Mr. Isaac son of Abraham, may he rest in peace The sum of 2000 Grush In cash money 20 Nisan 507 and he returns to the house of Mr. Ezra son of Isaac, may he rest in peace In place of his debt that he has with the aforementioned Mr. Isaac in the handwriting of the aforementioned Mr. Isaac son of Ezra The aforementioned sum of 2000 Grush 2000 Grush 400 Dirham 2400 The humble Simeon Sasson The humble Ezra Ch. Sasson The humble Simeon Sasson The humble Isaac ⟦illegible signature/mark⟧
7075 24 March 946 S. H. Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Heskel Sabih son of Mansi son of Heskel Sadiq has conducted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Toba Rena daughter of Ezra Mashir Elias on the third day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 3/24 On behalf of the Head of the Community
16 Elul 706 Before the court of justice here in Baghdad, may the Almighty protect it Today, Thursday, 16th of Elul, the year 5706 of the Creation Here in Baghdad, may the Almighty protect it Regarding the Ketubah money of Mrs. ⟦Habiba⟧ daughter of ⟦Yaakov⟧ (mentioned above) and between her husband The deceased ⟦Yaakov⟧ son of ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Hakham⟧ of blessed memory and between his heirs ⟦mentioned⟧ above in this ⟦writing⟧ ⟦mentioned⟧ Total - Gold coins 1200 4 2 ⟦line⟧ 1206 Gold coins Coins Silver The servant of God Salman H' Avraham The servant of God Sasson H' Yitzhak ⟦signature⟧
7076 24 March 946 45 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we confirm herewith that Mr. Reuben Eliyahu, known by the name Reuben son of Nissim Reuben Hakham Moshe Hakham Shimon, has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Juliette Hanini, known by the name Juliette daughter of Daoud Hesqail Khedhouri, on the twenty-sixth day of the month of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 2/24 7 Head of the Community
List T. 7.7 31 August year 96 52 By virtue of this document, we, the Consulate of Austria-Hungary, have received what pertains to the inheritance shares, and accordingly And whereas Yusuf bin Zaboun has passed away and what belongs to Bayan Zaboun Issa, son of the aforementioned, has been delivered into our hands And according to the formulation of 2000 rupees and considered in exchange for it a contract of one hundred rupees, and he has inherited from him From the aforementioned Yusuf as previously explained, and in a winning paper with other current trusts, and what was in our hands was delivered Into our hands and its safekeeping, what is in our hands we had received in the hospital on 12 November year 95 ⟦signature⟧ Consulate of Austria in Bombay 7
28 Nissan 706 Before the Chief Rabbi Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, may his light shine (The Chairman of the Rabbinical Court in Baghdad) In the city of Baghdad There appeared before us Mr. Ezra son of Abraham Ezra Naim known as Ben Ezra Naim By virtue of the document in his possession written in the Arabic language from the Iraqi government And gave full and clear testimony that his name and his father's name and his family name is as mentioned above And to this we have signed Ezra Naim Abraham Ezra " Chaim Yosef Shochet Sassoon Khedouri Hakham Bashi In Baghdad
Certificate April 29, 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf Nazim, known as Yusuf bin Shlomo Munir Abdul Aziz, concluded his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Doreen daughter of Gurji Salem Abdu on the eleventh day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 4/29 On behalf of/ Head of the Community