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.
Certificate 25 March 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 369, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin Mordechai bin Makhlouf married Miss Solha daughter of Yusuf bin Mordechai in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦...⟧ 3/25 On behalf of / Head of the Community
Certificate 25 March 946 Based on the presented marriage certificate, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Nunu son of Baruch known as Salim son of Baruch has married in Tehran Miss Violet daughter of Munshi Yaqub Rahmin on the twenty-ninth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two. ⟦signature⟧ 3/25 On behalf of the Head of the Community
Certificate 25 March 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 212, we hereby confirm that Mr. Haroun son of Shaul Sayegh was married in Baghdad to Miss Daisy daughter of Moshi Hayyim Abada on the twenty-seventh day of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦3⟧/25 On behalf of/ Head of the Community
Certificate 25 March 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Naeem son of Saleh Rahmeen has entered his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Saeeda daughter of Yaqub son of Khedouri on the tenth day of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. 10 1945 ⟦illegible⟧ 25 / 3 On behalf of the Head of the Community
7677 Baghdad 22nd March 1946. 21- Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. JACK SASSOON NESSIM was born in Baghdad on the 28th day of January 1902 (nineteen hundred & two A.D.) Mr. President For signature please Birth certificate of Jack Sassoon Nessim in Baghdad year 1902 A.D. (One thousand nine hundred and two) Sassoon President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/22
21 Marheshvan 706 The Committee of the Chief Rabbi in Baghdad, may God protect it On Sunday, the 18th of the month of Marheshvan, the year 5606 from Creation, in Baghdad, may God protect it Honorable to the one who holds it, Amen Before us came the pleasant young man Ben Zion son of the Sage Isaac, may his light shine And testified with a verbal expression before us according to religion and law of the Sage in Baghdad 100 | for Shimon Ezra 100 | pleasantly By the hand of the Sage Abdullah Witness Shimon Aaron " Joseph Hayyim Suleiman Witness Shimon Moshe Sasson
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject:
Date: No 7/27
Baghdad 29th April 1946
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonial presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. SASSOON YAKUB ABOODI husband of FLORA
YUSUF EZRA SHELOMO SOMEKH was born in Baghdad in the
year 1889 (eighteen hundred & eighty-nine A.D.)
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Your Excellency the President
For signature please (two copies)
Birth certificate of Mr. Sassoon Yaqub
Aboodi, husband of Flora Yusuf Ezra
Shelomo Somekh, in Baghdad 1889
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine
A.D.
⟦illegible⟧
4/29
24 Nisan 706 The Rabbinical Committee of the Holy Community of Baghdad, may God protect it Today, Wednesday, the 24th of Nisan in the year 5706 of the Creation In the city of Baghdad Before us came Mr. Avraham Bekhor Chaim son of Yitzhak Rahamim Salman Bekhor And he said before us: I hereby declare with a complete confession that I received from the hand of Eliyahu Bekhor Shimon Ezra the sum of ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Gold 1000 500 ⟦line⟧ 1500 Shimon Ezra Ma'atouk Sasson Witnesses investigated ⟦...⟧ Ezra Yosef Yitzhak 2
⟦7187⟧ Certificate 28 April 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Salim son of Isaac Rahamin Saltoun has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Toba Evelyn known as Evelyn daughter of Moshe Saleh Zulekha on the twenty-fourth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 4/28 On behalf of / President of the Community ⟦Tahsin⟧
7198 Certificate 28 April 946 Based on the marriage contract certificate number 322, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq Kurji, known as Ishaq bin Salman bin Hesqel Ezra Mane, was married in Baghdad to Miss Flora daughter of Hesqel bin Ibrahim Kuku on the nineteenth day of March in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 4/28 Head of the Community
In the name of the Merciful, full [of mercy] For good luck and a sign of blessing and success On the fifth day of the week, on the second day of the month of Elul in the year Crown to the Creation The pleasant young man Elijah, may his light shine, son of the honorable elder Abraham son of Joseph Cohen Joshua, may his light shine, took as a wife Mrs. Rebecca, may she be blessed among women, daughter of the honorable elder Raphael son of the honored Rabbi Isaac HaLevi, may his memory be for a blessing in the world to come Witnesses: Shimon Ezra " Isaac Hai Ezra Everything is valid, clear, and established ⟦...⟧ 500 100 600 Shimon Ezra Ma'atuk Sasson ⟦illegible signature⟧
7199 Certificate 29 April 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Yusuf Battat has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Naima Farha, daughter of Saleh bin Dawud Battat, on the twenty-fourth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦His father-in-law⟧ 4/29 on behalf of/ Head of the Community
28 Nisan 5607 Before us signed the groom Mr. Shimon Nissim, may his light shine On the fifth day of the week, on the second day of the month of Adar I, the year five thousand and six hundred ⟦...⟧ In Baghdad Kadouri Ezra Nissim On the sixth day of the week, the fourth day of the month of Tammuz, the year five thousand and seven hundred So his canopy went up, preceded by Mr. Kadouri and 12th of June Advance 2700 ⟦illegible⟧ 3000 ⟦illegible⟧ 1000 Total 6700 Ezra Sassoon Hezekiah Mr. Kadouri Shmuel Ezra Sassoon Hezekiah Mr. Kadouri Nissim Shmuel ⟦illegible⟧ 3387 List 234 in the year 26 According to what was reported by the Russian Consulate in Constantinople and the Russian Consulate General in Suez and based on The travel mediation and as a result of a marriage contract for the person named Nissim bin Yusuf bin Saleh Sassoon from the Khawaja Nabi Shamoun and her substitute Abraha Abraha in the event of travel with his son Zaki and by searching the records of the Consulate Egypt and with evidence to the head of the Samaa Synagogue at the station that Safaka Constantinople did not occur in it ⟦illegible⟧ The Romans Russian Consulate in Suez ⟦illegible stamp⟧
7200 29 April 946 Certificate Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Said son of Sadqa has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Marcelle daughter of Ezra Houri on the fifth day of the month of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/29 On behalf of the Head of the Community
720 Certificate 30 April 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 371, we hereby certify that Mr. Anwar son of Murad son of Munir Saleh was married in Baghdad to Miss Gladys daughter of Dawood son of Murad Cohen ⟦illegible⟧ on the third day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty six. ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 7 Head of the Community
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Signed before us according to the law Mr. Habib Nissim, may he be protected by God On the day of ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧, may he be protected by God Kosher ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ The signature of Cohen Tzedek ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Ben David ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Witnesses Shimon ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ BAGHDAD Office of the Chief Rabbinate in Baghdad CHIEF RABBINATE BAGHDAD 40 75 58
7201 Certificate 29 April 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 394, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hayyim bin Ibrahim bin Hayyim married in Baghdad Miss Sourie daughter of Mordechai bin Daoud on the twenty-fourth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/29 On behalf of/ The Head of the Community Mordechai
27 Nisan 706 For good luck and a sign of blessing and success On Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of the month of Nisan The year five thousand seven hundred and six In the city of Baghdad, may God protect it, how the pleasant and delightful groom, the honored Rabbi Joseph Shalom son of the honored Rabbi Hanina Mizrahi Said to this virgin woman, Mrs. Rachel daughter of the honored Rabbi Ezra son of S. H. S. Cohen Ketubah | two hundred zuz Addition | 400 Total | 400 Silver and gold Everything is valid and established The Rabbinical Court In Baghdad Witnesses: Isaac Moses ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 27 / Nisan / 706 Before the Rabbinical Court here in Baghdad, may God protect it The dear Mr. Abraham son of Mr. Isaac Abraham, may his light shine, appeared On behalf of his sister Rachel, may she live Regarding the sum of 24 Lira 706 from the deceased Ezra son of Joseph HaLevi, of blessed memory, her late son-in-law For the aforementioned son of Joseph left in the hand of the aforementioned Mr. Abraham the aforementioned sum for her benefit Expenses 400 Estate deed no. 24102 400 Judgment K.N.S. Mutiam The Sexton Aaron Signature Sexton Witnesses the humble Isaac " Mr. Abraham ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Financial 32 N for the year 26 Directed to Zaki Yehuda Nissan on November 11, 1926, an amount of five dinars and five hundred fils representing marriage registration fees at the Personal Status Court in Baghdad according to a receipt official that he had paid to the treasury of the aforementioned court as detailed in the attached receipt ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Consulate of Iraq in ⟦illegible⟧ Marginalia
201 Certificate May 1, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin Yusuf Shaul has entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Hanini Nadra daughter of Haroun bin Yusuf Shmuel on the twenty-fifth day of the month of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty six, and he has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 5/1 Head of the Community Current status ⟦illegible⟧
24 Kislev ⟦...⟧ Before us in the Beth Din, H. Sasson Pinchas may his light shine, was clarified Today, Sunday, the 13th of the month of Adar II, the year 5689 from Creation In the city of Baghdad, may the Lord establish it, Amen Before us in the Beth Din, H. Isaac son of Abraham Ezra son of H. Sasson Habib may his light shine, was clarified Today, Sunday, the 13th of the month of Adar II, the year 5689 from Creation In the city of Baghdad, may the Lord establish it, Amen 24 Kislev ⟦...⟧ Ma'atuk Sasson ⟦red scribble⟧ ⟦blue scribble⟧ List 29 October 1 What was reported by the Consulate of the 17th Upper Canal and the previous letter number ⟦...⟧ with its color and its change of uniform And a mesh suit worth one hundred and forty dinars, is it in the name of Suleiman that he informed him of something And a fourth mesh suit of a type that has a price of one hundred and its old license 17 and a suit that was not reported Consulate of the 17th Upper Canal, the price of its license is in barsha of a northern type ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ In the name of Rabi'a bin Rabi'i ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 15 Consulate of the 17th ⟦illegible⟧
⟦N. C. C⟧ Certificate 30 April 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra bin Ephraim Habousha has not been engaged and has not married, and he has no entry in the relevant records. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
7202 Certificate 30 April 946 Based on the marriage contract number 416, we hereby certify that Mr. Hayyim son of Moshe son of Asher has married in Baghdad Miss Salima daughter of Rahamin son of Moshe on the twelfth day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six. ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 Head of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community ⟦in Baghdad⟧ Number ⟦...⟧ Date ⟦...⟧ Certificate 30 April 946 His Excellency the Honorable ⟦Director⟧ of ⟦Civil Status⟧ Based on the marriage certificate numbered 326, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Gurji son of Moshe Yaqub Asher, known as Ezra bin Moshe, married in Baghdad Miss ( Salha, known as Sabiha, daughter of Hesqel bin Eliyahu, on the twenty-ninth day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. ⟦illegible handwritten note in blue ink⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 On behalf of the President of the Community
Presidency of the Jewish Community The Religious Court of Justice In Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD Number: 822 205 Date: 29 / 4 / 946 1946/4/20 File Number His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri, the Respected President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Please provide Miss Renee daughter of Murad Abdul Nabi with a certificate including her engagement on 19 Tishrei 706 corresponding to ⟦45/11/26⟧ to the young man Naim Murad Samuel Shoshana, represented by Mr. Ibrahim Shaul Mukhlis, before the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad ⟦illegible signature⟧ The President To be sealed with trust ⟦illegible red ink note⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Court of Justice for the Community Baghdad, May God Protect It Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD Number :: 822 Date :: 4/20/1946 File Number: 942 4/29 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Respectfully President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Miss Renee daughter of Murad Abdel Nabi with a certificate confirming her engagement to the young man Naim Murad Samuel Shubah Levy represented by Mr. Ibrahim Shalom Max, and that is before the Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ The President Completed in the affirmative 4/29 ⟦illegible⟧