AI en Translation, Pages 26-50
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28 Nisan 706
Mazal Tov and Siman Tov
In the name of the Merciful One full of mercy, blessed be His name and exalted be His memory
Valid a priori
On the fifth day of the week, the twenty-eighth day of the month of Nisan, the year five thousand seven hundred and six of the creation of the world
according to the count we are accustomed to count here in Baghdad, which sits on the Tigris River, how the pleasant young man Isaac may his lamp shine
Habib may his lamp shine, Ovadia may his lamp shine, Ezra may his lamp shine, Sasson may his lamp shine, Ezekiel may his lamp shine, Sasson may his lamp shine, Kadoorie
became engaged and bound
Ovadia Chaim son of Isaac
Maatuk
Ovadia Chaim son of Isaac
Maatuk
⟦illegible signature in blue ink⟧
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⟦79-9⟧
Certificate
29 April 946
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we
hereby confirm that Miss Farha, daughter of Yaqub Zakaria, is neither engaged nor married as there is
no record for her in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
4/29
On behalf of the Head of the Community
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27 Nisan 507
Good fortune and a good sign
In the name of the Merciful One, full of mercy
Blessed be the name of the King of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He
The glory of God is to conceal a matter
The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the voice of the jubilation of grooms from their canopies and of youths from their banquet of song
On the sixth day of the week, on the twenty-seventh day of the month of Nisan, the year five thousand seven hundred and seven from the creation of the world
Abraham Joseph
Shimon Agassi
Ma'atuk
Sasson
⟦illegible⟧
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7192
Certificate
April 26, 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 330, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ephraim son of
Yosef Aghai married in Baghdad Miss Salima daughter of Ishaq son of Shmuel
on the twenty-second day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
4/26
Head of the Community
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7192
Certification
24 April 946
Based on the marriage certificate presented, we hereby confirm that Mr. Lefay Murad known
by the name Murad bin Yaqub has married in Baghdad Miss Lulu daughter of Ibrahim Shu'ah
Samra on the twenty-fourth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-one.
⟦signature⟧
4/25
7 Head of the Community
Interest certificate
⟦illegible⟧
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7191
Certificate
24 April 946
Based on the marriage record numbered 60, we hereby certify that Mr. Gurji son of Ezra
Moshe Sudayi married in Baghdad Miss Serah Kamal daughter of Mordechai Daoud
Mordechai on the second day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty
two.
⟦illegible⟧
4/25
Head of the Community
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No 7/90
Baghdad, 24th April 1946
Marriage Certificate.
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 326
I hereby confirm that Mr. ABRAHAM MENASHY GUBBAY married
to Miss DAIZY NESSIM SOMEKH on the 21st day of March
1945 ( nineteen hundred & forty-five A.D.)
Marriage certificate of Mr. Abraham Menashy
Gubbay to Miss Daizy Nessim
Somekh in Baghdad on 3/21/1945
(Two (2) copies)
⟦on behalf of⟧
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
⟦illegible⟧
4/25
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No. 7189
26th April 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Miss DAISY NESSIM SOMEKH was born in
Baghdad in the year 1919 (nineteen hundred & nineteen
A.D.)
⟦illegible⟧
President
The Jewish Community Baghdad
Birth certificate of Miss Daisy Nessim Somekh
in Baghdad 1919 one thousand nine hundred and nineteen
A.D. ⟦illegible⟧ two copies (2)
4/25
Belongs to the sister of Doctor
Emile Somekh .
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7188
Certificate
11 April 946
Based on the marriage record numbered 29, we hereby confirm that Mr. Rahmin bin Shaul
bin Eliyahu has married in Baghdad ⟦from⟧ the named Fareeha daughter of Zion bin
Moallem Eliyahu, known as Fareeha daughter of Zion, on the sixteenth day of
the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty.
⟦illegible⟧
11/4
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Moallem Zion
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7186
15 April 946
Certificate
Based on the investigations conducted by the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Naima, daughter of Ibrahim, is neither engaged nor married,
and she has no record in the relevant registers.
⟦illegible signature⟧
4/15
On behalf of / President of the Community
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14 / M / 706
Good and pleasant master H. Sasson Nissim, may his light shine
Today we received the sum of ⟦...⟧ dinars regarding the Ketubbah of Dahana, may his light shine
For the wedding and celebration
And there was delivered to the honorable Nissim, may his light shine, from this amount, five dinars and four hundred
and 7 fils, and that was by the order of my master H. Abraham Halevi, may his light shine
15 / 4 / 1946
Shimon Halevi
Dependent
Sasson
⟦signature flourish⟧
The amount was delivered to you
Invoice
In ⟦...⟧
23 August Year 925
We received from Mr. ⟦...⟧ son of Mr. ⟦...⟧ an amount of ⟦...⟧ Ottoman gold liras, for
the value of the fee for his marriage to the named ⟦...⟧ daughter of Mr. ⟦...⟧ located in Basra on date ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ according to the instructions issued as of the date ⟦...⟧
⟦Signature⟧
The Accountant
Schools Committee ⟦...⟧
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7187
15 April 946
Certificate
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 200, we hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim
son of Khedhouri Rahmin Abdullah Shapiro was married in Baghdad
to Miss Rima, known as Reina, daughter of Abdullah Rahmin Shapiro, on the
tenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
⟦illegible⟧
15/4
Head of the Community
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7185
Certificate
14 April 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Naim, known by the name Salim, son of Nassim, son of Reuben Hakham Moshe
Hakham Shimon, has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Naima, daughter of Yusuf
Saleh Moallem Eliyahu, on the twenty-eighth day of the month of March of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-six, and has not married yet.
⟦signature⟧
4/14
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Najib Shimon, Commissioner
⟦signature⟧
⟦blue pencil marks⟧
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706 / ⟦illegible⟧
Before us, the undersigned, on Thursday
the sixth day of the month of Adar II, the year 5684 from creation
here in Baghdad
As the undersigned, we came to the house of the deceased Nissim Sassoon Nissim son of Nissim son of Aaron son of Hezekiah Nissim
And we established the dowry of his granddaughter, the daughter of his son Abraham Nissim Sassoon Nissim, may she live, with her heart's chosen one
the young man Sassoon Ezra
Cash 500
Gold 500
Silver 200
Clothes and furniture and other items 200
Total 1400
Shimon Aaron
Matook
Sassoon
Witnesses as undersigned
Yosef Avraham
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Specialized palms of the teacher
Bakr
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7184
Certificate
14 April 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 311, we hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu son of Daoud
Isaac Levi married in Baghdad Miss Violet, known as Juliet, daughter of
Eliyahu son of Yaqub Shaul on the fifteenth day of the month of March in the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
4/14
on behalf of/ Head of the Community
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7182
7782
Certificate
14 April 946
Based on the marriage record number 325, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shaul Khedhouri
son of Haskeil Eliyahu Silhoun married in Baghdad Miss Violet daughter of Khedhouri
son of Dawood Bulbul on the twenty-ninth day of the month of June of the year one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-eight.
⟦signature⟧
4/14
On behalf of / Head of the Community
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⟦718⟧
Certificate
12 April 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 84, we hereby confirm that Mr. Kamil son of Moshe son of
Ezekiel Cohen was married in Baghdad to Miss Sabiha daughter of Hayim son of Aboudi
Musfi on the thirtieth day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-two.
⟦signature⟧
12/4
On behalf of / Head of the Community
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Certificate
12 April 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 341, we hereby certify that Mr. Rahmin Faraj
known as Rahmin bin Shuaa Ishaq married in Baghdad Miss Nourieh
daughter of Yaqub bin Ezra Yaqub on the twenty-first day of the month of March
in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
⟦signature⟧
12 / 4
On behalf of the Head of the Community
718
/
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718
Certificate
11 April 946
Based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Nathan Hai Rubin died in Baghdad on the
fifth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦signature⟧
411
on behalf of/ Head of the Community
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
Moallem Nathan
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7179
Certificate
12 April 946
Based on the certificate of the official in charge of burials at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the woman named Khatoun Sassoon, wife of Nahoum Arwili, died in
Baghdad on the fifth day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
five.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
4/12
Head of the Community
Current status
⟦illegible⟧
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Deceased in Baghdad
Khatoun wife of Nahum Arwili
Thursday 8 Tishrei
Year 5696 corresponding to 26
Burial Agent
Yitzhak Nissim
Halevi
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To the Honorable Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings
Based on the records established in my logs
I hereby certify that Khatun Slon, wife of Nahoum Arwili, passed away
in Baghdad on the date 8 Tishrei 696, and to that effect I have signed
The Acting Authority for Jewish Religious Affairs
Baghdad
⟦Pro Rabbi⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad 12/4/46
⟦signature⟧
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7177
Baghdad 11th April 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. EZRA MENASHI SOFER was born in Baghdad
on the 28th day of November 1914 ( nineteen hundred &
fourteen A,D. )
⟦illegible signature⟧
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Mr. President
For signature please
Birth certificate of Mr. Ezra
Menashi Sofer in Baghdad on
28 February 1914 one thousand
nine hundred and fourteen AD
⟦illegible signature⟧
4/11
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We, the undersigned, certify that Mr. Ezra Menashi Sofer
was born in Baghdad on Saturday, November 28, 1914 AD. .
⟦Shaoul Shohet⟧
Shaoul Shohet
⟦Selim Ezra Hattab⟧
Selim Ezra Hattab
Manager of the Nursery
IRAQ POSTAGE 40 FILS
⟦Iraqi Post⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦5⟧
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Certificate
11 April 946
⟦illegible⟧
4/11
Based on the marriage record numbered 392, we hereby certify that Mr. Yehoshua Bassoon, known
by the name Shua bin Yehuda, was married in Baghdad to Miss Sabiha daughter of Yusuf bin Ishaq
Bassoon on the twenty-fourth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
four.
⟦signature⟧
4/11
Head of the Community