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Honorable President of the Israelite Community After greetings and respect. Based on our information, we testify that Miss Renee ⟦Moussa⟧ Ezra Melmed was born in Baghdad in the year 1927 nineteen twenty- seven. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
IJA 2742
Birth and Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community
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These 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.
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7305 Baghad 27th May 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss DAIZY MOSHIAH EZRA MUKAMMEL was born in Baghdad in the year 1927 (nineteen hundred & twenty- seven A.D.) Mr. President Birth Certificate of Miss Daisy Moshiah Ezra Mukammel ⟦1927⟧ Baghdad ⟦Saleh⟧ 5/27 Her mother is a nurse at the hospital of Meir Elias ⟦illegible signature⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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7306 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. FAWZI SALEH MOSHI LOYA was born in Baghdad in the year 1942 (nineteen hundred & forty-two A.D.) ⟦Ezra⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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No 7307 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH MOSHI LOYA was born in Baghdad in the year 1897 ( eighteen hundred ninety-seven A.D.) ⟦ut⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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№ 7308 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. JAMAL SALEH MOSHI LOYA was born in Baghdad in the year 1945 ( nineteen hundred & forty-five A-D.) ⟦Adel⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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7309 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonaial presented I hereby confirm that Mr. MURAD MOSHI LOYA was born in Baghdad in the year 1895 ( eighteen hundred & ninety-five A.D.) ⟦Ezra⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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7310 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. FELIX MURAD MOSHI LOYA was born in Baghdad in the year 1937( nineteen hundred & thirty-seven A.D.) Lawi President The Jewish Community Baghdad .
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No 7311 Baghdad 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. RAMZI MURAD MOSHI LOYA was born in Baghdad in the year 1941 ( nineteen hundred & forty-one A.D.) ⟦on behalf of⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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73/2 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mrs. GOURJIAH ABDULLAH COHEN was born in Baghdad in the year 1907 ( nineteen hundred & seven A.D.) ⟦wt⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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7313 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mrs. ROZA NESSIM DARZI was born in Baghdad in the year 1912 ( nineteen hundred & twelve A.D.) ⟦On behalf of⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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7314 Baghdad, 28th May, 1946. Marriage Certificate. In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 81 I hereby confirm that Mr. MURAD MOSHI LOYA was married to Miss GOURJIAH ABDULLAH COHEN on the 29th day of May 1933 ( nineteen hundred & thirty-three A.D.) ⟦vt⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
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706/29 Committee of the Chief Rabbi of the Baghdad Jewish Community The Religious Court of Justice of the Baghdad Jewish Community Baghdad We hereby announce that on the day of ⟦...⟧ of the month ⟦...⟧ year ⟦...⟧ married ⟦...⟧ with good fortune in the house of ⟦...⟧ 75 Preparation of the Ketubah 125 for value fees for value fees Preparation of the Ketubah " " value fees The Son ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp⟧
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7216 Certificate 2 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim son of Harun Dawud became engaged in Baghdad to Miss Na'ima daughter of Ezra son of Sha'ul on the eighth day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ 6/2 On behalf of / President of the Community True copy
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7217 Certificate 7 June 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 500, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq son of Shlomo Ben Maimon married in Baghdad Miss Farha Flora daughter of Yusuf son of Moshe Moallem Haroun on the third day of the month of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-four. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 77 Head of the Community Teacher (male) and Teacher (female) in Alliance Schools ⟦illegible⟧
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Certificate 7218 3 June 946 Based on the marriage record number 209, we hereby certify that Mr. Salim Shalom known as Salim son of Ezekiel Nissan married in Baghdad Miss Madeleine daughter of daughter of Eliyahu son of Abdul Aziz on the sixteenth day of the month of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
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7218 Baghdad 3rd June 1946. Marriage Certificate. In accordance with the Marriage Contract No.209 I hereby confirm that Mr. SALIM HESKEL NISAN was married to Miss MADLEINE ELIAHU ABDULAZIZ on the 16th day of January 1945 ( nineteen hundred & forty-five A.D.) Alawi President The Jewish Community Baghdad . Mr. President For signature please Marriage certificate of Mr. Salim Heskel Nisan to Miss Madeleine Eliahu Abdulaziz in Baghdad on 16 January 1945 ⟦illegible⟧ 3/6 She said ⟦Thaur⟧ 239 N for the year 6 On the twenty-third of April 1941, notification was given of the death of 206 in Haifa. The deceased has a daughter and a son, who are from his first marriage in the year 17 what resulted and in the possession of the community committee is Zahr and they are a boy and a girl in Haifa divided his wife from his second marriage in Haifa and in the possession of his son his wife Liat Shaw Head of the Mosaic Community Committee in Haifa 17 ⟦signature⟧ Consulate of Iraq in Haifa
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7219 Certificate June 7, 1946 Based on the marriage certificate No. 470, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Asher Hayek son of Heskel Ezra son of Muallim Yaqub, known as Ibrahim bin Heskel Ezra, married in Baghdad Miss Salha, known as Sabiha, daughter of Sion son of Rahmin on the seventh day of the month of July in the year nineteen forty- three. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/7 Head of the Community
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7220 Certificate 7 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 64, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Mattana known as Salim son of Yaqub son of Naftali married in Baghdad the freed Miss Najia daughter of Sassoon son of Moshe known as Najia daughter of Abid on the second day of the month of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- three. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of/ Head of the Community
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Token 207 Before us, the undersigned witnesses signed below Today, Thursday, the 26th of the month of Elul, the year 5686 In the city of Baghdad There came before us the honorable R. Chaim son of Yehezkel Nissim son of Yosef Yehuda Gabbai and confessed before us a complete confession Indeed he confessed that he received from the hand of R. Bracha son of Yitzhak son of Chaim Levi ⟦Baghdadi⟧ Cash 200 twenty English gold pounds 250 gold bracelets (2) Silver gold jewelry and pearls The humble Abraham Sasson The humble Ezra Sasson Chaim The humble Shalom Saadia Yitzhak The humble Ezra Sasson Chaim The Righteous Rabbinical Court In Baghdad May God establish it Amen
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⟦7221⟧ Certificate 7 June 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Nassim son of Yusuf Yehuda has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Suat daughter of Shoa son of Ibrahim Mukamal on the twenty-eighth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
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7222 Certificate June 7, 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 438, we hereby certify that Mr. Khedhouri son of Haskeel Ezra son of Haroun has married in Baghdad Miss Simha daughter of Gurji son of Murad on the third day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five. ⟦signature⟧ 6/7 on behalf of/ Head of the Community
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⟦7222⟧ Certificate 7 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 443, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nazim son of Yusuf son of Mushir married in Baghdad Miss Farha Sabiha daughter of Abid son of Eliyahu known by the name Sabiha daughter of Abid on the fifth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 7/6 ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
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24 Adar I 706 I, Rabbi Nissim H. Ezra S. Sassoon, may his light shine, Authorize Rabbi Mr. Avraham S. Ezra S. Sassoon, may his light shine, Valid for all matters Regarding the building of 9 shops and one house in Baghdad in the district at the entrance of Hanini Ben Hai As well as to do everything required in Baghdad and especially to arrange The matter with the government and the Tabu and the construction and everything According to his discretion The copier Sassoon ⟦...⟧ Ma'atalla A.S.S. Witnesses H. Yosef G. G. " Pinchas Ben Hai ⟦illegible stamp⟧
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⟦7229⟧ Certificate June 7, 1946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Shabbar son of Yaqub Benjamin has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Hanini daughter of Hayu son of Sham'un Cohen on the sixteenth day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 7/6 Head of the Community
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26 Iyar 5607 With Good Luck These are the words of the conditions and engagement made between the dear and exalted Mr. Abraham, may his light shine, son of the dear and exalted Mr. Samuel, may his light shine from the one side and between the honorable and modest maiden Ms. ⟦Haviva⟧, may she be blessed among women, daughter of the dear and exalted Mr. Yaakov Hakham, son of the dear and exalted Mr. Ezra, may his light shine from the second side, all as explained in the Ketubah deed and everything is valid, clear, and established 150 Pounds Sterling Dowry 250 Pounds Sterling Supplement 400 Total Pounds Sterling Signature of the Groom Abraham Samuel Witnesses, faithful witnesses Isaac Nissim ⟦...⟧ 108 Consulate 7 23 April 7 Based on the information given to the Consulate of England, and we have proof that Mrs. Saliha, wife of Rabbi Yosef Matirka, passed away in the city of Liverpool on the day of 28 April 1907. The news has been recorded with us, and based on the request of the aforementioned Rabbi, we have given this certificate from the Consulate of England, and based on the request of the aforementioned Rabbi who had presented to us the certificate issued from Liverpool in England, and accordingly this certificate was issued. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Consulate of England in Baghdad ⟦illegible stamp⟧