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 June 9, 1946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Ezra son of Yaqub Habba entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Amuma daughter of Manshi son of Saleh Horish on the twenty-fifth day of the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 9/6 Head of the Community
To His Excellency the Rabbi of the Israelite Community The Respected We, the undersigned, testify that the person named Daoud Yusuf Hayyim is of Iraqi origin and birth. And his parents are also Iraqi in origin and birth. And that he was born in the year 1926, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD. And for the sake of clarification, this certificate was written. In Baghdad on Witness Heskel Aziz ⟦illegible⟧ 28/5/46 Witness ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Salman Shaul Sabih Salman Yaqub Salman 29/5/46 Iraq 40 Fils Ghalia ⟦illegible⟧ 871
7326 Baghdad 7th June 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. DAOUD YUSUF HAIM was born in Baghdad in the year 1926 ( nineteen hundred & twenty six A.D.) ⟦Ezra⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad . Mr. President Birth Certificate of Mr. Daoud Yusuf Haim in Baghdad in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six A.D. A. Y. 6/7
⟦7 4 27⟧ Certificate 7 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 415, we hereby confirm that Mr. Siddiq son of Ephraim son of Raphael Shamshua married in Baghdad Miss Nadira Habiba known as Nadira daughter of Yaqub son of Yusuf Moula on the twelfth day of the month of April in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/7 Head of the Community
Sign 706 For good luck and for a time of blessing and success On the 4th day of the week, six days of the month of Adar II, the year 5687 Here in Baghdad, may God protect her Before us, the undersigned, we the undersigned witnesses, how the dear and exalted young man, the honorable Isaac son of the honorable Abraham Sasson, may his light shine, came and said to us: Be witnesses for me and acquire from me from now with a complete and finished acquisition and with the cancellation of all notifications and notifications of notifications The servant of God Isaac Sasson the aforementioned groom The servant of God Abraham Sasson The servant of God ⟦illegible⟧ Witnesses Ezra Sasson The servant of God Hanoch Yehuda ⟦illegible⟧ 7 Ladd ⟦Qalbiya⟧ 25 October 70 ⟦Nouraq⟧ son of his cousin Suleiman al-Gharib with about 513 ⟦waqha⟧ the break and he has the news ⟦Musaybi⟧ in what part died on Asfar in the village of Sallah and Yahshah Rayani and he came with a sheep and in the third and in Biba the village of Majh with an explanation by a son in the fatigue in money and theft he sells it Nureehi as it was in the seventh for our review 12 October of the year 30 nah ⟦signature⟧ 7/2 Schools Department
7227 9 June 946 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Marriage and Contract Registrar for the Israeli Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Sion Selim son of Haskeel Sassoon Kashi has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to Ms. Nazima daughter of Salman Yusuf Lawy on the tenth day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 6/25 On behalf of the Head of the Community
7227 Certificate June 9, 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Sion Selim son of Haskel Sasson Kashi has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Naima daughter of Salman Yusuf Lawi on the tenth day of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 9/6 Head of the Community Copy
Lawyer Daoud Nouri Telephone Number: Office 5339 Residence 9/340 Number (6) Alliance Building Al-Samawal Street Baghdad on June 23, 1946 His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected. Baghdad. The son of my ward, named Andre Joseph Meir Heskel Saltoun, is now a student at the American College in Beirut, and since he intends to travel to the United States of America for the sake of study and requires a birth certificate, I submit this request to your Excellency, hoping to be provided with the required certificate. Furthermore, based on my certain knowledge and based on the attached personal status book, I certify that the aforementioned person was born in the year 1928 (AD). With my utmost thanks and respect to your Excellency; Daoud Nouri Iraq Financial 40 fils Andre Joseph Meyer H. Saltoun was born in Baghdad in the year 1928, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight AD according to the personal status book André Joseph Meyer H. Saltoun. No. 1446 on 6/24/946 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 744
Baghdad, 23rd June 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ANDRÉ JOSEPH MEYER H. SALTOUN was born in Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty- eight A.D.) ⟦wt⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Andre Joseph Meyer H. Saltoun in Baghdad in the year 1928 One thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight A.D. ⟦signature⟧ 6/23 Belonging to the nephew of Mr. Daoud Nouri the lawyer.
7328 Baghdad 7th June 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ALBERT MENASHI DJADDA was born in Baghdad in the year 1911 ( nineteen hundred & eleven A.D.) ⟦Em?⟧ ⟦Ezra⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad . ⟦illegible⟧
7228 Certificate 10 June 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 421, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin Khadhouri bin Abdullah Lawi married in Baghdad Miss Rosa daughter of Ibrahim bin Ashir on the seventeenth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/8 Head of the Community Deceased ⟦illegible⟧
⟦v 22 a⟧ Certificate 10 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 470, we hereby confirm that Mr. Munshi son of Ezra Meshaal married Miss Rachel daughter of Salman Kochi in Baghdad on the third day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. Alous Head of the Community Signature of His Eminence the Rabbi ⟦illegible⟧ 6/10
⟦722⟧ Certificate 9 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 349, we hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu Nassim known as Naim, son of Ezra, son of Nassim Twig, was married in Baghdad to Miss Janet, daughter of Dawood, son of Isaac Musafi, on the twenty-sixth day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 9/6 Head of the Community Copy
7221 Certificate June 10, 946 Based on the marriage record number 325, we hereby confirm that Mr. Gabriel Nassim known as Naim, son of Ezra, son of Roubin Shamoun, was married in Baghdad to Miss Masouda, known as Suzette, daughter of Isaac, son of Jacob Dannous, on the eleventh day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six . . ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
Baghdad on July 7, 1946 The Honorable Chief of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on our knowledge that Mr. Yaqub Munir Daniel was born in the year 1912 and was born in Baghdad from Mansha Mash'al & Co. (Iraq) Iraq Financial ⟦Edward⟧ 7/7/1946 Witness to that ⟦signature⟧ Salih Murad Abd ⟦That Mr. Yaqub Munir Daniel was born in Baghdad⟧ ⟦in the year 1912 according to the census book number 20516⟧ ⟦dated 7/7/1946⟧
2426 7232 Baghdad 9th June 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. YAKUB MEIR DANIELL was born in Baghdad in the year 1913 (nineteen hundred & thirteen A.D.) Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Yaqub Meir Daniel in Baghdad in the year 1913 One Thousand nine hundred and thirteen AD On behalf of President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/10
7227 Certificate 10 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 78, we hereby confirm that Mr. Sion son of Moshe son of Sion married in Baghdad Miss Hababa Tawiyah, known as Hababa daughter of Mathir son of Yusuf, on the eleventh day of November of the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Three. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/10 On behalf of the Head of the Community
7229 Certificate 11 June 946 To Whom It May Concern The named Zakiya, daughter of Dubaysh, wife of Harun Abdullah Fattal, passed away in Baghdad on the ninth day of the month of June 1946, and according to the religious rites followed by the Israelites, her mentioned husband, Harun, must remain in his house for seven days starting from the date of death. ⟦signature⟧ 11/6 On behalf of/ Head of the Community
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community We, the undersigned, hereby testify that Mr. Ezra Rajwan was born in Baghdad in the year 1902, one thousand nine hundred and two, and for this purpose we have signed. Ezra Nissim Levy Salim Ibrahim Eliyahu Ibrahim We testify that the persons signed on this certificate are known to us as just witnesses 11 / 6 / 946 Salim Abdul Aziz Dr. ⟦illegible⟧ Shalom Darwish Iraq 40 Fils Financial We testify that the photo attached above is the photo of Mr. Ezra Rajwan Salim Abdul Aziz Dr. ⟦illegible⟧ To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community We, the undersigned, hereby testify that Mr. Vita Ezra Kirkukli was born in Baghdad in the year 1902, one thousand nine hundred and two, and for him we have signed. Ezra Nessim Tweig Salim Ibrahim Eliyahu Ibrahim Eliyahu Ibrahim We testify that the persons signed on this protocol are known to us as just witnesses 11 / 6 / 942 ⟦illegible signature⟧ The Lawyer Shlomo Darwish Salim Abdul Aziz Doctor Kamel Naji Iraq Finance 40 Fils ⟦Photograph of a man attached with staples⟧ We testify that the photo attached above is the photo of Mr. Vita Kirkukli Salim Abdul Aziz Doctor Kamel Naji
Certificate June 11, 946 To whom it may concern Based on the records kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Vita Ezra Murad Kirkukli, whose photo is attached below, was born in Baghdad in the year 1902, the second year after one thousand and nine hundred. ⟦illegible⟧ 11/6 Alwan Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 10 June 946 Based on the marriage document numbered 345, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shlomo bin Rahmin Yasil has married in Baghdad Miss Naima bint Abdullah bin Yusuf Abu Hayu on the twenty-fifth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦Under a good sign⟧ ⟦v v v v⟧ Certificate June 11, 1946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 120, we hereby certify that Mr. Munir son of Khadhuri son of Sassoon was married in Baghdad to Miss Najiba daughter of Gurji son of Hawki Ibrahim Alwiya on the eighth day of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty three. ⟦signature⟧ 11/7 On behalf of / Head of the Community
11 Sivan 706 We, the undersigned, testify that The woman Habiba daughter of Isaac Al-Melach gifted her daughter Habiba to her husband H. Sasson Mashiah after she had with her from the dowry and the late payment a sum of ten Iraqi dinars and she received the aforementioned sum in full Kurd 400 400 200 ⟦line⟧ 1000 Sasson Isaac Habiba Sasson Ezra Abraham Joseph Ezra Isaac ⟦Committee of the Baghdad Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Marriage Department⟧
Certificate 11 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Selim son of Rabbi Sassoon Ishaq has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Khatoun daughter of Abdullah Murad Alwayo on the twenty- first day of the month of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six 1946 and has not yet married. ⟦Heskel⟧ 11/6 Head of the Community ⟦K⟧
7279 June 10, 946 Certificate Based on the marriage certificate numbered 447, we hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf bin Sion bin Ibrahim married in Baghdad Miss Khazna bint Moshi bin Ibrahim on the sixth day of the month of June in the year nineteen hundred and forty-five ⟦illegible⟧ 6/10 Head of the Community