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.
7240 7 June 946 ⟦7340⟧ Certificate Based on the marriage certificate number 437, we hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Gurji son of Ezra Houri married in Baghdad Miss Naima daughter of Sasson son of Ibrahim Dali on the nineteenth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty seven. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
No 7340 Baghdad, 7th June, 1946. Marriage Certificate In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 437 I hereby confirm that Miss NAIMA SASSOON ABRAHAM DALI was married to Mr. YUSUF GOURJI EZRA HOURI Baghdad, on the 19th day of May 1937 ( nineteen hundred & thirty-seven A.D.) Adil Mr. President Marriage certificate of Miss Naima Sassoon Abraham Dali to Mr. Yusuf Gourji Ezra Houri on 19 / 5 / 1937 according to the marriage contract numbered 437 . President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
7341 Baghdad 12th June 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. KHEDHOURI ELIAHU wasborn in Baghdad in the year 1925 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-five A.D.) ⟦On behalf of⟧ His Honor the President Birth certificate of Mr. Khedhouri Eliahu in Baghdad, year 1925 President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible⟧ 12/6
7342 Baghdad, 12 th June 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss FIRIAL ELIAHU was born in Baghdad in the year 1938 ( nineteen hundred & thirty-eight A.D.) Mr. President Birth certificate of Miss Firial Eliahu, year 1938 in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 7/12 ⟦Azoon⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
7343 Baghdad, 12th June, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss CLAIRE ELIAHU was born in Baghdad in the year 1930 ( nineteen hundred & thirty A.D.) ⟦On behalf of⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. Mr. President Birth certificate of Miss Claire Eliahu Year 1930 Nineteen hundred and thirty In Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 7/12
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⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ Respected ones, Please provide each of the following named individuals with birth certificates: Claire Al-Bahir, born in 1920, as shown in the census register, Mansour Al-Bahir, born in 1925, and Ferial Al-Bahir, born in 1928. With much gratitude and respect to your side, Elias ⟦...⟧ I endorse what is stated herein, Lawyer ⟦...⟧ Iraq Finance 40 Fils Claire daughter of Al-Bahir was born in Baghdad in the year 1920 according to the census register No. 7697 dated 5/25/1942 ⟦signature⟧ 6/22 ⟦illegible⟧ The ⟦illegible⟧ Community Respectable Please prepare for each of the following named individuals ⟦certificates⟧ Claire Alyahar, born in 1920, as shown in the census book and Khadouri Alyahar, born in 1925 and Feryal Alyahar, born in 1928 With much gratitude and respect to you Elias ⟦Baher⟧ I endorse what is stated therein Lawyer Edward Youssef Makki ⟦signature⟧ Iraq Financial 40 Fils Claire daughter of Alyahar was born in Baghdad in the year 1920 according to the census book Number 7697 dated 5 / 25 / 1942 ⟦signature⟧ 6/22 ⟦illegible⟧ previously in the year 1941 ⟦illegible⟧ Dated 2/9/41 under number ⟦2915⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Birth on 2/2/945
7244 Certificate June 12, 946 Based on: The certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Rahmin Isaac died in Baghdad on the twentieth day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ 12/6 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Memorandum of testimony that took place before us, the undersigned below On Thursday, the 22nd day of the month of Adar, in the year 5652 from creation Here in Baghdad, may God protect her How the pleasant young man, the honorable Isaac son of the honorable Abraham Sassoon, may his light shine, came before us and said to us: Be witnesses for me And acquire from me with a complete and finished acquisition from now according to the law and the halakha and with the nullification of all notifications and conditions that I have regarding everything that is written and explained in the deed of this Ketubah Dowry ⟦line⟧ 200 Addition ⟦line⟧ 500 Total ⟦line⟧ 700 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 900 Shalom Ma'atouk Isaac son of Abraham Sassoon Isaac Ma'atouk Sassoon ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
7245 Certificate 12 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu bin Khedouri bin Eliyahu al-Hajji has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Reiza daughter of Saleh bin Yusuf Shirin on the thirty- first day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 6/12 Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ 706 A good memory and fulfillment of what was before us (It was on Thursday, the 26th of the month of Adar I, the year 5667) Valid for the count that we count here How the dear and noble young man, the Honorable Chaim son of the late Honorable Yosef Avraham, may his soul rest in Eden, said to us: Be witnesses for me and acquire from me And receive for me in every expression of merit and empowerment Advance 1500 Deferred 600 Dirham 400 2500 The youth ⟦illegible⟧ Sasson Witnesses who testify for him Avraham Ovadia Yitzhak Al-Hayy
7246 Certificate June 12, 1946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Hayyim son of Saleh Yusuf Shirin has entered into an engagement in Baghdad to Miss Najiba daughter of Benjamin Jetyat on the twenty-sixth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 12/6 On behalf of / Head of the Community
12 M/ 706 Before us, the undersigned witnesses came and testified according to Today, Thursday, the 24th of the month of Elul, the year 5706 of the creation Here in Baghdad, may God protect it How Ms. P, daughter of the honorable Abraham, son of the honorable Isaac Sassoon, was born on Thursday, the 24th of the month of Sivan, the year 5684 of the creation 14 / 6 / 1946 Moshe Sassoon ⟦Agent⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Friday ⟦signature⟧
Certificate 12 June 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad We hereby certify that Miss Naima, daughter of Shaul, is neither betrothed nor married, and there is no record of her in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ 6/12 On behalf of / President of the Community ⟦Status section⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦7417⟧
1 Sivan ⟦56⟧60 For good luck and a sign of blessing and joy Today, Thursday, on the sixth day of the month of Sivan The year 5666 of the Creation The young man, the honorable Mr. Yosef, may God protect and preserve him, Adam Nachum Avraham Naim, son of Saleh, son of Adam, honorable and respected With good luck and a sign of blessing and joy, for the daughter of the honorable Mr. Avraham Yitzhak, son of Adam, honorable and respected One hundred Shimon Ovadia Cohen Avraham 1000 One thousand and five hundred 1500 Total 2500 Shimon Ovadia Sent by Hear Witnesses Shimon Shaul Avraham Yitzhak Naim ⟦blue scribble⟧
Certificate 12 June 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Nassim bin Moshi bin Daoud Beykhour has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Jehla Violet daughter of Sion bin Menashi Sadqa on the twenty-sixth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 6 On behalf of the Head of the Community 3
No. 706 For good luck and blessing, grace, kindness and mercy On the fifth day of the week, on the sixth day of the month of Adar I The year five thousand and six hundred On the sixth day of the week, two days of it, on the twenty-sixth day of the month of Adar I, the year five thousand and six hundred Here in Baghdad, may the Lord protect it, as mentioned below. Bride Mrs. Rachel daughter of the deceased Joseph Cohen, may his soul rest in Eden Groom Sasson Ezra Warda May he rest in peace, Sasson Ezra May he rest in peace, Joseph Cohen May he rest in peace, Isaac Cohen Isaac
Certificate 12 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad we hereby confirm that Mr. Dawood Naim son of Heskel Shlomo Shamash has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Marcelle daughter of Yehuda Yaqoub Nunu on the seventeenth day of the month of May of the year nineteen hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 12/6 Head of the Community ⟦72⟧
⟦First⟧ to ⟦9th⟧ And another vow that Mr. Sasson Saleh, may he rest in peace, made On the day of Simchat Torah in the year 5685 from the creation of the world, may he rest in peace On behalf of Abraham and Salah On the third day of the week, four days in the month of Kislev, in the year five thousand six hundred and eighty-six From the creation of the world, here in Baghdad, may the Almighty protect it, Mr. Sasson Saleh, may he rest in peace, vowed a sum of one hundred and fifty rupees On behalf of Abraham and Salah his sons, and they shall be a donation for the charity of the poor And everything is valid, clear, and established Shimon Agassi Hezekiah Ezra Perah Shimon Agassi Isaac Agassi Written as such
Certificate 12 June 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nouri son of Khulaif Abdullah has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Suzette daughter of Murad son of Abdullah Yona Moshih on the twenty-first day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 6 Head of the Community
7251 Certificate 12 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 554, we hereby certify that Mr. Salman son of Sassoon Smouha married in Baghdad Miss Mozli <del>daughter of Saleh</del> daughter of Yusuf Shpiro on the sixteenth day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦signature⟧ 12/6 ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
133/10 For good luck and a sign of blessing Today, Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of the month of Nisan The year five thousand and seven hundred May the Blessed Lord grant them merit and joy On Friday, the second day of the month of Sivan, the year five thousand and seven hundred from the creation of the world according to the count we count here in Baghdad The city situated on the Tigris River Witnesses Ezra Abd El-Aziz Isaac Abraham " The Groom S' 200 two hundred English gold pounds S' 150 one hundred and fifty S' 200 two hundred S' 550 Sasson H' Isaac On behalf of The Sage The fifth
Certificate June 12, 1946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Menachem Hesqel bin Ishaq Moshi Sa'at was engaged in Baghdad to Miss Saida bint Yusuf Mushabata on the twenty-eighth day of May in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 6 On behalf of / President of the Community <del>⟦illegible⟧</del>