AI en Translation, Pages 476-500
Page 476
A good sign
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed be He, etc. In the name of God, we shall act and succeed
Behold, it is truth and justice that Mr. Joseph, son of the late Mr. Abraham,
took as a wife Ms.
Kahla, daughter of Mr. Joseph, son of the late Mr. Isaac, on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of the month of Tishrei, the year five thousand six hundred and seventy-six from the creation of the world, according to the count we use here in Baghdad, the city situated on the Tigris River. And all the conditions of the Ketubah and the amount of the dowry are all as specified in the Ketubah, and this is the signature of our hands on the aforementioned day here in Baghdad.
The humble Isaac
Teacher
Sasson
Witnesses: Shimon Levi
Isaac Levi
Al-Hajji
Page 477
7252
Certificate
12 June 946
Based on the certificate of the marriage contracts register for the Israelite community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf Moshi son of Hakham Meir Moallem Rahmin has entered
into engagement in Baghdad with Miss Riqa daughter of Ezra son of Eliyahu Ibrahim on
the nineteenth day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five and has not married yet .
⟦signature⟧
12/6
Head of the Community
Page 478
7254
Certificate
13 June 946
Based on the marriage record number 325, we hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim Naji
son of Ezra son of Ibrahim was married in Baghdad to Miss Lulu daughter of Sion son of Yehuda
on the fifth day of the month of Nissan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
four.
Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
Page 479
Baghdad on June 21, 1946
The Honorable Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri
We, the undersigned, testify that Selim bin Shaul Anbar was born in Baghdad in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-eight (1828) Hijri and based on his request, we have provided him with this letter.
Witness | Witness
Yaakov Haskil | Saleh Yusuf Shaye
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧
Torah Quarter | Torah Quarter
Iraq
40 fils
19
20
Mr. Selim Shaul was born in
Baghdad in the year one thousand eight hundred
and twenty-eight AD
according to the census register numbered ⟦illegible⟧
and dated October 20, 1925
⟦signature⟧
6/20/1946
Page 480
7358
Baghdad 28th April 1⟦illegible⟧
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimoniáàs presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. SALIM SHAOUL EZRA was born in Baghdad
in the year 1923 (nineteen Hundred & twenty-three A.D.)
Alawi .
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad
Mr. President
For signature please (two copies)
Birth certificate of Mr. Salim Shaoul
Ezra 1923 one thousand nine hundred and twenty
three AD in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
4/28
Page 481
7252
Certificate
June 13, 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 276, we hereby certify that Mr. Gharib son of Isaac
son of Gharib Cohen has married in Baghdad Miss ⟦Rifa⟧ Juliet daughter of Nahum Shabtai
on the twenty-ninth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
two.
⟦illegible⟧
6/13
Head of the Community
⟦Registration of...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 482
No. 7355
17th February 8
COPY
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby
confirm that Mr. SALIM SHAOUL EZER was born at Baghdad
in the year 1923 ( nineteen hundred & twenty three A.D. )
Presidency of the Community
Copy of Birth Certificate
Mr. Salim Shaoul Ezer
Was born in Baghdad
Year 1923
17 / 2 / ⟦illegible⟧
Copy
True to original
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
PRESIDENT
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
⟦illegible⟧
Page 483
A good sign
A good memory and a life of peace and blessing
On Thursday, the twenty-seventh day of the month of Tishrei
In the year five thousand seven hundred and six
Since the creation of the world, according to the count we use here in the city of Baghdad, which sits on the Tigris River
How the pleasant and delightful young man, the honorable Isaac son of Ezekiel Solomon Abd al-Aziz, may his light shine, said to her
To this beautiful and pleasant virgin, Mrs. Rachel daughter of the honorable Isaac Abraham HaLevi, may his light shine
Be my wife according to the law of Moses and Israel
Witnesses Shimon Halas
Ezra Halas
⟦illegible⟧
Isaac son of Ezekiel Solomon
The Groom
Shimon Halas
Maatuk
Sasson
Fahad
Page 484
7258
Certificate
June 14, 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Shafiq son of Sassoon son of Haskell Ezra Shapiro has held his engagement
in Baghdad to Miss Nouriya daughter of Meir son of Abboudi on the first day of the month of
July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married.
⟦illegible⟧
6/14
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦Current status record⟧
Page 485
To His Excellency the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
With greetings and respect,
Based on our information, we hereby certify that Mr.
Salim Isaac Barzel was born in the year 1920, the year
One thousand nine hundred and twenty
⟦illegible signature⟧
Anwar Saleh
Iraq
Finance
40 Fils
⟦illegible blue stamp text⟧
Barzel year
Isaac Barzel
Identity Record No. 1485
8/5/944
Jewish
Page 486
7359
Baghdad, 16th June, 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. SELIM ISAAC BARZIL wasborn in Baghdad in
the year 1920 (Nineteen hundred & twenty A.D.)
Mr. President
Birth certificate of Mr. Selim Isaac
Barzil, the year nineteen hundred
and twenty A.D. in Baghdad
⟦Selim⟧
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
⟦illegible⟧
7/16
Page 487
746
Certificate
6 May 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 402, we hereby certify that Mr. Edward Khedhouri Ani
married Miss Henriette Abraham Bashi in Baghdad on the eleventh day
of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
⟦illegible⟧
5/12
Head of the Community
Page 488
With God's Help ⟦illegible⟧
Before us, the undersigned court, it was also clarified
today that the deceased Mrs. Simcha daughter of the Cohen Abraham, may he rest in Eden
Kosher for Passover
On Monday, the 17th of the month of Adar I, the year 5699 from creation, here in Baghdad
which stands on the Tigris River, according to the Law and the Statute etc. and all that is found in the Ketubah deed
Ketubah 200
Additional 800
Total 1000
In Shimon Yehuda
Will rise
Six
Guarantor Shimon Yehuda
⟦illegible signature⟧
Page 489
7360
Baghdad 6th May 1946.
Marriage Certificate.
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 402 I hereby
certify that Mr. EDWARD KHEDOORI ANY was married to Miss
HENRIETTE ABRAHAM BASHI on the 11th day of September 1939
( nineteen hundred & thirty-nine A.D.)
Urgent
Mr. President
For documentation please (two copies)
Marriage certificate of Mr.
Khedoori Any to Miss Henriette
Abraham Bashi on 11/9/1939
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
⟦illegible⟧
12/5
Page 490
240
1 / 10 / 945
Copy of Certificate
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 240, we hereby confirm that Mr. Anwar bin Hayim
bin Murad Hawa was married in Baghdad to Miss Hana Juliet, known by the name Luzi,
daughter of Manshi bin Shaul Dawud bin Yudah Cohen, on the eleventh day of the month of
February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
Morning
4 / 11
Head of the Community
True Copy of the Original
4 November 945
⟦etc.⟧
Page 491
26 On account ⟦706⟧
With good fortune according to the law of Moses and Israel Amen
On Thursday, the twelfth day of the month of Adar I, the year
five thousand and seven hundred
here in Baghdad, the city situated on the Tigris River 11/2/1943 by the calendar we count
between the pleasant and charming young man Moshe son of Yosef Sasson, may his lamp shine, and the modest
and pious virgin bride Mrs. Simcha daughter of Yechezkel Cohen
Ovadia Sasson Yechezkel
" Salman "
Muqaddas
450 Sasson Moshe
250 Cohens
200 Cohen
400 ⟦half⟧
⟦line⟧
1300
Sasson Yechezkel
Meshalla
Ovadia
Page 492
7610
30 July 946
Certificate
Based on the marriage record number 542, we hereby certify that Mr. Heskel Selim bin
Moshe bin Nessim, known by the name Heskel bin Moshe, was married in Baghdad to Miss
Gurjia, daughter of Hawki bin Murad Samih, on the eighth day of the month of August of the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Page 493
⟦7284⟧
No 7284
Baghdad, 27th May, 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. GEORGE MEER was born in Baghdad on the
8th day of November 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-
nine A.D.)
⟦Adil⟧
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Page 494
7285
Baghdad, 27th May, 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. JAMIL Y. SHASHA was born in Baghdad on
7th day of September 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-
nine A.D.)
⟦Salloum⟧
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Page 495
v.6 ⟦illegible⟧
In the name of the Merciful One, in whom I open and in whom
I am assisted, and in Him is good fortune and beautiful luck
Proper and with success
With a good sign and with superior fortune on the sixth day of the week, the twenty-fourth day of the month
of Adar Sheni, the year five thousand seven hundred and six of the creation of the world, according to the count we use here in Baghdad
which sits upon the Tigris River. How the pleasant young man, the honorable Isaac son of the honorable Abraham Salman
Dowry and gifts | 850
Addition | 200
Trousseau | 250
Grand Total | 1300
Isaac Salman
Menashe
Sassoon
Signed witnesses
Isaac Eliyahu " "
Page 496
7461
Certificate
16 June 946
Based on the marriage certificate number 157, we hereby certify that Mr. Hayyim son of Marukh
son of Hayyim was married in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Barukh son of Dawood Khudair
on the twenty-ninth day of November, year one thousand nine hundred and forty
four.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 497
10 Sivan 5670
For good luck and a good sign
Today, Thursday, the sixth day of the month of Sivan
In the year five thousand six hundred and seventy from the creation of the world
On Thursday, 1st of Adar I, the year 5670 from the creation of the world according to the count we use here in the city of Baghdad, situated on the Tigris River
How the dear and pleasant young man - Eliyahu son of the honored Mr. Yitzhak Avraham - said to this maiden, Sarah daughter of the honored Mr. Yitzhak ⟦illegible⟧
The young Yitzhak
H. Sasson
S.T.
Witnesses H. Yitzhak Avraham
" Menachem Gurji
⟦illegible stamp⟧
1910
11 999
Page 498
7422
Certificate
16 June 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Baruch son of Yahya son of Hakham Roubin has entered into his engagement in Baghdad
to Miss Salima daughter of Menashi Hayyim Sayegh on the twenty-eighth day of the month of
December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not yet married.
⟦signature⟧
16/6
On behalf of / President of the Community
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 499
Based on the information available to us, we hereby confirm that Saleh bin Ishaq ⟦...⟧
was born in Baghdad in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen AD ⟦...⟧
And based on number ⟦...⟧ and for the purpose of ⟦...⟧ we have given this statement
Witnessed by
Mansour Shaul
⟦...⟧
Witnessed by
Elias Rubin
The researcher Rubin
Employee in the Baghdad Land Registry Department
Number 5825
22 / ⟦...⟧ / ⟦...⟧
In the name of Ishaq Sa'at
On behalf of the heirs of Daoud Youssef Hanna ⟦...⟧
Employee in the Land Registry Department
I certify the contents of this certificate
The Mukhtar
Iraq
40 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Number⟧ ⟦...⟧
List
22 November 31
Based on what was reported to us from all places and because we did not find a draft for him at all, and with this news
what was reported in the Hilla district directorate regarding my husband and that he had a previous wife last April
since he is from the north of our region and since we are in a critical and severe situation, we request your assistance in this matter
your help to us in facilitating my husband's case as much as possible in the Sharia court as we also hope for your kindness
Hasna Al-Sabbagh ⟦...⟧
27/⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Page 500
7421
13 June 946
Certificate
Based on the submitted documents, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Munshi Ishaq
Sa'at was born in Baghdad in the year 1919 nineteen hundred and nineteen
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President
Birth Certificate
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
6/13
Salman
Head of the Community