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 23 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf Hayyim, known as Yusuf bin Shimon bin Ibrahim Bashi, married in Baghdad Miss Najiyah daughter of Hazqeel Ezra Fattal on the twenty-seventh day of the month of August of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/23 On behalf of the Head of the Community
Certificate ⟦728⟧ 23 June 946 Based on the marriage document numbered 81, we hereby certify ⟦t⟧ that Mr. Eliyahu Nazim son of Yusuf son of Salman Moshieh, known by the name known by the name Eliyahu Yusuf, married in Baghdad the maiden Jahla Rachel daughter of Rahmin son of Ibrahim, known by the name Rachel daughter of Rahmin on the nineteenth day of the month of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. ⟦blue signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
Sign 206 For a good name and good luck and for a time of blessing and success Today, Thursday, the twenty-second day of the month of Adar Sheni The year 5682 On the third of the week, the twenty-second day of the month of Adar Sheni, the year 5682 in Baghdad The dear young man, Mr. Isaac son of Joseph son of Mr. Jacob Cohen married the honorable and modest Mrs. ⟦Habiba⟧ daughter of Mr. Ezekiel Meir and he accepted upon himself a dowry of ⟦fifty⟧ pounds Gold 4000 ⟦Ashun⟧ current currency of Baghdad 200 ⟦S⟧ ⟦Silver⟧ 700 ⟦H⟧ Isaac son of Joseph The Groom On behalf of Witnesses signed below Chaim Phineas ⟦illegible blue scribble⟧
23 June 946 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hesqel son of Yaqub son of Moshi has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to to Miss Flora daughter of Saleh son of Shaul Murad Habib on the second day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/23 Head of the Community
7383 Baghdad, 24th June. 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mrs. FARIDA YOUSSIF SASSON widow NESSIM SOMEKH was born in Baghdad in the year 1890 (eighteen hundred & ninety A.D.) ⟦on behalf of⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad . ⟦International ...⟧ 232 N September 66 Based on what has been evidenced by the records and files kept in the department and based on what was evidenced in documents submitted by Rashid bin Yusuf Qaddouri Rafiq from the Karkh civil registry in our records and a statement regarding Wajih bin Ibrahim Rafiq in our records and based on our above entry the birth date of the aforementioned has been corrected in the official records to the year 1918 instead of the year 1908 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Civil Status Registrar
No. 7384 Baghdad, 24th June, 1946. Marriage Certificate. In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 139 I hereby confirm that Mrs. FARIDA YOUSSIF SASSON was married to Mr. NESSIM SOMEKH Baghdad, on the 3rd day of November 1912 (nine- teen hundred & twelve A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone Number { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
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Subject
Date 7/2
Miss Zalfa's
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The Doctor
Dr. Emile Nessim Somekh.
Born 1915
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Farida Youssif Sasson
widow Nessim Somekh.
1) Born 1890.
2) marriage certificate 1912 -
⟦To whom it may concern⟧ ⟦This is to certify⟧ ⟦that Dr. Emile Nessim Somekh⟧ ⟦was born in Baghdad⟧ ⟦in the year 1915⟧ 7385 Baghdad 24th June, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Dr. EMILE NESSIM SOMEKH was born in Baghdad in the year 1915 ( nineteen hundred & fifteen A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible⟧ 7385 Baghdad 24th June, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Dr. EMILE NESSIM SOMEKH was born in Baghdad in the year 1915 ( nineteen hundred & fifteen A.D.) ⟦ut⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
107 d/1 L-7 Fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, year five thousand six hundred and seventy-six from the creation of the world in the city of Baghdad, may God protect it Menachem son of Kehila Habiba daughter of Ezekiel On the first day of the week, the fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, year five thousand six hundred and seventy-six from the creation of the world, according to the count we count here in Baghdad, the city situated on the Tigris river, how the pleasant young man Menachem son of Kehila said to this virgin Mrs. Habiba daughter of the deceased Ezekiel Ezra Sassoon Cohen Be my wife according to the law of Moses and Israel May he rest in peace Sassoon Ezra Sassoon May he rest in peace Yosef Hayyim May his end be good Examination ⟦illegible⟧ 10 1
⟦7487⟧ Certificate 24 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Ezra Naji, known as Naji son of Ibrahim son of Hawki Sarani, performed his betrothal in Baghdad to Miss Tuffaha daughter of Shashi son of Nasim on the sixth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦Shakhin⟧
7298 Certificate June 23, 1946 Based on the marriage record number 12, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naji bin Ishaq Brakhil married Miss Juliet daughter of Ezra Brakhil in Baghdad on the twelfth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 6/23 Head of the Community
7489 Certificate 23 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 149, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh son of Heskel Brakhil was married in Baghdad to Rachel daughter of Isaac son of Heskel Moallem on the fourteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/23 Head of the Community
⟦739⟧ ⟦728⟧ Certificate 24 June 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 428, we hereby certify that Mr. Dawood bin Munshi Levi was married in Baghdad to Miss Rachel daughter of Ezra Dasht on the twenty-ninth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five. ⟦signature⟧ 6/24 Head of the Community ⟦mark⟧
7292 Certificate 7 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 400, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salman Naeem son of Hesqail Ezra known as Hakuli son of Abdullah Shmuel Mahlab has married in Baghdad Miss Marcelle daughter of Yusuf Ezra son of Yusuf Michael on the day twenty-fifth of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty. ⟦signature⟧ 6/7 Head of the Community
Sivan 5666 With good luck and a sign of blessing and success, Amen Selah On Thursday, the twenty-second day of the month of Sivan the year five thousand six hundred and sixty-six since the creation of the world On Sunday, six days of the month of Tammuz, the year 5666, here in Baghdad, may God protect her The honorable Rabbi Yaakov Aboud Yehuda Cohen came before us and said to us, be witnesses for me Witnesses | Shimon Aharon " | Yitzhak Yosef Nahum One hundred and twenty gold liras | 120 Fifty | 50 Thirty | 30 Twenty | 20 Two hundred and twenty Signature of Witnesses ⟦illegible⟧
W4X CERTIFICATE 24 June 946 Based on the testimony of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we certify hereby that Mr. Naim son of Shaul Abu Daoud has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Naima daughter of Yusuf son of Yaqub Azzouri on the fourteenth day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/25 Head of the Community ⟦scribble⟧
7299 Certificate 25 June 946 Based on the marriage contract number 419, we hereby certify that Mr. Munshi son of Eliyahu Ibrahim Levi was married in Baghdad to Miss Aziza daughter of Hesqail Yaqub Daud Mureidikh (Known by the name Eliza daughter of Hesqail) on the twenty-eighth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
7295 24 June 946 Certificate Based on the marriage certificate numbered 171, we hereby certify that Mr. Maatouk Naji known by the name Maatouk bin Khadhuri Darwish has married in Baghdad Miss Seniora daughter of Daoud Munshi on the seventh day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ 6/24 ⟦for⟧ Head of the Community ⟦signature⟧
⟦NK 96⟧ Certificate June 26, 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 236, we hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Hayyim Naji son of Shaul has married in Basra Miss Aziza daughter of Hesqeel Moshi Sultoon on the seventh day of the month of June of the year nineteen hundred and thirty- seven. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 6/26 Head of the Community
With God's help ⟦line⟧ For good luck, for a good sign, and for an hour of blessing and success On Friday, the second day of the month of Kislev, the year 5672 of the Creation Here in Baghdad, may God protect it Ezekiel Before us, the undersigned witnesses, entered the young man Ezekiel, may his light shine, son of the late Honorable Rabbi Abraham Ezra, may he rest in Eden And betrothed the honorable and modest maiden Rachel, may she be protected by God, daughter of the Honorable Rabbi Ezra, may his light shine Dowry ⟦line⟧ 100 Addition ⟦line⟧ 250 Trousseau ⟦line⟧ 200 Total Sum ⟦line⟧ 550 Everything is valid and clear And established The witnesses signed below Isaac ⟦illegible⟧ Abraham ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ List 599 until 33 According to our records, the person named Joseph ⟦266⟧ son of Isaac and Mrs. ⟦daughter of⟧ born on ⟦15⟧ March And the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen 18 in Sidon and in the ⟦Eastern⟧ ⟦Hour⟧ side and in the presence of Isaac has become entitled to ⟦12⟧ years from his father Joseph son of Isaac and Haifa and at ⟦the same⟧ ⟦on⟧ the date ⟦illegible⟧ 1937 Consulate of Knowledge ⟦in Baghdad⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧
Certificate 24 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Heskel Naji son of Nessim Belibol has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Salima daughter of Yusuf Salman on the twenty-ninth day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/25 ⟦on behalf of⟧ the President of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ 20/11/33 For good luck and a sign of blessing On Thursday, the second day of the month of Kislev in the year 5694 Here in Baghdad, may God protect it The young man, the honorable Abraham Shimon Raphael, may his light shine, son of the late Rahamim son of Shimon son of Hamis, may he rest in peace, married The maiden, Mrs. Naima, may she be blessed among women, daughter of the honorable Eliyahu son of Ezra For one hundred gold Sterling pounds, including the dowry, the tithe, and the addition As is the custom in our city Shimon Eliyahu Masha'ala Ezra The servant Shimon Raphael May his Rock protect him, the year 5694 ⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
7298 Certificate 27 June 948 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Rahmin bin Shmuel bin Rahmin has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Najia bint Nahum bin Saleh on the nineteenth day of the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 6/27 p.p. Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
A good sign For good luck and for a time of blessing and success On Thursday, the sixth day of the month of Adar Rishon, the year 5687 Here in Baghdad Thursday, the sixth day of the month of Adar Rishon, the year 5687, here in Baghdad on the river Tigris, the young man Ben Zion son of Abraham HaLevi, may his light shine, said to this virgin Mrs. Simcha daughter of Cohen, may his light shine Dowry | 650 Gifts | 150 Trousseau | 12750 Addition | 2250 Total | 15800 Witnesses Shimon HaLevi " Salman " Ben Zion HaLevi The Groom Simcha ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 7299 June 27, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Hayim son of Ishaq Daoud Al-Beik was married in Baghdad to Miss Zubeida, known by the name Rosa, daughter of Haroun son of Ezra Sarraf, on the twenty-second day of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/27 ⟦On behalf of⟧ the Head of the Community