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.
2422 July 9, 1946 Certificate Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Aziz bin Salman Orwilly has entered into an engagement in Baghdad To Miss Simha daughter of Baruch bin Ibrahim on the second day of the month of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 7/9 Head of the Community ⟦faint red stamp⟧
10 Cheshvan 706 Before us in the undersigned Rabbinical Court, the Honorable Rabbi Nissim may God protect and preserve him, son of Abraham HaLevi, may he rest in Eden, testified that on the 22nd of Adar I, year 702 a son was born to him and he named him Rocano Nahum Levi Akori On the fifth day of the week, 7 Nisan, we in the aforementioned Rabbinical Court received his aforementioned testimony with the nullification of protests, etc. May he thus be blessed, the son shall live, and may he merit to raise him The humble Sasson Sasson The humble Ezra Sasson The humble ⟦illegible⟧ The humble Shimon Agassi The humble Binyamin Agassi ⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
74222 CERTIFICATE 9 July 946 Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Jewish community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Dr. Jack Aboudi Shabi has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Hanini Daisy, daughter of Yehuda Haskel Nathaniel, on the fourth day of the month of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 7/9 Head of the Community
7224 Certificate July 9, 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 529, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh Naeem son of Menashi Saleh, known as Naeem bin Menashi, has married in Baghdad Ms. Farha daughter of Abboudi Chaytiat on the second day of August (year) one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 9/7 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
7425 9 July 946 Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Hayyim Raphael Kirkukli died in Baghdad on the twenty-fifth of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty four. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦faint circular stamp⟧ ⟦faint illegible text⟧
His Eminence, Head of the Jewish Community, Respected Baghdad After greetings Based on the established information we have, we hereby testify that the named Yehuda bin Ezra was born in Baghdad 1924 (the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD), and for this purpose we signed below. On behalf of Nissim Daoud Saqeel Baruch | Cohen Moshe Abed ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of Nissim Daoud Mushir Adwar ⟦illegible signature⟧ Mukhtar of Qambar Ali District Al-Musawi ⟦illegible⟧ IRAQ POSTAGE & REVENUE 40 FILS ⟦illegible circular ink stamp⟧ Born in Baghdad on November 16, 1924 According to the birth certificate numbered 827 and dated 2/2/926 ⟦signature⟧ 11/4 November 18, 1948
⟦7436⟧ Baghdad, 3rd July 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. YEHUDA EZER was born in Baghdad in the year 1924 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-four A.D.) President The Jewish Community Baghdad . Sovereignty ⟦...⟧ Birth Certificate ⟦...⟧ Yehuda Ezer In Baghdad, year 1924 A.D. ⟦...⟧ ⟦24⟧
No. 7436. Baghdad 3rd July 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. YEHUDA EZEK was born in Baghdad on the 19th day of November 1924 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-four A.D.) ⟦For⟧ President The Jewish Community, Baghdad. ⟦Sanhad⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
7437 July 7, 946 Copy of a Certificate Based on the marriage register numbered 430, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ishaq son of Aziz son of Ephraim has married in Baghdad Miss Rachel daughter of Haroun son of Robin known as Baji daughter of Haroun on the thirty-first day of the month of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 7/29 Head of the Community
⟦7427⟧ Certificate July 7, 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 430, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac son of Aziz son of Ephraim married in Baghdad Ms. Rachel daughter of Aaron son of Reuben on the thirty-first day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature/mark⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
11 June 706 I, David son of the late Honorable Sasson Pinhas, may he rest in peace, confess a legal and valid confession in all of this, that I have 35 new and current Kosher [units] <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Kosher ⟦...⟧ in the four R. H. and also in the study of Abraham Hayyim s/o Elijah Ezra, may he rest in peace Thus I confess and commit to them in this, and he shall have nothing left with me 6000 5000 ⟦line⟧ 11000 Signature of Abraham s/o We are faithful witnesses " " " " ⟦illegible⟧ The Certifier Arshad Pasha ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Certificate July 10, 1946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Ezra Ibrahim Hayya has performed his engagement in Baghdad to the named Marcelle Joco Ishaq on the twelfth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community Baghdad Council of Sages After greetings Based on the verified information we have, we hereby attest that Ishaq Abdullah Habousha was born in Baghdad around the year 1886 one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six AD and left Iraq for the Egyptian lands about forty-two years ago, and for this purpose we signed below Witness | Witness | Witness | Witness ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ The Kingdom of Iraq 40 Fils I certify the authenticity of this testimony The Mukhtar ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Certificate July 9, 1946 ⟦7429⟧ Based on the documents held by us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac Abdullah Habousha was born in Baghdad around the year 1886 or one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven AD and left Iraq for Egypt approximately forty-two years ago. Trustee Head of the Community Belonging to the Masters of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
7440 July 10, 946 Certificate Based on the marriage certificate No. 71, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu Khedhouri known as Eliyahu son of Yaakov son of Nahum married in Baghdad Miss Farha Toba known as Farha daughter of Hesqel son of Sassoon Gabbay on ⟦the day⟧ on the ninth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ 10/7 Head of the Community
7441 Certificate 10 July 946 Based on the marriage contract number 470, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh Naeem known by the name Saleh bin Salim Ibrahim has married in Baghdad Miss Tuffaha daughter of Moshi Hai bin Sion on the eighteenth day of the month of (June) the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five ⟦illegible⟧ Clerk of the Community ⟦Register entry⟧ ⟦...⟧
7422 10 July 946 Certificate Based on the marriage certificate numbered 287, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hesqel known as Askar son of Daoud, married in Baghdad Miss Salima daughter of Isaac son of Rahmeen on the eighth day of the month of March in the year nineteen hundred and and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
7422 Certificate 10 July 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 140, we hereby confirm that Mr. Rahim bin Youssef bin Daoud was married in Baghdad to Miss Louise daughter of Munir bin Ishaq on the fourth day of the month of December in the year nineteen hundred and forty-two ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦Current Status⟧
7444 Certificate July 10, 946 Based on the marriage register numbered 381, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Hayyim known as Ezzat son of Moshi son of Hayyim Maryam Khan married in Baghdad Miss Juliet daughter of Saleh son of Daoud on the third day of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 10/7 Head of the Community
7445 Certificate 10 July 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 512, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra son of Moshi son of Rahmin Hamu was married in Baghdad to Miss Hanna daughter of Moshi son of Murad on the twenty-third day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦signature⟧ 7/8 Head of the Community
Certificate July 11, 1946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 434, we hereby certify that Mr. Daniel Gurji son of Ya'qub son of Meir Levi married Miss Selima daughter of Ya'qub son of Isaac in Baghdad on the fourteenth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community