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IJA 2742

Birth and Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These 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.

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IJA 2742
Item Number
12825
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Judeo-Arabic, Jewish Religious Court, London, Birth Certificates, Revenue Stamp, Certification of Non-Impediment, Rahel Shamoon School, File Folder, Thumbprint, Typed, Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Ink Stamp, Hakham Sassoon Khedouri, Dowry, Jewish Law, Letterhead, University, Death Certificates, Jewish Lay Council, Divorce, President of the Jewish Community, Engagement Certificate, Certificate of Good Conduct, Receipt, Divorce Certificate, Correspondence, Annotation, Handwritten, Beirut, Travel

AI en Translation, Pages 726-750

Page 726

706451
In the name of the Lord we will do and succeed
On Thursday, the twenty-second day of the month of Adar
In the year 5652 from creation
In the city of Baghdad, may God protect it, how the dear groom, the honorable Moshe son of the honorable Isaac Sassoon, may his soul rest in Eden, said to her, to this
beautiful and pious virgin, Mrs. Rachel daughter of the honorable Abraham HaLevi, may his soul rest in Eden, be my wife
Witness Ezra Salih Sassoon
His end be good
Witness Shimon Sassoon
Isaac Abraham
His end be good
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 727

7610
Certificate
July 30, 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Meir Ghali son of Nouri Gabbai has performed his betrothal in Baghdad to
Miss Tuffaha daughter of Shaul son of Sassoon Naftali on the twenty-seventh day of
the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet.
⟦signature⟧
7/30
Head of the Community

Page 728

26 Elul 5607
Good memory and blessing Ezra Bezalel, may his light shine
Today, 26 Elul 5607 in Baghdad, a male son was born to him
At 2:30 at night
On the sixth day of the week, 26 Elul 5607, the young man Ezekiel Joseph son of Ezra Bezalel in Baghdad
Today, 26 Elul 5607, Rahamim smiles in Baghdad and not to him from a born son
1400 total ⟦illegible⟧ smiles in Baghdad and the time Ezra signed when he held
In the lien ⟦illegible⟧ today 17 Kislev 5612
Witnesses Jacob Moalem Isaac
Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ " "
⟦illegible⟧

Page 729

7 ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
30 July 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we certify
hereby that Mr. Heskel Youssef bin Ezra Shirazi has entered into his engagement in Baghdad
to Miss Doris daughter of Ephraim Kurji Ishaq on the twelfth day of the month of July
in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Head of the Community

Page 730

N 712
Certificate
1 August 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 230, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yehoshua Naji, known
by the name Shoa Naji, son of Menashi, son of Ibrahim Shousha, was married in Baghdad to Miss Farha
daughter of Salman, son of Shaul Shousha, on the ninth day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-one.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 731

To number 7
This is the signature of Eliyahu Levi
Today, Sunday, 26th of the month of Elul, the year 5685
Here Baghdad, may God protect it
Before us signed Mr. Eliyahu Levi aforementioned in the presence of Yosef son of Yitzhak son of Ezra Mizrahi
And so testified before us Mr. Yitzhak son of Shlomo Mizrahi here Baghdad
Signed witnesses
Yosef Mizrahi
Yitzhak
Mohar usage fees
20
60 Dirham
21 Plus
28 Commission
⟦line⟧
151
Done and signed
Excellent
Sasson
⟦illegible signature⟧

7 / 212
List
August 13, [19]31
According to it, a receipt and the month of last April, number 66 sections, arrived, but we did not find a trace
among these sections for a death certificate in the name of ⟦Ibrahim⟧ bin Rajab bin Yusuf, and his residence
(Qanbar Ali) District 12 under number ⟦...⟧ and we also asked in the Deaths Division at the Directorate
of Health, and we found no trace of it.
Chief Clerk of the Court
⟦...⟧
Judge of the Sharia Court

Page 732

⟦Presidency of the Rabbinate of the Israelite Community in Baghdad⟧
7612
August 11, 1946
Receipt No. 2204
Certificate
⟦Based on the register in our possession⟧
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Jonah Naji, known as Jonah son of Ezekiel son of Murad Halaba,
married in Baghdad Miss Nazima daughter of David son of Menachem on the ninth
day of the month of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-two.
Head of the Community
Salim ⟦...⟧

Page 733

To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community
After greetings,
Based on the records established in my registers,
I hereby confirm that Na'ima daughter of Nissim Tawfiq
Na'ima Nissim
In Baghdad on the date 20 / 8 / 1926
Death 2 / 8 / 46 according to number 94
The Acting Official of
The Jewish Community
Baghdad
Yitzhak Sasson
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad 20-Nov-946

Page 734

Number ⟦2208⟧
Certificate
7614
July 31, 1946
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm
that Mrs. Naeema daughter of Nassim passed away in Baghdad on the eleventh day
of the month of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community

Page 735

Certificate
⟦215⟧
1 August 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 331, we hereby certify that Mr. Haroun Korji son of
Isaac Ezra son of Yaqub Gabbay, known by the name Haroun son of Isaac, was married in Baghdad
to Miss Helen daughter of Ephraim son of Mansi son of Hesqeyli Hazzan, known by the name Heila daughter of
Ephraim, on the sixteenth day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
one.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community

Page 736

2210
Certificate
N 616
31 July 946
Te
Based on the marriage record number 231, we hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu son of Yaqub
son of Yusuf Zadeh has married in Baghdad Miss Violet daughter of Sion son of Eliya
Abdul Aziz on the twenty-second day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 737

⟦17/6/41⟧
For a good name, for good luck, and for a time of blessing and success
Today, Thursday, the eighteenth day of the month of Sivan, the year five thousand seven hundred and one since the creation of the world
Here in the city of Baghdad, may God protect it
The dear and pleasant young man, Mr. Isaac son of the deceased Ezra son of Hayyim, may he rest in peace, said to this modest virgin
Ms. Rachel daughter of the deceased Ben Zion Abraham Sasson, may he rest in peace, be my wife according to the law of Moses and Israel
Basic marriage contract: one hundred silver zuz ⟦1400⟧
One-third addition ⟦500⟧
Dowry ⟦400⟧
Total ⟦2300⟧
Witness Shimon Aaron
Ma'tuk
⟦illegible⟧
Witness Shimon Aaron
" Abraham H. Ezra "

Page 738

2205
Certificate
N 12
31 July 946
5 Ab
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we
hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra son of Hiyawi son of Heskel has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to
Miss Simha Kojie daughter of Ishaq son of Shlomo Pasha on the twenty-first day
of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 739

706 p. <
We, the undersigned witnesses, testify how
today, the twenty-fifth of the month of Elul, the year 5656
here in the city of Baghdad
at the same time, the young man Kadouri son of the late Abraham Nissim
whom we call Qazzaz, meaning Kadouri, said to us
One hundred
Zarda 45
Pilau 50
Kuspa 05
⟦line⟧
100
Witnesses: Shimon Hazan
" Menachem Daniel
Sasson Sasson
Ma'tuq
Sasson
⟦blue scribble⟧

Page 706
Signed before us, the honorable Mr. Isaac son of Abraham, may his light shine
Today, Thursday, 5th of Kislev, 5684 of the Creation, here in Baghdad
Valid for charitable action
In such a way that the aforementioned Mr. Isaac gave the sum of fifty-four rupees
In our presence, a total of fifty-four rupees
As follows:
45 | Zarda
05 | Fils
05 | Commission
⟦line⟧
100
Witnesses: Simeon Levi
" Menahem Cohen
Simeon Levi
Copy
Eve of the Holy Sabbath

Page 740

2407
Certificate
⟦illegible⟧
31 July 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we
hereby certify that Mr. Benjamin son of Shmuel son of Nahum married in Baghdad Miss
Serge daughter of Mordechai son of Daoud on the twenty-fifth day of December
in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community

Page 741

7219
1 August 946
C
Certificate
Based on the marriage record numbered 345, we hereby confirm that Mr. Daoud bin Heskel bin
Daoud Bassoon was married in Baghdad to Miss Lulu bint Saleh bin Abboudi on the eighteenth
day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
Certificate ⟦illegible⟧
Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 742

620
Baghdad, 1st August 1946.
2
Marriage Certificate.
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 567 I here⟦by⟧
certify that Mr. YUSUF YAKUB SHEMI was married to Miss
BLANCHE ISHAK HAIM SHAOUL ISHAK Baghdad, on the 28th day
of August 1945 (nineteen hundred & forty-five A.D.)
⟦ust⟧
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Mr. President
Marriage certificate of Mr. Yusuf
Yakub Shemi to Miss Blanche
Ishak Hayim Shaul Ishak on the day
twenty-eighth of August 1945
⟦signature⟧

Page 743

<del>2221</del>
August 1, 1946
Certificate
Based on the marriage record numbered 34, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf Hayyim, known
by the name Yusuf son of Heskel son of Dawood Bassoon, married in Baghdad Miss Najia daughter of
Heskel son of Khalaf on the eleventh day of the month of October in the year nineteen hundred
and forty-three.
⟦signature⟧
22 Head of the Community

Page 744

No. 222
August 1, 1946
Certificate
Based on the marriage record number 182, we hereby certify that Mr. Eliya son of Isaac Eliya
married in Baghdad Ms. Qumayra daughter of Saleh Reuben Shahrabani on the fifth day
of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community

Page 745

⟦illegible⟧
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
31 July 946
⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
Based on the marriage document numbered 234, we hereby confirm that Mr. Moshe son of Abdullah
son of Moshe married in Baghdad Miss Najia daughter of Mordechai son of Joseph on the
thirtieth day of the month of March in the year nineteen thirty-eight.
⟦signature⟧
Head of the Community

Page 746

8224
25 July 946
~ 25
Certificate
Based on the marriage record number 29, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq son of Yusuf
Ishaq married Miss Naima daughter of Salman son of Khalif in Baghdad on the
eighteenth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦signature⟧
7/25
For the Head of the Community

Page 747

27 Cheshvan 706 )
Wedding of the pleasant young man Mr. Isaac, may his light shine
Son of the dear and noble Mr. Abraham son of Mr. Isaac HaLevi, may his light shine
In the city of Baghdad, may God protect it
On Thursday of the month of Cheshvan in the year 5606 of the creation here in Baghdad, may God protect it, wedding of the pleasant young man Mr. Isaac, may his light shine
Son of the dear and noble Mr. Abraham son of Mr. Isaac HaLevi, may his light shine, with the bride, the virgin Mrs. ⟦illegible⟧ daughter of Mr. ⟦illegible⟧
Dowry and gifts 2000
Dowry 400
Addition 100
⟦line⟧
Total 2500
Signed witnesses
Moshe ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 748

228
Certificate
⟦illegible⟧
31 July 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Sasson Shalom son of Shaul Sasson Hay has performed his engagement in
Baghdad to Miss Marcelle daughter of Daoud son of Shlomo Isaac on the fifth day of
the month of July of the year nineteen hundred and forty-six and has not yet married.
⟦illegible⟧
8/1
Head of the Community

Page 749

Certificate
July 31, 946
Based on the marriage contract number 544, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naji Sasson
known as Naji son of Ezra son of Joseph Mash'al married in Baghdad Miss
Esther Denise known as Esther daughter of Khadoori son of Jacob Haboosha on the day
sixth of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three.
Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 750

To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community
Greetings,
Based on the fixed entries in our records, we hereby
certify that Maryam al-Qadi Habib passed away in Baghdad
on the date of 20 Sivan <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 99
Baghdad on 20 July 946
Acting Officer of the
Israelite Presidency in Baghdad
⟦Menashe⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧