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IJA 2742

Birth and Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community

Description

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.

Metadata

Archive Reference: 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 751-775

Page 751

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31 July 946
⟦22⟧
Certificate
Based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Hayyim Eliyahu Habib passed away in Baghdad on the seventh day of the
month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine.
⟦illegible⟧
Head of the Community
Poor/Deceased status
⟦illegible⟧

Page 752

706/24
These are the names of the members of the Nissim family, may their light shine
On Thursday, the 24th of the month of Adar II, in the year 5684 of the Creation
In the city of Baghdad, may God protect it
Written on the 8th of the month of Sivan, in the year 5684 at the Righteous Court of the Babylonian Congregation
To the merit of the dear young man Isaac Joseph Nissim, may his light shine, on his wedding day on 25/2/944
Ketubah 500
Addition 1000
Total 1500
Witnesses: Shimon Sasson
" Pinhas Nissim
The young Isaac Joseph Nissim, may his end be good
Excellency
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad

Page 753

Presidency
No. 7630
Baghdad.
Baghdad, August 7th. 1946
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
This is to recommend Dr. Victor H. Dabby
for his good conduct and sound character.
Dr. Dabby, who is desirous to travel to
the U.S.A. for internship, belongs to an honest
family in Baghdad possessing a good reputation.
5/7
⟦Sarah⟧
PRESIDENT,
Jewish Community, Baghdad.
Translation
Mr. President
For signature
I hereby recommend Dr. Victor
Dabby as being of good conduct and good morals
Dr. Dabby wishes to travel to the United
States for medical internship and he belongs to a
Baghdadi family enjoying a good reputation
7/7

Page 754

Baghdad 1 / 5 / 1946
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, respected
After greetings
Based on the verified information we have, we hereby confirm that Mr. Selim Shaoul
Shamash was born in Baghdad in the year 1900 one thousand ⟦and nine hundred⟧ AD, and for this purpose
we have signed this statement
Witness | Iraq | Witness
| Finance |
| 40 Fils |
⟦illegible⟧ | | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Yosef Zaroditi⟧ | | ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Shehadeh⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ | |

Page 755

Baghdad 7th August 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm
that Mr. SASSOON SHAOUL SHAMASH was born in Baghdad in the year
1900 ( one thousand nine hundred A.D.)
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
⟦illegible⟧

Page 757

7692
7 August 946
Certificate
⟦Archived with us⟧
Based on the documents presented, we hereby confirm that Mr. Moshe son of Abdul Nabi Hayyim
was born in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred
and seventeen.
⟦illegible signature⟧
7/8
Head of the Community
⟦illegible stamp⟧

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