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.
With the help of Heaven ⟦...⟧ I am the servant of the Creator. Khadmon Daoud son of Khadmon Isaac G. I acknowledge with a full confession Valid, total and collective That Khadmon Daoud son of Khadmon Daoud Ezra son of Isaac son of Ma'tuq Khadmon Firuz son of Isaac Firuz in Baghdad which is in the Al-Qazzaz neighborhood May he rest in peace, Sasson Ezra May he rest in peace, Sasson ⟦...⟧ Ma'tuq Sasson May he rest in peace, Ma'tuq Y. Firuz
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Saleh son of Moshi son of Ibrahim Irani has entered into his engagement in Baghdad with Miss Habiba, known by the name Habu, daughter of Dawood Yaqub, on the eighteenth day of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. And he has not married yet. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/28 Head of the Community
4 ⟦illegible⟧ 706 For good luck and a good sign Amen Selah On Thursday, the sixth day of the month of Adar in the year 5686 Fit for health and peace On Tuesday, 14 Shevat 706 from the creation of the world according to the count we use here in Baghdad Haviva daughter of Isaac son of David and Joseph son of Isaac son of David and among all Israel ⟦illegible⟧ Total 800 cash at the currency rate 400 dowry and gift Corresponding to everything Witnesses Simeon Levi Joseph son of Isaac Simeon Levi The one who anticipates ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 28 March 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Nissan son of Aziz son of Nissan has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Khanum Khashi daughter of Yusuf on the twelfth day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
With the help of Heaven, 7 Elul 707 To the honor of the great Rabbi, pious and humble, his honor our teacher and master The complete ⟦Sage⟧ Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah, may his light shine It is the glory of God to conceal a matter In my matters regarding the small one, S.T. Avraham Bekhor Yosef bin Aziz bin Nissan Barzani here in Baghdad Doing so, Yosef Rahamim in the honor of the Cantor of Baghdad For Binyamin and all his family, all of them Selah The servant of God, Sasson ⟦Hazzan⟧ S.T. Malki bin Qar Sasson Hazzan Ma'tuq ⟦line⟧
⟦117⟧ Certificate 28 March 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 135, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yaqub bin Karji bin Yaqub Shbeikho has married in Baghdad Miss Karjiya daughter of Menashi bin Ibrahim on the fifth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦illegible⟧ 2/28 On behalf of / Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ 7112 Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 112, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Hayyim son of Eliyahu Ishaq Balbul was married in Baghdad to Miss Farha, known as Farah, daughter of Meir son of <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> Haroun Qattan on the seventeenth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. 24 2/28 ⟦signature⟧ 2/28 Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ Certificate 28 March 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 550, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Menashe bin Mushir bin Yusuf, known as Ezra bin Mushir, was married in Baghdad to Miss Masouda daughter of Ibrahim bin Menashi Levi on the fifteenth day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 3/28 On behalf of/ Head of the Community
⟦711⟧ Certificate 28 March 946 Based on the presented certificate, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ephraim Daoud has contracted his engagement in Diwaniyah to Miss Rachel Saleh Boushi on the twenty-first day of the month of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 2/28 On behalf of/ Head of the Community
The ⟦illegible⟧ was contracted for Rachel ⟦illegible⟧ and that he shall not marry forever, and for that reason ⟦illegible⟧ was given to him 18/10/⟦illegible⟧ Mukhtar of the neighborhood ⟦illegible⟧ Selection ⟦signature⟧ Selection ⟦signature⟧ ⟦line⟧ Maqdisi Teacher Moshe Yosef Teacher Moshe Yosef ⟦illegible⟧ Naim Dahan ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧
To the Honorable President of the Israelite Community After greetings Based on the records established with us in my registers I hereby certify that the named Menashi Aboudi Dreid passed away in Baghdad on the date of April 28, 901 Acting President of the Community in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Community
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the testimony of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Salim bin Daoud Ezra has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Salha bint Benjamin bin Daoud on the seventh day of the month of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 27 / 3 On behalf of / President of the Community
18 Adar I 507 To the honorable, the great Rabbi, pious and ascetic, our teacher and rabbi The great Rabbi, famous in Torah and fear of heaven, our teacher and rabbi Honorable our master and teacher, may he live for many good days, Amen In my name and in the name of the entire holy congregation here, camp ⟦...⟧ Ben David, we are with great submission before your high and exalted honor for we have merited that our generation merited and we merited to see the face of the honor of ⟦line⟧ His admirer Bowing Sasson The holy Ezra Ezra ⟦...⟧ Ezra
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Yaqub Naji son of Ma'touq son of Yaqub Mahlab has conducted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Marcelle daughter of Hesqail Asher Shawash on the eighth day of the month of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 27 / 3 ⟦on behalf of/⟧ Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ 21 Adar 5607 To my honorable master, my beloved, the dear and pleasant one, The dear and exalted, the honorable Mr. Menachem ⟦Isaac⟧, may his light shine, and great peace, Like the light of a king's countenance. After peace, we received letter 210 to Baghdad and with it ⟦the...⟧ Mr. Shimon son of Isaac ⟦of blessed memory⟧ with us in Baghdad, With us here, and we sent with him twenty-four ⟦...⟧ silver ⟦to you⟧ from the ⟦sons of⟧ By the hand of the aforementioned Shimon ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ The aforementioned Shimon ⟦...⟧ Signature of ⟦...⟧ Shimon Your servant Shimon ⟦...⟧ Y. Yosef son of ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we certify herewith that Mr. Heskel son of Shmuel Qaraeen has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Jacqueline Bijuta daughter of Mansi son of Aziz Shamash on the tenth day of the month of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet ⟦illegible⟧ 27 / 7 7 Head of the Community
⟦706⟧ ⟦Adar⟧ ⟦5682⟧ For good luck and a good sign may our help be ⟦...⟧ On Thursday in the week of Vayakhel Parshat Shekalim the year ⟦...⟧ Proper for our lives and for our joy After the time 9 Adar 4 5682 the young man Isaac son of Isaac Nissim in Baghdad of good memory Thus we answered him placing money of our Rabbi P' apparently page 121 from 10 Kroni ⟦line⟧ Sassoon Ovadia and Karja 4000 Ovadia Sassoon Ma'atuk Sassoon Witnesses Shimon Hazan " Nissim son of Isaac
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abdul Aziz bin Benjamin bin Moshe Hay Irani has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Rifqa Khatun, known as Khatun, daughter of Reuben bin Isaac Elia Hakham Mordechai, on the twelfth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 2/27 Head of the Community
L 778 G 706 Before the judges of the Holy Community of Baghdad, may God protect it Behold it is true that I received from the hand of R. Yosef H. Ezra S. Yosef, of blessed memory The sum of fifty and 3 gold coins On behalf of my son A. David N. R. Adam Nahum, peace be upon him, for that sum of Kinisin bin Ezra mi Yosef Baghdad on the date of Sunday, 8th of Sivan, the year 5650, bin Yitzhak A.B. Ezra And today it was written and signed here in Baghdad Faithful witnesses YY' Ezra bin Ezra Baghdad Ezra Sasson Baghdad 100 Baghdad 250 Baghdad 250 ⟦line⟧ 600 Ezra Sasson Ma'tuq Sasson
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Jewish Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Dashi Aboudi Mureed died in Baghdad on the twenty-fifth of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- one. ⟦signature⟧ 27 / 3 Head of the Community
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 53, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shaul Anwar known as Shaul son of Haskil son of Moshe Nathaniel married in Baghdad Miss Gala Khatoun known as Gala daughter of Sassoon son of Haskil Saleh Nuraiel on the eighth day of the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four. ⟦signature⟧ 3/27 On behalf of the Head of the Community
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the certificate of the registrar of marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Haroun son of Aziz son of Ephraim has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Saida daughter of Murad son of Ezra on the twenty-second day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 2/27 Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ 706 ⟦illegible⟧ Committee of the Chief Rabbi, H.Y. Yitzhak Nissim, N.Y. Today, Sunday, 24th of Adar I, 5714, 28/2/54 In the city of Ephraim ⟦illegible⟧ Before us, the undersigned witnesses, entered before us K.M. Yitzhak son of Shlomo ⟦illegible⟧ 27 years Just now entered before us K.M. Yitzhak son of Hayyim ⟦illegible⟧ Moshe Sasson Ezra 200 Yitzhak Nissim 250 Yitzhak Nissim 250 700 Yosef Shimon HaLevi Yitzhak son of Shlomo Ezra Sasson Ma'tuq Sasson
Certificate 27 November 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad We confirm that Mr. Ishaq son of Moshe son of Eliyahu has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Sabiha, known by the name Toba, daughter of Haskel son of Ishaq Cohen on the nineteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 2/17 Head of the Community
Certificate 27 March 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Haron Naji, known as Haron son of Murad Haron Shasha, has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Doris daughter of Abed son of Daoud Abed on the first day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 3/27 Head of the Community