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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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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 English Translation, Pages 226-250

Archival unit 226

List
29 October 1
What was reported by the Consulate of the 17th Upper Canal and the previous letter number ⟦...⟧ with its color and its change of uniform
And a mesh suit worth one hundred and forty dinars, is it in the name of Suleiman that he informed him of something
And a fourth mesh suit of a type that has a price of one hundred and its old license 17 and a suit that was not reported
Consulate of the 17th Upper Canal, the price of its license is in barsha of a northern type ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
In the name of Rabi'a bin Rabi'i ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧
15
Consulate of the 17th
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 227

⟦N. C. C⟧
Certificate
30 April 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad
we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra bin Ephraim Habousha has not been engaged and has not married, and
he has no entry in the relevant records.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 228

7202
Certificate
30 April 946
Based on the marriage contract number 416, we hereby certify that Mr. Hayyim son of Moshe
son of Asher has married in Baghdad Miss Salima daughter of Rahamin son of Moshe on
the twelfth day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six.
⟦signature⟧
4/30
Head of the Community

Archival unit 229

⟦illegible⟧
Certificate
30 April 946
His Excellency ⟦illegible⟧ Respectfully
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 326, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ezra Korgi son of
Moshe Yaqub, famously known as Ezra bin Moshe, married in Baghdad Miss
Solha, known as Sabiha, daughter of Haskel bin Eliyahu, on the twenty-ninth
day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
4/30
Head of the Community

Archival unit 230

Presidency of the Jewish Community
Court of Justice for the Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number :: 822
Date :: 4/20/1946
File Number:
942
4/29
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Respectfully
President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad
Please provide Miss Renee daughter of Murad Abdel Nabi
with a certificate confirming her engagement to the young man Naim Murad Samuel Shubah Levy represented by Mr. Ibrahim
Shalom Max, and that is before the Jewish Religious Court
in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
The President
Completed in the affirmative
4/29
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 231

Certificate
28 April 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 360, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shafiq Nouri
known by the name Shafiq bin Shalom bin Eliyahu Kafi was married in Baghdad to Miss
Nouriyah daughter of Nassim bin Sasson Hay Sayegh on the seventh day of the month of April in the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
⟦Living⟧
4/28
Head of the Community
⟦Excerpt from the registry⟧
Fee not paid

Archival unit 232

7405
Certificate
April 30, 946
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby certify that
Mr. Ibrahim Sassoon Mukammal, acting by proxy for Mr. Naeem Murad Heskel
Murad, has entered into the engagement on behalf of the aforementioned Naeem to Miss Reneh daughter of Murad
Abd al-Nabi on the twenty-sixth day of the month of September in the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-five, and has not yet married.
⟦illegible⟧
4120
Head of the Community
Signature of His Eminence the Rabbi

Archival unit 233

29 Nisan 706
To the honor of the excellence of the perfect and comprehensive sage
(The perfect and comprehensive sage, the honorable Rabbi Isaac Abraham, may his light shine)
In the city of Bombay, may God protect it
Pleasant and beautiful
After the abundance of life, peace, and blessing from heaven, thus shall be said to his Torah honor: Peace
Regarding the matter of the money that his Torah honor sent by the hand of Elijah ⟦...⟧
The humble servant Joseph Hayyim
May his end be good ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Simeon Abraham HaLevi 1000
Darwish 500
⟦line⟧
1500
Joshua HaLevi
Ma'tuq
Sassoon

Archival unit 234

7207
Certificate
1 May 1946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad,
we hereby confirm that Mr. Naeem Naji bin Saleh bin Ishaq Moshi has performed
his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Moshi bin Haroun Hakham Moshi
on the eleventh day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
and has not married yet.
⟦illegible⟧
5/1
Head of the Community

Archival unit 235

728
Certificate
May 1, 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 568, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu son of
Munshi son of Habib Shai was married in Baghdad to Miss Qamir daughter of Rachel daughter of Salman
son of Sasson <del>Hassana</del> known as Rachel daughter of Salman on the twelfth
day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
⟦Heskel⟧
Head of the Community

Archival unit 236

7208
Certificate
1 May 946
Based on the marriage certificate No. 63, we hereby certify that Mr. Salim bin Ezra bin
Hezekiah Cohen was married in Baghdad to Miss Lulu daughter of Ibrahim bin Yaqub
Obadiah on the twenty-ninth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-four.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of / President of the Community

Archival unit 237

747
721
Certificate
27 August 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 51, we hereby confirm that Mr. Khedhouri Anwar
known as Khedhouri son of Yusuf son of Ezra Levi married in Baghdad Miss
Nazima daughter of Jonah son of Ezra Levi on the twentieth day of the month of September of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-five.
⟦signature⟧
8/27
Head of the Community
Registered for the status
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 238

7211
Certificate
8 May 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 341, we hereby certify that Mr. Aboudi son of
Yehuda Kraye married in Baghdad Miss Raheel daughter of Moshi son of Ezra
on the twenty-fifth day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-five.
⟦illegible⟧
5/8
on behalf of/ Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 239

28 Nisan 607
Before his excellence the complete and inclusive wise one, may his light shine
Today is Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of the month of Nisan
In the year 5667 of the creation
Before us came witnesses the wise Isaac son of Abraham Sassoon and Mordechai son of Isaac Sassoon and testified undersigned
That Jacob son of Isaac Sassoon married Mrs. Sarah daughter of Isaac
In a Ketubah
Principal and additional one hundred Zuz 500
Dowry 450
One-third supplement 316
Total 1266
The servant of God Sassoon Hazan
The servant of God Isaac Sassoon
The servant of God Sassoon Hazan
Maoz Tzur
The small one Sassoon
The Truth

Archival unit 240

1127
List
23 October
Maryam daughter of Ibrahim Mir married in 137 AH according to the hourglass ⟦...⟧
Nafisa married Rabin on 17 May in the Jewish community meal
The portion of Ishaq Al-Riva 12 Qandash was not inherited from a northern husband Mira ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Rabbi Ka'a northern portion
⟦illegible⟧
85
Northern portion ⟦...⟧

Archival unit 241

7212
3 May 946
Copy of a Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Yaqub Salim bin Shara bin Hasqeel Suhayq has entered
his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Habiba daughter of Yaqub bin Salih Suhayq on
the twenty-fifth day of the month of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six and has not married yet.
⟦signature⟧
5/7
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Copy of a Certificate

Archival unit 242

7222
Certificate
March 3, 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Yaqoub Salim son of Shara' son of Hasqil Sahayeq has held his engagement in
Baghdad to Miss Habiba daughter of Yaqoub son of Saleh Sahayeq on the
twenty-fifth day of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has
not married yet.
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/5
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦scribble⟧
⟦stamp⟧

Archival unit 243

29 / Nisan / 706
My brother, the honor of my friend Mr. Sasson Kazzuri, may his light shine
Today I sent to you via ⟦Eliezer⟧ Kazzuri 12 ⟦watches/clocks⟧
Kosher ⟦Al-Hajj⟧
To the honor of our dear brother, blessings of heaven upon you and all who accompany you in general
Great peace and life forever and ever, Amen, may it be His will
Money 150
Money 20
⟦Money⟧ 30
⟦line⟧
200
Sasson Ezra
Teacher
Ezra
Aris Sasson Aga
" ⟦Mayus⟧ ⟦Jo⟧
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 244

⟦7/1/27⟧
Before us, the undersigned, on the day ⟦...⟧
Acknowledged and confessed Mr. ⟦...⟧ son of the honorable Mr. ⟦...⟧
While ⟦...⟧
On the third day of the week ⟦...⟧ of the month of Shevat, the year five thousand six hundred and eighty-seven from the creation
of the world, according to the count we use here in the city of Baghdad, which sits on the Tigris River
how the pleasant and delightful young man, the honorable ⟦...⟧
to the bride ⟦...⟧
Witnesses signed below
⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ Abraham
The Court of Justice
in Baghdad
May God protect and establish it
⟦...⟧

Archival unit 245

7212
Certificate
29 August 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Ezra son of Daoud Hay has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to Miss
Jamila daughter of Ibrahim Abboudi Khadoum on the twentieth day of the month of August in the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet.
⟦illegible⟧
A 29 / 8
Head of the Community

Archival unit 246

7 212
Certificate
3 May 946
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Ezra son of Shlomo son of Ibrahim Sakan married in Baghdad Miss
Helwa daughter of Nassim son of Sassoon Naqqar on the thirteenth day of the month of August of the year one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-five.
⟦signature⟧
5/5
16 Head of the Community
⟦scribble⟧

Archival unit 247

⟦81⟧ Nisan 706
This is the tombstone of the dear and modest young woman
She is the deceased, Mrs. Rachel, daughter of the honored Rabbi Abraham, of blessed memory
She passed away to her eternal home
On the 20th day of the month of Nisan, the year 5666 of the creation, may her soul be bound in the bond of life
Thursday, 10th of Nisan, [abbreviation], a day for good remembrance, life, blessing, and good fortune, Amen
For the dear and honored groom, Isaac son of the deceased Raphael Mizrahi, may he rest in Eden, and the dear and modest bride
Mrs. Aziza daughter of the deceased Isaac Ha-Levi, may he rest in Eden, and everything is valid, clear, and established
The servant of God, Isaac Ha-Levi
Mitualla (from Tu'ala)
May he live for many good years, Amen
The servant of God, Isaac Ha-Levi
Mitualla, may he live for many good years, Amen
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 248

7219
Certificate
May 1, 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu bin Roubin Habiba entered into an engagement in Baghdad
to Ms. Victoria Salha, known as Victoria daughter of Ishaq bin Saleh
Muallim, on the eleventh day of the month of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six
and has not yet married.
⟦Hesqel⟧
5/1
On behalf of the Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 249

The Religious Court of the Holy Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
⟦line⟧
Number :: 792
Date :: 25 / 1 / 956
File Number: 506 / 955
His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the respected
President of the Mosaic Community - Baghdad
Please be so kind as to issue a legal document
including the certification of the divorce that took place between the husband <del>respected</del>
Shmail Saleh Shukur Luay and his wife Rosette
Cohen Salem Abboud, on Thursday, June 25,
956 corresponding to 11 / 1 / 955
Daoud M. Sassoon
Hazan David
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 250

2215
Certificate
6 May 946
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
the person named Meir Shaul Sanea Shlomo David has divorced his wife named Doreen Karji
Salem Abdo on the first day of the month of Tishrei in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-five.
⟦How much⟧
⟦signature⟧
5/6
Head of the Community