AI English Translation, Pages 426-450
Certificate
2 June 946
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Ibrahim son of Haron Daoud has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to
Miss Naima daughter of Ezra son of Shaul <del>Al-Muhkam</del> on the eighth day of the month of April of the year one thousand
nine hundred and forty-five and has not married yet.
On the day
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
Haqir al-Hal
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7417
Certificate
June 7, 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 500, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac son of
Shlomo Bar Maimon married in Baghdad Miss Flora daughter of Yusuf son of
Moshe Moallem Haron on the third day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-four.
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7/6
Head of the Community
Teacher (male) and Teacher (female) in the Alliance schools
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Certificate
7218
3 June 946
Based on the marriage record number 209, we hereby certify that Mr. Salim Shalom
known as Salim son of Ezekiel Nissan married in Baghdad Miss Madeleine daughter of
daughter of Eliyahu son of Abdul Aziz on the sixteenth day of the month of January of the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
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Head of the Community
7218
Baghdad 3rd June 1946.
Marriage Certificate.
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No.209 I
hereby confirm that Mr. SALIM HESKEL NISAN was married
to Miss MADLEINE ELIAHU ABDULAZIZ on the 16th day of
January 1945 ( nineteen hundred & fofty-five A.D.)
On behalf of
His Excellency the President
For signature please
Marriage certificate of Mr. Salim
Heskel Nisan to Miss Madeleine
Eliahu Abdulaziz in Baghdad on the date
16 January 1946
President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
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7219
Certificate
June 7, 1946
Based on the marriage certificate No. 470, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ibrahim Asher Hayek
son of Heskel Ezra son of Muallim Yaqub, known as Ibrahim bin Heskel Ezra,
married in Baghdad Miss Salha, known as Sabiha, daughter of Sion son of
Rahmin on the seventh day of the month of July in the year nineteen forty-
three.
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Head of the Community
V L C .
Certificate
7 June 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 64, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Mattana
known as Salim bin Yaqub bin Naftali has married in Baghdad Miss
Matouqa Najia daughter of Sassoon bin Moshi known as Najia daughter of Abed
on the second day of the month of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
three.
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
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To the honor of the excellence of the wise, perfect, and all-encompassing scholar,
The honor of our teacher and rabbi ⟦Ezra⟧ ⟦Sassoon⟧ Dangoor, may his light shine,
In the city of Baghdad.
After inquiring after the peace of his high excellence according to law and custom, we inform his
excellence that we received the letter of his honor from the day of ⟦13th⟧ of Sivan ⟦5686⟧.
Your servants who look forward to salvation,
The Committee of the Haredi Community
In Jerusalem.
The young Yosef Hayyim ⟦Sonnenfeld⟧
The young ⟦Yitzhak⟧ ⟦Yerucham⟧
Diskin
The young ⟦Moshe⟧ ⟦Blau⟧
Secretary
7221
Certificate
7 June 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Nassim son of Yusuf Yehuda has performed his engagement in Baghdad
to Miss Sougat daughter of Shua son of Ibrahim Mukammal on the twenty-eighth day
of the month of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married.
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Head of the Community
7222
Certificate
June 7, 946
Based on the marriage certificate number 438, we hereby certify that Mr. Khedhouri son of
Haskeel Ezra son of Haroun has married in Baghdad Miss Simha daughter of Gurji
son of Murad on the third day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
five.
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6/7
on behalf of/ Head of the Community
⟦7222⟧
Certificate
7 June 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 443, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nazim son of Yusuf
son of Mushir married in Baghdad Miss Farha Sabiha daughter of Abid son of Eliyahu
known by the name Sabiha daughter of Abid on the fifth day of the month of June of the year
one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
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7/6
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Head of the Community
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706/134
We, the witnesses signed below, were aware
that Mrs. Habiba daughter of Isaac, wife of Mordechai Abraham
kosher and righteous
in our eyes a priest ⟦and⟧ faithful ... in the youth ... yes upright ... in the youth Hanina the priest
so Simeon and his son and his daughter. As it appears ⟦from⟧ ... the herald
Ezra ⟦son of⟧ ⟦M⟧oses ⟦the⟧ Priest, Scribe
Isaac Salim Ezra
Simeon Hazan
Ma'atala
Ashash
Signed witnesses
" Phinehas Priest
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7229
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Certificate
7 June 946
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Shubar son of Yaqub Benjamin has entered into his engagement in
Baghdad to Miss Hanini daughter of Hayu son of Shamoun Cohen on the sixteenth
day of the month of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has
not married yet.
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6/7
Head of the Community
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The servant likewise in ⟦illegible⟧ likewise in
in ⟦illegible⟧ in for the honor of ⟦illegible⟧ in
Kosher Amen
S. T. B.
As collected in 18 Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ day for the honor of will be received ⟦illegible⟧ will be pleasant Aleppo ⟦illegible⟧ Amos
As collected ⟦illegible⟧ in for the honor of ⟦illegible⟧ in for the honor of
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Certificate
9 June 946
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that Mr. Heskel Ezra son of Yaqub Habba has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to
Miss Amuma daughter of Menashi son of Saleh Harish on the twenty-fifth day of the month of
October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married.
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9/6
Head of the Community
Respectfully
To His Excellency the Rabbi of the Israelite Community
We, the undersigned, testify that the person named Daoud Youssef Hayim is of Iraqi origin and birth. And
his parents are also Iraqis by origin and birth. And that he was born in the year 1926, nineteen hundred and twenty-six AD.
For the purpose of clarification, this certificate was issued. In Baghdad on
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Iraq
Finance
41 Fils
Salman Shaul Sabih
Yaqub Salman
Salman
29/5/46
Witness
Hesqel Aziz
Hesqel
28/5/46
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871
7326
Baghdad 7th June 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. DAOUD YUSUF HAIM was born in Baghdad in
the year 1926 ( nineteen hundred & twenty six A.D.)
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President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Mr. President
Birth certificate of Mr. Daoud Yusuf
Haim in Baghdad in the year nineteen
hundred and twenty-six A.D.
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7/6
2427
Certificate
7 June 946
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 415, we hereby confirm that Mr. Siddiq son of
Ephraim son of Raphael Shamshua married in Baghdad Miss Nadira Habiba
known by the name Nadira daughter of Jacob son of Joseph Mawla on the twelfth day
of the month of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six.
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6/7
Head of the Community
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To the honor of the Chief Rabbi, Hakham Salman Hogi, may his light shine
Today, 7 Av 5702, here in Baghdad, may God protect it
Honorable Excellency the Rabbi,
After kissing his holy hands, we the undersigned admit that we received from his Excellency the sum of 2.500 Dinars
And it is for the rent of the month of Tammuz
2.000 Dinars for the rent of the synagogue
0.500 Dinars for ⟦illegible⟧
2.500 Total
The humble one
Salman
Abdullah
Witnesses
Ezra Sasson Ezra
Hogi Cohen Yaakov
7227
9 June 946
Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that Mr. Zion Salim son of Heskel Sassoon Kashi has entered into
his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Nazima daughter of Salman Yusuf Levi on the
tenth day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five
and has not married yet.
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On behalf of the Head of the Community
7 2 2 7
Certificate
9 June 946
Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Mr. Sion Salim son of Haskel Sassoon Kashi has performed his engagement in
Baghdad to Miss Naima daughter of Salman Yusuf Lawi on the tenth day of the month of
December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five and has not yet married.
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9/6
Head of the Community
Copy
Lawyer
Daoud Nouri
Telephone Number: Office 5339
Residence 9/340
Number (6) Alliance Building
Al-Samawal Street
Baghdad on June 23, 1946
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected.
Baghdad.
The son of my ward, named Andre Joseph Meir Heskel Saltoun, is now a student at the
American College in Beirut, and since he intends to travel to the United States of America for the sake of
study and requires a birth certificate, I submit this request to your Excellency, hoping to be provided with the
required certificate.
Furthermore, based on my certain knowledge and based on the attached personal status book, I certify that the aforementioned
person was born in the year 1928 (AD). With my utmost thanks and respect to your Excellency;
Daoud Nouri
Iraq
Financial
40 fils
Andre Joseph Meyer H. Saltoun was born
in Baghdad in the year 1928, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-eight AD
according to the personal status book
André Joseph Meyer H. Saltoun.
No. 1446 on 6/24/946
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744
Baghdad, 23rd June 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. ANDRÉ JOSEPH MEYER H. SALTOUN was born
in Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-
eight A.D.)
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President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
His Excellency the President
Birth certificate of Mr. André Joseph
Meyer H. Saltoun in Baghdad in the year 1928
One thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight A.D.
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6/23
Belonging to the nephew of Mr.
Daoud Nouri, the lawyer.
7328
Baghdad 7th June 1946.
Birth Certificate.
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. ALBERT MENASHI DJADDA was born in Baghdad
in the year 1911 ( nineteen hundred & eleven A.D.)
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President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
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Baghdad, 23rd June 1955.
Birth Certificate
In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby
confirm that Mr. ANDRE JOSEPH MAYER H. SALOON was born
in Baghdad in the year 1928 ( nineteen hundred & twenty-
eight A.D. ).
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President
The Jewish Community
Baghdad.
Birth Certificate
The Presidency of the Mosaic Community in Baghdad testifies
that Mr. Andre Joseph Mayer H. Saloon
was born in Baghdad in the year 1928 (one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
eight AD).
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Baghdad on 23 June 1955
President of the Mosaic Community
7228
Certificate
10 June 946
Based on the marriage contract numbered 421, we hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin
Khadhouri bin Abdullah Lawi married in Baghdad Miss Rosa daughter of Ibrahim
bin Ashir on the seventeenth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-three.
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Head of the Community
Deceased
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