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.
7420 Certificate 6 May 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 402, we hereby confirm that Mr. Edward Khadouri Ani married in Baghdad Miss Henriette Abraham Bashi on the eleventh day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine. ⟦signature⟧ 5/12 Head of the Community ⟦illegible blue stamp/text⟧
With God's Help ⟦illegible⟧ Before us, the undersigned court, it was also clarified today that the deceased Mrs. Simcha daughter of the Cohen Abraham, may he rest in Eden Kosher for Passover On Monday, the 17th of the month of Adar I, the year 5699 from creation, here in Baghdad which stands on the Tigris River, according to the Law and the Statute etc. and all that is found in the Ketubah deed Ketubah 200 Additional 800 Total 1000 In Shimon Yehuda Will rise Six Guarantor Shimon Yehuda ⟦illegible signature⟧
7360 Baghdad 6th May 1946. Marriage Certificate. In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 402 I hereby certify that Mr. EDWARD KHEDOORI ANY was married to Miss HENRIETTE ABRAHAM BASHI on the 11th day of September 1939 ( nineteen hundred & thirty-nine A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. Mr. President For documentation please (two copies) Marriage certificate of Mr. Edward Khedoori Any to Miss Henriette Abraham Bashi on 11 / 9 / 1939 ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 5
Copy of Certificate 1 / 10 / 945 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 240, we hereby confirm that Mr. Anwar son of Hayyim son of Murad Hawa has married in Baghdad Miss Hanna Juliet known by the name Lucy daughter of Menashi son of Shaul Daoud son of Yonah Cohen on the eleventh day of the month of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. Sayyad 11 / 4 Head of the Community True copy of the original 4 November 945 Al-Hajj
26 Shimon 706 Alm 212 Sharaf Hay Amon and spouse 112 On the day 21/1/1942 in Karkh Ma'una 112 Ka'ar 2 total 12 Hanukkah By the end of Cohen 800 from 11/2/1945 to the end of 2 Hanukkah 1100 from Hayyim Ben Meir Hazan 2111 Sakana Hana Bulit the King 151 Ben Ezra Synagogue 17 Together 2211 ⟦illegible⟧ in Karkh Aris Amon 11 12 Hanukkah 11 Sharaf Amon and spouse 400 Hanukkah 250 Aris 200 Deceased 400 ⟦line⟧ 1400 Amon 11 Hanukkah Aris
7610 30 July 946 Certificate Based on the marriage record number 542, we hereby certify that Mr. Heskel Selim bin Moshe bin Nessim, known by the name Heskel bin Moshe, was married in Baghdad to Miss Gurjia, daughter of Hawki bin Murad Samih, on the eighth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
Nº 7224 Baghdad, 27th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. GEORGE MEER was born in Baghdad on the 8th day of November 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty- nine A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
7285 Baghdad, 27th May, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. JAMIL Y. SHASHA was born in Baghdad on 7th day of September 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty- nine A.D.) ⟦Salloum⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
v.6 ⟦illegible⟧ In the name of the Merciful One, in whom I open and in whom I am assisted, and in Him is good fortune and beautiful luck Proper and with success With a good sign and with superior fortune on the sixth day of the week, the twenty-fourth day of the month of Adar Sheni, the year five thousand seven hundred and six of the creation of the world, according to the count we use here in Baghdad which sits upon the Tigris River. How the pleasant young man, the honorable Isaac son of the honorable Abraham Salman Dowry and gifts | 850 Addition | 200 Trousseau | 250 Grand Total | 1300 Isaac Salman Menashe Sassoon Signed witnesses Isaac Eliyahu " "
7461 ⟦illegible⟧ Certificate 16 June 946 Based on the marriage register number 157, we hereby confirm that Mr. Habib son of Madakh son of Habib was married in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Baruch son of Daoud Khudair on the twenty-ninth day of the month of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
10 Sivan 5676 Before the authorized Rabbi, H. Yitzhak Nissim, may his light shine Today the sale of H. Yitzhak Avraham, may his light shine, was published Valid, living and existing On the mentioned date, A. Avraham son of Eliyahu Bekhor Nazir son of Yahya H. Hazkan, may his light shine, sells all his portion that he has and all his rights in the sold house - called M. Waqf - located in Baghdad and all that is included in it for the sum of ⟦illegible⟧ nineteen shekels Witnesses H. Yitzhak Nissim '' Shlomo Gurji 199 11
7462 Certificate 16 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Baruch son of Yahya son of Hakham Reuben has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Salima daughter of Menashi Hayyim Saigh on the twenty-eighth day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 16 / 6 Head of the Community ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Based on the information available to us, we testify by this certificate that ⟦illegible⟧ was born in Baghdad in the year nineteen hundred and nineteen AD ⟦illegible⟧ and house number 42, and for the sake of our situation we have clarified and given this statement 1551 Witnessed | Witnessed Jaafar Shaul | His son Reuben Hanan Lulu | Eliyahu Reuben Writer Writer | Employee in the Baghdad Land Registry Department ⟦circular stamp with illegible text⟧ Witnessed | Witnessed Number 5825 22 / 8 / 953 Basim Ishaq Saati | Ezra bin Daoud Youssef Hanna Sabih ? Merchant of goods | Employee in the Land Registry Department I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar Iraq | Finance 40 | Fils ⟦circular blue stamp with Arabic calligraphy⟧
Certificate 13 June 946 Based on the presented documents, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Munshi Ishaq Sa'at was born in Baghdad in the year 1919, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/16 Salman Head of the Community ⟦illegible faded text in background⟧
7363 Baghdad, 13th June, 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH MENASHI ISHAK SAAT was born in Baghdad in the year 1919 ( nineteen hundred & nineteen A.D.) Mr. President Birth certificate of Mr. Saleh Menashi Ishak Saat in Baghdad the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen A.D. on behalf of President The Jewish Community, Baghdad. ⟦illegible⟧ 16/6 ⟦illegible⟧
I, the undersigned, testify that Fuad Saleh bin Abed Fuad, whose photo is on this paper affixed on 10/24/1988, and that he resides in the Tahrawa neighborhood ⟦illegible⟧ 58 And we have filled and photographed, and for the purpose of certifying this statement on the correctness of the name that his previous nationality was Ottoman Witness Youssef Naji Mukhtar Tahrawa Neighborhood Salman ⟦illegible⟧ Yacoub Ishaq Sa'at ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ As I certify the validity of this statement and his signature, I have signed accordingly Mukhtar of Tahrawa Neighborhood Iraq Finance 40 Fils ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ A certificate is organized in the Arabic language ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/14
Baghdad, 12th June, 1946. Birth Certificate In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. SALIM ISHAK ISRAEL SHAMASH was born in Baghdad in the year 1919 ( nineteen hundred & nineteen A.D.) Based on the request We confirm that Salim Ishak Israel Shamash was born in Baghdad in the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen AD President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Certificate 14 June 946 Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Abed Mazaleh was born in Baghdad in the year 1880, one thousand eight hundred and eighty. Sassoon Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ 6/14 ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 18 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 350, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nahum son of Yehuda son of Eliyahu Cohen was married in Baghdad to Miss Tuffaha daughter of Khedhouri son of Haskail Cohen on the twenty-sixth day of the month of March of the year nineteen hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 6/18 Head of the Community ⟦7425⟧ ⟦checkmark⟧
Certificate 14 June 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 168, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hesqeel bin Isaac Shalom bin Hesqeel married in Baghdad Miss Mumtooqa Farida daughter of Saleh bin Ezra, known by the name Farida daughter of Saleh, on the fourth day of the month of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦signature⟧ 6/14 Head of the Community
Sh' ⟦/⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦/⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ For a good name and for a name of praise and blessing etc. On the sixth day (Friday), the twenty-fifth of the month of Adar I, the year Keter Ephraim Afterwards, as well as S'T, behold the young man Yosef HaLevi, may his light shine, son of Hayyim Avraham HaLevi, may his light shine, testifies Thus heard the son of Rahamim Hassuni as mentioned, and in the hand of so-and-so son of so-and-so Witness, Yosef HaLevi, may his light shine '' And more like this Witness, Shlomo Ezra, may his soul rest in peace Witness, S'T Witness, Yosef Moshe Witness
⟦7427⟧ Certificate 17 June 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we certify hereby that Mr. Yusuf Naji son of Hayyim Ibrahim has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Saida daughter of Moshi son of Rahmin on the third day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
7468 Certificate June 17, 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 16, we hereby certify that Mr. Nahum son of Yusuf Yaqub married in Baghdad Miss Mazli daughter of Moshi son of Sassoon on the twenty-fifth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- nine. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦Deceased⟧
17 Sivan / 706 To the honor of the excellence of Hakham Shalom ⟦illegible⟧ may his light shine Today, Thursday, 21 April 1927 of their count, may his light shine In the city of Baghdad Regarding the matter that here 67 Kislev S.T. ⟦illegible⟧ Yosef Noy son of Ezra son of Yosef Gabbai in Baghdad By the hand of the honorable Binyamin son of Yitzhak ⟦illegible⟧ - Rahamim - Menahem and the son of Hayyin 40 in Baghdad Hand ⟦line⟧ 700 Shimon Ezra 400 ⟦illegible⟧ Pinhas Nahum Binyamin Ezra Matuq Ezra A.H. Shimon Ezra " Menahem ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧
1268 Certificate 17 June 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Yusuf Nouri son of Manshi son of Yusuf Cohen was betrothed in Baghdad to Miss Haila daughter of Benjamin son of Ephraim Cohen on the second day of the month of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not married yet. President of the Community