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.
Certificate July 26, 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad and based on the investigation conducted by the aforementioned, we hereby confirm that both Mr. Yusuf Marshi Aqirab and Miss Bertha Haskel Ishaq Israel are neither engaged nor married, and they have no record in the relevant registers. Mr. President ⟦illegible⟧ permissible Sassoon Head of the Community ⟦signature⟧ 7/26
7/11/52 706 To the attention of the management of Al-Sa'diya School From Avraham Eliyahu Yitzhak and Kadouri Eliyahu Yitzhak Kinnar Eliyahu Yitzhak In the name of my son Avraham Eliyahu Yitzhak and also in my own name Avraham Eliyahu Yitzhak We undertake to pay the sum of twenty-five Iraqi Dinars for tuition fees for the school year 1952 100 100 250 450 Avraham Eliyahu Yitzhak ⟦illegible⟧ Iraq Avraham Eliyahu Yitzhak
7599 Certificate July 26, 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Nouri son of Daoud Haroun Hezekiah has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Habiba daughter of Menashi son of Moshi Haddad on the eleventh day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ 7/26 Head of the Community
With the help of Heaven, Tuesday ⟦...⟧ We, the undersigned, admit with a complete admission as established in a significant court, that we have received from the hand of the honored Sage, Rabbi Yitzhak ⟦...⟧ for the honor of our teacher and our master, the great and famous Rabbi, the holy and ascetic pious one, our teacher and our master, the honorable teacher and Rabbi Yitzhak Algazi, may his light shine, The youth Sasson Ovadia ⟦...⟧ The youth ⟦...⟧ The youth Ezra ⟦...⟧ Witnesses signed below " Yitzhak son of Yosef ⟦illegible⟧ Government of Iraq ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible pencil markings⟧
Certificate July 26, 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 86, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Shlomo son of Zion Zion son of Shlomo married in Baghdad Miss Latifa daughter of Hayyim son of Moshe D. Han on the eighteenth day of the month of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD ⟦signature⟧ 7/28 Head of the Community
Certificate July 26, 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shaul son of Meir has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Hanini daughter of Meir Samira on the fourth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Certificate July 26, 1946 Based on the marriage document numbered 483, we hereby certify that Mr. Murad son of Abid son of Murad Shukurji has married in Baghdad Miss Farha Matata, known as Farha daughter of Isaac Baruch Salih Isaac on the second day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. ⟦signature⟧ 7/28 Head of the Community
⟦File 286⟧ Certificate July 26, 1946 Based on the marriage record number 286, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh son of Munshi Hesqail Yahya Sheikh Ouda married in Baghdad the woman named Gurjia daughter of Khalif Mordechai Khalif on the twenty-fifth day of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community Belonging to Khalif Sheikh Ouda
With the help of Heaven ⟦illegible⟧ 706 Those who left the school in the year 702 They are those who entered the school in the year 701 After the examination and the test Mulla David As in the date 19 Adar 704 who entered the school from the old school And those who entered the school on the date 21 Heshvan 705 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 100 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 100 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Peace be upon him ⟦illegible⟧ " ⟦illegible⟧ " Menorah 5778
7604 Certificate July 29, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad We hereby confirm that Mr. Ishaq Mordechai son of Rahmin has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Saida daughter of Ibrahim son of Menashi on the fourteenth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦illegible⟧ Vea On behalf of the Head of the Community
765 Certificate July 29, 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 31, we hereby confirm that Mr. Murad bin Daoud bin Hism Heskiel has married in Baghdad Miss Hanini Flora, identified by the name Hanini daughter of Shamaun, on the eleventh day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦illegible⟧ 29 / 7 Head of the Community Deceased ⟦illegible⟧
7606 29 July 946 Certificate Based on the marriage record number 540, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nassim son of Hayi son of Al-Bahulawi has married in Baghdad Miss Samra daughter of Yaqoub son of Yusuf Mashhadi on the third day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. ⟦illegible⟧ 7/29 Head of the Community
7607 6 Certificate July 29, 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 453, we hereby confirm that Mr. Haroun son of Moussa son of Hoki was married in Baghdad to Miss Ghazala daughter of Mordechai son of Daoud on the seventh day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 7/28 Head of the Community
Certificate 72 - 8 25 July 946 Based on the marriage contract numbered 39, we hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu son of Hayyim son of Harun married in Baghdad Miss Juliet daughter of Shlomo son of Heskel son of Eliyahu on the nineteenth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7/25 Head of the Community
Certificate 29 July 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 466, we hereby confirm that Mr. Moshe son of Ephraim son of Shlomo Ephraim married in Baghdad Miss Farha Mleiha daughter of Khedhouri known by the name Sghayer daughter of Haroun Rashti on the seventh day of the month of July of the year nineteen hundred and forty-three. ⟦signature⟧ 7/29 On behalf of / Head of the Community Second Copy ⟦signature⟧
154607 To the honor of the Rabbi, the Genius, pious and humble His Holy Honor, our teacher and Rabbi Ezra S. Kadoori, Judge, may God protect and sustain him In the city of Ephraim ⟦illegible⟧ Regarding the matter of the wine money ⟦illegible⟧ that Ezra Kadoori, the trustee in the house of the Great Synagogue ⟦illegible⟧ Kadoori ⟦illegible⟧ of ⟦illegible⟧ The young Ezra Moshe, trustee in the house of ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra Shimon HaLevi YY Eliyahu Adam S.T. (May his end be good) ⟦illegible⟧ The young Ezra Shimon HaLevi ⟦line⟧
7610 Certificate 30 July 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Mir Ghali son of Nouri Kabbay has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Tuffaha daughter of Shaul son of Sassoon Naftali on the twenty-seventh day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 7/30 Head of the Community
26 Elul 5607 Good memory and blessing Ezra Bezalel, may his light shine Today, 26 Elul 5607 in Baghdad, a male son was born to him At 2:30 at night On the sixth day of the week, 26 Elul 5607, the young man Ezekiel Joseph son of Ezra Bezalel in Baghdad Today, 26 Elul 5607, Rahamim smiles in Baghdad and not to him from a born son 1400 total ⟦illegible⟧ smiles in Baghdad and the time Ezra signed when he held In the lien ⟦illegible⟧ today 17 Kislev 5612 Witnesses Jacob Moalem Isaac Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ " " ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate July 30, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Youssef bin Ezra Shirazi has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Doris daughter of Ephraim Gurji Ishaq on the twelfth day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community 7/21
N 712 Certificate 1 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 230, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yehoshua Naji, known by the name Shoa Naji, son of Menashi, son of Ibrahim Shousha, was married in Baghdad to Miss Farha daughter of Salman, son of Shaul Shousha, on the ninth day of the month of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
To ⟦illegible⟧ To Salman al-Sheikh Abed To Salman al-Sheikh Abed on 20 Adar II 5684 Kosher Eliyahu 2 days Kosher after 26 Adar II a quarter large day 26 Adar II day 27 Adar II a quarter Etc. give after 21 days every day five and a pair in large Signed witnesses " Yosef Hayyim Yitzhak After twenty days 20 60 Grush 60 21 days 21 ⟦line⟧ Comp' 28 ⟦line⟧ 109 " Twenty days Five Shekel ⟦line⟧
⟦Presidency of the Rabbinate of the Israelite Community in Baghdad⟧ 7612 August 11, 1946 Receipt No. 2204 Certificate ⟦Based on the register in our possession⟧ Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Jonah Naji, known as Jonah son of Ezekiel son of Murad Halaba, married in Baghdad Miss Nazima daughter of David son of Menachem on the ninth day of the month of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-two. Head of the Community Salim ⟦...⟧
To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community After greetings Based on the fixed records in my registers I hereby certify that ⟦...⟧ Naima daughter of Nassim Tawfiq In Baghdad on the date ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 94 Ezra Nassim ⟦illegible⟧ The Acting Head of The Jewish Community Baghdad Ezra Nassim ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad 20 July 946
Number ⟦2208⟧ Certificate 7614 July 31, 1946 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mrs. Naeema daughter of Nassim passed away in Baghdad on the eleventh day of the month of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community
Certificate ⟦215⟧ 1 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 331, we hereby certify that Mr. Haroun Korji son of Isaac Ezra son of Yaqub Gabbay, known by the name Haroun son of Isaac, was married in Baghdad to Miss Helen daughter of Ephraim son of Mansi son of Hesqeyli Hazzan, known by the name Heila daughter of Ephraim, on the sixteenth day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- one. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community