Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, engagement, and marriage verification certificates, as well as certificates of non-impediment and documents outlining dowries. Certificates record events back to the 1900s.
Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Eliyahu bin Yusuf Al-Ani entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Najia bint Saleh Haskeel Baniyeh on the twentieth day of August in the year nineteen hundred and forty-four and has not yet married. Head of the Community
24 Adar II 706 Before Rabbi Isaac H. Sassoon, may his light shine Today, Sunday, 24th of Adar II, the year 5666 of the Creation Here in Baghdad On the first day of the week, the 24th of the month of Adar the second, the year five thousand six hundred and sixty-six from the creation of the world according to the count we use here in Baghdad situated on the Tigris River, how the groom ⟦the young man⟧ ⟦...⟧ 20000 Ashuri 4000 Silver Good Reals Ashuri Ma'alat Sha'sha Signed Witnesses " Isaac son of Abraham
Certificate ⟦79⟧ ⟦7282⟧ 23 August 946 Based on the marriage document numbered 448, we certify herewith that Mr. Khedhouri son of Salman Hayyim Dallal was married in Baghdad to Miss Jehla daughter of Shlomo son of Dawood on the twenty-seventh of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦signature⟧ 27/5 7 Head of the Community ⟦illegible stamp⟧
7697 Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac Hayyim son of Eliahu Hakham Isaac became engaged in Baghdad to Miss Doris Daisy daughter of Gurji son of Dawood Mu'allim on the twenty- fifth day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 23 Head of the Community
4 Adar 706 Signed: Rabbi Tzedakah, Khwaja Sassoon, of blessed memory, son of May God avenge his blood, Abraham son of Hayyim, here ⟦in the city of⟧ Sassoon, of blessed memory, son of Kosher ⟦for⟧ Abraham, of blessed memory On Sunday, the 17th of the month of Adar, the year 5676 from the creation of the world, according to the count we are accustomed to count here in Baghdad, a city situated on the Tigris River, how the groom Sassoon son of Tzedakah Sassoon of blessed memory, Sassoon Mashallah Sassoon of blessed memory, Sassoon Hayyim " Shimon Isaac Monday Selim Cohen 2
7947 Certificate August 7, 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we certify hereby that Mr. Yusuf bin Raphael bin Jeremiah has contracted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Lulu daughter of Benjamin bin Moshe Cohen on the twelfth day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦scribble⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦7⟧
V. 6725 CO The Rabbinical Committee of the Babylonian Jewish Community On Sunday, the 24th of the month of Elul, in the year 5682 of the Creation In the city of Baghdad Before us, the undersigned, came the witnesses Isaac son of the elder Isaac Chaim Cohen Eliyahu Chaim And testified as legal testimony that Georgia daughter of Moshe Rahamim was born on the 26th of Heshvan In the year 5657 Witness Shimon Agassi Witness Shlomo Laniado Registration fee 200 Seal fee 200 ⟦line⟧ 400 Shimon Agassi Excellent ⟦illegible⟧ List 2308 31 Night 81 One white georgette customer [garment] with colored green 285 and fabric and starch roll rubber 5 liters And it remains at the customer's house in the hospital in the direction of section 17 smaller in room six customer in A customer was in the premature infants section in the hospital above, they were with Rajia at the customer's house under construction ⟦signature⟧ 1/12 Consulate of Iraqis 2
Department copy 7137 12/6/946 Ezekiel Sassoon Miss Khatoun Moshi Tamar The nineteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦Ezekiel⟧ (True copy of the original) ⟦Ezekiel Sassoon⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦7127⟧ Certificate 1 April 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we certify hereby that Mr. Heskel Shafiq, known as Heskel son of Sassoon Heskel Maslawi, has entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Khatoun daughter of Moshe Naqar on the nineteenth day of the month of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of / President of the Community
706 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Yeshua Bekhor Chai Yechezkel Sassoon, of blessed memory Born in Baghdad on Thursday, 5th of Kislev, the year 5652 from Creation For this certificate Before us, the undersigned, on Tuesday, 4th of Adar, the year 5692 in Baghdad, the sage Isaac Bekhor Sassoon, of blessed memory, and Mrs. Simcha daughter of Abraham Pinhas, of blessed memory, wife of Ezra Joseph Sassoon, testified that the aforementioned newborn is the legitimate son of the aforementioned For this certificate ⟦illegible⟧ 150 Signature fee 150 Seal fee 300 Total Ezra Sassoon Sassoon Ezra Sassoon Witnesses who recognize " who recognize Pride of the State I replied ⟦1⟧ 39 N why 1 Logically their doer is before that the price of the filling and I am a physical disability financial and his wail. And what Nissan vision and not Artin and not Issa that the good ⟦and⟧ cast ⟦and⟧ twenty in ⟦section⟧ A and his wail. ⟦That⟧ in follow-up from him ⟦from⟧ spirit ⟦name⟧ N body as or has the peaceful Al-Muhanna also was assigned to whom for us and wail Saad ⟦until⟧ his ⟦sold⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Division as for what ⟦2⟧
15 ⟦illegible⟧ 22 ⟦illegible⟧ 706 Registrar of Engagement Contracts Baghdad on 12/6/1946 To the Jewish Community in Baghdad His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Honorable Jewish Community Greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. ⟦Ezra Isaac son of Ezekiel Ezra⟧ Has held his engagement to ⟦Farha daughter of Isaac Ezra⟧ In Baghdad on the day 2/19/1946 And has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 150 ⟦Muqaddam⟧ | ⟦Ezra son of David⟧ 150 ⟦Mu'akhkhar⟧ | ⟦Ovadia Sassoon⟧ Riyadi Dirham | Shamoun Shaul M. Shamoun ⟦illegible stamp⟧
7197 22 August 946 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad, it is hereby confirmed that Mr. Ibrahim, known as Barhoumi, son of Hakham Menachem, has divorced his wife Buwayta Ibrahim on the eleventh day of the month of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/22 Head of the Community
The Court of Justice of the Holy Congregation Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court - Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD Number :: 979 Date :: 8/20/1946 File Number: ⟦line⟧ His Excellency the respected Rabbi Sassoon Khadduri Head of the Jewish Community, Baghdad Please provide Ibrahim Kazim Menachem (known as Barhoumi) with a certificate stating the occurrence of the divorce between him and his former wife Boyteh Ibrahim on the date of 4 Tishrei 5706 / 11 September 1945, and then his marriage on 25 Tishrei corresponding to 2 October 1945 to the one named Seniora Abdullah Eliya. The President ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
7198 Certificate 25 August 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Selim bin Shlomo bin Farah became engaged in Baghdad to Miss Naeema bint Eliyahu bin Rahmin on the seventeenth day of the month of December in the year ( one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
26/Shevat/706 Before us in the court signed below came witnesses And testified as full and clear testimony according to religion and law Valid, stable, firm, and established That the pleasant and lovely young man Salim son of Isaac son of Solomon son of Mordechai Babbai, may God preserve him Is single and pure and permitted to marry a woman according to the law of Moses and Israel The young Sasson Shovakhar The young ⟦Isaac⟧ Hanum The young Abraham Ezri Masha'ala Sasson Witnesses Shimon Hazan Yehuda Meir ""
7199 25 August 946 Certificate Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Shaul Nazem son of Moshi son of Shlomo has concluded his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Khatun daughter of Abdullah son of Khalif on the twenty-fourth day of the month of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three and has not married yet. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧
706 ⟦illegible⟧ Before the Honorable Rabbi H. Yitzhak Nissim, may his light shine There stood before us Mr. Kadouri Yehezkel, may his light shine Valid ⟦...⟧ After kosher 18 ⟦Shevat⟧ by an ⟦honorable⟧ man and he is ⟦known⟧ as Ben Ezra son of Aaron ⟦his grandson⟧ here Mr. Oved Kadouri Yehezkel, may his light shine, and he is 10 (ten) years old Sasson Oved : 10 Yitzhak ⟦...⟧ : 20 Kadouri Oved : 10 Sasson H. Yitzhak Ma'atouk Witnesses for this reason ⟦...⟧ Blessing ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate ⟦7199⟧ 26 August 946 Based on the marriage record numbered 30, we hereby certify that Mr. Daoud Naji known by the name Naji bin Hasqeel Saeed married in Baghdad Miss Louise daughter of Zion bin Youssef Shirazi on the nineteenth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦726⟧ Head of the Community
Certificate 26 August 1946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ephraim bin Asher is neither engaged nor married, nor does he have a record in the relevant registers. Salloum Head of the Community ⟦Sovereignty of the People⟧ ⟦The mentioned⟧ ⟦7400⟧
706 ⟦illegible⟧ The Rabbinical Committee of the Babylonian Community in Jerusalem (The Rabbinical Court of the Babylonian Community in Jerusalem) In the Holy City We hereby confirm that the scholar Ben Zion Mordechai Hazan was born in the city of Baghdad in the year 5643 and he is a scholar, rabbi, and judge who is famous and well-known to us 46/8/26/706 ⟦illegible⟧ Jerusalem 1946 Sasson His identity has been verified Please finalize his matter Saleh 8/26
Certificate 226 / 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Yaqoub Hay bin Muthir bin Yaqoub Hakham Ishaq has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Lulu daughter of Ibrahim bin Shaul Yehuda Levi on the ninth day of the month of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community
706 ⟦illegible⟧ 24 Before us is the signature of Mordechai, may his light shine Today, Sunday, 26 Elul, the year 5676, here in Baghdad, may God protect it Valid and complete On the fourth day of the week (Wednesday), the twenty-sixth day of the month of Elul, in the year five thousand six hundred and seventy-six 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 young man Jacob, may his light shine, son of Meir, son of Isaac, son of Isaac, said to this virgin Sarah, may she be blessed among women, daughter of Abraham, son of Aaron, son of Isaac, son of Isaac: Be my wife according to the law of Moses and Israel. Principal 200 Two hundred zuz Addition 400 Four hundred Dowry 200 Two hundred Total 800 Faithful witnesses Isaac son of Isaac Abraham son of Isaac Shimon Agassi Hakham Bashi Baghdad Salim Tahir
Certificate ⟦V 21⟧ 26 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq Naji, known as Ishaq bin Yaqub Shahrabani, entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Ms. Margaret daughter of Hasqeel bin Salman on the tenth day of the month of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community