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 Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby state that Mr. Eliyahu son of Yusuf Al-Ani has entered into his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Najiya daughter of Saleh Haskel Banieh on the twentieth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not yet married. Head of the Community
⟦illegible⟧ Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 448, we hereby confirm that Mr. Khedhouri son of Salman Hayyim Dallal married in Baghdad Miss Jahla daughter of Shlomo son of Daoud on the twenty-seventh of the month of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible stamp⟧
7697 Certificate 23 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac Hayyim son of Eliyahu Hakham Isaac has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Doris Daisy daughter of Gurji son of Daoud Moallem on the twenty- fifth day of the month of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not yet married. ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 23 Head of the Community
Eve of the Holy Sabbath ⟦...⟧ My master, the famous Rabbi, the Sage Rabbi Shlomo Bekhor Levi May God protect and preserve him, great love and much peace from the Blessed Lord upon you and upon all that is yours, Amen Selah. Behold, on this day your letter from the day of June 2nd reached our hand, and we understood all that is written in it; and regarding the mentioned funds, we sent them by the hand of ⟦...⟧ The youth Meshullam Sassoon By Meshullam Sassoon " Shimon Yitzhak The things Our master and ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
7927 Certificate 7 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we testify hereby that Mr. Yusuf bin Raphael bin Jeremiah has entered into 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. ⟦signature⟧ 7/8 Head of the Community
8066 Certificate 18 February 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 589, we hereby confirm that Mr. Rahmin bin Amram bin Rahmin married in Baghdad Miss Kahror daughter of Baruch bin Jeremiah on the sixth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. ⟦signature⟧ 2/18 On behalf of the Head of the Community
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⟧
Invoice 2208 August 31 until 81 Faced from the examination of the rooms' balance between 285 and its division, and the results are the well sand And it does not exist at the present time, a section was smaller, and at the time of a year of examination in the same was a section for the purpose of examining the warehouse, so he had checked the mail at the same hour ⟦signature⟧ 1/9 Accounts Executor 2
Copy for the Department 7137 6 / 12 / 946 Samuel Sassoon Miss Hanoun Moshe Taar The nineteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six ⟦illegible⟧ (True copy of the original) ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 1 April 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Shafiq, known as Heskel bin Sassoon Heskel Maslawi, has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Khatoun daughter of Moshi Naqqar 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/ Head of the Community
With the help of God, Tuesday ⟦illegible⟧ Day ⟦illegible⟧ 8th ⟦illegible⟧ To the portion ⟦illegible⟧ 5th ⟦illegible⟧ Here ⟦illegible⟧ With the help of the Name, may He be blessed, Tuesday the 17th of the month ⟦illegible⟧ the year 5670 from creation here in Baghdad, may God protect it How there came before us, we the undersigned, Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ son of Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ Debt ⟦illegible⟧ 150 Debt ⟦illegible⟧ 150 Debt ⟦illegible⟧ 300 Total 600 Witnesses Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
15 ⟦illegible⟧ 27 ⟦illegible⟧ Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 6 / 12 / 1946 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri President of the Jewish Community, Respected After greetings and respect. Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. ⟦hebrew: Menashe Yosef ben Yitzhak Hanoch⟧ Has entered into an engagement with ⟦hebrew: Farha bat Yitzhak Ezra⟧ In Baghdad on the day 19 / 2 / 1946 And has not married yet Witnesses | Conditions ⟦hebrew: Yitzhak ben Ezra⟧ | 150 ⟦hebrew: Mohar⟧ ⟦hebrew: Ezra ben Yitzhak⟧ | 150 ⟦hebrew: Dowry⟧ | ⟦hebrew: Total 300⟧ Shimon Shaul M. Shimon ⟦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 Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Salim son of Shlomo son of Farah has entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Naima daughter of Eliyahu son of Rahmin on the seventeenth day of the month of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four and has not married yet. ⟦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 certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shaul Nazim son of Moshi son of Shlomo has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Khatoun daughter of Abdullah son of Khalif on the twenty-fourth day of the month of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three and has not married yet. ⟦signature⟧ 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⟧
7199 Certificate 26 August 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 30, we hereby confirm that Mr. Daoud Naji, known by the name Naji bin Hasqeel Saeed, married in Baghdad Miss Louise daughter of Sion bin Youssef Shirazi on the nineteenth day of the month of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five. ⟦signature⟧ 1/26 Head of the Community
Certificate 26 August 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ephraim son of Asher is neither betrothed nor married, nor does he have a record in the relevant registers. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
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 201 7 226 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yaqub Hay bin Munir bin Yaqub Haham 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 in 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
7201 Certificate 226 B 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ishaq Naji, known as Ishaq son of Yaqub Shahrabani, has entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Marguerite, daughter of Hesqel son of Salman, on the tenth 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