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.
Baghdad 5th September 1946 Marriage Certificate. In accordance with the Marriage Contract No 506 I hereby confirm that Mr. VICTOR ABDULLA MUSAFFI was married to Miss MISOUDA ABDULLA MUSAFFI, Baghdad, on the 27th day of August 1934 ( nineteen hundred & thirty- four A.D.) ⟦Marriage certificate of Mr. Victor Abdulla⟧ ⟦Musaffi to Miss Misouda Abdulla⟧ ⟦Dated 27 August 1934⟧ On behalf of President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad 5th September 19⟦...⟧ Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. VICTOR ABDULLA MUSAFFI was born in Baghdad in the year 1904 (nineteen hundred & four A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ Birth certificate of Mr. Victor Abdulla Born in the year 1904 Baghdad President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible signature/mark⟧
Baghdad 5th September 1946 Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mrs.MISOUDA ABDOULLA MUSAFFI was born in Baghdad in the year 1915 (nineteen hundred &fifteen A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧ 1915 ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
Baghdad 5th September 1946 Birth Certificate. In accordancewith testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss REBEKA VICTOR ABDULLA MUSAFFI was born in Baghdad in the year 1936 ( nineteen hundred & thirty six A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ Birth certificate of Miss Rifka ⟦illegible⟧ Abdullah Nassif ⟦illegible⟧ in Baghdad President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
Baghdad 5th September 1946 Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss VIOLET VICTOR ABDULLA MUSAFFI was born in Baghdad in the year 1937 (nineteen hundred & thirty-seven A.D. ⟦Globe⟧ ⟦Birth certificate of the girl Violet⟧ ⟦Victor Abdullah Musaffi 1937⟧ ⟦In Baghdad⟧ No ⟦2⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
Baghdad 5th September 1946 Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Miss FIRIAL VICTOR ABDULLA MUSAFFI was born in Baghdad in the year 1941 (nineteen hundred & forty-one A.D.) ⟦Was born⟧ Miss Firial daughter of Abdulla Musaffi year 1941 A.D. ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad.
Baghdad 5th September ⟦...⟧6 Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr ABDULLA VICTOR ABDULLA MUSAFFI was born in Baghdad in the year 1944 (nineteen hundred & forty- four A.D.) ⟦Birth certificate in the name of Abdulla⟧ ⟦Victor Abdulla Musaffi 1944⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Alwan⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible stamp⟧
His Excellency the Head of the ⟦illegible⟧ Community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Iraq Finance 20 Fils Iraq Finance 20 Fils For ⟦illegible⟧ Badr ⟦illegible⟧ and his father ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦purple ink stamp - illegible⟧
Baghdad 5th Sep. 1946. Birth Certificate. In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that Mr. ALBERT DAOUD BAKHASH was born in Baghdad in the year 1929 ( nineteen hundred & twenty- nine A.D.) ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ President The Jewish Community Baghdad. ⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community Baghdad Presented to your Excellency I request your Excellency to kindly provide me with ⟦...⟧ And that is according to the request of the American Embassy in Baghdad. And the matter is yours ⟦...⟧ The Petitioner Albert Daoud Benjamin Al-Bataween Street Albert 24 / 4 1929 Witness to that Benjamin Shaul Benjamin ⟦signature⟧ Witness to that Cohen Manshi Abed ⟦signature⟧
Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 410, we hereby confirm that Mr. Ephraim Naji known as Naji bin Haskel bin Ezra, married in Baghdad Miss Lulu Najia daughter of Salman bin Haskel Ishaq, known as Lulu daughter of Salman, on the first day of the month of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Head of the Community
Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 562, we hereby confirm that Mr. Saleh bin Moshi bin Ibrahim ⟦married⟧ in Baghdad Miss Habiba daughter of Daoud bin Yaqoub ⟦Mazikh⟧ on the eighth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦signature⟧ Head of the Community VC ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 246, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nahum son of Menashi son of Na- Nahum married in Baghdad Miss Haboub daughter of Yusuf son of Yaqub on the eighth day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ 7261
724 Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 304, we hereby confirm that Mr. Naji Salim known as Naji bin Nahum Sassoon, married in Baghdad Miss Tabiha daughter of Saleh bin Yusuf Shiri on the first day of the month of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two. ⟦signature⟧ 8/9 Head of the Community
⟦7264⟧ 8 September 946 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that Mr. Naim son of Isaac Ibrahim Kashi has performed his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Victoria daughter of Shlomo Ibrahim on the twenty-eighth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six and has not married yet. Head of the Community
To ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Behold, day by day they come to me ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ From the day they came to me ⟦illegible⟧ because on the day ⟦illegible⟧ I will write more ⟦illegible⟧ On the fourth day of the week (Wednesday) ⟦illegible⟧ day of the month of Shevat, the year 5600 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ thus ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ The humble servant ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ The humble servant ⟦illegible⟧ " I have already heard ⟦illegible⟧
Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 4, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel Naji known as Naji son of Shlomo son of Moshi D. Borah was married in Baghdad to Miss Juliet daughter of Abdullah son of Moshi Cohen on the fourth day of the month of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three. Head of the Community
7225 Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate number 506, we certify that Mr. Maatouk Gurji known as Maatouk bin Hoki bin Yaqub has married in Baghdad Miss Roza daughter of Shamoun bin Ibrahim Shalom Hakham Nassim on the twentieth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six. ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Community
722 Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby certify that Mr. Naji bin Sassoon bin Shaul Ishaq Rajwan has conducted his engagement in Baghdad to Miss Shafiqah bint Gurji bin Abdullah on the twenty-ninth day of the month of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦8/9⟧ Head of the Community
With the help of Heaven ⟦illegible⟧ To the honorable ⟦illegible⟧ Mr. Ezra Sassoon, may his light shine To the honorable ⟦illegible⟧ Mr. ⟦illegible⟧ may his light shine ⟦illegible⟧ Honor of our beloved The wedding is on day ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ The humble servant Shimon Sassoon The humble servant ⟦illegible⟧ Witnesses Shimon Sassoon Witnesses ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon Sassoon Signature of Shimon
Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 255, we hereby confirm that Mr. Shlomo Gurji known as Shlomo bin Sassoon Shlomo Daaboul married in Baghdad Miss Salha Violet known as Salha Violet daughter of Yaqub Azouri on the fourteenth day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four. ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community
⟦7438⟧ Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage certificate numbered 409, we hereby confirm that Mr. Eliyahu bin Hayyim bin Yaqub married in Baghdad Miss Rosa daughter of Shlomo bin Ishaq on the twenty-fifth day of the month of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦8/9⟧ Head of the Community
Vera Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yusuf Dawud Ishaq Safi has entered into an engagement in Baghdad with Miss Renee, daughter of Reuben son of Ezekiel Shaye, on the twenty-eighth day of the month of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, and has not yet married. Head of the Community
706/410 Before us in the court, the witnesses below signed On Sunday, the 13th of the month of Elul, in the year 5695 from Creation Here in Baghdad, may God protect it Cohen ⟦Abraham⟧ son of the young man Joseph son of Isaac Ezra appeared - in Baghdad on the 23rd of Tammuz son of Isaac Ezra, and in his hand a birth certificate from the government and witnesses signed below testified about him Selim Abraham Nissim Meir Obadiah For my blood ⟦...⟧ 180 0120 0300 We received 18 Ma'aseya Sasson ⟦illegible⟧
7271 Certificate 8 September 946 Based on the marriage record numbered 347, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yaqub son of Haskel Benjamin Muzayyin married in Baghdad Miss Khatoun daughter of Nahum son of Isaac on the nineteenth day of the month of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five ⟦illegible⟧ Head of the Community