Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members
View interactive document pageThese are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. They contain certificates from 1950 issued by the President of the Jewish Community and Jewish Lay Council verifying birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, non-impediment (i.e., no legal hindrance to marriage), heritage, and personal character.
50 / 2591 17 / 8 / 1950 Duplicate 64 Tujah Benjamin, known as Aaron Benjamin Daniel Miss Riqa Mikhail Shamoun The fifth of November, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- three AD ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 17 ⟦Acting on behalf⟧ President of the Spiritual Council ⟦Ishaqi⟧ 8 / 17 9 / 17 / 8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 14 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Greetings, Pursuant to the marriage certificate number 779, I hereby certify that Mr. ⟦line⟧ Sassoon Shlomo Ezra has married in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Miss Eileen Ibrahim Dori on the day 14 / 8 / 1950 ⟦line⟧ ( ⟦line⟧ ) Dowry Amount 250 Dinars, two hundred and fifty Dinars only Witnesses Shimon Shaul Selim Hakham ⟦Kuji⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Certified on 14 / 8 / 50
Department Copy Department Copy 50 / 2592 15 / 8 / 1950 Memorandum 779 Sassoon Shlomo Ezra Miss Eileen Ibrahim Dori The fourteenth of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 15 A / 15 / 8
Department copy ⟦Department copy⟧ 2592 / 50 17 / 8 / 1950 Duplicate 233 Eliyahu Abdullah Heskel Miss Naeema Robin Heskel Ezra Obadiah The twenty-third of January of the year nineteen hundred and forty seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/17 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council True copy ⟦illegible⟧ 8/17 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 11/14 8/17/9
Department Copy 50/3592 1950/8/17 233 Eliyahu Abdullah Haskeil Miss Naeema Robin Haskeil Ezra Ovadia The twenty-third of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 11/14 (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 1950/11/14 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 11/14/1
⟦Department Copy⟧ Department Copy 2592/50 1950/8/15 Duplicate 246 Ilya Suleiman Yaqub Miss Samha Dawood Ilya Janti The seventh of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD. ⟦signature⟧ 15/8 On behalf of the acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/15/A
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 2092 / 50 17 / 8 / 950 Mentioned 770 Ibrahim Mordechai Hesqel Tuffaha Isaac Hesqel Ezra The eighth of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD for her ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 p.p. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 8/17/9
50 / 2594 50 / 8 / 15 ⟦Department Registry⟧ Duplicate 627 Nahum Ephraim Daoud Miss Esther Shoro, known as Serge Esther Shoro Shabo The thirty-first of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ F 8/15 ⟦signature⟧ 8/15 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council F 8/15
2594 / 50 17 / 8 / 1950 Department Copy Duplicate 155 Ezra Yusuf Sassoon Agrawi Miss Jawaher Benjamin Ibrahim Samhyan The twenty-seventh of February, year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 17/8/50 ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council N / 17 / 8
50 / 2595 50 / 8 / 15 Department Copy ⟦m⟧ 236 Yacoub Ibrahim Miss Mahalla Yousef The twenty-fifth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 8/15 On behalf of the Head of the Community Head of the Spiritual Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8/15 ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on 8/15 F / 8 / 15
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 15 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate No. 276, I hereby certify that Mr. Ya'qub son of Ibrahim has married in Baghdad Miss Mahala daughter of Yusuf on the day 25 / March / 1947 (corresponding to 12 Nisan 697) ⟦line⟧ Shamoun Sha'ul H. Shamoun ⟦Stamp: Hebrew and Arabic text⟧ Correct Khudayr al-Wali 15 / 8 / 50
50 / 2595 1950 / 8 / 17 Duplicate Mr. Elie Nissan, known as Eliyahu Nissan Esther Eliyahu The twentieth of September, the year one thousand nine hundred and nine AD . ⟦signature⟧ 8/17 On behalf of the ⟦Head of the Community⟧ President of the Lay Council 8/17/1
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the individual Isaac son of Joseph David died in Baghdad on the eighth day of the month of Tammuz in the year 5702 (22/7/1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 8 / 1950 Isaac ⟦...⟧ Heskiel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦handwritten note⟧ 15 / 8 / 950
Department Copy Death Certificate 50/2596 15/8/50 Duplicate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Masooda Haroun passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 15/8/50 Case filed ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 8/15 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council F/8/15
50/2592 50/8/17 Sugar 373 Yahya Haskil, known as Yahya Haskil Mordechai Nahum Miss Ma'touqa Salman, known as Ma'touqa Salima Salman Shaul Haskil Shammash The twenty-fourth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 50/8/20 (Copy of a certificate) 8/17/51 ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 17 And on behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 15/8/1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Please provide Simcha daughter of Khedhouri (Batrawi) with a certificate containing her divorce from her husband (Qunana) Daoud son of Shaul Levy, dated September 2, 1941, corresponding to 15/8/1950 Yosef Eliyahu Rabia ⟦illegible signature⟧ Lost ⟦...⟧ 15/8/1950
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Certified Divorce Certificate 50 / 2097 15 / 8 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Simha Khadouri (Basrawi) has been divorced from her husband named (acting as) Daoud bin Shaul Levi on the fifteenth day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Humble servant 8/15 8/15/⟦?⟧ ⟦faded circular stamp⟧
His Excellency, the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected Karim Moshi Abed After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Karim son of Moshi Abed was born on the second day of the month of August in the year 1914 AD. And for this reason, we have signed below; Baghdad on 14 / 8 / 1950 Witness | Witness Rahmin Yusuf | Salman Shaul ⟦...⟧ | I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦stamp⟧ ⟦...⟧ 14 / 8 / ⟦...⟧
Department Copy Duplicate 3597 /50 14th August 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. KARIM MOSHI ABED was born at Baghdad on the 2nd of August 1914 ( nineteen hundred & fourteen A.D. ). Shamas 2 Copies 350 fils 14/8 ⟦Kh⟧ 16/8 ⟦signature⟧ fr. Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice-President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
The Official for Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named ⟦Yosef Hayyim Hakkak⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year 5704 (⟦3/4/1944⟧) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 8 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Official for Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 15 / 8 / 50
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad No 88 18 ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on 17 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I certify that Mr. Victor Selim son of Shaul Aghababa has entered into an engagement with Miss Rachel daughter of Habib Shalom in Baghdad on the day 17 / 8 / 1950 (corresponding to 4 Elul 710) and has not yet married. Conditions: 500 five hundred Iraqi Dinars Witnesses: Shimon Shaul Najeeb Abdullah Selim 17/8 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon ⟦illegible⟧
50/2598 18/8/1950 ⟦m⟧ Dr. Selim Shaul Lghababana Miss Rachel Hayyim Shalom The seventeenth of August in the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 8/17 8/17/2
Officer in Charge of Israelite Burial Affairs Baghdad 7528 15 Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named Ezekiel Dawood died in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of May in the year 5712 (28/5/1952) and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 28 / 5 / 52 Ezekiel David Haddad Heskiel Haddad Officer in Charge of Israelite Burial Affairs Loss ⟦signature⟧ 28 / 5