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.
50/2752 8/29/1950 ⟦Second Copy⟧ 157 Ezra Heskel known as Ezra Zion son of Heskel Ezra Mordechai ⟦line⟧ Miss Mazli Zion known as Mazli Ezra Zion Saleh Shabir The third of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty AD ⟦line⟧ . Hashi ⟦signature⟧ 8/29 ⟦signature⟧ 8/29 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8/29/A
Department Copy Department Copy 2752 2755/50 1950/8/29 299 Sassoon Samra bin Reuben, known as Sassoon Kurji bin Reuben Heskel Shota Shamra Miss Latifa Ibrahim Benjamin The twenty-fifth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 200 Fils 8/29 8/29 8/29/A
Department Copy 50 / H 756 20 / 8 / 1950 407 Yaqub Sasson Moallem Miss Elise Daniel Shalom The twenty-third of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. 260 Sh 8/29 ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council N / 8 / 29
Department Copy 50/3756 1950/8/30 407 Yaqub Sasson Muallim Miss Eliza Daniel Shalom The twenty-third of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD (True copy) Baghdad on 12/20/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Image 2/50 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council His new request Ibrahim / 20
Department Copy 4757 / 50 1950 / 8 / 20 303 Munshi Shaul Yaqub Balbul Miss Nazima Haskel Hayu The seventeenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. 200 fils ⟦illegible⟧ 8/20 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8/30/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 22 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Miss Zahra, daughter of Ibrahim, is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun 200 Fils ⟦illegible signature⟧
Number: 2758 / 50 Date: 20 / 8 / 50 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Zahra daughter of Ibrahim is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 20 / 8 / 50 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 20 / 8 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ N / 8 / 39 / 5
Department copy 50 / 2759 1950/8/20 256 Nahum Ibrahim, known as Nahum bin Ibrahim Salih Aq⟦line⟧er Miss Layla Salih, known as Leah Salih Dawud The fourteenth of February, year one thousand nine hundred and fif⟦line⟧ty A⟦line⟧D. ⟦illegible⟧ 1950/8/20 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8/20 N 8/30
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 29 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate number 285, I hereby confirm that Mr. Abraham son of Yusuf son of Rahmin ⟦line⟧ Has married in Baghdad Miss Aziza daughter of Mordechai daughter of Abdullah ⟦line⟧ On the day 7 / 3 / 1945 (Corresponding to 22 Adar year 5705) Ketubah amount: 50 Dinars fifty only Witnesses: Shimon Hakham Shaul Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Department copy 50/2760 20 / 8 / 1950 285 Abraham son of Joseph Rahmin Miss Aziza Mirza Abdullah The seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8/20 ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8/30/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 201 I hereby certify that Mr.: Shaoul son of Shamil son of Shaoul Has married in Baghdad Miss: Mozli daughter of Ibrahim H. Sallawi On the day: 15 / 6 / 1928 (Corresponding to 26 - Sivan Year 5688) Ketubah Amount 150 Dinars and its fractions Witnesses Yaqoub Hayyim Shaoul Salim Hayyim Eliyahu Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon
Department Copy 50/2761 2/8/1950 . 301 Shaul Shmail Shaul Miss Mazli Abraham Haskil Levi The fifteenth of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD . ⟦Mustafa⟧ 8/2 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Vice President of the Lay Council 1/30/8
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Sir, Please be so kind as to confirm my Iranian citizenship No. 9378 as per the request of the Iranian Consulate in Baghdad. This is for your command, Sir. Witness | Witness | Petitioner Saul Rahamin Hezekiah Rahamin Noyan | Naji Daoud Khorda Foroush | Obeid Quarter 37 / 140 School Student | | Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatran Quarter Ibrahim Kurchi Shmuli Number: 50/2762 Date: 20 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8/30 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy To Whom It May Concern We certify that the children of Nissan and his daughter, who are Benjamin, Anwar, and his daughter Juliet, are the children of Nissan, of Iranian nationality, and they were born in Baghdad according to the birth certificate in his possession And for this reason, we have issued this certification for him, written in Baghdad Note that the aforementioned reside in the house numbered ⟦341/3⟧ Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Tatran Neighborhood Yousef Shmuel Sabbagh | Zakaria Yousef Sabbagh | Baghdad Number - 2762 / 50 Date - 20 / 8 / 50 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8 / 30 ⟦illegible signature⟧
Department copy To whom it may concern Regarding Karjiya daughter of Yaqub, a resident of our neighborhood Al-Kulat, and she claims Iranian nationality and has children: Yusuf, Salim, and Najia, children of Yehuda, and their father passed away two months ago, and according to our knowledge, this testimony was given to her. Names of children | Age in years Yusuf son of Yehuda | 13 Salim son of Yehuda | 4 Najia daughter of Yehuda | 8 Witness Witness Stamp of the Mukhtar of Al-Kulat neighborhood Salman Kattani Hajji Alewi Al-Salman Number - 2764 / 50 Date - 20 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the Mukhtar's stamp above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Yusuf ⟦illegible⟧ 2 / 8 F / 30 / 8
Copy for the department 2767 / 50 21 / 8 / 1950 232 Hesqail Meir known as Hesqail Meir Eliyahu Miss Saida Manshi Benjamin Ajami The sixteenth of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. Certified true copy ⟦signature⟧ 8/21 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council A / 8/31
Copy of the Circular Sect 2768 / 50 21 / 8 / 1950 355 Yona Heskel, known as Yusuf Salim Yona bin Heskel Barhoum Miss Shafiqa Salim, known as Shafiqa Salim Ezra Shiri The sixteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦Mustafa⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 8/21 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Sect Vice President of the Lay Council 8/31/1
Department Copy ⟦...⟧ 50/2729 8/20/1950 221 Ibrahim Yusuf, known as Ibrahim Matana bin Yusuf Haskiel Ezra Dallal Miss Doreen Khedhouri Sassoon Khleif The thirtieth of January, one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦...⟧ 8/21 ⟦...⟧ Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 8/31/1
Department Copy 50/2770 8/21/1950 353 Ibrahim Munir known as Ibrahim Munir Ibrahim Ajami Salima Haskiel Pinhas known as Salima Haskiel Eliahou Kashi The twenty-second of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Sent to 8/21 8/31/A
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧ We certify that the person Yusuf Salih Rahim, whose features indicate he was born in 1932, and whose father called Salih bin Rahim has had his citizenship dropped No. 390, and we have signed here. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of al-Tawrat neighborhood Salim Dawud Salam Mordechai Ibrahim | Munir Aziz Abdullah | School Director | School Student | Number: 50 / 2771 Date: 21 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above) ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Chief of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/21 A / 31 / 8
In charge of Israelite burial affairs Baghdad ⟦illegible blue stamp⟧ 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 ⟦Isaac Daoud Ezra⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦24th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Nissan⟧ in the year ⟦96⟧ (1942/5/16) and for this reason I have signed below 96 ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ 20/8/50 Yehezkel Haddad Gabbi Heskel Haddad In charge of Israelite burial affairs