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.
Department Copy Department Copy 50 / 2772 21 / 8 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named person, Yaqub Moshi Shasha, passed away in Baghdad on the sixteenth day of May in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-six AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Delivered to ⟦illegible⟧ 8/21 Head of the Community A / 31 / 8
Department copy 50/ 4772 1950/8/21 137 Nassim Ibrahim Dani⟦line⟧al Miss Lulu Abboudi, known as Lulu Abboudi Ishaq Bass⟦line⟧on The second of February of the year nineteen hundred and forty AD⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ 50/8/21 ⟦illegible⟧ 8/21 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council F /8/21
Department Copy 2774 / 50 1950/8/21 271 Naji Haskail Baroukh, known as Naji Salim bin Haskail Ezra bin Baroukh Ishaq Miss Marcelle Eliyahu, known as Marcelle Eliyahu Yaqub Sofair The sixteenth of December, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 50/8/20 200 fils ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8/21 P / 8/31 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦Department Copy⟧ To whom it may concern We testify that ⟦Yaqu⟧ Yusuf Zalkha and his wife Flora daughter of Yehuda Jetayat are of Iraqi nationality and they have children, namely Eileen 1930, Maurice 1932, William 1934, Raymonde ⟦17/7⟧ 1937 and Nazem 1940, and at his request we have provided him with this certificate; Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Taht al-Takiya neighborhood Ezra Isaac Hakmal Saleh Khedhouri Isaac | Meir Khedhouri Battaween - 1/1/25 | I confirm the above, Mukhtar of the Jewish Community Sassoon Dallal No.: 50/2775 Date: 9/9/1950 ⟦...⟧ (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the seals of the two Mukhtars above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9/1/1
Department Copy To the Honorable Consulate General of the Imperial Iranian Government Presented to your highness: We testify, after reviewing, that the person named Yaqub bin Eli, of Iranian nationality, whose photo is attached below, is of Iranian dependency and possesses an Iranian census book issued by the Iranian Consulate Administration in Baghdad under No. 7236 and dated 11/4/1311 of the Solar year. Accordingly, we inform you that the aforementioned person is Iranian in every sense and the said book belongs to him personally without any doubt or forgery. Therefore, we have signed this paper in our capacity as witnesses to that. Yours is the obeyed command. 31/8/1950. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Qanbar Ali Neighborhood Hasqil Daoud, employee at | Fathi Moshi, baker worker | Sayyid Mahmoud Sayyid Abdullah Aboudi Warehouse | | Number: 2776 / 50 Date: 1 / 9 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the stamp of the Mukhtar above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy Department Copy 50/2777 1950/8/1 15 Edward Salman Ezra Robin Mazia⟦line⟧n Miss Bertha Saleh, known as Bertha Saleh Eliahou Pinhas The eighth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 50/8/2 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 8/21 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council N 8/310
Department Copy 2778 / 50 1 / 9 / 50 122 Youssef bin Ibrahim Shalom Zakaria ⟦line⟧ Miss Latifa Youssef Daoud Halawi The thirtieth of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/8/50 ⟦illegible⟧ 8/31 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council F / 8/31
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Hazan Palagi⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦twentieth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year ⟦5709⟧ (⟦21 / 3 / 1949⟧) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Hesqel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs 200 Fils 2/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦Department of ...⟧ Baghdad on 2 / 9 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I confirm that Mr. Eliyahu Ezra Menashi Shahrabani has performed his engagement to Miss Madelaine Menahem Isaac Sa'at in Baghdad on the day 12 / July / 1950 (Corresponding to 27 Tammuz 5710) And has not married yet Conditions: 550 Dinars Witnesses: Shamoun Shaul H. Shaul Story Habsha Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2/9
Department Copy 50 / 2781 50 / 9 / 2 Eliyahu Ezra Moshi Shahrabani ⟦line⟧ Miss Madeline Menachem Isaac Saat The twelfth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ 2 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 20 Fils 9 / 2 ⟦signature⟧ F / 3 / 9
Department Copy His Excellency the Respectable Director of Income Tax Presented to your Excellency I testify that the person named Ishaq Menachem Saatchi carries the title "Salim" and has the right to use his title instead of his real name, therefore he is called Ishaq Salim Menachem Saatchi. This is for your consideration. 9/1/1950 Department Copy Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Stamp Naeem Salman | Daoud Yaqub Shilo | | Tatran Neighborhood 102 / 144 | (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Number: 2782 / 50 Date: 2 / 9 / 50 F / 3 / 9 ⟦signature⟧ 9/2 ⟦signature⟧
4782 / 50 2 / 9 / 1950 Copy for the department ⟦illegible⟧ 618 Daoud Minah, known as Daoud Minah Khedhouri Arabi Yaqoub, known as Arabi Yaqoub Ibrahim Zakhouli The thirtieth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 9 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 1 / 3 / 9
Department Copy Department Copy ⟦2784⟧ ⟦2⟧ 2784 / 50 2 / 9 / 1950 526 Yehuda Shimon, known as Yehuda Shimon Yehuda Irani Miss Munira Yousef, known as Munira Yousef Mushih The seventh of May, year one thousand nine hundred and fifty A.D. By ⟦fee⟧ 25 Fils 9/2 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9 / 3 / 6
Department copy 50 / 2785 2/9/1950 20 ⟦Shabu⟧ Ilya Sha⟦line⟧bu Miss Simha Khatun, daughter of Sion Nasrallah Dawood Mansour The second of October, year one thousand nine hundred and forty six AD ⟦line⟧. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 3 / 9
Department Copy ⟦illegible stamp⟧ We, Yusuf Yaqub and Khedhouri Dawud, testify that Naji Sayoun had a daughter born to him named Layla on the date 22 / 7 / 1950 and to this we have signed Witness | Witness Yusuf Yaqub | Khedhouri Dawud from the residents of from the residents of Al-Amara | Al-Amara Number: 50/2786 Date: 2 / 9 / 1950 ( We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above ) ⟦Isaac⟧ 9/2 ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Department Copy We, Eliyahu Ezra and Ezra Isaac, testify that Salih Yusuf Abboudi had a son born to him named Mureed Salih on the date 13 / 8 / 1950 and to this we have signed Witness | Witness Eliyahu Ezra, resident of Amarah | Ezra Isaac, resident of Amarah Number: 50/2686 Date: 2 / 9 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above). On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦1 / 3 / 9⟧
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧ We, Shaoul Salman and Yaqoub Ibrahim, testify that Khedhouri Shlomo had a daughter born to him named Khazna on the date 6/9/1950, and accordingly we have signed. Witness | Witness Yaqoub Ibrahim, from the residents of Amarah | Shaoul Salman, from the residents of Amarah Number: 50 / 2788 Date: 2 / 6 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Salman⟧ 9/2 1/3/9 ⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧
Department Copy 2789 / 50 2/9/1950 378 Rahmin Shamhik, known as Rahmin Shabtai Shmuel Miss Katana Moshi, known as Katana Moshi Kohail The eighteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. Mustafa 2/9 2/9 ⟦1/3/9⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 2790 / 50 2 / 9 / 1950 56 Rahmtin Shua bin Robin Harun Israel Mrs. Habiba Ibrahim Hoki The eleventh of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦Certified⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 9/2 ⟦signature⟧ For the acting head of the community Vice President of the Corporal Council 9 / 3 / 1
Department Copy 50/2791 1950/9/2 136 Harun Nissan Yaqoub Bessi Miss Karjia Abdullah Yaqoub Bessi The twentieth of Kislev, the year five thousand six hundred and seventy-four (Hebrew) Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 9/2 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9/3/1
Department Copy 50 / 2792 2 / 9 / 1950 444 ⟦illegible⟧ Salman Israel, known as Suleiman Israel Marshih, Iranian Miss Naima Haskeel, known as Naima Haskeel Abdullah Rahman The tenth of October, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD ⟦Mustafa Kamil⟧ 2/9 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9 / 3 / 1
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named Yitzhak Ezra Hanoch passed away in Baghdad on the 22nd day of the month of Tammuz, year 5709 (1949/7/20) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦illegible signature⟧ 1950/9/2 Yitzhak Ezra Hanoch ⟦illegible signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible signature⟧ 5 Fils Fee ⟦illegible⟧ 50/9/2