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 50 / 7 / 92 2 / 9 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Shaul Daniel Muhajir passed away in Baghdad on the twentieth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦File Category⟧ 9 / 2 ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 3 / 49
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings Based on the records established in my logs, I hereby confirm that the named Isaac David David passed away in Baghdad on the 22nd day of the month of Adar, year 5702 (12 / 2 / 1942) and for this reason I have signed below Isaac David ⟦signature⟧ Mustafa Ali ⟦signature⟧ 9/10 Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters
Department's Copy 50/2794 1950/9/2 Death Certificate <del>Death Certificate</del> Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the individual named Yaqub Abdullah Ajami died in Baghdad on the twelfth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. 4795 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Transcribed to ⟦signature⟧ 9/3/2
Department Copy 2796 / 50 4 / 9 / 1950 791 Sabeeh Haskeel Shamo⟦line⟧ Miss Rachel Meir Abboudi Twei⟦line⟧ The eighteenth of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 3/8 3/8 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9/4/1
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 22 September 950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department According to the record ⟦...⟧ for Jacob Isaac in Baghdad As for the path to the congregation ⟦...⟧ for Ezekiel son of Suleiman Ezra Abdo ⟦...⟧ Ezra to Menashe Kahnin Menachem son of Jacob Nashnus on the path 11 Elul the year 5710 / 24 August 1950 and in the ⟦...⟧ in the matter of Suleiman Hugi Abdo Approval 2/9/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/9/1950 Certified by ⟦illegible⟧ 2/9
To Whom It May Conce⟦line⟧rn We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Abdullah Ezra, husband of Maryam daughter of Moshi, passed away in Khanaqin District on the dat⟦line⟧e of 17/7/1943, and for this purpose we have issued this certificate. Head of the Israelite Community in Khanaqin, Moshi Hassan Numbe⟦line⟧r - 2798 / 50 Dat⟦line⟧e - 4 / 9 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signature of the Head of the Israelite Community in Khanaqin) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Communit⟦line⟧y Vice President of the Lay Counci⟦line⟧l ⟦illegible⟧ 3/9 ⟦illegible⟧ 1/3/9
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community In Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: Date: <del>2/1/50</del> Presidency of the Jewish Community - In Baghdad Please provide Hanna daughter of Shaul Kar with a certificate stating her divorce from her husband Shlomo known as Shalom son of Hezekiel Zakaria, on the date of 27 Adar II 5702 corresponding to April 22, 1942 And that the aforementioned person was divorced from her second husband named Sion son of Yehuda son of Daoud at the hand of his messenger on the date of 9/22/1949 Salman Hooki Aboudi ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧
Department Copy 2761 / 50 4 / 9 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Hanna Shaul Kassar was divorced from her husband named Shlomo (Shalom) bin Zakariya on the third of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD, and after she became engaged to him once again she was divorced from him a second time on the sixteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three and after that she married the man named Sion Yusuf Daoud. Then she was divorced from her second husband on the twenty-second day of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. ⟦illegible⟧ 4/9 On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 4/9/51
Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad 799 Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named Ezra Menashe Hanoch passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of the month of Adar, year 5710 (03/20/1950) and therefore I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad Hesqeel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs 100 Fils ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate 50 / 2 / 800 4 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the individual named Khadoori Hesqail Mashal died in Baghdad on the fourth day of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ For the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Corporeal Council Issued ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 4 / ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that The person named ⟦Musa bin Murad Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the day ⟦28⟧ of the month of ⟦Tamuz⟧ in the year ⟦5705⟧ (29 / 6 / 1945) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Sassoon⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ 5/9/50 ⟦Signature⟧ 9/4 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 801 / 2 / 50 4 / 9 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we confirm this, that the individual Hayim Hai bin Shalom Kirkukli died in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 20 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 4/9 ⟦signature⟧ 6/4/1
⟦illegible⟧ Department His Excellency, President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, Respected Submission: I am Masouda Moshi, of Iranian nationality according to the attached nationality document under No. 55. I request authentication of that, noting that my photograph is attached above and the Mukhtar of my neighborhood has signed, and the matter is yours to decide. Masouda Moshi, Tatran Neighborhood 31/146 Witness Salman Witness Kurji Ishaq Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatran Neighborhood, Ibrahim Kurji Shmouli Number - 2802 / 50 Date - 4 / 9 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the two witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) On behalf of the Acting President of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4/9 1/4/9
Original Copy 50/2802 9/7/1950 AD 56 William Abraham son of Moshe Rahmin Miss Rina Menashi Rahmin The twenty-eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. 200 fils ⟦illegible⟧ 9/8 ⟦illegible⟧ 9/5 1/4/1 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Corporal Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 4 / <del>11</del> / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 425, I hereby certify that Mr. Naim Munir son of Shlomo Abdul Aziz Married in Baghdad Miss Daisy daughter of Saleh Munir Abdul Aziz On the day 26 / 5 / 1946 (Dated 25 Iyar 706) Witnesses | Ketubah Amount Shimon Shaul | 4000 Four thousand Dinars Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Secretary The Community 50 Fils 9/4
Department Copy 50 / 2804 4 / 9 / 1950 445 Naim Munir bin Shlomo Abdul Aziz Miss Daisy Saleh Munir Abdul Aziz The twenty-sixth of May in the year nineteen hundred and forty-six AD On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Corporal Council ⟦20 fils⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 3/8 4/8 1 / 4 / 9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 24 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 56 I hereby certify that Mr.: Ibrahim son of Menashi Rahmin has married in Baghdad Miss: Reneh daughter of Menashi son of Rahmin on the day: 28 / 9 / 1944 (corresponding to 11 Tishrei 5705) Ketubah amount 500 Dinars One thousand Dinars only The Witnesses Shimon Hay Shaul Haroun Hay Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 9/4
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the person named Shalom Moshi Koreen was born in Baghdad on the seventh day of July in the year 1940 AD <del>Tammuz</del> nineteen hundred and forty And for this purpose we have signed below Baghdad on the third / September / 1950 Witness | Witness ⟦Albert Najash⟧ | ⟦Eliyahu Haql⟧ <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> | ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ | Al-Salihiya Neighborhood 188/79 Al-Batawin Neighborhood 1/12/2 | Baghdad Baghdad | I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦illegible signature⟧ Iraq 20 Fils Iraq 20 Fils 25 Fils 5/4 F/ SHALOM MOSHI KOREEN
Department Copy 4802 4 3805/50 4th September 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that SHALOM MOSHI KOREEN was born at Baghdad on the 7th day of July 1930 ( nineteen hundred & thirty A.D. ). 2 copies 35 fils ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Shamee⟧ 4/9 ⟦v⟧ For Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice-President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. 5
50 / 4806 4 / 9 / 1950 Copy for the department ⟦1805⟧ 99 Nisim Eliyahu Nisim Miss Farha Yousif Ishaq Shashua The fifteenth of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the acting head of the community Vice President of the Lay Council Issued 8 / 9 4 / 9 1 / 4 / 9 ⟦signatures⟧
Department Copy 50/3806 4/9/50 99 Nessim Eliahou Nessim Miss Farha Youssef Isaac Shamshoua The fifteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen AD. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 8/9/50 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Sun⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 8/9/F
Department Copy 2807 / 50 4 / 9 / 1951 571 Yehuda Shua Yahya Levi Miss Shukriya Rahmin Yahya Levi The sixteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD . ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Dated ⟦illegible signature⟧ 4/9 4/9/1 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 4/9/50