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 3536 /50 11th August 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. EZRA HARON YOUSUF ELIAHOU was born at Baghdad on 22nd of February 1930 ( nineteen hundred & thirty A. D. ). Shamash 2 copies 11/8 ⟦illegible⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. 11/8 ⟦illegible⟧
Copy for the ⟦Financial⟧ Department 2527 / 50 12 / 8 / 1950 384 Salim Isaac, known as Ibrahim Salim son of Isaac Murad Miss Wardah Ibrahim Hai The eighteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine A.D. Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 9/11/8
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on <del>12/8/1950</del> Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I certify that Mr. Khedhouri son of Menashi has entered into an engagement with Miss Touma daughter of Yusuf Shapiro in Baghdad on the day 4 / 8 / 1950 (corresponding to 21 Ab 710 ⟦line⟧) And has not married yet ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 8 / 50 Conditions Dinars 500 Five hundred dinars Witnesses Salim Muallam Elyahu Harun Agha Jan Ouda Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Department Copy 50/2528 12/8/1950 Khedhouri Menashe Miss Touya Youssef Shapiro The fourth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/13/A ⟦illegible⟧ 8/12
50 / 2529 12 / 8 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 31 Munshi Abdullah known as Munshi Naji bin Abdullah Salman Muslawi Miss Daisy Baruch known as Daisy Baruch Ibrahim The second of October, year one thousand nine hundred and forty one AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 12/8 (Copy of Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1/13/8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 12 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that Miss Ruby, daughter of Doctor Raouf Sabih is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Born in Baghdad in the year 1926 according to the civil status identity card Numbered 84 / 47 and dated 16 / 4 / 1947 Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon⟧ Sincerely 12/8 ⟦illegible signature⟧
Department Copy Number: 50/254 Date: 50/8/12 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Renee, daughter of Dr. Raouf Sabih Qasd, was born in Baghdad in the year 1936 (one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six) and she is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ 8/12 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/13/a
Baghdad 22 / 8 / 1950 We, the residents of Kifri, the head of the Jews in Kifri, have testified that the child born after the registration of the form, who is named Ishaq Kohi Hattan, from the residents of Kifri, I request his inclusion in our form. Head of the Jews, Kifri Murad Hay Lawi Head of the Jews, Kifri Daniel Yeshu'a Note: A boy was born in Baghdad at ⟦Meir Elias⟧ Hospital on 25 / 5 / 1950 according to the Kifri identity book No. 44, dated 28 / 5 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50 / 2541 Birth Certificate 12 / 8 / 1950 Based on the documents kept in our records, we hereby confirm that Isaac Gurji Haqqan was born in the ⟦district⟧ of ⟦Kasper⟧ on the twenty-fifth day of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦Nasri⟧ 8/12 ⟦Signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Signature⟧ 8/12 8 / 13 / 9
⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad 12 / 8 / 950 We, the residents of Kifri and the head of the Jews in Kifri, hereby witness that the boy born in Kifri, whose name is Fouad Youssef, and he is the son of Youssef Shuaa among the residents of Kifri, I request to include his name in our form. Head of the Jews | Head of the Jews Kifri | Kifri Hakim Samuel | Daniel Youssef Head of ⟦...⟧ Note: Born in Kifri on the date 25 / 7 / 50 According to our civil status book numbered 27 and dated on 10 / 8 / 50
Department Copy Birth Certificate 2522 / 50 12 / 8 / 1950 Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Fouad Youssef was born in the Kifri District on the twenty-fifth day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Fees Received 12 / 8 ⟦illegible⟧ 12 / 8 Acting Head of the Sect Head of the Secular Council 9 / 13 / 8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 21 / 8 / 1950 Head of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 96, I hereby certify that Mr. Sassoon son of Isaac Sassoon Married in Baghdad Miss Najma daughter of Moussa son of Joshua On the day 26 / July / 1921 (corresponding to 21 Tammuz 5681) Ketubah amount 4000 Rupees Four Thousand Rupees only Witnesses Munshi Sassoon Abraham Sassoon Simeon Shaul H. Simeon ⟦Shimon Shaul Ch. Shimon⟧ Recorded in the register No. 12 / 8 / 50
Department Copy Department Copy 2542 / 50 14 / 8 / 1950 96 Sassoon Isaac Sassoon Miss Simha daughter of Moshih Meir Moshih The twenty-sixth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦lost of state⟧ 7 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 2 / 13 / 8
Department Copy 2544 / 50 4 / 8 / 1950 250 Ezra Benjamin Ezra Darwish Miss Tuffaha Doris daughter of Salman Heskel The twenty-third of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- nine AD ⟦line⟧ Has been dictated ⟦illegible⟧ 8/12 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 8/13/1
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 21 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 271, I hereby certify that Mr. Yusuf Hayyim bin Yahya Yehuda Waslawi has married in Baghdad Miss Hanna daughter of Rason bin Meir Yahya on the day 22 / May / 1928 (corresponding to 2 Iyar 5688) ( ⟦line⟧ ) The Ketubah amount 50 Dinars one hundred fils only The Witnesses Nissim Hakham Shaul Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ M. M. On behalf of Al-Hal 21 / 8 / 50
Department Copy 50 / 2545 1950 / 8 / 14 271 Yosef Hayim bin Yahya Yehuda Maslawi Miss Hannah Yaqub Munir Washih The twenty-second of May in the year nineteen hundred and thirty- eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ Status Entry 8/1 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 8/13/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦11⟧ / ⟦8⟧ / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 52, I hereby confirm that Mr. Yona son of Baruch married Miss Rabiba daughter of Daoud in Baghdad on the day 4 / September / 1929 (corresponding to 28 Av 5689) (⟦line⟧) Witnesses | Amount of the Ketubah Shaul Hakham Yosef | 1800 Rupees (One thousand eight hundred Rupees) Shaul ⟦...⟧ | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon 5 Fils Treasurer 12 / 8 / 50
2548 / 50 14 / 8 / 1950 Department Copy ⟦Department Copy⟧ 85 Haroun Khedouri Mordechai Miss Simcha Mthir Yehuda The eleventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Recorded on ⟦signature⟧ 212 8 / 13 / 9
50 / 2549 1950 / 8 / 14 Department Copy 282 Yaqub bin Ibrahim, of the Jacobite sect, Iranian Miss Farha Jamila, daughter of Ezra, of the Jacobite sect The eighth of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ Barakat (Three copies) ⟦signature⟧ 8/12 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/13/2
Spiritual Committee of the Holy Congregation Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: Date: 8/12/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Rosa daughter of Mosha son of Ibrahim (pregnant) a certificate including her divorce from her husband Eliya son of Mordechai, on the date 21 Cheshvan 5707 corresponding to October 20, 1946 Salman Sadqa Abboud ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 255 14/8/1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman called Rosa daughter of Moshi Ibrahim (Hleili) has been divorced from her husband called Eliya son of Mordechai on the thirtieth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven AD. <del>⟦illegible signature⟧</del> ⟦Loss of status⟧ 8/22 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8/12 8/13/A
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del> His Excellency the Respectable Iranian Consul We certify that the woman named Maryam daughter of Yusuf with her father son of Eliyahu are poor and deserving of assistance, and we hope you assist her, with our further thanks and respect. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatran Neighborhood, Ibrahim Saleh Shaul | Former Mukhtar of Hanoun Neighborhood | Gurji Shuli | Yusuf Shlomo Shamash | Second Copy Number: ⟦line⟧ 50/7551 Date: ⟦line⟧ 14 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the mukhtar's seal above) ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council Loss of the ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad 10 / 8 / 1950 ) To whom it may concern We certify by this letter of ours that Rabbi ⟦Munshi⟧ Nashi ⟦Munshi⟧ is a ⟦servant⟧ in the Torah of Dawud Shamash located in Al-Sa'adoon and that his monthly salary is five Dinars per month and accordingly this certificate was given Trustee of Dawud Shamash Synagogue ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧