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 2824 / 50 6 / 9 / 1950 76 Benjamin Mordechai Shabbo Miss Riqa Nassim Eliahu The eighth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- nine AD. ⟦Safai⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 6 ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 6 / 2 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Circle Copy 2821 / 50 6 / 9 / 1950 119 Eliyahu Mordechai H⟦line⟧aroun Miss Serge Snouk known as Serge Spefa Shmuel The twenty-seventh of November of the year nineteen forty-⟦line⟧ nine AD⟦line⟧. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Second class First 6 / 9 A / 6 / 9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 6 / 9 / 1950 Head of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage contract number 827, I hereby certify that Mr. Sabri bin Rahmin bin Yahya married in Baghdad Miss Nadra bint Salem bin Ezra on the day 6 / 9 / 1950 (corresponding to 24 Elul 5710) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubbah Amount | Witnesses Dinars | Shamoon Shaul 75 | Yahya Moallem Eliyahu Shamoon Shaul H. Shamoon ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 2822 / 50 6 / 9 / 50 827 Sabri bin Rahmin bin Meir Miss Nadira bint Salem bin Ezra The year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. The sixth of September ⟦illegible⟧ 6 / 9 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council F / 6 / 9
Department Copy 50 / 2822 50 / 946 Mr. Daoud bin Shalom xxx regarding Mrs. Farah bint Yusuf The twenty-third of December of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight AD. Mustafa ⟦illegible⟧ 9/5 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council F / 9 / 5
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 29 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 68, I hereby confirm that Mr. Abdullah bin Yusuf bin Nahum Ibrahim has married in Baghdad Miss Masouda daughter of Daoud bin Abdullah Saleh Rassoon on the day 17 / 11 / 1929 (corresponding to 24 Sivan year 5690) Amount of the Ketubah: 200 dinars, two hundred dinars Witnesses: Shimon H. Shimon Shaul, Salim H. Shimon Al-Basu Yusuf Zaki Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Shimon⟧ ⟦Shmuel⟧
Department copy 2824 / 50 6 / 9 / 50 68 Abdullah bin Robin bin Nahum Iranian Miss Marcelle daughter of Dawood bin Abdullah Saleh Bassoon The seventeenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD. Sisqali ⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 9 On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council F 5 / 9
Department Copy 282 6/9/50 Saleh Daniel Number Miss Maryam Nouri The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one AD. 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 5/5/50 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Spiritual Council
Department copy To whom it may conce⟦line⟧rn We the undersigned testify that the person named Ibrahim Saleh Isaac doe⟦line⟧s n⟦line⟧ot have an income and is incapacitated and unemployed, and for this reason we have sign⟦line⟧ed; 9/5/1950 Department copy Department copy Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's seal Shaul Shochet | Khadouri Ibrahim - Earner | Taht al-Takiya neighborhood | | Ezra Mukammal (We certify the authenticity of the two witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) Number - 2825 / 50 Date - 6 / 9 / 50 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ F 9/6
Department copy ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 2827 6 / 9 / 50 615 Haroun bin Moshi bin Isaac Dahuki Miss Sabria bint Eliyahu bin Benjamin Dahuki The twenty-ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 6 / 9 ⟦illegible⟧ F 5 / 9 9 / 5 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Department Copy Department Copy 3838/50 7/9/1950 398 Yaqub Ephraim known as Yaqub Gurji bin Ephraim bin Nissan Miss Najia Yaqub Moshi Kirkukli The twenty-fifth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven AD. Photo ⟦illegible⟧ (True Copy) Baghdad on 1/10/1950 On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council N/10/1
Department Copy 50 / 2829 7 / 9 / 1950 279 Murad Heskel known by the name Murad Heskel Abdall⟦line⟧ah Mrs. Rahima Salman known by the name Rahima Salman Shua'il Koh⟦line⟧en The thirty-first of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twelv⟦line⟧th A.D. ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 9 / 50 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 9 / 50 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Communit⟦line⟧y Vice President of the Lay Counci⟦line⟧l N 7 / 9
Department Copy 2841 / 50 7 / 9 / 1950 105 Saleh Munshi Mordechai Nahoum Miss Najia Elia Hayyou Abed The tenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven AD. (Copy of Certificate) Hassoun ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 9 On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council A / 6 / 9
District Copy 50/ : 2842 7 / 9 / 1950 776 Naji Ishaq Munshi Geegee Miss Daisy Haskail Munshi Qattan The tenth of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Haskail 9/7 9/7/a
Department Copy His Excellency, the Respected Director of General Income Tax Presented to your Excellency: I testify that the person named Eliyahu Khadouri, also known as Elias Khadouri, is the same person, as he uses both names, and for this reason this certificate was given. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Al-Huwaidi District, Sixth Division Moshe Levi | Shlomo Ishaq | Al-Hajj ⟦Habib⟧ Salman Number: 2844 / 50 Date: 10 / 9 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the above Mukhtar ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦20⟧ ⟦on⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 9/10 9/10/⟦1⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ I, the undersigned, Mukhtar of the Tatran neighborhood, testify that the person named Ishaq Naji Barukh, whose photograph is affixed above, I testify that he lost his Iranian nationality, which belonged to him, two years ago, and for the purpose of stating this fact, I have signed this certificate. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Tatran neighborhood Abid Ibrahim Mudarris | Khedouri Sassoon | Ibrahim Korji Shmouli son of Manshi Saleh | | Number: 50/2840 Date: 10 / 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 ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 9/10/2
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records documented in my registers, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Nahum⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦sixth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Iyar⟧ in the year 5705 (19/4/1945), and for this reason I have signed below. ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskiel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9/9
Department Copy Department Copy Number: 50 / 2846 Date: 10 / 9 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Baruch Ibrahim Isaac died in Baghdad on the nineteenth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Description of the ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9 / 10 / 9
2848 Department Copy 50 / 2847 50 / 9 / 11 The Exhibit Ezra Sasson Brouria Miss Hayla Menashi The twenty-eighth of December, year nineteen hundred and twenty- nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 9 / 10 ⟦Isaac Levy⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦50 / 9 / 10⟧ F / 9 / 10
Department Copy 50 / 2848 11 / 9 / 1950 612 Shaul Yaqub, known as Shaul Yaqub Benjamin Miss Juliet Khedouri, known as Juliet Khedouri Yusuf The eleventh of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦Levi⟧ AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council In accordance with the regulations 9/10 In accordance with the regulations 1/10/9
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad 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 ⟦Menashe Menachem David⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦sixth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Menachem Av⟧ in the year 5702 (27 / 7 / 1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Menashe Menachem⟧ ⟦David⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦illegible⟧ Approved President of the Council 20 / 9 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧