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 2850 11 Death Certificate 2849 / 50 11 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the burial administrator at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Dawood Salman Dweck died in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- three AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 9 / 50 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Heskel 10 / 9 N 10 / 9
Department Copy 50/2850 11/9/1950 Khadhouri Shaul Ibrahim Shiri Miss Khatoun Suleiman Sassoon Hakham Suleiman The first of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen A.D. 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 10/9 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 2/10/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 7 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After Greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I confirm that Mr. Ibrahim son of Khedhouri Yaqub Ajami has performed his engagement to Miss Farida daughter of Shakkuri son of Menashi in Baghdad on the day 7 / 9 / 1950 (Corresponding to 25 Elul 710) and has not yet married Witnesses | Conditions Selim Moallem Naso | Dinars ⟦Ariel⟧ Hafal | 100 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Cantor and Mohel⟧ ⟦In Baghdad⟧ ⟦Nothing else⟧ 9/12 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 9/10
Department Copy 851 / 2 / 50 11 / 9 / 1950 Ibrahim Khadhuri Yaqoub Ajmi Miss Farida Shakouri Manshi The seventh of September of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10/9/50 10/9/50 ⟦illegible⟧ N 10 / 10 / 50
50 / 4852 11 / 9 / 1950 Department Copy 337 Yosef Shaoul known as Yosef Hayyim bin Shaoul Saleh Gabbay Miss Violet Daoud Manshi Shabith The eleventh of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9 / 10 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9 / 10 / 9
50 / 2854 11 / 9 / 1950 The presenter Shimon Yehuda Miss Abbouda Rahamin The twenty-eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Corporal Council ⟦Registered⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 11/9 9/11/9 ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2805 11 / 9 / 1950 818 Salman Eliyahu Yaqub Horish Miss Marcelle Eliyahu, known as Marcelle Eliyahu Ghaznawi The thirty-first of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 9/11 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/11/9 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named Salem Avraham David Jouri passed away in Baghdad on the day 27 / 27th of the month of Tammuz in the year 5702 (12 / 7 / 1942), and for this purpose I have signed below. Yehezkel Haddad Haskeel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 11/9/50 On ⟦text⟧ 10/9/50 ⟦signature⟧ 9/11
2856/50 1950/9/11 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Saleh Salman Saleh Najjar passed away in Baghdad on the twelfth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Safwani⟧ 2/11/9 11/9
Regarding the person named Shua Masih bin Daoud, residing in our neighborhood of Qara Sha'ban in the house numbered 31b / 135 and whose photograph is attached above, he is of Iranian nationality, and for the sake of his review with us we have initiated the provision of this certificate as requested. Witness Witness Mukhtar of Qara Sha'ban neighborhood Yousef Moshi Qandarji Yaqoub Ezra Qandarji Mahdi Ahm⟦line⟧ed Number - 2858 / 50 Date - 11 / 9 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar below On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 11 A / 11 / 9
50 / 2859 11 / 9 / 1950 588 Youssef Ibrahim Shaoul Hamed Levi Miss Evelyn Rubin Shaoul Hamed Levi The eighteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fif⟦line⟧ty AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 11/9 ⟦illegible⟧ 1/11/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that Miss ⟦Loni Yaqub Shutub⟧ is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 11/9 ⟦illegible⟧
2860 / 50 11 / 9 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Limoni Ya'qub Shahtoub is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ 11/9 9/11/9 ⟦illegible⟧
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings H. Yohanan Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak bin Nissim Nahum⟧ has passed away in Baghdad on the 28th day of the month of Tishrei in the year 704 (10/27/1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 9/14/50 ⟦Mustafa⟧ 9/30 Yitzhak Nissim Nahum Heskiel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Department Copy 2861 / 50 Death Certificate 14 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Murad Saleh Nahum Jabu Khattan passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9/14 ⟦illegible⟧ 2861 9/14/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 14 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Miss Clairette Joseph is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ By verification Exempt ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9/14
Department Copy 2862 / 50 14 / 9 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Claire daughter of Joseph is not betrothed or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ For the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Drafted ⟦signature⟧ 9/14 A / 14 / 9
In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs 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 Daoud (Meir) passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of the month of Nisan in the year 5704 (25 / 2 / 1944) and therefore I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 9/14
Department's Copy Death Certificate 50 / 2862 1950 / 9 / 14 Based on the certificate of the undertaker in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the named Kurji Rahmin died in Baghdad on the twenty-fifth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9/14 9/14 9/14/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 9 / 1954 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 164, I hereby confirm that Mr. Reuben Nassoum Reuben Adri has married in Baghdad Miss Lulu daughter of Abdullah Saleh Bassoon on the day 10 / 2 / 1904 (eleven 2 Adar 5664) Ketubah amount: 10000 ten thousand only Witnesses: Reuben Nassoum / Eliyahu Sylekh True copy ⟦signature⟧ 11/9 Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon Shimon Shaoul H' Shimon Secretary Baghdad
Department Copy 50 / 2864 1950 / 9 / 14 164 Rubin Nahum Rubin, Iranian Miss Lulu Abdullah Saleh Besson The tenth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and two AD. ⟦Certified⟧ 14 / 9 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9 / 14 / 2
Department Copy 50 / 2865 14 / 9 / 1950 Evidence Habib Mikhail, known as Habib Mikhail Ibrahim Husband of Mrs. Aziza Salman, known as Aziza Salman Ibrahim Levi The first of June, year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one AD. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Save the file 9/14 ⟦illegible⟧ A / 14 / 9
We testify regarding the woman named Masouda daughter of Shlomo, a resident of Abood neighborhood number 15 / 145, that her husband named Daoud son of Shaboula has been deceased for thirty-five years, and for the record we have testified to this on 14 / 8 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatran neighborhood Khedhouri Shaul, Faraj neighborhood | Munir Sassoon | Ibrahim Korji Shmouli God Number: 2866 / 50 Date: 14 / 9 / 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 Certified 14 / 9 ⟦signature⟧ A / 14 / 8