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.
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respectfully After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the person named ⟦Linda Nessim Masri⟧ was born in Baghdad on the 17th day of August, the year 1949 AD. And for this reason, we have signed below Baghdad on 14 / 9 / 1950 Witness ⟦signature⟧ Witness ⟦signature⟧ Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils 40 Fils I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar LINDA NESSIM MASRI ⟦illegible red ink signature⟧ F-
Department Copy 3882/50 15th September 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented I hereby confirm that LINDA NESSIM MASRI was born at Baghdad on the 17th day of August 1949 ( nineteen hundred & fourty nine A, D. ). ⟦illegible⟧ For Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice - President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦illegible⟧ 15/9 2 copies ⟦Shamaa⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the named Laila Nessim Masri was born in Baghdad on the 14th day of February, year 1944 AD. And for this reason we have signed below Baghdad on 14 / 9 / 1950 ⟦Revenue stamp: 5 fils⟧ ⟦Revenue stamp: 10 fils⟧ ⟦Circular blue stamp: Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ Witness ⟦signature⟧ Witness ⟦signature⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar LAILA NESSIM MASRI On behalf of / ⟦Red ink signature⟧ 9/14
Department Copy 3883 / 50 15th September 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that LAILA NESSIM MASRI was born at Baghdad on the 14th day of February 1944 ( nineteen hundred & fourty four A. D. ). ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ For Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice- President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦signature⟧ 15/9 ⟦signature⟧ Shamash
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the named Nessim Haron Masri was born in Baghdad on the day of the year 1912 AD. And for that purpose we have signed below. Baghdad on 14 / 9 / 1950 Witness Witness I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar NESSIM HARON MASRI Nessim ⟦illegible⟧ 9/14 F/
Department Copy 3884/50 15th September 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. NESSIM HAKON MASRI was born at Baghdad in the year 1912 ( nineteen hundred & twelve A. D. ). ⟦illegible⟧ 15/9 2 copies Shamash ⟦illegible⟧ For Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice- President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. 5
Department Copy Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the person named Leoni Heskel Shemtob was born in Baghdad on the — day of — in the year 1920 AD. Therefore, we have signed below Baghdad on 24 / 9 / 1950 ⟦illegible signature over revenue stamps⟧ Witness ⟦illegible⟧ a Witness ⟦illegible⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar LEONI HESKEL SHEMTOB ⟦illegible signature in red⟧ 9/14
Department Copy 3885/50 15th September 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mrs. LEONI HESKEL SHEMTOB was born at Baghdad on the year 1920 ( nineteen hundred & twenty A. D. ). ⟦signature⟧ 15/9 2 copies ⟦shameer⟧ ⟦signature⟧ For Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice- President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦illegible⟧ Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 15 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 214, I hereby confirm that Mr. Munshi Haqqi Dabi has married in Baghdad Ms. Leila Yehuda Haqqi Hakham Isaac on the day 9 / 1 / 1927 (corresponding to 21 Tevet 5687) Ketubah Amount Witnesses ⟦line⟧ ⟦line⟧ Rupees Hakham Beer 4000 Saleh Hakham Moshe Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ Rabbinical Court of Justice Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ General Classifier 9/15
The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦illegible⟧ day of the month ⟦illegible⟧ in the year ⟦illegible⟧ (12/10/1927) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦illegible⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs Verified 9/15
Department Copy 50 / 2887 15 / 9 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Isaac Meir Rubin Zion passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Exempted ⟦signature⟧ 9/15 9/15/2
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 14 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 279, I hereby confirm that Mr. Nasrallah son of ⟦Haqqi⟧ Nasrallah Naji married in Baghdad Miss Naeema daughter of Rahma son of Eliyahu on the day 5 / 4 / 1925 (corresponding to 11 Nisan 5685) Witnesses | Ketubah amount Hakham Sassoon | 2700 (two thousand and seven hundred Saleh Hakham Sassoon | rupees) Shimon Shaul H. Shimon | ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦The Rabbinical Court⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ Certified 9/15
Department Copy 2888 / 50 15 / 9 / 1950 379 Nasrallah Haskeel Nasrallah Nati Miss Naeema Rahmeen Eliyahu The fifth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five AD. Nasrallah 9/15 9/15/2 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respectfully After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the person named ⟦Suri Ezra Mashal⟧ was born in Baghdad on the 22nd day of April in the year 1901 AD. And for this reason, we have signed below. Baghdad on 11 / 9 / 1950 Iraq 10 Fils Iraq 20 Fils Witness Witness I certify the authenticity of this testimony The Mukhtar Received 100 Fils ⟦14 / 9 / 50⟧ Khalawiyah Fakhri Malas
⟦Office Copy⟧ No. 3889 /50 Number - 3889 / 50 Baghdad 15th September 1950. Date - 15 / 9 / 1950 BIRTH CERTIFICATE Birth Certificate In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. KHEDHOURI ⟦EZRA⟧ MACHAL was born at Baghdad on the 12th day of April 1901 ( nineteen hundred & one A. D. ). Based on the documents held by us we hereby confirm that Mr. Khedhouri Ezra Machal was born in Baghdad on the twelfth day of April in the year 1901 (the one thousand nine hundred and first A.D.). For Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. Vice- President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Matloub Hassan Fani 11
Department Copy To the Honorable Iranian Embassy Baghdad After compliments I, Mordechai Raphael Agai, an Iranian citizen, have held Iranian nationality, and since a year and a half ago I lost the aforementioned nationality document. Therefore, please be so kind as to grant me a replacement for the lost one, with my further thanks and respect. 9/14/1950 Mordechai Raphael Witness | Witness | Mukhtar Seal Yaqub Yaqub | Haroun Yusuf | Al-Tatran Neighborhood | | ⟦illegible⟧ Number - 2890 / 50 Date - 15 / 9 / 50 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the Mukhtar seal listed above) On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Heskel 9/15
Spiritual Committee of the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 17 / 9 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Please provide Rosa daughter of Aaron (Levi) (under a new name) a certificate including her divorce from her husband Saul son of Elijah (Boya), on the date of 6 Tishrei ⟦...⟧ 5711 corresponding to 17 / 9 / 950 Salman Jove Aboudi 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 50/9/17
Department Copy Divorce Certificate 50/3891 17/9/1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the woman named Rosa daughter of Aaron (Levi) (Selim Yadid) was divorced from her husband named Shaul Eliyahu (Buba) on the seventeenth day of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 31 / 5 / 1951 ⟦illegible⟧ Naim Ibrahim Zubaida On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Copy 21 / 5 / 51 1815
Department Copy 2891 / 50 17 / 9 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Roza daughter of Haroun (Levi) (Selim Yadid) was divorced from her husband the named Shaul Eliyahu (Behya) on the seventeenth day of September in the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 9/17 ⟦illegible⟧ 9/17/2
Department Copy 50/2892 1950/9/10 826 Haroun Hakouli known as Haroun Heskel Haroun Ainchi Miss Rachel Yousif Hayyim The fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. 200 Fils 9/17 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9/17/A
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, May G-d Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 17/9/50 Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad Please provide (Lulu), named Marwalji daughter of Haroun, with a certificate regarding her divorce from her husband (Salman), named Samana son of Haroun son of Zakaria, dated 21 Kislev 5703 Corresponding to 30 November 1942 Salman Hoqi Aboudi According to the regulations 17/9
Department Copy Divorce Certificate 50 / 4864 17 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Lulu (Mawali) daughter of Harun has been divorced from her husband Salman (Simana) son of Harun Zakaria on the thirtieth day of November in the year nineteen hundred and forty-two AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council As per regulations 9/17 ⟦illegible⟧ 9/17/9