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.
The Religious Court of Justice in the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Religious Court in Baghdad JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT BAGHDAD Number: 6 Date: 28 Adar ⟦...⟧ I, the undersigned David ⟦...⟧, testify ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 27/3/47 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
2947/50 9/29/1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israelite Religious Court in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Rahmin Ibrahim Shalom has had his divorce from his wife Karjia Ibrahim Elias finalized on the twenty-first day of July in the year nineteen hundred and forty-three AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9/28/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 9/28/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 42, I hereby certify that Mr. Naim son of Salim Rahmin Barhoum Has married in Baghdad Miss Toba daughter of Salman son of Abdullah Rayana On the day 9/25/1950 (corresponding to 14 Tishrei 5711) Amount of Ketubah | Witnesses 150 Dinars (One hundred and fifty Dinars) | Naoum Hakham Shaul Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧
50 / 2949 29 / 9 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 471 Heskel Saleh Barhoum Miss Touffaha Houki Azouri The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Registered 9/28 ⟦signature⟧ 9/28/9
Department Copy 55 / 2950 1950 / 9 / 29 752 Ibrahim Khedhouri Daoud Tatinji ⟦line⟧ Miss Daisy Khedhouri Eliyahu Ishaq ⟦line⟧ The second of August, year one thousand nine hundred and fifty ⟦line⟧ AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 9/29 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council N / 9/29
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad ⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧ Baghdad on 28 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that Miss Victoria daughter of Shaoul is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon⟧ 2007 29 / 9 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 2951 / 50 Certificate 29 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Victoria Shaul is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 20 / 9 Transfer N / 9 / 29
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 28 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Miss Maryam Shaul is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Shim'on ⟦illegible⟧ 200 In 28/9
⟦Department Copy⟧ 2952 / 50 29 / 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 Miss Maryam Shaul is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 29 / 9 N / 29 / 9 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 50 / 2952 1950 / 8 / 29 276 Yousef Moshi, known as Yosi Latif bin Moshi Al-Aini Miss Jahla Sayon Saleh The twenty-third of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 9/29 ⟦signature⟧ For the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Corporal Council N / 9/29
Department Copy 50 / 2954 50 / 9 / 29 147 Haroun Rubin Miss Victoria Haskell Ezra Babai The fifth of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Money entry 9/29 F / 9 / 29 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Administrator of the Jewish Burial Grounds 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 person named ⟦Yitzhak Cohen Avraham⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦18th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Iyar⟧ in the year ⟦5708⟧ 18 5708 (27 / 5 / 1948) and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Cohen⟧ Heskel Haddad Administrator of the Jewish Burial Grounds ⟦Yitzhak⟧ ⟦Cohen⟧ ⟦Avraham⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Loss 749
Department Copy Death Certificate 50 / 2955 1950 / 9 / 29 Based on the certificate of the burial administrator at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the individual named Shua Saleh Abed died in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . Register Record completed 9 / 29 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council N / 9 / 29
Administrator of Jewish Cemetery 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 person named ⟦Murad Ibrahim Murad⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the day ⟦8⟧ of the month ⟦January⟧ year ⟦29⟧ ( ⟦1/8/1929⟧ ) and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Administrator of Jewish Cemetery Affairs Registered in ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Department Copy 50 / 2956 29 / 9 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Nassim Joseph died in Baghdad on the eighth of January of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Recorded to 9/29 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council N / 9/29
⟦Department Copy⟧ To the Honorable Dropping of Citizenship and Deportation Committee We, the undersigned, testify that Ibrahim Isaac Saleh from Muqdadiya Street has fled outside Iraq five months ago and left behind his wife, the named Rachel Shlomo Saleh, and his two daughters, Nabiha daughter of Ibrahim, and Najmiya daughter of Ibrahim; for this purpose we have signed this statement; Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the Israelite Community Aboudi Isaac Khadhuri | Yaqub Rahmin | For the Qanbar Ali neighborhood, Sassoon Ezra Dallal Witness Salim Nahum We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above Number - 2957/50 Date - /10/ 1950 On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Refinery⟧
⟦Department health/validity⟧ To the Honorable Committee for Forfeiture and Deportation We, the undersigned, testify that Jadu' Eliyahu Shaul, a resident of Miqdadiyah, fled outside Iraq five months ago and left his wife Sabiha Nahum Yahya and his two children, Nahum Jadu' and Samir Jadu' And for this reason, we have signed this statement! Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the Israelite community Salim Nahum Shahrabani | Aboudi Isaac Khadhuri | for the Tatat Ali neighborhood, Sasson Ezra Dallal | Witness | | Yaqub Hami | Number - M -: 2958 / 50 Date - M -: 1 / 10 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Refinery ⟦illegible signature⟧ 10/1
Department Copy Second To the Honorable Revocation and Deportation Committee We, the undersigned, testify that Naeem Nahum Abed, a resident of Muqdadiya, fled outside Iraq five months ago and left his wife, the named Naima Moshi, and his child Najah Naeem, and for this reason we have signed this statement: Department Copy Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of the Jewish Community Salim Nahum Shahrabani | Abboud Ishaq | for Qambar Ali neighborhood Sassoon Ezra | | Dallal Number - 2959 / 50 Date - 1 / 10 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 10 On behalf of the acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Department Copy Department Copy 2960 / 50 1 / 10 / 1950 271 Ezra Menashi Qattan Rachel Salman Boushi, married The twenty-second of February of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Given⟧ ⟦signature⟧ N 10 / 1 / 5
⟦The Department ...⟧ Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 22 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr. Haqqi son of Karmi Meir Aboudi has performed his engagement to Miss Esperance Najia daughter of Yaqoub Haqqi in Baghdad on the day 20 / 8 / 1950 And he has not married yet Witnesses | Conditions Shimon Shaul | Dowry only Salim Hafem Eliyahu | 20 Fils 10% Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Marriage Registrar Baghdad
Department Copy 50 / 2962 1 / 10 / 1950 Heskel bin Korji Shammar Abboudi Miss Najia Yaqoub, known by the name Esperanza Najia Yaqoub Heskel The twentieth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD On behalf of the Acting Chief Rabbi Vice President of the Lay Council 20 Fils 1 / 10 N / 1 / 10
The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby confirm that The named ⟦Yitzhak (Nuri) Ezra⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦seventh⟧ day of the month of ⟦June⟧ in the year 5701 (22 / 6 / 1941) and for this reason I have signed below. ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs ⟦Yitzhak Ezra⟧
⟦Office Copy⟧ 2962 / 50 Death Certificate 1 / 10 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Naim Roubin Daboura died in Baghdad on the second day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD. For the Head of the Community in an acting capacity Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Filtered⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 10/1 10/1/9