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IJA 3080

Verification Certificates of Baghdadi Jewish Community Members

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These 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.

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Archive Reference
IJA 3080
Item Number
15741
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Financial, Judeo-Arabic, Iran, Birth Certificates, Revenue Stamp, Charity, Typed, Marriage Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Death Certificates, Jewish Lay Council, Jewish Life, Palestine, Divorce, President of the Jewish Community, Correspondence, Annotation, Personal Document, Handwritten, Military, Travel

AI en Translation, Pages 751-775

Page 751

⟦Department Copy⟧
To whom it may concern
We the undersigned testify that Munshi Benjamin, a resident of our neighborhood, Tatran, numbered 94/147, has a daughter named Nadira daughter of
Munshi, who lost her Iranian nationality book five years ago, and for this reason we have signed, 3 / 10 / 1950.
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatran neighborhood, Ibrahim Gurji Shmuly
Ezra Menachem Tatran | Saleh Shaul, Tatran neighborhood
Number: 2978 / 50
Date: 5 / 10 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Current classifier
10/5
1 / 5 / 10

Page 752

Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧
To whom it may conc⟦line⟧ern
We certify that Salman Meir Perry and his sons Ibrahim Salman, Yusuf Salman, and Anwar Salman are of Iranian nationality and residing
in our neighborhood of Tatran, and for this reason we have explained the truth for them.
Note - House number ⟦line⟧
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Bushbel
Yusuf Ezra - Carpenter | Yaqub Salman - Twister | Al-Haj Hammoud
Photo of Ibrahim Salman | Photo of Yusuf Salman | Photo of Anwar Salman
Number - 2979 / 50
Date - 5 / 10 / 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
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 5
A / 5 / 10

Page 753

⟦Circle Registrar⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on: ⟦15⟧ / 10 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate number 222, I hereby certify that
Mr. Khalil son of Abdullah son of Dahoon
has married in Baghdad Miss Sabiha daughter of Selim son of Kinana
on the day 2 / 2 / 1950 (corresponding to 14 February 950)
)
Ketubbah amount | Witnesses
75 seventy-five Dinars only | Yaqub Hayyim son of Zal
| Selim Yusuf Eliyahu
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧
⟦Secretary⟧
⟦The Jewish Community⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 754

Copy of the ⟦Religious⟧ Department
4980 / 50
5 / 10 / 1950
5
226
Ezekiel Abdullah Yehuda
Miss Hannah Nassim Ishaq
The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
Second Classifier
10 / 5
Image
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 10 / 50 AD
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1 / 5 / 10

Page 755

Department Copy
50/3980
10/5/1950
226
Heskel Abdullah Yehuda
Miss Hanna Nassim Ishaq
The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦red mark/stamp⟧
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 10/30/1950
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1/10/30

Page 756

2981 / 50
5 / 10 / 1950
Copy of the Department ⟦...⟧
686
Hakham Moshe bin Eliyahu, known as Hakham Moshe bin Eliyahu Shlomo Mahlab
Miss Eliza Khedhouri, known as Eliza Khedhouri Ezra Masri
The twenty-first of June, nineteen hundred and fifty AD.
⟦Second paper⟧
⟦illegible⟧
10/5
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1 / 5 / 10

Page 757

Department Copy
2982 / 50
5 / 10 / 1950
Evidence Item
Isaac Ibrahim, known as Isaac Ibrahim Levi
xxx Kirkuk Khunja Isaac, known as Khunja Isaac Mikhail
The thirteenth of February of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-three AD.
Hesqael
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1 / 5 / 10

Page 758

Department Copy
2982 / 50
5 / 10 / 1950
233
Habib Mordechai Aaron
Miss Naima Nahoum Isaac Dahouki
The seventh of February of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD.
⟦Isfani⟧
10/5
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1/5/10

Page 759

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 2 / 7 / 950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the investigations carried out by me, I hereby certify
that Miss Saeeda daughter of Sion son of Reuben
is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers.
Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun
שמעון שאול ח. שמעון
SH. SHAUL H. SH.
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
15 / 7

Page 760

Department Copy
50 / 2984
5 / 10 / 1950
Certificate
Based on the certification of the Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby certify
that Miss Saida Sayyoun Roubin is neither betrothed nor married, and there is no record of such in the
relevant registers.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
200 Fils
⟦signature⟧
1 / 5 / 10

Page 761

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
For the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 20 / 8 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries fixed in my records I confirm that
Mr. Isaac Ephraim Shakarji
Has performed his engagement to Miss Salma Sasson Shagi
In Baghdad on the day 24 / 8 / 1950 (Corresponding to 11 Elul 5710)
( ⟦line⟧
And has not married yet
Conditions | Witnesses
1100 Dinars | Shimon Shaul
| Isaac Yehuda
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
20 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 8

Page 762

Department copy
4885/50
5/10/50
Isaac Ephraim Shakarji
Miss Salima Sassoon Shabi
The twenty-fourth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD
200 fils
10/5
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
N/2/10

Page 763

Department Copy
To whom it may concern
We hereby certify that Daoud Shaul Cohen is the same person known as Daoud Shaul Shammah and that these two names belong to the
mentioned person. Accordingly, we have prepared this document in Baghdad on 3 / 9 / 1950
Street 1 Taleen Bustan Kubba 21 / 11 / 1
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Neighborhood Mukhtar Al-Hajj Abbas Mustafa
Ezra Isaac | Munshi Rahmin Ashir Salem
⟦illegible⟧
Number: 2986 / 50
Date: 6 - 10 / 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
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 3 / 1

Page 764

Department copy
50/2887
10/6/1950
306
Munshi Heskel Ezra, known as Munshi Yusuf Heskel Ezra
Miss Haila Raphael Ishaq Hayyim
The twenty-sixth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five AD.
⟦Ishaq⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1/6/10

Page 765

Department Copy
50 / 2988
6 / 10 / 1950
365
Hayawi Saleh, known as Yahya Hayawi bin Saleh Yaqoub Mukammal
Miss Farha Shaul, known as Farha Shaul Saleh Mukammal
The second of April, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD.
200 fils
⟦illegible⟧
10 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council

Page 766

10/5/1950
Department Copy
We, the undersigned residents of Al-Baryadi neighborhood in Kirkuk, testify that Carmila Dawood is the daughter of Victoria Ibrahim and that her husband
has traveled and she has been deferred because she is pregnant, and for this reason we have signed;
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the Israelite Community of Qambar Ali neighborhood
Abboudi Ibrahim | Sami Nassim | Sasson Ezra Dallal
(We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar
above)
Number: 50/2989
Date: 10 / 6 / 1950
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1/6/10

Page 767

His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected,
We, the undersigned, testify that Khadhouri Miro, husband of Yazi Khadhouri and father of Saleh Khadhouri, died 13 (thirteen)
years ago, and for this reason we have signed below.
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the neighborhood Ibrahim Kurji Shmuli
Jamil Aziz, auto parts seller | Selim Ibrahim, tea seller |
Mosul | Mosul |
Mordechai, Representative of the Jewish Community in Mosul
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal
of the Mukhtar above)
⟦illegible⟧
Number: 50/2990
Date: 10 / 6 / 1950
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
6/10
1/2
1/6/10

Page 768

We, the undersigned, testify that Ezra Rahim, husband of Ghazala Moshi,
passed away in the year 1949, and for this purpose, we have signed this statement.
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar
Saleh Moshi Akawi | Yaqub Ezra Yehuda
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Mosul
Certified
Authorized Representative of the Jewish Community
in Mosul
Number — 2991 / 501
Date — 6 - 10 / 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 ⟦line⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧
Ibrahim Shukr
⟦...⟧ this certificate ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ attached herewith
We, the undersigned, testify that Ezra Rahim, husband of Ghazala Moshi,
⟦...⟧ died a year ago ⟦...⟧ their children ⟦...⟧ born in ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ and for this purpose, we have signed this certificate.
1 / 6 / 10

Page 770

⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 28 / 9 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage contract numbered: 828
I hereby certify that Mr.: Sabeeh son of Ibrahim Kohi Abu Daoud
has married in Baghdad Miss: Dorey daughter of Shmuel son of Mir Aslan
on the day: 7 / 9 / 1950
Corresponding to: 25 Elul 710
Ketubah Amount | Witnesses
4000 Dinars | Shmuel Shaul
| Salim Hakham Eliyahu
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible signature⟧
25 Fils editing fee
Requested 25 Fils
⟦illegible signature/mark⟧

Page 771

Department Copy
3992/50
6th October 50
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 838, I
hereby confirm that Mr. SABIH IBRAHIM ABOU-DAOUD was married
at Baghdad to Miss. DAISY SHAMOUN HESKAIL ASLAN on the 7th
day of September 1950 ( nineteen hundred & fifty A. D. ).
fils 350
Two copies
Shamash
2 copies
6/10
⟦initials⟧
⟦red mark⟧
⟦signature⟧
For Ofg. President,
JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD.
Vice- President,
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
<del>Required ⟦...⟧</del>

Page 772

Department Copy
Certificate
2992/50
10/6/1950
To whom it may conce⟦line⟧rn
We hereby confirm that Mr. Salim Bashi is one of the employees of the Jewish Schools Commi⟦line⟧ttee
in Baghdad and receives a nominal monthly salary of ten Dinars, and at his request, he was provided with this certificate.
O⟦line⟧n behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Cou⟦line⟧ncil
⟦illegible⟧
1/6/10

Page 774

Department copy
50 / 2995
9 / 10 / 1950
63
Salman Ishaq, known as Suleiman bin Ishaq Hoki bin Yaqub
Miss Naeema Yaqub Moshi
The eighteenth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD.
1
⟦signature⟧
10/9
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
1/9/10

Page 775

Department Copy
50/2992
10/9/1950
348
Yehuda Daoud Youssef
Miss Kelly Mordechai Haroun
The sixteenth of March of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD.
⟦Samuel⟧
⟦illegible⟧
9/10
⟦illegible⟧
1/9/10
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Corporal Council