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.
⟦illegible⟧ of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 2572 50 / 8 / 10 Duplicate 479 Anwar Rahmin, known as Nouri Anwar son of Rahmin Moshi Miss Juliet Ezra, known as Ghazala Juliet Ezra Yaqub Zaki The twentieth of July of the year nineteen hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 8 / 14 Expert of the Situation 2 / 14 ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 14 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council F / 14 / 8
⟦Department Copy⟧ We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the named Zion Elohim has been blessed with a female child named Koheila in the Mosul District on 18/7/1950 And for this reason we have signed below; Witness | Witness | ⟦Mordechai⟧ Naeem Aziz Ibrahim | ⟦Meir Aziz⟧ | Representative of the Israelite Community in | | Mosul ⟦red mark⟧ Number: 2572 / 50 Date: 16 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above) ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the ⟦Lay⟧ Council
Department Copy We, the undersigned, testify that Moshe Mama Khan Abdullah has lost the Iranian nationality book belonging to him, and accordingly we have signed below: Witness | Witness | Witness Lawyer Shawkat Kamil | Salih Yaqoub Salih | Mukhtar of Hanoun neighborhood previously Yusuf Shlomo Shamash Regarding what is stated above, the mentioned person is a resident of our neighborhood Al-Aqouliya in house number 17 / 101 And for that I signed: 14 / 8 / 1950. Stamp of the Mukhtar of Al-Aqouliya neighborhood Abdul Jabbar Ahmad Al-Umari Duplicate Number - 2574 / 50 Date - 15 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the stamp of the Mukhtar above) Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Khader Elias 8 / 14 M / 14 / 8
In Baghdad Baghdad on September 7, 1950. At the request of the individual named Shamoun Cohen Aisha and to state the truth, we have given this certificate that the aforementioned person named Shamoun Cohen Aisha is one of the members of Name | Father's Name | Grandfather's Name Shamoun | Cohen | Aisha the Israelite community in Baghdad and that he is unmarried, a bachelor, and has never been married before 1/71 / 10 and based on his request we have given this certificate to be submitted to the Directorate of Travel and Nationality in Baghdad 8/31 / 1950, whose photo above is certified Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri 6 / 15 Head of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri 100 / 75 fils - Certificate Fee 8/31 / 1950 - Receipt No. (Accountant Proxy) (Treasurer) 12/8 / 51
We, the undersigned, hereby testify that Shaul Nahum Miro has been blessed with a child male, and he was named Koel in the Mosul Brigade on the date 7 / 8 / 1950, and for that we have signed below ⟦line⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ Witness Witness Mordecai Salim Eliyahu Yona Habib Aziz Fihun representative of the Israeli community in Mosul ⟦line⟧ Delivered Number: 2575 / 50 Date: 16 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above) For/ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 8/16/1
In the name of God Based on what was stated in the letter from the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Based on letter 5021 / 8 / 7 dated ⟦illegible⟧ dated ⟦illegible⟧ Certificate Number ⟦illegible⟧ Under ⟦illegible⟧ Validity ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5757 / ⟦illegible⟧ 5021 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧ N/A 8 / 1 / 28
⟦illegible⟧ We, the undersigned, hereby confirm that Barhou Judah has been blessed with a female child and was named Wafiqa in the Liwa of Mosul on the date of 5/14/1950, and for this reason we have signed below. ⟦illegible⟧ Witness | Witness | Mordechai ⟦Hassai⟧ Salim Makhlouf | Aziz Daoud | Representative of the Israelite Community | | in Mosul Duplicate Number: 2574 / 50 Date: 8/16/1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above) ⟦signature⟧ 8/16 On behalf of / Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/16 1/16/8
Departmental Copy Regarding the matter of the woman named Rifka daughter of Nisan, whose photograph is attached above, residing at house number 126 / 144, she is of Iranian nationality and according to her statement, she lost her Iranian identity book, for which reason we have signed, Nisan Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Qanbar Ali neighborhood Ezra Isaac | Isaac Abraham | Sassoon Ezra Dallal ⟦red mark/signature⟧ Number ⟦line⟧ 50/3575 Date ⟦line⟧ 15 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above) ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council Ezra Dallal 8/14 8/14/2
Department Copy We, the undersigned, testify that Yoab Eliya, husband of the named Latifa Munshi, died approximately seven years ago, and that their daughter is Jamila daughter of Yoab, and to this we have signed. Witness | Witness | Mordechai Mordechai Rahmim from | Hesqeel Yahya from | Representative of the Israelite community the people of Mosul | the people of Mosul | in Mosul ⟦red mark⟧ Number: 50/2576 Date: 16 / 8 / 1950 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 16/8 ⟦We certify⟧ the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above
Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, May God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ Number: Date: 14/8/50 Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Habiba daughter of Meshi Shehata with a document containing her marriage to Eliyahu son of Isaac on September 10, 708 corresponding to 14/9/48, as well as her divorce from him on August 22, 709 corresponding to 16/8/49 Salman Hoki Aboudi ⟦illegible signature⟧ As current status 14/8/50
Department Copy Secret 50 / 2576 15 / 8 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Habiba Moshi married the person named Eliyahu Ishaq on the fourteenth of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD, and her divorce from him took place on the eighteenth of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ 8/24 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦For the field⟧ 2814 8 / 14 / 2
To the honorable head of the Jewish community, I testify regarding the person named Musa Raphael Jabbar, who had a son after the registration of the form and his name is Yaqub Musa. I request his inclusion in his form. 12/8/950 Witness Kamala Menachem Laweh ⟦illegible⟧ Agent of the Jewish Community in Amarah Daniel Musa Daniel Musa Note A birth certificate was issued according to Civil Status Record 74/99554 dated 5/8/950 issued by the Kirkuk Civil Status Department ⟦illegible⟧ 14/7
⟦Administration Copy⟧ 577 / M / 50 Birth Certificate 1950/8/20 Duplicate Based on the records kept with us, we hereby certify that Yaqub Moushi Raphael was born in Kifri District on the fifth day of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Vandayal⟧ 8/24 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamp⟧ 8/14 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/14/9
Department Copy We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Zion Rahim has been blessed with a child male and named Fawzi in the Mosul Brigade on the date 6/10/1950, and for this reason we have signed below: Witness | Witness | Mordechai Ezra Haham Nissan | Yusuf Abdullah | Authorized Representative of the Israelite Community | | in Mosul Department Copy Duplicate Number - 2577 / 50 Date - 8/16/1950 (We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses above) Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 8/16 1 / 16 / 8
Department Copy 3578 / 50 15 / 8 / 1950 Duplicate 294 Heskel Shaoul known as Heskel Gurji son of Shaoul Abdullah Heskel Miss Rosa <del>Shaoul</del> ⟦illegible⟧ known as ⟦illegible⟧ Rosa daughter of Shaoul Heskel The fifteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- ⟦line⟧ eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 8/14 2 / 14 / 8
Department Copy 50/3578 17/8/1950 Duplicate 463 Eliyahu Raphael, known as Yusuf Eliyahu bin Raphael Abdullah Miss Nazima Sassoon, known as Nazima Sassoon Khadhouri Barshan The fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 13/5/1951 Copy ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 5 / 1951 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department copy 50 / 2578 17 / 8 / 1950 Duplicate 463 Eliyahu Raphael, known as Yusuf Eliyahu bin Raphael Abdullah Miss Nazima Sassoon, known as Nazima Sassoon Khadouri Bushan The fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. Free of charge ⟦illegible⟧ 8/16 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/16/A
50 / 2579 50 / 8 / 15 Copy for the files once Duplicate 494 Daoud bin Sassoon Shlomo Miss Sarah Isaac Shmuel Sayegh The twelfth of July, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 1/8 ⟦signature⟧ 8/14 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/14 F / 8 / 14
⟦Copy for the Department's Copy⟧ 3579 /50 9th August 50 ⟦red mark⟧ BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. ISAAC SALEH SHINA was born at Baghdad on the 23rd of December 1925 ( nineteen hundred & twenty five A. D. ). He is of Jewish faith and is of Jewish parentage. Shamash 2 Copies 9/8 ⟦KM⟧ 9/8 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦illegible⟧ Department copy 50/2579 1950/8/17 Sugar 277 Naji Ezra known as Haskiel Naji bin Ezra Haskiel Shabshai Miss Salima Youssef known as Salima Youssef Shamoun Haskiel Zanko The twenty-second of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty five AD. ⟦signature⟧ For the acting head of the community President of the Spiritual Council Free of charge ⟦signature⟧ 8/16 Image 8/16/1
Department Copy 50/3579 50/8/17 277 Naji Ezra, known as Haskiel Naji bin Ezra Haskiel Shabtai Miss Salima Youssef, known as Salima Youssef Shamoun Haskiel Zanki The twenty-second of May, year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 50/9/20 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice Chairman of the Secular Council Copy 9/22 ⟦signature⟧ 9/22 F/ 9/20
Department Copy Department Copy 2580 / 50 15 / 8 / 1950 Sugar 439 Yahya Moussa Mahlab Miss Karjia Yacoub Youssef Sourani The twenty-eighth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 31 / 8 / 50 8 / 14 / 2
Department Copy 2580 / 50 17 / 8 / 1950 Duplicate Mr. The Exhibit Ashu Eli: ⟦line⟧ Miss Naima Yous: ef The twentieth of November of the year nineteen hundred ⟦illegible⟧ Miss Naima Youssef The twentieth of November of the year nineteen hundred and twenty- two AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 8/16 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council 8/16/1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ 14/8/950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 760, I hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim son of Sabih son of Shmuel has married in Baghdad Miss Berta daughter of Yair Aboudi Haron on the day 6 / 8 / 1950 (corresponding to 22 Av 710) ⟦line⟧ Ketubah amount: 1000 One thousand Dinars ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of my sons ⟦illegible⟧ Witnesses Shimon Shaul Salim Hakham Al-Bahir Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦hebrew signature⟧
50 / 2581 15 / 8 / 1950 Treasury Copy Residence 760 Abraham Sabih Shamoutib ⟦line⟧ L Miss Bertha Mathir Abboudi Kh ⟦line⟧ Zoum The sixth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty ⟦line⟧ AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 8 / 14 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Sincerely 8 / 14 / M