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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.

Metadata

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 English Translation, Pages 526-550

Archival unit 526

⟦illegible faint stamp⟧
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 individual named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Yitzhak⟧ died in Baghdad
On the day ⟦6/15⟧ of the month ⟦Cheshvan⟧ in the year 5702
( 5 / 11 / 1941 ) and for this purpose I have signed below
⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧
Heskel Haddad
In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦illegible signature⟧
5/11
⟦N. Saul⟧
5/11

Archival unit 527

Department Copy
50 / 2829
5 / 9 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Yusuf Abdullah Abu Hayyu passed away in
Baghdad on the fifth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-one AD.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
5/9/1950

Archival unit 528

Departmental Copy
To Whom It May Concern
Regarding Karhi, Naima, and Hahla, the children of Khadhuri, residing in house number 15 / 241, Al-Koolat
neighborhood, and according to their testimony, the aforementioned individuals have lost their civil status
identification records, and they are now in the cancellation register. For the record, we have signed.
5 / 9 / 1950
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Stamp
Eliahou Isaac - Carpenter | Khadhuri Karhi - Driver |
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp above
Number: 825 / 50
Date: 5 / 9 / 1950
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 529

Bureau Copy
To His High Excellency, the Consul General of the Respected Imperial Government - Baghdad -
Presented to your Excellency:
We certify by this notice that the person named Salman Dubbi bin Eli, of Iranian nationality, has lost his
Iranian civil status booklet issued by the Iranian Consulate General in Baghdad. He has submitted a petition to your Excellency requesting your order to grant him a
second copy of the aforementioned booklet. To this effect, we testify and are pleased to inform you that there is no suspicion or forgery in the aforementioned matter, and the
order is yours.
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Qambar Ali, Sayyid Mahmoud Sayyid Abd
Shalom Ishaq Cohen | X Naji Agha Benjamin | Abdullah
Number: 282 / 50
Date: 5 / 9 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above )
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Certified
5/9
⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 530

⟦illegible⟧ Department
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, Respected
Subject:
I, Mezli Yusuf, of Iranian nationality, holding nationality certificate number 85, request the certification of this, noting that the Mukhtar of my neighborhood has signed according to the attached photograph above, and the matter is for your Excellency;
Witness | Witness | Witness
Naim Yusuf | Ishaq Eliyahu | 
I certify what is stated above 4 / 9 / 1950
Mukhtar of Qanbar Ali Neighborhood
Sayyid Mahmoud
⟦illegible⟧
Number: 50/2827
Date: 5 / 9 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above
For the Acting President of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 531

His Excellency the Consul General of the Imperial Iranian Government, Respectfully
Baghdad
Presented to your highness
We, the undersigned, certify that Ms. Layla Yohanna, of Iranian nationality, whose
photo is attached above and whose descriptions are listed below
Name and Surname: Layla Qalaat Kamir
Father's Name: Yohanna, deceased
Mother's Name: Rachel, deceased
Husband's Name: Brakhas, deceased
Place and Date of Birth: Saqqez - Iran, year 1882 AD
Her children: Simantob and Gabriel
She is of Iranian nationality and a subject of the Imperial State of Iran and residing in the neighborhood of Abu ⟦line⟧
Shibl in Baghdad, and for that reason we have signed ⟦line⟧
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Stamp
Yousif Shmuel - Broker | Yaqub Mordechai - Medical Dresser | Abu Shibl Neighborhood
Witness
Victor Fathi - Employee at Thomas Cook Company
⟦illegible⟧
CHIEF RABBI
BAGHDAD
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp)
Number - 2828 / 50
Date - 5 / 9 / 50
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
On 5 / 9 / 50

Archival unit 532

The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number:
Date: 5/12/50
On the first day of the week, on the seventh day of the month of Kislev, the year
five thousand seven hundred and eleven from the creation of the world
according to the count we use here in Baghdad, the city situated on the river
Tigris, there came before us ⟦illegible⟧
peace be upon him ⟦illegible⟧
peace be upon him ⟦illegible⟧
peace be upon him ⟦illegible⟧
The Israelite Spiritual Council
The Spiritual Committee
Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Khadhouri Aboudi
CHIEF RABBI
SALMAN H. ABOUDI
BAGHDAD
1950/12/5
⟦illegible⟧
9/5
Salman Khadhouri
9/5

Archival unit 533

⟦illegible⟧
Under the Iraqi Nationality Law No. 42 of 1924 and its amendments and the instructions
issued thereunder
Description of the person to whom this is given
It has been learned that the person mentioned below has been stripped of Iraqi nationality by virtue of the Council of Ministers' decision No.
dated ⟦illegible⟧ of the year 1951 published in the Iraqi Gazette Issue ⟦illegible⟧
Full Name and Surname - ⟦illegible⟧
Date of Birth - 1907
Place of Birth - Baghdad
Date and Place of Residence - Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
Number and Date of Civil Status Identity Card - 7881 on 21-1-1951
Profession or Work - ⟦illegible⟧
⟦line⟧
Written in Baghdad on the ⟦illegible⟧ day of the month of ⟦illegible⟧ for the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one AD
Corresponding to the ⟦illegible⟧ day of the month of ⟦illegible⟧ for the year ⟦illegible⟧ AH
Signature and Title
Directorate of Travel and General Nationality
Baghdad - Iraqi Republic
⟦illegible stamp with circular border and Iraqi emblem⟧
(The person mentioned above must leave Iraq within a period of ⟦illegible⟧ days)
81/100 Fils - Consumption Fee
5/100 Fils - Stamp Duty
We have decided to strip the Iraqi nationality from
By virtue of the authority vested in us under the law
⟦illegible handwriting⟧
15 / 5 / 51

Archival unit 534

⟦illegible⟧ Cairo
Department Copy
2829 / 50
Divorce Certificate
5 / 9 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Latifa
Munshi has been divorced from her husband named Moshe Mordechai (Mordech) on the twentieth of August in the year
one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
1 / 5 / 9

Archival unit 535

Department Copy
2824 / 50
6 / 9 / 1950
76
Benjamin Mordechai Shabbo
Miss Riqa Nassim Eliahu
The eighth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
nine AD.
⟦Safai⟧
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 6
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 6 / 2
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 536

Circle Copy
2821 / 50
6 / 9 / 1950
119
Eliyahu Mordechai H⟦line⟧aroun
Miss Serge Snouk known as Serge Spefa Shmuel
The twenty-seventh of November of the year nineteen forty-⟦line⟧
nine AD⟦line⟧.
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Second class
First
6 / 9
A / 6 / 9

Archival unit 537

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 6 / 9 / 1950
Head of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the marriage contract number 827, I hereby certify that
Mr. Sabri bin Rahmin bin Yahya
married in Baghdad Miss Nadra bint Salem bin Ezra
on the day 6 / 9 / 1950 (corresponding to 24 Elul 5710)
( ⟦line⟧ )
Ketubbah Amount | Witnesses
Dinars | Shamoon Shaul
75 | Yahya Moallem Eliyahu
Shamoon Shaul H. Shamoon
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 538

Department Copy
2822 / 50
6 / 9 / 50
827
Sabri bin Rahmin bin Meir
Miss Nadira bint Salem bin Ezra
The year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
The sixth of September
⟦illegible⟧
6 / 9
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
F / 6 / 9

Archival unit 539

Department Copy
50 / 2822
50 / 946
Mr.
Daoud bin Shalom
xxx regarding Mrs. Farah bint Yusuf
The twenty-third of December of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight
AD.
Mustafa
⟦illegible⟧
9/5
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
F / 9 / 5

Archival unit 540

Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts
for the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 29 / 8 / 1950
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate number 68, I hereby confirm that
Mr. Abdullah bin Yusuf bin Nahum Ibrahim
has married in Baghdad Miss Masouda daughter of Daoud bin Abdullah Saleh Rassoon
on the day 17 / 11 / 1929 (corresponding to 24 Sivan year 5690)
Amount of the Ketubah: 200 dinars, two hundred dinars
Witnesses: Shimon H. Shimon Shaul, Salim H. Shimon Al-Basu
Yusuf Zaki
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Shimon⟧
⟦Shmuel⟧

Archival unit 541

Department copy
2824 / 50
6 / 9 / 50
68
Abdullah bin Robin bin Nahum Iranian
Miss Marcelle daughter of Dawood bin Abdullah Saleh Bassoon
The seventeenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine
AD.
Sisqali
⟦illegible⟧
5 / 9
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
F 5 / 9

Archival unit 542

Department Copy
282
6/9/50
Saleh Daniel
Number
Miss Maryam Nouri
The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one AD.
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
5/5/50
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Spiritual Council

Archival unit 543

Department copy
To whom it may conce⟦line⟧rn
We the undersigned testify that the person named Ibrahim Saleh Isaac doe⟦line⟧s n⟦line⟧ot
have an income and is incapacitated and unemployed, and for this reason we have sign⟦line⟧ed;
9/5/1950
Department copy
Department copy
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's seal
Shaul Shochet | Khadouri Ibrahim - Earner | Taht al-Takiya neighborhood
 |  | Ezra Mukammal
(We certify the authenticity of the two witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above)
Number - 2825 / 50
Date - 6 / 9 / 50
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
F 9/6

Archival unit 544

Department Copy
⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2827
6 / 9 / 50
615
Haroun bin Moshi bin Ishaq Dahuki
Miss Sabriya bint Eliyahu bin Binyamin Dahuki
The twenty-ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 5
9 / 5 / ⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council

Archival unit 545

398
Yaqub Ephraim, known as Yaqub Kurji son of Ephraim son of Nissan
Miss Najia Yaqub Masha Koka ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
The twenty-fifth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
AD ⟦line⟧
200 fils

Archival unit 546

Department Copy
Department Copy
3838/50
7/9/1950
398
Yaqub Ephraim known as Yaqub Gurji bin Ephraim bin Nissan
Miss Najia Yaqub Moshi Kirkukli
The twenty-fifth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
AD.
Photo
⟦illegible⟧
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 1/10/1950
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
N/10/1

Archival unit 547

Department Copy
50 / 2829
7 / 9 / 1950
279
Murad Heskel known by the name Murad Heskel Abdall⟦line⟧ah
Mrs. Rahima Salman known by the name Rahima Salman Shua'il Koh⟦line⟧en
The thirty-first of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twelv⟦line⟧th
A.D. ⟦line⟧.
⟦illegible⟧
7 / 9 / 50
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
7 / 9 / 50
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Communit⟦line⟧y
Vice President of the Lay Counci⟦line⟧l
N 7 / 9

Archival unit 548

⟦illegible⟧
2840 / 55
7 / 9 / 1955
The Appellant
Munshi Haroun Eliyahu Khalaschi
Miss Masouda Nahum Eliya Shaya
The second of September of the year one thousand nine hundred AD.
20 Fils
7/9
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1 / 7 / 9

Archival unit 549

Department Copy
2841 / 50
7 / 9 / 1950
105
Saleh Munshi Mordechai Nahoum
Miss Najia Elia Hayyou Abed
The tenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven
AD.
(Copy of Certificate)
Hassoun
⟦illegible⟧
7 / 9
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
A / 6 / 9

Archival unit 550

District Copy
2842 / 50
7 / 9 / 1950
53
Isaac Ezekiel Sassoon Shmeikh ⟦line⟧
Miss Serge Meir Moallem Mordechai
The twenty-second of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
5 / 9
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
1 / 7 / 9