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.
District Copy 50/ : 2842 7 / 9 / 1950 776 Naji Ishaq Munshi Geegee Miss Daisy Haskail Munshi Qattan The tenth of August of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Haskail 9/7 9/7/a
Department Copy His Excellency the Director of General Income Tax, Respected Presented to your Excellency I testify that the person named Eliyahu Khedhouri, also known as Elias Khedhouri, is the same person, as he uses both names, and for this reason this certificate was given. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Al-Huwaidi Neighborhood, Sixth Division Moshe Levi | Shlomo Isaac | Al-Haj Hussein Salman Number: 2844 / 50 Date: 10 / 9 / 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⟧ 9 / 10 9 / 10 / A
⟦Department Copy⟧ I, the undersigned, Mukhtar of the Tatran neighborhood, testify that the person named Ishaq Naji Barukh, whose photograph is affixed above, I testify that he lost his Iranian nationality, which belonged to him, two years ago, and for the purpose of stating this fact, I have signed this certificate. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar of Tatran neighborhood Abid Ibrahim Mudarris | Khedouri Sassoon | Ibrahim Korji Shmouli son of Manshi Saleh | | Number: 50/2840 Date: 10 / 9 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the two witnesses and the stamp of the Mukhtar above. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 9/10/2
The Administrator of the 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 named: Yitzhak Avraham Hazan Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: Seventh Of the month: Adar 5705 Year: 5705 (1945/2/19): And for this reason I have signed below: Hezekiel Haddad Hesqel Haddad The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9/9
Department Copy Department Copy Number: 50 / 2846 Date: 10 / 9 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Baruch Ibrahim Isaac died in Baghdad on the nineteenth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Description of the ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 9 / 10 / 9
2848 Department Copy 50 / 2847 50 / 9 / 11 The Exhibit Ezra Sasson Brouria Miss Hayla Menashi The twenty-eighth of December, year nineteen hundred and twenty- nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 9 / 10 ⟦Isaac Levy⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦50 / 9 / 10⟧ F / 9 / 10
Department Copy 50 / 2848 11 / 9 / 1950 612 Shaul Yaqub, known as Shaul Yaqub Benjamin Miss Juliet Khedouri, known as Juliet Khedouri Yusuf The eleventh of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦Levi⟧ AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council In accordance with the regulations 9/10 In accordance with the regulations 1/10/9
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Menashe Menachem David⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦sixth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Menachem Av⟧ in the year 5702 (27 / 7 / 1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Menashe Menachem⟧ ⟦David⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦illegible⟧ Approved President of the Council 20 / 9 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 2850 11 Death Certificate 2849 / 50 11 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the burial administrator at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Dawood Salman Dweck died in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- three AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 9 / 50 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Heskel 10 / 9 N 10 / 9
Department Copy 50/2850 11/9/1950 Khadhouri Shaul Ibrahim Shiri Miss Khatoun Suleiman Sassoon Hakham Suleiman The first of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen A.D. 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 10/9 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 2/10/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 7 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After Greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I confirm that Mr. Ibrahim son of Khedhouri Yaqub Ajami has performed his engagement to Miss Farida daughter of Shakkuri son of Menashi in Baghdad on the day 7 / 9 / 1950 (Corresponding to 25 Elul 710) and has not yet married Witnesses | Conditions Selim Moallem Naso | Dinars ⟦Ariel⟧ Hafal | 100 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon | Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Cantor and Mohel⟧ ⟦In Baghdad⟧ ⟦Nothing else⟧ 9/12 <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> 9/10
Department Copy 851 / 2 / 50 11 / 9 / 1950 Ibrahim Khadhuri Yaqoub Ajmi Miss Farida Shakouri Manshi The seventh of September of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 10/9/50 10/9/50 ⟦illegible⟧ N 10 / 10 / 50
50 / 4852 11 / 9 / 1950 Department Copy 337 Yosef Shaoul known as Yosef Hayyim bin Shaoul Saleh Gabbay Miss Violet Daoud Manshi Shabith The eleventh of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9 / 10 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9 / 10 / 9
50 / 2852 10 / 9 / 1950 389 Murad Ephraim, known as Mordech Murad bin Ephraim Nissan, Jacobite sect, Iranian Miss Habiba Suleiman Sassoon Eliyahu The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD ⟦line⟧ . (Copy of Certificate) On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9/11 9/11/9
50 / 2854 11 / 9 / 1950 The presenter Shimon Yehuda Miss Abbouda Rahamin The twenty-eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Corporal Council ⟦Registered⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 11/9 9/11/9 ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2805 11 / 9 / 1950 818 Salman Eliyahu Yaqub Horish Miss Marcelle Eliyahu, known as Marcelle Eliyahu Ghaznawi The thirty-first of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 9/11 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/11/9 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
Officer 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 named Salem Avraham David Jouri passed away in Baghdad on the day 27 / 27th of the month of Tammuz in the year 5702 (12 / 7 / 1942), and for this purpose I have signed below. Yehezkel Haddad Haskeel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 11/9/50 On ⟦text⟧ 10/9/50 ⟦signature⟧ 9/11
2856/50 1950/9/11 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Saleh Salman Saleh Najjar passed away in Baghdad on the twelfth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦Safwani⟧ 2/11/9 11/9
50 / 2857 11 / 9 / 1950 The prominent Haroun Saif ⟦line⟧ h Miss Sarah Pinhas The thirtieth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and four ⟦line⟧ th and forty AD ⟦line⟧ h . According to the procedures 11/9 11/9 On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧ Vice President of the Physical Council 2/11/9
Regarding the person named Shua Masih bin Daoud, residing in our neighborhood of Qara Sha'ban in the house numbered 31b / 135 and whose photograph is attached above, he is of Iranian nationality, and for the sake of his review with us we have initiated the provision of this certificate as requested. Witness Witness Mukhtar of Qara Sha'ban neighborhood Yousef Moshi Qandarji Yaqoub Ezra Qandarji Mahdi Ahm⟦line⟧ed Number - 2858 / 50 Date - 11 / 9 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar below On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 11 A / 11 / 9
50 / 2859 11 / 9 / 1950 588 Youssef Ibrahim Shaoul Hamed Levi Miss Evelyn Rubin Shaoul Hamed Levi The eighteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fif⟦line⟧ty AD. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 11/9 ⟦illegible⟧ 1/11/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 9 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that Miss ⟦Loni Yaqub Shutub⟧ is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 11/9 ⟦illegible⟧
2860 / 50 11 / 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 the person named Limoni Ya'qub Shahtoub is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ 11/9 9/11/9 ⟦illegible⟧
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings H. Yohanan Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak bin Nissim Nahum⟧ has passed away in Baghdad on the 28th day of the month of Tishrei in the year 704 (10/27/1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 9/14/50 ⟦Mustafa⟧ 9/30 Yitzhak Nissim Nahum Heskiel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Department Copy 2861 / 50 Death Certificate 14 / 9 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Murad Saleh Nahum Jabu Khattan passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 9/14 ⟦illegible⟧ 2861 9/14/1