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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 701-725

Archival unit 701

In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby confirm that
the person named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Hayat⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the day ⟦10⟧ of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year
⟦9/2⟧ (1/29/1922) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧
⟦Hayat⟧
Heskel Haddad
In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
⟦Signature⟧
4/1/50
⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧
⟦Hayat⟧
Bankrupt
50 Fils

Archival unit 702

50 / 294
28 / 9 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burials at the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Ishaq Daoud Hayim died in Baghdad
on the twenty-ninth of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
three AD.
⟦Second Classifier⟧
9/24
On behalf of the Head of the Jewish Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦Matloub Hassan Ali⟧
2/24/9

Archival unit 703

Registrar of Engagement 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 certificate numbered 254, I hereby confirm that
Mr. Abdullah Sayyoun son of Yaqub
married in Baghdad Miss Jamla, known as Rachel, daughter of Khadhouri Shaul
on the day 2 / 4 / 1947 (corresponding to 12 Nisan 707)
Dowry amount: 2200 Dinars
Witnesses: Hakham Khoushi Hilmi
Isaac Yusuf
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦illegible stamp⟧
⟦illegible⟧
28/9

Archival unit 704

50 / 2941
9 / 1950 /
354
Abdullah Sayon bin Yaqub
Miss Rachel Khadouri, known by the name Jahla Rachel bint Khadouri
The second of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven ⟦line⟧ first
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
A / 28 / 9

Archival unit 705

The Person in Charge of Israelite Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that
the individual named ⟦Yitzhak Hayyim Yitzhak Ezra⟧ died in Baghdad
on the day ⟦8⟧ of the month ⟦Av⟧ year ⟦64⟧
( / / 19 ) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦Yitzhak Hayyim⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Person in Charge of Israelite Burial Affairs
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧
⟦Baghdad⟧
64
24

Archival unit 706

50 / 2942
9/28/1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the named Heskel Hayyim Ilya Shahrabani passed away in Baghdad on
the seventeenth day of the month of Rahamim in the year five thousand seven hundred and ten
Hebrew.
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦Heskel⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1/28/9
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 707

⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency, the Iranian Consul in Baghdad, Respected
We, the undersigned, testify that Nazi Asher is of Iranian nationality and residing in the Qarah Shaban neighborhood in house
numbered 88 / 1 / 5 and that her father Asher Nahoum and her mother Bansha Abraham are of Iranian nationality and that Nazi is residing with them
We humbly request her registration and to be granted an Iranian identity book, and the matter is yours to decide
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Qarah Shaban neighborhood
Baba Dawood
Number: 2992 / M
Date: 9 / 28 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Corporal Council
⟦illegible handwriting⟧
9/28
9/28/2

Archival unit 708

338
Heskel Daoud Ibrahim
Miss Khatoun Sassoon Moshi Khabbaza
The eighteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one
AD.

Archival unit 709

50 / 2945
9 / 29 / 1950
809
Gurji Ezra known as Gurji Ezra Shaul Haklou
Miss Saida Eliahou known as Saida Eliahou Nissim
The twenty-ninth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Duly authorized
9/28
9/28
9/28/9

Archival unit 710

50 / 2946
1950 / 9 / 29
368
Sassoon Hayyim Ya'qub Sherry
Miss Khatoun Moshi Ibrahim Mamouka
The twentieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 28
9 / 28 / 9

Archival unit 711

The Righteous Court of the Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Religious Court in Baghdad
JEWISH RELIGIOUS COURT
BAGHDAD
Number: 7
Date: 28 Av ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ from ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Day ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Archival unit 712

105 M R W
310522 / M
836
To ⟦line⟧ Baghdad Security Directorate
Section ⟦line⟧ Crimes Against Honor / Section / 1
Subject ⟦line⟧ Killing of Consultant Pinhas Cohen ⟦line⟧ Activity
⟦line⟧ . Section / 1
⟦signature⟧
Crimes Against Honor Section
General Intelligence Presidency / Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
1/2
M / 1
⟦signature⟧
1/2
9/8613

Archival unit 713

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

Archival unit 714

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⟧

Archival unit 715

50 / 2948
29 / 9 / 1950
42
Naeem Salim Rahmin Barhoum
Miss Toba Salman Abdullah Maryama
The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD.
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Fifty fils required
200 fils
⟦signature⟧
28 / 9
⟦signature⟧
28 / 9
1 / 28 / 9

Archival unit 716

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

Archival unit 717

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

Archival unit 718

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⟧

Archival unit 719

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

Archival unit 720

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

Archival unit 721

⟦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⟧

Archival unit 722

⟦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

Archival unit 723

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

Archival unit 724

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

Archival unit 725

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