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1820/49 11/10/1949 Department Copy The Exhibit Saleh Ezra Mushir ⟦...⟧ Calcutta Miss Salha Daoud Ibrahim The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 9/11 N ⟦illegible⟧ Friend 720/47 A
IJA 2841
Requests for Visas; Verification Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community
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These are documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are correspondence with community members asking for assistance and visas; birth, life, betrothal, marriage, divorce, widowhood, and death certificates. Some of the verification certificates include names written in Hebrew. One of the letters from the president of the Lay Council in Baghdad is to a Rabbi in New York City about the betrothal of Baghdadi woman to an American man; other letters are confirming the death of a husband and the widow status of a wife and family in need of financial assistance.
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 8/11/1949 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that ⟦Fleur Rahim⟧ ⟦line⟧ is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦S. S. Shimon⟧ ⟦שמעון⟧ 200 Fils 10/11/49
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Department Copy 49 / 1821 11/10/1949 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Victoria Reuben Nassim is neither engaged nor married, and there is no record for her in the relevant registers. ⟦illegible⟧ 10/11 Head of the Community G / 1
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To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. ⟦FAISAL M COHEN⟧ ⟦...⟧ Was born in ⟦...⟧ on the day ⟦...⟧ of ⟦...⟧ year ⟦...⟧ AD And for this purpose we have signed below. Witness Rahamim Yehuda Sassoon Witness ⟦signature⟧ Rescue Fils I endorse the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦circular ink stamp⟧ 12
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Department Copy 1822 / 49 10th November 9 11/10/1949 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. ELIAS SALIM COHEN was born at Baghdad on the year 1933 ( nineteen hundred & thirty three A.D.). ⟦signature⟧ Below His Excellency the President Birth certificate of Mr. Elias Salim Cohen in Baghdad in 1933 AD ⟦signature⟧ 10/11 Secretary ⟦illegible⟧ PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦illegible⟧
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11/14/1949 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khadhuri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that Evelyn Saleh Mansour is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ Shimon S. H. Shimon
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⟦Department Copy⟧ 49/822 11/12/1949 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Evelyn Saleh Mansour is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. Exempt ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community 14
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11/16/1949 ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri Respected President of the Jewish Community After greetings and respect Based on the marriage certificate numbered 556, I hereby certify that Mr. Heskel Hai Shaul Hardoon Has married in Baghdad the girl Marcelle daughter of Hababi Shirazi On the day 12 Elul 707 corresponding to 9/12/1947 Ketubah amount: 11000 Rupees Witnesses Shimon Shaul Selim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon 200 Fils 11/12/49 200 Fils
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No. Number 49/1826 Date 1949/10/17 To whom it may concern Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that the named Khatoon Murad Asher, widow of the late Shaoul Amber, aged approximately 60 years, is still alive and she is in need of medical and living care, including clothing, food, and drink, and she needs financial assistance from her son named Rahmin Shaoul Amber (known as Raymond Amber) residing in the city of Surabaya (Java). Based on her request, she was provided with this certificate on the date 14 / 11 / 1949 (the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD). ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Community TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mrs. KHATOON MURAD ASHER, widow of the late SHAOUL AMBER, about 60 years of age, is still alive and needs med- ical and living expenses. She is in need of financial aid from her son Mr. RAHMIN SHAOUL AMBER, known as RAYMOND AMBER, residing at the city of SOURA- BAYA ( JAVA ). This certificate has been deliverd upon her application, this 14th day of November 1949 ( nine- teen hundred & fourty nine A. D. ). PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD ⟦illegible signature⟧ Application 200 Fils
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23 / 8 / 949 7101 / 5351 Based on the request Based on the request submitted to us by the named Masouda Meir Haroun Arnati, widow of the late Shaoul Meir Haroun Arnati, aged approximately 50 years, we hereby certify that she is still alive and in need of financial assistance to cover her living expenses, and that she relies for her livelihood on the financial assistance sent to her by her son Naim Shaoul Meir Haroun (known as Raymond Arnati) residing in the city of LAVA in the state of Arkansas in America. This certificate was given to her at her request on this day 14 / 11 / 1949. President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Jewish Community TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mrs. MASOUDA HARUN ARNATI, widow of the late SHAOUL HARUN ARNATI, about 50 years of age, is still alive and needs med- ical and living expenses. She is in need of financial aid from her son Mr. NAIM SHAOUL HARUN, known as RAYMOND ARNATI, residing at the city of ARUCA- NSAS ( LAVA ). This certificate has been delivered upon her application, this 14th day of November 1949 ( nine- teen hundred & forty nine A. D. ). PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD According to the procedures
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Telephone 3531 5452 President of the Jewish BAGHDAD. No.: 1826/49 Baghdad: 17th 11 194: 9 Number 1826 / 49 Date 17 / 11 / 1949 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN To whom it may concern In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mrs. KHATOON MURAD ASHER, widow of the late SHAOUL AMBER, about 60 years of age, is still alive and needs med- ical and living expenses. She is in need of financial aid from her son Mr. RAHMIN SHAOUL AMBER, known as RAYMOND AMBER, residing at the city of SOURA- BAYA ( JAVA ). This certificate has been deliverd upon her application, this 14th day of November 1949 ( nine- teen hundred & fourty nine A. D. ). Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that the named Khatoon Murad Asher, widow of the late Shaoul Amber, aged approximately 60 years, is still alive and needs medical care and living expenses including clothing, food, and drink, and she needs financial aid from her son named Rahmin Shaoul Amber (known by the name Raymond Amber) residing in the city of Surabaya (Java). Upon her request, she was provided with this certificate on the date of 14 / 11 / 1949 (the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD). ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Community PRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD
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⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the records registered in my logs, we hereby certify that the deceased named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the day ⟦20 Tishrei⟧ of the month ⟦October⟧ in the year 5708 27 / 10 And for this reason, I have signed below: ⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧ ⟦...⟧ Hezekiah Haddad In charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ 15 / 11 / 49 Corresponding to Baghdad on 1 / 9 / 1948 ⟦Signature⟧ 15 / 11 / 949 Filed 200 Fils A / 1
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⟦illegible⟧ Department 49/1827 Death Certificate 11/18/1949 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Sassoon Saleh Shefa died in Baghdad on the first day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community ⟦signature⟧ By/ Requested ⟦line⟧ 20 Fils
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1828/49 11/18/1949 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 491 Daoud Ezra, known as Daoud Ezra Rahmin Miss Saliha Rahmin, known as Daisy Saliha Rahmin Sion Sassoon Ishaq The eighteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ A A
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49/1820 11/18/1949 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 130 Youssef Isaac, known as Youssef Hai bin Isaac Youssef Miss Habiba Robin, known as Habiba Doris Robin Benjamin The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Correct ⟦illegible⟧
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49/1830 11/18/1949 Copy of the ⟦...⟧ 130 Youssef Isaac, known as Youssef Hai bin Isaac Youssef Miss Habiba Robin, known as Habiba Doris Robin Benjamin The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 5/8 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council (True Copy) P 5/7/ Baghdad on 5/7/1950 ⟦illegible⟧
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1830 / 50 1955/11/18 ⟦illegible⟧ 130 Youssef Ishaq, known as Youssef Hai bin Ishaq Youssef Miss Habiba Roubin, known as Habiba Doris Roubin Benjamin The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . Abd ⟦illegible⟧ 7/2 (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 1950/7/3 N/7/3 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community For the President of the Lay Council
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Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 29 / 8 / 1949 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri President of the Respected Jewish Community After greetings and respect Based on the marriage certificate numbered ⟦line⟧ I hereby certify that Mr. Aziz son of Isaac Asher Has married in Baghdad the girl Sila daughter of Eliyahu son of Shaul Netiteh On the day 28 September year 5690 Ketubah amount: 225 Two hundred and twenty-five Dinars only Witnesses: Shimon Shaul H. Shimon, Shalom son of H. Sayyid 29 / 8 / 1949 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon 5 Fils Status Fee 29 / 8 / 49 Filed
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1821/49 11/18/1949 Department Copy The Exhibit Aziz Ishaq Asher Miss Haila Eliyahu Shaul Fatya The twenty-first of September, year nineteen hundred and thirty AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Status ⟦illegible⟧ 14 ⟦Preserved⟧ 5 Fils
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The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Number: ⟦line⟧ Date: 29 / 11 / 49 His Eminence Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, the Respected President of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Khatoun daughter of ⟦Salman⟧ Mu'allim Yaqub Mujallid with a certificate stating that she has been abandoned by her husband Isaac Sion Agha Jan since the date of 5 Nisan 942 corresponding to 22 March 942 and that the aforementioned is still not divorced from her said husband ⟦line⟧ Salman Haraki Aboudi ⟦signature⟧ Carry out ⟦what is necessary⟧ 15/11/49
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⟦Department Copy⟧ 49/1822 11/18/1949 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Khatoun, daughter of Mu'allim Yaqub Mujallid, has been abandoned by her husband named Sion Aghajan since March 23, 1931, and that the aforementioned woman is still not divorced from her said husband. ⟦illegible signature⟧ The truth of the matter ⟦signature⟧ 11/15/49 On behalf of the Head of the Community A1