Requests for Visas; Verification Certificates, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese 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.
55 / 2395 20 / 3 / 1950 True Copy The Exhibit Moshe Hayyim Yaqub <del>⟦Contract⟧</del> Mian de Lab (Iran) Miss Nazi Cohen Ozaiel The fifth of September of the year nineteen hundred ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible signature⟧ 239 ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦On behalf of⟧ the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 3 / 29
2296 / 50 3/20/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 303 Yahya Eliahu, known as Yahya Eliahu Cohen Dawlat Yaqub, known as Dawlat Yaqub Ishaq The twenty-ninth of January, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 3/29 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council A / 3/29
50/2297 3/20/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 92 Shmuel Gabriel Heskel Miss Rivka Nathaniel Isaac The thirty-first of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Duly verified 3/29 P / 3/29 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
55 / 2298 3 / 20 / 1955 ⟦illegible⟧ 203 Haroun Heskel Cohen Miss Nazdar Menachem, known as Naziha Menachem Menashi The third of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/29 A / 29 / 3
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 12/28/1938 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Ketubah amount 130 One hundred and thirty liras only Witnesses Reuben Hayyim Moussa Ezra Samahi Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Correctness of statement 8 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 12/29
55 / 4902 20 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Exhibit Issachar Michael Cohen ⟦**⟧ Urmia (Iran) Miss Hanna Raphael The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and six AD. ⟦...⟧ on behalf of President of the Physical Council ⟦...⟧ 2/29 A / 3/29
50 / 2402 20 / 3 / 1955 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ The prominent Daniel Daoud *** Mahabad (Iran) Miss Morwari Ishaq The sixteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two AD. Acting ⟦Head of the Community⟧ Chairman of the Spiritual Council ⟦Ismat⟧ 3/29 P/3/29
Department Copy 50 / 2204 3 / 1950 / Exhibit Isaac son of Isaac Miss Sarah Daniel The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3/29 A / 3/29
The person 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 Isaac Darwish passed away in Baghdad on the 24th day of the month of Adar, year 5709 (2 / 6 / 1949) and for that reason I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 3 / 50 ⟦The Uncle⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 28 / 2
⟦Department Copy⟧ Death Certificate 50 / 2200 20 / 3 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Rima Abdullah died in Baghdad on the third day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council A / 29 / 3
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: 205 Date: 2/9 Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad Please provide Lahiba daughter of Munir (Awan) a certificate stating her divorce from her husband Aziz son of Benjamin (Tweig) on the date of March 7, year 947, corresponding to 947/2/9 Salman Mirek Aboudi 5 Fils 2128
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: ⟦October 22, 928⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered ⟦298⟧, I hereby certify that Mr. ⟦Heskel Selim Shawati⟧ has married in Baghdad ⟦Miss Masouda daughter of Ezra Murad Khedhouri⟧ on the day ⟦6 / 10 / 1928⟧ (corresponding to ⟦22 Tishrei 5689⟧) Ketubah amount: ⟦1800⟧ one thousand eight hundred rupees only Witnesses: ⟦Hajjam Shaoul⟧ / ⟦Saleh ⟦...⟧⟧ Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon ⟦...⟧ 10 FILS IRAQ
50 / 24 3 / 20 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Karjiya Mushir (Aiwan) has been divorced from her husband named Aziz Benjamin (Twayq) on the ninth day of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council A/3/28