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.
Department Copy 2111/50 3/6/1950 295 Eliyahu Moshe known as Eliyahu Moshe Eliyahu Irani Miss Nadira Muther Naji known as Nadira Naji Daoud Irani The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ Us 12/5/50 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ K (True Copy) Baghdad on 14/5/1950 14/5/A ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
50/2111 6/3/1950 295 Eliyahu Moshe, known as Eliyahu Moshe Eliyahu, Iranian Miss Nadira Muther Nahi, known as Nadira Naji Daoud, Iranian The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ (True copy of the original) Baghdad on July 2, 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council Copy of certificate 7/2/9 Mughat 7/2/1
50/2111 3/6/1950 295 Eliyahu Moshi, known by the name Eliyahu Moshi (Eliyahu Irani) Miss Nadira Munir Naji, known by the name Nadira Naji Dawood Irani The sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦line⟧ (True copy) Baghdad, August 2, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Signature 8/2/1
The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Saleh Haddad⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦twenty-first⟧ day of the month of ⟦August⟧ in the year ⟦704⟧ (21 / 8 / 1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/2/50 Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial affairs I certify the correctness of the date above ⟦illegible signature⟧ The Accountant ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/2/950
⟦illegible⟧ Death Certificate 50 / 2112 6 / 3 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the woman named Tuffaha Sayoun passed away in Baghdad on the thirty-first day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD ⟦line⟧ . 2/6 Signed Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council P / 6 / 3
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 50 / 2114 7 / 3 / 1950 195 Moshe Isaac known as Moshe Isaac Salman Cohen Miss Bertine Salman known as Bertine Salman Eliyahu Dabby The twentieth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- nine AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4 / 6 / 3
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 2 / 2 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 890, I hereby certify that Mr. Naji Yaqub Sayagh Has married in Baghdad Miss Madeleine Munshi Cohen On the day 27 / 1 / 1949 (Corresponding to 26 Tevet 5709) Ketubah amount: 5500 only five thousand and five hundred Dinars Witnesses: Shimon Shaul / Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ Shimon Shaul ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 50
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 2122 7 / 3 / 1950 191 Naji Yaqoub, known as Naji Yaqoub Shahrabani Miss Madeleine Munshi, known as Madeleine Munshi Kahila The seventeenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Chief Rabbi President of the Lay Council 3 / 6 / 4
50 / 2115 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 630 Khedhouri Yaqoub known as Khedhouri Yaqoub Abdullah Hizqiyal Miss Hayla Daoud known as Hayla Daoud on the date of the eighteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Status Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council A / 6 / 3
⟦illegible⟧ 50/ ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 3 / 1950 221 Saleh Daoud Shahrabani bin Ishaq Ezra, known as Saleh Daoud Ishaq Ezra Miss Violet Shaul, known as Violet Shaul Ishaq Ezra The twelfth of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty nine AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 7 / 3 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 7 / 3
2117 / 50 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 53 Isaac Pinhas known as Isaac Moshe bin Pinhas Shalom Miss Juliet Haron known as Violet Haron Eliyahu Levi The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧ President of the Lay Council 3/7/4
2118 / 50 On 7/3/1950 Department Copy 537 Sassoon Moshi Heskel Samji Miss Marcelle Munir Nassim Jitayat The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible stamp with circular border⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ A / 3/6
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 21 / 1 / 50 I, the undersigned, testify that ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ The year 5710 Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman H. Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD Corresponding to 24 / 1 / 950 ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 50 I certify the authenticity of the signature above The Accountant ⟦signature⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 2 / 50
219 / 50 10 / 2 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the testimony of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Sultana Munshi has been divorced from her husband named Ibrahim Sassoon on the first day of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty A.D. ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4 / 6 / 3
50 / 212 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Rabbinate⟧ 349 Shlomo Isaac Basri Miss Khatoun Khedhouri Yaqoub Qassir The nineteenth of Nissan of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ Acting ⟦Head of the Community⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ A / 37
50 / 2121 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦True copy of the original⟧ 148 Heskel Marij, known as Heskel Ezra bin Marij Heskel Miss Juliet Abdullah, known as Juliet Abdullah Khedhouri Daoud Tanji The twenty-eighth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD. ⟦red signature⟧ Copy ⟦signature⟧ 11/29 11/29/8 (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 11 / 29 / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50/2122 3/7/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 338 Saleh Khadouri, known as Saleh Salim bin Khadouri Moshi Daboura Miss Layla Haroun, known as Lulu Layla Haroun Daoud Shohet The fifteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 3/7/
50 / 2162 9 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 529 Salim Ishaq, known as Salim Kurji bin Ishaq Moshi Abu Al-Sanadiq Miss Habiba Yaqub, known as Habiba Yaqub Shaul Hanouka The twenty-fifth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- seven AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 3 / 9 A / 9 / 3
50/2142 1950/3/8 ⟦illegible⟧ Department ⟦line⟧ Muthir Arphael, known as Muthir Raphael Isaac Sunbul Miss Aziza Yusuf, known as Doris Aziza Yusuf Jahani The twenty-ninth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 3/8 ⟦illegible handwriting and signature⟧