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.
50/2122 1950/3/7 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 74 Heskel Ibrahim, known as Heskel Ephraim Shlomo Miss Marcelle Moshi, known as Marcelle Moshi Sassoon Yosef The thirtieth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50/2124 1950/3/7 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 162 Ephraim Ezra known as Ephraim Ezra Salman Bibi Miss Naima Ibrahim known as Naima Ibrahim Heskel The twenty-eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting ⟦Head of the Community⟧ President of the Lay Council 3/7/A ⟦illegible⟧
50/2125 3/7/1950 Department Copy 530 Pinhas Gabriel known as Pinhas Gabriel Heskel Miss Khanum D. Anthiel known as Khanum D. Anthiel Moshi The fourth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ . Copy ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of Head of the Secular Council 3/7/A
2125/50 7/3/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 530 Pinhas Gabriel, known as Pinhas Gabriel Hesqel Miss Khanum Daniel, known as Khanum Daniel Moshi The fourth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible scribble⟧ 1/9 (True copy) Baghdad on 31 / 5 / 1950 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50 / 2127 7 / 3 / 1955 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 484 Yaqub Hayyim, known as Yaqub Hayyim Pinhas Miss Mazli Ezra, known as Mazli Ezra Sulayman Ishaq Habquq The seventeenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- seven AD. (Copy of Certificate) A / 7 / 3 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 7 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 259 I hereby certify that: Mr.: Eliyahu Isaac bin Salim bin Eliyahu Zahouri Has married in Baghdad: Miss Toba daughter of Shaul bin Saleh Nouri Walouki On the day: 25 / 3 / 1922 (Corresponding to 9 Sivan 5682) Ketubah amount: 75 Seventy-five Dinars Witnesses: Yaqub Shaul Salim G. Eliyahu Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun Beit Din Baghdad Ends 7 / 7 / 1950
50 / 2129 7 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 351 Eliyahu Shalom, known as Eliyahu Isaac bin Shalom Eliyahu Zakhouri Miss Touba Shaul Saleh Moshi Kirkukli The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦...⟧ ⟦Head of the Community⟧ Acting President of the Lay Council 3 / 7 / p
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: ⟦17 / 2 / 50⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 112 I hereby confirm that Mr.: Heskel Youssef Heskel bin Moshe Has married in Baghdad: Miss Mozli daughter of Eliyahu bin Reuben On the day: 1 / 1 / 19 (22 Elul 529) Amount of the Ketubah | Witnesses 225 Two hundred and twenty-five Dinars only | Yaqub Azal | Heskel Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Hebrew signature⟧ 19/5/1930 The Scribe Nabi 17 / 2 / 50
50 / 212 7 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 112 Moshe Marikh, known as Moshe Mordechai Mush⟦line⟧i Miss Mazli Ibrahim, known as Mazli Ibrahim Rubin The nineteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thir⟦line⟧ty AD⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Chairman of the Committee President of the Physical Council A / 7 / 3
50 / 2122 8 / 3 / 1950 543 Youssef Mdallal, known as Youssef Hai bin Mdallal Hesqiel Miss Louise Isaac, known as Louise Helwa Isaac Shlomo Pasha The twelfth of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦signature⟧ 3/8 P / 3/8 2/8
50/2132 1950/3/8 Department Copy 543 Yousef Mdallal known as Yousef Hay bin Mdallal Hesqail Miss Louise Isaac known as Louise Helwa Isaac Shlomo Pasha The twelfth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. 2/10 Duplicate ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council (True Copy) Baghdad on March 10, 1950 A / 3/10
Department Copy 50/2125 1950/3/8 546 Shlimo Yaqub, known as Shlomo Yaqub Moshi Irani Mrs. Karjiya Yusuf, known as Karjiya Yusuf Daniel The first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council A/7/3 Draft of the original record 50/2/11 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2136 8 / 3 / 1950 Department's Copy 500 Gurji Ephraim, known as Gurji Ephraim Ezra Miss Khatoun Rahmin, known as Khatoun Rahmin Haroun Kirkukli The twenty-sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five AD ⟦line⟧. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 24 / 5 / 950 Copy ⟦signature⟧ 5/24 A / 5 / 24 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
2127/50 3/8/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 334 Salman Ezra known as Salman Sion Salim bin Ezra Moshi Shaya Miss Esther Yacoub Eliahou known as Esther Janet Yacoub Eliahou Shaya ⟦line⟧ The fourteenth of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 3/8
50 / 2128 8 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 262 Naim Shaul, known as Naim Shaul Khatain⟦line⟧a Miss Juliet Haroun, known as Juliet Sarah Haroun Eliahu Aghabab⟦line⟧a The eighth of March, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-n⟦line⟧ine AD⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council P / 3 / 8
50/2129 3/8/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 288 Nassim Shaul, known as Nassim Shaul ⟦Al-Hishla'⟧ Zubaida Miss Hanini Moshi, known as Hanina Moshi Hai Hesqel Meir Shimon Shammash. The thirtieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 7/8 A/8/3
50 / 2140 8 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Original Copy⟧ 450 Murad Abdullah, known as Murad Abdullah Murad Miss Rachel Salman, known as Rachel Salman Kurji Ephraim Sion Abdul Aziz The first of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ A / 8 / 3
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr.: ⟦Yousef Rubin Abu Al-Khair⟧ Has entered into an engagement with Ms.: ⟦Latifa Meir Shaul Saleh⟧ In Baghdad on the day: ⟦31 Dec 1947⟧ Witnesses ⟦...⟧ Conditions | Fils | Dinar Dowry for the wife is forty-five ounces of gold The value of the engagement ticket is one hundred fils The fiancé presented an engagement ring and the attire In the amount of five hundred dinars The Registrar Review 17 / 12 / 948 9 / 2 / 50 ⟦signature⟧