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 / 2165 9 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Khedhouri Roubin Abu Al-Habar Mrs. Salima Khatoun daughter of Isaac Baruch The seventeenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty eight AD ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Khedhouri ⟦illegible⟧ 3/9 ⟦illegible⟧ 4/9/3
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the Respected After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Saleh Meir Moshi SALEH MEIR MOSHI was born in - on the day - of - in the year 1912 AD And for this reason, we have signed below. Witness | Witness ⟦Matty Castle⟧ | Zion Salloum Shasha ⟦Matty Haqqi Yakim⟧ | Safwat Alwan I endorse the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦signature⟧ Kingdom of Iraq Rescue 10 Fils Kingdom of Iraq 40 Fils Approved 14 / 5 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Application 20 Fils
⟦Department Copy⟧ 2166 / 50 10th March 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH MEIR MOSHI was born at Baghdad on the year 1913 ( nineteen hundred & thirteen A. D. ). ⟦faint circular stamp⟧ ⟦Heskel⟧ Ofg. President , JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. Identical ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Acting President of the Jewish Community, Respected Baghdad After greetings NOOR ELIAHOO. We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Noor Eliahoo is still alive Noor Eliahoo ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Witness to that ⟦illegible signature⟧ Khedhouri Eliahoo Bab Al-Sheikh Street Al-Shorja District 291 94 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9/21
⟦Jewish Community⟧ 2167 / 50 10th March 50 LIFE CERTIFICATE . In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Miss . NOOR ELIAHOO is still alive. 21 The status ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD . President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD .
50 / 2175 10 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 334 Munshi Rubin Nassim Zelait Miss Saida Haskel, known by the name Saida Haskel Yaqub Levi The eighth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦signature⟧ 2/9 ⟦signature⟧ 2/9 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4 / 9 / 3
50/2176 1950/3/10 ⟦illegible⟧ 420 Daniel Shlomo, known as Daniel Shlomo Daniel Miss Regina Elisha, known as Regina Elisha Yehuda The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ 3/10 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A/9/3
50/2177 1950/3/10 Copy for the Department ⟦illegible⟧ 603 Naji Mordech, known as Ishaq Naji son of Murad Saleh Miss Farha Youssef, known as Farha Youssef Ishaq The tenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of Fawzi ⟦signature⟧ 3/10 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 3/10/4
55 / 2178 10 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦in Baghdad⟧ Department Copy 164 Youssef Haskel, known as Youssef Hay bin Haskel Yaqoub Levi Miss Nazima Robin Nassim Zalait The fifteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Current⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 9 / 3
50 / 2180 10 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 2660 Shafiq Shaul Rahmin, known as Shafiq Shaul Shapiro Miss Marcelle Ephraim, known as Marcelle Ephraim Menashe The twenty-first of February of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ 3/10 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council E / 10 / 3 Status preserved
⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 50 / 2181 10 / 3 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Shaul Murad died in Baghdad on the sixth of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2/10 Deceased status A / 10 / 3 ⟦Hateeb⟧ 5 Fils
50 / 2182 10 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Ibrahim Saleh, known as Ibrahim Naji bin Saleh Eliyahu Abed Miss Hayla Youssef, known as Hayla Youssef Ishaq Shahrabani The twelfth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD ⟦line⟧ . Iraq 40 Fils Iraq 40 Fils ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 21 / ⟦illegible⟧ The duplicate 4 / 9 / 3
50/2182 1950/3/10 ⟦illegible⟧ 330 Ephraim Khadouri, known as Ephraim Khadouri Yaqub Qasir Miss Khatoun Hesqail, known as Khatoun Hesqail Ishaq Basri The tenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Required 50 Fils 3/10/⟦4⟧
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Menashi Elia Sofaer was born in Baghdad on the tenth day of July in the year 1884 AD and for this reason we have signed below. Menashi Elia Sofaer Witness | Witness ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Eliyahu Saqal Zaylor | Nur Allah Haqq Menashi Sofaer Owner of Zaylor Store | (From the British Supplies) We endorse the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar Kingdom of Iraq 40 Fils Kingdom of Iraq 10 Fils 250 100 50 250 250 250 1200 ⟦signature⟧ 24/12/50 14 Request 650 Fils
⟦Original Copy⟧ 2184 / 50 12th March 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. MENASHI ELIA SOFAER was born at Baghdad on the 10th of July 1884 ( eighteen hundred & eighty four A. D. ). 12/3 ⟦illegible⟧ 21/3 Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. My request Menashi
His Excellency the President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim Munshi E. Sweid was born in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of April in the year 1920 AD and for this purpose we have signed below. Abraham M. E. Sofaer . Witness | Witness ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ Koji Yaqub Shiloah | Yusuf Al-Salu (Member of the Lay Council) | (By Munshi Sweid) Baghdad | ⟦signature⟧ 1/20/1940 I endorse the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar 10 Fils 40 Fils 14 Request 25 Fils ⟦circular blue stamp⟧
2185 / 50 10th March 50 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Jewish in Baghdad⟧ BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. ABRAHAM M. E. SOFAER was born at Baghdad on the 15th of April 1920 ( nineteen hundred & twenty A.D.). ⟦illegible signature⟧ 12/3 ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. Certified Copy ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2187 12 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 415 Siddiq Ephraim, known as Siddiq Ephraim Raphael Shashoua Miss Nadira Yaqoub, known as Nadira Habiba Yaqoub Yusuf Mawlid The twelfth of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ Mushad 3/12 (Copy of Certificate) A / 3 / 12
Department Copy 50 / 2188 12 / 3 / 1950 499 Youssef Ishaq known as Youssef Gurji bin Ishaq Abd al-Nabi Ishaq Miss Seniora Menashi known as Seniora al-Bazza Menashi Abboudi Ishaq Hayyim Sofer ⟦line⟧ The twentieth of August of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 3 / 12 / 4 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting on behalf of President of the Lay Council
50 / 2189 12 / 3 / 1950 Department copy 437 Reuben Isaac known as Reuben Isaac Michael Miss Jiran Yona known as Jiran Yona Haron Cohen The first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD ⟦line⟧ . Status registration ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Nistan 500 Fils True copy ⟦illegible⟧ 3 / 12 / 4 ⟦illegible⟧ 3/12