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 / 2258 17 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 519 Sion Saleh, known as Sion Shmuel Daniel Miss Michal Eliyahu, known as Michal Eliyahu Daniel The twenty-sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 2/16 ⟦illegible⟧ 3/4 2/16/4 ⟦illegible⟧
50/2259 3/17/1950 94 Yuna Ashir, known as Yuna Ashir Lafajan Miss Maryam Yuna, known as Maryam Yuna Yohanan The eighteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Temporal Council ⟦illegible⟧ 1950 (Copy of Certificate) A / 3/16 17
50 / 2221 17 / 3 / 1950 419 - Isaac Haskel, known as Isaac Haskel Faraj Miss Sarah Daniel, known as Sarah Daniel Ibrahim The seventeenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3 / 16 A / 16 / 3
2261/50 17 / 3 / 1950 419 ⟦Married⟧ Isaac Heskel known as Isaac Heskel Faraj Miss Sarah Daniel known as Sarah Daniel Ibrahim The seventeenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on July 19, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦19 / 7 / 50⟧ 105 D D K R 7/16/0031 514 ⟦R⟧ia Delitest stories ⟦H⟧tusfi⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories ⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories ⟦H⟧tusfi⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories ⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories ⟦H⟧tusfi⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories ⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories ⟦H⟧tusfi⟦H⟧sa A Rlitest stories Qu Lina Lu Basha Kaha Lini Head of the Armenian Orthodox School 21/2 16/3/31
50/2262 1950/3/17 ⟦illegible⟧ 319 Nathanael Munshi, known as Nathanael Munshi Simantob Miss Shirin Daoud, known as Shirin Helwa Daoud Shabtai Cohen The tenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ on behalf of President of the Physical Council 3/16/4 ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 17 / 2 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Miss Goji daughter of Isaac Munir is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 2 / 1950
2262 / 50 17 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Israelite Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ Certificate Based on the testimony of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Miss Karjiya Ishaq Munir is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 17 / 3
2264/50 1950/3/17 562 Naeem Yaqub, known as Hesqail Ezra Matana Naeem bin Yaqub Sion Ezra Miss Lulu Yusuf, known as Lulu Yusuf Ezra The twenty-fourth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3/16 A/3/16
Register of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 252, I hereby confirm that Mr. Isaac Rahim son of Ezra has married in Baghdad Miss Hasna daughter of Ibrahim son of Shaul on the day 17 / 5 / 1926 (corresponding to 5 Sivan 5686) ( 50 / 2 / 27 Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 72 Only seventy-two Dinars | Shimon Shaul | Salim Hayyim Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Baghdad⟧
50/2265 1950/3/17 252 Ibrahim Haym known as Ibrahim Haym Ezra Miss Habiba Ibrahim known as Habiba Ibrahim Benjamin The seventeenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- six AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 3/17 3/17/A
50 / ⟦...⟧ 1950 / 3 / ⟦...⟧ 325 Barbia Michael Miss Makhmur Mordechai, known as Makhmur Mordechai Yonah The thirteenth of November, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ on behalf of President of the Physical Council P / 19 / 3 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
50 / 2267 3 / 20 / 1950 94 Ibrahim Shlomo, known as Ibrahim Shlomo Haroun Miss Toba Nissan, known as Toba Reina daughter of Nissan Hesqel Hayo The eighteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five AD ⟦line⟧ . ✓ ⟦illegible signature/stamp⟧ (True Copy) Baghdad on June 4, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 6 / 4 / A
50/2268 1950/3/20 178 Heskel bin Sima Natub known as Heskel Shemtob bin Israel Miss Esther Heskel Rahmin Levi The twenty-sixth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD ⟦line⟧ Marriage contract 3/19 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council A /3/19
50 / 2270 1950 / 3 / 20 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 186 Mordechai Youssef, known as Mordechai Youssef Yaqoub Safia Miss Marcelle Khadouri, known as Marcelle Khadouri Ezra Khalaschi The eleventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Jia Jalal Transfer ⟦signature⟧ 3/19 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 3 / 19
50 / 2271 20 / 3 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 70 Sassoon Ibrahim Isaac Shmuel Irani Miss Lulu Ezra Moshi Shua The third of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and seventeen AD. ⟦Signature⟧ 4 / 19 / 3 ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council
50 / 2272 3 / 20 / 1950 Department Copy 88 Ibrahim Shaul, known as Ephraim Ibrahim bin Shaul Al-Mashla' Miss Shahbaz Mordechai, known as Shiraz Mordechai The sixteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Suleiman Al-Shawaf, acting President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2/19 To L. M. Bin Shua ⟦signature⟧ 3/19/4
500/2272 3/2/1950 60 Isaac Elia, known as Isaac Elia Ibrahim Miss Sarah Naima Saleh, known as Sarah Naima Saleh Moshi Naqlati The thirteenth of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 2/19 A/3/19
Document We support and testify according to our personal information that the presence of Nassim Ezra Ezra Hadhouri Thani. Has traveled to the actual front in the Iraqi army in And has not returned and his news has been cut off since that time and we do not know Any news about him This is for you with much thanks and respect Witnesses | Witnesses | Witnesses Hajji Ibrahim Sabih | Karim Sahyoun Lawi | Haroun Mardukh The stage Tabu ⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Signature⟧ | Haroun Rana ⟦Signature⟧ | Amara Shaish Suleiman Room | Atiya | | Amara Yahya 10 Fils 10 + 20 - Altama
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/2274 Certificate 20/3/1950 To Whom It May Concern Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Khedhouri Nassim Ezra Shabi traveled in the year 1914 to the Western Front with the Ottoman Army and did not return to Baghdad, and news of him has been cut off from his family in Baghdad from that date until now. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 20 March ⟦signature⟧ 3/19 A/3/19