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 2494 / 55 20 / 3 / 1950 549 Rahmin Abboudi Ibrahim (from the people of Khanaqin) Miss Sabiha Hanouka Ishaq The eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Copy 4 / 29 / 3 ⟦illegible⟧ 2494
Department Copy 2394 / 50 30 / 3 / 1950 549 Rahmin Abboudi Ibrahim (from the people of Khanaqin) Miss Sabiha Hanouka Ishaq The eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 10 / August / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Hafah 8 / 10 / 1
50 / 2295 20 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ The Exhibit Moshe Hayyim Yaqub ×× Miandoab (Iran) Miss Nazi Cohen Ozael The fifth of September, year nineteen hundred AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting President of ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧ A / 29 / 3
50/ ⟦illegible⟧ 3/1950/ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ The Department 303 Yahya Eliyahu, known as Yahya Eliyahu Cohen Dawla Yaqub, known as Dawla Yaqub Ishaq The twenty-ninth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/29 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council A / 29 / 3
50 / 2397 20 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 92 Shmuel Gabriel Heskel Miss Rifka Nathaniel Isaac The thirty-first of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 2/29 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/29 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council A/29/3
2298 / 50 20 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 203 Haroun Hazqeel Cohen Miss Nazdar Malham known as Nazima Menachem Menashi The third of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six Miss Nazdar Malham known as Nazima Menachem Menashi The third of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2/29 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council A/29/3
50/ 2299 2 / 3 / 1955 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 390 Daniel Michael known as Daniel Michael Irani Miss Shammam Sabih known as Shammam Sabih Irani The twenty-fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- one AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 2/3 2/29 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
50 / ⟦illegible⟧ 1955 / 3 / ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 386 Asher Nissim, known as Asher Nissim Irani Miss Tamar Yona, known as Tamar Yona Irani The twenty-second of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council 4 / 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
Weak solution Murad Daoud Murad Moshe Ajami 107 0.122.1 . 1950/3/20 Miss Hannah Heskel Yousef Rosen Batat September 1, 1808 AD / 2/29 AH . A trust by proxy Chairman of the Physical Council
2402 / 55 20 / 3 / 1955 ⟦illegible⟧ The Prominent Issachar Michael Cohen ** Urmia (Iran) Miss Hannah Raphael The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and six AD ⟦line⟧ . Urgent ⟦illegible⟧ 2/29 ⟦signature⟧ on behalf of President of the Physical Council P / 3 / 29
2402 / 50 20 / 3 / 1955 ⟦illegible⟧ The prominent Daniel Daoud ⟦line⟧ Mahabad (Iran) Miss Morwari Isaac The sixteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Spiritual Council ⟦illegible⟧ 2/29 P/2/29
4404 / 50 3 / 1950 Department Copy Exhibit Isaac son of Isaac Miss Sarah Daniel ⟦line⟧ The thirteenth of March of the year nineteen thirty ⟦line⟧ AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2/29 Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council A / 29 / 3
The Administrator 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 confirm that the named Isaac Darwish passed away in Baghdad on the 24th day of the month of Adar, year 5709 (2 / 3 / 1949) and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 29 / 3 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 28 / ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate 2205 / 50 20 / 3 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Rima Abdullah died in Baghdad on the third day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay 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 ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 688, I hereby certify that Mr. Habib Salim Shawafi was married in Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ to ⟦illegible⟧ on the day 6 / 10 / 1941 (corresponding to 4 Tishrei ⟦illegible⟧) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubah amount ⟦line⟧ Witnesses 1800 one thousand eight hundred rupees only ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Saleh ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible handwriting on right margin⟧
Divorce Certificate 50 / ⟦illegible⟧ 1950 / 3 / ⟦illegible⟧ 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 ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council P / 28 / 3