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.
50/2226 1950/3/29 Department Copy Department Copy 484 Murad Ibrahim, known as Murad Matana, son of Ibrahim Murad Miss Samra Yusuf, known as Samra Daisy, daughter of Yusuf Ezra Maliki The twenty-first of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 3/27 ⟦signature⟧ 3/27 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council (Copy of Certificate) A/3/23
2227 / 50 24 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy Exhibit: Moshe Isaac: ⟦line⟧ Miss Rehan Shalom: ⟦line⟧ The eighth of April, year one thousand nine hundred and ten: ⟦line⟧ AD: ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council First Class ⟦signature⟧ 24 / 3 A / 3 / 23
50 / 2238 24 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 379 Yaqub Nuriel Shamoun, known as Nuriel Shamoun Zadeh Miss Sarah Rahim, known as Sarah Hayyim Irani The second of November, the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight AD ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 3/24 Status Record ⟦signature⟧ 3/24 On / 3/23
50 / 2229 1955 / 3 / 24 ⟦illegible⟧ The Exhibit Heskel Sh⟦line⟧aul Miss Malki Nis⟦line⟧an The twenty-eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-⟦line⟧eight AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ 2/27 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 2/27 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Coun⟦line⟧cil P / 3/23
2241 / 50 4 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ The Department 64 Rahmin Hanuka Shlomo Pasha Miss Rahma Mordechai, known as Rahma Mordechai Daoud The twenty-ninth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 3/23 4/3/23
224 / 50 24 / 3 / 1955 Department Copy Exhibit Simantob Rubin Sulaymaniyah Miss Qayma Rahmin The fifteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two ⟦illegible⟧ Sulaymaniyah Miss Qayma Rahman ⟦line⟧ The fifteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 2/22 Certified ⟦signature⟧ 2/22 ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Spiritual Council P/23/3
2222 / 50 24 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 369 Naji Abraham, known as Ishaq Naji bin Abraham Elia Shahrabani. Miss Farha Nahum, known as Farha Nahum Saleh Moallem Elia The twenty-second of April, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight AD. The 2/24 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/24 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council P / 3/23
2244 / 55 24 / 3 / 1955 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ Copy 269 Rahmin Nassim, known as Rahmin Nassim Irani Miss Esther Yacoub The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- seven AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 24 / 3 General Register ⟦signature⟧ 24 / 3 P / 23 / 3
2245 / 55 S / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 58 Isaac Meir Raphael, known as Isaac Meir bin Raphael Abdullah Moshe Miss Jahla Youssef, known as Jahla Youssef Mordechai The fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 3 / 24 ⟦illegible⟧ 2 / 29
C O P Y 2797 23rd July 1 BIRTH CERTIFICATE ⟦line⟧ In accordance with testimonials presented, we hereby confirm that Mr. ALBERT SHALOME AMBER was born in Baghdad in the year 1917 ( nineteen hundred & seventeen A. D. ). ⟦illegible⟧ 27/3 ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. Copy Baghdad 26th March 1950. Request 100 Fils
50 / 2246 26 / 3 / 1950 Department Copy 545 - Yaqub Sulayman Shmuel, known as Yaqub Shmuel Zahroun Abel Miss Salima Baruch, known as Salima Baruch Ezra Maslawi The fourth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of ⟦illegible⟧ President of the Lay Council Half of the total 2 / 26 A / 26 / 3
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad In Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ 2/4/1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered ⟦line⟧ I hereby certify that Mr. Khedhouri Zion Ibrahim has married in Baghdad Miss Deny daughter of Salomo Ezra Smeil on the day 8 / 9 / 1949 (corresponding to 24 September year 5709) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 500 five hundred Dinars only | Zion Shaul | Salim H. Al-Bahir Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon S. S. H. Sh. Angel Classifier 5 Fils 2/26
Department Copy L ⟦illegible⟧ / 50 26 / 3 / 1950 643 Munshi Sion Ibrahim Miss Daisy Shlomo Ezra Suhayl The nineteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six AD ⟦line⟧ . Page ⟦illegible⟧ 26 / 2 4 / 26 / 3 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council
../ . 1950 / 3 / L > District 374 Ziolon Issachar known as Ziolon Issachar Irani Miss Esteem Mordechai known as Esteem Mordechai Irani Private and the twentieth of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD of the appropriate acting President of the Physical Council A / 3 / 26 Reactor 2/7 737 171.0 * 1 Qaledani
55/2249 1950/3/26 Department Copy 385 Shabbethai Ibrahim, known as Shabbethai Ibrahim Cohen Mrs. Nabat Daniel, known as Nabat Daniel Irani The tenth of October, the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council Border Classifier ⟦illegible⟧ 2/26 A/3/26
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 marriage certificate numbered 226, I hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim son of Shmuel Al-Kohen has married in Baghdad Miss Maryam daughter of Haron son of Meir Moallem on the day 15 / 2 / 1950 (corresponding to 27 Adar year 5710) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 1600 One thousand six hundred Dinars only | Shimon Shaul | Salim H. Al-Basha Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Estimated at 25 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 2/26
50 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 55 1955 / 3 / ⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 336 Ibrahim Shmuel, known as Ibrahim Shamil Cohen Miss Maryam Haroun, known as Maryam Haroun Moshi Moallem The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty Miss Maryam Haroun, known as Maryam Haroun Moshi Moallem The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2/26 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 3/26/4
R F77 3 \ ? \ ? The person in charge of the Israeli burial affairs in Baghdad After greetings, the leadership of the Israeli community in Baghdad in Baghdad, based on the records recorded in my records, I hereby confirm that the person named 22 died in “Baghdad” on the day of baptism and the month of Midr 5700 years, and for him I signed below for me 2/26/50 Heskel Hadad, the person in charge of the Israeli burial affairs
Department Copy 50 / 2251 3 / 26 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Yehuda Shlomo Mordechai died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Issued as a true copy ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ P / 3/26
⟦The Circle⟧ 50/2351 Death Certificate 26 / 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 person named Yehuda Shlomo Mordechai died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦line⟧ . (True Copy) Baghdad on June 14, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/14/2 Year 1950
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 22 / 12 / 1950 50/2252 12/27/950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 112, I hereby certify that Mr. Isaac Dawood Abdul-Aziz Shaikh Marcelle Hayim Joseph Shamoon Sassoon Married in Baghdad Miss Marcelle Hayim Joseph Shamoon Sassoon On the day 20 / 12 / 1925 (4 Tevet 5686) ⟦Signature⟧ 12/27/50 Ketubah amount: 2000 Two thousand dinars only Witnesses Naoum Shaul Salim G. Eliyahu Shamoon Shaul H. Shamoon Shamoon Shaul H. Shamoon ⟦Signature⟧ Fees Request 20 fils 20 fils Isaac Dawood
⟦illegible⟧ The Circle ⟦illegible⟧ 2352 / 50 27th March 50 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 113, I, hereby confirm that Mr. SALIM ISAAC DAWOOD ABDUL- AZIZ was married at Baghdad to Miss. MARCELLE HAYIM JOSEPH SHAMOON SHAIKH SASSOON on the 30th of December 1935 ( nine- teen hundred & thirty five A. D. ). Khabbaza 27/3 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. Request ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2252 1950 / 3 / 28 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 400 Isaac Moshe, known as Isaac Moshe Isaac Miss Meral Nissan, known as Meral Nissan Irani The twentieth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2/27 A / 3/27
259 / 50 28 / 3 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 331 Isaac Haroun, known as Isaac Haroun Rahmin Miss Rachel Heskel, known as Rachel Heskel Moshe Polat The twenty-third of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- one AD ⟦line⟧ . Current ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2/27 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4/27/3