Verification Certificates, Employee Recommendations, Baghdadi Jewish Community
View interactive document pageThese are documents, including correspondence, from the Baghdadi Jewish community. Included are birth, marriage, divorce, and death certificates as well as letters of recommendations for former employees of the Jewish community. Some certificates are written in English; when in Arabic, the certificates often list the names in Hebrew.
50/2111 22 / 6 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 187 Haroun Ibrahim, known as Haroun Eliyahu bin Ibrahim Yusuf Yahya Miss Salima Lisha, known as Salima Al-Yisha Hay Manshi The seventeenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 200 Fils A / 21 / 6
2111/50 7/2/1950 ⟦the community⟧ ⟦...⟧ 320 Yaqub bin Ezra Moshi Twaina Miss Doris Korji bin Saleh Jajak The twelfth of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Corporeal Council 9/3/7 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/7
Bakr 50 / 2112 1950 / 7 / 2 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 98 Isaac Joseph Isaac ⟦line⟧ Miss Khatoon Eliyahu Shamoun ⟦line⟧ The twenty-eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and nine AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 2 Of humble status 7 / 2 N / 3 / 7
50/2114 1950/6/22 ⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 145 Moshe Menashe, known as Moshe Hayyim bin Menashe Ezra Miss Rachel Ibrahim Munir The twenty-seventh of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council (Copy of Certificate) A/6/21 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/21
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my logs, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Ezra⟧ died in Baghdad on the day ⟦27⟧ of the month ⟦Sivan⟧ of the year 5710 ( 12 / 6 / 1950 ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Haskeel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Department Copy 50/2114 6/22/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Isaac Shlomo Levy died in Baghdad on the thirteenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council Current status From ⟦illegible⟧ 6/20/P
Duplicate 50/2116 1950/7/6 ⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 648 Ibrahim Munshi, known as Ibrahim bin Munshi Shlomo Miss Nouriya Hayawi, known as Nouriya Hayawi Aghababa The sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.. ⟦signature⟧ 7/5 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 2 / 5 / 7
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Jewish Spiritual Council In Baghdad Number: Date: 5/2/44 Presidency of the Jewish Community - Baghdad Please provide Roza daughter of Ma'shar (Maryam Khanum) with a certificate containing her divorce from her husband Abboud Ali son of Meir (Sa'ji) on the date of 6 Shevat 5704 corresponding to 21 January 1944 Salman Murad Aboudi ⟦signature⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 950/2117 1950/6/22 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Rosa daughter of Moshe (Maryam Khan) was divorced from her husband Aboudi son of Mushir (Saatchi) on the thirty-first of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/21 Origin in 6/21/9
Department Copy. 55/4148 6/22/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 314 Hesqail Nasryan Yousef, known as Hesqail Kurji bin Yousef Hakma Miss Regina Nahoum Hay Murad The nineteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one AD. ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 6/21/1 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50 / 3448 50 / 7 / 6 507 Moshe bin Ibrahim Samokhian, Iranian Miss Khatoun bint Murad Khadouri The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ (True Copy) Baghdad on 5 / November / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 11/5/1
Baghdad, February 21, 1950 To the Honorable President of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Please be so kind as to provide me with a certificate testifying that Latif Khadhuri Yusuf is simply Latif Khadhuri, and you will find below a testimony by two witnesses in this regard. Please accept my highest respect. Latif Khadhuri Yusuf 10 Fils 40 Fils We testify that Mr. Latif Khadhuri simply is Mr. Latif Khadhuri Yusuf Witness ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/21/1950 Witness Salim Ibrahim Ezra ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/21/1950 For certification 2/22/1950
Department Copy 2119 / 50 22 / 6 / 1950 Certificate Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Latif Khadouri Youssef is the same person called Latif Khadouri Bekhor And based on his request, he was provided with this certificate; ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 6/22 6/22/1
Death Certificate Department Copy ⟦2119 / 50⟧ Duplicate 6 / 7 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burials in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Meir Shaul died in Baghdad on the twentieth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Loss of status 7/5 9 / 5 / 7
⟦illegible⟧ We testify that the person named Munshi Saleh is a servant in Torat Munshi Gurji and his monthly salary is two dinars and a quarter, and to that we testify The person mentioned above is a Shamash in my synagogue and he left his job from 21 ⟦March⟧ 1950 because he was sick, and upon this I sign Agent of the Torah ⟦signature⟧ 25/4/50 Owner of the Torah Munshi Gurji ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧