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.
50/2108 1950/7/2 106 Moshe bin Ibrahim bin Shalom Miss Simha Noah, known by the name Simha Noah Yusuf The twenty-first of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ Status record 7/2 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council N / 3 / 7
3109/50 22nd June 19 50 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with the Marriage Contract presented No. 738, I hereby confirm that Mr. HARON DAVID TAWFICK has been married to Miss. ROSE ARKADIE KOUGUEL at Beirut on the 17th of June 1945 ( nineteen hundred & fourty five A. D. ). ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mr. Asher B. Bashi was born in Baghdad on the day of February in the year 1900 AD And for this purpose we have signed ⟦line⟧ Baghdad on 6/20/1950 Witness Witness ⟦Heskel Mir Ezzi⟧ Yusuf ⟦Qaht⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar ⟦...⟧ ASHER ⟦...⟧ BASHI 6/20/50 ⟦...⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 2 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Based on the records documented in my registers, I certify that: Mr.: Isaac son of Joseph Ezra Has contracted his engagement to: Miriam daughter of Salman Kamila In Baghdad on the day: 16 / 1 / 1950 (27 Tevet 710) (: And has not married yet: Conditions | Witnesses ⟦There are no special conditions⟧ | Isaac son of Joseph Ezra | Miriam daughter of Salman Kamila Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul Ezra Joseph ⟦2 / 7 / 50⟧
Department Copy 3110/50 21st June 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mr. ASHER G. BASHI was born at Baghdad on February 1900 (nineteen hundred A. D.). ⟦signature⟧ 2/7 ✓ ⟦signature⟧ Offg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. 5 Fils Arabic Copy True Copy 2/7 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
50/2111 1950/6/22 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 187 Haroun Ibrahim, known as Haroun Eliyahu bin Ibrahim Yusuf Yahya Miss Salima Lishaa, known as Salima Al-Yisha Hay Manshi The seventeenth of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council Abboud ⟦signature⟧ 200 Fils 2/21/9
Duplicate 50/2111 1950/7/2 ⟦District Register⟧ 320 Yaqub bin Ezra Moshi Twena Miss Doris Kurji bin Saleh Jajak The twelfth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 7/3/9
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 Head 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 registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Ezra⟧ passed away in Baghdad. On the day ⟦27⟧ of the month ⟦Sivan⟧ year 5710 ( 12 / 6 / 1950 ) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Hesqeel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Department Copy 2114/50 6/22/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial matters at the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Isaac Shlomo Levi died in Baghdad on the thirteenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Status lost From ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 6/20
Department Copy 2115 / 55 22 / 6 / 1950 676 Moshe Daoud Moshe Miss Dorit Khedhouri Youssef Soudayi The fourteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Loss of status 7 / 7 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Chief Rabbi President of the Lay Council A / 20 / 6
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 ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7/5 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 2 / 5 / 7
The Spiritual Council 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 Rosa daughter of Ma'shar (Maryam Khanum) with a certificate containing her divorce from her husband Abboud Ali son of Meir (Sa'ji) and that is on the date 6 Shevat 5704 corresponding to 21 January 1944 Salman Murad Aboudi ⟦signature⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 950/2117 6/22/1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the person called Rosa daughter of Moshe (Maryam Khan) has been divorced from her husband Abboudi son of Mushir (Saatchi) on the thirty-first day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/21 Original in 9/21/6