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.
50/2209 22 / 7 / 1950 ⟦Copy for the Department⟧ Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Rahmin Hazqeel is neither engaged nor married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Attended to ⟦...⟧ 7/2 7/2/9
50 / 222 - H 9 / 7 / 1950 Department Copy 629 William Salman, known as William Kurji Salman Ezra Matouk Shahrabani Miss Evelyn Abdul Aziz, known as Evelyn Abdul Aziz bin Yusuf Shirani The first of June, year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 9 2 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 9 Acting Head of the Authority Head of the Lay Council F 7 / 9
50 / 2202 10 / 7 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 730 Hesqail Nouri bin Rahmin, known as Hesqail Nouri bin Rahmin Hayyim Hurian Miss Victoria Eliyahu Shaul Mirati The thirtieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ✓ 7 / 9 7 / 9 4 / 9 / 7
Department copy 3203 50 / 10/7/1950 ⟦illegible stamp⟧ 720 Hezekiel Nouri bin Rahmin, known as Hezekiel Nouri bin Rahmin Hayyim Nourian Miss Touba Eliyahu, known as Victoria Eliyahu Shaul Surani The thirtieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. (Corrected Certificate) ⟦handwritten signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦handwritten signature⟧ 1/30/8
⟦Department Copy⟧ <del>50/2204</del> Certificate 7/1950/ Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Yassin Aboudi Aslan is a Hazzan (Cantor) in the Ezra Daoud Synagogue and receives a monthly salary of five and a half Dinars. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Year ⟦illegible⟧ 4/9/7 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
50/2205 1950/7/10 338 Youssef Ibrahim, known as Youssef bin Ibrahim Salim Miss Saida Meir Ovadia, known as Masouda daughter of ⟦Muthir⟧ Isaac Shalom Ovadia The nineteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD year. ⟦Certified⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5/10 (Copy of certificate) ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council 7/10/1
Manager of the Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on: Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad: After Greetings: Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby confirm that the named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Yitzhak⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Elul⟧ year 5708 (22 / 11 / 1947) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧ ⟦Yitzhak⟧ Heskel Haddad Manager of the Jewish Burial Affairs We confirm the accuracy of the date above ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 10 ⟦signature⟧ Saved in Keep as is 8 / 11 / 95
2206 / 50 11/7/1950 - 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 Abdullah Shaul Saleh Shamoun passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-second day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ From the register 10/7 2 / 10 / 7
50/3206 Death Certificate 1950/7/11 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 Abdullah Shaul Saleh Shamoun has died in Baghdad on the twenty-second day of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on July 28, 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 7/28 7/28/1 ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 4 / 5 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings And he has not married yet Conditions | Witnesses 250 two thousand five hundred only | Shimon Shaul Naeem Qattan Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Page 2 followed 10/7/50
3207/50 11/7/1950 Department Copy Nazem Yameen bin Yaqub Yehuda Dallal Miss Suzette bint Ezra Murad Shamoun The third of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD (True Copy) Baghdad on July 25, 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 2/25/7
50 / 2208 11 / 7 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 709 Yaqub bin Asher Sion Shamash Miss Simha Meir, known as Simha Najia daughter of Meir Yusuf Cohen The twenty-eighth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦Aboud⟧ 7/10 ⟦Record Entry⟧ 7/10 2 / 10 / 7
Department Copy 55 / 2209 11 / 7 / 1950 371 Yaqub Ishaq, known as Yaqub bin Ishaq Yaqub Ajami Miss Juliet Korgi, known as Juliet Korgi Haskil Rahim The eighteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 10 Distinguished Status 7 / 10 / 9
Department Copy 50 / 2212 10 / 7 / 1950 263 Yehuda Elisha known as Yehuda Elisha Yehuda Mrs. Bahiya Nissan known as Leah daughter of Nissan Issachar The fourteenth of March, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Two copies 9/18 2/10/7 ⟦illegible⟧ 7/10
Department copy 50/3212 11/7/1950 263 Yehuda Elisha, known as Yehuda Elisha Yehuda Mrs. Bahiya Nissan, known as Leah daughter of Nissan Issachar The fourteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 18 / September / 950 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 1/18/9 15/9
50 / 2212 11 / 7 / 1950 Certificate ⟦Department Copy⟧ To Whom It May Concern We hereby certify that Rabbi Aaron Saleh Dori is an employee at the Israeli Slaughterhouse in Baghdad and receives a nominal salary of seven Dinars per month, to which is added cost of living allowances in the amount of five Dinars and a quarter Dinar. At his request, he was provided with this certificate; Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 11/7/50 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 9/10/7 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
X The Department's copy to His Excellency the Head of the respected Jewish Community We, the undersigned, certify that Yusuf Dawud Ibrahim Ovedia is the only person responsible for supporting his father, Dawud Ibrahim Ovedia, his mother Jahla Shalom, and his infant Habu Dawud Ovedia, and they have no provider other than him. Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of the Tatran Quarter Maurice Sassoon | Dawud Ibrahim | Ibrahim Karji Shaul Shmuli Torat 109/137 | Qanbar Ali 105/103 | Number ⟦line⟧: 2214 / 50 Date ⟦line⟧: 11 / 7 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council (Certifying the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above) ⟦signature⟧ 4/5
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50 / 2216 1950 / 7 / 20 104 Daoud Youssef Ibrahim Levi Mrs. Farha daughter of Haskil Menachem Ezra Eliyahu Shammash The twenty-eighth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- two AD. 7 / 11 ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 11 / 51 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
To whom it may concern We hereby certify that Gurji Ezra Zilkha passed away in Khanaqin on the date of May 28, year 5708, and for that we have signed below Menashe Shua | Moshe Yaffa | Moshe Murad Marukhan Menashe Shua | Moshe Yaffa | Moshe Mordechai Marukhan 5/7/950 ⟦signature⟧ 11/7 Approval 2/6/952 ⟦signature⟧ 11/7
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ 50 / ⟦227⟧ 12/7/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the Presidency of the Jewish Community in Khanaqin, we hereby confirm that the individual named Gurji Ezra Zilkha passed away in Khanaqin on the second day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2- Nisan 1/11/7