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.
The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad ⟦...⟧ Department After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that The named Yitzhak bin Yosef died in Baghdad On the 15th day of the month of Adar, year 5710 (1950/6/20) and for that reason I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad Heskel Haddad The Person in Charge of Israeli Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ File in place ⟦...⟧
50/3389 10/8/950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 156 Yahya bin Moshi bin Sultan, Iranian Miss Juliet daughter of Daoud bin Saleh The twenty-first of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD (True Copy) Baghdad on 5/22/951 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Correct ⟦illegible⟧ 5/22/951
50/3389 1/8/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 156 Yahya bin Moshi bin Salman Irani Miss Juliet daughter of Daoud bin Saleh The twenty-first of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 2 / 4 / 1951 On behalf of President of the Lay Council
50 / 2292 1950 / 7 / 20 363 Aboudi bin Munshi Hesqel Mahlab Miss Juliet daughter of Khedhouri Shaul Muzayyin The second of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Aboud ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 21 7 / 31 / 2
To whom it may concern We, the undersigned, testify that the persons whose names are listed below, numbering seven (7) persons, according to their claim, have lost their Iranian nationality certificate about a year ago, and upon this we have signed. 31 / 7 / 1950 : Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Tatwar neighborhood Isaac Ibrahim | Fouad Jueila | Ibrahim Karji Shmouli 1- Maryam Shamil 2- Ibrahim Daoud 3- Isaac ⟦Danu⟧ 4- Sarah Daoud 5- Moshe // 6- Haroun // 7- Habiba Daoud 5 Fils ⟦Registered for Good⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ / 7 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Number - 50/2297 Date - 8 / 1 / 1950 ( We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above ) Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
⟦line⟧ certain usury ⟦line⟧ By this it has been known that the person mentioned below has served us as members of the Eden Cinema and Cinemas Committee (7) in Al-Basha, formerly and currently under the name ⟦...⟧ an amount of liras has been completed by us as below 16 / 7 / 1951 : To the Al-Qalaa shop by separation | In the name of the person | In the name of the person According to his receipt | Monthly financial installment | Ahmed Ibrahim | | Previous balance - 1 | | May and June - 6 | | July and counting - 3 | | Shawwal Qa'dah - 3 | | " Rishm - 5 | | " Nisan - 2 | | May and receiving it - 7 Issued 500 to the aforementioned above 18 / 8 / 1951 - in Al-Basha Signatures of the Cinema Committee members In the name of the Cinema and Cinema Eden Signature of the shop owner and the rest of the administration department in Al-Basha (Contact agents) ⟦illegible handwriting and scribbles in blue ink⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 21 / 7 / <del>1950</del> Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Renee Salman Mordechai is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad Issued to ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
50 / 2295 Certificate 1 / <del>12</del> / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Jewish⟧ Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Reina Salman Mordechai is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Status paragraph 9/31/7
50 / 2292 10 / 8 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 570 Isaac Moshe Yaqoub Cohen Miss Naima Ezra Yaqoub The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 7/31 Indigent ⟦illegible signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 7/31/A
50/2297 1950/8/10 ⟦According to the department⟧ ⟦...⟧ 619 Moshe Eliyahu Shlomo Miss Bertha Saleh The thirtieth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦...⟧ True The case is considered Health 7/31/1 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy Death Certificate 50 / 2278 1950/7/21 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 Jahla Hesqel Aslan passed away in Baghdad on the thirtieth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 7/30 7/30/2 ⟦stamp⟧
50 / 2279 1950 / 7 / 20 ⟦Personnel Department⟧ The Exhibit Heskel Ezra Moshi Fathi ××× Senior Miss Rahma Salman Fathi The ninth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- two AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 20 - Total entry on 7 / 30 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50 / 2280 1950 / 7 / 20 The Exhibitor Youssef Rahmin Dohuk and Miss Maryam Ibrahim The twelfth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. N. F ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Issa ⟦illegible⟧ 20 - ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad on ⟦illegible⟧ / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧ 7 / 30 / 1
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 20 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 570, I hereby certify that Mr. ⟦Moshe son of Ezra son of Joseph⟧ Married in Baghdad Miss ⟦Lulu daughter of Reuben Shimon Halevi⟧ On the day 28 / November / 1920 ( ⟦twenty-eighth of November⟧ ) ( 5681 ) Ketubbah amount 2000 Rupees, two thousand only Witnesses ⟦Ephraim Shaul⟧ ⟦Saleh Hayyim Shaul⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Based on The request of the interested party ⟦Signature⟧ 7/2
50 / 2281 50 / 7 / 20 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Moshe bin Ezra bin Harun 510 Miss Lulu daughter of Rubin Shama Al-Kohen The twenty-first of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty AD. ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Status Registration 7/20 P 7/30 Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 25 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate number: ⟦788⟧ I hereby confirm that Mr.: Ibrahim Hatem bin Ishaq known as Haki Bek Ibrahim Hatem Married in Baghdad: Miss Rasina Ezra bin Nassib Salem Abu al-Qaw On the day: 22 / 10 / 1923 (12 Tishrei 5684) Ketubah amount: 2500 Rupees, three thousand five hundred only Witnesses: Rabbi Bashir Saleh Safa ⟦Moti⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Rabbinical Court of Justice⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 50 Fils Status Record 30/7/50 ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2282 21 / 7 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 178 Hayim Hoki known as Ibrahim Hayim bin Ishaq (Hoki) Ibrahim Hayim Miss Karjiya Ezra known as Karjiya Ezra Yaqub Shalom The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- three AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 7 / 20 / 1 Spent in condition 7 / 20