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IJA 3318

Verification Certificates, Employee Recommendations, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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These 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.

Metadata

Archive Reference
IJA 3318
Item Number
15853
Date
Approx. January 1, 1941 to December 31, 1950
Languages
Multiple Languages
Keywords
Jewish Lay Council, Divorce Certificate, Baghdadi Jewish Community, Correspondence, Judeo-Arabic, Annotation, President of the Jewish Community, Revenue Stamp, Birth Certificates, Handwritten, Legal, Ink Stamp, Spiritual Council, Death Certificate, Typed, Cemetery, Marriage Certificates, Letterhead

AI en Translation, Pages 751-775

Page 751

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Administrative Committee
Baghdad on: <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> / <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> / 195
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
After greetings:
Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 82
I hereby certify that:
Mr.: ⟦Selim Shaoul H. Shamaun⟧
Married in Baghdad Miss: ⟦Ashil daughter of Hayun Eliyahu Boni⟧
On the day: 21 / 1 / 1949
Corresponding to: ⟦5709⟧ / /
Ketubah amount
75
Witnesses
⟦Naim Ezra⟧
Shalom Hakham Shabi
Shamaun Shaoul H. Shamaun
28 / 8 / 56
⟦illegible signature⟧

Page 752

Department Copy
50/244
4/8/1950
82
Victor Ezra Salman Shami Koh⟦line⟧en
Miss Rachel daughter of Sion Eliyahu Zilkha Koh⟦line⟧en
The twenty-first of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
nine AD⟦line⟧.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Correct
18/2/1951
⟦signature⟧
8/2
⟦illegible⟧
8/2
8/3/2

Page 753

3421/50
8/4/1950
⟦Community Committee⟧
82
Victor Ezra Salman Shami Cohen
Miss Rachel daughter of Zion Eliyahu Zilkha Cohen
The twenty-first of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine AD
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on 3/18/51
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧

Page 755

50 / 2723
2 / 8 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
The prominent
Yahya Eliahu ⟦line⟧
×× Zakho Narjis Eliahu Daniel
The twenty-seventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Corporeal Council
⟦signature⟧
Fahr Ayal
20
9 / 3 / 8

Page 756

Department Copy
3434 / 50
4 / 8 / 1950
The Exhibit
Yaqub Ishaq
*** Zakho Miss Esther Rahmin
The twenty-eighth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD.
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 9 / August / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
Baghdad
15 / 9 / 8

Page 757

⟦Department Office⟧
Directorate General of Customs and Excise
Baghdad
The Subject
We, the undersigned, certify and testify that the photograph above is that of Naeem Salman Haskeel
Shanbeikho, and for this purpose we have signed below. House No. 237, Bustan al-Khass 4
Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Bataween Neighborhood
Haroun Sh⟦...⟧ the first | Hamim Saleh from Al-Bataween Neighborhood | for the Fourth Branch, Nafie Al-Hilli
|  | Abdul Wahab
Number: 50/2925
Date: 1950/8/4
(We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above)
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Secular Council
8/2
Fils the first
8/2

Page 758

The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs
Baghdad
⟦True copy⟧
Baghdad on:
Presidency of the Israeli Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that
the named ⟦Daoud Yousef Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the ⟦second⟧ day of the month of ⟦September⟧ in the year 5704
(⟦1944/9/2⟧) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧

Page 759

Department copy
Death certificate
50/2422
6/8/1950
Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Abdullah Shabath Kurdi died in Baghdad on
the twenty-sixth day of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four
AD.
⟦signature⟧
⟦Cash status⟧
8/6
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council

Page 760

⟦Registration of the...⟧
Department of ⟦...⟧
105 / ⟦...⟧
21 / 10 / 1981
Based on the decision of the ⟦...⟧ committee No. ⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧ it was decided ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ on ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
10 ⟦...⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Manager of ⟦...⟧
Head of ⟦...⟧
⟦Signature⟧
18 / 10
⟦Stamp⟧
⟦Signature⟧

Page 761

Copy for the Department ⟦...⟧
150/2422
1950/8/2
⟦line⟧
19
Khadouri Youssef Ibrahim
Miss Karjiya Haskeel Nassim Aida
The first of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen
AD.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
⟦Registry entry⟧
8/4

Page 762

Department Copy
55/2425
6/8/1950
70
Sion Eliyahu known as ⟦Ezekiel⟧ Aziz Sion bin Eliyahu Moshi Shiri
Miss Naeema Eliyahu Rahmin Mandalawi
The fourth of ⟦August⟧ in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-six
AD.
Registration I L
8/4
⟦Saleh⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
8/4/2

Page 763

Department Copy
50 / 2426
8 / <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> / 1950
30
Isaac Saleh Shakarji, known as Isaac Saleh bin Yaqub Shakarji
Miss Naima Moshi Tweig, known as Naima Moshi Abdullah
Tweig
The sixteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
8 / 8
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 8
N / 6 / 8

Page 764

50/2428
8/⟦...⟧/1950
Department copy
374
Ibrahim Musa, known as Ibrahim Sabih bin Moshi (Musa) Shaker Levi
Miss Sabiha Shaoul Abdullah
The seventeenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
nine AD.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
2/6/8
⟦illegible⟧

Page 765

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on <del>8/6/1950</del>
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate number 11, I hereby certify that
Mr. ⟦Yitzhak Hakham Sassoon⟧
Married in Baghdad ⟦Mazal Tov bat Yitzhak Avraham⟧
on the day 29/9/1949 ( ⟦28 Elul 5709⟧ )
(⟦line⟧)
The amount of the Ketubah is 12500 ⟦Orad⟧
Witnesses
⟦Yitzhak Sassoon⟧
⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧
Shimon Shaul H: Shimon
Missing photo
Marriage Certificate
⟦illegible⟧

Page 766

Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧ Department
Baghdad on: 6 / 8 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community:
Baghdad:
Greetings:
Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 67
I hereby certify that:
Mr.: Menashe son of Salman Habasha
has married in Baghdad: Mazal daughter of Isaac son of Joseph Ezra
on the day: 20 / 10 / 1947 ( ⟦tenth⟧ ⟦Cheshvan⟧ ⟦5708⟧ )
Amount of the Ketubah | Witnesses
Fifty ⟦gold⟧ ⟦dinars⟧ | Isaac Sassoon
Isaac ⟦Salman⟧
Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon
Shimon ⟦Shaoul⟧
⟦H. Shimon⟧
Exempted ⟦from⟧ ⟦fees⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Certified
the signature

Page 767

294 / 50
1950 / 8 / 25
Department Copy
67
Mr. Ezra Hakim
Miss Ida Haron Daoud Shamtoob
The twentieth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
seven AD.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Year 46
8 / 6 / 1

Page 769

50 / 2442
7 / 8 / 1950
Department Copy
499
Hayawi Ezra, known as Shimon Hai bin Ezra Hesqel Shimon
Miss Dina Rubin, known as Rifa Khatoun daughter of Rubin Shlomo
Abboudi
The fourteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
two AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
4 / 6 / 8

Page 770

50 / 2442
50 / 8 / 7
Department copy
231
Saleh Yusuf Saleh ⟦line⟧
Miss Hanna Khadoori, known by the name Hanna Najma daughter of Khadoori Yehuda
The acc- ⟦line⟧ -used
The twentieth of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- ⟦line⟧ -two
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of / Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
50 / 8 / 7
8 / 6 / 2

Page 772

Department Copy
50 / 7445
7 / 8 / 1950
455
Isaac Koji Isaac Kwanzi
Miss Khazna Rubin, known as Khazna Juliet daughter of Rubin Saleh
The twenty-ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ / 8 / 50
⟦signature⟧
8 / 8
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
1 / 6 / 8

Page 773

Department Copy
50 / 2446
1950 / 8 / 7
175
Ephraim Abid Mahtouk
Miss Esther Ibrahim Abdalla⟦line⟧h
The third of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
AD⟦line⟧.
⟦illegible⟧
8 / 6
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Spiritual Council
⟦illegible⟧
Status Record
8 / 6
8 / 6 / 2

Page 774

50 / 2447
7 / 8 / 1950
Department Copy
183
Khedhouri Matana bin Daoud, known as Matana Khedhouri bin Daoud Khedhouri Mukammal
Miss Saida Karji Saleh Moshi Kirkukli
The fifth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five AD.
⟦illegible⟧
6 / 8
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
Now
6 / 8
4 / 6 / 8