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.
⟦Department Copy⟧ 3484 / 50 8th August 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that KHEDOORI SION BEKHOR was born at Baghdad on the 17th of November 1919 ( nineteen hundred & nineteen A. D. ). ⟦Shamas⟧ 2 Copies 7/8 ⟦Signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦Amount⟧ 100 fils
⟦Department Copy⟧ His Excellency, the Director of Travel, Respected Baghdad ⟦Second Copy⟧ After greetings I, the undersigned, Habib Eliyahu Mordechai, from the people of Erbil, my citizenship has been revoked under the laissez-passer numbered 4487, and my wife was blessed with a girl named Shafiqa on June 2, year 1950, so I request the addition of the mentioned child Shafiqa to my passport, and to you much thanks and respect, Witness | Witness | Petitioner Elia Isaac of the people of | Murad Ephraim of the people of | Habib Eliyahu Erbil | Erbil | Mordechai Number: 50/2485 Date: 8 / 8 / 1950 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures on the back) Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧
50 / 1486 8 / 8 / 1950 Department Copy Exhibit Nassim Ibrahim Shakerchi Miss Rachel Isaac The twenty-seventh of August of the year nineteen hundred and thirty-four AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible handwriting⟧ 8 / 0 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council In the Sharia Courts And it was ⟦...⟧ in the Jewish courts in Baghdad In the minutes ⟦...⟧ We, the undersigned, acknowledge and testify that we know with full legal and personal knowledge the person named That the person named ⟦...⟧ in the old neighborhood ⟦...⟧ No. 7833 and currently residing in the neighborhood In the neighborhood of ⟦...⟧ and he is married to Mrs. ⟦...⟧ spouse of Numa, her children are less than 21 years of age And they are each of ⟦...⟧ Name of Person | Name of Father | Name of Mother Masouda Elia Habib | Resala N Julia Maleh | Rehana Raqsa Lilia Rawasa Maryam | Rasin | Yassin 1005 Sunday 5 - ⟦...⟧ 81810521 - ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ (Accordingly, we have issued this certificate) Authentication of the signatures of the Mukhtars Head of the Jewish Sharia Court in Baghdad ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧
Department Copy 50 / 2487 9 / 8 / 1950 Certificate Copy to To Whom It May Concern We hereby confirm that Rabbi Saleh Youssef Hayyim Naqqar is an employee in the Israeli slaughterhouse in Baghdad and receives a nominal salary of 7/- Dinars with cost of living allowances in the amount of 5/250 Dinars monthly. At his request, he was provided with this certificate. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8 / 7 / 9 ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Community 2489 / ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 8 / 1950 Submitted Nassim Moshi Nassim Shohet Miss Lulu Yaqub Suleiman Mordech The first of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and seven AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Physical Council 8 / 8 / 9
Department Copy 2482 9/8/60 13 David Heskel Ezra David Abdullah Nah⟦line⟧um Miss Doris Aboudi Ezra Hesq⟦line⟧iel The seventh of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-⟦line⟧eight eight AD⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 8/8/60
Department Copy Department Copy 2498 3/8/1950 141 Hesqail Abboudi Mashi Miss Khatoun Nahim Bata The twenty-eighth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Transferred to L 8/8 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/8/9
Department Copy Department Copy 491 8/8 376 Isaac Meir Saleh Al-Madani ⟦line⟧ Y Louise Ezra Raphael Isaiah ⟦line⟧ A The twenty-second of Nisan of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight AD ⟦line⟧ H . ⟦illegible signature⟧ 20 Fils 8/8 Acting Chief Rabbinate President of the Corporal Council 8/8/9
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage license number: 188, I hereby certify that Mr.: ⟦Munir Rubin Eliyahu⟧ Married in Baghdad: ⟦Miss Karjiya daughter of Salman Eliyahu⟧ On the day: 25 / March / 1928 (Corresponding to 22 Adar year 5688) Ketubbah Amount 150 Dinars ⟦...⟧ Witnesses ⟦...⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦...⟧ 20/3/28 ⟦...⟧ Department
Department Copy 2492 / ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 8 / 1950 188 Moshe Robin Eliyahu ⟦line⟧ Miss Karjiya Salman Eliyahu ⟦line⟧ The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- ⟦line⟧ nine AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ Issues L 8 / 8 ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 8 / ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 3492 / ⟦illegible⟧ 9 / 8 / 50 188 Moshe Rubin Eliyahu Bassa Miss Karjiya Salman Eliyahu The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Certified⟧ 8/9 (True Copy) Baghdad on 9/8/50 9 / 8 / P ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
2492 50/6 1950/8/9 Department Copy 305 Daniel Nahum Israel Miss Farha Hesqail Khalif-Sayegh The thirtieth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Registration of the ⟦...⟧ 8/8 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 8/8/6
Department Copy 3494/50 8/9/1950 495 Bariakh Eliyahu Rubin Miss Hanini Abid Yadkar The twelfth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 8 / October / 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 1/8/10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 23 / 6 / 1953 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 27, I hereby confirm that Mr. ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Yitzhak⟧ has married in Baghdad ⟦Habiba daughter of Yitzhak Levy⟧ on the day 13 / ⟦Adar⟧ / 1917 ( ⟦14 Adar 5677⟧ ) ( ⟦line⟧ ) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses ⟦100⟧ | ⟦Moshe⟧ | ⟦Sassoon⟧ Shimoun Shaul H. Shimoun ⟦Shimoun Shaul⟧ Current status 78 ⟦Department Copy⟧
Department Copy 50 / 2495 9 / 8 / 1950 37 Hesqail Ibrahim Shalom Youssef Mushieh Khoushank ⟦line⟧ Y Miss Regina Yaqub Asher Israel Qassab The thirteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen AD . Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Status lost 8 / 8 3 / 8 / 8
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 certify that the named ⟦Heskel bin Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦27th⟧ day of the month of ⟦October⟧ in the year 94 (10/27/1932) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Manager of the Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ 12 / ⟦...⟧
Department Copy 50 / 2497 9 / 8 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Menashi Matouk Saleh Eini has died in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 9 / 8 / 50 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦Department⟧ Baghdad on: 8 / 8 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I certify that Mr. Men Yashem Hayyim Munir Aslan has performed his engagement to Ms. Linah daughter of Zion son of David Salem in Baghdad on the day 6 / 8 / 1950 (corresponding to 23 Ab 5710) and has not yet married. 2- F Conditions | Witnesses 250 Two hundred and fifty dinars only | Yusuf Zion Habib Shaul | Nassim Hakham Eliyahu Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Hebrew text⟧
The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Menachem⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦seventeenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tammuz⟧ year 94 (17/7/1924) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Menachem⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Israelite burial affairs ⟦illegible signature⟧ 2/9 Nur al-Din 213 94
50 / 2499 9 / 8 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the named Ya'qub Ezra Mathalon died in Baghdad on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- four AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community ⟦illegible signature⟧ Head of the Secular Council The ⟦illegible signature⟧ 8 / 9 / 1
I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar 40 Fils According to the service book numbered ⟦878⟧ And dated on 22 / 5 / 45 ⟦...⟧ Request After greetings We, the undersigned ⟦...⟧ hereby certify that Mr. Was born in ⟦Baghdad⟧ on the day And for that reason we have signed below Baghdad on 7 / 8 / 1950 Witness ⟦signature⟧