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IJA 3318

Verification Certificates, Employee Recommendations, Baghdadi Jewish Community

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Description

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 English Translation, Pages 201-225

Archival unit 201

50/2028
1950/6/12
⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy
516
Shaul son of Hayawi Aghababa
Miss Sabiha Munshi Ezra Qojman
The twenty-second of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
6/11
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
By hand
⟦illegible⟧
6/11/1

Archival unit 203

Copy for the department
202 / 55
12 / 6 / 1955
255
Suleiman Ezra bin Isaac Ezra known as Suleiman Isaac Ezra Abdullah
Miss Regina Ezra Matouk known as Regina Matouk Khalifa
The second of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD
Iranian
⟦signature⟧
11 / 6
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
9 / 11 / 6

Archival unit 204

21 / 2 / 50
18 / 6 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧ Department
The Exhibit
Moshe Ibrahim
××× Erbil Miss Warda Ibrahim
The twenty-fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-
five AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 11
⟦illegible⟧
Acting President of ⟦illegible⟧
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 11 / 6

Archival unit 205

50/3032
12/6/1950
Exhibit
Ephraim Ezekiel Hassai
/// In the bag of Miss Shafika Abed Yaqoub Daksa
The tenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four AD.
⟦illegible⟧ The Department
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦signature⟧ on behalf of
President of the Physical Council

Archival unit 206

50/2.22
1950/6/17
State Copy
Department Copy
The Exhibit
Ephraim Haskel Hassai
⟦illegible⟧ Baqubah Miss Shafiqa Abed Yaqoub Dakka
The tenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty
four AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
2/11
Registered on
2/11
6/11/9

Archival unit 207

2/24/50
6/2/1950
Department Copy
Exhibit
Hillel Rabbi ⟦line⟧ from
*** Kirkuk Al-Atsaqmazli Benjamin, described as Benjamin Rahim
Hillel Rabbi ⟦line⟧ in
*** Kirkuk Al-Atsaqzli Benjamin, arranged in the name of Benjamin Rahim
The fourteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four ⟦line⟧
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Viran
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
9/11/6

Archival unit 208

Department Copy
24 / 50
18 / 6 / 1950
167
Yaqub Binhasban bin Dawud, known as Yaqub bin Yaqub Eliyahu
Miss Warda Dawud, known as Warda Dawud Harun
The twentieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Registered in ⟦illegible⟧
21 / 6
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
2 / 11 / 6

Archival unit 209

50 / 425
22 / 6 / 1950
Department Copy
347
Ibrahim Yusuf Mushih
Miss Lulu Israel Mushih
The fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen AD
Abd ⟦illegible⟧
6 / 2
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 8
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
2 / 11 / 6

Archival unit 210

50/2-22
1950/6/22
⟦illegible⟧ The Department
324
Yaqub Ezra bin Ibrahim Haskel Levi
Miss Karjiya Ibrahim Yusuf
The twelfth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
Attended to ⟦illegible⟧
6/11
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
6/11/9

Archival unit 211

641
Naji Eliyahu Yaqub Habba
Miss Nuriya Murad Sahyun
The country from June of the year 1941 until the end of the month

Archival unit 212

55/438
20/6/1950
⟦illegible⟧
486
Ibrahim Hayyim known by the name Ibrahim son of Hayyim Barukh
Miss Reyhan Shamshon known by the name Reyhan Shamshon Moshi
The twentieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
AD ⟦line⟧.
⟦signature⟧
2/11
⟦signature⟧
Fajr al-Hal
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
9/11/6

Archival unit 213

Department Copy
3038/50
12/6/50
486
Ibrahim Habib, known as Ibrahim bin Habib Baruch
Miss Rayhan Shamshon, known as Rayhan Shamshon Moshi
The twentieth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
17/8/50
(True Copy)
Baghdad on 17/8/50
⟦signature⟧
8/17
Acting Head of ⟦illegible⟧
President of the Lay Council
17/8/51

Archival unit 214

The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that:
The named: Haron Sasson Marokh
Has passed away in Baghdad:
On the day: Tenth
Of the month: Hebrew Nisan
Year: 5707
And for this reason I have signed below: (1947/4/15)
⟦signature⟧
Hezekiel Haddad
Hesqel Haddad
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs
I certify the correctness of the date above
⟦signature⟧
2/11
⟦signature⟧
5 Nisan
Baghdad
11

Archival unit 215

⟦Copy for the Department⟧
50/2029
11/6/1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate from the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the person named Mordechai Shaul Haskel passed away in
Baghdad on the fifteenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
six AD.
⟦signature⟧
6/11
⟦Inspection of the situation⟧
6/11/9
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Chairman of the Lay Council

Archival unit 216

Manager of Israeli Burial Affairs
Baghdad
⟦The Israeli Community in Baghdad⟧
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Israeli Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the records established in my logs, I hereby certify that
The person named Yehezkel Menashe died in Baghdad
On the fourteenth day of the month of Nisan in the year 5700
14
(4/27/1940) and for this reason I have signed below
Yehezkel ⟦...⟧
Hesqail Haddad
Manager of Israeli Burial Affairs
I certify the authenticity of the signature above
⟦Signature⟧
6/11
⟦illegible⟧
⟦Signature⟧

Archival unit 217

⟦illegible⟧ Department
Death Certificate
50 / ⟦illegible⟧
12 / 6 / 1950
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 Ezra Shlomo Hanouka died in Baghdad on
the twenty-seventh day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
Baghdad
⟦illegible⟧
9 / 11 / 6

Archival unit 218

Manager of Israeli Burial Affairs
Baghdad
Baghdad on:
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the records established in my logs, I hereby certify that
the individual named <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> George Yehuda Kadoorie died in Baghdad
on the day 18 / 2 of the month of Sivan, year 5708
(27 / 5 / 1948)
And for that purpose, I have signed below
⟦signature⟧
Maurice Yehuda
⟦signature⟧
I certify the accuracy of the date above, Heskel Haddad
Manager of Israeli Burial Affairs
⟦signature⟧
6/11
⟦illegible⟧
28/2/⟦55⟧

Archival unit 219

Department Copy
3041 / 50
12 / 6 / 1950
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery
We hereby confirm and certify that the named Moshe Sasson Safiyya died in
Baghdad on the twenty-seventh day of May in the year nineteen hundred and forty
eight AD
⟦signature⟧
6/12/50
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
Required
50 Fils

Archival unit 220

The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society
Baghdad
Baghdad on: ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that
the named Ezra Hay Murad passed away in Baghdad
on the 10th day of the month of Elul, year 5706
( 6 / 11 / 1945 ) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦illegible signature⟧
Ezra Hay
Murad
Heskel Haddad
The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society
I certify the authenticity of the signature above
⟦illegible signature⟧
2 / 11
5 Fils
Heskel Haddad
25 / 10

Archival unit 221

⟦illegible⟧ Department
Death Certificate
420/50
2/6/1955
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Shlomo Hanouka died in Baghdad on
the sixth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD ⟦line⟧ .
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
6/11/940
True copy
12/6/55
⟦illegible signature⟧

Archival unit 222

Officer in charge of the Jewish Burial Society
Baghdad
Baghdad on ⟦line⟧
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the records documented in my registers, I hereby certify that
the individual named ⟦Yitzhak ben Ezra Daoud⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the 6th day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year 5707
(2/2/1947). In witness whereof, I have signed below.
⟦signature⟧
Hesqail Haddad
Officer in charge of the Jewish Burial Society
I certify the authenticity of the above signature
⟦signature⟧
2/11
⟦...⟧ on
this condition
2/11
⟦Yitzhak Ezra Daoud⟧
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 223

Department Copy
Death Certificate
42 - 2 / 50
2 / 6 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Aziza Shmuel Kashi died in
Baghdad on the twenty-third day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven AD ⟦line⟧ .
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council ⟦line⟧
Loss of Melodies
2 / 11 / 6

Archival unit 224

The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Number:
Date: 6/8/54
Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
Please provide Hanna (Violet) daughter of
Yusuf called Haqqo (Haqil the Elder) a certificate
containing her divorce from her husband (Haqil) Salim
son of Rahmin (Biaggio) on the date of
August 18, 1947, corresponding to 22 Av 5707
Salman Murad
Aboudi
Certified
⟦signature⟧

Archival unit 225

⟦illegible⟧
Divorce Certificate
50 / 2044
12 / 6 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm
hereby that the woman named Hannah (Violet) daughter of Yusuf called Safar (Haskel
the Elder) has had her divorce processed from her husband (Haskel) Salim son of Rahmin Bahai
on the twenty-second of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
9 / 11 / 6
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council