AI English Translation, Pages 251-275
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 12 / 6 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Greetings,
Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that:
Mr.: ⟦Yitzhak son of Yosef son of Yitzhak⟧
Has performed his engagement to: ⟦Habiba daughter of Yehezkel son of Yitzhak⟧
In Baghdad on the day: 6 / 5 / 1948 (27 / Nisan / 5708)
And has not married yet.
⟦signature⟧
Conditions | Witnesses
500 Dinars | ⟦Moshe Avraham⟧
⟦illegible⟧ | ⟦Ezra son of Yitzhak⟧
I certify the authenticity of the signatures above
⟦signature⟧
12 / 6 / 50
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦stamp with Hebrew and Arabic text⟧
Submitted to
Civil Status Office
Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧
20/2/200
14/6/1950
Sassoon Naji bin Daoud Sion
Miss Rahma Juliet Yaqub
The sixth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight
AD ⟦line⟧ .
12/13
1/13/6
⟦illegible⟧ acting
President of the Lay Council
21-2-55
25 / 6 / 1955
⟦illegible⟧ The Department
58
Isaac Mordechai, known as Isaac Mordechai Shlomo
Miss Farha Yaqub, known as Farha Yaqub Daoud
The eighth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
14 / 6
Financial Expert
14 / 6
2 / 14 / 6
22 / 6 / 55
5 / 6 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧ The Department
4
Moshe bin Yaqub Ezra Moshe Musfi
Tuffaha Najmiya known as Najmiya Yusuf Haskil Ezra Zilkhy
The eighteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Chief Rabbi
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
Save
2/4
A / 14 / 6
Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, May God Protect It
The Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
⟦line⟧
Number:
Date: 5/6/6
Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad
Please provide Khatoun daughter of Ezra (Sofer) a certificate including
her divorce from her husband Hezkiel son of the one named Hezkiel and named
surnamed Eliya (Sofer) and that was on the date
6 Ab 942 corresponding to 7 August 1945
Salman Hooki
Kabuya
55 / 2022
6 / 5 / 1950
Department Copy
⟦illegible⟧
169
Menachem bin Ibrahim Yamin
××× Basra Miss Habiba Yamin
The seventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four
AD ⟦line⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
N / 6 / 14
Loss of property
14 / 2
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
In ⟦illegible⟧ 192⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
1 / January 1925
1st January 1925
3063 / 50
15 / 6 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧ The Department
169
Menachem bin Ibrahim Yassin
×× Basra Miss Habiba Yassin
The seventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four
AD ⟦line⟧ .
(True copy)
Baghdad on 20 / August / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧
Vice President of the Lay Council
9 / 20 / 8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Israelite Community in Baghdad
In Baghdad on 14 / 6 / 1950
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 266
I hereby certify that Mr.: ⟦Isaac son of Abraham Mizrahi⟧
Married in Baghdad: ⟦Habiba daughter of Isaac Levi Mizrahi⟧
On the day: 21 / ⟦Tishrei⟧ / 1944 ( 2 / 10 / 1944 )
Amount of the Ketubah | Witnesses
15000 ⟦fifteen thousand⟧ | ⟦Isaac⟧ ⟦Mizrahi⟧
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
⟦stamp with hebrew text and menorah symbol⟧
50 Fils
for the fee
⟦signature⟧
Department Copy
Certificate
50/2024
15 /1950/6
Based on the marriage contract number 266, we hereby confirm that Mr. Heskel
Haim Elia Haroon Sofer married in Baghdad Miss Khatoon Ezra Haroon
Sofer on the thirty-first day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred
and twenty-four AD, and based on the certificate of the Israelite Spiritual Council
in Baghdad, we confirm that the aforementioned wife was divorced from her
aforementioned husband on the seventh day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-five AD.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Lost status
714
Vie
A / 6/14
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs
Baghdad
⟦line⟧ 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 ⟦hebrew: Avraham ben Yitzhak⟧ died in Baghdad
on the ⟦2⟧ day of the month of ⟦hebrew: Adar⟧ in the year 5710
(19/2/1950) and for this reason I have signed below
⟦hebrew: Avraham ben Yitzhak⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs
Number 200
14 / 2 / 50
Department Copy
Death Certificate
25 / 2 / 50
15 / 6 / 1950
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery
in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Raphael Haskel Ezra died in Baghdad
on the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD.
⟦line⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
20 / 6 / 50
P / 14 / 6
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: Naji Heskel Levy
Passed away in Baghdad:
On the day: 27th of the month of Iyar
Year: 5707
And for this purpose I have signed below: (17 / 5 / 1947)
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs
I certify the correctness of the date above
⟦signature⟧
14 / 6
⟦illegible⟧
50 Fils
Receipt Book
5016/15
Directorate of the Orphanage
⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy
Death Certificate
2022 / 50
5 / 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 named Yaqub Shaul Dabi died in Baghdad
on the seventeenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD ⟦line⟧ .
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
Miqdad
9 / 14 / 6
50 / 2027
25 / 6 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧ Department
138
Isaac Samuel known as Isaac Shalom son of Samuel Moshe Irani Cohen
Miss Salima Moshih known as Salima Moshih ⟦illegible⟧
The fourteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three
AD ⟦line⟧ .
(Copy of Certificate)
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
6/24
Baghdad
9/14/ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
28 / 2 / 50
15 / 6 / 1950
Department Copy
327
Isaac Salman Hay⟦line⟧u
Miss Juliet Khedhouri Ye⟦line⟧uda
The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
Isaac Salman Habu
Miss Juliet Khedhouri Yehuda
The thirteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
2/15
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
A / 15 / ⟦illegible⟧
We testify by this document that the person named Moshih Sion, of Iranian nationality, is poor
and has nothing to pay for passport fees, and for that reason we have signed.
Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Seal
Shlomo Yehuda | Nissim Yaqub | Mukhtar of Hanoun Al-Kabir, Al-Saghir, and Obeid quarters
Qara Sha'ban quarter | Al-Kolat quarter in Baghdad | Yusuf Shlomo Shamash
Baghdad | |
ID Number 21749 | ID Number 7519 |
⟦signature⟧
6/10
⟦illegible⟧
Number: 80/⟦illegible⟧-64
Date: 16 / 6 / 1950
The authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of
the Mukhtar above is certified.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
We testify that the named Maryam daughter of Eliyahu is poor and cannot pay the passport fees
prescribed; therefore we have signed.
Witness | Witness
Shallo Yehuda | Nessim Yaqoub
Qara Sha'ban Quarter | Al-Koulat Quarter
In Baghdad | In Baghdad
ID Number 21749 | ID Number 7519
| Seal of the Mukhtar
| Hanoun Al-Kabir, Al-Saghir, and Obeid Quarters
| Yusuf Shlomo Shamash
| ⟦signature⟧
| 6/15
To the extent of current circumstances
⟦illegible⟧
Number: 50/207
Date: 1950/6/16
The authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal
above is certified.
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Iraqi Government
Jewish Community Court
Baghdad
Number: 121 / 950
Date: 21 / 5 / 950
786
To Whom It May Concern
On the date of 27 / 4 / 950 and under file number 121 / 950
The plaintiff Rifqa daughter of Daniel Naft was considered recalcitrant and requested
a divorce from her husband, the defendant Yaqub son of Eliezer, however
her aforementioned husband refused to divorce her. Based on the consideration of
Naft as recalcitrant, she has the right to travel outside of Iraq,
and based on her request, she was provided with this certificate.
⟦signature⟧
The President
Revenue Stamp 40 Fils
Revenue Stamp 40 Fils
21 / 5
71 - 2 / 50
16 / 6 / 1950
To Whom It May Concern
Based on the certificate of the Jewish Community Court in Baghdad, we hereby confirm
that on 27 / 4 / 1950, under file number 121 / 950, the plaintiff
Rivka daughter of Daniel considered herself recalcitrant and requested a divorce from her husband, the defendant Yaqub
son of Al-Hajjan, however her aforementioned husband refused to divorce her. Based on her being considered
recalcitrant, she has the right to travel outside Iraq. Based on her request, she was provided
with this certificate.
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
4 / 15 / 6
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The Department
71 / 30 / 50
16 / 6 / 1950
To whom it may concern
⟦line⟧
Based on the certificate of the Court of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that
on 27 / 4 / 1950, under file number 121 / 950, the plaintiff
Rivka daughter of Daniel considered herself recalcitrant and requested a divorce from her husband, the defendant
Yaqub son of Elijan, but her aforementioned husband refused to divorce her. Based on her being considered
recalcitrant, she has the right to travel outside Iraq. At her request,
she was provided with this certificate.
(True Copy)
Baghdad, June 22, 1950
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
Content
On behalf of
Request
⟦line⟧
50 Fils
9 / 22 / 6
Department Copy
72 - 2 / 50
16 / 6 / 1950
278
Yaqub Raphael, known as Yaqub Salim bin Raphael Amber
Miss Marcelle Sion, known as Habiba Marcelle Sion Saleh Sabha
The twenty-seventh of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of
President of the Physical Council
⟦illegible⟧
4 / 15 / 6
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 15
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 14 / 6 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate number: 217
I hereby certify that Mr.: Ezra son of Menashe Cohen
Married in Baghdad: Mazal daughter of Shlomo Cohen
On the day: 18 / 1 / 1945 ( ⟦illegible⟧ )
Witnesses | Ketubah Amount
Menashe Cohen | 1000 One hundred Dinars
Shlomo Cohen |
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon
Shimon Shaul
H. Shimon
Past
Answered
⟦illegible⟧
14 / 6
50 / 2 / 72
1950 / 6 / 26
Department Copy
213
Eliyahu Rahmin Hesqel
Miss Sih Abdullah Younis
The eighteenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
five AD.
⟦illegible⟧
2 / 15
We transferred it
First publication
2 / 15
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of
President of the Lay Council
P / 15 / 6
50 / 2074
16 / 6 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
90
Shaul Gabriel
Miss Khatoun Yadgar, known as Khatoun Yadgar Hesqel
The thirtieth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight
AD ⟦line⟧ .
⟦signature⟧
6 / 15
⟦illegible⟧ Acting
President of the Lay Council
9 / 15 / 6