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.
50/2024 12/6/1950 Department Copy 167 Yaqub Pinhasban 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⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Registered in the ⟦illegible⟧ 2/11 2/11/6
Department Copy 50 / 425 12 / 6 / 1950 347 Ibrahim Yusuf Mushih Miss Lulu Israel Mushih The fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen AD ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 21 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 2 / 21 / 6
50/2-22 1950/6/27 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 324 Yaqub Ezra bin Ibrahim Haskil Levi Miss Karjiya Ibrahim Yusuf The twelfth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . Abboud ⟦illegible⟧ Ink to ⟦illegible⟧ 6/11 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 6/11/9
641 Naji Eliyahu Yaqub Habba Miss Nuriyya Murad Sahyun ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Presidency 55/728 P 9/6/1950 486 Ibrahim Hayim, known as Ibrahim bin Hayim Baruch Miss Rayhan Shamshon, known as Rayhan Shamshon Moussa The twentieth of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Chief Clerk President of the Physical Council ⟦signature⟧ 2/11 ⟦illegible⟧ Investigate any case 9/11/6
Department Copy 3038 / 50 12 / 6 / 50 486 Ibrahim Habib, known as Ibrahim bin Habib Baroukh Miss Rayhan Shamshoun, known as Rayhan Shamshoun Moshi The twentieth of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 30 / 8 / 50 (True Copy) Baghdad on 17 / 8 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 8 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council 51 / 17 / 8
The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named Haron Sassoon Marokh passed away in Baghdad on the eleventh day of the Hebrew month of Nisan in the year 5707 (15 / 10 / 1946) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Hezekiel Haddad ⟦signature⟧ Hesqel Haddad The Person in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs I certify the correctness of the date above ⟦signature⟧ 21 / 11 Correct Mukhtar of the Neighborhood Qanbar Ali 11 / 8
⟦Copy for the Department⟧ 50/2039 11/6/1950 Death Certificate 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 Mordechai Saul Haskel died in Baghdad on the fifteenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- six AD. ⟦signature⟧ 11/6 ⟦Deceased's status⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council ✓ 9/11/6
Manager of the Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦The Jewish Community in 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 individual named ⟦Yehezkel Menashe⟧ has passed away in Baghdad On the fourteenth day of the month of ⟦Nisan⟧ in the year 5700 14 (27/4/1940) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel ...⟧ Hesqeel Haddad Manager of the Jewish Burial Affairs I certify the authenticity of the signature above ⟦Signature⟧ 6/11 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The 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
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 confirm that the named <del>⟦illegible⟧</del> George Yehuda Kadoorie passed away in Baghdad on the day 18 / 2 of the month of Sivan year 5708 (25 / 5 / 1948) And for this purpose, I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Maurice Yehuda ⟦signature⟧ I certify the accuracy of the above date, Heskel Haddad Manager of the Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 6/11 ⟦illegible⟧ 28/2/⟦55⟧
Department Copy 3041 / 50 Death Certificate 12 / 6 / 1950 - Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Moshe Sassoon Safia passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-seventh of May in the year nineteen hundred and forty- eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 6 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council Required 50 Fils
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: Ezra Levi Darwish Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: 10 Of the month: September / Safar Year: 5706 ( 6 / 11 / 1945 ): and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Haskel Haddad The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs I certify the authenticity of the signatures above ⟦signature⟧ 6 / 11 ⟦illegible⟧ Haskel Cohen 25 / 10 / 45
⟦illegible⟧ Department Death Certificate 420/50 2/6/1955 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish 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⟧
Administrator of the 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 ⟦Yitzhak son of Ezra Daoud⟧ died in Baghdad on the 6th day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ year 5707 (2/2/1947) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Administrator of the Jewish Burial Affairs I certify the authenticity of the signature above ⟦signature⟧ 2/11 ⟦...⟧ on this condition 2/11 ⟦Yitzhak Ezra Daoud⟧ ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy Death Certificate 42 - 2 / 50 7 / 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 Aziza Shmuel Kashi passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of July in 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
Spiritual Committee of the Holy City Baghdad, may God protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Number: Date: 8/6/54 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 18 August 1947 corresponding to 22 Av 5707 Salman Murad Aboudi Certified ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Divorce Certificate 50 / 2044 12 / 6 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm 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 Head of the Lay Council
Department Copy Department Copy 55 / 2045 12 / 6 / 1950 405 Gurji Makhlouf Miss Samra Khadhouri Mordechai Saleh The twenty-fifth of March of the year nineteen thirty- seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 2 / 12 / 6
2142 / 50 12 / 6 / 1950 ⟦Copy⟧ of the Department Department Copy 152 Daoud Sion Meir Saida Salman Ezra Hakarji The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 6 Kept in file ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 12 / 6
The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Baghdad on Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that: The named: Menashe Yosef Salman Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: 21 Of the month: Iyar 5710 Year: 5710 ( 8 / 5 / 1950 ): And for this reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Menashe Salman Menachem Haskel Haddad The Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs I certify the correctness of the date above ⟦signature⟧ 6 / 12 ⟦signature⟧ Marked for Financial Officer 10 / 3 / 50
Department Copy Death Certificate 50 / 2047 12 / 6 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Hai Isaac Moshe died in Baghdad on the eighth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 1 / 12 / 6 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 7 / 6 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community: Baghdad: After greetings: Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 198, it is hereby confirmed that Mr.: Rahim son of Ibrahim Hayyim Has married in Baghdad: Miss Ghazala daughter of Hayyun son of Mishil On the day: 22 / May / 1949 (Corresponding to 9 Iyar year 5709) Ketubah amount: 40,000 Rupees, thirty thousand only Witnesses: Saleh Sayyid / Shaul Adiya Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ Khuda Bakhsh 6/12
48 - 2 / 50 12 / 6 / 1950 Department Copy 192 Rahmin Sharabi Ibrahim, known as Rahmin bin Ibrahim Rahmin Miss Khazna Hayawi, known as Khazna bint Hayu bin Hesqel The twenty-seventh of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Entry ⟦illegible⟧ N / 12 / 6
His Excellency the Iranian Consul in Baghdad, the respected The Petition I, the Mukhtar of the Hanoun Al-Kabir, Al-Saghir, and Obeid quarters, testify that the person named Shalom Isaac, husband of the woman named Simha Shlomo, traveled to Iran, Kermanshah, in the year 1941, and that the aforementioned woman is of poor condition and deserving of assistance, and the matter is for your Excellency, sir; Witness ⟦line⟧ Witness ⟦line⟧ Seal of the Mukhtar of Hanoun Al-Kabir Yaqub Nissan Daniel Shimon and Al-Saghir and Obeid Youssef Shlomo Shamshash Number: 50/2049 Date: 12 / 6 / 1955 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 12/6 Number ⟦illegible⟧ L