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 / 2115 6 / 7 / 1950 Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 59 Moshe Heskel Moshe Miss Maryam Moshe Abdullah ⟦illegible⟧ Moshe Heskel Moshe Miss Maryam Moshe Abdullah The thirteenth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirteen AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Cases of the 7/⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/4/7
Department Copy 55/2112 22 / 6 / 1950 519 Naji Haskeel known as Naji Haskeel Salman Alima Miss Khatoun Hayyim known as Khatoun Hayyim Raphael Kokoqli The eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Registered to L 21 / 6 9 / 21 / 6
Duplicate 2114 / 50 6 / 7 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 648 Ibrahim Munshi, known as Ibrahim bin Munshi Shlomo Miss Nouriya Hayawi, known as Nouriya Hayawi Aghababa The sixth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 7 / 5 On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 9 / 5 / 7
Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, May God Protect It The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Number: Date: 24 / 2 / 944 Presidency of the Israelite Community - Baghdad Please provide Roza daughter of Ma'touq (Maryam Khanum) Sharada with a document containing her divorce from her husband Abboud son of Meir (Sa'aji) dated 6 Shevat 5704 corresponding to 21 January 1944 Salman Murad Abboudi ⟦illegible signature/stamp⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 950/2117 6/22/1950 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the person called Rosa daughter of Moshe (Maryam Khan) has been divorced from her husband Abboudi son of Mushir (Saatchi) on the thirty-first day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/21 Original in 9/21/6
Makki 50/2117 1950/7/2 ⟦illegible⟧ the community ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 281 Yehuda bin Nissim Matloub Miss Rachel daughter of Moallem Moshe Haroun The twenty-seventh of February of the year nineteen hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 7/2 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 7/3/9
Department Copy 55/2118 22 / 6 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 314 Heskel Nasrian Yousef known as Heskel Gurji bin Yousef Hakham Miss Regina Nahum Hay Murad The nineteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 22/6 ⟦signature⟧ 22/6 1 / 21 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50/448 1950/7/6 ⟦illegible⟧ 507 Moshe bin Ibrahim Samokhian, Iranian ⟦line⟧ Miss Khatoun bint Murad Khadouri ⟦line⟧ The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 7/5 Indigent Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Copy 7/5/1 11/5
⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 3118 50 / 7 / 6 ⟦illegible⟧ 507 Moshe bin Ibrahim Samookhian, Iranian Miss Khatoun bint Murad Khadouri The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 11 / 5 (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 5 / November / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 11 / 5 / 51
Baghdad, June 21, 1950 His Excellency, the President of the Honorable Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Please be so kind as to provide me with a certificate testifying that Latif Khadhuri Yusuf is Latif Khadhuri Ben-Hur. Below you will find a testimony from two witnesses in this regard. Please accept my highest respect. Latif Khadhuri Ben-Hur ⟦stamp with portrait and text: Kingdom of Iraq - 10 Fils⟧ ⟦stamp with portrait and text: Kingdom of Iraq - 40 Fils⟧ ⟦line⟧ We testify that Mr. Latif Khadhuri Ben-Hur is Mr. Latif Khadhuri Yusuf. Witness Salim Ibrahim Ezra ⟦signature⟧ 6/21/1950 Witness ⟦illegible⟧ Shuker ⟦signature⟧ 6/21/1950 For authentication ⟦signature⟧ 6/21
⟦illegible⟧ Certificate 2119 / 50 22 / 6 / 1950 Based on the documents kept with us, we hereby confirm that Mr. Latif Khadouri Youssef is the same person called Latif Khadouri Bekhor And based on his request, he was provided with this certificate; Judges 22 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 1 / 22 / 6
Death Certificate Department Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 2119 6 / 7 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial duties in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Munir Shaul passed away in Baghdad on the twentieth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Status lost 7/5 6 / 5 / 7
⟦illegible⟧ The Department We testify that the person named Munshi Saleh is a servant in the trust of Munshi Kourji and his monthly salary is two dinars and a quarter, and to that we testify that the person mentioned above is a ⟦Shamash⟧ in my synagogue and he left his job from 21 ⟦August⟧ 1950 because he was sick, and upon this I sign Owner of the trust Munshi Kourji Agent of the trust ⟦Noor⟧ ⟦Bar⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Health of the District Certificate 220 / 50 22 / 6 / 1950 We hereby certify that the named Munshi Saleh Munshi is a servant in the Torah of Munshi Koji located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood in Baghdad and receives a monthly salary of two and a quarter Dinars only for his work, noting that he left his job on March 31, 1950 due to his illness, and based on his request, he was provided with this certificate; ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Qanbar Ali 22 / 6 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ 22 / 6 / 50 True copy of the original 1 / 23 / 6
3120 / 50 Certificate 22 / 6 / 1950 We hereby confirm that the named Munshi Saleh Munshi was a servant at the Torah of Munshi Gurji located in the Qanbar Ali neighborhood in Baghdad and received a monthly salary of two and a quarter Dinars only for his work, noting that he left his position on March 31, 1950 due to his illness, and based on his request, he was provided with this certificate; ⟦illegible⟧ (True Copy) Baghdad on June 27, 1950 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Refinery 27 / 6 2 / 27 / 6
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 Daoud ⟦illegible⟧ Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: 20th of the month of September Year: 5709 And for this purpose I have signed below: ( 20 / 8 / 1949 ) ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible handwriting⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society
Repeated 50 / 2120 ⟦illegible⟧ / 7 / 1950 204 Isaac Eliyahu, known as Isaac Eliyahu Isaac Kashi Miss Esther Abed Shakkouri, known as Esther Abed Moshi Shakkouri The twenty-first of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- seven AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 7 Required ⟦line⟧ 500 Fils Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council N / 5 / 7
20 / 2151 1950 / 6 / 22 No.: Date:: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Following our certi- ficates Nos. 827, 1126 and 1681, dated 12-9-47, 19-3-48 and 12-8-49. Further to our certificates numbered 827, 1126 and 1681 and dated 12/9/1947, 19/3/48 and 12/8/1949. We certify that the named MESSOUDA HARON KATTAN, domiciled in Baghdad and aged about 73 years, is still weak and incapable and requires medical care, food and clothing. We hereby confirm that the person named Massouda Haron Kattan, residing in Baghdad and aged about seventy-three years, is still incapable and in need of medical care and living requirements such as clothing food and drink, and since her support falls upon her two sons residing in France, one of whom is Robert Aboudi residing in Marseille and the second is Sasson Aboudi residing in Toulon, who are responsible for her support and providing the necessary financial aid for her which is estimated at an amount ranging between 25/- and 30/- dinars per month, therefore we ask the competent authorities to provide the necessary assistance to facilitate the provision of the funds needed by her children in France. And as her support falls on her two sons, domiciled in France, one ROBERT ABOUDI residing in Marseilles and the other SASSON ABOUDI residing in Toulon, who are responsible for supporting their mother thus aged, whose maintenance amounts to approximately between Iraq Dinars 25/- and 30/- per month, we pray the competent authorities to please help the aforementioned retired person in view of facilitating the sending of funds by her two sons in France. ⟦signature⟧ President, Jewish Community, Baghdad. Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council 4 / 19 / 6
Mr. 2121 / 55 6 / 7 / 1955 ⟦illegible⟧ District 90 Moshe Hayyim, known as Moshe Hayyim Ibrahim Miss Habiba Shaul, known as Habiba Shaul Yusuf Basson The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD ⟦line⟧ . Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ P / 3 / 7
⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 3121 / 50 6 / 7 / 1950 90 Moshe Hayim known as Moshe Hayim Ibrahim Miss Habiba Shaul known as Habiba Shaul Yusuf Basson The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty four AD ⟦line⟧ (True Copy) Baghdad on July 19, 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 7/19 7/19/9 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 50 / 3121 1950/7/6 90 Moshe Hayyim, known as Moshe Hayyim Ibrahim Miss Habiba Shaul, known as Habiba Shaul Yusuf Basson The nineteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty four AD. (Corrected Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 8/27 8/27/1
Department Copy Death Certificate 50 / 2192 2 / 7 / 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 Moshe Ibrahim Mordechai died in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- eight AD ⟦line⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Issa J/C ⟦signature⟧ Atta J/C 9 / 2 / 7
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 7 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 182 I hereby certify that Mr.: ⟦hebrew: יצחק בן סלמאן⟧ Married in Baghdad: ⟦hebrew: רחל בת יצחק (חביבה)⟧ On the day: 24 / ⟦hebrew: אדר⟧ / 19⟦hebrew: ٥٠ (תש"י)⟧ Ketubah Amount | Witnesses ⟦hebrew: ٥٠٠ דינר⟧ | ⟦hebrew: יצחק - שמעון⟧ Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun Issued Khader Antoine 7 / 7 / 50 ⟦illegible stamp with Hebrew and Arabic text⟧
50 / 2197 1950 / 7 / ⟦illegible⟧ Department Copy 183 Haroun bin Yaqub Haroun Koh⟦line⟧en Miss Dawla bint Hesqel Rahmim Koh⟦line⟧en The twenty-fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ Petitioner 7 / 2 Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 2 / 7
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 24 / 7 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby confirm that Miss Sultana Meshaal is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Shimon Shaul ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Khudair Al-Dallal ⟦illegible⟧