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.
3063 / 50 15 / 6 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 169 Menachem son of Ibrahim Yassin ×× Basra Miss Habiba Yassin The seventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 20 / August / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧ acting Vice President of the Lay Council 9 / 20 / 8
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad In Baghdad on 14 / 6 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 266 I hereby certify that Mr.: ⟦hebrew: יצחק בן אברהם מזרחי⟧ Married in Baghdad: ⟦hebrew: חביבה בת יצחק לוי מזרחי⟧ On the day: 21 / ⟦hebrew: תשרי⟧ / 1944 ( 2 / 10 / 1944 ) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 15000 ⟦hebrew: חמש עשרה אלף⟧ | ⟦hebrew: יצחק⟧ ⟦hebrew: מזרחי⟧ 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 certificate numbered 266, we hereby confirm that Mr. Hesqel Hayyim Eliya Haron Sofer was married in Baghdad to Miss Khatun Ezra Haron Sofer on the thirty-first day of December in 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 in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ Missing state 714 Vie A / 6/14
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 Abraham Levy Died in Baghdad: On the day: 2 / 4 Of the month: Adar I Year: 5710 And for that reason I have signed below: (1950/2/19) Ezra Abraham ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society ⟦signature⟧ Number 200 14 / 2 / 50
Department Copy Death Certificate 26 / 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⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 6 4 / 14 / 6
The official in charge of Israeli burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Reuven⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the 27th day of the month of ⟦Iyar⟧ in the year 5707 (17 / 5 / 1947) and for this purpose I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad Heskel Haddad The official in charge of Israeli burial affairs ⟦Signature⟧ 5 Fils Fee 5/6/50 I certify the correctness of the above date ⟦Signature⟧ 6/14
Department Copy 50 / 2022 Death Certificate 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⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Miqdadi 20 9 / 14 / 6
50 / 2027 25 / 6 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 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) ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 6 / 14 / 9 Hassad ⟦illegible⟧
We certify by this document that the person called Moshiach Sion, of Iranian nationality, is of poor status and does not have the means to pay the passport fees, and therefore we have signed. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Stamp Shlomo Yehuda | Nassim Yaqoub | Mukhtar of Hanoun al-Kabir, al-Saghir, and Obeid quarters Qara Sha'ban quarter | Al-Koulat quarter in Baghdad | Yusuf Shlomo Shamash in Baghdad | | ID Number 21749 | ID Number 7519 | ⟦signature⟧ 2/15 Number - ⟦illegible⟧ Date - 1950/6/16 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the stamp of the Mukhtar above. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
We testify that the named Maryam, daughter of Eliyahu, is of poor condition and cannot provide the prescribed passport fees, and so we have signed. Witness | Witness | Mukhtar's Stamp Shlomo Yehuda | Nissim Yaqub | Mahalla of Hanoun Al-Kabir, Al-Saghir, and Obeid Qarah Sha'ban neighborhood | Al-Kasoolat neighborhood | Yusuf Shlomo Shamash In Baghdad | In Baghdad | ID Number 21749 | ID Number 7519 | ⟦illegible⟧ 6/15 Remaining condition ⟦illegible⟧ Number: 50/207 Date: 16 / 6 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar ⟦line⟧. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Iraqi Government Jewish Community Court Baghdad Number: 121 / 950 Date: 21 / 5 / 950 To Whom It May Concern On 27 / 4 / 950, under case 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 Elijan, however her aforementioned husband refused to divorce her. Based on the consideration of Naft as recalcitrant, she has the right to travel outside Iraq, and based on her request, she was provided with this certificate. ⟦signature⟧ The President 40 Fils 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 Rifqa daughter of Daniel considered herself recalcitrant and requested a divorce from her husband, the defendant Yaqub son of Al-Hayjan, 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. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 15 / 6 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 4 / 15 / 6 ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible handwriting⟧
⟦illegible⟧ The Department 71 / 30 / 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 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 Content On behalf of ⟦illegible⟧ Request ⟦line⟧ 50 Fils 9 / 22 / 6
72 - ⟦/⟧ 50 16 / 6 / 1950 Department Copy 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, year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ P / 15 / 6 ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Physical Council
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 ben Menashe Cohen Married in Baghdad: Mazal bat 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 Heskel Miss Seih Abdullah Younis The eighteenth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- five AD ⟦line⟧ Upon you 15 / 6 ⟦illegible⟧ First publication 15 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council A / 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⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council 6 / 15 / 9
50/2075 1950/6/26 ⟦Department Copy⟧ The Exhibitor Hayyim Gabriel Zadeh Gabriel known by the name Hayyim bin Gabriel, emigrant Miss Rivka Isaac known by the name Rivka Isaac Benjamin, emigrant The seventeenth of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 26/6 The condition is estimated 6/15/9 ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of the Somatic Council
In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that The individual ⟦Yitzhak Ezra Menachem⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the day ⟦21⟧ of the month ⟦December⟧ of the year ⟦5703⟧ (12/21/1942) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Ezra Menachem⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad In charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ ⟦6 / 15 / ...⟧ I certify the correctness of the date above ⟦signature⟧ 6/15
2076/55 6/26/1950 The ⟦illegible⟧ Department Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Murad Munshi Murad died in Baghdad on the thirty-first day of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty -three AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ 6/15 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 2/15/6
50 / 2-77 1950 / 6 / 16 Department Copy 210 Salman bin Ibrahim Shlomo Miss Doris Salim Ibrahim Shukurji The twenty-fourth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 6 / 16 / 9
50/2078 1950/6/16 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 247 Isaac Yamin known as Isaac Benjamin David Miss Anja Shamshon known as Khanja Shamshon Moussa The ninth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Chief Clerk President of the Spiritual Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/16/2 ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 4079 26 / 6 / 1950 Copy for the Department 147 - Khedhouri Ezra, known as Khedhouri bin Ezra Khoudada Miss Khazna Hesqel, known as Rosa Khazna Hesqel Moshi The fifth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 26 / 6 / 1950
His Excellency the Consul of Iran in Baghdad, the Respected Presented to your Excellency Regarding the person named Ephraim Munshi, whose photo is attached above, he does not possess an Iranian identity book, and for the purpose of clarification, we have signed bel⟦line⟧ow. Witness | Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar of Al-Tatran Quarter Ibrahim Rahmin | Abdullah Mir | Yusuf Shlomo | Ibrahim Koji ⟦?⟧ Iranian | Iranian | | Shmuli Number: 5 / 2080 Date: 5 / 6 / 18 (We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above) Acting Head of the Community Head of the Spiritual Council 6/16/9 ⟦illegible⟧ 2/12 Photography