Verification Certificates, Confirmation of Jewish Lineage, Vocations, Citizenship
View interactive document pageThese are archival documents from the Baghdadi Jewish community, comprised of birth, engagement, marriage, divorce, and death certificates; confirmations of Jewish lineage, vocations, ethnicity, and citizenship. Included are betrothal agreements, a hospital issued birth certificate, and a ‘specimen signature’ verifying an individual’s signature. Certificates were issued in 1950 and cover the 1890s-1950.
Committee for <del>the Campaign</del> Supporting Orphans of the 1941 Incidents ⟦line⟧ His Excellency, the Respected Head of the Israelite Community After greetings, We certify that the named Abdullah Shaul Qashqush was killed in the June incidents of 1941 according to the records we have, and that his children are still in the care of this committee. At the request of his wife, we have given him this certificate. Secretary On behalf of the Committee Yusuf ⟦...⟧ Technical M. 4/12
⟦faded⟧ Department Copy 2299 / 50 4 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Committee for the Support of June 1941 Orphans, we hereby confirm that the individual named Abdullah Shaul Qashqush was killed in Baghdad during the events of the first and second days of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 4 A 4/12/2
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 10 / 4 / 950 Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number 226, I hereby confirm that Mr. Meir son of Eliya son of Meir was married in Baghdad to Miss Dina, nicknamed Khabouba, daughter of Daniel on the day 12 / 2 / 1950 (corresponding to 24 Adar 5710) Ketubah amount: 200/- eight dinars Witnesses: Shamoun Shaul, Salim Hakham Eliyahu Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun Shimon Shaul Ch. Shimon Received by me ⟦illegible⟧ 5/4/50
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 12 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 207 I hereby certify that Mr.: Abdullah Habib Abdullah Has married in Baghdad: Miss Victoria daughter of Wahib bin Saleh Heish On the day: 2 / 4 / 1927 (Corresponding to 4 Nisan 5687) Dowry Amount 8700 thousand Dinars ⟦illegible⟧ Witnesses Saleh Hatem Habib Daoud Hatem Habib Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun Shamash Rabbi Class 5 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 4/12
Department Copy ⟦Department Copy⟧ 50 / 2501 12 / 4 / 1950 307 Abdullah Yaqub Abdullah Miss Victoria Yaqub known as Victoria Yaqub Saleh Heskel The sixth of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven AD. Correct ⟦signature⟧ Mustafa 4/12 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council 4/12/4
202 / 551 1950/4/12 Department Copy⟦⟧ 469 Saleh Ezra, known by the name Saleh Lohi bin Ezra Hesqel Levi Miss Latifa Rahmin, known by the name Latifa Rahmin Aziz The twenty-seventh of June, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- nine AD ⟦line⟧. Census Records 27 4/12 ⟦signature⟧ Hakham Sassoon Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A/4/13
55 / 2502 12 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 357 Futouhi Yahya, known as Yaqub Futouhi son of Yahya Yaqub Miss Shadhra Karji Dahoum Moussa The eighth of March, year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 4/12 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council A / 4/13
50/2505 1950/4/26 Department Copy ⟦line⟧ 112 ⟦line⟧ Mashallah Khan bin Hakham Baba, known by the name Khani Hakham Baba Shirazi Miss Karjiya Mashallah, known by the name Janjun Mashallah Abdullah Cohen Shirazi The twentieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD. Majalla 200 Fils 4/22 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 4/12/4
2506/55 1950/4/22 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 391 Moshe Nissim, known as Moshe Nissim Sassoon Naqqar Miss Marcelle Khedhouri, known as Marcelle Khedhouri Yaqub Quz The twenty-fourth of May, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four A.D. ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ 4/22 20 fils 4/12 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧ President of the Secular Council P/12/4
25-8/55 12/4/1950 ⟦Notebook copy⟧ 155 Salman Abid known as Salman Abid Salman Hezekiah Miss Nazima Rahmin known as Nazima Rahmin Shmuel Daniel The twenty-ninth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- two AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 210 ⟦fils⟧ 4/12 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the acting head of the community President of the Lay Council 4/13/A
551 / 257 14 / 4 / 1955 Department Copy Exhibit Shamoun Moshi ** Sulaymaniyah Miss Nabat Rahmin The fourteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/13 ⟦signature⟧ Safwat ⟦illegible⟧ 4/13 : ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 4/13/A
50 / 4511 12 / 4 / 1950 216 Yaqub Heskel known as Yaqub Hai bin Heskel Hakuli bin Yaqub Cohen Miss Victoria Heskel known as Victoria Heskel Shlomo Pasha The sixteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦stamped⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council (Copy of Certificate) A / 13 / 4
55/2572 12/4/1950 Copy to 490 Ibrahim Sasson known as Ibrahim Sasson Hanuka Miss Ghazala Haroun known as Ghazala Haroun Benhas The twenty-fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty seven AD Correct ⟦signature⟧ Governor of the Liwa 4/12 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 4/13/P
55 / 2514 4 / 2 / 1955 ⟦House Copy⟧ The Prominent One Youssef Naftali Zada, known as Youssef Naftali ⟦line⟧ Dyer (Iran) Miss Nazdar Jeremiah The fourteenth of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 4/2 ⟦Sanaki⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 4/12 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community and President of the Physical Council 4/13/E
With the Help of God 457 I hereby come to testify how Mr. Salim Yehezkel is a good young man and from a family son of Yehezkel Ein Orev in Baghdad born in the year 1917 and it was confirmed thus Yaakov Sabti Menashe Kadori The speech of Yehezkel 14 Total Shimon Shaul Shimon Shaul Maatuk Shamash Witnesses Shimon Shaul " Ephraim ⟦...⟧ Approval 11/6/1942 ⟦signature⟧ Ok 11/6 H. Mahalli Poor condition 10/6/1942
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 12 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate number: 202 I hereby certify that Mr.: Ibrahim son of Hanin Daniel Has married in Baghdad Miss: Lulu daughter of Shid son of Hezekiah On the day: 18 / 6 / 1925 (7 Sivan 5685) ⟦signature⟧ 12/4/50 Written amount (dowry) 225 Two hundred and twenty-five dinars only Witnesses Shimon H. Shimon Salim J. Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Registered in the ledger 15/4/50 Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Registrar of ⟦illegible⟧ contracts
55 / 2516 14 / 4 / 1950 Copy of the ⟦...⟧ 306 Ibrahim Sahyoun Daniel Miss Lulu Meir Hesqel The eighteenth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Money received 14 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 13 / 4
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 11 / 4 / 50 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate number: 224, I hereby certify that Mr.: Eliyahu son of Haron Ha-Levi from the city of Tehran Has married in Baghdad Miss: Maryam daughter of Zion Salman Bibi On the day: 25 / 5 / 1924 (Corresponding to 11 Sivan ⟦5684⟧) ⟦signature⟧ 12 / 4 / 50 Amount of the Ketubah: 75 Seventy-five dinars only The Witnesses Hakham Yaakov Youssef Shimon Shaul Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 4 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 4 / 12
55 / 2517 12 / 4 / 1950 ⟦True Copy⟧ 426 Eliyahu Haron Levi Miss Maryam Sion Salman Bibi The twenty-fifth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- four AD. ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦Registry Entry⟧ 10 / 4 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4 / 13 / A