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.
2524 / 55 12/4/1955 ⟦True Copy⟧ The Exhibit Haqqi Yusuf, known by the name Yaqub Ishaq bin Yusuf ××× Zakho Miss Shoshana Bushi The twelfth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ A true copy ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 4 4/14/A ⟦signature⟧ Acting ⟦Secretary⟧ Head of the Secular Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 20 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community In Baghdad Greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 278 I hereby certify that Mr.: Nassim bin Shlowah bin Nassim Has married in Baghdad Miss: Neama daughter of Ibrahim bin Eliyahu On the day: 5 / 2 / 1921 (5681) ⟦signature⟧ 14/4/50 Ketubah amount: 7500 Thirty-seven and a half Dinars only Witnesses: ⟦Asoum⟧ first Shamoun bin Eliyahu bin Raphael Shamoun Shaoul H. Shamoun שמעון שאול Registry entry 31 / 4 / 50
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/2525 14 / 4 / 1950 378 Nassim Shlomo, known as Nassim Shlomo Nassim Miss Simha Ibrahim, known as Simha Ibrahim Eliyahu The fifth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one AD ⟦line⟧. Saleh ⟦illegible signature⟧ 4 / 14 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/14/A
55 / 2526 12 / 4 / 1950 366 Brega Menashe Ezra Miss Mazli Zakaria Ephraim The twenty-seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty five AD. ⟦line⟧ Registry entry ⟦illegible⟧ 4/14 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council P / 14 / 4
The person in charge of Jewish burial matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby confirm that The individual ⟦Ibrahim Dawoud⟧ died in Baghdad On the day ⟦22⟧ of the month ⟦September⟧ of the year ⟦578⟧ ⟦5708⟧ ( 19 / / ) and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦Ibrahim Dawoud⟧ Heskel Haddad The person in charge of Jewish burial matters Approved 1 / 5 / 1948 ⟦Signature⟧ 24 / 4 / 50 ⟦Signature⟧ 50 Fils Destitute 14 / 4 / 50 50 / 4 / 14
⟦Department Copy⟧ Death Certificate 50/2527 1950/4/12 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the person named Ezra Abed Shakarji died in Baghdad on the first day of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Corporeal Council ⟦illegible⟧ Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 31/3 4/14/4
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 24 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage contract numbered: 262 I hereby certify that Mr.: Shimon Youssef Ishaq has married in Baghdad Miss: Malaka daughter of ⟦Hayim⟧ Dawoud, nicknamed Dawoud bin Janab al-Rumi on the day: 22 / March / 1920 (corresponding to 2 Av 5680) Amount of the Ketubah: 75 Seventy-five Dinars Witnesses: Shimon Shaul Youssef Hayim Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H' Shimon Appraiser Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧ 14/4/50
⟦illegible⟧ Department 50 / 521 19 / 4 / 1950 363 Shlomo Yosef, known as Shlomo Yosef Ishaq Miss Malak Daoud, known as Malak Hayyim Daoud bin Binyamin Irani The twenty-sixth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Corporeal Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Certified⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4 / 14 A / 14 / 4
⟦Copy of the Record⟧ 55 / 2529 12 / 4 / 1950 225 Nassim Haroun, known as Nassim Haroun Daoud Miss Lulu Haskiel, known as Lulu Haskiel Youssef Maatouk The twenty-second of January of the year nineteen hundred and forty- eight AD ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4 / 14 A / 14 / 4
2520 / 55 12 / 4 / 1950 Department Copy 518 Naeem Sion Shina, known as Sassoon Naeem bin Sion Abdullah Mir Miss Madeline Shalom Ezra Masfi, known as Leah Madeline daughter of Shalom Ezra Masfi The seventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ 14 / 4 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Required ⟦line⟧ 200 Fils P / 14 / 4
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, respected After greetings, We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mrs. Lulu Haron ⟦Houri⟧ was born in Baghdad on the date December 11, 1897, the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven AD, and for this reason we have signed below. Witness | Witness Youshi Hayyim Murad | Salman Baghdad ⟦...⟧ No. ⟦...⟧ | Moshi ⟦Signature⟧ | Salman Moshi | Sabe' ⟦...⟧ the House | ⟦...⟧ We endorse the contents of this certificate ⟦Signature⟧ 15 / 5 / 1950 I endorse the contents of this certificate ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 24 / 4 / 50 The Mukhtar The Mukhtar
⟦Register of the Department⟧ 2541 /50 16th April 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mrs. LOOLOU HAROON KHEHMOUSH was born at Baghdad on the 11th of December 1897 ( eighteen hundred & ninety seven A. D. ). ⟦15/4⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
20/2522 16/4/1955 Department Registry ⟦Nazareth⟧ 287 Askar Daoud, known as Heskel Askar son of Daoud Miss Salima Ishaq, known as Salima Ishaq Rahmin The eighth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council Requested 50 - Fils (Copy of Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ 4/16/A
50/2543 16 / 4 / 1950 Department Copy 287 Askar Daoud, known as Hesqel Askar bin Daoud Miss Salima Isaac, known as Salima Isaac Rahmin The eighth of March of the year nineteen forty-fiv⟦line⟧e A.D⟦line⟧. (Certified True Copy) Baghdad on June 14, 1950 Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Lay Council Share 314 N 14 / 6
55 / 2522 7 / 4 / 1955 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 519 Israel Eliyahu, known as Israel Eliya Israel Miss Salha Sassoon, known as Salha Sassoon Sassoon The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 4/16 4/16/A ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
55 / 2545 1955 / 4 / 27 ⟦Department copy⟧ 233 Shimon Youssef, known as Shimon Youssef Bashi Miss Madeleine Munir Heskel Dangoor The fourth of February, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five A.D. ⟦illegible⟧ 4/16 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/16/4
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts For the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 22 / 4 / 950 Head of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my registers, I confirm that Mr. Haron Ezra Khedhouri Has conducted his engagement to Miss Najma, nicknamed Clover, daughter of Leila Nassim Hana In Baghdad on the day 2 / 10 / 1929 (corresponding to 28 September 710) And has not yet married Conditions | Witnesses Completed by proxy in the hand of Hakham Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri | Hakham Salman Ibrahim Hayyim Twena Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Hakham and Registrar of Marriage Contracts Rabbi and Marriage Officiant
55 / 2521 17 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Haron Ezra Kharboush, currently residing in America, has entered into an engagement with Miss Farha, known as Flora Israel Nassim Hay, in Baghdad on the fourth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine. Be it known that the engagement ceremony took place in Baghdad on behalf of the groom through His Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khedhouri, pursuant to the power of attorney presented by him, dated November 24, 1949. An engagement contract is as binding as a marriage contract according to Jewish law and cannot be dissolved except by divorce. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 16 / 4 Request ⟦signature⟧ Belonging to Mr. ⟦Louie Nassim Hay⟧
⟦Self-copy⟧ 50/2546 17/4/1950 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Haron Ezra Kharboush, currently residing in America, has entered into an engagement with Miss Farha, known as Flora Israel Nassim Hai, in Baghdad on the fourth day of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- nine AD, noting that the engagement ceremony was completed in Baghdad on behalf of the fiancé by His Excellency Rabbi Sassoon Khaddouri under the power of attorney presented by him dated November 24, 1949. The engagement contract is binding as a marriage contract according to Jewish law and cannot be annulled except by divorce. ⟦illegible⟧ 4/24 (True copy) Baghdad on 23/4/1950 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting President of the Community President of the Secular Council A/4/23 ⟦illegible⟧ Request 100 fils
Number -: 50/2527 Date -: 27 / 4 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦16/4⟧
To whom it may concern The person whose photograph is attached above is Joachim Daniel Ibrahim by this certificate . Witness Moshe A⟦mr⟧an