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.
55/2522 1950/4/28 Department Copy 349 Moshe Ishaq known as Moshe Hai bin Ishaq Ezra Bassoon Miss Masouda Manshi Ishaq The twelfth of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ Registered under 83 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Chief Rabbi President of the Lay Council 4/17/P
Department Copy 55 / 2564 18 / 4 / 1950 Exhibit Yona Haroun known as Yona Haroun Cohen Miss Nazi Mikhail The fifth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD ⟦illegible signature⟧ Status entry ⟦Ahmed⟧ 4 / 18 / 4 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 4 / 17 / 4
2565 / 50 18 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 131 Youssef Ibrahim known as Youssef Hayyim bin Ibrahim Uzair Cohen Miss Doris Meir Shalom The twelfth of December in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD year ⟦line⟧ . ⟦18 / 4⟧ Certified ⟦signature⟧ 18 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council (Certificate Copy) P / 18 / 4
50/2527 4/18/1950 ⟦Department Copy ...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 517 Abdullah Hayyim, known as Abdullah Hayyim Ibrahim Miss Salima Shaul, known as Salima Shaul Yusuf Basson The sixteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- one AD . . Certified ⟦signature⟧ 4/17 (Copy of Certificate) 4/17/A ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50 / 2568 18 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ The Exhibit Yaqub Mordechai, known as Yaqub Zafrihan, son of Mordechai Miss Esther Daoud, known as Esther Zafrihan, daughter of Daoud The eighteenth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Good condition ⟦illegible⟧ 4 / 17 Acting Head of the Community President of the Corporal Council 4 / 17 / E
50/2529 4/18/1950 Department Copy 534 Mikhail Ishaq, known as Mikhail Ishaq Mikhail Miss Maryam Rahmin, known as Maryam Rahmin Ibrahim The third of July of the year nineteen hundred and forty-seven AD. Certified on both copies ⟦signature⟧ 4/17 A true copy 4/17/50 2/28 Shaul ⟦...⟧ on behalf of President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 2571 / 55 28 / 4 / 1950 The Exhibit Ayah Aziz Miss Samha Yona Shlomo The twentieth of December of the year nineteen hundred and thirty- nine AD ⟦line⟧ Correct Property Rights 17 / 4 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Corporal Council 4/17/A
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 31 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Greetings Based on the marriage contract numbered: ⟦292⟧ I hereby certify that: Mr.: Yusuf bin Yusuf ⟦Levy⟧ has married in Baghdad Miss: Esther daughter of Hayyim Shaoul ⟦Shammai⟧ On the day: 9 / July / 1940 (Corresponding to 3 Tammuz ⟦5700⟧) Ketubbah amount: 75 only seventy-five Dinars Witnesses: Shimon H. Shaoul, Salim H. Eliahou Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon ⟦illegible signature⟧ Written on 3 / 4 / 50
50/2572 4/18/1950 ! 341 Youssef Oushi Kweidi Miss Esther Isaac Shaoul Shabikho The ninth of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 6/24/1951 24 For validity ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Paid⟧ 7/24/951 ⟦signature⟧ Naeem Ibrahim Zubaida On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council
50/2572 1950/4/18 Passport Division 341 Youssef Moushi Karandi Miss Esther Isaac Shaul Shmeikho The ninth of July, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-⟦line⟧ AD⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ 4/17 Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council A/4/17
55/2574 4/18/1950 172 Naji Ibrahim known as Haroun Naji bin Ibrahim Meir Somekh Lilo Eliyahu known as Lulu Eliyahu Abdullah Shua Samra The second of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD ⟦line⟧. Shaul 4/17 4/17/P Acting President of ⟦...⟧ President of the Physical Council
55/2575 4/28/1950 ⟦Copy for the department⟧ 271 Youssef Ezra, known as Youssef Ezra Saleh Al-Waya Miss Naeema Shamoon, known as Naeema Shamoon Daniel Levi The twenty-sixth of February of the year nineteen hundred and forty- seven AD⟦line⟧. This situation True copy of the original 4/17 4/17/A Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
Department Copy 2576 / 50 18 / 4 / 1950 171 Hanoo Daniel known as Hanuka Daniel Daoud Arwili Miss Daisy Ezra known as Daisy Ezra Hasqeel Ishaq The third of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 26 / 10 / 1950 Certified ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Chief Rabbi President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 1 / 29 / 10 26 / 10
Jewish Burial Administrator Baghdad ⟦Jewish Burial Administrator⟧ ⟦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 ⟦Yosef Avraham David⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the 9th day of the month of Av in the year 5706 (9/8/1946) and for that reason I have signed below. Yehezkel Haddad Heskail Haddad Jewish Burial Administrator ⟦M. Khalaf⟧ 17/4/50 ⟦F. Al-Mal⟧ 17/4/50 Heskail 17/4/50
⟦Office Copy⟧ 577 / 50 8 / 4 / 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 Jacob Joseph Levi Ajmi passed away in Baghdad on the ninth day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ A 4/17 4/17/A Khatib 50 F
Officer in Charge 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 person named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Yitzhak⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦22nd⟧ day of the month of ⟦Iyar⟧ in the year ⟦5707⟧ (26 / 5 / 1947) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧ ⟦Yitzhak⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Approved ⟦signature⟧ 15/4/50 Accepted ⟦signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ Indigent 27 / 4 / 50 ⟦monogram⟧
Department Copy 50 / 2578 18 / 4 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the individual Elia Israel Elia Jouri died in Baghdad on the twenty-sixth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty seven AD. ⟦red mark⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ issued ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature: ⟦Saif⟧ ⟦illegible⟧⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/17 4 / 17 / E
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burials 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: ⟦Yitzhak Nissim Levy⟧ Passed away in Baghdad: On the day: ⟦Thursday 10⟧ Of the month: ⟦Iyar⟧ Year: 5707 (1947/5/29): And for this reason, I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Nissim⟧ ⟦Levy⟧ Hesqel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burials ⟦illegible⟧ 5/28