AI en Translation, Pages 301-325
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Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 4/19/1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate number 29, I hereby certify that
Mr. Yaqub H. M. Shlomo Cohen
married in Baghdad Miss Habiba Khatun daughter of Shaul Yado
on the day 8/19 (19 Sivan 5685)
11 Menachem 1950
⟦signature⟧
Witnesses | Ketubah Amount
Salih Madani | 8900 Rupees
Ezra Haqueel Shamash |
Shimon Shaul H. Shimon |
⟦illegible signature⟧
4/21/50
⟦illegible stamp⟧
Page 302
55/2616
4/1955/
⟦Department Copy⟧
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Ya'qub Hesqiel, known by the name Ya'qub Hesqiel Moshi Cohen
Miss Simha Manshi, known by the name Simha Khatun daughter of Manshi Sha'ul
Baghdad
The eleventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty
five AD . ⟦line⟧
⟦illegible⟧
4/
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
⟦illegible⟧
4/19
⟦illegible⟧
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The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community
Baghdad, may God protect it
The Israeli Spiritual Council
in Baghdad
Number: 877
Date: 17 / 4 / 1950
Presidency of the Jewish Community, Baghdad
The marriage contract was concluded on 17 / 4 / 1950 between Musa bin Yaqub bin
Hakham Mordechai and Ajami bint Ezra Musa
Therefore, please issue a certificate for this, and remain in peace.
Salman Khadduri
Abboudi
200 Fils
⟦illegible⟧
18 / 4 / 50
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Officer 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 named ⟦Ezra Reuben Mordechai⟧ passed away in Baghdad
on the ⟦fourth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Shevat⟧ in the year ⟦708⟧ ⟦5708⟧
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( 5 / 2 / 1948 ) and to that effect I have signed below
⟦signature⟧
19/4/950
⟦signature⟧
Heskel Haddad
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
Deceased
Status drop
M / 50
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⟦Department Copy⟧
55/2618
20 / 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 Anwar Shaul Khatina, husband of Mrs. Rachel Heskel
Saleh, passed away in Baghdad on the fifth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred
and forty-eight AD.
⟦signature⟧
Status entry
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦red stamp⟧
⟦signature⟧
4/19
E / 19 / 4
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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 named יצחק מנשה חכם [Yitzhak Menashe Hakham] passed away in Baghdad
on the 14th day of the month of חשון [Cheshvan] in the year 5709
(11/16/1948) and for that reason I have signed below
⟦illegible⟧
4/19/50
יחזקאל חדאד
Heskel Haddad
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs
50 Current Entry
4/18/50
⟦illegible⟧
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⟦Second copy⟧
55/219
1955/4/20
Death Certificate
Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burials in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad
We hereby confirm that the person named Shmuel Moshe Cohen died in Baghdad on the
sixteenth of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight
AD ⟦line⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦red mark⟧
1955/4/19
The same above
19 / 4 / 55
P / 19 / 4
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55 / 2620
20 / 4 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
243
Salman Munshi Yaqub
Miss Hanna Moallem Abdullah Salman Salawi
The tenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧
19 / 4
⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of
President of the Spiritual Council
P / 19 / 4
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55/2621
4/20/1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
385
Yacoub Simantob, known as Yacoub Simantob Yacoub
Miss Naomi Mordechai Dawood
The twenty-second of March of the year nineteen hundred and forty-
nine A.D.
4/19
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
True copy of the original
Baghdad
4/20/50
P/4/19
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
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2621/55
4/25/1950
⟦Personal Copy⟧
285
Yaqub Simantov known by the name Yaqub Simantov Yaqub
Miss Naomi Mordechai Dawood
The twenty-second of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
nine AD.
⟦illegible signature⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧ 4/26
(True copy)
Baghdad on April 26, 1950
⟦illegible signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A/4/26
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50/2631
1950/4/20
⟦stamp faded⟧
285
Yaqoub Ismail, known as Yaqoub Simha, got engaged
to Miss Naima Khader, known as Naima Mordechai Daoud
on the twenty-second of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
AD ⟦line⟧.
( Corrected Certificate )
Baghdad on June 7, 1950
⟦signature⟧
6/7
Acting Head of the Community
⟦signature⟧
President of the Lay Council
6/7/9
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2621 / 50
20 / 4 / 1950
285
Yaqub Ismail, known as Yaqub Simantob Yaqub
Miss Naomi Khader, known as Naomi Mordechai Daoud
The twenty-second of March of the year nineteen hundred and forty
nine AD.
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on 26 July 1950
⟦signature⟧
7/26/2
On behalf of the Acting Chief Rabbi
President of the Lay Council
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55 / 7622
1955 / 4 / 20
⟦illegible⟧
325
Abdul Aziz Abboudi Eliahou, known by the name Abdul Aziz Abboudi Eliahou Abdul Aziz
Miss Gorjiya Moshi, known by the name Simha Gorjiya daughter of Moshi
The seventeenth of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
4/19
4/19/P
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Community Committee To whom it may concern, we confirm that Mordechai Cohen
was born in 1921 and is registered in the community books
and this is his signature
19/4/1950
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible signature⟧
50 Fils
Money entry
19/4/50
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⟦Department Copy⟧
55/2623
20 / 4 / 1950
Certificate
Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby
confirm that Bertha Eliyahu (Mizrahi) was divorced from her husband named
Salim Khadhouri (Qashqush) on the twenty-sixth day of August in the year one
thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD, and she has not been engaged or married
until now after her divorce from her aforementioned husband according to the certificate of the registrar
of engagement and marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad dated on
19 / 4 / 1950 .
⟦signature⟧
4/19
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
A 19/4
Note
Spiritual Council certificate regarding the divorce
See certificate No. 1517
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Department Copy
To whom it may concern
We, the undersigned Mukhtar and the neighborhood council, testify that the woman
named Toba daughter of Sassoon Kashi, wife of the person named Meir Naji son of Daoud
Zari, her aforementioned husband went missing during the events of June 1941, and for
the purpose of clarification, we have written this certificate for them.
Baghdad, April 19, 1950
Mukhtar of Hanoun Al-Kabir neighborhood
and Al-Saghir and Obaid
Witness | Witness
Isaac Haroun (Driver) | Musa Eliyahu Shaya' Habib
Witness | Witness
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
Number: 4242 / 50
Date: 20 / 4 / 1950
We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above.
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Lay Council
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Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts
for the Israelite Community in Baghdad
Baghdad on 18 / 4 / 1950
Presidency of the Israelite Community
in Baghdad
After greetings
Based on the marriage certificate numbered 217, I hereby confirm that
Mr. ⟦Anwar⟧ son of Yusuf Salman Mushih
has married in Baghdad Miss Rachel daughter of Hazqiel son of Ibrahim
on the day 25 / June / 1940 (corresponding to 19 Sivan 5700)
Witnesses
Shamoun Shaul
Salim Hakham Eliyahu
Marriage Dowry Amount
Dinar
200
Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun
⟦Shim'on Shaul⟧
⟦illegible⟧
19 / 4 / 50
⟦illegible⟧
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⟦Department Copy⟧
55/2225
1950/4/20
317
Anwar Yusuf, known as Anwar Yusuf Salman Moshih
Miss Rachel Heskel Ibrahim
The twenty-fifth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty
AD.
⟦signature⟧
4/19
⟦signature⟧
4/19/4
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧
Head of the Secular Council
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55/226
20 / 4 / 1950
Copy for ⟦monuments⟧
76
Gabriel Yehoshua known as Gabriel ⟦Shua⟧ Hatan Levi
Miss Rahma Robin Yacoub Levi
The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven AD ⟦line⟧
Considered until ⟦...⟧
Year ⟦...⟧
A true copy
of
Governor of the District
Baghdad
4 / 19 / 50
⟦signature⟧
Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri
Head of the Spiritual Council
Acting
Page 321
2626 / 50
25 / 4 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧
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Gabriel Yehoshua, known as Gabriel Shua Nathan Levi
Miss Rahma Rubin Yaqub Levi
The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven AD ⟦line⟧.
Afah
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on 30 / 4 / 1950
4 / 30 / 4
⟦signature⟧
⟦signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
Page 322
2626 / 50
25 / 4 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
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Gabriel Yehoshua, known as Gabriel Shua Hashan Levi
Miss Raana Khanum Rubin Tweiqi, known as Rahma Rubin Yaqub Levi
The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven
AD.
⟦signature⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
28 / 5
(Corrected Certificate)
Baghdad on 28 / 5 / 1950
A / 28 / 5
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2626 / 50
20 / 4 / 1950
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Gabriel Yehoshua, known as Gabriel Shua Hadan Levi
Miss Ra'na Khanum Rubin Zarifi, known as Rahma Rubin Yaqoub
Levi
The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-
seven AD ⟦line⟧.
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on July 20, 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible⟧
Certified
7/20
1 / 20 / 7
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2627/55
4/20/1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
⟦Year 1949⟧
138
Yehuda Yaqoub, known as Yehuda Yaqoub Eliyahu
Miss Rahel Ephraim, known as Rahel Ephraim Haskel Cohen
The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
AD.
⟦Correct⟧
⟦Signature⟧
⟦Registered in⟧
⟦4/19⟧
⟦Signature⟧
Acting Head of the Community
President of the Lay Council
4/19/A
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2637 / 50
20 / 4 / 1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
138
Yehuda Yaqub, known as Yehuda Yaqub Eliyahu
Miss Rahil Ephraim, known as Rahil Ephraim Heskel Cohen
The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine
AD.
⟦illegible⟧
Heskel 5/21
⟦illegible⟧
21/5
(True copy of the original)
Baghdad on 21 / 5 / 1950
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Head of the Community
Head of the Secular Council
E / 21 / 5