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.
50/2702 1950/4/1 Copy for ⟦Personal File⟧ 373 Moshe Haskel Michael Miss Simha Manshi Dawood The fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/20 ⟦signature⟧ Refinery (Copy of Certificate) P/35/4 ⟦Certified⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
2707/50 10/5/1950 Sheikhdom of the Community ⟦Israelite⟧ 269 Baruch Salman, known by the name Baruch Salman Eliyahu Hezekiah Miss Salima Abed Farah The twenty-ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- eight AD. 4/30 / P Judicial ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council
2708/55 1/5/1955 Copy to the Department of ⟦illegible⟧ The Evidence Rabbi Sari Hayim, known as Rabbi bin Hayim Miss Nabat Elias The twenty-fourth of June of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 Current status p 4/30 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
Photograph Regarding the person named Nissan Ephraim, whose photograph is attached above, he is an Iranian national residing in the house numbered 20/153, Faraj Allah neighborhood, according to his statement. His Iranian identification book was lost, and for this reason we signed in April 1950. Mukhtar's Seal 26 / 4 / 1950 Faraj Allah Neighborhood Witness Witness Aboudi Ephraim Ishaq Ibrahim Number ⟦line⟧ 2710 / 50 Date ⟦line⟧ 1 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 5 / 50
The Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: ⟦line⟧ Date: 20 Nissan 5710 We, the undersigned, confirm that Mrs. Simcha daughter of the late Yosef Sassoon, of blessed memory, and wife of the late Menashe son of Eliyahu son of Shlomo Daniel, who passed away on the day of 7 Iyar 5707 / 27/4/1947 She is a Jewess from among the residents of our city Baghdad, may God protect it And from the day of the passing of her aforementioned husband, she has remained a widow and has not married another man until this day And as evidence, we have signed our names Chief Rabbi Baghdad Date of Divorce 26/8/1947 ⟦signature⟧ 20/4/50 Register First Census Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ Urgent Based on the request submitted to us by Mr. Ibrahim Shaoul Hakim Registered in our records under number 506/251, containing a request to certify his signature Affixed at the bottom of this paper, the validity of his signature has been verified by us Based on the records kept with us in this community Date: 26 / 3 / 1951 Our registration under number: 506 / 251 The Chief Secretary Youssef Ibrahim Hakim Suleiman Daoud 500 Fils Certification Fee 506 / 251 - in 1951 Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad ⟦Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ ⟦signature and scribbles⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 55 / 2711 1 / 5 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Selim Khadouri Qashqush married Miss Bahita Eliyahu Ezra on the seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD, and his divorce from his aforementioned wife took place on the twenty-sixth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD, and that the aforementioned wife has not married until now after her divorce from her husband mentioned above. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Khedairy Aal⟧ 4 / 30 / A
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Number: <del>28</del> Date: <del>14 June</del> 710 Copy for Hayyim L. Isaac S. Hanoch ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Approval 1944/6/27 ⟦signature⟧ 20/4/20 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ Consulate ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦Copy to the Department⟧ 272 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the woman named Dawla Rabi has been divorced from her husband named Eliyahu Yaqub on the twenty-seventh day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 Current status A 4/30
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 individual named ⟦Habiba Ezra Aaron⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦tenth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Ab 216⟧, year 5709 (7 / 2 / 1949) and for that purpose I have signed below ⟦Heskel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ 20/4/50 ⟦Archive⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2712 1950/5/1 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Ephraim Ezra Fattal, an Iranian, died in Baghdad on the third day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦Wadih Haddad⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/2 4/30 / E ⟦Place Stamp⟧ 8
Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Nissim⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦first⟧ day of the month of ⟦July⟧ in the year ⟦26⟧ (1 / 7 / 1926) and for that reason I have signed below. ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Nissim⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ 2/7 ⟦...⟧ 5 / 7 / ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 50/2714 5/1/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Menashi Youssef Ajami passed away in Baghdad on the first day of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/23 True copy 6/23/1
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ ⟦Department Stamp⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Ezra Aboud⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦seventeenth 17th⟧ day of the month of ⟦November⟧ in the year ⟦1949⟧ (⟦8/11/1949⟧) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ ⟦1/5/50⟧ ⟦Yitzhak Ezra Aboud⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters 5/1
Department Copy Death Certificate 50/2715 1950/5/1 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Mordechai Yosef Menachem has died in Baghdad on the eighth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 5/1 5/1/4
The Official 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 named ⟦Aaron Abraham David⟧ Haron Ibrahim Daoud passed away in Baghdad on the day 6 of the month ⟦Sivan⟧ June year ⟦5686⟧ 1926 (24) / 6 / 1926 and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Ezekiel Haddad⟧ Hesqail Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦Current status record⟧ ⟦...⟧ 2/4/⟦...⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2714 5/1/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burials at the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Menashi Yosef Ajji died in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ Registry Record ⟦illegible⟧ 4/30/A
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the records established in my logs, I hereby certify that the person named ⟦Yehuda Murad Murad⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦12th⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tammuz⟧ year ⟦5710⟧ (⟦29 / 4 / 1950⟧) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yehuda Murad⟧ ⟦...⟧ Heskel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters 2 1/5/50 ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Signature⟧
⟦Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ 50 / 2716 10 / 5 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the one named Abdullah Aziz Ajmi passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty A.D. ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 4 / 11 / 5
Photograph ⟦illegible⟧ Department ⟦illegible⟧ To whom it may concern The person whose photograph is attached above is Karim bin Ishaq, a resident of the Tatran neighborhood at house number 116/147, has lost the Iranian status book belonging to him during his trip to the market approximately three months ago, and for this reason I signed on 1/5/1950 Seal of the Mukhtar Tatran neighborhood Ibrahim Kurji Shamoli Witness | Witness Youssef Haroun | Abdullah Ishaq Number: 50/2717 Date: 1/5/1950 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 1 / 5 / 950 Head of the Community You are to issue a certificate to Gurji (Hayim) son of Eliyahu (his divorce) to his wife Naeema daughter of Raphael on 8 / May year Salman Hawki Aboud Date of Divorce 12 / 5 / 942 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 5 / 5 / 1 ⟦illegible signature⟧ This case 1 / 5 / 50
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 2718 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm herewith that the person named Gurji Hayyim son of Eliyahu has been divorced from his wife named Naima daughter of Rafael on the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Recorded for tracking⟧ 5/1 ⟦signature⟧ 5/1/4 True Copy of the Original
⟦Additional copy⟧ 50/2718 Divorce Certificate 1 / 5 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the individual named Gurji Hayyim bin Eliyahu's divorce from his wife named Na'ima L. Raphael occurred on the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD.⟦line⟧ (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 15 / 6 / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ 6/10/50 Sion ⟦signature⟧
Department Copy 2718 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Kurji Hayyim bin Eliyahu was divorced from his wife named Naima Arphail on the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 25 / October / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ 25 / 10 On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Copy ⟦signature⟧ 1 / 25 / 10