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.
⟦Copy to the Department⟧ 50/2728 Divorce Certificate 1950/5/4 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the woman named Salha Yusuf Mordechai (Marikh) has been divorced from her husband, the man named Abdullah Mordechai (Marikh) on the twenty-eighth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦Majid⟧ 5/2 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 5/3/4
Department Copy Department Copy 2739/950 8th ⟦May⟧ 50. BIRTH CERTIFICATE. This is to certify that Mr. Ruben Yehouda Peress was born in Baghdad on the eleventh day of April nineteen hundre and five. A.D. ⟦illegible⟧ Certificate issued Original issued on date 10 / 5 / 927 ⟦illegible⟧ 5/4 ⟦illegible⟧ OfgPRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDAD. PRESIDENT, JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDAD. Stamp 50 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ Legal Power of Attorney Paper 100 fils 1510521 By virtue of this power of attorney numbered 12 and certified by the Notary Public of Baghdad on November 25, the year 1948, I have appointed ⟦Daoud⟧ son of ⟦Salman⟧ to sell the plot of land numbered 8/101 Al-Sinak which is bordered on the north, east, and west by ⟦Daoud⟧ son of ⟦Salman⟧ and on the south by the Municipality property registered in my name in the Tabu of Baghdad according to the deed numbered 412 on November 25, the year 1948, and I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ The aforementioned principal has appointed us by virtue of this power of attorney certified by us ⟦stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 15/10/51
Department Copy Department Copy 50/2739 1950/5/9 Birth Certificate We hereby certify that Mr. Ruben Yehuda Bayous was born in Baghdad on the eleventh day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council (True copy) Baghdad on 1950/5/9 E/9/5 ⟦signature⟧
2790/50 5/5/1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Victoria Saleh Kirkukli is still not engaged nor married since her divorce from her husband named Shoa' Yusuf Hayyim. ⟦signature⟧ 4/5 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council A/4/5 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Israelite⟧ ⟦in Baghdad⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 4 / 5 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 256, I hereby confirm that Mr.: Munir Sion ⟦Mir Yari⟧ Married in Baghdad: Miss Suad Shamoon Nassim On the day: 17 / July / 1940 (corresponding to 11 Tammuz / 70) Dowry amount: 400 Dinars Witnesses: Shamoon Shaoul Salim ⟦Hanam⟧ Eliyahu Shamoon Shaoul H. Shamoon ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/274 1950/5/15 356 Monsieur Sawiri, known as Meir Sion Heskel Sawiri Miss Masouda Shamoon, known as Suad Shamoon Nassim The seventeenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty ⟦line⟧ AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5/19 ⟦signature⟧ 5/4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/4/4
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on May 10, 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 469, I hereby certify that Mr. Ibrahim son of Yusuf son of Rahmin has married in Baghdad Miss Naima daughter of Eliyahu son of Saleh on the day 22 / 8 / 1922 (corresponding to 28 Sivan year 5682) ⟦line⟧ The Ketubah amount is 500 fils ⟦one hundred and twelve Lira⟧ Witnesses Yaqub Shaul Shalom G. Shabib Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ Mustafa Al-Ani ⟦illegible signature⟧ 4/5
⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ 55/2742 5/5/1950 503 Yaqub Mordechai, known by the name Yaqub Mordechai Yaqub Miss Naeema Mikhail, known by the name Naeema Mikhail Shabshai The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/5 ⟦signature⟧ Carl 4/4/5 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council
50/2743 5/5/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 503 Yaqoub Mordechai, known by the name Yaqoub Mordechai Yaqoub Miss Naeema Michael, known by the name Naeema Michael Shabtai The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 5/28/1950 Photo ⟦signature⟧ 5/28 P / 5/28 ⟦signature⟧ P. Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Lay Council
2792/50 5/5/1950 Department Copy ⟦Department Copy⟧ Exhibit Salman Shlomo ⟦line⟧ Iran (Sadiq) Miss Tawoos Haroun The twenty-fourth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 4/5 Copied ⟦illegible⟧ 4/5 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council A / 4 / 5
50/2725 1950/5/5 Committee of Denaturalization Department Copy Evidence Sidqiya Yuna xx Iran (leaving) Miss Jawaher Ibrahim The fifth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred AD Salih 5/2 ⟦illegible⟧ 4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 5/4/2
50 / 2742 5 / 5 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦The Secular Council⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ The Presenter Yaqub Ishaq known as Yaqub Ishaq Ajami Miss Lulu Mu'allim Yusuf The first of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and three ⟦Enumeration⟧ AD 4/5 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/5 4/4/5
2747/50 5/5/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Presented Yaqub Moshi, known by the name Yaqub Moshi Cohen Miss Hanna Heskel The twenty-fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- two AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Saleh⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Communities Head of the Physical Council 4/4/5
⟦illegible⟧ 2748/50 5th May 50 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 258, I hereby confirm that Mr. NAJI RAHMIN KHARMOUSH was married at Baghdad to Miss. LOUISE SALMAN MOUSHI on the 4th of March 1948 ( nineteen hundred & fourty eight A. D. ). ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, respected Greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Mrs. ⟦Alice Salman Madka⟧ was born in Baghdad on the day - of - the year ⟦1924⟧ AD And for this reason we have signed below. Baghdad on ⟦2 / 4 / 1950⟧ Witness | Witness ⟦Hayawi Salman Umran⟧ | ⟦Selim Nessim⟧ I certify the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar His copy in English ⟦illegible⟧ 250 ⟦illegible⟧ 40 Fils 5 Fils 5 Fils
Health of the District ⟦illegible⟧ 2749/50 5th May 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Mrs. LOUISE SALMAN MOUSHI was born at Baghdad on the year 1924 ( nineteen hundred & twenty four A. D. ). ⟦signature⟧ Khabaza ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the Head of the Honorable Jewish Community After greetings We, the undersigned, hereby certify that Miss Stella Naji ⟦Hammo⟧ was born in Baghdad on the ⟦twentieth⟧ of September in the year 1928 AD And for that purpose, we have signed below. Baghdad on 2/20/1950 Witness | Witness Hayawi Salman Omran | Selim Nessim ⟦Hayawi⟧ | ⟦Signature⟧ Copy ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ 2/20/50 I endorse the contents of this certificate The Mukhtar Save Palestine 10 Fils 40 Fils
Department Copy 2750/50 5th May 50 BIRTH CERTIFICATE In accordance with testimonials presented, I hereby confirm that Miss. STAILLA NAJI NAHMIN KHARMOUSH was born at Baghdad on the 26th of September 1948 ( nineteen hundred & fourty eight A. D. ). ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦41 41⟧ ⟦10/6⟧ ⟦scribbles⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
Administrator of Jewish Cemetery Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that The individual named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Aharon⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦seventh⟧ day of the month of ⟦Elul⟧ in the year 5704 (10/1/1941) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yitzhak Avraham⟧ ⟦Aharon⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ 5/5/50 Hesqel Haddad Administrator of Jewish Cemetery Affairs ⟦Red ink signature/scribble⟧
Department's copy 50/2751 1950/5/5 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the named Yusuf Mordechai Irani died in Baghdad on the first day of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- one AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 5/5/A
From among the residents of our neighborhood, Khatoon daughter of Ezra Ibrahim and Eliyahu Shaul Eliyahu Samouha, whose names are mentioned in the Sharia distribution issued by the Court of Personal Status in Baghdad under decision number (23) dated 2/13/1935 certified on 3/29/1940 under serial number (62) relating to the deceased on December 22, 1927 (Menashi son of Reuben Abdullah Battat); they are currently residents in Baghdad in our neighborhood and they are alive, and they have not been convicted of any legal crime. One of them, Khatoon, is elderly and has no occupation, and the second, the aforementioned Eliyahu, is a former railway employee and has no occupation now. To this end, this minutes was drafted. ⟦illegible⟧ Stamp of the Mukhtar Neighborhood of Hanoun al-Kabir, al-Saghir, and Obeid Youssef Shlomo Shamash Abdullah Isaac Ezra Shahrabani | Shua Zion Shamash Number: 55/2752 Date: 5/5/1950 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the stamp of the Mukhtar above ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧
Photography Certificate in the Iranian language We certify that Mr. Dawood Faqih, son of Mr. Hashan Faqih and father of the person named Maryam Faqih, is of Iranian nationality and holds the Iranian nationality census book No. 5510 issued from Kurdistan, Saqqez And that the referred book belongs to him without any doubt or forgery; we testify to that according to our full knowledge. Nisan Ephraim | Shimon Yaqoub Itinerant soap seller | From the residents of Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ Seal of the Mukhtar Hanun Kabir, Hanun Saghir, and Obeid neighborhood Yusuf Shlomo Shamash Number: 50/2752 Date: 5/5/1950 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧
Photography ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Certificate in the Iranian languag⟦line⟧e We certify that Mr. Suleiman Maryami, son of Mr. Daoud Maryami and the woman named Qazi Maryami, is of Iranian nationality and holds the Iranian civil status record numbered 646 issued from Kurdistan, Saqqez sub-district. Accordingly, we certify that the aforementioned record belongs to him and is free from any defect or forgery, and thus we submit our signatur⟦line⟧es. Nisan Ephraim Traveling soap seller Shamoun Yaqoub Unemployed, resident of Baghdad Seal of the Mukhtar Hanoon Kabir, Saghir, and Obeid districts Yosef Shlomo Shamash Number - 254 / 50 Date - 5 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council