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.
⟦Department Copy⟧ 2772 / 50 8th May 50 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 580, I hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH EZRA HAKHAM SALEH MUALLEM was married at Baghdad to Miss. VICTORIA ISAAC JACK SAFEER on the 22nd of September 1949 ( nineteen hundred & fourty nine A. D. ). ⟦Khabaza⟧ 8/5 ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦signature⟧ 8/5
⟦Department Copy⟧ 2772 / 50 8th May 50 MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE In accordance with the Marriage Contract No. 580 , I hereby confirm that Mr. SALEH EZRA MOUALLEM was married at Baghdad to Miss. VICTORIA JACK SAFIR on the 22nd of September 1949 ( nineteen hundred & fourty nine A. D. ). ⟦illegible⟧ 10/5 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦5/5⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Ofg. President, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. President, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD.
⟦Copy to Passport Office⟧ 55/2773 5/8/1950 269 Heskel Sabti Youssef known as Heskel Youssef Daoud Miss Zubaida Nassim known as Zubaida Nassim Isaac Nahoum The twenty-second of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 5/8 ⟦signature⟧ 5/8 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 4/8/5
District Copy 55/277 8/5/1950 191 Shamoun Karji bin Yusuf Cohen, known as Karji Yusuf Mordechai Cohen Miss Roza Eliyahu, known as Roza Juliet daughter of Eliyahu Daoud Fattal The twenty-sixth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4/8/5
50 / 2775 10 / 5 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 563 Yaqoub Hayyim, known as Yaqoub Matana bin Hayyim Daniel Ghaznawi Miss Najiba Ezra, known as Najiba Ezra Shaul Ajami The twenty-fourth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5 / 8 200 fils ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4 / 9 / 5 ⟦Mutlaq Hayyim Hayyim⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 55 / 2772 1955 / 5 / 10 10 Naji Khedhouri Ezra Miss Naeema Manshi Ishaq Shabikhu The twenty-ninth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5/9 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council (Certificate Copy) 5 / 9 / 4 True copy ⟦signature⟧
Copy for the Department 2776 / 50 10 / 5 / 1950 10 Naji Khedhouri Ezra Miss Naeema Manshi Ishaq Shamisho The twenty-ninth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- eight AD ⟦line⟧ . (True copy of the original) Baghdad on June 21, 1950 Auditor ⟦signature⟧ 21 / 6 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
⟦District Copy⟧ 50/2777 1950/5/10 The Exhibit Elias bin Younis Haskel, known as Elias Haskel Younis Miss Naima Yehuda Aziz The twenty-first of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 580 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 5/9/4
Department Copy ⟦Department Copy⟧ 50 / 2778 10 / 5 / 1950 283 Eliyahu Al-Yashla' known as Eliyahu Al-Yashla' Ya'qub Lawi Miss Lulu Khadouri known as Lulu Khadouri Mordechai Kirkukli The thirtieth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 10 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ (Copy of Certificate) P 5 / 10
Department Copy 2779 / 50 10 / 5 / 1950 The Groom Nassim Raphael, known as Nassim Shalom Raphael Miss Naima Salman, known as Naima Salman Ezra The fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven AD ⟦line⟧. Registered ⟦signature⟧ 5/9 4 / 9 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Subject - Application for Iranian Nationality His Excellency the Consul of Iran in Baghdad, the respected Greetings Submitted I, the Mukhtar of Hanoun Kabir, Saghir, and Obeid neighborhoods, testify that the person named Ephraim son of Munshi, born in 1932 AD, whose photo is attached above, does not possess Iranian nationality. I kindly request your order to grant him Iranian nationality. This matter is for your Excellency to decide. The Mukhtar Witness to that | Witness to that Ibrahim son of Rahmin - known by the Mukhtar | Moshe Eliyahu - known by the Mukhtar Number - 50/2780 Date - 10 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar above ⟦signature⟧ 5/9 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
⟦Citizenship Certificate Voucher⟧ No. ⟦...⟧ Date ⟦...⟧ To ⟦...⟧ We, the undersigned, Mukhtar of the Taht al-Takiya neighborhood in Baghdad, testify that The named Rima daughter of Shaul is a resident of our neighborhood and of Iraqi nationality. She was born in 1926 in Baghdad and is registered in the 1947 census book, page 122, serial number 7, and that this photograph is her photograph, and our signatures below testify to that. Witness | Witness Shaul Abdullah | Shaul Abdullah Former Mukhtar - Taht al-Takiya neighborhood | Former Mukhtar - Taht al-Takiya neighborhood 100 / 586 - Record 1950/5/10 - Date Acting President of the Israelite Community in Baghdad Presidency of the Israelite Community Jewish Lay Council Baghdad ⟦signature⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2782 11/5/1950 245 Sion Daoud Hayyim xxx Mosul Miss Maryam Menachem Isaac Ajami The eighteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Muhammad ⟦signature⟧ 10/5 Yusuf al-Mulla ⟦signature⟧ 10/5 5/10/4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council 11/5/1950 551
Department Copy 50/2782 11/5/1950 410 Mordechai Ezra known by the name Mordechai Mordechai bin Ezra Abdullah Quinshani Miss Mazli Moshi Hayyim known by the name Mazli Moshi Eliyahu Kashi The thirtieth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five Common Era ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ 5/10 Safai ⟦signature⟧ 10 4/10/50 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2784 1950/5/11 The Exhibitor Daniel Zarifi Yousef known as Daniel Yousef ⟦line⟧ Saqr (Iran) Miss Narjis Khanum Zabouri Yousef known as Narjis Yousef The eleventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty six AD. Correct As ordered ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Sect Head of the Physical Council A 5/10
Department Copy 2785 / 50 11 / 5 / 1950 The Exhibit Rabbi Isaac xxx Bukan (Iran) Al-Anstunosha Israel The fifth of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixteen AD. ⟦signature⟧ 50/... Behind the ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council 4 / 10 / 5
⟦Presidency⟧ of the Department 2786 / 50 11 / 5 / 1950 Evidence Yaqub Yusuf ** Monthly payments for Miss Rasmiya Eliyahu Moshe The thirteenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5 / 10 Correct handwriting and signature ⟦signature⟧ 5 / 10 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council 4 / 10 / 5
Department Copy 2787 / 50 11 / 5 / 1950 198 Aziz Babli ⟦line⟧ Miss Maryam Gabriel known as Maryam Gabriel Hamid The twentieth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty nine AD ⟦line⟧ . ( Certified True Copy ) Baghdad on June 14, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council Certified ⟦signature⟧ 9 / 14 / 6
Registrar of Engagement Contracts For the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 1949/5/22 Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that Mr.: Salman Hananah son of Abraham Smouhi Has entered into an engagement with Ms.: The virgin Madiha Akhlin daughter of Yaqub Yusuf Al-Shamash In Baghdad on the day: 21 May 949 Witnesses Moshe son of Khedhouri Ezra son of Nasser Conditions | Dinars | Fils Dowry of two hundred dinars | 200 | Khil'a gift of two hundred and fifty dinars | 250 | Deferred dowry of two hundred dinars | 200 | | 650 | The Registrar ⟦signature⟧ / 22/5 Iraq Finance 10 Fils 200 Fils ⟦red signature/mark⟧ 947/5/11 ⟦illegible⟧
50 / 2788 1950 / 5 / 11 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦Lay Council⟧ Salman Manana son of Ibrahim Samarli Miss Amuma Evelyn daughter of Yaqub Yusuf Shamash The eleventh of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty seven AD ⟦signature⟧ 5 / 10 200 fils ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting ⟦Head of the Community⟧ Chairman of the Lay Council 5 / 15 / 4
Department Copy 55 / 2789 1950/5/11 76 Shua Nissan, known as Shua Nissan Azaria Ajami Miss Samra Shaul, known as Samra Shaul Daoud The seventh of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 5/10 Yusuf ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5/10 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/10/4