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 2826/50 17/5/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial affairs at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Malaka Ezra Kurdi died in Baghdad on the thirtieth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty seven AD. 6 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Hanif ⟦...⟧ 4/16/5
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 confirm that the named Avraham David Dangour (the deceased) passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of the month of Tishrei in the year 5688 98 (4 / 10 / 1927) and for this reason I have signed below 29 ⟦signature⟧ 26/5/50 Yehezkel Haddad Mohel Hesqeel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Nationality required Signed ⟦signature⟧ 16/6
Department Copy 50/2827 17/5/1950 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 individual named Eliyahu Moshe Rahmin passed away in Baghdad on the fourth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty seven AD ⟦illegible⟧ 10/5 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/16/5 Fifty fils required
Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs Baghdad 6 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 David son of Ezra son of Murad died in Baghdad on the 17th day of the month of Nisan in the year 5704 (10/4/1944) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs ⟦illegible⟧ 5/5/12 ⟦illegible⟧ 5/9 19
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/2828 17/5/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burial matters at the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the woman named Rachel Yameen, wife of Pinchas, passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Submitted ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 A/16/5
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 16 / 2 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I certify that: Mr.: Yaqub Hay bin Gharib Has contracted his engagement to: Miss Fatima bint Shaul Salih Muallam In Baghdad on the day: 15 / 2 / 1950 (28 Shevat) 16/2/50 And has not married yet Conditions Deferred 750 Dinars Advance 250 Dinars The amount is one thousand Dinars Witnesses Masoom Shaul Naeem Yusuf Koko Shamoon Shaul H. Shamoon שמעון שאול SHAMOON SHAUL 200 Fils 16/2
Department Copy 2829/50 17/5/1950 Yaqoub Hai bin Gharib Miss Nazima Shaul Saleh The fifteenth of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and fif⟦line⟧ty AD ⟦signature⟧ 20 Fils ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 4/16/5
50/2820 17/5/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ BETROTHAL CERTIFICATE BETROTHAL CERTIFICATE. Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Nessim Hay bin Abdullah Faraj Moshy currently residing in Calcutta has betrothed Miss Violet Shemtob David on the seventeenth day of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. That the betrothal ceremony took place in Baghdad on behalf of the groom by Mr. Moshi Murad Sabha according to the power of attorney presented by him dated the sixteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. That the betrothal contract is as binding as a marriage contract according to the provisions of Jewish law and cannot be dissolved except by divorce. In accordance with the certificate of the Matrimonial Registrar of the Jewish Community at Baghdad, I hereby confirm that NESSIM HAY ABDALLAH FARAJ MOSHY residing at present at CALCUTTA, has betrothed Miss VIOLET SHEMTOB DAVID on the 17th of August 1948. The said betrothal ceremony has been carried out at Baghdad by Mr. Moshi Murad Sabha on behalf of Mr. Nessim Hay Abdallah Faraj Moshy, in accordance with the power of attorney presented dated the 16th of August 1948. The above mentioned betrothal ceremony is binding as a marriage contract according to the Jewish Law and may not be annulled without a divorce. Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council Ofg. PRESIDENT, JEWISH COMMUNITY BAGHDAD. PRESIDENT, JEWISH LAY COUNCIL BAGHDAD. ⟦signature⟧
50/2821 17/5/1950 Department copy 300 Moshe Shabtai, known as Moshe Shabtai Cohen Miss Ma'touqa Hasqil, known as Ma'touqa Hasqil Yahya The third of July, the year one thousand nine hundred and ten AD. Certified ⟦signature⟧ P / 17 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ For / Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 50/2822 1950/5/17 488 Shaul Zion known as Shaul Zion Shmuel Levi Habousha Miss Masouda Louise Eliyahu known as Masouda Louise Eliyahu Daoud Fattal The sixteenth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight A.D. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/16/A
Baghdad on 14 / 5 / 1950 Photograph I certify that the woman named Dadi Nissan, whose photograph is attached above, is of Iranian nationality, and accordingly we have explained 16 / 5 / 1950 Seal of the Mukhtar Al-Tatran Neighborhood Ibrahim Gurji Shmouli Witnesses Shlomo Simantob | Salman Kattani | Shmuel Azaria | Aziz Benjamin Ophail Ishaq Bakhsh | Yehuda Subuh | Yaqub Samah | Asher Nassim Hazqeel Younis | | | The Honorable Rabbi ⟦signature⟧ 16/5 Number - 2282 / 50 Date - 17 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the seal of the Mukhtar above Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50/2824 1950/5/17 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 274 Pinhas Yehuda known as Pinhas Yehuda Daoud Levi Mrs. Masouda Yehuda Suleiman known as Masouda Suleiman Yousef Daoud The twenty-seventh of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council Registration Page ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 E / 5/17
Chief Rabbi in Baghdad Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Baghdad, may God protect it Salman Hoogi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI BAGHDAD Number: Date: 1950/5/15 With this document we testify that the woman Habiba daughter of Ezra and Sarah is the wife of ⟦...⟧ Habiba daughter of ⟦...⟧ and she is from Ben Ezra ⟦...⟧ and the woman ⟦...⟧ daughter of Ezra and she is from 28 Tishrei 5709 ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Approved 1950/1/15 ⟦signature⟧ 5/5/1950 Chief Rabbi of Baghdad Salman Hoogi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD ⟦signature in red⟧ 5/17
50 / 2825 17 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we certify hereby that the named Naeema Abdullah (Arab) has been divorced from her husband Moshe (Kurji) Levi bin Ezra Levi (Rahima) on the fifth day of January the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦Mustafa Al-Hayyi⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council A / 17 / 5
⟦illegible⟧ 50/2835 1950/5/17 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Naima Abdullah (Arab) was divorced from her husband Moshe (Kurji) Levi bin Ezra Levi (Rahima) on the fifth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5/20 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Correct ⟦signature⟧ 5/21 (True Copy) Baghdad on 1950/5/21 p / 5/29
Administrator 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 David⟧ died in Baghdad 5705 On the 8th day of the month of ⟦Marcheshvan⟧ year 29 (1/14/1945) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦Signature⟧ 3/5/5 ⟦Yitzhak Avraham David⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ I certify the authenticity of the signature above Heskel Haddad Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ On 5 / 15 / 950 200 Fils ⟦Signature⟧ 5/17
Department Copy Death Certificate 50/2826 17/5/1955 Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the person named Ezra Haskel Cohen died in Baghdad on the fourteenth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 17/5/A ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦22/11/1950⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered ⟦226⟧, I hereby confirm that Mr. ⟦Yusuf Hayim bin Yusuf bin Ibrahim Aaron⟧ married in Baghdad ⟦Miss Khatoun bint Ezra bin Houri⟧ on the day ⟦17 / September / 1921 (11 Elul 5681)⟧ ( ⟦line⟧ ) Dowry Amount ⟦200 Two hundred Dinars only⟧ Witnesses ⟦Shaul⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Salim H. Al-Shaher⟧ Shamoon Shaul H. Shamoon ⟦The Jewish Community Committee in Baghdad⟧ ⟦The Jewish Community Committee in Baghdad⟧ ⟦Certified⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 5/12
Department copy 50/2827 1950/5/18 336 Yosef Hayyim Moshe, known as Yosef Hayyim Moshe Ibrahim Irani Miss Khatoon Ezra Hoki The seventeenth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD ⟦signature⟧ Refinery ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/17/4
⟦Department Copy⟧ We hereby certify that the named Mandani daughter of Daoud, an Iranian national, is the mother of Ibrahim Murad, an Iranian national, and he is a holder of an Iranian registry book. For clarification, we have witnessed this. 16 / 5 / 1950 Witness | Witness | Seal of the Mukhtar Mandani Daoud Shirazi | Daoud Rahmin | Al-Tatran Neighborhood Mashallah Haham Baba Shirazi | Atouqji - Souq Al-Haraj | Ibrahim Karji Shmouli Broker in Al-Shorja | | ⟦signature⟧ Number: 2828 / 50 Date: 18 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above. Certified ⟦signature⟧ 18 / 5 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
⟦Department Copy⟧ Photography Regarding the Iranian individual Ibrahim Batraka at house number 33/1, he has resided in our neighborhood for three and a half years, and this certificate was provided upon request. Member | Member | Mukhtar's Stamp Munkar Dhabh - Car Driver | Friend of Ibrahim | Al-Bataween Neighborhood Cook at Manshi Shamshoua's house | Fifth Branch - Hajj Abbas Mustafa | 1949/5/14 Number - 55/2829 Date - 1950/5/8 ⟦signature⟧ 5/8 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's stamp above; Refinery ⟦signature⟧ 5/17 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
2840 / 55 18 / 5 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ Exhibit Eliyahu Dawood Abdal ⟦line⟧ Zilkha Hannah Benjamin The twentieth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Mustafa⟧ 5/18 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Lay Council P / 18 / 5
Administrator 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 person named ⟦Yitzhak Avraham David⟧ passed away in Baghdad On the ⟦21st⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tishrei⟧ in the year ⟦5709⟧ (1949/2/19) and therefore I have signed below. ⟦signature⟧ 20/5/49 ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Administrator of Jewish Burial Affairs Presidency of the Jewish Community
⟦Department Copy⟧ 2821 / 50 21 / 5 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israelite Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Ezra Ibrahim Yaqoub died in Baghdad on the nineteenth day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4 / 19 / 5
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 ⟦Yitzhak Avraham Hanuni⟧ died in Baghdad on the day ⟦2⟧ of the month ⟦Nisan⟧ in the year 5710 (22/4/1950) and therefore I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 19/5/50 ⟦Yitzhak Hanuni⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish burial affairs