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.
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on: 22 / 5 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the investigations conducted by me, I hereby certify that Miss Saeeda daughter of Ibrahim is not engaged or married and has no record in the relevant registers. Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦All newspapers⟧
To the honorable Deputy Head of the Israelite Community We, the undersigned Mukhtar and Council, testify that the person named Sion Daoud Hayyim, a resident of Mosul and an Iraqi national, is the husband of the woman named Maryam Menahem Ishaq the Iranian. He left his aforementioned wife approximately five years ago for an unknown location. At her request, we have given her this certificate. Mukhtar Stamp | Council | Council Hanoon District, Large and Small and Obeid | Shamil Yusuf | Yusuf Ibrahim Yusuf Shlomo Shamash | Goldsmith | Shoemaker Number ⟦line⟧ 288 / 50 Date ⟦line⟧ 20 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the stamp of the Mukhtar above ⟦signature⟧ For the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Poverty⟧ 5/26
Department Copy 50/288 1950/5/26 484 Ezra Heskel, known as Ezra Heskel Ezra Miss Karjiya Ezra, known as Karjiya Ezra Ibrahim Basbaji Levi The ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three A.D. ⟦signature⟧ 26/5 On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/26/4
551 5/2/1950 Department Copy The exhibit Nissan Yohanna Miss Maryam Menachem The fourteenth of September of the year nineteen hundred and thirty AD ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/26/5 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 25 / 5 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings, Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 168 I hereby certify that Mr.: ⟦Yitzhak Salman Yitzhak⟧ Married in Baghdad: ⟦Mazli daughter of Ezra Yitzhak⟧ On the day: / / 19 ( 21 Tishrei 2 689 ) Amount of the Ketubah: 150 ⟦one hundred and fifty Dinars⟧ Witnesses: ⟦Yitzhak⟧ ⟦Ezra Yitzhak⟧ Shimon Shaul H. Shimon: ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ Day: 21 Shevat 689 H Corresponding to: 1 February 1929 AD Examined ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
50 / C 891 2 / 5 / 1950 Department Copy 169 Saleh Hayim Miss Nazima Mushih The first of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine AD. ⟦Hayim Shaul⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ p.p. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/26/4
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55 / 289 1950 / 5 / 26 210 Ezra Moshe, known as Ezra Moshe Abdullah Shamtoub Miss Najia Haskeel Naseem Zalait The twenty-second of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- nine AD. Certified ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council E / 26 / 5
Department copy 892 / 2 / 50 1950/5/26 283 Menachem Ezra, known as Menachem Hai bin Ezra Aslan Ezra Shalom Ms. Karjia Meir, known as Karjia Meir Shalom The ninth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/26/4 Known ⟦Hamza Adas⟧
Registrar of Betrothal and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 22 / 5 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 142, I hereby certify that Mr.: Yusuf bin Dawud bin Yusuf Married in Baghdad: Ms. Lulu bint Manshi bin Yusuf On the day: 2 / February / 1929 (corresponding to 21 Shvat year 5689) Ketubah amount: 75 Dinars and seventy-five only Witnesses: Shaul H. Shimon, Salim Hayas Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Religious Court of Justice⟧ ⟦Holy Congregation of Baghdad⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ 22 / 5
Department Copy 50/894 1950/5/26 ⟦illegible⟧ 143 Youssef Daoud Youssef Miss Lulu Munshi Youssef The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine AD. Munsif al-Hakim 5/26 5/26/50 On behalf of the Head of the Community On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
2894 / 50 26 / 5 / 1950 Department Copy Department Copy 143 Yousif Daoud Yousif Miss Lulu Munshi Yousif The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD. (True Copy) Baghdad on 20 / August / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 20/8 On behalf of the Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 30 / 8
⟦Department Copy⟧ 50/2895 1950/5/26 184 Isaac Jacob Shlomo Mrs. Maryam Haskil Dawoud Hassai The twenty-seventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty three AD ⟦line⟧ . Musaffah ⟦illegible⟧ 5/26 A / 26 / 5 ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 501 / ⟦illegible⟧ 5 / 1950 / ⟦illegible⟧ 299 Shaul Mordechai Ajami Miss Aziza Ezra, known as Aziza Aziz Yusuf Cohen The twenty-first of April of the year nineteen hundred and thirteen AD ⟦illegible⟧ 5/26/A On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Chairman of the Lay Council
Official in charge of Israeli 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 ⟦Moshe Daoud Rahim⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦seventh⟧ day of the month of ⟦Cheshvan⟧ in the year 5704 ( 5 / 11 / 1943 ) and for this purpose I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ Heskiel Haddad Official in charge of Israeli Burial Affairs ⟦signature⟧ 26/5/50 Yosef ⟦Al-Khayyat⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ Death Certificate 55/2897 1950/5/26 Based on the testimony of the person in charge of burial matters at the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the person named Heskel Shaul Isaac died in Baghdad on the fifth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦illegible⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Heskel Shaul⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 5/26/A
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: ⟦line⟧ Date: 25/6/50 Presidency of the Israeli Community - Baghdad Please provide ⟦Salman⟧ (Khatun) Najia daughter of Nissim (Basys Shalom) with a certificate containing her divorce from her husband Salloum son of Naem (Arublijo) on the date of July 7, 1943 Corresponding to June 28, 1944 Salman Murad Abbouda ⟦Confirmed⟧ ⟦Stylized signature in red ink⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ Divorce Certificate 55/2898 1955/5/29 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the named Najiya Nassim has been divorced from her husband named Sasson Nahum on the twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ✓ 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 5/28 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council P / 28 / 5
⟦Department Copy⟧ I certify that the Iranian person Mir Suleiman resides in our neighborhood Al-Bushibl in the house Numbered 157/170 Seal of the Mukhtar Al-Bushibl Neighborhood Al-Haj Ahmad Al-Hamoud 28 / 5 / 1950 Witness | Witness | Witness Yona Shmuel | Yaqub Aghay | Aziz Number - 2899 / 50 Date - 29 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the seal of the Mukhtar above Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Department I certify that the petitioner Najia daughter of Ibrahim is Iranian and resides in our neighborhood Al-Bushbal at the house numbered 170 / 157 28 / 5 / 1950 Seal of the Mukhtar Al-Bushbal neighborhood Ahmed Al-Haj Hammoud Witness Witness Witness Yaqoub Aghai Yuna Shmuel Aziz ⟦line⟧ We certify the authenticity of the seal of the Mukhtar above ⟦handwritten signature⟧ For the acting Head of the Community Head of the Spiritual Council Number — 29 / 55 Date — 29 / 5 / 1950
55/2901 1950/5/29 Department Copy 477 Naeem Nahum, known as Naeem Sayyoun bin Nahum Yahya Miss Daisy Ephraim, known as Daisy Ephraim Harun The first of July of the year nineteen hundred and forty-ni⟦line⟧ne A.D.⟦line⟧. Certified 5/28 p.p. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/28/4
Department Copy Death Certificate 2902/50 5/29/1950 Based on the certificate of the undertaker in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the named Esther Yamin died in Baghdad on the twenty-fifth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. p.p. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Rabbi's Clerk ⟦illegible⟧ 5/28/2 ⟦illegible stamp⟧
11050 Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on May 22, 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate numbered 272, I hereby certify that Mr. Lewi Selim son of Heskel Daoud Hay married in Baghdad Miss Farha Khatun daughter of Khedhouri Youssef Daoud Hay on the day 8 / 9 / 1925 (17 Elul 5685) ( ⟦line⟧ 28 / 5 / 50 Amount of the Ketubah 75 Dinars, seventy-five Dinars Witnesses Ezra H. Shaul Selim H. Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦stamp: illegible text inside oval⟧ Lewi Heskel Hay Farha Khatun Khedhouri known as ⟦...⟧ In the capacity of the uncle ⟦signature⟧ 26 / 5