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.
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: 877 Date: 17 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community, Baghdad The marriage contract was concluded on 17 / 4 / 1950 between Musa bin Yaqub bin Hakham Mordechai and Ajami bint Ezra Musa Therefore, please issue a certificate for this, and remain in peace. Salman Khadduri Abboudi 200 Fils ⟦illegible⟧ 18 / 4 / 50
2617/55 1950/4/19 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad numbered 177 and dated 1950/4/19, we hereby confirm that the marriage contract has been concluded between Mr. Moshe son of Yaqub Hakham Mordechai and Miss Angi daughter of Ezra Moshe on the seventeenth day of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 4/19 and fifty AD . ⟦signature⟧ 4/19 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/20 4/19/4
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 ⟦Ezra Reuben Mordechai⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦fourth⟧ day of the month of ⟦Shevat⟧ in the year ⟦708⟧ ⟦5708⟧ 24 ( 5 / 2 / 1948 ) and to that effect I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 19/4/950 ⟦signature⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Deceased Status drop M / 50
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2618 20 / 4 / 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 person named Anwar Shaul Khatina, husband of Mrs. Rachel Heskel Saleh, passed away in Baghdad on the fifth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ Status entry ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦red stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/19 E / 19 / 4
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 named יצחק מנשה חכם [Yitzhak Menashe Hakham] passed away in Baghdad on the 14th day of the month of חשון [Cheshvan] in the year 5709 (11/16/1948) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦illegible⟧ 4/19/50 יחזקאל חדאד Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs 50 Current Entry 4/18/50 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Second copy⟧ 55/219 1955/4/20 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burials in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad We hereby confirm that the person named Shmuel Moshe Cohen died in Baghdad on the sixteenth of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦red mark⟧ 1955/4/19 The same above 19 / 4 / 55 P / 19 / 4
55 / 2620 20 / 4 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 243 Salman Munshi Yaqub Miss Hanna Moallem Abdullah Salman Salawi The tenth of April of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-one AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 19 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ on behalf of President of the Spiritual Council P / 19 / 4
55/2621 4/20/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 385 Yacoub Simantob, known as Yacoub Simantob Yacoub Miss Naomi Mordechai Dawood The twenty-second of March of the year nineteen hundred and forty- nine A.D. 4/19 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ True copy of the original Baghdad 4/20/50 P/4/19 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
50/2631 1950/4/20 ⟦stamp faded⟧ 285 Yaqoub Ismail, known as Yaqoub Simha, got engaged to Miss Naima Khader, known as Naima Mordechai Daoud on the twenty-second of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧. ( Corrected Certificate ) Baghdad on June 7, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ 6/7 Acting Head of the Community ⟦signature⟧ President of the Lay Council 6/7/9
2621 / 50 20 / 4 / 1950 285 Yaqub Ismail, known as Yaqub Simantob Yaqub Miss Naomi Khader, known as Naomi Mordechai Daoud The twenty-second of March of the year nineteen hundred and forty nine AD. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 26 July 1950 ⟦signature⟧ 7/26/2 On behalf of the Acting Chief Rabbi President of the Lay Council
55 / 7622 1955 / 4 / 20 ⟦illegible⟧ 325 Abdul Aziz Abboudi Eliahou, known by the name Abdul Aziz Abboudi Eliahou Abdul Aziz Miss Gorjiya Moshi, known by the name Simha Gorjiya daughter of Moshi The seventeenth of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4/19 4/19/P
I acknowledge that I received from the late Isaac Cohen a sum of 120 Dinars, from the estate of the late Eliezer Cohen his widow ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦line⟧ 19/4/1950 Habiba Habiba Ezra ⟦illegible signature⟧ 50 Fils Current entry 19/4/50
105 D R D D 15521 / D - ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 577 It is in his hands to return with what ⟦...⟧ or their vision is to return with what Rashi encrypted coffee Qassab - for the standing of the sky Rashi coffee Qassa N ⟦line⟧ North for the standing of the مستااع Rifa no Qans Zima Nah Bashah and for the sky ⟦line⟧ . Q ⟦line⟧ with all of it ⟦illegible stamp in red ink⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Generation of the ⟦...⟧ Their drawing is the sky that does not touch it, my Lord ⟦signature⟧ Dr. / M 11 / 2 / W
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2623 20 / 4 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Bertha Eliyahu (Mizrahi) was divorced from her husband named Salim Khadhouri (Qashqush) on the twenty-sixth day of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD, and she has not been engaged or married until now after her divorce from her aforementioned husband according to the certificate of the registrar of engagement and marriage contracts for the Israeli community in Baghdad dated on 19 / 4 / 1950 . ⟦signature⟧ 4/19 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A 19/4 Note Spiritual Council certificate regarding the divorce See certificate No. 1517
Copy for the Department To whom it may concern We, the undersigned Mukhtar and the neighborhood elders, testify that the woman named Toba daughter of Sassoon Kashi, wife of the person named Meir Naji son of Daoud Zouri, and her aforementioned husband has been missing since the events of June 1941, and for clarification, we have issued this certificate for them. Baghdad on April 19, 1950 Mukhtar of Hanoun al-Kabir, al-Saghir, and Obeid neighborhoods Witness | Witness Isaac Haroun (Driver) | Moshe Eliyahu (Milk Seller) Witness | Witness ⟦illegible signature⟧ | Shimon Meir Shimon Number - 2249 / 50 Date - 20 / 4 / 1950 ⟦illegible circular stamp⟧ We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above. ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 18 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 217, I hereby confirm that Mr. ⟦Anwar⟧ son of Yusuf Salman Mushih has married in Baghdad Miss Rachel daughter of Hazqiel son of Ibrahim on the day 25 / June / 1940 (corresponding to 19 Sivan 5700) Witnesses Shamoun Shaul Salim Hakham Eliyahu Marriage Dowry Amount Dinar 200 Shamoun Shaul H. Shamoun ⟦Shim'on Shaul⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 19 / 4 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2225 1950/4/20 317 Anwar Yusuf, known as Anwar Yusuf Salman Moshih Miss Rachel Heskel Ibrahim The twenty-fifth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/19 ⟦signature⟧ 4/19/4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧ Head of the Secular Council
55/226 20 / 4 / 1950 Copy for ⟦monuments⟧ 76 Gabriel Yehoshua known as Gabriel ⟦Shua⟧ Hatan Levi Miss Rahma Robin Yacoub Levi The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven AD ⟦line⟧ Considered until ⟦...⟧ Year ⟦...⟧ A true copy of Governor of the District Baghdad 4 / 19 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Rabbi Sassoon Khedouri Head of the Spiritual Council Acting
2626 / 50 25 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ 76 Gabriel Yehoshua, known as Gabriel Shua Nathan Levi Miss Rahma Rubin Yaqub Levi The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven AD ⟦line⟧. Afah (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 30 / 4 / 1950 4 / 30 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
2626 / 50 25 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 76 Gabriel Yehoshua, known as Gabriel Shua Hashan Levi Miss Raana Khanum Rubin Tweiqi, known as Rahma Rubin Yaqub Levi The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD. ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 28 / 5 (Corrected Certificate) Baghdad on 28 / 5 / 1950 A / 28 / 5
2626 / 50 20 / 4 / 1950 76 Gabriel Yehoshua, known as Gabriel Shua Hadan Levi Miss Ra'na Khanum Rubin Zarifi, known as Rahma Rubin Yaqoub Levi The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven AD ⟦line⟧. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on July 20, 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ Certified 7/20 1 / 20 / 7
2627/55 4/20/1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Year 1949⟧ 138 Yehuda Yaqoub, known as Yehuda Yaqoub Eliyahu Miss Rahel Ephraim, known as Rahel Ephraim Haskel Cohen The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦Correct⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Registered in⟧ ⟦4/19⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/19/A
2637 / 50 20 / 4 / 1950 ⟦Department Copy⟧ 138 Yehuda Yaqub, known as Yehuda Yaqub Eliyahu Miss Rahil Ephraim, known as Rahil Ephraim Heskel Cohen The eighth of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ Heskel 5/21 ⟦illegible⟧ 21/5 (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 21 / 5 / 1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council E / 21 / 5
55/2628 1955/4/20 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 101 Rubin Yehuda, known as Rubin Yehuda Shlomo Sadiqa Moshe, known as Sadiqa Moshe Youssef The third of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty four AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/19 ⟦signature⟧ True copy of the original ⟦signature⟧ 55/4/19