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.
Districts Copy District Copy 50/2259 4/26/1950 435 Shaul Ishaq Asher Ajami Miss Rosa Hesqel Ezra bin Mordechai The fourteenth of Nisan in the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Secretary of the Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/24 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council On 4/24
50/2660 1950/4/26 Department Copy Department Copy The Exhibit Dr. Antmil Simantob Miss Dilber Moshi The twenty-fourth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three AD. 92 4/20 The Judge's Register ⟦signature⟧ 4/24 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council A /4/24
55 / 2221 1955 / 4 / 26 Department Copy 335 Ephraim Elia Miss Jahla Heskel, known as Jahla Yusuf Moshi Ajibi The twenty-eighth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦Rashad⟧ 4/24 A / 4/24 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 2224 / 55 26 / 4 / 1955 471 Munshi Yusuf Shmuel Al-Ajmi Miss Maryam Saleh Daoud Mordechai Al-Ajmi The third of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Current ⟦signature⟧ 4 / 24 H / 24 / 4
55/2662 1950/4/26 ⟦Copy of the Register⟧ 219 Isaac Khedhouri, known as Isaac Khedhouri Isaac Miss Esther Habib, known as Esther Habib Nassim The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦Cash status⟧ True 4/24 Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council 4/24/2
55 / 2664 4 / 26 / 1955 Department Copy Exhibit Nissan Yaqub Miss Sadaf Youssef The first of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and fourteen AD ⟦illegible⟧ Grandson of the property 4/24 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Sect President of the Spiritual Council P / 4/24
55/2225 4/26/1955 The newborn Raphael Shalom Cohen ⟦line⟧ Miss Kamour Hanouka ⟦line⟧ The eleventh of July, year nineteen hundred and nineteen ⟦line⟧ A.D. ⟦line⟧ Correct ⟦signature⟧ Registration of the ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/24 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council A / 4/24
2226 / 55 26 / 4 / 1950 387 Haim Yaqub Irani Miss Bakhour Hasqail Michael Irani The eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A/4/24
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 24 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered 256, I hereby certify that Mr. Selim Youssef, known as Selim bin Khedhouri married in Baghdad Miss Naeema daughter of Hesqel bin Ibrahim Salloum Aimi on the day 10 / September / 1925 (Corresponding to 21 Elul 5685 (⟦line⟧ Ketubah amount: 225 Dinars, two hundred and twenty-five only Witnesses: Shimon G. Shaul Selim G. Eliahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H' Shimon Baghdad ⟦signature⟧ 700 Fils 24 / 4 / 50
⟦Copy to the Department of ...⟧ 2227 / 55 26 / 4 / 1950 256 Salim Khadouri, known by the name Salim Youssef bin Khadouri Miss Naima Haskeel, known by the name Naima Haskeel Ibrahim Shalom Ajami The fifteenth of April, the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-⟦line⟧ five AD⟦line⟧. Majid 225 ⟦signature⟧ 26 26 / 4 4 / 24 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council P / 34 / 4
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 26 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad After greetings, Based on the marriage contract numbered 500, I hereby certify that Mr. Hassoun bin Menashi bin Menachem has married in Baghdad Miss Aline Khatoun daughter of Mushir bin Yusuf Shaul on the day 21 / 2 / 1950 (corresponding to 12 Nisan 5710) Witnesses | Amount of the Ketubah Shimon Shaul | Dinars Salim Hakham Eliyahu | 1350 One thousand three hundred and fifty Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible stamp⟧ ⟦illegible signature⟧ 26/4/950
⟦illegible⟧ the circle 8 / 266 / 55 26 / 4 / 1955 510 Sion Menashi Menachem Miss Eileen Khatoun daughter of Menashi Yusuf Sassoon The thirty-first of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ 20 Fenni 4/26 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 26 / 4
Department Copy 50/2229 4/2/1950 476 Heskel Sasson Daboura Miss Nour Isaac Ezra Jacob Maslawi The thirtieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 4/26/A ⟦illegible scribbles⟧
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burials Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named (Heskel) Sasson Hakkak died in Baghdad on the 27th day of the month of ⟦Adar⟧ in the year 5709 (28 / 1 / 1949) and for this reason I have signed below ⟦...⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burials ⟦...⟧ 25/4/50 ⟦...⟧ Copy to Finance Committee 25/4/50
Department Copy Death Certificate 270 / 55 27 / 4 / 1955 Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israeli cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Rahmin Yaqub Ajji died in Baghdad on the twenty-eighth day of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ Received Kaddouri 4 / 27 A / 25 / 4
The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israeli Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named Isaac Ezra Isaac Abdel Nabi has died in Baghdad on Thursday of the month of Marheshvan, year 86 (11/12/1925) and for that reason I have signed below Yehezkel Haddad The signature Heskiel Haddad The person in charge of Israeli burial affairs Presidency of the Israeli Community in Baghdad 4/25/50 Certified by me Khedhouri 4/25/50
Department Copy 271 / 55 27 / 4 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Ishaq Daniel Ishaq, a Persian immigrant, has died in Baghdad on the eleventh day of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Khudair Al-Hayek 26 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council P / 4/25
Regarding the person named Lefa Barra bin Zakharia, he is of Iranian nationality and the husband of the woman named Sultana Kaka, and he has three daughters: Koli, Naski, and Simha. Their aforementioned father left them seven years ago to an unknown destination, and according to their request, we have provided them with this certificate. 24 / 4 / 1950 Mukhtar | Witness | Witness Seal of the Mukhtar | Yehuda Salman | Habib Jan Aziz Yousef Shlomo Shamash | Junk dealer from Al-Koulat neighborhood | Peddler from Tatran neighborhood Mukhtar of Hanoun Kabir, Saghir, and Obeid neighborhoods | No. 3 / 1 / 144 | No. 51 / 144 Financial Capability Number -: 272 / 55 Date -: 27 / 4 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the seal of the Mukhtar above ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 24 / 4
Department Copy 50/4672 1955/4/27 187 Moshe Eliyahu known as Moshe Eliyahu Mushij Seniora Khedhouri known as Seniora Khedhouri Isaac Bahai The twenty-eighth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the ⟦Community⟧ President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 4/26 4/26/4
55/2674 27/4/1950 Copy ⟦illegible⟧ The Exhibit Abdullah Haskeel, known as Abdullah Yusuf Haskeel Miss Lulu Yaqub, known as Lulu Yaqub Shalo The twenty-second of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 27/4 Federal 26/4 A/26/4
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 24 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 87 I hereby certify that Mr.: Eliyahu son of Siawi Eliyahu Al-Sayegh married in Baghdad Miss: Naeima daughter of Samuel Ezra Eliyahu Al-Lawy On the day: 29 / November / 1929 (corresponding to 26 Kislev 5690) Ketubah Amount | Witnesses 150 Dinars One hundred and fifty Dinars | Naoum Shaoul 1 | Joseph Samuel 2 Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon Shimon Shaoul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ Haqqi Kamal 24 / 4 / 50
⟦Marriage Copy⟧ 55/2675 1950/4/27 87 Naji Khedhouri Hayawi known as Eliyahu Naji bin Hayawi Eliyahu Al-Saleh Miss Simha Haskel Ezra known as Simha Haskel Ezra Eliyahu Levi The twenty-ninth of November in the year nineteen hundred and thirty nine AD ⟦line⟧. Khedhouri Kamal 4/26 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council A/266/4
Community Copy ⟦illegible⟧ 50/2672 1955/4/27 237 Shalom Benjamin known as Shalom Benjamin Hayim Miss Najma Moshi known as Najma ⟦Najyi⟧ daughter of Moshi Nassim ⟦line⟧ The fifth of Nissan of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five ⟦line⟧ . Deceased ⟦signature⟧ 4/26 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/25/A
Department Copy Department Copy 55/2677 1955/4/27 Exhibit Mordechai Rahmat ⟦line⟧ Sin ××× Sablagh (Iran) Miss Rachel Daoud The twenty-eighth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty- eight AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council Current Status 4/26 A / 26 / 4
Department Copy 50/2678 4/27/1950 552 Shamil Daoud Sasson, known as Shamil Naji son of Daoud Shamil Miss Mazli Munshi, known as Mazli Munshi Rahmin The eleventh of July, year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ 4/26 (Copy of Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council A/4/26