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.
Circle copy 50/2695 4/28/1950 386 Ezra Shlomo known as Ezra Naji bin Shlomo Hayyim Halabi Miss Victoria Arphaiel known as Victoria Arphaiel Shmuel Asher The second of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-⟦line⟧five A.D.⟦line⟧ Correct Indigent ⟦signature⟧ 4/28 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 28 / 4
50/2696 28 / 4 / 1950 Department Copy 193 Moshe Heskel Eliyahu Miss Tuffaha Heskel, known by the name Tuffaha Heskel Aslan Shammash The fifteenth of August in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen AD ⟦line⟧ Poor status ⟦signature⟧ 4/28 ⟦stamp⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council A/4/28
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 28 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage license numbered 372, I hereby certify that Mr. Yadoul son of Benjamin son of Aziz Hamadani Has married in Baghdad Ms. Rahma daughter of Shaul Dawud Wassous On the day 29 / Tevet / 1924 (Corresponding to 27 January 5684) ( ⟦line⟧ Ketubbah Amount 2000 Rupees three thousand and a half Witnesses Saleh Moallem Moussa Yehuda Eliyahu Nassoum Shimeon Shaul H. Shimeon Shimeon Shaul Moallem Shimeon Zaki 4 / 5
50/2697 1950/4/28 ⟦illegible faded stamp⟧ 373 To His Excellency Binyamin Aziz Hamadani Miss Karjia Shaul Daoud Basson The nineteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ 4/28 ⟦signature⟧ 4/28 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/28/A
50/2299 1950/5/1 ⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 107 Eliyahu Ibrahim, known as Eliyahu Ibrahim Sadou-Irani Miss Marcelle Haskel, known as Marcelle Haskel Sadou-Irani The twenty-fifth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting President of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 Auditor (Copy of Certificate) 4/35/p
Department Copy 27 / 55 1 / 5 / 1950 531 Mordechai Abraha⟦line⟧m Miss Eliza Mordechai Mosh⟦line⟧i The seventh of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-fou⟦line⟧r A.⟦line⟧D. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/20 The status is considered A 4/30
2701 / 55 1 / 5 / 1950 ⟦Presidency of the Community⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ The prominent Baruch Michael, known as Baruch Michael Cohen Miss Victoria Saleh, known as Victoria Saleh Kirkukli The third of February of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ E / 4/35
50/2702 5/1/1950 ⟦illegible stamp⟧ Evidence Gokel Gabriel Miss Khurshid Nasim The seventeenth of July of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 ⟦signature⟧ Haskell 4/30/p ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the ⟦...⟧ Head of the Secular Council
Department Copy 2072 / 55 1 / 5 / 1955 91 Naji Yona, known as Pinhas Naji bin Yona Daniel Miss Saida Ishaq Ibrahim The fifteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Correct A / 35 / 4 17 / 5 / 55 ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 5 ⟦illegible⟧ 20 / 5
3703 / 50 1 / 5 / 1955 ⟦illegible⟧ The lecture 91 Naji Yona, known as Pinhas Naji bin Yona Daniel Miss Saida Ishaq Ibrahim ⟦line⟧ The fifteenth of November, year one thousand nine hundred and forty eight AD ⟦line⟧ . (True copy) Baghdad on 17 / 5 / 1955 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 17 / 5 / 55 A / 17 / 5
50/2703 5/1/1950 91 Naji Yuna, known as Pinhas Naji bin Yuna Daniel Miss Saida Isaac Ibrahim The fifteenth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- nine AD ⟦line⟧ (True copy of the original) Baghdad on July 25, 1950 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 7/25/1 ⟦faded stamp⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 28 / 4 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage contract numbered 95, I hereby certify that Mr. Ishaq son of Yusuf Murad married in Baghdad Ms. Dia daughter of Salman son of Yashua Basson on the day 5 / November / 1947 (corresponding to 22 October 5708) Marriage Settlement Amount 1000 Dinars only Witnesses Shimon Shaul Selim H. Eliyahu Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦Shimon Shaul H' Shimon⟧ ⟦Shimon Shaul H. Shimon⟧ ⟦signature⟧
55 / 709 10 / 5 / 1955 ⟦Department Copy⟧ ⟦Department Copy⟧ 95 Isaac Youssef Haddad Miss Khatoun Salman, known as Khatoun Salman Moshi Shoaa Besson The fifth of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty- seven AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Fils⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of President of the Lay Council A / 35 / 4
Department Copy 5-27 / 551 1 / 5 / 1955 176 Gabriel Moshi Shemtov Iranian Cohen Miss Houla Salman Heskel The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 4/20 Khedhouri P / 351 / 4
Department Copy Department Copy 50/2705 1/5/1950 176 Gabriel Moshe Shatoub Irani Cohen Miss Hayla Salman Ezekiel The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ . (True Copy) Baghdad on August 2, 1950 On behalf of the Head of the Community and the Deputyship President of the Lay Council 8/2/9 1/17 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Department Copy 2705 / 50 2 / 5 / 1950 176 Gabriel Moshe Shamtoub Iranian Cohen Miss Haila Salman Haskeel The fifteenth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight AD. 12/17 (True Copy of the Original) Baghdad on 12 / 17 / 1950 Certified ⟦signature⟧ 12/17 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council 12/17/A
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 17 / 4 / 50 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate numbered: 176 I hereby certify that Mr.: Jibrail son of Moshi Shalum Al-Hayya Al-Dahan married in Baghdad: Miss Sabriya daughter of Salim son of Hesqail on the day: 15 / May / 1928 (the fifteenth of May in the year 5688) ( ⟦line⟧ ) The amount of the Ketubah: 125.000 One hundred and twenty-five Dinars Witnesses: Shaul Mu'allim ⟦...⟧ Salim ⟦...⟧ Eliahu Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on Shim'on Shaul H. Shim'on ⟦...⟧ Fahad Al-Dallal 20 / 4 / 50
50/2702 1950/4/1 Copy for ⟦Personal File⟧ 373 Moshe Haskel Michael Miss Simha Manshi Dawood The fourth of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/20 ⟦signature⟧ Refinery (Copy of Certificate) P/35/4 ⟦Certified⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council
2707/50 10/5/1950 Sheikhdom of the Community ⟦Israelite⟧ 269 Baruch Salman, known by the name Baruch Salman Eliyahu Hezekiah Miss Salima Abed Farah The twenty-ninth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- eight AD. 4/30 / P Judicial ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council
2708/55 1/5/1955 Copy to the Department of ⟦illegible⟧ The Evidence Rabbi Sari Hayim, known as Rabbi bin Hayim Miss Nabat Elias The twenty-fourth of June of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-five AD. ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 Current status p 4/30 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
50/2709 1/5/1955 Department Copy 282 Haroun Youssef, known as Haroun Youssef Shmuel Ajji Miss Karjiya Ezra, known as Karjiya Ezra Yaqoub Ajji The twenty-eighth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and five Miss Karjiya Ezra, known as Karjiya Ezra Yaqoub Ajami The twenty-eighth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and five and twenty AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ For current status only ⟦signature⟧ A / 35 / 4
Photograph Regarding the person named Nissan Ephraim, whose photograph is attached above, he is an Iranian national residing in the house numbered 20/153, Faraj Allah neighborhood, according to his statement. His Iranian identification book was lost, and for this reason we signed in April 1950. Mukhtar's Seal 26 / 4 / 1950 Faraj Allah Neighborhood Witness Witness Aboudi Ephraim Ishaq Ibrahim Number ⟦line⟧ 2710 / 50 Date ⟦line⟧ 1 / 5 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 5 / 50
The Spiritual Council of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Number: Date: 12 / ⟦illegible⟧ / 710 My status ⟦...⟧ Yehoshua ⟦...⟧ Yitzhak Today appeared Ben Gazal Na'im son of Yitzhak Cohen together with his wife Ben Sarah daughter of Habib Avraham ⟦...⟧ 5 / 4 / 1946 And then both of them admitted that they separated from each other in the month of ⟦...⟧ And since then they have not seen each other at all and there is no business between them at all, not in the hotel of the aforementioned Ben Sarah And for proof we have signed here The humble Sassoon Khedouri Hakham Bashi Date of Divorce 26 / 1 / 947 ⟦signature⟧ 20 / 4 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Register Baghdad ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 55 / 2711 1 / 5 / 1950 Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Mr. Selim Khadouri Qashqush married Miss Bahita Eliyahu Ezra on the seventh of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-six AD, and his divorce from his aforementioned wife took place on the twenty-sixth of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD, and that the aforementioned wife has not married until now after her divorce from her husband mentioned above. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦Khedairy Aal⟧ 4 / 30 / A