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.
Spiritual Committee of the Jewish Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad ⟦line⟧ Number: <del>28</del> Date: <del>14 June</del> 710 Copy for Hayyim L. Isaac S. Hanoch ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧ Approval 1944/6/27 ⟦signature⟧ 20/4/20 ⟦signature⟧ ⟦...⟧ Consulate ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
⟦Copy to the Department⟧ 272 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the woman named Dawla Rabi has been divorced from her husband named Eliyahu Yaqub on the twenty-seventh day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-four AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/30 Current status A 4/30
The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings, Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦hebrew: Yitzhak Ezra Menachem⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦arabic: sixth⟧ day of the month of ⟦hebrew: Tammuz⟧ year 5709 (2 / 7 / 1949) and for this reason I have signed below. ⟦hebrew: Yitzhak Ezra⟧ ⟦hebrew: Menachem⟧ Heskel Haddad The Administrator of the Jewish Burial Society ⟦signature⟧ 20/4/50 Present at the time ⟦signature⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2712 1950/5/1 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the undertaker at the Israeli Cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Ephraim Ezra Fattal, an Iranian, died in Baghdad on the third day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦Wadih Haddad⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council ⟦signature⟧ 4/2 4/30 / E ⟦Place Stamp⟧ 8
Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Greetings, Based on the entries established in my records, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Nissim⟧ died in Baghdad on the ⟦first⟧ day of the month of ⟦July⟧ in the year ⟦26⟧ (1 / 7 / 1926) and for that reason I have signed below. ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Nissim⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦Signature⟧ 2/7 ⟦...⟧ 5 / 7 / ⟦...⟧
⟦illegible⟧ 2714 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the named Menashi Yusuf Ajami died in Baghdad on the first day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2 / 6 Validity ⟦illegible⟧ 1 / 23 / 6
Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ ⟦Department Stamp⟧ Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the records established in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Yitzhak Moshe Ezra Aboud⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦seventeenth 17th⟧ day of the month of ⟦November⟧ in the year ⟦1949⟧ (⟦8/11/1949⟧) and for that reason I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ ⟦1/5/50⟧ ⟦Yitzhak Ezra Aboud⟧ Heskel Haddad Officer in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters 5/1
Department Copy Death Certificate 50/2715 1950/5/1 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 Mordechai Yosef Menachem has died in Baghdad on the eighth day of November in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine AD. ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Certified ⟦illegible⟧ 5/1 5/1/4
The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters Baghdad 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 ⟦Aaron Abraham David⟧ Haron Ibrahim Daoud passed away in Baghdad on the day 6 of the month ⟦Sivan⟧ June year ⟦5686⟧ 1926 (24) / 6 / 1926 and for this reason I have signed below ⟦Ezekiel Haddad⟧ Hesqail Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Matters ⟦Current status record⟧ ⟦...⟧ 2/4/⟦...⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 55/2714 5/1/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate from the person in charge of burials at the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Menashi Yosef Ajji died in Baghdad on the twenty-third day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ Registry Record ⟦illegible⟧ 4/30/A
The Official 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 Daoud Meir Daoud passed away in Baghdad on the tenth day of the month of Elul in the year 5710 (29 / 4 / 1950) and for that purpose I have signed below Daoud Meir Daoud ⟦illegible⟧ Heskel Haddad The Official in Charge of Jewish Burial Affairs ⟦illegible stamp⟧ 1/5/50 ⟦illegible signature⟧ 1/5
⟦Jewish Community in Baghdad⟧ 50 / 2716 10 / 5 / 1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the person in charge of burial matters in the Israelite cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the one named Abdullah Aziz Ajmi passed away in Baghdad on the twenty-ninth day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty A.D. ⟦Signature⟧ ⟦Signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council 4 / 11 / 5
Photograph ⟦illegible⟧ Department ⟦illegible⟧ To whom it may concern The person whose photograph is attached above is Karim bin Ishaq, a resident of the Tatran neighborhood at house number 116/147, has lost the Iranian status book belonging to him during his trip to the market approximately three months ago, and for this reason I signed on 1/5/1950 Seal of the Mukhtar Tatran neighborhood Ibrahim Kurji Shamoli Witness | Witness Youssef Haroun | Abdullah Ishaq Number: 50/2717 Date: 1/5/1950 We certify the authenticity of the signatures of the witnesses and the seal of the Mukhtar above. ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community Baghdad, may God protect it The Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: Date: 1 / 5 / 950 Presidency of the Community You are requested to issue a certificate that Gurji (Hayim) son of Eliyahu (divorced) his wife Naima daughter of Raphael on 8 / May / year 930 Salman Hoki Abda Date of Divorce 12 / 5 / 942 ⟦line⟧ 1 / 5 / 50 ⟦illegible⟧ This case 1 / 5 / 50
⟦Presidency of the Jewish Community⟧ ⟦Baghdad⟧ 2718 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Jewish Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm herewith that the person named Gurji Hayyim son of Eliyahu has been divorced from his wife named Naima daughter of Rafael on the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦Recorded for tracking⟧ 5/1 ⟦signature⟧ 5/1/4 True Copy of the Original
Department Copy Divorce Certificate 2718 / 50 1 / 5 / 1955 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we confirm hereby that the named Gurji Hayyim son of Eliyahu has been divorced from his wife the named Naima daughter of Raphael on the thirteenth day of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD ⟦line⟧. (True Copy) Baghdad on 15 / 6 / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 15 / 6 15 / 6 / ⟦illegible⟧ Saboun
Department Copy 2718 / 50 1 / 5 / 1950 Divorce Certificate Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Kurji Hayyim bin Eliyahu was divorced from his wife named Naima Arphail on the thirteenth day of May in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 25 / October / 1950 ⟦signature⟧ 25 / 10 On behalf of the Head of the Community President of the Physical Council Copy ⟦signature⟧ 1 / 25 / 10
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦7 May⟧ 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community In Baghdad Greetings, Based on the marriage certificate numbered 253, I hereby confirm that Mr. Sassoon son of Mordechai son of Yaqub married in Baghdad Ms. Sarah daughter of Mikhail son of Samuel on the day 7 / 4 / 1922 (corresponding to 29 Kislev 5699) Ketubah amount: 75 Dinars in minted silver Witnesses: Shaul Samuel Shaul Hai Shimon Shaul H. Shimon Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ 10 / 5 / 50
272/50 - 4/1/1950 Department Copy 253 Shimon Yaqub Mordechai, known as Shimon Mordechai Yaqub Miss Sarah Michael, known as Sarah Michael Moshe Michael The seventh of December of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Permission denied ⟦signature⟧ 4/1/5
⟦Immigrants Committee⟧ We, the undersigned, certify the correctness of the death of the deceased Shlomo Korji Shlomo Boushehrian (an Iranian) on October 2, 1945, and for this reason we have signed below Daoud Levagan | Yaqoub Nassim | Mukhtar's Seal Residing in Taht al-Takiya neighborhood | Torah 138/53 | Tatran neighborhood - Ibrahim Korji Shabouli 113/77 | | Baghdad on 4 / 28 / 950 No.: ⟦27/57⟧ / 50 Date: 5 / 8 / 1950 We certify the authenticity of the witnesses' signatures and the Mukhtar's seal above ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Translation We certify that Shaul Zafari son of Elazar Hayim Zafari, holder of nationality number 7762 issued in Baghdad, has nothing, his condition is poor, and his family wants to return to Iran. He requests a certificate from you free of charge, and if there is a lie or anything differs, we shall be held responsible. Witness | Witness | Witness Anwar Yusuf | Heskel Moshi | Akram Rubin Seal of the Mukhtar Hanoun Al-Kabir Quarter - Yusuf Shlomo Shamash 24 / 4 / 1950 Number - ⟦2722⟧ / 50 Date - 1 / 5 / 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
Oath We, the undersigned, Pursuant to Article 6377, have decided that we have gifted and waived all our rights Regarding everything concerning the movable and immovable property belonging to our late predecessor Sassoon Saleh Shaoul In the name of our mother, Mrs. Tuffaha bint Shaoul Filfil Certified | Certified | Certified Shafiq Sassoon Saleh | Yusuf Sassoon Saleh | Selim Sassoon Saleh Jointly On their behalf and by power of attorney for them - Yehuda Sassoon Saleh 26 / 3 / 1951 155 Edward Sassoon Saleh 26 / 3 / 1951 - Facilitation of the aforementioned Based on the testimony of the witnesses above, the signatures and thumbprints are hereby certified ⟦illegible⟧ Chief Rabbi in Baghdad President of the Mosaic Religious Court ⟦illegible⟧
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Jewish community in Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦...⟧ Head of the Jewish Community in Baghdad After greetings, Based on the marriage certificate numbered ⟦...⟧ I hereby certify that Mr. Isaac son of Aziz son of Shuaa Ibrahim has married in Baghdad Miss Rachel daughter of Joseph son of Naftali on the day 21 / 1 / 1941 (corresponding to 2 Shevat year 5701) Ketubbah amount 115 Dinars, one hundred and fifteen only Witnesses 1- Mansour H. Shaul 2- Salim H. Al-Bakhar Shimon Shaul H. Shimon ⟦illegible⟧ 5 over ⟦illegible⟧ 90 ⟦illegible⟧