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.
⟦illegible⟧ 55/2749 1950/5/2 130 Isaac Aziz Shua, Iranian Miss Rachel Yusuf Naftali The thirty-first of January of the year nineteen hundred and forty one AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦illegible⟧ Written ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community and President of the Lay Council ⟦illegible⟧ 5/114 5/2
⟦illegible⟧ 50 / 2725 2 / 5 / 1950 Exhibit Nissan Moshi Miss Jawaher Youssef known as Jawaher Youssef Murad The twenty-fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one one AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5/10 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Spiritual Council ⟦signature⟧ 5/1/4
⟦illegible⟧ The Circle H 7 / 55 2 / 5 / 1950 The Exhibit Aziz Ibrahim Miss Maral daughter of Pasha, known as Marar daughter of Pasha The twentieth of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and five AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Physical Council A / 1 / 5
55/2727 3/5/1955 Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ 15 Ibrahim Daniel, known as Ibrahim Daniel Benjamin *** Shahraban Miss Najia Saleh, known as Najia Saleh Komin The fourth of September of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-seven AD ⟦line⟧ 3/5 ⟦signature⟧ 200 Fils ⟦signature⟧ 3/5 Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 01314
Department Copy 2728/50 2/5/1950 69 Ephraim Nissan, known as Ephraim Nissan Moallem Yaakov Arzoni Miss Rahma Moshi, known as Rahma Moshi Ibrahim The twenty-third of September of the year nineteen hundred and twelve AD. ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 2/5 5/3/4
55/2728 9/5/1955 ⟦illegible⟧ Department 477 Muthir Simantob Miss Qamar Ibrahim, known as Naima Ibrahim Yusuf The ninth of July, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-three AD ⟦line⟧ . ⟦signature⟧ Fawzi ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 (Copy of Certificate) ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council 583/A
50/2720 1950/5/4 ⟦Presidency of the Community ...⟧ 80 Salim Abdullah Yusuf Hayyou Miss Fariha Eliyahu Salih Dalboura The eleventh of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- three AD. Majid 5/3 Mustafa ⟦...⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5/3/4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council 013/4
50/2721 1950/4/2 ⟦illegible faded stamp text⟧ 43 Khedhouri Moushi, known as Khedhouri Moushi Baba'i Lawi Miss Rahel Shlomo, known as Rahel Shlomo Moushi Ibrahim The twenty-first of January of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 Certified by ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council 5/3/4
District Copy ⟦Numbered⟧ 55/272 5/4/1950 District Copy 121 Shamoun Moshe known as Ruby Shamoun son of Hajji Moshe Ibrahim Miss Karjia Manshi known as Karjia Manshi Robin Benjamin The eleventh of August of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ 4/5 ⟦signature⟧ Sefali 4/5 ⟦signature⟧ Meir ⟦...⟧ On behalf of President of the Physical Council 4/3/5
Copy of the outgoing circular 2722 / 50 1950/5/2 ⟦stamp: Presidency of the Community... Records Committee⟧ The Evidence Mordechai Ya'qub ⟦line⟧ Now Khedhouri Hamam The eighth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight ⟦line⟧ AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 Hesqel ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 013/4 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council
Department Copy 50/2724 4/5/1950 372 Saleh Eliyahu, known as Saleh Eliyahu Ezekiel Cohen Miss Sarah Yehuda Ishaq, known as Sarah Rachel daughter of Yehuda Ishaq The twentieth of March, the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty AD. Kept by me ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council p. 4/3/50
⟦illegible⟧ Department 2734 / 50 4 / 5 / 1950 372 Saleh Eliyahu, known as Saleh Eliyahu Hesqel Cohen Miss Sara Yehuda Ishaq, known as Sara Rachel daughter of Yehuda Isha⟦line⟧q The twentieth of March of the year one thousand nine hundred and fift⟦line⟧y AD. (True copy) Baghdad on 6 July 1950 Issued Copy of certificate ⟦signature⟧ F 7/6/50 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community. President of the Spiritual Council
Department Copy 55/2725 1955/5/2 458 Shamil Shlomo, known as Shamil Abraham Shlomo Miss Nazima Isaac, known as Nazima Mary daughter of Isaac Michael The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty Miss Nazima Isaac, known as Nazima Mary daughter of Isaac Michael The twenty-fourth of October of the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty- five AD ⟦line⟧. ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 Isaac Michael ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 3 / 5
The Officer in Charge of Israelite Burial Affairs Baghdad Baghdad on ⟦line⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the entries recorded in my registers, I hereby certify that the named ⟦Murad Daoud Murad⟧ passed away in Baghdad on the ⟦21st⟧ day of the month of ⟦Tishrei⟧ in the year ⟦5709⟧ ⟦19⟧ ⟦(11/21/1948)⟧ and for that purpose I have signed below ⟦signature⟧ 5/2/50 ⟦Yehezkel Haddad⟧ Haskeel Haddad The Officer in Charge of Israelite Burial Affairs Half fee 50 fils ⟦signature⟧
50/2726 4/5/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ 329 Yona Simantob Shimon Mrs. Tuffaha Salman Nasim Keji The thirteenth of May of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦signature⟧ 5/2 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ True copy ⟦illegible⟧ / 4 ⟦signature⟧ 4/3/50
50/2736 5/4/1950 Department Copy Department Copy 329 Yona Simantov Shimon Mrs. Tuffaha Salman Nassim Daki The thirteenth of May, the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-two AD. ⟦line⟧ (True Copy) Baghdad on 6/14/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council ⟦illegible⟧ 12/30 Death 6/14 N/6/14
Department Copy 50/2736 4/5/1950 329 Yona Simantob Shimon Mrs. Tuffaha Salman Nassim Dakki The thirteenth of May of the year nineteen hundred and forty-two AD. (True copy of the original) Baghdad on 3/9/1950 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council Copy ⟦signature⟧
Copy to: Health of the District 2727 / 50 4/5/1950 Death Certificate Based on the certificate of the burial administrator in the Jewish cemetery in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that the person named Salim Haskel Malki died in Baghdad on the twenty-first day of November of the year one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight AD ⟦line⟧ ⟦signature⟧ 4/5 Youssef Zilkha ⟦signature⟧ 4/5 / 50 ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Secular Council
The Spiritual Committee of the Holy Community of Baghdad, may God protect it The Israelite Spiritual Council in Baghdad Number: ⟦line⟧ Date: ⟦line⟧ We, the undersigned, testify and confirm that the dear Abraham son of Isaac Menachem was born in Baghdad in the year 5680 (1919/1920) to his mother Habiba daughter of Ezra Aboudi, and that he is an Iraqi citizen by birth and of the Jewish (Mosaic) race, and that he is single and has never married a woman and has no wife or children in the whole world at all. Ezra Sassoon Ezra ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Salman Hogi Aboudi Year 5707 (1946/1947) Chief Rabbi of Baghdad - Salman Hogi Aboudi CHIEF RABBI SALMAN H. ABOUDI BAGHDAD Date of Divorce 28/2/949 2/5/50 ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ Certified for the correctness of ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Copy to the Department⟧ 50/2728 Divorce Certificate 1950/5/4 Based on the certificate of the Israeli Spiritual Council in Baghdad, we hereby certify that the woman named Salha Yusuf Mordechai (Marikh) has been divorced from her husband, the man named Abdullah Mordechai (Marikh) on the twenty-eighth day of March in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty AD. ⟦Majid⟧ 5/2 ⟦illegible signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Physical Council ⟦illegible signature⟧ 5/3/4
Circle Copy Circle Copy 2739/950 8th <del>April</del> May, 50. BIRTH CERTIFICATE. This is to certify that Mr. Ruben Yehouda Peress was born in Baghdad on the eleventh day of April nineteen hundre and five. A.D. ⟦signature⟧ Certified Copy The original was issued on 10 / 5 / 927 5 / 4 ⟦signature⟧ OfgPRESIDENT JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDAD PRESIDENT, JEWISH COMMUNITY, BAGHDAD. Required 50 Fils
Department Copy Department Copy 50/2739 1950/5/9 Birth Certificate We hereby certify that Mr. Ruben Yehuda Bayous was born in Baghdad on the eleventh day of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and five AD. ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council (True copy) Baghdad on 1950/5/9 E/9/5 ⟦signature⟧
1950/5/4 From the presence of the virtuous and respected Haham Bashi, may his highness remain secure I submit to your excellency that this boy ⟦...⟧ son of ⟦...⟧ is from a very poor family 1950/5/4 ⟦illegible stamp⟧ On behalf of ⟦...⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦illegible⟧ Certificate 50 / 272 5 / 5 / 1950 Based on the certificate of the Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts for the Israelite Community in Baghdad, we hereby confirm that Victoria Saleh Kirkukli is still neither engaged nor married after her divorce from her husband named Shuyu' Yusuf Hayyim. ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community Head of the Lay Council ⟦signature⟧ 4 / 4 / 5
Registrar of Engagement and Marriage Contracts of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Baghdad on 4 / 5 / 1950 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad After greetings Based on the marriage certificate number: 256, I hereby confirm that Mr.: Munir Sion ⟦Mir Yari⟧ Married in Baghdad: Miss Suad Shamoon Nassim On the day: 17 / July / 1940 (corresponding to 11 Tammuz / 70) Dowry amount: 400 Dinars Witnesses: Shamoon Shaoul Salim ⟦Hanam⟧ Eliyahu Shamoon Shaoul H. Shamoon ⟦signature⟧ ⟦illegible⟧